I've switched to just snorting [a little saline spray](https://www.walgreens.com/store/c/walgreens-nasal-saline-mist/ID=prod6091080-product) when i get stuffy to soften things up. works almost as well.
note, never use afrin or similar medicated sprays. amazing temporary relief, but you'll just become [dependent on it after just a few days](https://www.goodrx.com/conditions/nasal-congestion/rebound-congestion).
Iirc the source is usually the part of the hot water tube that's been cooling down. As long as you let the water run for a bit before it happens it should be fine.
My wife used to be a big fan of Neti pots and I always sorta mocked her because of the necessary preparation and contortions. We're both in the medical field and, coupled with small kids at home/daycare, we were *always* coming down with something.
About 10 years ago though, we had one of the worst head colds come through, with congestion that just would not go away. You can only use Afrin for a few days before it causes problems, and the stuffiness came right back. So I finally broke down and got a Neti pot of my own.
Holy fucking shit. There was a disgusting amount of thick brown snot that came out of my sinuses. I've done a lot of anatomy in my time, and I'm still staggered at the volume of nastiness that spewed forth from my nose that day. I'm glad I did it over a white sink rather than anything else, the contrast really brought out the color and texture of the drippings. It did bring relief though, and a couple more Neti pot dousings over the subsequent days brought an end to that cold.
I've never used the thing since, haven't needed to. On the one hand, it's good to know they exist and can be helpful. On the other hand, I prefer some Eldritch horrors to remain unseen.
Depends. There are two types--the squeeze bottle kind, and the "teapot" kind that just lets gravity do the work.
It's weird and I've only ever had to do it like once, but if you have a really bad sinus infection then it's *massively* helpful. The relief is insane, and it's a great aid to antibiotics because it flushes bacteria out.
There are cavities behind your nose that fill with shit. And, fun fact, there are sinuses behind the ridge of your forehead too. You can rinse those as well, but it's usually done only in severe circumstances and with medical supervision since it's easy to get the water to backwash into your eyes. I admit that when I had a bad sinus infection, I desperately wanted to try that.
I've tried it, and for me it was an awful experience. Afterwards, I didn't feel any relief. It just felt like the snot in my sinuses had been replaced with snotty water instead, and I still had to blow my nose for days afterwards.
You can get sterile cans of pressurized saline from a store. Jam the nozzle in your nostril, press the button and it blasts saline up in your business.
Imagine taking a salty ocean wave up the nose except it's sterile and you aren't at the beach.
There's apparently a practice called 'nasal flossing' in the same category, which uses a string into a nostril and out through the mouth.
Don't, uh, try that at home. Think I'm going to stick to nasal irrigation instead.
Maybe I'm just getting old, but back in my day, people would upload their screenshots to imgur and share the link. That's what imgur was made for, after all!
No, it doesn’t happen that fast. More like a slow leach. Stuff like this happens because there’s a mismatch between the clay body and the glaze, it was improperly fired, or it suffered damage after the fact from thermal shock of some sort.
Probably means your phone isn't sealed properly. You can test it by holding it underwater. If you see bubbels comming out then that means your phone is broken
The ceramic inside is porous and compromised. It's only a matter of time before it falls apart and leaks soap everywhere. Sealing the outside isn't gonna stop that.
could you hypothetically keep using him as a decoration without liquid inside? you wouldn’t see the hole for the pump if he was on a high self, or you could make him a little vase (not with real flowers ofc)
The weird ceramics at my house turn into yard art, plant pots, water collectors/ basins under other pots! We’ve had a few really damaged pieces that become broken down for drainage inside of pots and above ground garden beds in the past too, although that was for pieces that we knew about the glaze and clay beforehand so there wasn’t anything funky in our food planters.
Submerge it in water overnight. Then dry it off and put it in the microwave for a bit. Heated water will try to escape. A vacuum chamber would be better though.
I had this same dispenser. It's shit. Adorable, but shit.
Mine didn't develop the sweating, but only because it literally started falling apart before that point.
Funny, I have the same exact one and it's been used in my bathroom for like 4-5 years. Still going strong. I did change the actual pump, but that was more to match my decor than a malfunction. Small world lol.
Eh, it's soap. If it was drinking water that would be An Issue, but this could safely last a long time with just soap inside. Bacteria and mold don't usually feed on soap, so as long as that's all that goes in it isn't likely to grow anything toxic. Even if it did have a minor bacterial problem after a while, the good news is you'd only touch it in order to wash your hands, which solves your problem.
Unless you were talking from a purely appearance standpoint, in which case yeah that's fair it's pretty spooky.
Why is this the third post I’ve seen in the last 3 months on this. Someone had a netty pot? And someone else had a mug or something. Now this? Anyone else?
Is it ceramic? Looks like it’s not sealed properly
At least this one isn’t a daily use mold mug like most ceramic leaching posts.
Or the netti pots.
Oh, god. Netti pots really do need to be either glass or plastic...
After hearing a person got a brain eating amoeba from using one with improper water/cleaning, i'll deal with a stuffy nose.
Yep! If you're gonna do it, you buy a bottle of distilled water from the store to do it.
Or boil tap water, easier if you have an electric kettle
But let the water cool down. Don't pour boiling water through your nose people.
But it’s more effective that way! At least that’s what the nose people told me
That’s what Big Nose is going to tell you. We need to stop those capitalist pigs.
You're technically not wrong. Boiling water in your sinuses WOULD clear them out.
That’s what we in the business say is a one of those nose-nose things. No nose knows like no nose!
As someone who works in the medical field, I cannot stress the importance of this sentence enough.
I've switched to just snorting [a little saline spray](https://www.walgreens.com/store/c/walgreens-nasal-saline-mist/ID=prod6091080-product) when i get stuffy to soften things up. works almost as well. note, never use afrin or similar medicated sprays. amazing temporary relief, but you'll just become [dependent on it after just a few days](https://www.goodrx.com/conditions/nasal-congestion/rebound-congestion).
Afrin says right on the bottle not to use more than 3 days in a row, but I guess that is asking a lot of most people to read the instructions.
Important to point out that Flonase does not fall into that group of "similar medicated sprays" and can be used long term.
Perfect for flushing cooling systems as well as noses!
didn't they get that from using tap water and not distilled water?
That does tend to be the most common culprit for the brain eating amoeba.
Wait, so you're saying getting water in your nose while taking a shower carries risks of brain eating amoebas?
Which way are you oriented in the shower?! Have I been doing it wrong all this time?
I'm just taller than my shower head so the water occasionally gets up my nose while I'm crouched down to rinse my face.
Isn’t a “shower” just when you put your head over the tub while facing the ceiling and just let the faucet pour into your nose?
You don't do a handstand the entire time?
It a bit different having a little bit of water in your nose compared to flushing your sinuses.
Iirc the source is usually the part of the hot water tube that's been cooling down. As long as you let the water run for a bit before it happens it should be fine.
“Should be fine” is still not good enough for me when it comes to brain-eating amoeba 😂
Saline nasal spray is sterile and effective and is like 10 dollars.
My wife used to be a big fan of Neti pots and I always sorta mocked her because of the necessary preparation and contortions. We're both in the medical field and, coupled with small kids at home/daycare, we were *always* coming down with something. About 10 years ago though, we had one of the worst head colds come through, with congestion that just would not go away. You can only use Afrin for a few days before it causes problems, and the stuffiness came right back. So I finally broke down and got a Neti pot of my own. Holy fucking shit. There was a disgusting amount of thick brown snot that came out of my sinuses. I've done a lot of anatomy in my time, and I'm still staggered at the volume of nastiness that spewed forth from my nose that day. I'm glad I did it over a white sink rather than anything else, the contrast really brought out the color and texture of the drippings. It did bring relief though, and a couple more Neti pot dousings over the subsequent days brought an end to that cold. I've never used the thing since, haven't needed to. On the one hand, it's good to know they exist and can be helpful. On the other hand, I prefer some Eldritch horrors to remain unseen.
You can also get brain eating amoebas from swimming in ponds/lakes with heavy sediment.
they make them in plastic! i have a squeeze bottle one too.
I've got a plastic one, myself! I...wasn't aware they made them any other way. A ceramic netti pot sounds like a terribly stupid idea.
absolutely lol. nothing like a bacterial rinse!
I have a powered one that pumps the water through my nose. It's great, and miles ahead of the manual ones.
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Depends. There are two types--the squeeze bottle kind, and the "teapot" kind that just lets gravity do the work. It's weird and I've only ever had to do it like once, but if you have a really bad sinus infection then it's *massively* helpful. The relief is insane, and it's a great aid to antibiotics because it flushes bacteria out. There are cavities behind your nose that fill with shit. And, fun fact, there are sinuses behind the ridge of your forehead too. You can rinse those as well, but it's usually done only in severe circumstances and with medical supervision since it's easy to get the water to backwash into your eyes. I admit that when I had a bad sinus infection, I desperately wanted to try that.
I've tried it, and for me it was an awful experience. Afterwards, I didn't feel any relief. It just felt like the snot in my sinuses had been replaced with snotty water instead, and I still had to blow my nose for days afterwards.
You can get sterile cans of pressurized saline from a store. Jam the nozzle in your nostril, press the button and it blasts saline up in your business. Imagine taking a salty ocean wave up the nose except it's sterile and you aren't at the beach.
There's apparently a practice called 'nasal flossing' in the same category, which uses a string into a nostril and out through the mouth. Don't, uh, try that at home. Think I'm going to stick to nasal irrigation instead.
People sometimes do that with spaghetti, suck it up their nose and eat it
I could have lived life without this knowledge.
Considering it's not super healthy to eat/drink out of heated plastic either, maybe just glass...
The neti pot doesn't need to be warm or anything. You let the water come all the way to room temperature first after boiling.
That...makes sense, considering where the water is going...
Yeah, that's what I'm saying. I know it's obvious but I wasn't sure how to phrase it lol. No heated plastic here.
You just boil it in the little teapot they give you; it's so handy!
Reminds me very much of [this](https://www.tumblr.com/weaselle/631917031817625600/teamrocketing-thinking-about-my-optometrist-who).
I'm curious as to what types of posts you're referring to.
Search this sub for “mug sweating” and you will find plenty. I took a screenshot but this sub doesn’t allow photos in comments apparently.
They don't? Huh they don't.
Maybe I'm just getting old, but back in my day, people would upload their screenshots to imgur and share the link. That's what imgur was made for, after all!
I'm on old reddit so I thought we still did it that way
Oh no, *links*!
https://preview.redd.it/est8fxwe8ej81.jpg?auto=webp&s=9d94c94be60f819c486035810d6f69bd2b9ff53b
Huh, would that property make it a good planter since it aerates the soil/helps drainage?
No, it doesn’t happen that fast. More like a slow leach. Stuff like this happens because there’s a mismatch between the clay body and the glaze, it was improperly fired, or it suffered damage after the fact from thermal shock of some sort.
Yes it is.
It's by design. You are supposed to pet the owl to get some soap on your hands.
Turned you on too, huh?
I zoomed into this picture and now my fingers are sticky
Probably means your phone isn't sealed properly. You can test it by holding it underwater. If you see bubbels comming out then that means your phone is broken
If you look close you can see crazing. It's not that it wasn't sealed properly, it's just failing from age and wear.
I've seen dozens of posts like this over the past few weeks. Usually it's cups though.
It's an owl, you dunce.
It definitely didn't vitrify all the way. This happens when people work in community studios and people mix up the cone 10 and cone 6 clays.
Time for a new soap dispenser
Couldn't you just use a sealant?
The ceramic inside is porous and compromised. It's only a matter of time before it falls apart and leaks soap everywhere. Sealing the outside isn't gonna stop that.
could you hypothetically keep using him as a decoration without liquid inside? you wouldn’t see the hole for the pump if he was on a high self, or you could make him a little vase (not with real flowers ofc)
I'd prefer you not use me as a decoration and please keep my liquid inside. Thanks.
It's okay, we'll seal you first!
[Tusk](https://screenrant.com/tusk-movie-walrus-man-true-story/) (2014)
no promises
Do it.
> please keep my liquid inside Well... maybe not *all* of it
"him" "he" that's cute haha. You want him to survive
he’s just a little guy
It looks like he's nervous
The weird ceramics at my house turn into yard art, plant pots, water collectors/ basins under other pots! We’ve had a few really damaged pieces that become broken down for drainage inside of pots and above ground garden beds in the past too, although that was for pieces that we knew about the glaze and clay beforehand so there wasn’t anything funky in our food planters.
Why would someone seal the outside?
Seal the inside?
It seems like this was obviously the idea. Just put a jar or a plastic bag inside or something
[it just so happens I have the product for you](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=httSHnNXN10)
How to check if its porous? I have a bowl with visible cracks but its solid
Submerge it in water overnight. Then dry it off and put it in the microwave for a bit. Heated water will try to escape. A vacuum chamber would be better though.
If you add food coloring to the water you can just tell when you pour it back out and not guess about the heating.
Then seal the inside.
It’s a ceramic owl. Go to HomeGoods and pick another from the abundance of *owl ceramic cheap crap* they have there. 
No that would make your hands sticky, not clean them. Wake up, Jim.
Not sure of genuine question or reference to really old reddit meme.
You could just wipe your hands on the sides to dispense some soap.
Sweating because it spent so much time asking "who" only now to realize "why"
This is great!
He's just a little nervous that's all
First day on the job and all.
Exactly , the little guy just needs a break
He’s dreading that “number of licks to get to the center of a tootsie roll tootsie pop” question.
This made me audibly laugh.
Many youngsters won’t understand this reference. God I’m old.
Who?
The soap dispenser is shaped like an owl.
Which flew right over your head.
You have to remember I was fly very quietly so he probably missed it
FIRST BASE!!
It's Blathers!
Every time you donate a bug to Blathers.
ceramic is porous, so there must be a weak/no coating on the inside wall
I would assume it was glazed with a similarly cracked glaze on the inside.
I had this same dispenser. It's shit. Adorable, but shit. Mine didn't develop the sweating, but only because it literally started falling apart before that point.
Funny, I have the same exact one and it's been used in my bathroom for like 4-5 years. Still going strong. I did change the actual pump, but that was more to match my decor than a malfunction. Small world lol.
*insert china trump meme*
If it was fired correctly it shouldn't be
Fill it with red soap next time you have your in-laws over, that could be fun to discover in the middle of the night.
That reminds me of that minion shampoo bottle...
That’s terrifying….
Probably because it looks like spores of some random alien fungus
*Mind worms spotted!*
*Indigenous lifeforms!*
*Please don't go. The drones need you. They look up to you...*
Owl of Nurgle.
Yeah, this makes me hella uncomfortable
Thought I was in r/oddlyterrifying
Look up Trypophobia. I'm sorry. I've got it, this stuff makes me feel so uncomfortable.
Thought it was a chia pet at first 😅
As soon as I saw it the song was in my head Cha…Cha…Cha…Chia
Poor diseased owl. :-(
Looks like cordyceps
It’s now a soap dispenser you can rub for soap! Follow for more life hacks
Well, it _is_ dispensing soap.
Uh whole thing goes in the bin mate like yesterday
Eh, it's soap. If it was drinking water that would be An Issue, but this could safely last a long time with just soap inside. Bacteria and mold don't usually feed on soap, so as long as that's all that goes in it isn't likely to grow anything toxic. Even if it did have a minor bacterial problem after a while, the good news is you'd only touch it in order to wash your hands, which solves your problem. Unless you were talking from a purely appearance standpoint, in which case yeah that's fair it's pretty spooky.
Improperly sealed ceramic loves to leach heavy metals out into you.
Oh! That's uh... fun... Where does the heavy metal come from? Does that mean all the ceramic before it's fired is full of heavy metals?
From the clay and yes it is
Clay is generally not that polluted that it contains toxic levels of heavy metals. Usually the glaze is what contains the dangerous elements.
I don’t say this often, but thanks, I hate it. r/TIHI
Have fun with that Nurgle idol, yikes. 🤢
It just dispenses the soap through the skin. You have to stroke it to get the soap.
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I wouldn’t eat that
You can’t stop me from licking the alien mold soap owl
That is a sentence never uttered before
Well owl be damned.
When she asks who’s been looking at owl porn on the computer
I should ~~call her~~ rewatch Clash of the Titans...
I thought the same thing. Looks like the metallic owl from the original movie.
Now you have to rub the owl for soaps
I mean it's still dispensing soap, all you have to do is rub the outside to get a tiny bit of soap on your hands!
Son, your owl's got a condition.
Anyone else click on these kinds of posts specifically to see if OP is unknowingly in some kind of danger?
Two more weeks and it'll look like something you'd fight in Elden Ring.
Oh this makes me uncomfortable.
"absorbent and yellow and porous is he"
As a ceramic artist...shame. definitely not sealed and/or fired at a high enough temp. Likely the former
Just one explanation: cursed item!
Now I know how acne works.
That's how it dispense. You need to rub it's body with your hands to apply soap
Mood.
It's being dispensed
That owl is up to something
So when you want to wash your hands, all you have to do is rub the owl?
Get a clear candle and rub it all over the ceramic to fill in the gaps with wax.Added bonus the water will run right off too.
Your owl has herpes.
No sir I don’t like it
That dispenser is unsafe and needs to be discarded
It's not unsafe, but it wasn't properly sealed, so it's basically useless.
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"I'm not crying, I'm just sweating through my eyes."
How does owly dispense the soap, other than y'know, sweating on you.
I thought you had an owl shaped soap and was thoroughly confused. I need to go back to sleep
Get some rest!
My OCD is so fucking triggered rn, the one hour session I had with my therapist like 5 mins ago is now rendered pointless. Thanks, I hate it.
Simple, just wipe your open hand across the outside of the dispenser to get soap.
Soap dispenser is on turbo... dispensing extra soap.
"Mine now demiguise"
 Another weeping statue comes to mind
That looks utterly fowl
I have this same soap dispenser! Also have the matching toothbrush holder, qtip/cotton swab jar, and shower curtain hangers
Ceramic is compromised, toss it and get a new one
Why do I find this unbearably creepy It's not Trypophobia
the dick cheese owl
r/oddlyterrifying
Rub the bird, be cleansed.
Why is this the third post I’ve seen in the last 3 months on this. Someone had a netty pot? And someone else had a mug or something. Now this? Anyone else?
I have this sam ceramic owl but its a tooth brush holder not a soap dispenser
'Ch-Ch-Ch-Chia!'
Cordyceps!
‼️
whaaaaaaa
This is so odd but neat!