marjaerwin

I get hives and sores from latex and spandex.

I have to shop in the men's section because there I have a chance of finding pants without spandex, and without polyester which can also give me milder rashes, but even so, most include spandex, most bury the ingredients list deep inside, and all are too big.

Now FiveThirtyEight is celebrating that new technology allows... is it even wider use of the already-ubiquitous spandex?

(Sponsored by Mott & Bow) How do you make a truly comfortable pair of jeans? Jeans made out of cotton are often soft, but may not stretch well. Jeans made out of materials that offer more elasticity aren’t always as soft as their mostly-cotton counterparts. Fortunately, one brand solved the conundrum. They’ve developed weaving technology to produce jeans that are 99% cotton and only 1% elastane while still providing an 18% stretch factor. The jeans maintain their shape and look great, and are likely more comfortable than any other pair of jeans that you own.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/significant-digits-for-tuesday-feb-19-2019/

You ever have nightmares where half the nightmare is remembering, rather than experiencing, something?

I had a nightmare where I remembered people keeping small carnivorous plants. They had narrow sticky stalks, and they big jaws like Venus Flytraps. But people couldn’t keep control of them, and in a few months they replaced all the other plants, and giant ones were swaying in the sky. And you couldn’t burn them because they’d release toxic gas, and there was a rumor that they could cloud and control your mind…

I think my nightmare *might* have something to do with allergy season, and with the nasty side-effects I had from cetirizine for the past few days.