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beachmom77 t1_jcvdlr3 wrote

Go open the windows and don’t leave kitty out there 🥹

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DrLoxi t1_jcvjcca wrote

This is classic sitcom material.

Great :D

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forestapee t1_jcvjia6 wrote

Reminds me of the first time I used ghost pepper at home. Was cleaning the dishes with hot steamy water and gassed myself

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DHJeffrey99 t1_jcvlkqc wrote

I think you invented an improvised non-lethal pepper bomb

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HellsMalice t1_jcvm4pp wrote

The physics of this don't remotely check out but it's a cute sitcom sketch idea I suppose.

Edit: lol forgot I was on one of the more gullible subs, my bad. Tomorrow I'll post my TIFU about angering pixies

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Ladymomos t1_jcvor2q wrote

My ex decided to make homemade chilli sauce in our very small 1 bedroom flat, whilst we had guests over. He fully gassed us all and we ended up running around the garden flailing and trying to breathe. Couldn’t go back inside for hours. It was their first time at our place 🤦‍♀️

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AssumptionExpert7597 t1_jcvqos4 wrote

Yes!! A real TIFU story instead a sexual malfunction or walked in on my “enter person here” whacking the weiner story! Great story friend!

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Sk8erBoi95 t1_jcvqyps wrote

Hey, on the plus side, DIY gas chamber!

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PKfireice t1_jcvskvg wrote

Good thing it's an electric blower or you'd also have the canned air bitterent added to your spices. (Which is where I thought this was going)

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iamthemeowbot t1_jcvtwn5 wrote

Oh man xD this is terrible but so relatable. Just use paper funnels in the future.

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CramWellington t1_jcvxha6 wrote

The spices were in bags. Why not just cut one of the corners?

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Ladymomos t1_jcvxnx5 wrote

Replying to MzzBlaze (#2,274,540)

With great trepidation and a reminder that they didn’t really like spicy food 🤣 I knew her from Uni and the first time we hung out we got drunk and she came back to my place so we could try each other’s clothes on. So both our partners first met us dressed as each other. Second time was the chilli gas. I’m surprised he ever came back!

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artaaa1239 t1_jcvxwl1 wrote

At least it is only cayenne Peppers and not Carolina reaper

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The_Razielim t1_jcw1lmi wrote

I accidentally did something similar to my wife one time.

I was making gyoza filling and I like them with a bit of heat so I used a microplane to grate down a chili into the mix. My wife comes into the kitchen and immediately started coughing because apparently I aerosolized a serrano pepper and I didn't notice lol

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nenoman t1_jcw56it wrote

Did you both gain prescient powers and enhanced reflexes after consuming the Spice?

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TheUselessOne87 t1_jcw7wvm wrote

Replying to nenoman (#2,275,102)

man i wish, she's a big fan of dune. sadly no all i got were sneezes and reddish eyes and she got the whole waterworks cuz she ate up most of it. our cat certainly got some bonkers level of zoomies trying to run away tho, had to do an exception and let her have a lil tiny bit of milk for once

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TheUselessOne87 t1_jcw84uv wrote

Replying to Omisco420 (#2,275,300)

the cat was moved safely and got a tiny lil bit of milk. (we don't usually give her milk, we did it only for the spice and she grew up near a milk farm, she's not lactose intolerant afaik, we still don't give her any usually but poor kitty was sneezing like crazy)

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puffmaster5000 t1_jcw8kj7 wrote

Ex room mate would boil water, add cayenne pepper, then add his ramen.

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inkyletters t1_jcwcj3m wrote

This is amazing, also no cat tax?! I stalked your profile and I'm in love with her she's so small!

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TheUselessOne87 t1_jcwfxvf wrote

Replying to inkyletters (#2,275,650)

what's a cat tax? and yeah she is very small, we don't know why she just doesn't seem to grow anymore, she has a sister that looks exactly like her but is much bigger than her now. she's perfectly healthy tho

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inkyletters t1_jcwga61 wrote

Replying to TheUselessOne87 (#2,275,858)

Cat tax is just a silly reddit thing where if you mention a cat you include a photo of them as "tax" :)

We have a little cat who has stopped growing too but is otherwise healthy! Tiny cats are very precious ❤️

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ruove t1_jcwh4j4 wrote

> so i have an electric blower i use for dusting instead of compressed air cans

Metro DataVac? I've had my ED500 for like a decade now, thing still runs like brand new. Bottom filter is getting a bit worn out though.

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dawnbandit t1_jcwimyg wrote

Replying to HellsMalice (#2,273,899)

You don't cook with spices, do you? I make curry and other heavily spiced stuff, and blowing air into a container of very fine (and very spicy) Cayenne pepper would definitely do what OP said happened.

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tardawg1014 t1_jcwkqts wrote

Most relatable TIFU I’ve ever read. Minus the girlfriend moving in. Tried that once and it lasted for 3 months before I had to run— alcoholic manic depressives don’t make good partners

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SciPhiPlants t1_jcwmvx7 wrote

Depends on where you live and how volatile the market is.

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boomheadshot7 t1_jcwpkxf wrote

The actual TIFU is your complete disregard of capitalization.

God that was a hard read.

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WanchaiWhite t1_jcwyneu wrote

You should re-arrange hers in revenge, she might not know it yet but her thyme is cumin

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manderley82 t1_jcx27nq wrote

Replying to The_Razielim (#2,274,886)

One time I mindlessly threw some Serrano peppers onto super hot oil while my bf was chatting with me next to the stove. Instantly pepper sprayed us lol but unfortunately the windows in my living room didn’t open so I just turned up the fan and powered through lol

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CompetitiveEvent8099 t1_jcx2htb wrote

As someone who works with very spicy spices at my job, I feel for you.

I’m talkin like Carolina Reaper level. The entire back of house staff starts coughing and sneezing every time we have to use it.

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MooMookay t1_jcx52te wrote

Do you get the small spice bags? You could usually just get them in the container upside down and squeeze-shake the bag for self funnelling. Or you could also cut a corner of the bag like a piping bag.

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Xephhpex t1_jcx7dwb wrote

As a plus, if you break up, you get to admire her handwriting on your spice jars :)

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nocternum t1_jcx870i wrote

you can't mention a cat and not pay the cat tax man...

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ENDragoon t1_jcx9el9 wrote

Replying to manderley82 (#2,277,202)

I've only pepper sprayed myself once, I made a hot toastie with habanero, onion, and some cayenne pepper.

I ate it for lunch at work the next day, and it was lovely, but then I had some soda water to chase it down.

I burped in my mask, and then, because of my glasses, the spicy, humid, capsaicin laden air that came rushing out the top of the mask went straight into my eyes.

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Aiusthemaine17 t1_jcxb9ie wrote

LMAO I like how you can imagine and picture out the horror of what have happened. Funny stuff. But I hope y'all and the cat alright now.

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TheUselessOne87 t1_jcxgs3c wrote

Replying to secondtaunting (#2,277,618)

she hadn't gotten to the actual nutmeg yet. i think it's just the leftover spice mix in the air that had a nutmeg smell, also my nutmeg isn't in powder form, i always crush some nutmeg nuts as i need. kitty is doing great

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generated_user-name t1_jcxhsw7 wrote

Replying to TheUselessOne87 (#2,274,691)

That used to be cute to me, now it’s almost a dealbreaker. I always try to explain how it’s not that I’m always indecisive it’s that I couldn’t care less when I respond like that. So when something (hasn’t been quite as wholesome lol) goes wrong, I have to console them for failing to be perfect. I have some empathy for that for sure… because I am constantly working on my need for perfection (or lack of). But I can’t fix you if I can’t fix me!

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SirDooble t1_jcxjo7d wrote

Replying to xnmw (#2,274,551)

Depends somewhat on the funnel.

I had this same dilemma a little while back when I made a spice rack for my dad. The funnel I had was a little silicone one (it was an effective size for a small spice bottle, whereas my larger plastic one was too big and I'd have probably knocked everything over using it).

The silicone one did the job, but I guess because of static electricity, it kept an awful lot of particles of herbs/spices stuck to it each and every time.

So that meant giving it a quick wash and a dry about 24 times whilst filling all the bottles. Definitely a lot more time consuming than I anticipated.

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aiydee t1_jcxl1s3 wrote

At least it was only cayenne. Could have been much worse.
But that's a doozy of a story.

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TheUselessOne87 t1_jcxyi40 wrote

Replying to ENDragoon (#2,277,525)

one time when i was younger I'd have my weekly cooking class with my grandma, one of the ingredients that week was ginger. i wasn't strong enough to press it so i cut it instead. it didn't smell particularly spicy, and i was a kid with many allergies and it was the middle of summer. right as i scrubbed my eyeballs my grandma told me to be careful and not touch my eyes after touching ginger. now i know at least lol.

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iwokeupabillionare t1_jcybcxv wrote

If the bag is hand sized and the container can be filled with all the weight, you could pinch and put the top half of the bag, turn the bag on a 45 degree angle on the mouth container, turn the bag 90 degrees (+ 45 degrees) to start filling the container. If the container can handle the fuller weight, and another 90 degrees to let the rest of the spice out. The container sits down as it is being filled by one hand. Do this in the sink, so left over spices can be easily washed away - water, soap and scrub and water. No funnel need.

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TheUselessOne87 t1_jcyfir3 wrote

Replying to WanchaiWhite (#2,277,016)

I'd say we communally own the spices, i say "my" cuz i do most of the cooking and i pay for groceries. we don't have separate spices lol.

I'm not gonna take my revenge, she wanted to help me and did a lil oopsie. pretty sure getting pepper sprayed is good enough of a reminder to not use an electric blower anywhere near spices. fuck ups happen, this one happened to be pretty bad only cuz it happened to be with cayenne pepper.

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Aggleclack t1_jcyp9lx wrote

I thought this was about chemical screen cleaner but it was so much better. As an avid organizer, I’ve been there. Sometimes the solution is PERFECT but then human errors jumps in to fuck things up. Congrats on your spice rack, OP. Your old system sounds like anxiety simulator.

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oldwitch1982 t1_jcz48e3 wrote

I burnt cayenne doing a spell and almost died once and I have rubbed hot peppers in my eyes and accidentally got some on the downstairs kitty cat… you have to wash your hands with rubbing alcohol or else you have residue forever… That shit is terrible. Peppers are the devil.

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Drewstosay t1_jcz97ei wrote

sounds like questioning her method was the FU not letting her use it. She was doing fine till you had her explain it to you 😆

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bstag t1_jczb9lk wrote

A few weeks back I took a brisket and put a very spicy rub on it with multiple pepper types of various ranges from meh to melt your face off. After putting brisket in the smoker I went to clean the pan I rubbed it in. I used a hi pressure sprayer to do this normally as I sprayed my eyes and the 3 guys I was talking to started to water and the coughing started as we figured out I just pepper sprayed the whole commercial kitchen. I turned on the stove fire hood as I left in the hopes we could go back in and finish dinner soon.

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