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    15 days ago

    If you have a whiteboard marker, you can draw over it and then erase it. Works wonders.

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        16 days ago

        You’re not going to absorb enough to be dangerous using it to clean something like this, and if you’re drinking the stuff, well…at least the methanol warns you before it kills you

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          16 days ago

          I think I remember hearing methanol got most of its bad rep (over IPA) because it was commonly produced with the ethanol when moonshine was made by inexperienced people. During prohibition, people would go to these inexperienced distillers because of the low cost (or even try doing it themselves) and get sick.

          It is also used to “denature” (make unfit for consumption) ethanol for industrial use to be exempt from alcohol taxes. Bittering agents are more common now though, especially when the product is consumer facing and the residue left by the agent isn’t important.

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      16 days ago

      This is the answer. Shit works so well I routinely just use sharpies to write on mirrors or windows when I need to. Any surface that’s glass, metal, or in a pinch hard plastic if it’s not going to sit too long. Come in later with dry erase. Fantastic way to leave notes on the mirror. Dry erase won’t hold up to the steam in a shower if it’s something that needs to be there for a bit, like an on going list, daily affirmations or some shit, or reminders.

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        16 days ago

        China markers are perfect for this. I made this move a few years ago to mark my left overs in the fridge.

        China markers come off when rubbed intentionally, unlike dry erase that erase with the slightest incidental rub.

        Permanent markers can “bake” on in the dishwasher (as can dry erase) where China markers rub off.

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            16 days ago

            I ignore most notifications on my phone, other than like active shit, like phone calls. Most notifications are turned off, and I’m not in the habit of actually reading notifications. It’s better for my mental health not to rely on them. I use older school methods for most shit.

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              16 days ago

              I have actually used sharpies to write on my phone screen, for like, super important shit that I need to make sure not to figure when I wake up. Often, notifications get ignored or forgotten about

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                  16 days ago

                  Because it’s not destructive at all. It wipes away just like dry erase, except it doesn’t wipe away until you want it to.

                  Learned about years ago when I worked a job packing bags for a prison commissary. Would write the inmates name on the plastic packaging in sharpie. If you made a mistake you could erase it. Works a charm.

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    16 days ago

    Sometimes ethanol (i.e. rubbing alcohol) works.

    If not, try acetone, same thing used to remove nail polish.

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    16 days ago

    I was uh measuring the minimum radius of soft versus hard PC water cooling tubing. Yeah that tracks…