Uriel238 [all pronouns] ( @uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 29•1 year agoPerhaps you shouldn’t blow dust off a shelf because then its air pollution, the same reason we shouldn’t pump factory smoke into the air. Vacuuming up the smoke with a properly filtered vacuum cleaner should provide a net cleaner air, especially if your electrical service is provided by other than coal or fuel. Otherwise dusting with a moist or lightly oiled rag will work nicely.
The stickiness of dust is based on its contents, typically grease from a nearby kitchen or motor pool will coat surfaces and make dust stick. Dust from human skin also has an oil element.
casmael ( @casmael@lemm.ee ) English6•1 year agoErrrr ‘motor pool?’ I’m scared
SwiggitySwole ( @SwiggitySwole@lemm.ee ) 14•1 year agoCars can swim a little bit, as a treat.
Uriel238 [all pronouns] ( @uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English4•1 year agoDust in a garage is typically laced with motor oil. Yes. And to be fair, fossil fuels in all its forms of distillation or consumption is pretty scary.
DavLemmyHav ( @DavLemmyHav@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 18•1 year agoWell? Is it???
cnnrduncan ( @cnnrduncan@beehaw.org ) English51•1 year agoDepends on how old you are - dust from half a century ago didn’t have any microplastics in it!
katy ✨ ( @cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 11•1 year ago Faresh ( @Faresh@lemmy.ml ) English9•1 year agoIf it is something that has been left untouched for some years, then the dust is probably too thick to be simply blown away (and would probably create a bigger mess than what you started with), I imagine. Use an old wet piece of cloth.
Froyn ( @Froyn@kbin.social ) 8•1 year agoMy experience went the other way. Growing up in a smoking household I thought dust was sticky and stuck to things. Being an adult in a non-smoking household the dust now only happens on the top of objects…
Rai ( @Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 8•1 year agoMy dust is mostly kratom, which is very blowable.
LeylaaLovee ( @LeylaaLovee@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 1•1 year agoI have no idea what these people are talking about, all you need for everything to be dusty again is a kratom or phenibut addiction lol
Rai ( @Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 1•1 year agoHahaha oh god
The last time I tried phenibut, I dissociated for like three days. It was the weirdest couple days, I swore never to touch it again (and haven’t!)
LeylaaLovee ( @LeylaaLovee@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 2•1 year agoNo jokes, I’d recommend staying away from it, especially as a Kratom user. Phenibut was my drug of choice, but it has some hidden issues even if it isn’t.
First off, they’re both giant pain in the asses to get the hitting right. But when you get the phenibut and kratom combo done right, it’s one of the best highs ever, don’t do it. They create extremely weird habits when combined and can become a nasty addiction on par with real hard drugs when used together. Second is withdrawal. Phenibut has BY FAR the worst withdrawal I’ve ever been through, and I’ve withdrawn from everything at least once, sometimes at the same time as each other. I haven’t touched the shit over a year. The acute withdrawal lasted for like a month and then the PAWS sticks around for around a year. I’d rather quit fentanyl and kpins at the same time again than ever doing Phenibut withdrawal again.