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[-] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 46 points 1 year ago

Perhaps 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@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Errrr ‘motor pool?’ I’m scared

[-] SwiggitySwole@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago

Cars can swim a little bit, as a treat.

[-] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago

Dust 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@lemmy.blahaj.zone 35 points 1 year ago
[-] cnnrduncan@beehaw.org 43 points 1 year ago

Depends on how old you are - dust from half a century ago didn't have any microplastics in it!

[-] MJBrune@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I wonder how microplastics change dust

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago

Somehow... I blame the Republicans.

[-] ElleChaise@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago
[-] _danny@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Dust is largely made of skin cells and fibers from our clothes and furniture. Since our clothes and furniture are containing more and more plastics and synthetics, I'd wager that our dust is noticeably different now than it was 30 years ago.

[-] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago

Tastes different too!

[-] ezchili@iusearchlinux.fyi 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For people like me living next to a large busy road, dust is mostly made out of micro plastics from tires :(

Well, I didn't do a compound analysis but I have to sweep my floor 3x as often as when I was in the countryside.

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 year ago

My dust is mostly kratom, which is very blowable.

[-] LeylaaLovee@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

I 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@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Hahaha 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@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

No 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.

[-] Faresh@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

If 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.

[-] MuThyme@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Or a vacuum, which imo is better for dusting than any of those purpose made cloths

[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 year ago
[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago
[-] max@feddit.nl 4 points 1 year ago

Have a robot vacuum, can confirm house is less dusty. Still baffled by the amount of dust it picks up in its little dust container. Where does it all come from??

[-] PM_ME_FEET_PICS@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Your body mostly.

[-] Orbituary@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Gym Jordan?

[-] Froyn@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

My 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...

[-] PM_ME_FEET_PICS@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

It also has a lot to do with humidity as well. Low humidity areas should see the this take effect in bathrooms.

Can’t have shit in Detroit

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