▲ 241 ▼ xkcd #3217: Home Remedies (xkcd.com) submitted 8 months ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/xkcd@lemmy.world 18 comments fedilink hide all child comments The bot appears to be down, so it's now up to me again like in the old days to post new xkcd comics here. :D As always, you are permitted to call one person for guidance, but that person must be a grandparent. https://explainxkcd.com/3217/
[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 7 points 8 months ago (8 children) oh wow I really needed the explanation for this one 😂 permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Yosmonkol@piefed.social 9 points 8 months ago Some "old home remedies" would be: tomato sauce, for skunk; peanut butter, for gum; and prairie oyster cocktail, for hangover. Most of these either don't work or make the mess worse so a game show where people try this on a wild animal would be disastrous and possibly humorous if you ignore the animal abuse. permalink fedilink source parent [–] marcos@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (6 children) You don't have a home remedy for removing skunk smell, removing gum from hair or curing a hangover? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 4 points 8 months ago (5 children) No.... I know of skunks from the cartoon Pépé the Skunk, but I never really reconnected that with reality, as in, they smell bad IRL, that's not just a cartoon thing. So that prevented me from identifying the xkcd being about grandma's remedies. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] marcos@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (2 children) they smell bad IRL They smell about as bad as a feral cat. What they do is they make you smell bad if you scare them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hyperencabulator@lemmy.today 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) Not just bad either, vomit-inducing, appetite-destroying-bad. It's their defense mechanism from large things with sharp teeth that haven't eaten in 24h. The smell stays on you and anything the liquid touches for weeks. Burn the clothes, wait for new skin cells to replace the existing ones. Pray it isn't on something like your car or place of residence. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago We have a skunk that roams around our back yard. Our dog got within a foot of it once, luckily didn’t get spayed. I can tell when he’s outside, just the lingering odor of their spray fills the entire outdoors. It is incredible how potently disgusting their actual spray is. permalink fedilink source parent [–] emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) Skunks smell fine, they just have the ability to spray predators with a scent that smells fucking awful. The skunk itself doesn't usually smell like that though, and if they aren't afraid for their life they're actually super friendly cuddly creatures. They're like cats with a stinkbomb cannon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 1 point 8 months ago I didn't know all that, thanks for the skunk lore ! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Yosmonkol@piefed.social 9 points 8 months ago Some "old home remedies" would be: tomato sauce, for skunk; peanut butter, for gum; and prairie oyster cocktail, for hangover. Most of these either don't work or make the mess worse so a game show where people try this on a wild animal would be disastrous and possibly humorous if you ignore the animal abuse. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] marcos@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (6 children) You don't have a home remedy for removing skunk smell, removing gum from hair or curing a hangover? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 4 points 8 months ago (5 children) No.... I know of skunks from the cartoon Pépé the Skunk, but I never really reconnected that with reality, as in, they smell bad IRL, that's not just a cartoon thing. So that prevented me from identifying the xkcd being about grandma's remedies. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] marcos@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (2 children) they smell bad IRL They smell about as bad as a feral cat. What they do is they make you smell bad if you scare them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hyperencabulator@lemmy.today 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) Not just bad either, vomit-inducing, appetite-destroying-bad. It's their defense mechanism from large things with sharp teeth that haven't eaten in 24h. The smell stays on you and anything the liquid touches for weeks. Burn the clothes, wait for new skin cells to replace the existing ones. Pray it isn't on something like your car or place of residence. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago We have a skunk that roams around our back yard. Our dog got within a foot of it once, luckily didn’t get spayed. I can tell when he’s outside, just the lingering odor of their spray fills the entire outdoors. It is incredible how potently disgusting their actual spray is. permalink fedilink source parent [–] emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) Skunks smell fine, they just have the ability to spray predators with a scent that smells fucking awful. The skunk itself doesn't usually smell like that though, and if they aren't afraid for their life they're actually super friendly cuddly creatures. They're like cats with a stinkbomb cannon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 1 point 8 months ago I didn't know all that, thanks for the skunk lore ! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 4 points 8 months ago (5 children) No.... I know of skunks from the cartoon Pépé the Skunk, but I never really reconnected that with reality, as in, they smell bad IRL, that's not just a cartoon thing. So that prevented me from identifying the xkcd being about grandma's remedies. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] marcos@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (2 children) they smell bad IRL They smell about as bad as a feral cat. What they do is they make you smell bad if you scare them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hyperencabulator@lemmy.today 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) Not just bad either, vomit-inducing, appetite-destroying-bad. It's their defense mechanism from large things with sharp teeth that haven't eaten in 24h. The smell stays on you and anything the liquid touches for weeks. Burn the clothes, wait for new skin cells to replace the existing ones. Pray it isn't on something like your car or place of residence. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago We have a skunk that roams around our back yard. Our dog got within a foot of it once, luckily didn’t get spayed. I can tell when he’s outside, just the lingering odor of their spray fills the entire outdoors. It is incredible how potently disgusting their actual spray is. permalink fedilink source parent [–] emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) Skunks smell fine, they just have the ability to spray predators with a scent that smells fucking awful. The skunk itself doesn't usually smell like that though, and if they aren't afraid for their life they're actually super friendly cuddly creatures. They're like cats with a stinkbomb cannon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 1 point 8 months ago I didn't know all that, thanks for the skunk lore ! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] marcos@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (2 children) they smell bad IRL They smell about as bad as a feral cat. What they do is they make you smell bad if you scare them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hyperencabulator@lemmy.today 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) Not just bad either, vomit-inducing, appetite-destroying-bad. It's their defense mechanism from large things with sharp teeth that haven't eaten in 24h. The smell stays on you and anything the liquid touches for weeks. Burn the clothes, wait for new skin cells to replace the existing ones. Pray it isn't on something like your car or place of residence. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago We have a skunk that roams around our back yard. Our dog got within a foot of it once, luckily didn’t get spayed. I can tell when he’s outside, just the lingering odor of their spray fills the entire outdoors. It is incredible how potently disgusting their actual spray is. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hyperencabulator@lemmy.today 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) Not just bad either, vomit-inducing, appetite-destroying-bad. It's their defense mechanism from large things with sharp teeth that haven't eaten in 24h. The smell stays on you and anything the liquid touches for weeks. Burn the clothes, wait for new skin cells to replace the existing ones. Pray it isn't on something like your car or place of residence. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago We have a skunk that roams around our back yard. Our dog got within a foot of it once, luckily didn’t get spayed. I can tell when he’s outside, just the lingering odor of their spray fills the entire outdoors. It is incredible how potently disgusting their actual spray is. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago We have a skunk that roams around our back yard. Our dog got within a foot of it once, luckily didn’t get spayed. I can tell when he’s outside, just the lingering odor of their spray fills the entire outdoors. It is incredible how potently disgusting their actual spray is. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) Skunks smell fine, they just have the ability to spray predators with a scent that smells fucking awful. The skunk itself doesn't usually smell like that though, and if they aren't afraid for their life they're actually super friendly cuddly creatures. They're like cats with a stinkbomb cannon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 1 point 8 months ago I didn't know all that, thanks for the skunk lore ! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 1 point 8 months ago I didn't know all that, thanks for the skunk lore ! permalink fedilink source parent