If it’s a floating pill like a capsule tilting your head down helps a lot, but if it’s a pill that sinks and sticks to your tongue tipping your head back can help

When I was a teenager I had the hardest time swallowing pills, even with water. So my mom bought me some mini M&Ms and had me practice with those. Since they are small, squishy, and don't taste bad, they are easy to swallow. I learned where to position the m&ms on the back of my tongue to easily swallow them without gagging. Now I can easily swallow any size pill without water.

I just tale a bite og food and let the pills go down with that once chewed.

Add the pills just before swallowing

I just toss the pills in my mouth and take a drink of water. Everything goes down easily.

also water helps, so you dont feel the pill. if its a large one it might more difficult.

I’ve never been able to make this work for me. I have a horrible gag reflex and I’ve been told I swallow pills like a goose. Which I do but hey it works for me 🤷🏻‍♀️

I hold my breath and swallow first. It tricks me into swallowing the pill so I can breathe again sooner.

I just have a swig of water in my mouth first, then pop a pill and swallow at once. No more gross pill taste if you do the pill first

Thank you PT.

FUCK you PT.

Oh god yes, this. I hate it so much. I'm so glad I've gone. Gotta go back as soon as I can afford to get some help with upper back tightness. Fuck the list of 8 new exercises I'm going to get, hate, and find magically fix my prooblem.

Where did you learn this? I've never heard this recommendation before and it sounds pretty out there.

Edit: it turns out that apparently both the American Dental Association and the National Health Service of the UK recommend not rinsing immediately after brushing. Huh, TIL.

Toothpaste instructions often tell you to rinse with a small amount of water, but dentists here always say not to.

And floss before brushing, so you can rinse goop out before the toothpaste goes in.

My dental hygienist recently said that if you vomit you're not supposed to brush your teeth right away. You're supposed to rinse your mouth out with water to balance the pH levels and after a little while then you can brush.

As a kid I learned from the dentist that you should massage your gums with the toothbrush. I've recently learned that you should absolutely not and this is why I have retracted gums and exposed roots that hurt like a motherfucker.

Childhood dentist that is probably long dead, I wish you bad thoughts wherever you are.

Still plenty of toothpastes without fluoride.

I'm flabbergasted

I've heard this before too, but no way, need a good rinse, and don't get toothpaste residue on the towel or anywhere, rinse well, mouth, hands and brush. The dentist has given my teeth great reviews for decades now from brush 2x a day, floss as needed and rinse the tp well. I get fluoride in the water too so it hasn't been an issue for my teeth at least.

It takes long enough after brushing and rinsing well to not have the odd tastes from eating as it is, but maybe not an issue for others and that would be nice.

Eye opening

Just use soap and water like normal. You just need to thoroughly dry it afterward and if possible, apply a small amount of oil while it's got to keep building the seasoning.

The seasoning is polymerized oil and does not come off with soap. You need a lot of abbrassive action to remove the seasoning.

🫤 I just wash it out like anything else and put it upside down on the stove to dry.

I use a ring mail washcloth.

I have a solid plastic scraper that has never let me down. Doesn't matter what I cook in it, how much blackened meat gets stuck, or how long I neglect it in the stove top before washing it, I run it under hot water, hit it with the scraper, then the abrasive side of my sponge, then the soft side. After, I towel dry it, put it in the stove top to evaporate left over moisture, then rub a thin layer of oil on it.

Okay, so, according to my calculations... Yes. You are certifiably insane.

What if you just don't know the answer to one? Or if multiple answers fit, and you need letters to choose between them?

I usually go through in order until I get stuck and then switch directions to use the free letters.

For what its worth I do it the same as you. I feel accomplished when I get it all in one round but that only happens with the easy puzzles at the beginning of the week. I have a goal of completing a puzzle on just the first pass of accross clues without having to use any down clues.

It depends on the medium I'm using. If it's a book or newspaper, I'll jump around. If I'm using my phone it makes more sense to do all the across, then all down.

That's what I do - try the across clues, then the down clues, then jump around to fill in anything I've missed

Sometimes I even try solving with just the across clues or just the down clues for an extra challenge (usually Monday or Tuesday puzzles)

That's how I do it as well

I think that makes sense, at least for a first pass. I want all of the prompts stewing in my head, so I want to take them all in, and going in order is the most efficient way to do that. If I don’t get one I’ll just try it later after the others.