yeah. As a black woman, that's the only reason I would use any kind of "whitening" cream. It's annoying to have acne scars that are significantly darker than the rest of your face. I just want an even tone, like everyone.

You mean commercials like this one?

That is actually what Dencia claims the creams are for.

That's how they're marketed in the US, because "whitening cream" is completely unacceptable here. In the Asian market (and apparently the African market, such as it is?), there is no such stigma. Japan and Korea gobble that shit up.

For some reason I thought those creams were to lighten dark spots due to acne scarring or sun spots. Kind of to even skin tone out to it's original color.

Either this is satire, or this is the most laughably stupid comment I've ever received on these.

Fun fact: IT BURNS. My guess is all the many acids used to make it, you know, tangy. So, doesn't really come highly recommended. Or maybe all this time I was snorting adderall and didn't know it. In which case, I highly recommend it! I was one insufferably energetic child.

When I was a kid, we would eat straight Tang out of a plastic baggie we brought to school. Occasionally we would snort a bit of it on a dare because we were fucking stupid. If we would've been older we probably would've tried to smoke it too. Frankly, I'm sometimes shocked I made it to adulthood.

You know what works well in a pinch when you've run out of giant Pixie Stix and still want sugar?

I want to nominate the hippy version of Fruit By the Foot, Fruit Leathers. They are overly sweet, practically unchewable(like leather!), and gaggy combinations of dried fruit paste. Dried fruit is already a kind of iffy proposition, I can tolerate it and mainly use it on hiking trips to prevent constipation, but…

For some reason now I really want an Airhead. I ate way too many of those when I was a pre-teen!

Wonderful idea. It seems like everything but humans and koalas hate eucalyptus.

That is brilliant. Eucalyptus will also do damage to flea eggs (learned that during a very bad flea summer in LA) and dissuade ants.

EAT ALL THE SWEET, SWEET TAXPAYER STRAWBERRIES

Could I add it with my white vinegar in the fabric softener dispenser?

Oh that is a great tip, thanks for sharing!!

In case anyone wants to study up before, I dunno, Easter: here's what your uncle and best friend's husband is going to say

I saw a dental surgeon who came in to check on the progress of my healing and **tapped me on the shoulder** with the little mirror thing. I asked that he get a clean one. I was quietly horrified.