Funny, I started watching this thinking the same thing Destin did.... "I'm an experienced diver... I'm super comfortable being underwater, even upside down and in enclosed spaces"

and then they talked about letting your sinuses flood... and my brain went "nope, not having that".

*quality video about not panicing in a tough situation.

Also, I had kind of assumed that being able to swim was a prerequisite for a MARINE!

Well you could have been like myself, horrible sinus allergies to smoke, dander, pollen, food additives, etc., until my body turned-on the immunities to everything-Now I only suffer very slightly from the most intense outbreaks of allergens that most people around me during the same outbreaks suffer terribly from.

My worst allergies as an adult are to my fellow Americans, who grow more intolerable every day.

I wonder if this is a retained/infected nasal tampon or sponge, either post-operative or from severe prior epistaxis. Acute or chronic sinusitis should not have this presentation without the presence of a foreign body.

*edit* similar to : http://youtu.be/dnIw0qdnEqs

I'd hazard a guess a severe sinus infection if it's both sides, the trailing end of that glob looked to be mostly pus.

>> ^KnivesOut:

The Scottish Fold is the cutest of all cat species. Discuss.


They're not the ugliest, but it's not for lack of trying.

I much prefer cats that could survive in the wild rather than these cats who can't even survive in an apartment without a routine sinus drain.

Those poor bad men sound like they have terrible sinus infections!

I have never smoked (tobacco or anything else). I have never had any desire to smoke. I realize that I cannot really understand smoking from a smoker's mindset. I also realize that saying that "I wish nobody smoked" or "I wish cigarettes were never invented" doesn't really contribute anything.

But I hate smoking, and frankly that creates a large burden to overcome in any situation where I would develop any sort of direct interpersonal relationship with someone who smokes; whether that relationship is friendly, professional, romantic, or anything else. To me, cigarette smoke smells awful and even very small exposure can give me a headache or screw with my sinuses.

I don't want to interfere with other people's right to smoke at their own home or in private businesses that choose to allow it (bars, restaurants, whatever) -- or at least, I can accept that while I might personally be pleased if smoking was universally banned, I wouldn't want to set that sort of precedent for the whims of "some" being enforced on "all". But I will tend to personally avoid any location that allows smoking whenever possible, and I will tend to avoid people that smell of smoke much the same way (no great loss from your perspective, I am sure).

Just as a final thought, I'd suggest that smokers shouldn't take offense on a personal level to attitudes similar to mine. I don't hate you. I do hate smoking. I would prefer if you didn't smoke. You'd probably prefer me to be a female nudist with large breasts, or at least someone without an "attitude" about smoking. Neither of us is going to be magically granted our preference.

Well, I am 6'5" and flew twice every week for work for a few years, and I can tell you that seeing a fat person come down the aisle looking in my direction as (s)he is searching for the appropriate seat was one of my biggest concerns flying. If you check in online and use seatguru.com you can usually get some extra legroom in the right seats. Nothing you do, however, will alleviate the hell of sweaty odoriferous undulating rolls of girth spilling over into your personal space from your temporary neighbor.

>> ^MilkmanDan:
I'm tall, but not extreme percentile tall -- about 6'2". When I fly, some fat (like, really fat) person overflowing into my seat is way down on my concerns list, which goes a little something like this:
1. Some inconsiderate bastard in the seat in front of me decides that they will be a little more comfortable by reclining their headrest to a position about 3 inches in front of my nose, which leaves me short on breathing room AND legroom. Reclining my own seat relieves the breathing room issue but does so at the expense of the person behind me (which I hate to do), and the lack of leg/knee room remains.
2. Some old woman or young guy decides that riding in a cramped cattle car is the perfect time to wear a full gallon of perfume/cologne. I'm pretty highly anti-'fragrances' in general, and any prolonged exposure to even light applications of perfume or cologne tend to give me a headache. So, being inches away from someone that smells like they bathe in the shit puts me into a "HULK SMASH!" mood pretty quick.
3. Screaming baby. I understand that it can't be avoided sometimes. I know that pressure changes in the cabin affect younger kids eardrums and sinuses in ways that can be painful -- I used to have the same problem. But the parents that immediately give it up as a lost cause and give you dirty looks like "yeah, I know my kid is producing more decibels of sound than the jet engine outside, but I'm not even going to make an effort to try to calm them down" bother me.
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4,016. Being seated next to a bloated sack of protoplasm.

I'm tall, but not extreme percentile tall -- about 6'2". When I fly, some fat (like, really fat) person overflowing into my seat is *way* down on my concerns list, which goes a little something like this:

1. Some inconsiderate bastard in the seat in front of me decides that they will be a little more comfortable by reclining their headrest to a position about 3 inches in front of my nose, which leaves me short on breathing room AND legroom. Reclining my own seat relieves the breathing room issue but does so at the expense of the person behind me (which I hate to do), and the lack of leg/knee room remains.

2. Some old woman or young guy decides that riding in a cramped cattle car is the perfect time to wear a full gallon of perfume/cologne. I'm pretty highly anti-'fragrances' in general, and any prolonged exposure to even light applications of perfume or cologne tend to give me a headache. So, being inches away from someone that smells like they bathe in the shit puts me into a "HULK SMASH!" mood pretty quick.

3. Screaming baby. I understand that it can't be avoided sometimes. I know that pressure changes in the cabin affect younger kids eardrums and sinuses in ways that can be painful -- I used to have the same problem. But the parents that immediately give it up as a lost cause and give you dirty looks like "yeah, I know my kid is producing more decibels of sound than the jet engine outside, but I'm not even going to make an effort to try to calm them down" bother me.

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4,016. Being seated next to a bloated sack of protoplasm.

But will it give me a sinus infection?!?

> It must be pretty good stuff.

As Tony the Tiger would say -- THEY'RE GREAT -- truly, :🙇: to the mighty Vicodin. I've gotten these prescribed about 5 times over the last four years (three times for acute and *painful* sinus infections). Unlike several people I know, I don't eat pharmaceuticals lightly just because I have them, instead I save them for when they are needed, for real headaches, colds, flus, etc. It's times like those when you really appreciate the power of these things, when they turn a shitty unusable day into a normal one.

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she needs to lean her head forward, so that the blood can clot. This is what happens when the blood fills up the sinuses.

Blowing non-sterilized sinus juices in your eye socket? That can't be good. Should've been hit harder.

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