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Me: Okay, my tiny rpg game/Story is vaguely Weird West in terms of aesthetics and non-magical technology, but it's set in an explicitly secondary fantasy world so I don't have to worry about conflicts with real-world history or geography.

Also me: And now, for this goofy story that I am only telling to myself, I will falll down wikipedia/google rabbit holes on a) the historical availability of refined sugar in various parts of the US, b) the native range of wild ginger, and c) the early history of the Mormon church.

There are no Mormons in this story. The Christian Church doesn't exist in this world. And yet!

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So, the condition of my fingernails is improving, but after 9 months the actual skin on my hands has apparently adjusted to being vacuum sealed in vinyl for 8 hours a day and now, without the gloves, is absurdly dry, to the point of actual discomfort.

Argh, I'm going to have to start wearing lotion. I hate lotion on my hands, this is the worst.

(I mean, it's not worse than the gloves. But still awful.)