# thinking of buffering like a shower

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**Created:** [June 13, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/thinking-of-buffering-like-a-shower/29855 "2009-06-13T20:09:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mco-gnv](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/mco-gnv/32/229_2.png) [@Mco-gnv](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Mco-gnv)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/thinking-of-buffering-like-a-shower/29855/1 "2009-06-13T20:09:08Z")

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So the other day a cadet asked in an intro thread what I meant by “buffer”.

And the explanation I gave him wasn’t too helpful (I thought), so I’ve been thinking about it, and finally decided on a metaphor that fits the bill.

When you go to take a shower, you don’t just have pure hot water on (-none), because that scalds you (aggression, ghosting, irritability). Instead, you put hot AND cold (socials) water on, so it is comfortably warm and makes the shower a wonderfully tempered experience. (that perfect phero mixture 🙂 )

I don’t know if this will be useful to anybody, but I figured I’d share, and maybe someone else could get use/kicks out of it.

cheers!

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**Author:** ![Gegogi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/gegogi/32/1536_2.png) [@Gegogi](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Gegogi)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/thinking-of-buffering-like-a-shower/29855/2 "2009-06-13T23:53:19Z")

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Actually I love cold showers. Take one daily.

I don’t know that buffering is the best term for adding nol or TAA to an androstenone mix. To most of us, to buffer means to collect and hold, e.g., a memory buffer in a DSLR may hold 20 or 30 images before it chokes and writing to the card slows down. Or it means to absorb shock, like a car bumper. When I add nol or TAA to androstenone I think of it as expanding and refining the effects, not as lessing it or holding back the androstenone. In fact, I don’t think socials reduce or hold back the effects of the androstenone one iota. What they do is enrich the total experience, making the process more natural and human. After all, humans naturally have a variety of mones on their skin, not just androstenone. I find successful mixes tend to balance a full spectrum of pheromonal stimulation. Too heavy amounts of any one mone tends to yield poor results or erratic reactions. That why products like [Ammo](https://a314.com/product/ammo/) (androstenol, androstenone & androsterone) tend to work well as a standalone for most people, and products like TUTH or NPA need IS, IH, etc., to keep man, women and pets from fleeing.

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**Author:** ![Mco-gnv](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/mco-gnv/32/229_2.png) [@Mco-gnv](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Mco-gnv)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2009, 2:14am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/thinking-of-buffering-like-a-shower/29855/3 "2009-06-14T02:14:23Z")

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> [@Gegogi](#):
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> After all, humans naturally have a variety of mones on their skin, not just androstenone. I find successful mixes tend to balance a full spectrum of pheromonal stimulation. Too heavy amounts of any one mone tends to yield poor results or erratic reactions. That why products like Ammo (androstenol, androstenone & androsterone) tend to work well as a standalone for most people, and products like TUTH or NPA need IS, IH, etc., to keep man, women and pets from fleeing.

Thats exactly what I meant. Natural mones are diverse, and not just “hot” water.