DrMango

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Demand reparations for Netscape Navigator!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's, like, a really good motor...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

HBO loves doing this with their shows. See also True Detective

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

OP should try opening the pickle jar with their thighs

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I hear FaceTime used more generically than Zoom (for mobile video chat)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

The first thing you said here is pretty spot on for me. Losing weight is largely a psychological battle, so giving people a simple task list doesn't always work.

What we need to understand is that "losing weight" goes against our biological programming. We have evolved over millenia to crave carbohydrates (sugars) and fats because they are ready sources of energy, and to only undertake strenuous physical activity if absolutely necessary. In developed nations today neither of these leads to very healthy living, so we need to actively fight against our reptile brains to stay healthy.

As you said, consistency is key. You don't get healthy by working out 9 hours one day only and eating salad for a week, you get healthy by making small, manageable healthy choices every day.

Try doing a little more exercise this week than you did last week. You can increase time, intensity, or frequency of whatever your chosen activity is. Try deprogramming your need for ultra-sweet foods by limiting your sugar intake and always try to consume fiber with your sugars (raw fruits are great for this.)

Little by little you will see beneficial changes

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Stopped drinking my calories (alcohol, juice, soda, etc.) and fell in love with running.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm not talking about the uses for the tool, I'm talking about how you used the company's own website as a point of reference for the tool's capabilities. They have a profit motive so of course they're not going to advertise unsavory uses for their product, just like your knife companies aren't going to advertise that their product can be used for mutilation.

But go on with your pedantry I guess.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Tbh attempting to replace sugar with "sugar alternatives" is part of the problem. The other part of the problem is that commercial goods are sold with a fuckton of super sugar (high fructose corn syrup et al.) added to them which is completely unnecessary. If you just try to get your sugar from natural sources and try to eat some fiber with it (whole fruit is perfect for this) you're on the right track.

The short version is simply: don't drink your sweets

[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I mean of course the official website isn't going to say "it's a great tool for hackers and car thieves"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

So true. I was watching this on a whim recently and noticed Ted is just an incomprehensibly annoying human being. This guy constantly ignores good advice because wHaT aBoUt TrUe LoVe and is constantly dragging his so-called friends into his shenanigans and inevitable failures. Also he's a bad friend to pretty much all of the other central characters and will constantly turn them down or ignore their needs in his relentless pursuit to find a girlfriend. Even Barney, the supposed sex hound, frequently makes time for his friends and genuinely wants to see them have a good time. Not Ted. Ted is a selfish bastard who thinks one "grand gesture" can make up for any transgression, so he let's minor transgressions build until he has to make a grand gesture to smooth things over. That guy is toxic.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

PSA most white garments are dyed white and will yellow if bleached. There are almost no "true white" fabrics/fibers in nature (cotton and wool are more cream colored, for example) so be careful using bleach on your clothes

 

I like shopping in book stores. There's something about wandering the aisles and waiting for a book to jump out at you that I can't get shopping online. Unfortunately, whenever I compare the price of a book Amazon has every in-person store beat, often pricing their offerings 30%-50% lower (or around $10/book in my experience) even when I go to a large chain like Barnes and Noble.

How is it that Amazon is able to afford to offer the books so much cheaper and also support all of the infrastructure involved in shipping it to my doorstep compared with in-person stores?

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