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  1. Comment on What's your favorite cult classic movie? in ~movies

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    Worth it just for the Sean Connery in a unikini.

    Worth it just for the Sean Connery in a unikini.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on What's your favorite cult classic movie? in ~movies

  3. Comment on You're not losing fat because you're eating too damn much (even when you don't think you are) in ~health

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    If that's an accurate calorie count, you really should be under a doctor's supervision.

    If that's an accurate calorie count, you really should be under a doctor's supervision.

    1 vote

  4. Comment on You're not losing fat because you're eating too damn much (even when you don't think you are) in ~health

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    If you try to log less than 1400 calories a day in my fitness pal it will refuse to chart it. 1100 calories a day for an adult (assuming we're talking about a human female) is less a diet, and...

    If you try to log less than 1400 calories a day in my fitness pal it will refuse to chart it. 1100 calories a day for an adult (assuming we're talking about a human female) is less a diet, and more anorexia. 2' tall toddlers require 1300 calories per day. The starvation experiment he mentioned earlier was 1560 calories per day.

    Yes, the math checks out. Starve yourself to lose weight, one weird trick and all that.

    My issue was primarily the 'men and females' phrasing tho, not the math.

    3 votes

  5. Comment on You're not losing fat because you're eating too damn much (even when you don't think you are) in ~health

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    Men and females, the whole thing reeks of bro science.

    A 200lb man dieting on 2500 calories per day and overeating by 300 calories is only an increase of 13%, versus a 120 lb female dieting on 1100 calories and overeating by 300 calories, that’s a 27% increase.

    Men and females, the whole thing reeks of bro science.

    3 votes

  6. Comment on Now political polarization comes for marriage prospects in ~life

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    I do wonder if there's any decrease in what the article calls 'homogamy' at all, or if these increasingly left wing women are just dating other left wing women. LGBTQ identification has certainly...

    I do wonder if there's any decrease in what the article calls 'homogamy' at all, or if these increasingly left wing women are just dating other left wing women. LGBTQ identification has certainly trended up amongst the young'uns.

    about one in five young single adults today will have to put a ring on someone outside their ideological tribe if they wish to marry

    https://www.axios.com/2022/02/17/lgbtq-generation-z-gallup

    Gen Z adults who identify as LGBTQ has increased from 10.5% in 2017 to 20.8% in 2021.

    Over 20%? That's one in five. What a coinkydink.

    4 votes

  7. Comment on What are you doing in your garden? in ~hobbies

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    I always do cardboard under my mulch, I have a garage full of the stuff that I've been saving for months now. The worms love it, and it's great at weed suppression. It's free. It's practically...

    I always do cardboard under my mulch, I have a garage full of the stuff that I've been saving for months now. The worms love it, and it's great at weed suppression. It's free. It's practically required if you're not tilling. I pull all the tape off, and don't use cardboard that's heavily printed on. Not sure what's in all those inks, best to avoid, I figure.

    Highly recommend.

    2 votes

  8. Comment on US President Donald Trump signs executive order designed to limit the legal protections that shield social media companies from liability for the content users post on their platforms in ~tech

  10. Comment on Tech was supposed to improve caucuses. Instead, it may have doomed them in ~tech

  11. Comment on Why Democratic leaders still misunderstand the politics of social class in ~news

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    I know, right? Workplace democracy is so in Bernie's wheelhouse. See here, here. Seems to mesh quite nicely with the "strong labor movement" the author was calling for. I don't get it and it...

    I know, right? Workplace democracy is so in Bernie's wheelhouse. See here, here.

    Double union membership within Bernie’s first term.

    Seems to mesh quite nicely with the "strong labor movement" the author was calling for. I don't get it and it honestly turned me off the article at first. Still not getting it, although I did like the article. Like, how you got such a blindspot?

    2 votes

  12. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~health

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    I've taken an interest in this lately because of an as-yet undiagnosed endocrine system dysfunction. I can't get doctors to follow thru or call me back, so I've been doing a lot of reading. I...

    I've taken an interest in this lately because of an as-yet undiagnosed endocrine system dysfunction. I can't get doctors to follow thru or call me back, so I've been doing a lot of reading. I tripped across this in my reading: Men's sperm counts are plummeting. They think it's from PFAS and things like it and they think it's epigenetic, accumulating across generations.

    Apparently I placed too much faith in the EPA et. al. when I dismissed people's concerns about non-stick pans and microwaving tupperware... it seems like it's actually worse than my friend from highschool's hippy parents made it out to be, because we're all exposed whether we nuke our tupperware or not since it's bioaccumulating in the food chain. And coming at you from every angle; thermal receipt papers was one that surprised me. Apparently it can transfer from the paper to your fingers, and then to your burger you just bought. It's a super effective way to consume BPA. Who'da thunk. You can't replace your water bottles out of this one. It's like the whole world's a superfund site.

    6 votes

  13. Comment on The plant ecology of the Los Angeles River in ~science

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    I love this guy, I think of him like the anti-nature show. Instead of beautiful wild landscapes, we get to learn about the plant life in dystopian urban hellscapes. Y'know, where we all live and...

    I love this guy, I think of him like the anti-nature show. Instead of beautiful wild landscapes, we get to learn about the plant life in dystopian urban hellscapes. Y'know, where we all live and the plants that we see all the time.

    And sometimes he travels somewhere actually nice. I really liked the cloud forests of Mexico videos he did. His tone of voice shifted into something like reverence, which you never hear from him when he's traipsing around the train tracks in LA or whatever. Understandably.

    And he's all self-taught, which I was impressed by.

    6 votes

  14. Comment on The US pesticide industry's playbook for avoiding neonicotinoid bans in ~enviro

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    ^^^This bit right here. They're intentionally steering the conversation to be about honey bees for a reason, because they've got a convenient excuse lined up. Honey bees aren't even native to the...

    Other insects not affected by Varroa are declining precipitously in synch with neonicotinoid use, which any honest review would reveal as suggestive that these compounds should be severely restricted or banned.

    ^^^This bit right here. They're intentionally steering the conversation to be about honey bees for a reason, because they've got a convenient excuse lined up.

    Honey bees aren't even native to the Americas, yet in my experience they're what people here bring up when I try to talk to them about pollinators. I've been trying to steer the conversations I have with people about this topic to be about monarchs. They're charismatic little native pollinators, I live in their migration path and we used to get fields covered in them occasionally when I was a kid. But it's hard to get people to notice the absence of something that wasn't reliably happening every year, and cute as they are they're still just bugs. Insignificant.

    4 votes

  15. Comment on Why Biden has such a large lead in the polls in ~news

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    McConnell's seat is up for an election in 2020. He's not a forgone conclusion for the next president. His approval numbers in Kentucky are really low, in the teens last I checked. And Sanders...

    McConnell's seat is up for an election in 2020. He's not a forgone conclusion for the next president. His approval numbers in Kentucky are really low, in the teens last I checked.

    And Sanders could bring the exact people who'd vote him out, to the polls in 2020.

    4 votes

  16. Comment on America's parents want paid family leave and affordable child care. Why can't they get it? in ~life

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    That definitely vibes with your assertion there. "I was against it until I needed it, now I think it sounds great". Lady's got a malfunctioning empathy gland, and she's sadly representative of a...

    Before having her own kids, Whitney Phinney acknowledges she thought of paid leave and subsidized child care as "handouts."

    "I've definitely evolved my perspective from an individualistic 'Everyone just needs to take care of themselves; no one's going to help you out' to 'Hey, it's our job as a society to help support each other, and that means supporting kids and raising kids and taking care of kids,'" she said.

    That definitely vibes with your assertion there. "I was against it until I needed it, now I think it sounds great". Lady's got a malfunctioning empathy gland, and she's sadly representative of a good chunk of us. Incapable of anything more removed than sympathy.

    8 votes

  17. Comment on Thousands flock to Wikipedia founder's 'Facebook rival' in ~tech

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    Why? I've always had warm fuzzies toward Jimmy because Wikipedia is a great thing, I think. They've managed to stave off bad actors really well, despite being a huge target.

    Why? I've always had warm fuzzies toward Jimmy because Wikipedia is a great thing, I think. They've managed to stave off bad actors really well, despite being a huge target.

    11 votes

  18. Comment on What do you think about the concept of generations? in ~talk

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    I'm the same-ish age as you, I've heard us called "xennials". As a generation straddler, I don't feel like the labels are super great. I don't fit in your boxes, and I'm inclined to think that's a...

    I'm the same-ish age as you, I've heard us called "xennials".

    As a generation straddler, I don't feel like the labels are super great. I don't fit in your boxes, and I'm inclined to think that's a problem with your boxes.

    And they way they're used is just not great. I usually join the gen-xers and grab the popcorn when the millenials and boomers start slinging insults at each other. Ten years of boomer clickbait articles about boogeyman millenials that could all be boiled down to "kids these days and their (avocados, smart phones, social media, etc.)!". Now the backlash, "Ok boomer" memes and such. It's funny, but not very productive and it's very divisive.

    I can't think of any upsides, I can think of downsides. Either I'm just pessimistic, or generation labels are dumb.

    2 votes

  19. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~news

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    I keep seeing this talking point, and I don't get it. Toyota had a pretty big class action suit for their electronic accelerators glitching out and sending cars speeding out of control. We do sue...

    I don't sue the car maker when I get in an accident in their vehicle.

    I keep seeing this talking point, and I don't get it. Toyota had a pretty big class action suit for their electronic accelerators glitching out and sending cars speeding out of control. We do sue car makers when we get in accidents in their vehicles all the time, and even win occasionally. Nader's book made a pretty big splash with I think it was the Corsair's? split differential that tended to cause the car to do a weird nose dive because they cheaped out and didn't include a sway bar. Working from memory here, bear with me.

    When cars hurt people, car companies get sued.

    If the suit is meritless, Remington will probably win? I'm sure they can afford decent lawyers. They'll be alright.

    6 votes

  20. Comment on Discussion: Top 10 Stupidest Things US Fed Govt has done in ~talk

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    That was gonna be my answer. Imperialism in South America, the Contras, the cartels we buy drugs from and the guns we sell to them that they use to terrorize the populace who come to America...

    supporting authoritarian dictators in South America during the 60's and 70's

    That was gonna be my answer. Imperialism in South America, the Contras, the cartels we buy drugs from and the guns we sell to them that they use to terrorize the populace who come to America seeking refuge who we're currently calling "illegals" and throwing in cages.

    Probably the worst thing I can think of that we're actively still doing. It's a toss up between that and terrorizing middle eastern civilians with drone strikes.

    Now I have a sad :( Why did I open this terribly depressing topic lol

    3 votes