toadjones79

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's put an end to the discussion; what is the best way?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I tuck. I have found that it is the most reliable for keeping it from drying. Mostly j noticed this with bags of chips. Then I adapted that to bread.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The gender pay gap is at average 15% in North America. When shopping though, items that are marketed for Men or Women specifically seem to be on average priced the same.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s not true at all. Sometimes the cost is more for men. But almost universally the costs of the same item are more for women than for men. The running joke is that if you take the same volume of shaving cream, stick it in a taller narrower bottle, and add a label with purple and butterflies; you can slap a higher price on it.

  Look at pockets. Women rarely find clothes with pockets. When they do the pockets are usually very inadequate. Their pants use less material but cost more.

  Alternatively, their clothes often take more materials to clean, so drycleaners cost more for women’s clothing. Haircuts cost more for women but they usually take more time and materials as well. So there are often hidden considerations that complicate how we judge and view this matter. At the end of the day it costs more if manufacturers can get away with charging more without losing sales.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨doctors⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I am down 50+ pounds, and have another 20 to go. This is new to me, but I absolutely agree with everything you said.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨doctors⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t believe it took me 45 years to try that but man am I happy I did. Well, I’m almost there. None of my clothes fit anymore though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨doctors⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  None of that is what you should be doing. I mean yes you should be exercising. But not the way you are going about it. For context, I just lost 50 pounds, and have another 20 to go. I got a scary liver diagnosis due to a lifetime of overeating.

  Download a calorie tracker and be super honest with it. At first don’t be as concerned with staying within your calories as you are about building the habit to ALWAYS log everything. Seeing it laid out has more impact than anything else in changing your daily habits. Don’t be tempted to skip little tastes, licks, and bites.

  Additionally, do not starve yourself! Slowly change your habits and your body will do the rest. Starving yourself will only trigger your body into gaining weight by holding onto everything it gets. It will also make just about everyone quit within a few weeks. If you are finding yourself constantly starving (as opposed to occasionally hungry) then you need to make adjustments to what you are eating. Swap foods for better options. I swapped my late night chips, which kept me awake while driving trains at 3 am with no sleep for two days, with baby carrots I bought at the gas station. I found potatoes helpful in keeping full in the past, but had to avoid them for the liver. Potatoes aren’t super high in calories, but sour cream, bacon, cheese, and/or deep frying them is.

  Remember that your body adapts to the foods you regularly eat in about 4-6 weeks. So if you start eating healthy foods you hate, like a salad with tuna and sliced beets, you will start to crave it in about a month and a half. (Tuna has fish oils and beets are chock full of antioxidants). I have hated oatmeal for 40+ years, and now that is my preferred breakfast. I tried to make myself like it over and over but this time I stuck with it long enough to actually get my body hooked on that particular set of nutrients.

  Oh, and if you set your home address to Europe in My Fitness Pal, it gives you some of the premium features, like the barcode scanner.

  Absolutely quit soda and energy drinks. That one is just hard and there really isn’t an easy answer for it. Sparkling water helps a bit, but really just plain water is the best at satisfying those cravings. Oh, and you will develop a massive sweet tooth when you quit soda. But if you try to stay within calories and drink a Mt Dew you will be starving by the end of the day. Diet soda is NOT better just because it doesn’t have calories. It messes with the way your body processes and stores everything else it gets making it just as bad (worse) than the regular stuff. Stevia is ok for a lot of things, but getting your tastes used to less sugar is a huge step in losing weight and getting healthier.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When did I get so old⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m old enough to literally not care one bit what the youngins do or if I really understand them. I don’t need them to be my clone to live them. They got their thing just like I had mine. Circle of life.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When did I get so old⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  And it was a dance move performed on bikes. Literally pumping the chest up and down with arms spread wide (like flying an airplane), while riding a bicycle, in a group.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nice place to shop but sometimes gets sticky⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Rose’s 1st taste…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nice place to shop but sometimes gets sticky⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  *Rose’s first taste. If you look closer at the signs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Saint > Pope⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Excellent writeup. Thank you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Saint > Pope⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  *Textbook economic collapse.

  Literally exactly what all economic textbooks say would happen if you did what he did.

  Which is why I think it was all on purpose. They are driving the market up and down predictably. Stocks keep surging every time there is a “leaked” rumor that he will pause tariffs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Regulations don't exist because governments like them...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh boy. You struck gold here.

  The US Constitution is the highest form of trade pact. That is all the federal government exists for, is to facilitate trade. Catching murderers, building roads, investing in education, stopping infectious disease… All there to keep us working, buying, and trading goods and services because without that whole segments of society starve and start wars.

  I love how dumb the anti-taxation argument is because they have zero idea that they wouldn’t have any money, or jobs, without the government doing what it does with all that tax money.

  Also, never forget that when you work for a wage you are selling your time. Looking at it that way changes how you feel about your life and job. It is 100% a choice that you make because the trade is worth the pay. If not, make yourself more valuable and get out. (It would take too long to explain how that works with disabilities and government aid).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Regulations don't exist because governments like them...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Or, they balance the benefits of corrupt practices with equally detrimental (to the corrupt entity) costs. Making them less profitable than fair trade.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Regulations don't exist because governments like them...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s why an oligarchy is NOT the same thing as capitalism. You cannot have a free market if an oligarchy exists. Additionally, the four foundations principles of capitalism are

  1. The right to own property and work for your own well being.
  2. The right to own the profits of your labora, after modest taxation.
  3. Laws and regulations to prevent corruption.
  4. The enforcement of those laws and regulations.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has anyone ever clicked on a reference url from OpenAI that didn't 404?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve only had a couple of them not work. But I always ask for links to save on data. I think it has to do with what you are researching. Which is hard to predict.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Olè⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I absolutely love this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Regulations don't exist because governments like them...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Bleach, actually. A small amount of bleach added to spoiled milk makes it taste brand new. The government actually suggested this in a few countries for a while.

  Plaster in flour was common enough that after the miller, the middle men, and then the baker all added a cut, there were loaves being sold with less than 20% flour in them. The result was mass malnutrition.

  Also, and this is a spicy one but backed by basic economics, regulations are a required element to capitalism. The notion that deregulation is pro capitalism is a misinterpretation of the idea that markets are self regulating. A free market is one that is free of corruption and unfair business practices. Which cannot exist without regulations and the enforcement of those regulations. All our current economic woes are the result of straying away from proven economic theory (mostly deregulation) to the right allowing the corruption of the marketplace and emergence of a strong oligarchy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There is no Tomorrow, only more Today⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The future is now the arrow of time old man.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Getting mixed signals from Reddit. Furthermore I shall henceforth be on Lemmy full time.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not at that level of need right now. I think I will be satisfied browsing information on the topic for now. But seriously, thank you. That is very kind.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OMG no please don’t call me.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m a xennial and I feel the exact opposite. Although I do choose chat over other methods in some situations.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The key takeaway of science is that observation constitutes the primary reality.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Einstein might have something to say about that. Not necessarily a counter argument. But something for sure. Or maybe his chauffeur…

  Actually there are whole segments of science that deal with the problem of observation. Many things are altered by the very act of observing. Some of those are easy to understand. Like photons being used to observe things will drastically alter subatomic particles. Other are a complete mystery.

  I am not qualified in the sciences, just what I’ve picked up a long the way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It really is just reddit <3⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I completely agree. Except I feel like posting the automod screenshots should be the expected norm, not something that pokes the bear. That just seems like accountability to me.

  I am no fan of American conservatives. But that doesn’t mean I can’t take criticism about all aspects of politics and consider the different viewpoints. Like you said, unacceptable for a news community to do this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Getting mixed signals from Reddit. Furthermore I shall henceforth be on Lemmy full time.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I recognize this as English.

  I’ll have to look into everything you said here. I may be old, but I’m always game to learn new tricks. Thanks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should I continue with exercise if I didn't get enough sleep?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Repeated days without enough sleep is the real problem. It catches up on you. Sleep debt is cumulative over a week or more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It really is just reddit <3⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah. That’s why I still give it an upvote. Mods shouldn’t be deciding what information we get to process in a news community. News and data is new and data. This optional truth is getting out of hand in every political direction.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It really is just reddit <3⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Doing the good work here. Balanced and fair reporting in a see if dishonesty. (No, this isn’t sarcasm)

  Thanks!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Getting mixed signals from Reddit. Furthermore I shall henceforth be on Lemmy full time.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How do you patch to remove ads?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You can only use one for the rest of your life, which you choosing?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you're still on Lemmy...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But old people like me quote cliches with wreckless abandoned. And don’t feel guilty about at all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you're still on Lemmy...⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s me, I’m the problem… (Sorry I’m old and couldn’t help it)