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  • @[email protected]
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    6613 days ago

    Wrinkles and laugh lines are just the consequences of a life lived. Really we should celebrate them.

    Nobody cares that a 50 year old doesn’t look 20. Meanwhile each laugh line indicates days filled with joy.

  • NegativeNull
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    6013 days ago

    A friend of mine once said:

    What’s the point in living forever if all you eat is salad?

    • flicker
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      6213 days ago

      I really love salad. Like an insane amount. Crunchy greens, baby spinach, every kind of onion, hit me with those sliced radishes! Sliced cucumber, carrots, bell pepper! And most days I don’t even want dressing. Or meat in there.

      Which means that I don’t get enough fuel for sustenance, and I don’t get enough protein!

      I guess what I’m saying is, even salad in moderation.

        • @[email protected]
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          613 days ago

          I used to think I didn’t like exercise. As it turns out, I’m just not that into running. I love biking though.

          I’ve always loved weight lifting as well, though, so idk

          • HubertManne
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            213 days ago

            tried them all. don’t get me wrong I like walking and biking when traveling over any vehicle but again I don’t get like. Oh I really need to bike or take a walk. I mostly walk now and do the standing desk. I do actually prefer the desk as well as sitting is very confining.

        • @[email protected]
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          413 days ago

          It gets a habit really quick, if you find something you enjoy.

          6 years ago it started as slight detours while cycling home from work, now I get itchy if I don’t manage at least 100km/week on my bike.

          • HubertManne
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            213 days ago

            I rode a bike commuting for years and it was fun but no itchy for me working form home now. I miss it some especially the awesome route I had but all the same I just don’t pick up habits well I guess.

            • @[email protected]
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              413 days ago

              I listen to podcasts. Maybe it’s really just not yours, but for me it’s a really nice feeling to be somewhere in the middle of nowhere, learning something new and seeing new things.

      • @[email protected]
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        213 days ago

        Try topping your salad with four bean salad (green beans, wax beans, kidney beans and garbanzo beans). Will improve the nutrition including protein.

  • 2ugly2live
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    3713 days ago

    As a fatty mcfat fat person, there are limits. Having a treat here and there is no issue, enjoy that deep fried state fair concoction, just don’t eat it every day. Buy that cute trinket or sweater or game, just don’t buy all of them every time. Enjoy the sun shine, don’t roast yourself.

    • @[email protected]
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      413 days ago

      Some take avoiding sunshine pretty seriously. I see a lot of Asians doing that, carrying parasols around and huge hats and it really does feel very “flee the sun”.

      • @[email protected]
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        413 days ago

        I mean that’s still spending time outside. If parasols and big hats weren’t so thoroughly OUT fashion-wise where I live I’d absolutely rock one of those. The cooling effect looks really nice.

        Well, that and my gigantic head doesn’t work with the vast majority of hats.

        But yeah being in the shade barely counts as protection against UV radiation anyway. If you understand the science, you do that to cool down and to see better more than you do it to avoid UV rays.

        • @[email protected]
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          -113 days ago

          I think they do it because culturally they really like pale white skin or something. Sorta the opposite how most people where I live value a tanned skin.

          • @[email protected]
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            213 days ago

            Yes they have a culture of thinking pale is better but actually so did most of the world for a while. It meant you didn’t work outside.

            But that’s more about using lightening and skin “brightening” products cause getting a tan is completely fine in the summer.

            The umbrella is just cause try existing in that kind of heat and humidity and you will realize adding portable shade that also keeps heat directly off your head like a hat is a godsend and can keep sun stroke from happening.

            • @[email protected]
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              -113 days ago

              We don’t have such heat and humidity where I live. But I guess it could also be just a habit for them

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        From /r/theydidthemath, six years ago:

        solpyro

        An MSDS from naturalsourcing.com for “olive oil grade a” gives an LD50 of >2000mg/kg. (I couldn’t copy the link on mobile, sorry)

        An average human is around 62kg (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_body_weight) and they would need to ingest over 124g.

        Olive oil has a density of .918g/cm³ (https://hypertextbook.com/facts/2000/IngaDorfman.shtml) making this dose about 114ml.

        …which, I’m going to be honest, seems low.

          • @jballs
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            Yeah, 3 shots of olive oil and you’re dead? That can’t be right.

            Edit: Yeah it’s not right. Here’s the source the reddit post didn’t link: https://spoonnaturallubricant.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/MSDS_Olive_Oil_Grade_A.pdf

            Oral: Expected to possess a relatively low degree of acute oral toxicity (LD50 expected to be >2000 mg/kg)

            The commenter took that point and used 2000 mg as lethal dose, when the reference material basically said “I dunno, but at it’s more than this.”

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          It’s “>2000mg/kg”

          To me, this says that they didn’t bother testing any doses higher than that. So, who knows how much you really need to ingest to see an effect. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

          That value also seems pretty reasonable, since who would replace the milk of their morning cereal with olive oil.

        • @[email protected]
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          313 days ago

          That doesn’t sound right. 124ml of olive oil will probably do funny things to your shit and make you feel weird, but I very much doubt it’ll kill you unless you inject it straight into your aorta.

    • @[email protected]
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      1613 days ago

      But also don’t not exercise because it’ll let you live to experience many more and in a better quality of life.

    • @[email protected]
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      1513 days ago

      Paradoxically, exercising makes your heart beat slower, this increasing your lifespan.

      Sadly all that is undone by the time you’d have to spend exercising instead of enjoying life.

      • Jolteon
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        913 days ago

        Alternatively, your exercise could be hiking in the mountains or something similarly awesome.

  • @[email protected]
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    1213 days ago

    I have two big mantras I subscribe to:

    • “If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing in excess.”
    • “All things in moderation.”

    Somewhere between the two, we balance the debauchery, somewhat.

  • @[email protected]
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    1113 days ago

    Buying a pretty nice coffee bean grinder made such a bigger difference in the quality of the coffee I drink that I count it as a solid win.

    • @[email protected]
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      413 days ago

      Really…I have never sprung for a better grinder but do spend on good beans and either pour over or French press, I’ll have to look into that thanks!

      • @[email protected]
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        213 days ago

        I was using two already older but pretty good and not cheap hand grinders (Knock Feld 2 and Helor 101). But I recently got the Fellow Ode Gen 2 flat burr grinder ($300) for V60 pour overs at home and it was a complete game changer. At the same time, I took the somewhat recently purchased Fellow Opus conical grinder to the office to use with the Clever Dripper and now my coffee both at home and at the office are substantially better than before.

  • @[email protected]
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    1013 days ago

    My Pa used to say, it doesn’t cost more to go first class, you just pay a little longer.

    He wasn’t good at math, but he was good at life.

  • @[email protected]
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    712 days ago

    Most things are fine in moderation, demonizing everything you like is how you get miserable and crave them more

  • sweetpotato
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    113 days ago

    Olive oil and cheese in moderation don’t make you fat, in fact they can be very healthy. You just have to be mindful of your overall diet. Most things can be healthy and unhealthy depending on the quantities and everything else you eat. Pastries are mostly bad yeah cause usually the sugar in a single serving is more than the daily recommended intake. But once in a while they are not harmful.

    Also an important thing to note here is what you are used to eating. If you are used to not eating sweets at all, a sugary fruit like a grape can seem sweet to you. If you eat a lot of sugar, then fruits will not taste sweet at all. It’s like drinking orange juice after eating chocolate (it tastes sour af) but on a bigger scale. So there are no absolutes when it comes to eating. One can feel satisfied with little sugar so long as they are used to it.