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TBT-TheBigToe said:
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Nearly half of Americans carry spare underwear for emergencies

By Joseph Staples // SWNS NEWS COPY W/ VIDEO + INFOGRAPHIC Always carry a spare — that’s the sentiment shared
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Like while traveling? I always carry spare socks/underwear/t-shirt in my carry-on just in case my luggage goes missing.

Edit: I read it and it seems kinda bullshit. It's including people who carry it with them to the gym or who otherwise have a second set of clothes and need to change later in the day like for a second job. Of course you're going to carry extra underwear if you go to the gym.
 
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I carry a lot of stuff in my truck. Inside and the toolbox. I could probably live a few days just with the stuff in my truck without plannning ahead. Never underwear unless it's in my bag while going somewhere overnight and such.
 
Aldarion

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I am a better therapist since I let go of therapeutic theory | Aeon Essays

After decades of practising psychotherapy, I believe it has little foundation in science and often causes harm
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This is a great fucking read for anyone interested in the absolute bullshit scam that goes around calling itself "therapy"

Not done yet, but damn this is good. Whats surprising: its written by a professional therapist after decades of practice.
 
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www.theepochtimes.com

A Virus Infecting Gut Bacteria Intensifies Food Cravings

Gokushovirus—linked to serotonin and dopamine metabolism—was found in higher amounts in those who are obese and struggle with cravings.
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Fat people - who in all cases are fat because they eat just comically, ridiculously huge amounts of food - may be victims of a virus.

They measured the microbiota and metabolites of three independent groups of people, and one candidate stood out: Microviridae bacteriophages.
Bacteriophages, sometimes called phages, are viruses that attack bacteria (not human cells). The specific one at play in food addiction is called gokushovirus, according to Jordi Mayneris-Perxachs, lead researcher of the study.

Gokushovirus, a type of Microviridae phage, was also associated with higher body mass index and waist circumference, as well as high scores on the Yale Food Addiction Scale, a tool used mostly in research, which has found that higher scores are associated with obesity and binge eating.
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The researchers performed tests on animals to determine causality. They transferred human gut microbiota—some containing gokushovirus and some without—to mice.
“Notably, mice that received microbiota from donors with presence of this virus developed behaviours consistent with food addiction, such as higher motivation to obtain chocolate pellets or difficulty in stopping reward-seeking behavior,” he Mayneris-Perxachs said. “We performed a similar experiment but transferring only viruses, and we got the same results.”
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I do not mean this as some kind of "its not their fault". Obviously its still their fault for shoveling such absurd amounts of food down into their disgusting guts.

But perhaps it explains why some people engage in this bizarre behavior while others don't. Some of us eat normal amounts based on normal inputs from our satiety sensing system. Others, under the influence of a pathogen, get different inputs from their nervous system... the interaction between phage and bacteria leads to a fucked up reward system where they keep eating long after a normal person would stop, cause they're stil getting their serotonin and dopamine hits.
 
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Microbiome is very influential on health, both physical and mental. We also do know that various bacteria and viruses can cause reactions in other microorganisms inside us, such as turning benign ones into harmful ones.
 
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I wasn't sure whether to post this in the Christianity Pol Pit thread or in here, but I finally decided on here.

For those curious about what Pat Gelsinger is doing after leaving Intel, I guess he became the chairman of a startup called Gloo that plans on leveraging social media and AI to help churches.

Here and here.
 
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TBT-TheBigToe said:
That and we don't eat diets so retarded that we may shit or piss ourselves whenever we sneeze, cough, or laugh.
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The idea that The War of the Worlds radio broadcast on October 30, 1938, caused mass panic, including suicides, is largely a myth. While some listeners were indeed frightened or confused, contemporary research suggests that the extent of the panic was exaggerated by newspapers at the time.


Evidence Against Mass Panic:​


  1. Lack of Verified Suicides – No documented suicides were directly linked to the broadcast.
  2. Limited Audience Size – A 1940 study by Hadley Cantril (The Invasion from Mars: A Study in the Psychology of Panic) estimated that only about 2% of listeners thought the broadcast was real, and the actual audience was relatively small due to a competing show (The Chase and Sanborn Hour starring Edgar Bergen).
  3. Exaggeration by Newspapers – Newspapers, eager to discredit radio (a rising competitor), ran sensationalized reports of mass hysteria. Historian W. Joseph Campbell (in Getting It Wrong: Debunking the Greatest Myths in American Journalism) argues that the coverage vastly overstated public reaction.

Evidence of Some Alarm:​


  • Some listeners did contact police stations, newspapers, or authorities out of concern.
  • Reports of frightened individuals were noted, but no widespread panic ensued.

Sources:​


  • Hadley Cantril, The Invasion from Mars (1940)
  • W. Joseph Campbell, Getting It Wrong (2010)
  • Jeffrey Sconce, Haunted Media: Electronic Presence from Telegraphy to Television (2000)

So, while the broadcast did unsettle some people, the idea of mass panic and suicides is a media-fueled exaggeration.
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After all the Xrays and AI it says "Be dure to drink your ovaltine".
 
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Borzak said:
Didn't one of the DOGE guys get a couple hundred K dollars for reading an old scroll. Maybe it was something else.
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That guy is one of the three in the team mentioned in the article: "Last year, a Vesuvius Challenge team managed to read about 5% of another Herculaneum scroll."

They took the technology created for that challenge, and expanded on it (which was the goal of the challenge, of course: getting working tech for those burned scrolls).
 
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www.popsci.com

Why do some people need less sleep?

Plus, can you train yourself to sleep less? Some people need less sleep because of genetic mutations and age.
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This is an interesting article mainly because of the discussion of genetic factors contributing to variation in sleep length.

But very disappointing that they refuse to consider anything but genetics.

Self discipline? Not being a lazy shit? No no its all genetics. Sounds about as convincing as the "its just my metabolic set point!" fat acceptance people.
 
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It focuses on genetics because they literally found a gene that influenced it and they could replicate in mice.
 
Aldarion

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No I get that, and like I said that part was interesting.

But they directly assert that you can't change your sleep length without causing harm. they directly play into the bizarre "you have to sleep as much as you want to" fallacy that almost everyone repeats.
 
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