Increased Testosterone Gives Democrat Voters Conservative GAINZZZ

(A semi-disguised GAINZZZ thread.)

This is a study from last year but The National Pulse is giving it some exposure now.

The study -- Testosterone Administration Induces A Red Shift in Democrats -- was published on November 14th, 2021 by Professor Paul Zak, the Director of the Center for Neuroeconomics Studies at Claremont Graduate University.
"His research has made a substantial impact in explaining the variation in human social behaviors and has been cited by other scholars over 18,000 times placing in the top 0.3% of all scholars," explains his professional biography.
Zak's latest findings reveal a link between testosterone levels and political preference through analyzing 136 voting-age males throughout the 2012 election season.
"Our results demonstrate that testosterone induces a "red shift" among weakly-affiliated Democrats," summarized the paper.

Or "NeverTrumpers," I think they could say.

Researchers administered synthetic testosterone or placebo to participants who previously disclosed their political affiliations, allowing researchers to track how the hormone affected participants' politics.
"When weakly affiliated Democrats received additional testosterone, the strength of their party fell by 12 percent and they reported 45 percent warmer feelings towards Republican candidates for president," explained the study.
"Before the testosterone treatment, we found that weakly affiliated Democrats had 19 percent higher basal testosterone than those who identified strongly with the party," the study continues, reiterating the correlation between individuals with lower testoreone having left-wing political beliefs.

A recent study suggests, again, that going on a one-week "digital detox" can have "significant" benefits for well-being.

Asking people to stop using social media for just one week could lead to significant improvements in their well-being, depression and anxiety, and could in the future be recommended as a way to help people manage their mental health, say the authors of a new study.

The study, carried out by a team of researchers at the University of Bath (UK), studied the mental health effects of a week-long social media break. For some participants in the study, this meant freeing up around nine hours of their week that they would otherwise have been spent scrolling Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok.
The results--published today in the US journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking--suggest that just one week off social media improved individuals' overall level of well-being, as well as reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety.
For the study, the researchers randomly allocated 154 individuals aged 18 to 72, who used social media every day, into either an intervention group where they were asked to stop using all social media for one week, or a control group, where they could continue scrolling as normal. At the beginning of the study, baseline scores for anxiety, depression and well-being were taken.
Participants reported spending an average of 8 hours per week on social media at the start of the study. One week later, the participants who were asked to take the one-week break had significant improvements in well-being, depression, and anxiety over those who continued to use social media, suggesting a short-term benefit.
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"Many of our participants reported positive effects from being off social media with improved mood and less anxiety overall. This suggests that even just a small break can have an impact.

Cal Newport, a computer science professor and author of the book Deep Work I've recommended, has suggested that people take a "digital detox" away from the internet for years. As well as a "digital declutter."

The more detailed process I propose is called the digital declutter. It asks that you begin by taking a 30-day break from optional digital technologies in your personal life. These include any apps, services, or web sites that aren't necessary for your work or play a vital role in your daily routine. For most people, these optional technologies include social media, online news and entertainment sites, games and streaming videos.
For technologies that play both a vital and a distracting role, specify rules to separate the former role from the latter. For example, if your job requires you to occasionally post on your company's social media account, this shouldn't be an excuse for unrestricted social media browsing on your phone. Instead, put aside some set times on your calendar to complete your professional social media work from your office computer, and then otherwise avoid these services during the declutter period.
There are two motivations for taking a 30-day break. The first is to detox from the compulsive urge to tap a screen at the slightest hint of boredom. It's difficult to think clearly about your digital life while you still feel an addictive pull to its algorithmically optimized charms.
The alluring noise emanating from our screens provides an easy distraction from the bigger questions about what really matters.
The second purpose to this long duration, however, is arguably more important: to get back in touch with what you actually value. The alluring noise emanating from our screens provides an easy distraction from the bigger questions about what really matters; what we want to do with limited time here on earth. This month-long reprieve provides the space needed to revisit these questions, and through both self-reflection and experimentation, form some tentative answers.

It goes without saying that there should be a special exception for Ace of Spades only.

“The internet is the most brutal medium for attention span.” - Jerry Seinfeld pic.twitter.com/Sgwy6cD3ry
— IDEA GENERATION (@ideageneration) May 18, 2022

So: Tell me 'bout yo' GAINZZZ!

What kind of GAINZZZ do you have? Anyone starting a new exercise or dietary regime?

Any new PROJECTZZZ or PLANZZZ?

Posted by: Ace at 06:15 PM

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: Roy at May 20, 2022 06:16 PM (Ti+Tv)

2 Never argue with the Science.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 20, 2022 06:17 PM (BFigT)

3 ZOD.

Posted by: ZOD at May 20, 2022 06:18 PM (Q/6pY)

4 Good evening everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 20, 2022 06:18 PM (Msys3)

5 Tweaked my back last weekend at the gym, so I've been limping all week. I'm hoping to be back to full operation by next week. In the meanwhile, I'm trying to get into a routine of walking three miles either outside or on the treadmill every day,

Started classes this week. Well, one class: AC repair. Was going to take the AC Controls repair as well, but it doesn't fit well with my work schedule, so I dropped it. Also working on programming self-study for python, in hopes of lining up a better job.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at May 20, 2022 06:18 PM (wmDcS)

6 >>>Tweaked my back last weekend at the gym, so I've been limping all week.

oh, if we're complaining, i've got a bad case of plantars fasciitis that will not go away. I've had it for two weeks now.

Posted by: ace at May 20, 2022 06:19 PM (0G13K)

7 It rained like hell overnight. So, edged some of the flower beds this afternoon. I'm beat.

Go to talk to a bunch of folks out walking and as luck would have it, my brother, who lives 2 hours away happened to drive by and stopped for a chat. It was good to see him. Invited us to the baptism of three of his newest grandbabies.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 20, 2022 06:22 PM (Msys3)

8 I'm trying to get my mile and a half run time back below 11 minutes, but I have a problem: I hate running. I've done it for over 20 years because i was in the Army and that's all the dumb Army knows how to do, but I have never gotten to like it, save for the occasional time I can run on a beach.

Posted by: UGAdawg at May 20, 2022 06:22 PM (tRd71)

9 and here I was talking inverted peens in the last thread.

Posted by: sockamster-rookie poster at May 20, 2022 06:23 PM (7uiTk)

10 And this study doesn't surprise at all. I think Tucker said the Democrat party is nothing but angry women and weak men.

Posted by: UGAdawg at May 20, 2022 06:24 PM (tRd71)

11 oh, if we're complaining, i've got a bad case of plantars fasciitis that will not go away. I've had it for two weeks now.
Posted by: ace

I've had it for a time and what seems to work best for me is: before I get out of bed, sit on the edge of the mattress and arch my affected foot up and down a bit. Then 'write' the beginning of the alphabet with my big toe. Seems to loosen up every thing before the day.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 20, 2022 06:24 PM (Msys3)

12 I have been keto, but to advance to the next level I've cut PUFAs (polyunsaturated fatty acids) from my diet. PUFA causes inflammation and largely negates many of the benefits of keto.

Most of the PUFA we eat comes from seed oils, but chicken/pork also has a ton of PUFA. Seed oils are in nearly every commercial food product.

So now my diet is beef/lamb/eggs(pastured), with some cheese and guac, grass-fed plain yogurt, occasional macadamia nuts, and also seed oil free mayo/tomato sauce/bbq sauce/salsa, etc.

Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at May 20, 2022 06:24 PM (L9Ewk)

13 I don't have any GAINZZZ or PLANZZZ, but I have been reading Christopher R Taylor's book, Life Unworthy, and I'm enjoying the hell out of it.

Werewolf hunting Nazis, going all John Wick on them. It's pretty good.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 20, 2022 06:25 PM (K5n5d)

14 "oh, if we're complaining, i've got a bad case of plantars fasciitis that will not go away. I've had it for two weeks now."

ace, those little boot thingies you can get at Walgreens actually are a big help for that.

Posted by: UGAdawg at May 20, 2022 06:25 PM (tRd71)

15 8 I'm trying to get my mile and a half run time back below 11 minutes, but I have a problem: I hate running. I've done it for over 20 years because i was in the Army and that's all the dumb Army knows how to do, but I have never gotten to like it, save for the occasional time I can run on a beach.
Posted by: UGAdawg a

Dude, I am 29 and I am now slow as shit. I've completely (well 90%) given up on getting swole and I'm trying to get my cardio up.

I've been saying for a while that girls only like chins, muscles are bleh (highly complicated subject actually)...so here I am and I'm barely doing 15 minute miles. But I've been blasting cardio for a month, so hopefully trim weight and gain speed.

Posted by: sockamster-rookie poster at May 20, 2022 06:25 PM (7uiTk)

16
g'early evenin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 20, 2022 06:26 PM (ENBF0)

17 I wonder if that study is real or one of those "lets see if this BS publication accepts this" deals?

I do like to take long weekend horse camping trips because I am away from the computer. Both for the break from internet squirrels, and the break from "maybe I should see if work processes that mostly run on their own are going OK" I like WFH, but it has really blurred the boundaries between work and personal time.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at May 20, 2022 06:26 PM (3cGpq)

18 I've completed the third re-write of a screenplay and am trying to get it read anywhere I can. It's written to be popular, successful, thrilling, funny; but with a conservative theme and a few moron nudges. Anyone have a connection to any conservative movie people?

Posted by: motionview, a National Divorcee at May 20, 2022 06:27 PM (kyWWM)

19 I was on vacation for the last two weeks. Averaged 22,000 steps per day.
Gained 5lbs. Ha!
Food was so good. It would have been 10lbs if we hadn't done so much walking.

Posted by: CA Token at May 20, 2022 06:27 PM (2+yws)

20 "I've been saying for a while that girls only like chins, muscles are bleh (highly complicated subject actually)...so here I am and I'm barely doing 15 minute miles. But I've been blasting cardio for a month, so hopefully trim weight and gain speed."

start running intervals. Get on a track or treadmill and slow jog one 1/4 mile lap, then borderline sprint the next 1/4 mile. Try and get 8 laps total in.

Posted by: UGAdawg at May 20, 2022 06:28 PM (tRd71)

21 Back to swimming a mile or so as often as possible. It helps that my lap pool has re-opened post-Chinese lung flu.

Posted by: SARDiver at May 20, 2022 06:28 PM (Cmxw7)

22 6 >>>Tweaked my back last weekend at the gym, so I've been limping all week.

oh, if we're complaining, i've got a bad case of plantars fasciitis that will not go away. I've had it for two weeks now.
Posted by: ace at May 20, 2022 06:19 PM (0G13K)

Hopefully, if you had old shoes, you've replaced them with some new ones...

Posted by: Nova local at May 20, 2022 06:28 PM (exHjb)

23 Ask your Gender Studies RA if Testosterone is right for you

Posted by: DB at May 20, 2022 06:28 PM (geLO8)

24 Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla explains Pfizer's new tech to Davos crowd: "ingestible pills" - a pill with a tiny chip that send a wireless signal to relevant authorities when the pharmaceutical has been digested. "Imagine the compliance," he says

https://bit.ly/3LzWQ0T

I can't express how weird and evil these people are.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 20, 2022 06:29 PM (i0wNm)

25 Testosterone seems to drive the logic centers.

Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2022 06:30 PM (krQz2)

26 I've been lucky with my injuries. I think the key is to just move on to something else that doesn't hurt. We need a recovery thread.

One of the best feelings about re-starting a workout routine ( and I refused to really do stuff in the gym if I had to wear a mask, fuck you karen) is the good pain of muscles coming back to life.

Posted by: sockamster-rookie poster at May 20, 2022 06:31 PM (7uiTk)

27 Testosterone does drive me.

Posted by: NaCly Dog (u82oZ) at May 20, 2022 06:32 PM (u82oZ)

28 25 Testosterone seems to drive the logic centers.
Posted by: Axeman at M

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it's why high-E guys are so criminal (just a random stufy from a few months back, trying to square that with buzzfeed writers)

Posted by: sockamster-rookie poster at May 20, 2022 06:32 PM (7uiTk)

29 >> Then 'write' the beginning of the alphabet with my big toe.

i'm trying that now, it hurts so I guess it's doing something.

Posted by: ace at May 20, 2022 06:33 PM (0G13K)

30 GAINZZZ
Finally got an MRI Monday after the tech there got a sufficient look at the bullet in my chest for the go ahead.
Long head of the bicep is torn, short head is still intact. Proximal Bicep Tendon Ruptures have a tendency to do rotator cuff damage but so far it appears I have not damaged it.

Looks like its endless leg days and core work. By the fall I should have a terrific looking ass and legs.

Posted by: JROD at May 20, 2022 06:33 PM (0jZnq)

31 GAINZ - As I mentioned on a few threads the last month, I've rejoined a VA local farm box program, so now I only need to buy produce 1/week vs 2/week...so I've gained some time and gas money back.

If nothing else, as a member, I'm now front of the line for when the farms can't ship anywhere but local later this summer...

Posted by: Nova local at May 20, 2022 06:33 PM (exHjb)

32 Does ultra maga have ultra T?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 20, 2022 06:33 PM (R8uWY)

33 The Never Trumpers are die hard Democrats, but it's still fair to call them "weakly associated" with the Democrat party. Everything they do, they do weakly.

Posted by: Splunge at May 20, 2022 06:34 PM (2hil/)

34 So calling the lefties low T soibois is not a disinformation slur?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 20, 2022 06:34 PM (R8uWY)

35 Men engage in logic because they want to take their opposition out, but in a socially acceptable way. They want to be seen as the one with the good ideas or valid opinions.

Now force or social ridicule can win this fight, depending on the crowd, but logic fights are the basis of something positive, not simply blind force.

Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2022 06:34 PM (krQz2)

36 My gainz are not too much worse for wear this week.

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2022 06:34 PM (2JoB8)

37 Does ultra maga have ultra T?
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 20, 2022 06:33 PM (R8uWY)
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Watch it. Talk like that is going to start another nut to start shooting.

Because...reasons.

Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2022 06:36 PM (krQz2)

38 Thanks ace for posting up that body weight squat training video a couple weeks ago. Putting it to good use since my arm is jacked up. : )

Posted by: JROD at May 20, 2022 06:36 PM (0jZnq)

39 Ace, this helped me a few years ago. I don't know if it will help heal, but it did minimize the pain while walking.
YMMV and I did not stay at a Holiday Inn last night.

https://is.gd/WhqgON

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 20, 2022 06:36 PM (PiwSw)

40 30 GAINZZZ
Finally got an MRI Monday after the tech there got a sufficient look at the bullet in my chest for the go ahead.
Posted by: JROD at May 20, 2022 06:33 PM (0jZnq)

Ummmm.....I think I missed the story behind this!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas at May 20, 2022 06:36 PM (SRRAx)

41 Bench pressing X + 5 I did 19 reps (in three sets)

X + 10 I did 20 reps (four sets)

One more rep than last week for each

Posted by: fluffy at May 20, 2022 06:37 PM (UnQlg)

42 Started doing aqua aerobics again, last time was 18 years ago when pregnant with Littlest Kidlet. That and the YouTube series "Standing Pilates for Seniors" to focus on balance and gentle stretching seems like a good combo for me.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 20, 2022 06:37 PM (nC+QA)

43 Aqua aerobics sounds fun

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2022 06:39 PM (2JoB8)

44 I wonder if that study is real or one of those "lets see if this BS publication accepts this" deals?

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at May 20, 2022 06:26 PM (3cGpq)

I was wondering the same. Although low male testosterone among ultra-progs would help explain the reverse sexual dimorphism in that cohort compared to normal people.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 20, 2022 06:40 PM (nC+QA)

45 "Testosterone Administration Induces A Red Shift in Democrats"

In a parallel study, it was discovered that the administration of a math textbook and Thomas Sowell's Basic Economics induced penis.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at May 20, 2022 06:40 PM (aXxgO)

46 Aqua aerobics sounds fun

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2022 06:39 PM (2JoB

It is. It's also a much tougher workout than I could manage on dry land due to joint and balance issues.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at May 20, 2022 06:40 PM (nC+QA)

47 Job gainzz! Got a new job, starts next month, may allow me to gross more than double in the first year.

It's crazy out there for coders.

Ooh, and I'm gonna get hardcopies of this book with my short story in it! Yay! https://tinyurl.com/2p9e72n2

Anybody wants in at $10 for paperback and $15 for hardback, let me know.

Posted by: moviegique at May 20, 2022 06:41 PM (asXVI)

48 Well my little company took a big step closer to getting funded so that was a big gainzzz. Not done yet but closer.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 20, 2022 06:41 PM (ZLI7S)

49 >>> It's difficult to think clearly about your digital life while you still feel an addictive pull to its algorithmically optimized charms.

He really knows how to get the ladies going.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at May 20, 2022 06:41 PM (SH2Zi)

50 38 Thanks ace for posting up that body weight squat training video a couple weeks ago. Putting it to good use since my arm is jacked up. : )
Posted by: JROD at May 20, 2022 06:3

oh right, that is my current injury. I can run/bike/row on my legs just fine...just no weight movements. the knees are like "nah, no squatting for us"

weird. but recovery is weird, just avoid the bad and do what you can elsewhere.

my other gain thing I'm trying is to get my pullups back. I'm doing all the nautilus equipment to get my back used to it. It's kind of amazing, a few years back to think I could do 20 pullups in a row. I can barely curl something light 20 times.

Posted by: sockamster-rookie poster at May 20, 2022 06:41 PM (7uiTk)

51 If society does not heed enough to the leveling force of reason, it will run into the pitfalls of blindly applied force and social pressure.

Hence societies that have enough to lose, tend to--at least publically--prefer the "market force" of logic. That's why the Democrats prefer to be known as the "Party of Science" not the "Party that has coopted America's Police Power".

Science--until its capture--is supposed to be another arena of neutrality where the best ideas succeed.

Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2022 06:42 PM (krQz2)

52 Jerry Nads will never be a con

Posted by: REDACTED at May 20, 2022 06:42 PM (us2H3)

53 oh, if we're complaining, i've got a bad case of plantars fasciitis that will not go away. I've had it for two weeks now.
Posted by: ace at May 20, 2022 06:19 PM (0G13K)

if it doesn't go away soon, see a podiatrist or an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in feet. I had that and only a steroid shot into the foot worked. It hurt like holy heck, but after a couple of days, I could function without any pain.

Another exercise for your toes is to get marbles, dump them on the floor and then pick them up with your toes and put them in a container. My physical therapist had me do this after ankle surgery and it was helpful in regaining motion and dexterity.

Posted by: Moki at May 20, 2022 06:42 PM (JrN/x)

54 >>> It goes without saying that there should be a special exception for Ace of Spades only.

We wouldn't have it.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at May 20, 2022 06:42 PM (SH2Zi)

55 I set up my squat stands this week and am doing brief sets of shoulder presses a few times a day. Weaker than I used to be, but at least it's something.

I started Duolingo again, though with a different language. And I downloaded a study guide for the Ham radio license test and have been reading that. Just for the hell of it I took a online practice test and came within a few points of passing.

Posted by: J. Random Dude at May 20, 2022 06:42 PM (FfJxM)

56 >>> oh, if we're complaining, i've got a bad case of plantars fasciitis that will not go away. I've had it for two weeks now.
Posted by: ace at May 20, 2022 06:19 PM (0G13K)

I did the tennis ball thing on my foot everyday/night and bought New Balance M990V4 with the planar fasciitis inserts IUSA3810. I wore the new balance everywhere short of in bed. I had it real bad but the tennis ball and shoes helped. I also did the thing where you grip the bed sheet or a towel with both hands as it goes under your foot to stretch up. I don't know of that helped but it was painful. A doctor told me to take magnesium glutamate which I did but I don't know if that helped either.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 20, 2022 06:42 PM (0fVbu)

57 A recent study suggests, again, that going on a one-week "digital detox" can have "significant" benefits for well-being.

I dont know about well being but I definitely found that being away at a beach house my aunt had access to once a year was very calming. I had no internet access there until the last few years, and I'd just read, draw, write, and take walks.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 20, 2022 06:43 PM (KZzsI)

58 Planters' fascitus -- the fascism of farmers.

Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2022 06:43 PM (krQz2)

59 ...hence the decades-long full court press for soy and its phyto-estrogens.

Posted by: t-bird at May 20, 2022 06:44 PM (Go9h8)

60 I'm not a P/T and didn't stay at a Holiday Inn last night. But from own and family experience stretching was a key part of recovery. If there is not an injury source of inflammation doing achilles stretches is usually helpful. I like Arnica Montana topical for soothing inflammation and soreness in muscles and tendons.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at May 20, 2022 06:44 PM (3cGpq)

61 A good logical viewpoint, taking a rational course of action using Reason and the best facts on the ground can go a long way to having to be "compassionate" in the first place.

Leftists want as many dependent or defective individuals as possible, for a myriad of reasons.

Strong families, with good values and education and the rest of it, have little need for Democrats. It's just job security.

Both parties are just poison at this late stage, a government that would leave people alone is about the best that can be hoped for. (Hint: they aren't going to leave you alone)

Posted by: Common Tater at May 20, 2022 06:45 PM (Xp/q+)

62 Restarted daily walks this week. This morning, right side foot and knee were noticeable stiff and sore. They have improved over the day to allow for an evening walk.

Also back on IF.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 20, 2022 06:45 PM (4I/2K)

63 Ooh, and I'm gonna get hardcopies of this book with my short story in it! Yay! https://tinyurl.com/2p9e72n2

Anybody wants in at $10 for paperback and $15 for hardback, let me know.
Posted by: moviegique at May 20, 2022 06:41 PM (asXVI)
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If you want me to promote it on the Sunday Morning Book Thread, let me know! (email in my nic)

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 20, 2022 06:45 PM (K5n5d)

64 For any other B5 fans here, the digital detox/declutter kind of reminds me of G'Kar when Garibaldi commented that he seemed happier in a jail cell than free. "In here, Mr. Garibaldi, you cannot hide from yourself. Everything out there has only one purpose, to distract us from ourselves, from what is truly important. There are no distractions in here. We can learn much from silence."

30 Days with no AoSHQ would be rough, but otherwise it sounds like a fantastic idea to me.

Posted by: Pennsyltucky at May 20, 2022 06:45 PM (lNHqD)

65 I always talk dirty to robots. Helps me keep a balance.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at May 20, 2022 06:46 PM (J8LnB)

66 Been using the rowing machine, the stair climber, the treadmill to walk, the stationary bike and the elliptical over the past year or so since I had to quit running.

Out of all of them the stair climber and the elliptical give me the best work outs, while the other three give me a variation of sorts and help break up the monotony.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 20, 2022 06:47 PM (R/m4+)

67 30 Days with no AoSHQ would be rough, but otherwise it sounds like a fantastic idea to me.
Posted by: Pennsyltucky at May 20, 2022 06:45 PM (lNHqD)
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As I recall, a few folks actually did that for Lent this year.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 20, 2022 06:47 PM (K5n5d)

68 >>>
Another exercise for your toes is to get marbles, dump them on the floor and then pick them up with your toes and put them in a container. My physical therapist had me do this after ankle surgery and it was helpful in regaining motion and dexterity.

oh right, i had to do that before. I should get some marbles.

Posted by: ace at May 20, 2022 06:48 PM (0G13K)

69 Well my little company took a big step closer to getting funded so that was a big gainzzz. Not done yet but closer.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 20, 2022 06:41 PM (ZLI7S)
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Are you looking to hire? Because I'm looking for a job. But I want a title. A big fancy pants title. And a big salary to match.

Posted by: IrishEi at May 20, 2022 06:48 PM (VhE0u)

70 Maintaining my target weight. I'd like to start doing a little light lifting for joint and muscle upkeep.

But that's like..work. However, I will endeavor to persevere.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at May 20, 2022 06:48 PM (jvt6t)

71 A good logical viewpoint, taking a rational course of action using Reason and the best facts on the ground can go a long way to having to be "compassionate" in the first place.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 20, 2022 06:45 PM (Xp/q+)
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Well, I propose (off the cuff) that an etymological analysis of the word "compassion" basically shows that you must use some sort of mediation.

Passions are often inward-directed, thus if we have "passion with" we must have a coordinating force.

Force and status are a basis of conflict not agreement. Thus we must abstract to the common ground between at least two people.

Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2022 06:50 PM (krQz2)

72 >>Are you looking to hire? Because I'm looking for a job. But I want a title. A big fancy pants title. And a big salary to match.

You kids. You all want the moneys and the titles but you don't want to sweat.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 20, 2022 06:50 PM (ZLI7S)

73 >>>Thanks ace for posting up that body weight squat training video a couple weeks ago. Putting it to good use since my arm is jacked up. : )

glad it was useful.

Posted by: ace at May 20, 2022 06:50 PM (0G13K)

74 I've been running in the pool.

Kinda lame, I guess, although I do keep it pretty clean. Gets the heart going.

I've been stretching a lot because I notice my knee acting up and I know it's 'cause my ankles and hips are so stiff. Seems to help.

Posted by: moviegique at May 20, 2022 06:51 PM (asXVI)

75 >>> 30 Days with no AoSHQ would be rough, but otherwise it sounds like a fantastic idea to me.
Posted by: Pennsyltucky at May 20, 2022 06:45 PM (lNHqD)
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As I recall, a few folks actually did that for Lent this year.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 20, 2022 06:47 PM (K5n5d)

I did the 40 days of lent with no aoshq or any type of news.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 20, 2022 06:51 PM (0fVbu)

76 I saw Dirty Robots open for Devo back in 79. They had to mop the stage between sets.

Posted by: fd at May 20, 2022 06:51 PM (vrz2I)

77 My plantar fasciitis flared up in December and is only now going away. I want to star running again by June and work q couch to 5k program to build back up running ability.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at May 20, 2022 06:52 PM (YFNIF)

78 >>>Ace, this helped me a few years ago. I don't know if it will help heal, but it did minimize the pain while walking.

thanks. I have a lot of supports and compression socks and stuff at this point.

I think I'm going to take the advice a commenter offered and just stretch with the towel a lot for the rest of the night. I've been doing that but not enough.

Posted by: ace at May 20, 2022 06:53 PM (0G13K)

79 So ther science is settled, Democrat men are in fact little bitches.

Posted by: Rbastid at May 20, 2022 06:53 PM (x4DJJ)

80 Maintaining my target weight.

My target weight remains the same, too. Unfortunately, I'm about fifteen pounds over it. Did score a lifetime best last weekend, beating kids a third my age, so maybe I need the extra weight! *eyes a Tastykake cherry pie*

Posted by: t-bird at May 20, 2022 06:53 PM (Go9h8)

81 There was a stabbing at my wife's school today. Student v student. Lord Almighty the world's gone nuts.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 20, 2022 06:53 PM (i0wNm)

82 ace: "oh right, i had to do that before. I should get some marbles."

Wait, you lost your marbles?

Try the veal.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at May 20, 2022 06:54 PM (aXxgO)

83 A red shift?! Does that mean democrats start receding from you very quickly after testosterone is administered?

Posted by: InCali at May 20, 2022 06:55 PM (jZOLv)

84 Online activities, decide what you value. Make decisions accordingly. AOS Ok. Woke bs not so much. Being disabled gives me mounds of time. I'm still not Rolling around in woke shit. Choices. Social media? Naw I'll pass.

Posted by: USNtakim deplorable, now with ultra maga at May 20, 2022 06:55 PM (0OmEj)

85 30 days of no AoSHq I'd be ready to pitch myself off the roof

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2022 06:55 PM (2JoB8)

86 Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at May 20, 2022 06:44 PM (3cGpq)

I think the most effective stretch is immediately after exercise when muscles are limber and the blood flow is peaked. Stretching morning, noon and evening even if its just a few simple movements seems to help quite a bit.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 20, 2022 06:55 PM (6Ino6)

87 I did the 40 days of lent with no aoshq or any type of news.
Posted by: banana Dream at May 20, 2022 06:51 PM (0fVbu)

Yep, me too. My outlook on life improved dramatically, but who wants that?

Posted by: InCali at May 20, 2022 06:56 PM (jZOLv)

88 There was a stabbing at my wife's school today. Student v student. Lord Almighty the world's gone nuts.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 20, 2022 06:53 PM (i0wNm)
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White supremacy?

Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2022 06:57 PM (krQz2)

89 That 26 second Seinfeld clip about digital attention spans lost me at the 16 second mark.

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at May 20, 2022 06:57 PM (d9Cw3)

90 The testosterone thing is absolutely true.

So let's put soy in everything and attack masculinity non stop.

Posted by: brak at May 20, 2022 06:57 PM (WJT3W)

91 " 30 days of no AoSHq I'd be ready to pitch myself off the roof"

How could you stay away from the peak roofing puns?

Posted by: fd at May 20, 2022 06:57 PM (vrz2I)

92 So ther science is settled, Democrat men are in fact little bitches.
Posted by: Rbastid at May 20, 2022 06:53 PM (x4DJJ)
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Gutfeld called them pussies.

Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2022 06:58 PM (krQz2)

93 72 >>Are you looking to hire? Because I'm looking for a job. But I want a title. A big fancy pants title. And a big salary to match.

You kids. You all want the moneys and the titles but you don't want to sweat.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 20, 2022 06:50 PM (ZLI7S)

Big Fancy Pants Title? We hereby declare you the Count of Sans Culottes!

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 20, 2022 06:58 PM (oHd/0)

94 Off topic but impressive

Elon tw@@t regarding lawyer hires —

Looking for hardcore streetfighters, not white-shoe lawyers like Perkins or Cooley who thrive on corruption.

There will be blood.

Posted by: Squid at May 20, 2022 06:58 PM (bjfsO)

95 On personal gains. Forcing myself to continue with my wee bit of exercise. Planking, pushups, isometrics for knees on rotating days. I am able to do more weeding w/o my back whinging than a few years ago so it helps. Mainly its for being able to keep riding. I've been making an effort to get on my horses more lately too. If my mood is too bad I need to avoid riding and messing up the horse but riding improves my mood.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at May 20, 2022 06:58 PM (3cGpq)

96 Low-fo meets Low-T.

Sounds about right.

Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2022 06:58 PM (krQz2)

97 but I have been reading Christopher R Taylor's book, Life Unworthy, and I'm enjoying the hell out of it.

Werewolf hunting Nazis, going all John Wick on them. It's pretty good.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Just bought a book!

Posted by: Miklos, reading at or above his grade level at May 20, 2022 06:59 PM (b0ajG)

98 90 The testosterone thing is absolutely true.

So let's put soy in everything and attack masculinity non stop.
Posted by: brak at May 20, 2022 06:57 PM (WJT3W)

And take Red Meat out of the diets... (which is another precursor for Test...)

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 20, 2022 06:59 PM (oHd/0)

99 A large tornado rolled through Gaylord Michigan this afternoon causing extensive damage to businesses in this small town in the upper part of Michigans lower peninsula. Injuries reported video shows many businesses flattened. Michigan peeps will know how devastating this is to this part of the state just getting back to tourism after two years of Covid shutdown.

Posted by: Jen the original at May 20, 2022 06:59 PM (M7Wap)

100 Elon tw@@t regarding lawyer hires —

Looking for hardcore streetfighters, not white-shoe lawyers like Perkins or Cooley who thrive on corruption.

There will be blood.
Posted by: Squid

This is your toxic masculinity.but

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 20, 2022 07:00 PM (FVME7)

101 Cal Newport, a computer science professor and author of the book Deep Work I've recommended, has suggested that people take a "digital detox" away from the internet for years. As well as a "digital declutter."

Good God. Arrest this professor. Now. The man is almost dangerous as Pelosi's dentures when she is slurring her words.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 20, 2022 07:00 PM (2mSQi)

102 If you hit a guy in the gut and he says, You killed my baby.

Go to jail for killing a cartoon.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at May 20, 2022 07:01 PM (J8LnB)

103 oh right, i had to do that before. I should get some marbles.

Posted by: ace at May 20, 2022 06:48 PM (0G13K)

Oh boy is this great!

Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at May 20, 2022 07:01 PM (SH2Zi)

104 It really does make sense, only a low-T guy can allow a woman to badger him into struggle sessions about being male.

Truth be told, my wife holds a lot of sway over me, but I wouldn't allow her to walk over me (and she doesn't try).

Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2022 07:01 PM (krQz2)

105 Throughout the 60s and 70s there were a number of dystopian scifi stories that warned about pollution that would subtlety destroy mankind.

Is it possible they were right and we are screwed because of all the pseudo-estrogens we are dropping in food and water supplies?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 20, 2022 07:02 PM (ESjRY)

106 Yeah like I could take a year off of work, which giving up the Internet would require.

Other than that though I could maybe do it, but why?

Posted by: fd at May 20, 2022 07:03 PM (vrz2I)

107 Soylent Pink is PEOPLE! Non-binary PEOPLE!

Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2022 07:03 PM (krQz2)

108 " 30 days of no AoSHq I'd be ready to pitch myself off the roof"

How could you stay away from the peak roofing puns?

Posted by: fd at May 20, 2022 06:57 PM (vrz2I)

Maybe he is tarred of them.

Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur at May 20, 2022 07:03 PM (SH2Zi)

109 Big Fancy Pants Title? We hereby declare you the Count of Sans Culottes!
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 20, 2022 06:58 PM (oHd/0)
~~~~~

Hmmm. Culottes certainly are fancy pants. But it must be Countess.

Posted by: IrishEi at May 20, 2022 07:03 PM (VhE0u)

110 Biggest source of estrogen... Birth control. Hands down.

Posted by: USNtakim deplorable, now with ultra maga at May 20, 2022 07:04 PM (0OmEj)

111 109 Big Fancy Pants Title? We hereby declare you the Count of Sans Culottes!
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 20, 2022 06:58 PM (oHd/0)
~~~~~

Hmmm. Culottes certainly are fancy pants. But it must be Countess.
Posted by: IrishEi at May 20, 2022 07:03 PM (VhE0u)

Contessa?

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 20, 2022 07:05 PM (oHd/0)

112 ||Throughout the 60s and 70s there were a number of dystopian scifi stories that warned about pollution that would subtlety destroy mankind.

None of the ones I read were subtle.

Posted by: moviegique at May 20, 2022 07:05 PM (asXVI)

113 My plantar fasciitis hit the first time when I over did a run. I started getting a little cramping at the end. Probably didn't stretch enough then woke up in the middle of that night with a massive muscle cramp. It was all bad from there and took a month at least to completely heal.

I think it's an aging thing related to arches collapsing. My shoe size has increased and I know my toes aren't getting larger so my arches must be going down which probably puts more strain on the tendons. This didn't happen the first time I was 29.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 20, 2022 07:05 PM (0fVbu)

114 >>> Looking for hardcore streetfighters, not white-shoe lawyers like Perkins or Cooley who thrive on corruption.
There will be blood.
~~~~~

Never mind, Straw! Elon is hiring and I have a feeling I'm just the huckleberry he's looking for.

Posted by: IrishEi at May 20, 2022 07:05 PM (VhE0u)

115 Truth be told, my wife holds a lot of sway over me, but I wouldn't allow her to walk over me (and she doesn't try).
Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2022 07:01 PM (krQz2)

Huge difference between listening to your Woman, and being Controlled by your Woman.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 20, 2022 07:06 PM (oHd/0)

116 I would argue to my dying breath that the "news" is more destructive than social media, even though they are obviously both the fruit of the same poisoned tree.

What news stories get released, and how they are reported... what you are allowed to be aware of and when, is all a giant mindfuck psy-op designed specifically to fuck over your brain and dictate your emotional state. No matter which side of the aisle you are on.

It's easy to see it in operation among hardcore Democrats, less so in yourself.

Posted by: ... at May 20, 2022 07:06 PM (dscaa)

117 "Maybe he is tarred of them.
Posted by: Comrade flounder, wrecker, hoarder, saboteur "

Some are in the gutter.

Posted by: fd at May 20, 2022 07:07 PM (vrz2I)

118 Biggest source of estrogen... Birth control. Hands down.

It is certainly a major one.

But remember Alex Jones's "They're turning the frogs gay" thing? Turns out he was probably right*...there is a chemical used in mega farming that seems to be screwing with the reproductive organs of frogs that live in the area.

*There is still debate about it, but the yes side of the argument seems stronger from my review of the two sides.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 20, 2022 07:07 PM (ESjRY)

119 I should have linked AtC!

Posted by: Squid at May 20, 2022 07:07 PM (bjfsO)

120 >>Never mind, Straw! Elon is hiring and I have a feeling I'm just the huckleberry he's looking for.

Story of my life. Women dig the guy with a big wallet.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 20, 2022 07:08 PM (ZLI7S)

121 |Throughout the 60s and 70s there were a number of dystopian scifi stories that warned about pollution that would subtlety destroy mankind.

None of the ones I read were subtle.
Posted by: moviegique at May 20, 2022 07:05 PM (asXVI)
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It seems far too many people have read science fiction (or heard stories) and said, "Yes! Let's do that!"

Much of science fiction is meant to be a WARNING of the consequences of meddling with forces we don't fully understand.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 20, 2022 07:08 PM (K5n5d)

122 >>>Contessa?

O'Countess or McCountess. I'm thinking McCountess.

Posted by: IrishEi at May 20, 2022 07:08 PM (VhE0u)

123 Remember when the HQ was down? Green orange and all that? Yeah, not going through that voluntarily.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 20, 2022 07:09 PM (u73oe)

124 What news stories get released, and how they are reported... what you are allowed to be aware of and when, is all a giant mindfuck psy-op

A live friend of mine asked the other day why "white people are the ones doing all the mass shootings".

I quickly found the data from the Census bureau which shows the racial break down is roughly the same as America's for mass shooters - showing there is NO bias towards whites being shooters.

I went back and forth with my LIV friend but she still couldn't wrap her head around the actual data versus the picture the FNM presented for her

Posted by: 18-1 at May 20, 2022 07:09 PM (ESjRY)

125 >>>
Looking for hardcore streetfighters, not white-shoe lawyers like Perkins or Cooley who thrive on corruption.

There will be blood.
Posted by: Squid at May 20, 2022 06:58 PM (bjfsO)

Elon sounds like he's a day or so away from going on tv with a shot of him sitting at a table piled with money like Gibson in Ransom.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 20, 2022 07:10 PM (0fVbu)

126 ||Much of science fiction is meant to be a WARNING of the consequences of meddling with forces we don't fully understand.

Golden Age stuff was very distinctly oriented toward "give a man a goal of the stars so that he'll have something to do other than destroy himself on earth."

Grim harbinger scifi may be counterproductive for precisely the reasons you mention.

Posted by: moviegique at May 20, 2022 07:11 PM (asXVI)

127 Remember a couple of months ago when the msm was saying working out is white supremacy? Their fear is what this study found.

Posted by: Joe Xiden at May 20, 2022 07:11 PM (3vQN0)

128
Elon sounds like he's a day or so away from going on tv with a shot of him sitting at a table piled with money like Gibson in Ransom.

Like MacAfee but not as crazy?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 20, 2022 07:11 PM (ESjRY)

129 Social media has destroyed the youngest generation. It is addictive and gives crackpots easy access to your kids. No social media for my kids as long as I have a say in it.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at May 20, 2022 07:11 PM (S9Pzv)

130 It goes without saying that there should be a special exception for Ace of Spades only.

Seven days without Ace of Spades makes one weak!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 20, 2022 07:13 PM (anj39)

131 A live friend of mine asked the other day why "white people are the ones doing all the mass shootings".

Posted by: 18-1 at May 20, 2022 07:09 PM (ESjRY)
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I read that over the same weekend there were about 2 other mass shootings, but this was the only one by a white guy, so...

Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2022 07:13 PM (krQz2)

132 Seven days without Ace of Spades makes one weak!
Posted by: Diogenes at May 20, 2022 07:13 PM (anj39)
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A guy could get real sick.

Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2022 07:13 PM (krQz2)

133 For all the talk here how the msm is dead, remember they convinced 3/4 of the public that a flu strain was justified in shutting the country down.

Posted by: Joe Xiden at May 20, 2022 07:14 PM (3vQN0)

134 >>>Remember a couple of months ago when the msm was saying working out is white supremacy? Their fear is what this study found.

Posted by: Joe Xiden

what isn't white supremacy, at this point

Posted by: DB at May 20, 2022 07:14 PM (geLO8)

135 Golden Age stuff was very distinctly oriented toward "give a man a goal of the stars so that he'll have something to do other than destroy himself on earth."

Grim harbinger scifi may be counterproductive for precisely the reasons you mention.
Posted by: moviegique at May 20, 2022 07:11 PM (asXVI)

We pray for one last landing
on the globe that gave us birth
To rest our eyes on fleecy skies
and the cool green hills of Earth.

As he dies stopping a nuclear holocaust.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 20, 2022 07:14 PM (oHd/0)

136 Seven days without Ace of Spades makes one weak!
Posted by: Diogenes

Worthless and weak

Posted by: whatever happened to Niedermeyer's horse at May 20, 2022 07:15 PM (b0ajG)

137 Hey they didn't have the flavor biscotti I like at the grocer-

white supremacy rears its ugly head!

Posted by: DB at May 20, 2022 07:15 PM (geLO8)

138 ZOD.
Posted by: ZOD at May 20, 2022 06:18 PM

*considers comment*

*considers nic*

*nods*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 20, 2022 07:15 PM (314Jc)

139 There is a cure for being a leftard. It's called a ******.

Posted by: ... at May 20, 2022 07:16 PM (dscaa)

140 So let's put soy in everything and attack masculinity non stop.
Posted by: brak at May 20, 2022 06:57 PM (WJT3W)

And take Red Meat out of the diets... (which is another precursor for Test...)

As is sunshine, and competing and winning. Actual winning, not everybody's-a-winner winning.

Posted by: t-bird at May 20, 2022 07:16 PM (Go9h8)

141 And the MSM is preaching all white Conservatives are racists

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2022 07:16 PM (2JoB8)

142 141 And the MSM is preaching all white Conservatives are racists
Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2022 07:16 PM (2JoB

Remember the good ole days when they said treating Moslems like terrorists, would create more terrorists?

Uh......

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 20, 2022 07:17 PM (oHd/0)

143 139 There is a cure for being a leftard. It's called a ******.
Posted by: ... at May 20, 2022 07:16 PM (dscaa)

Brain?

Posted by: The Scarecrow at May 20, 2022 07:18 PM (oHd/0)

144
I saw Grim Harbinger open for Uriah Heap at Meadowbrook back in '07

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 20, 2022 07:18 PM (ENBF0)

145 Fun idea for an SF story:

The protagonist is a teen living in 50s middle America having a normal childhood.

When hiking in the woods behind his school he sees one of his teachers furtively doing something behind a building...he sneaks closer and finds the teacher using some crazy advanced alien looking tech.

Later he and his friends start talking and several mention they've seen similiar things from the teacher...who then is mentioned to have died in an accident. Making them all MORE suspicious.

They keep investigating until finally one of the adults lets them onto the secret their teacher was just fired for breaking the rules because ALL kids are raised in a fake 50s middle America society. Society found centuries ago that being raised with future tech literally drives kids crazy and that after they reach adulthood and "move to the big city" the then adults are actually being integrated into this future world where their teacher is in legal trouble but not dead.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 20, 2022 07:18 PM (ESjRY)

146 For all the talk here how the msm is dead, remember they convinced 3/4 of the public that a flu strain was justified in shutting the country down.

Posted by: Joe Xiden at May 20, 2022 07:14 PM (3vQN0)

True but remember they had a lot of help from the local officials and 100+ other countries who shut everything down.

OTOH remember how COVID could live on a surface for 14 days? They never stopped repeating that lie. Went on for a year when it was known from the beginning it probably wasn't transmissible on a surface after 6 hours, if at all.

Which is why people were hand washing their groceries and amazon boxes.

That shit, among many other intentional lies, is what did it and because it was all new, it was all totally undisproveable, and they had us by the hairies.

Posted by: ... at May 20, 2022 07:19 PM (dscaa)

147 And the MSM is preaching all white Conservatives are racists
Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2022 07:16 PM (2JoB

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It's all for the goal of outlawing conservative politics.

Besides Marcuse said near 50 years ago that they were going to have to stifle "right-wingers" speech, and so all the Columbia grads are sticking with that plan.

Some "democracy", eh? We have rights based on whether or not a professor at a university said we should have them or not.

This is the best that the destroyers can do.

Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2022 07:19 PM (krQz2)

148 Worthless and weak, with a pledge pin.

Posted by: Indignacio Vindacatorem at May 20, 2022 07:20 PM (oWBc3)

149 Social media has destroyed the youngest generation. It is addictive and gives crackpots easy access to your kids. No social media for my kids as long as I have a say in it.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy

This is wisdom. Had a millennial friend that constantly was striking up "serious relationships" in chat rooms. She would go on and on about how wonderful some dude was. I would inevitably ask, "have you ever met him." The answer was no 90% of the time. That sad part was when she finally got around to meeting the person. By then relationship was so damaged they always failed and fast. There is something to boy meets girl, dad threatens boy with death, prom night, and so on. Social media ruins all that, we are wired to grow close over time. Then there is all the other insanity you point out. Social media is rotten.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 20, 2022 07:22 PM (2mSQi)

150 That shit, among many other intentional lies, is what did it and because it was all new, it was all totally undisproveable, and they had us by the hairies.

I like to point out to LIVs that Fauci claimed masks do nothing shortly before he claimed they were a matter of life and death and should be forced on everyone.

The LIVs, to a one, respond, "but we learned so much more and had to change with what we learn"...which I remember was the FNM spin at the time.

Of course then I point out that AFTER Fauci made this about face he sent a private email to a friend where she asked him if masks really do anything and his answer? No.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 20, 2022 07:22 PM (ESjRY)

151 I broke a toe, so I'm not very mobile lately. I'm afraid my only GAINZZ have been weight gains. Doing lots of upper body work, though.

Posted by: Browncoat formerly known as Mike at May 20, 2022 07:22 PM (9Afsw)

152 Miklos !

Posted by: JT at May 20, 2022 07:23 PM (arJlL)

153 Hiya Moki !

Posted by: JT at May 20, 2022 07:23 PM (arJlL)

154 99- Posted by: Jen the original at May 20, 2022 06:59 PM
——
Thanks Jen. I live in MI, was at work and hadn’t heard about tornado or watched the news yet since AOS is my first & favorite place to go after work. Will check it out, thanks again.

Posted by: MIMIMI at May 20, 2022 07:24 PM (wAddi)

155 Being government by Dems is like having Dunder-Mifflin for a government.

Posted by: Axeman at May 20, 2022 07:25 PM (krQz2)

156 Where would Egg McMuffin get with injections of testosterone?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at May 20, 2022 07:25 PM (eGTCV)

157 GAINZZZ: Been working out like a CHAMP, 4-6 days a week. Still not smoking, although I want to. Celebrated our 31st wedding anniversary this week.

Posted by: Jordan61 at May 20, 2022 07:27 PM (wZUnB)

158 Browncoat hard or soft cast?
Never had that injury

Posted by: Skip at May 20, 2022 07:28 PM (2JoB8)

159 My voice has been out for three weeks now. But I am finally starting to feel like it's healing, although people still can't understand me on the phone. I am starting to think about starting a new career as a mime.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at May 20, 2022 07:28 PM (5HBd1)

160 My voice has been out for three weeks now

Allergies?

I notice a lot of people around me are getting hit hard.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 20, 2022 07:28 PM (ESjRY)

161 Elon sounds like he's a day or so away from going on tv with a shot of him sitting at a table piled with money like Gibson in Ransom. Posted by: banana Dream

We can dream right. That would be so excellent.

Posted by: Lost In Space at May 20, 2022 07:29 PM (2mSQi)

162 Would a bunch of low-t elites prefer children to adult women?

Posted by: N.L. Urker, my trench is full of chickens at May 20, 2022 07:29 PM (eGTCV)

163 There have been studies that micro doses of testosterone are beneficial for women too. I'm surprised that more doctors don't prescribe it for men as they get older.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at May 20, 2022 07:29 PM (5HBd1)

164 Of course then I point out that AFTER Fauci made this about face he sent a private email to a friend where she asked him if masks really do anything and his answer? No.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 20, 2022 07:22 PM (ESjRY)

That was the funniest thing.

When Fauci came out and said that he "lied" originally about masks, I said at the time that *THAT* was the lie.

What fun is "admitting" you're a liar if you're not lying at that very moment...?

They are sick and once you understand the sickness a lot falls into place.

Posted by: ... at May 20, 2022 07:30 PM (dscaa)

165 @40 Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas-took a bullet in the left side of my chest years ago, went through my lung, hit a rib and followed rib almost back to entry wound. Nurse couldn't fish it out so it was left in my chest. Whole left side of my body was purple with a bruise. Pretty freaky looking for a while.

The X-ray tech, Monday, wanted to make sure that the bullet was not near my spine or vital organs for his own piece of mind to do the MRI. Bullet is so encased in scar tissue you can hardly make out the bullet. MRI went fine.

Posted by: JROD at May 20, 2022 07:30 PM (0jZnq)

166 nood

White Whale

Posted by: banana Dream at May 20, 2022 07:30 PM (0fVbu)

167 I'm surprised that more doctors don't prescribe it for men as they get older.

IIRC Hormone replacement is a controversial treatment right now.

It increased energy and health overall but dramatically increased cancer risks.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 20, 2022 07:31 PM (ESjRY)

168 No, it was a long struggle with sinus problems. I fought that for months and finally managed to cough enough to damage my voice. Since my job involves talking to people on the phone all day, it's been difficult. Boss wanted me to keep coming in anyway, so it's like a license to slack.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at May 20, 2022 07:31 PM (5HBd1)

169 let's see, the list should be on the tip of your tongue by now.
corkins
micah johnson
mohammed + malvo
nyc subway guy
that guy who tried to shoot up a church but got whacked
pulse guy (failed mass shooters count, what if they hadn't been snuffed?)
san bernardino

Posted by: sockamster-rookie poster at May 20, 2022 07:31 PM (7uiTk)

170 Jordan, congrats on the no-smoking!!! Fantastic - so happy for you.

Posted by: SnailRacer at May 20, 2022 07:32 PM (n/n1Q)

171
It increased energy and health overall but dramatically increased cancer risks.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 20, 2022 07:31 PM (ESjRY)

The TRT and cancer links are tenuous at best. A lot of the current directives came from a Swedish study on prostate cancer/TRT which was extremely flawed, yet still heavily relied upon.

Posted by: ... at May 20, 2022 07:33 PM (dscaa)

172 Congrats J61 on staying away from smoking. Every full day you don't smoke is a full day of healing/reversal for your lungs. It's the closest thing to time travel we have.

Posted by: ... at May 20, 2022 07:34 PM (dscaa)

173 Posted by: JT

Shhh

This my Sekrit hash

Posted by: the Comment Artiste formerly known as Miklos at May 20, 2022 07:34 PM (b0ajG)

174 Also Jordan bear in mind that any "addiction" you still have to smoking is totally psych-driven at this point. Any physical craving you get may *feel* real but there is no longer a physical need inside you for one.

Posted by: ... at May 20, 2022 07:35 PM (dscaa)

175 158 Browncoat hard or soft cast?

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No cast.
Just taped it to the next toe.

Posted by: Browncoat formerly known as Mike at May 20, 2022 07:44 PM (9Afsw)

176 I'm trying to get my mile and a half run time back below 11 minutes, but I have a problem: I hate running. I've done it for over 20 years because i was in the Army and that's all the dumb Army knows how to do, but I have never gotten to like it, save for the occasional time I can run on a beach.
Posted by: UGAdawg at May 20, 2022 06:22 PM (tRd71)

Walk instead in a hilly area, it uses quite a bit of energy. Music or audio books can make it even a learning experience.
Pixy needs to add a comment audio stream.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 20, 2022 07:53 PM (eoQWY)

177 Set new PRs on squat, bench, press, and deadlift this week. Currently enrolled in Starting Strength coach development course, coaching lifters on the side, and planning to open a SS Gym in colorado springs when I retire next year.

Shoot me a note if you want to get strong! Physical Strength is the most important part of your daily existence!!

Posted by: John Thomason at May 20, 2022 07:57 PM (n8FaC)

178 |Throughout the 60s and 70s there were a number of dystopian scifi stories that warned about pollution that would subtlety destroy mankind.

None of the ones I read were subtle.
Posted by: moviegique at May 20, 2022 07:05 PM (asXVI)
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It seems far too many people have read science fiction (or heard stories) and said, "Yes! Let's do that!"

Much of science fiction is meant to be a WARNING of the consequences of meddling with forces we don't fully understand.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 20, 2022 07:08 PM (K5n5d)

Most of the trendy "Warning" SF stories were crap, as were the ones where plucky low tech aliens beat the humans which were thinly disguised Vietnam stories.

The good ones that warned of pollution and overconfidence were subtler, and written a generation earlier before they were trendy.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 20, 2022 07:59 PM (eoQWY)

179 What this means is people who are really conservative or independent, but consider themselves Democrat because of groupthink or media domination by liberals.
A little boost of testosterone and they are less likely to fall in line and just declare the 'default' option.

I bet if you split it by state, you would see less of this in Republican states.

Posted by: MikeN at May 20, 2022 07:59 PM (o/eHL)

180 I think Trump's was the testosterone administration.

Posted by: Miley the duchess at May 20, 2022 08:00 PM (Mzdiz)

181 No, it was a long struggle with sinus problems. I fought that for months and finally managed to cough enough to damage my voice. Since my job involves talking to people on the phone all day, it's been difficult. Boss wanted me to keep coming in anyway, so it's like a license to slack.
Posted by: Notsothoreau - move forward at May 20, 2022 07:31 PM (5HBd1)

I get a chronic cough every time I get the tiniest fever, and it builds and builds.

I learned that hard cinnamon candy is a great way to suppress coughs enough to let it heal, so I have some on hand all the time.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 20, 2022 08:01 PM (eoQWY)

182 Re: Test. vs Libs. I wish here was a way to post screen caps/memes....I have screencaps saved where The "All Male Crew" of Buzzfeed got their testosrone levels checked on camera. Normal is a range from 270ng/dl with an average of 679ng/dl
The four hard lefty "Guys" of Buzzfeed tested out at:
Eugene 363,
Keith 259,
Zach 252,
Ned 212.
Average at age 25-34....668
Average at age 55-64....562
Average even at age 85-100....376
ALL of these men had T counts under a wornout, used up, sexless 100yo. "man"
It might be interesting to repeat the study giving Testosterone to "Women" and see what happens with the way they Vote..

Posted by: Birddog at May 21, 2022 12:29 AM (uAI4S)

183 edit...Normal range is from 270-1070, average is 679

Posted by: Birddog at May 21, 2022 12:33 AM (uAI4S)

184 >>>It goes without saying that there should be a special exception for Ace of Spades only.

; )

Posted by: m at May 21, 2022 01:48 AM (ZpkZT)

185 >>>Cal Newport, a computer science professor and author of the book Deep Work I've recommended, has suggested that people take a "digital detox" away from the internet for years.

... has suggested *for years* that people take a "digital detox" away from the internet

Posted by: m at May 21, 2022 01:51 AM (ZpkZT)

186 Doing a liver and gallbladder flush this morning.

Posted by: Hazchic at May 21, 2022 10:04 AM (eIFmm)

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