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@MattWalshBlog Skin cancer is not fun @MattWalshBlog He's a weird guy and prone to hyperbolic performance, but his core message about health and wellness is something I support.

No, sorry. You’re going to die. Very soon actually, in the grand scheme of things. You have several decades at most. In 70 or 80 years, tops, nobody reading these words right now will be alive. Most will not even be remembered. This fact is so terrifying to some people that they live every second in denial, clinging to the insane hope that somehow “science” will come along and rescue them from mortality. Even if it could — which it definitely can’t — then what? You live to watch all of your friends and loved ones die and even their tombstones decay while you linger on, trembling in fear and grasping desperately onto a life that, no matter how long it lasts, you’ve already wasted? And then you get to see the Earth decay around you and the Sun burn out ? Wow. Sounds like a lot of fun. But no thanks. I don’t need to live for a million years. I just want the time I have, however long or short, to be meaningful.

@balajis The burning of the Library of Alexandira destroyed very little; the idea of lost knowledge is largely mythologized. As you mentioned yourself, knowledge was decentralized and most major texts existed in other locations.

Interestingly, those backups weren't just within European monasteries. Key Roman manuscripts only survived because the Eastern Roman Empire didn't collapse. The Byzantines and the later Islamic world thus enabled the Renaissance. In modern parlance, a decentralized backup preserved Euclid, Ptolemy, and Galen till they could be re-read and appreciated one thousand years later, by a group of Europeans ready to emerge from the Dark Ages. "...as the vast Roman Empire disintegrated, so did appreciation of these precious texts. Christianity cast a shadow over so-called pagan thought, books were burned, and the library of Alexandria, the greatest repository of classical knowledge, was destroyed. Yet some texts did survive, and The Map of Knowledge explores the role played by seven cities around the Mediterranean — rare centers of knowledge in a dark world, where scholars supported by enlightened heads of state collected, translated and shared manuscripts. In 8th century Baghdad, Arab discoveries augmented Greek learning. Exchange within the thriving Muslim world brought that knowledge to Cordoba, Spain. Toledo became a famous center of translation from Arabic into Latin, a portal through which Greek and Arab ideas reached Western Europe. Salerno, on the Italian coast, was the great center of medical studies, and Sicily, ancient colony of the Greeks, was one of the few places in the West to retain contact with Greek culture and language. Scholars in these cities helped classical ideas make their way to Venice in the 15th century, where printers thrived and the Renaissance took root. The Map of Knowledge follows three key texts—Euclid's Elements, Ptolemy's The Almagest, and Galen's writings on medicine—on a perilous journey driven by insatiable curiosity about the world." amazon.com/dp/0385541767

Western civilization has collapsed before. But a few scholars preserved the ideas that once made Rome great. They made a backup, and it did eventually come all the way back. It just took one thousand years.

@JetEyeKnight @Breaking911 Thanks for the insight.

@dust2something @Breaking911 The paraglider would’ve needed a transponder for the plane to have known it was there

WATCH: A paraglider was hit by a Cessna 172 near Zell am See, Austria, on Saturday but deployed her emergency parachute and landed safely. The plane pilot also landed safely after the midair collision.

@YetiMoose @Breaking911 Thanks for the response, and for managing to not be an asshole like the other replies. I forgot how much of a cesspool this site can be. All the best.

@dust2something @Breaking911 Pilot was flying in airspace restricted for paragliding and had been informed of that prior to taking off. Pilot is at fault

@MattWalshBlog We can focus on both.

You might outlive me by a few years, or maybe not. Who cares. I have six kids. Four sons. My bloodline and name lives on. I could die tomorrow and I still win. The “health optimizers” only care about extending their own lives by every minute possible. They don’t think about bloodline and legacy. That’s the kind of longevity that matters.

@SelflessGiftx @JesterOfNihilia @ShitpostRock2 @JoelTikoo @Dobrehrycz @_nando_12 @Krulftb8 Actually, I withdraw that. I don’t think length is necessary for character development. You have short stories, like some of Fujimoto’s work, with vibrant and powerful characters, while long-running shounen series like Fairy Tail can have characters who largely remain the same.

@dust2something @JesterOfNihilia @ShitpostRock2 @JoelTikoo @Dobrehrycz @_nando_12 @Krulftb8 I have read REAL yes. It is a good story with very good visuals. However, comparing the two is not really justified. Josee the Tiger and the Fish is a short story that is only 2 volumes. REAL has like 17 volumes. It's just disingenuous to compare the two.

Imagine looking at scenes of this anime and thinking it's somehow about fetishisation and not about how love transcends physical boundaries, and how disabilities are just one part of a person, not something that makes them less worthy of being loved

@SelflessGiftx @JesterOfNihilia @ShitpostRock2 @JoelTikoo @Dobrehrycz @_nando_12 @Krulftb8 Fair point on the length, but I was only comparing them in regard to their representation of characters with disabilities. One feels genuine, the other does not- imo.

@JesterOfNihilia @ShitpostRock2 @SelflessGiftx @JoelTikoo @Dobrehrycz @_nando_12 @Krulftb8 What? MAL is still up an active, I just updated mine a few days ago.

@dust2something @ShitpostRock2 @SelflessGiftx @JoelTikoo @Dobrehrycz @_nando_12 @Krulftb8 Thanks to tourists like you MyAnimeList was deleted with everything else that could be tied to personal information a long time ago.

@_vctrczz @RIGGED_NBA11 Respectfully, that is nonsense. Carbohydrates are useful for fuel before a workout and they do assist in recovery, but if your goal is gym gains, protein should be your primary macronutrient.

@RIGGED_NBA11 You get better gains building your meals around carbs and simple sugars than around protein

Como le explico al gymbro que compra esto que sería infinitamente mejor si fueran 279g de azúcar y 0% proteína.

@SelflessGiftx @JesterOfNihilia @ShitpostRock2 @JoelTikoo @Dobrehrycz @_nando_12 @Krulftb8 I have not. I have not read every manga in existence. Have you read REAL? What did you think of it?

@JesterOfNihilia @dust2something @ShitpostRock2 @JoelTikoo @Dobrehrycz @_nando_12 @Krulftb8 Bro has never read Perfect World.

@JesterOfNihilia @ShitpostRock2 @SelflessGiftx @JoelTikoo @Dobrehrycz @_nando_12 @Krulftb8 You don't know what that word means. Link your MAL.

@dust2something @ShitpostRock2 @SelflessGiftx @JoelTikoo @Dobrehrycz @_nando_12 @Krulftb8 Tourist detected.

@JoelTikoo @ShitpostRock2 @JesterOfNihilia @SelflessGiftx @Dobrehrycz @_nando_12 @Krulftb8 If I don't enjoy something, I don't enjoy it. There are things that you don't enjoy, that I do. Why waste time on things you don't enjoy.

@dust2something @ShitpostRock2 @JesterOfNihilia @SelflessGiftx @Dobrehrycz @_nando_12 @Krulftb8 y'all judge too hard js chill and enjoy it bruh

@ShitpostRock2 @JesterOfNihilia @SelflessGiftx @JoelTikoo @Dobrehrycz @_nando_12 @Krulftb8 The characters were bland, the story was predictible, their romance had no chemistry. I liked the setting. 5-6/ 10 Try reading REAL if you want an excellent story about characters with disabilities.

@ShitpostRock2 Thats great and all but this movie was terrible, so calling it pandering or fetishization wouldn't be out of left field.

@HindooHitler I’m all for based takes, but most of the names that come to my mind for the best UFC fighters, Jones, Ngannou, Johnson, Adesanya, are all black. Then there’s also DC, Silva, Usman.

watch any major strongman event, and it's all 7 foot, 400 pound Slavs or Germanics, not a negro in sight. UFC is also dominated by Caucasians. the reason blacks have a reputation for being "strong" is because they run around terrorizing random innocent people on the street

@TheAngryBird63 @FischerKing64 @bryan_johnson @_katetolo Although perhaps a little sensationalism will bring more eyes to the topic. But I could see both sides of this critique.

@dust2something @FischerKing64 @bryan_johnson @_katetolo We could’ve done without the picture.

Examining Kate’s 1% She has suspected endometriosis. This affects at least 1 in 10 women, likely more. Here she’s getting an ultrasound. Historically you needed surgery just to diagnose it (incisions are made in the abdomen). We're doing a non-invasive route. Typically women live with endometriosis for 7-10 years before being diagnosed. It’s the leading reason women aged 30 to 34 get hysterectomies (permanent surgery to entirely remove the uterus). This condition is where endometrial-like tissue starts growing outside the uterus, in ovaries, bowel, bladder, even the diaphragm. This tissue inflames, scars, and glues organs together. Our first step is to find out if @_katetolo has it. Initial measurements we’re doing: + trans vaginal ultrasound + pelvic MRI w and w/o contrast + hormonal labs All during the early part of her cycle to get the clearest picture. During her ultrasound, a slim probe, about the width of two fingers, 10-12 inches long (although only a small portion is inserted) is covered with a protective sheath and lubricant and gently inserted into the vagina (patient has to empty their bladder first). This creates real-time images of the uterus, ovaries, and surrounding pelvic structures. While inserted, the probe is turned 90 degrees to evaluate all the various structures, angles and views. There is no radiation exposure. The technician is looking for scarring, ovarian cysts, adhesions, and for organs that are fused together with tissue. This ultrasound can confirm endometriosis but it cannot rule it out. What endo does to the body: + 90% report pelvic pain + 50% report severe fatigue + 26% report infertility. However many sources cite 30 to 50 percent. + 50% experience pain during sex. + Many have pain with ovulation, bowel movements, and urination + Severe bloating called “endo belly” where the abdomen visibly distends There are a handful of theories about why endometriosis develops but the honest answer is no one is quite sure. We’ll keep you posted on her results.

@TheAngryBird63 @FischerKing64 @bryan_johnson @_katetolo Fair enough.

@MYTHOTROPOS I'm not sure what "harder to get into" means, but I'm happy to see The Once and Future King in your S tier.

This was the old /lit/ chart I used to get into fantasy when I was a teenager and while it was the only fantasy list I had ever seen that had actual literature on it I feel like an updated version must be made. Seeing John Crowley in the same tier as Harry Potter hurts my soul

@FischerKing64 @bryan_johnson @_katetolo This is exactly the kind of information that he should share. It increases awareness and promotes health positive conversations void of shame or embarrassment- with regards to illness. Just because the word vagina is in the post doesn't make it naughty.

@bryan_johnson @_katetolo Some of this stuff you can keep to yourself - no one will begrudge you that.