Randomness thread, part two.

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Originally Posted by oskar

I don't have an opinion whether or not keto is good or bad for you, but if you go on keto because of Dr Retardo over there, you're doing it for the wrong reasons.

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I already suggested he not get his 'facts' from youtube, but alas...

No official guide has ever suggested eating 5-10 cups of vegetables a day; that's 10-20 servings unless all you eat is lettuce, in which case it's only 5-10 servings, or about 1 1/2 heads of lettuce a day. And why would you only eat lettuce? That's retarded. The official recommendation these days is 5-7 servings of veg/fruit a day, so 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 cups, a bit more if some of it is salad.

6-11 servings of grain? The recommendation is 3-5.

https://www.safefood.eu/Healthy-Eati...d-Pyramid.aspx


It's kinda comical how these fad diet guys claim to know so much about our diet 200k years ago, and argue that early humans ate shitloads of meat. There's recent evidence primitive tribes eat whatever is around them (shock!). Oh, and the healthiest are those who eat both meat and plants.

https://www.westonaprice.org/health-...aharan-tribes/

https://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/05/h...ion/index.html

https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_f...pFile/file.pdf


As for ancient history, pretty much the same story: People ate whatever was around. Some had more meat than others, but

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/f...ution-of-diet/


Also not convinced the food guide is a government conspiracy to benefit farmers.

About the only thing he gets right is that processed foods aren't good for you. But there's no-one suggesting we put processed foods on the food pyramid either. Guess the lobbyists haven't gotten around to that yet.

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Originally Posted by Jack Sawyer

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2716748/

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It's a good way to lose weight, yup.

But, how many people doing a normal keto diet get fed a supplement that fills in all the spaces in their nutrition? Here's what they gave people in this study.

Composition of the capsule*
Para-aminobenzoic acid (PH) 30 mg
Vitamin B1 (thiamin mononitrate) (BP) 15 mg
Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) (BP) 3 mg
Vitamin B5 (nicotinamide) (BP) 25 mg
Vitamin B3 (calcium pantothenate) (PH) 3 mg
Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine HCI) (BP) 5 mg
Vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin) (BP) 10 μg
Biotin (PH) 5 μg
Folic acid (BP) 100 μg
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) BP 60 mg
Vitamin A (retinol) (USP; 2000 IU) 0.6 mg
Vitamin D (calciferol) (INN; 200 IU) 5 μg
Vitamin E (tocopherol acetate) (USNF) 10 mg
Lecithin (PH) 40 mg
Wheat germ oil 100 mg
Lysine (FP) 40 mg
Methionine (DAB) 60 mg
Rutin (DAB) (rutoside) (INN) 10 mg
Iron (as fumarate; BP) 12 mg
Calcium (as dicalcium phosphate) (BP) 52 mg
Phosphorus (as dicalcium phosphate) (BP) 40 mg
Potassium (as KCl) (BP) 2 mg
Zinc (as ZnSO4) (BP) 8 mg
Copper (as CuSO4) (BP) 1 mg
Manganese (as MnSO4) (BP) 2 mg
Iodine (as potassium iodide) (BP) trace
Ginseng (Siberian) (5:1 concentrated extract) 4 mg

Basically, you can accomplish all the same things by eating a balanced diet, getting some exercise, and you won't need to take supplements either.

^^

Also highlights an obvious flaw in the logic of this diet. If primitive man ate like this and was super healthy why do you have to take huge numbers of these supplements? Do they suppose primitive man had vitamin pills too?

Shut the fuck up everyone. Jeez.

Here's something to talk about... I'm going to attempt to go full time poker pro. I'm playing £0.25/£0.50 short stack games, 10bb buy in. I've won just shy of £300 in 3 days. Gonna grind through December and reassess at the end of the year, but I only need £50 a day to get by, so my target for December is £1k and I'm reasonably confident I can do it. I shouldn't be playing these games based on bankroll, but at the same time I'll be surprised if there's many at these games with bigger rolls than me. These guys are fucking degens, they're mostly loading up from their bank accounts as they lose.

If £500 isn't enough to take the swings, I don't see how I can ever play at stakes that can provide me with an income. So fuck it, it's worth a shot.

That's stupid but you don't need me to tell you that.

I thought you had a job now?

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Originally Posted by OngBonga

I don't see how I can ever play at stakes that can provide me with an income. So fuck it, it's worth a shot.

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You can't but at the same time that's good as you won't win that those stakes anyway.

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Originally Posted by Savy

That's stupid but you don't need me to tell you that.

I thought you had a job now?

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Did you really think that job would last more than six months?

And call me stupid at the end of December when I have no bankroll.

Why can't I play at stakes that provide me with an income? I've already earned a week's wages in three days, and no I have not been running particularly good. I seem to be taking plenty of angry notes, I guarantee the amount that villains "owe" me is more than my bankroll.

There's money to be made because some people are moving with any ace, any pair, any suited paint, hell I've had unsuited junk call my shoves, I've been called on turn to a £15 shove by ace high drawing dead, I regularly get my jams called with draws that don't have the pot odds, it's a fucking cesspit of moronity.

£500 is 100BI. Yes it's only 1000bb, and yes variance is ridiculously high, but I have nothing to lose. What happens if I go broke? My life doesn't change. What happens if things continue as they have done for the last three days? My life changes for the better.

I kinda feel like I'd be stupid to not try again to make money from poker. This last few days is better than when I was grinding a small profit at $25nl with a proper bankroll. I feel like I've found a game I can just about afford to play that is soft enough for me to dominate. If I'm wrong, I lose a grand total of a fiver, which is how much I put onto this poker site around three months ago. In that time, I've been playing stakes I should play at, and getting nowhere. I'm basically playing for entertainment. Fuck entertainment, I can watch tv for that and not have the stress. I want an income.

Bankroll management is for people who can't afford to or are scared to go broke.

I say if you want to give it a shot, go for it. Obv Savy is going to tell you its' a bad idea no matter what you do, so you can safely ignore that.

Personally I find PLO much more full of twits than NLHE at any given stake though.

I've played PLO for a period at $25nl at it's savage. I was doing ok for a while but I really did get the sense I was out of my depth because I didn't really know what I should be doing in a lot of spots. It's easier to cry cooler and say you're not getting away from a set in NLHE than PLO.

Also, savy is right, I'm not going to claim otherwise. If I saw some random show up here and say he's going to run at 0.25/0.50 with a £500 BR I'd advice he reassess his plan. But it's because I'd assume he's a noob who doesn't understand the risks. I'm not a noob, I know what variance is. But I'm basically rolling dice where I get paid for 3, 4, 5, and 6 while I lose to a 1 and 2. I'm doing this over and over again.Probability of me going broke is much lower than my rivals who are simply gambling.

The reason I genuinely don't find it appealing anymore is the volume you need to play to be reasonably unaffected by variance. This goes even more so for PLO. I don't think a 100BI roll is too conservative for PLO at all. You should be willing to play for stacks every hand you play. If you can't do that, you need to drop down, because it will make you play bad PLO... goes for NLH as well, but more so for PLO.

When you compare it to the number of hours per week you have to be someone's bitch at a job you hate, it seems preferable. I know the life of a poker player isn't as fun as it's made out to be, there's a huge mental challenge that goes with it. But it's a walk in the park compared to taking shit from your boss, knowing if you say something out of line you're out of a job. I can't do that, it crushes me. At least with poker, it's on me, and me alone.

Just had a losing session, 3BI down after two hours. I felt like I was running really fucking bad, so I was happy to see the damage wasn't too bad. And it would've been a winning session had my AKs beat JJ and AJ in a 3way race for a 45bb pot. It's the AJ in that hand that makes it so easy to win money. He called his stack with two shoves in front of him, and it's a standard call in these games for most people (not me obviously). I struggle to lay down AQs in that spot, since I know how wide people are, but AJo is a sigh fold, while me and the JJ are paying rake to cooler each other. That's how it should be, and if that's what was happening, I wouldn't be playing these stakes.

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Originally Posted by oskar

This goes even more so for PLO. I don't think a 100BI roll is too conservative for PLO at all. You should be willing to play for stacks every hand you play.

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Yeah, well maybe stop playing at Phil Galfond stakes.

The only time I see this is when there's a maniac at the table.

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Originally Posted by Poopadoop

I say if you want to give it a shot, go for it. Obv Savy is going to tell you its' a bad idea no matter what you do, so you can safely ignore that.

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That's just not even remotely true.

I don't think it's bad due to BRM, if your roll is £500 and you go busto it doesn't matter. BRM is for not oing retarded shit like playing 100nl with 2BI or if you are actually playing properly and your poker roll matters as it is linked to life roll.

The reason I don't think this is a good idea is because they are lol winrates that no one has in games like that, would still require work that ong probably won't put in both on and off the table.

Ong doesn't exactly spend much money he could literally work for 3 months and then be sorted money wise to play 25nlz which he probably is a slight loser in but more than capable of beating if he put the work in. Chances are if you've never put the effort in to beat poker at some reasonable stake even though you basically don't do anything all day it's unlikely you start doing it tomorrow.

Lol, of course. I'm wrong too.

It isn't an issue that he goes busto in fact I don't think he does. He will be winning in those games just not anywhere at the rate he has extrapolated. It isn't even an issue if he does go bust because it's £500 and when your life expenses are so low that isn't a lot of money even if you work a minimum wage part time job.

It's stupid because what is the point? £50 a day which is unlikely. Just go make money doing something you actually like and benefit from.

I like playing poker. Or, more to the point, I like working when I please, I like not taking people's shit, I like not having to commute, I like being able to smoke weed while working. The playing poker bit is actually quite tedious at times, but not nearly as tedious as stacking shelves at Tesco, or picking and packing for Amazon.

We'll talk about what I can seriously expect to earn at the end of December, we both know we can take fuck all from a few days playing. All I can say with certainty is that I'm way better than average in these games, and that means I should expect to win unless I get brutally unlucky. How much remains to be seen, but if it's £50 a day or more over the course of a month, I'm calling myself a pro.

You're right about me being too lazy to put the work in, and it's something I wish I could fix. But why lie to myself? Even if I started with good intentions, it's a matter of time before I start slacking in that regard. I've been there.

But look, my goal is not to work my way up though the stakes and be on tv. As nice as that would be, I'm just not good enough, and far too lazy to get better. But if I can crush these games without the work, if I can earn £1k a month by lazily clicking buttons, then that's good enough for me, and that is something I can keep doing without being daunted by the workload.

Call yourself a pro now, it's about as meaningless a statement as you can make. I'm a poker pro I think I've made about $5 in the past month or so.

It means main source of income = poker. Poker currently isn't my main source of income, I haven't cashed out anything in some time. When I put money into my bank for the purpose of living off, that's what I mean by being pro, not a cute way of saying I'm making x amount of money, where x can be slightly above fuck all.

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Originally Posted by Savy

It's stupid because what is the point? £50 a day which is unlikely. Just go make money doing something you actually like and benefit from.

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There's nothing he likes in the realm of real jobs. Where have you been?

Made £40 today before breakfast. I haven't even had a wank yet.

pic of me from the weekend. Pulling honey on a cold and rainy day. Talk of ong's pro poker career doesn't seem that random.
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Trust dozer's first commune post in forever to be "no poker in the commune".

Ok here's something totally random...

I work one day a week at Oxfam as a volunteer.

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Originally Posted by OngBonga

Made £40 today before breakfast. I haven't even had a wank yet.

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The second sentence points toward an entirely different possible revenue stream for you

If I could get paid to wank, I'd be a millionaire by now.

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Originally Posted by daven

pic of me from the weekend. Pulling honey on a cold and rainy day. Talk of ong's pro poker career doesn't seem that random.
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Only wimps wear bee suits.

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Originally Posted by OngBonga

If I could get paid to wank, I'd be a millionaire by now.

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No-one is going to pay to watch a man wank. Why don't you try berating people while they wank like banana was doing?

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Originally Posted by daven

pic of me from the weekend. Pulling honey on a cold and rainy day. Talk of ong's pro poker career doesn't seem that random.
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Looks like you didn't smoke the hive before messing with it. If you did... those look like some damn aggressive bees.

So go on... tell us all about how much honey you're getting, or how much money for renting them out as polinators, or whatever.
I never met a beekeeper that didn't want to talk about it. Are you the first?

Got offered a teaching job, fml working life is starting. Thankfully not til January.

wow, ong the poker pro and oxfam volunteer, savy becoming an adult, things have changed ;)

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Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey

Looks like you didn't smoke the hive before messing with it. If you did... those look like some damn aggressive bees.

So go on... tell us all about how much honey you're getting, or how much money for renting them out as polinators, or whatever.
I never met a beekeeper that didn't want to talk about it. Are you the first?

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yep smoked, a bit aggro, raining and about 7degrees celsius in a hive boiling with bees.
Loads of honey, nil money, all a bit dull really :)

Don't worry, any opportunity I have to make it fall through I'll be taking.

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Originally Posted by Savy

Got offered a teaching job, fml working life is starting. Thankfully not til January.

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Hey, congrats, man!
What will you be teaching? Subject(s) and level(s)?

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Originally Posted by daven

wow, ong the poker pro and oxfam volunteer, savy becoming an adult, things have changed :wink:

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You missed the part where I'm an iron-fisted dictator who hates free speech.
Also, ong is the reasonable mod, now, seeing as how I'm all about fascism.

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Originally Posted by daven

yep smoked, a bit aggro, raining and about 7degrees celsius in a hive boiling with bees.
Loads of honey, nil money, all a bit dull really :smile:

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Wow. At least they're thriving, I guess. I know basically nothing about bee-keeping, but don't you usually want to split the hive before it gets that big? Or is that only if there's a new queen to support a new hive?

What'cha doin' with all that honey if not selling it?
I'll buy some. If you're interested, send me a PM.
I love honey and especially if it's not clover honey, as that's about all we have in the US without going to a farmer's market or international foods store.

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Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey

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Hey, congrats, man!
What will you be teaching? Subject(s) and level(s)?

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Just Maths and 11-16 so KS3 and GCSE basically. The school has some younger pupils too which I may try and get some experience with in terms of teaching methods etc as it can only help for understanding the transition from primary to secondary school. Ideally I want to be teaching A-level too so I need to make sure I look at doing something to keep my experience in that up so it's viable in the future.

School is tiny, I'm pretty sure the Maths department is just me and the head of maths which could be good or bad. He seems pretty clued up and I'd have thought that'd make me more involved in the decision making process that goes on in the department to some degree which is always good experience.

Fury was robbed.

Anybody play any table top games?
I'm looking to purchase a new one for the upcoming holidays and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for a good one.

Any category, really. I'll look up gameplay on YouTube, so you don't need to get into too much detail about the mechanics, but stating why you like the game would be nice.


FWIW, I played Sagrada recently and enjoyed it. It was a light game which was easy to tell stories over and not lose track of where the game was. There was some minimal strategy, but the longest decision took less than 5 minutes.

Just noticed: next Thursday will be the 10-year anniversary of the Randomness Thread... it has over 1.3 million views.

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Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey

Anybody play any table top games?
I'm looking to purchase a new one for the upcoming holidays and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for a good one.

Any category, really. I'll look up gameplay on YouTube, so you don't need to get into too much detail about the mechanics, but stating why you like the game would be nice.


FWIW, I played Sagrada recently and enjoyed it. It was a light game which was easy to tell stories over and not lose track of where the game was. There was some minimal strategy, but the longest decision took less than 5 minutes.

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Wildlands

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/...ame-ever-made/

This link is full of tabletop games

https://arstechnica.com/series/ars-cardboard/

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Originally Posted by Jack Sawyer

Wildlands

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/...ame-ever-made/

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That actually looks kinda fun, but then I saw it was £40 on Amazon. Not sure it's that much fun.

I also miss board games from when I was a kid. Careers was one, there was another where you bought and sold different cars (can't remember the name). Even parcheesi was fun. Ah, the good old days....

Edit: Oh and the one where the die is in a plastic bubble and you 'roll' it by pressing the bubble. Don't remember much of the rest of the game but pressing that bubble was a hoot.

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Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey

Wow. At least they're thriving, I guess. I know basically nothing about bee-keeping, but don't you usually want to split the hive before it gets that big? Or is that only if there's a new queen to support a new hive?

What'cha doin' with all that honey if not selling it?
I'll buy some. If you're interested, send me a PM.
I love honey and especially if it's not clover honey, as that's about all we have in the US without going to a farmer's market or international foods store.

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splits are only if you want more hives or aren't capable enough to prevent swarming any other way.

i gave away quite a bit of honey last year, anticipate donating just under a tonne to a community project i'm involved with this year. Might get set up for selling honey in 2019, not sure if i want that sideline though.
Sending honey overseas is a hassle, if you know people passing through new zealand i'll happily give them a few kg to take back with them. Else, where in the world are you? looks like i'll be moving a bit for work in 2019, so might be able to get some to you via domestic post wherever you are :) edit: legit just googled to find out where St Louis Minnesota is, then second guessed and looked up missouri ;) probably don't need to answer that where in the world question unless it's not there

St Louis, Missouri is the one. I'll PM you my full address.
Also, I'm happy to cover any shipping costs and def. willing to pay you for the honey, if you do end up sending any.

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Don't go out of your way, though. This is selfishly opportunistic on my part, and I'm certain the farmer's market has some local honey at least during the right season.

** clover honey **

Fuck I didn't know there were different varieties of honey, I only thought there was real honey and fake honey

And I absolutely love honey, even though it's on my current ban list

https://www.quora.com/What-is-clover...from-bee-honey

You're in for some good times and a lifelong quest, I bet. At least... assuming that "current" ban list is temporary.

I love honey, too, and my first exposure to a non-clover honey was a bamboo honey from Korea that was much sweeter than I expected.

I've had other bamboo honeys, and sometimes they have a smokey flavor that I don't really like... although... I bet they'd be great on some stewed carrots.
Yep. I definitely have to try that, now.

:)

Oh... I ended up going with a game recommended by one of my coworkers, but thanks for the link. Wildlands looks like a fun game, and I'll be keeping it in mind for future purchases.

EDIT: the game I got is called Santorini

Dozer send me some honey, Michael, Manchester UK should get it to me.

https://www.express.co.uk/travel/art...n-rude-message

Politics aside,

How come raspberries taste so bitter?

They're stale? I'd say they're supposed to rather be tart. Try golden raspberries, they're not.

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Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla

Politics aside,

How come raspberries taste so bitter?

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There is a genetic component to how people interpret bitterness. So good news is: the raspberries are probably fine. Bad news: your genes be a stupid.

I don't get esoteric about instruments. Some people like played-in instruments because they believe it gives them some sort of vibe that makes them sound better. I don't really care about any of that, but I do imagine that a guitar that was used to bludgeon a man to death would sound a little better somehow.
I was never able to acquire a piece like that, but I did purchase a guitar from a stage 4 cancer patient today, and it's pretty damn good!

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Originally Posted by oskar

There is a genetic component to how people interpret bitterness. So good news is: the raspberries are probably fine. Bad news: your genes be a stupid.

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Also makes a big difference if you eat the fruit and not the leaves. Hint: the red part is the fruit, the green (bitter) part is the leaves. ahahahahaha.

My theory is there is a genetic component to tasting sour too. Every person I've met from the middle east can eat things like lemons or limes like they were an orange, and not be bothered. My mouth turns inside out if I try that, my eyes water. It's like 'how the fuck can you eat that by itself?' I can drink mabye 2 tablespoons of lemon juice if it's in a cup of water. Otherwise no way.

Also if your hypersensitive to bitter, does that mean you don't like chocolate or coffee? That would suck.

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Originally Posted by oskar

I did purchase a guitar from a stage 4 cancer patient today, and it's pretty damn good!

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Do you think the cancer got into the wood and made it sound better?

I'm not a doctor, but I guess it's possible.

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Originally Posted by Poopadoop

Also if your hypersensitive to bitter, does that mean you don't like chocolate or coffee? That would suck.

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https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/basics/ptc/

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Originally Posted by Jack Sawyer

Only B12, D3, Calcium/Magnesium/Zinc, Folic acid

Oh, and also some salt in my drinking water


All excess sugars got cut out LDO

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For anyone interested, skip the calcium.

Calcium should only come from diet, not supplemented.

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Originally Posted by Jack Sawyer

For anyone interested, skip the calcium.

Calcium should only come from diet, not supplemented.

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Why?

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Originally Posted by Poopadoop

My theory is there is a genetic component to tasting sour too. Every person I've met from the middle east can eat things like lemons or limes like they were an orange, and not be bothered. My mouth turns inside out if I try that, my eyes water. It's like 'how the fuck can you eat that by itself?' I can drink mabye 2 tablespoons of lemon juice if it's in a cup of water. Otherwise no way.

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Or it could just be that in those places and cultures they eat a lot more sour things. I know the middle east has a lot of very sour sweets for example. In the same way that things like spice work.

The actual list of supplements, according to my research, which would be beneficial looks like this:

Vitamin D3
*Magnesium Citrate (for constipation too) 200mg
*Magnesium Glycinate (for insomnia)
Omega 3 (2 to 3 grams a day, fish source)
Coenzyme Q10
Zinc (25 to 50mg)
B-complex (It has to have at least 1000mcg B12 total)
Vitamin K2 MK4 (200mcg)

* Be a little wary of magnesium as it may cause dependency

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Originally Posted by Savy

Why?

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Glad you asked

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-...s/faq-20058352

So, why should you get it from foods instead?

https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart...the-connection

TL;DR heart attacks yo

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Originally Posted by Jack Sawyer

Glad you asked

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-...s/faq-20058352

So, why should you get it from foods instead?

https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart...the-connection

TL;DR heart attacks yo

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There's no good evidence that taking calcium supplements can harm your heart.

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As a reasonably young and healthy man you don't need to worry about all this stupid fringe shit. It's a complete waste of your time. As with basically anything food > pills.

I take (haven't for a about a month now) an omega 3, general vitamin tablet and magnesium citrate. I'll probably finish off my supply and then rethink why I'm doing it as it's probably not worth it. Vitamin D is one I should maybe look into.

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Originally Posted by Savy

Why?

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In b4 Jack's bones turn to dust.

Something to do with how the body processes it. It can't use Ca supplements properly.

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Originally Posted by Savy

Or it could just be that in those places and cultures they eat a lot more sour things. I know the middle east has a lot of very sour sweets for example. In the same way that things like spice work.

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What do you think came first, lack of sensitivity to sour, or the idea to have lots of sour treats?

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Originally Posted by Jack Sawyer

The actual list of supplements, according to my research, which would be beneficial looks like this:

Vitamin D3
*Magnesium Citrate (for constipation too) 200mg
*Magnesium Glycinate (for insomnia)
Omega 3 (2 to 3 grams a day, fish source)
Coenzyme Q10
Zinc (25 to 50mg)
B-complex (It has to have at least 1000mcg B12 total)
Vitamin K2 MK4 (200mcg)

* Be a little wary of magnesium as it may cause dependency

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Is that for everyone or just people who get 70% of their calories from fats?

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Glad you asked

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-...s/faq-20058352

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Funny that you believe this, but not the research linking fat to heart disease.

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What do you think came first, lack of sensitivity to sour, or the idea to have lots of sour treats?

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The need to eat food that is native to the places they live?

Look at different generations in the UK as an example. Go back 100 years and the thought of eating something like garlic is a step too far for most maybe the French have a specific gene that makes them like garlic. Spicy food 50 years ago, not eating that shit blows my head off, becomes a common thing in the UK and everyone eats it and their spice tolerance goes up, especially in kids that are used to it.

I'm sure there will be something that does affect how sour/spicy or whatever you find certain foods but the vast overriding criteria will be exposure to certain foods and tastes from a young age.

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Originally Posted by Savy

The need to eat food that is native to the places they live?

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Could be. But sour tastes bad for a reason. So maybe the sour foods native to where they live weren't bad for you like the sour foods in (say) Europe. I dunno.

Cats have no taste buds to detect sweet. Fact.

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I'm sure there will be something that does affect how sour/spicy or whatever you find certain foods but the vast overriding criteria will be exposure to certain foods and tastes from a young age.

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There's genes that control how responsive people are to different tastes. It's not about where you grow up. Maybe if your parents make you eat lemons all day your taste buds will lose their sensitivity by the evening, but if you stop for a day they'll taste just as sour as at the start of the previous day.

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Is that for everyone or just people who get 70% of their calories from fats?

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Generally sound advice for all men

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Originally Posted by Poopadoop

Funny that you believe this, but not the research linking fat to heart disease.

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Is the food pyramid gospel to you? Shouldn't it be more important how you feel?

I mean, if your diet sucks, the results will manifest quite clearly on their own don't they? You don't need people to tell you that it sucks or doesn't, right?

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Originally Posted by Jack Sawyer

Is the food pyramid gospel to you? Shouldn't it be more important how you feel?

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Let's say I went full Wuf and ate only beef and salt. In three months I lose 10 kg. I'm sick of beef and starting to feel attracted to cows, but I feel better. Does this mean beef is a wonder food, and I can live on it forever?

Or is it more likely I feel better because a) I lost 10 kg of lard around my waist; and b) I stopped eating the non-beef stuff that was making me fat and sick. Hmm?

Let's imagine we take the experiment further: For ten years I eat nothing but beef, and I'm nice and slim. How do you think I compare overall health-wise to those mindless sheep who followed the advice of professional nutritionists and ate lots of fruit and veg?

I lack thoughts so I may have already said this but as much as I like steak and if my choice was a plate of steak or a plate of veg I'd pick the steak but I'd pick steak and veg over either on their own.

Today I couldn't be arsed cooking so cook myself a nice rare steak with some wilted spinach and runner beans. Lovely.

If you are losing a lot of weight quickly and you aren't really overweight I'd be pretty worried especially after a major change in what you are eating. That definitely isn't healthy.

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Originally Posted by Savy

I lack thoughts so I may have already said this but as much as I like steak and if my choice was a plate of steak or a plate of veg I'd pick the steak but I'd pick steak and veg over either on their own.

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What cut did you use? I find every steak I eat here tastes not so good.

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If you are losing a lot of weight quickly and you aren't really overweight I'd be pretty worried especially after a major change in what you are eating. That definitely isn't healthy.

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Jack is doing the keto diet. Wuf is going full caveman where the cavemen lived on an island with only cows and salt to eat. I don't think either one is losing weight too fast. Though haven't heard from Wuf lately, so he may already be dead lol.

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Though haven't heard from Wuf lately, so he may already be dead lol.

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I like wuf but I'm glad he's posting less as I imagine it means he's filling his time with better shit. It sounded like he was going the right way after finishing uni which is good.

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What cut did you use? I find every steak I eat here tastes not so good.

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Why would steak here be any different to anywhere else? I'd highly suggest a trip to your local butcher if you find supermarkets to be lacking.

I'm not sure, I tend to buy what looks good and isn't expensive in the supermarket. I think it was probably rump steak from tesco as it was pretty lean which means the steak selection when I went wasn't great as it isn't my go to. Salt, pepper, sprinkle of garlic powder and rub in with a light amount of oil on a high heat and it's never bad, make sure it isn't cold when you fry it and leave it to rest after cooking etc. I also like to leave steak to nearer it's expiry date (usually a couple of days after the date on the pack) as I find it gets more flavourful.

I start my first teaching job in January so I'll probably make some trips to the butcher for some cheap cuts of meat to wack in the slowcooker for stews etc.

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Why would steak here be any different to anywhere else? I'd highly suggest a trip to your local butcher if you find supermarkets to be lacking.

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Largely depends on what they're fed. Cows that eat grass taste better than cows that are fed corn or soy or other stuff that isn't grain.

But I just read UK cows are grass-fed. So I don't know why they don't taste better.

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I'm not sure, I tend to buy what looks good and isn't expensive in the supermarket. I think it was probably rump steak from tesco as it was pretty lean which means the steak selection when I went wasn't great as it isn't my go to.

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Yeah I've never had a good rump steak here. But, never had a good steak here period tbh. It's not bad, it's just not like at home, where it's pretty much the best meal you can have after lobster.

Why aren't airplanes covered with solar panels?

Probably because the energy they create would not be sufficient to account for their weight.

That can't be, there are even solar powered planes:

https://www.theguardian.com/environm...the-world-trip

Would think that flying above the clouds would be a pretty optimal place to use solar, maybe not to power a passenger aircraft but to at least power entertainment systems and whatnot. Obviously they should be made of a material that's sturdy enough to replace some of the existing material on the fuselage or wings, not just be straight add-on weight. Like Elon's roof tiles.

I'd guess there's also an aerodynamic issue. Any increased drag will use more fuel. So they would need to be perfectly flat, and also made or protected by a material that is strong enough to withstand the forces.

The solar plane, that looks pretty small and light, compared to a passenger aircraft.

Oh absolutely it must be a super light plane, but that's actually powered by nothing but solar, it's not just used to turn on the lights and tv screens inside it. Apparently there's shit like 3 microns thick solar panel films with efficiency measured in kW/kg, but those may be a tad expensive still.

We use planes because they're fast.

r.e. https://www.theguardian.com/environm...the-world-trip
"The plane flies at about 30 mph."

Solar powered planes are not the future.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-a8693566.html

Banking while black

What evidence is there to suggest this is a racially motivated incident?

Happy day, ya nerds.
Whatever your affiliations, hope you have a good one.

Merry God Damned Christmas, Boys

I hope you're having a bit of relief and feeling a bit of love in this season.

What happened here? Is wuf dead? Did he immigrate full time to /the_donald full time?

I think Trump supporters are in a bit of limbo atm. I don't care how much you love the man - 17 investigations is a lot of investigations. There has to be some inkling that this administration won't have a happy ending.

Happy holidays everyone! I say happy holidays, because I'm at war with christmas!

Merry christmas everyone!

Watching the MSM try to report on Trump as if he's anything other than a moron who fell ass backwards into the most powerful position in the world through a perfect storm of Hillary's unelectableness and Putin's interference is kinda amusing. If he weren't president but instead they were doing a reality TV show about him, you'd see him going through staff left and right, sleeping with skanky porn stars, and babbling nonsense every day, and you'd question whether it was scripted because you'd think no-one in real life could be such an amazing combination of stupid and obnoxious.

Also, happy holidays guys!

Happy 1481st anniversary of the completion of the Hagia Sophia, everyone.

I've had the same shitty windows phone for years now and it was shitty when I bought it. Finally upgraded to a solid budget phone and it's so nice to have basic functionality that works well not to mention access to an actual app store that people make apps for.

You know how they say: You can build 1000 bridges, but fuck one horse and what do they call you?
My dad built one bridge in 1984. Since then: nothing but horse fucking. And he's still like: why do people focus so much on the horse fucking? Remember the bridge?!

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You know how they say: You can build 1000 bridges, but fuck one horse and what do they call you? My dad built one bridge in 1984. Since then: nothing but horse fucking. And he's disappointed because everyone still talks about the bridge

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fyp

I don't get it.

The joke is your dad is ashamed of building a bridge and proud of being a horse fucker.

I get it! That's actually pretty close to what's happening.

Haven't heard from Ong lately on his plan to get rich playing NLE. Meanwhile I am stomping the low stakes in PLO; up $1k in the last month. Game of the future boys - the best part is nobody seems to know how to play it.

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Haven't heard from Ong lately on his plan to get rich playing NLE. Meanwhile I am stomping the low stakes in PLO; up $1k in the last month. Game of the future boys - the best part is nobody seems to know how to play it.

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And you know how to play it because?

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And you know how to play it because?

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The usual way. Reading books, watching vids, reviewing hands, etc.