MrZee

Wow… I feel like “substance over form” contradicts a core sovcit belief: That there are specific magic phrases and processes that must be executed precisely to be valid. The systems in place intentionally hide, obscuring, and otherwise make it as difficult as possible for the sovcit to perform the rituals correctly. But if they do, they will “win”.

Of course, leave it to a sovcit to find another contradictory concept to shove into the rest of their contradictory beliefs.

Hello, 30-years-ago me. My sister and I had a similar age gap. We had an amazing relationship/friendship throughout our childhood and it was really hard when she left for college. The good news is that we still have an amazing relationship and she is still the best sister I could ever ask for.

It’s a funny thing that when we are young, everything feels so permanent when in reality, your life is changing incredibly quickly. When you get hit by something like this, it’s uncomfortable as fuck to see that reality. Change is hard, but it also leads to and comes along with growth... and growth is good.

I don’t say this to be dismissive of what you are going through, only to say that change happens. It is a part of life that we learn to deal with because it can’t be avoided. What is happening in your life probably hurts. It’s probably scary. The uncertainty sucks. All those feelings are valid.

She will be farther away. You will see her less. She is going to be incredibly busy at times. But she is also there for you and you two will still have each other and have time together.

Of course, I have no guarantees — your life isn’t mine. But for me, it wasn’t nearly as bad as it seemed (it’s easy to imagine the worst). Just like it was awesome having an older sister as your friend while at home, it’s really awesome to have an older sister in college to talk to and visit get to experience bits of that life with.

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Yes, calorie limiting is one of the main benefits and the reason I use IF. I can’t speak authoritatively to any other benefits as I haven’t done any reading on IF in close to a decade. I remember that back then there were a lot of dubious claims about it “boosting metabolism” and such. But I haven’t looked at the state of research on IF in a long time.

I’m far from an expert on IF, just someone who has done it for a long time.

I'm fasting 14 hours for 4 days a week (I also have health problems, so I'm not going for the full 7 days).

The “health problems” part makes me concerned. Please make sure that you are safe to do IF with your health conditions. Is your condition one in which 4 days IF is safe but 7 days is not?

If it is medically safe to do so, I would reconsider this half-way approach. Don’t take this for gospel because this is just my feeling on it:

You’re trying to get used to not eating in the morning after you get up. You're trying to make some mental and (perhaps) physiological changes occur and get over the hurdle where you aren’t feeling hunger pangs or the desire to eat first thing in the morning. By breaking the routine for three days every week, I worry that you’ll continually be in the “trying to get used to this” phase and not reach the point of “normal routine”.

What can I expect? Is there anything I should watch out for? Any tips?

It’s been too long for me to really remember the start. Additionally, I’ve never been one to need a morning meal [edit: to add context, I did shorten my eating window and had to adapt to that. I only eat in the evening, about 4hr]. I know irritability and feeling a bit shaky are listed as common issues when starting IF. With health conditions, I’d really recommend talking to your dr (if you can) and try to find a way to identify where “normal” discomfort ends and problematic symptoms begin.

There is A LOT of woo around IF and just about any diet you find out there. I like reading scientific studies and find that media/writers really really like to misinterpret study results… and those misinterpretations become cannon over time. Use a skeptical eye when reading that info and focus on finding a routine that works for you personally.

The OPCA document is fabulous. It drips with disdain for all of these wonky sovcit arguments while thoroughly dismantling them.

Wow. I just want to say thank you for such a thoughtful, informed, detailed response. You are an amazing person!

On iOS as well.

Funny enough, that one worked for me, both in Voyager and safari. But a vast majority of gifs from catbox.moe don’t work for me as well. The issue appears to be intermittent (as opposed to something to do with the file or link format). So this one loading for me was probably just a “lucky” click.

From the article:

There are some important things to keep in mind here, like the fact that 15 of the 17 studies were case-control studies. This kind of research cannot prove cause and effect, and it often does not look at things that might have affected both the exposure and the outcome.

A number of the studies that were looked at were of low quality, which is something that the authors also highlight.

Findings were inconsistent across studies, but those of higher quality suggested that associations in unadjusted models might have been due to factors that could have influenced the results.

Soybeans and many other vegetables will pull in trace amounts of lead from the soil. There is probably some amount of lead in most/all soy products (as well as many other products).

California’s lead threshold for prop-65 warning is 0.5 µg/day. From what I gather, this is a very very low threshold.

Private citizens in California can sue and collect damages against companies selling products that should have a prop 65 warning but don’t. This has created a bit of an industry of citizens who go out, buy random products, test them for prop 65 chemicals, and if they find a violation get themselves a reward. From what I remember reading, Asian markets/producers are a very popular target.

This leads to a lot of companies putting labels on their product just to cover their asses. With such a low threshold for labeling and the fact that soybeans can contain lead, it seems to me to be smart business to always put that label on soy products because you might get a batch of soybeans that put your product over the threshold and get yourself sued. My hunch is that there is just as likely to be lead in the prop-65 labeled tofu as the non-labeled stuff and the difference comes down the to producers risk tolerance (or awareness).

Oh hell yeah. I want to see a Dendy reboot.

I did the math for the interest rate since they didn’t bother to in the article. The article says she had paid $1400/mo for 3 years and had only paid 10,000 toward principal. Assuming that’s 36 months of payments, the interest rate would be around 15.5%. The payment term would have been 10 years and total payments would end up being $168k.

Predatory lenders and financial illiteracy; a perfect match made in hell.