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Lol. Does this strategy even work? I seriously doubt it. It makes me much more hesitant to take vaccines when they censor "information that promotes vaccine hesitancy". It's like, what else are you censoring then? How is this meant to convince me? There was so much bullshit from these scientists at the beginning of the pandemic that it completely ruined any trust they were trying to garner.

I don't, but I do have some hand sanitizer that I can send over. Tastes about the same. I do actually like whiskey, rum, vodka, etc. I actually enjoyed my first time taking a tequila shot. Wine and beer just taste bad to me, though.

No-fap seriously destabilized my libido and sexual sensitivity after it caused a "flatline", which no one ever seems to talk about, but it does happen, and when they do talk about it, they just chalk it down to bro-science about how "it's just your brain adapting itself". There is no conclusive evidence around it of any sort, so you're mostly on your own if you ever do experience it. Basically, it killed my libido and sensitivity for a bit. Thankfully, it improved over time. On the other hand, somewhat paradoxically, it helped me explore my sexuality much more deeply and it actually deepened my sexual experiences more, since it created so much sexual energy and obsession. It didn't do anything to make me transcend sexuality or detach me from it, the exact opposite occurred, because it makes you obsess over sex way more than normal since it makes you so horny. I would only ever recommend 10 - 20 days of abstinence, just for the experience. From what I learned from that experience, I would only abstain for about 7 days. Anything more is unnecessary. The effects cap at around days 3-7 IME, then it just stays the same from then on. There are certain people with a condition called POIS, in which they feel ill after orgasming. Then there are people who simply project their feelings of shame and unworthiness onto the activity of masturbation. A distinction needs to be made between the two. The former is a real thing and there are forum members who have alleviated it and talked about it before. I also suspect that POIS can come in different and more milder degrees which would not be diagnosed as full blown POIS, but POIS would be the radical end of the spectrum. My experience and your experience with libido and the time periods of no-fap can vary, as it seems people can experience sexual energy differently, which is why I recommend the broad time lapse of 10-20 days, which should give you more than enough time to scope how it affects your body.

Sleep paralysis

Haven't read the book but this sounds like a great idea

Yes. Humor and laughter. Sometimes we laugh in weird situations.

Oh yeah, it happens. Not just in regards to learning, but also their fears and worries. Certain perspectives are more "stickier" than others. Even if you come up with a reason as to why it's stupid, you can't stop filtering things through it sometimes, because you still have the desire to "test it out" and see how it fits in with your life. But some are easier to dispel. I suspect it's related to a lack of confidence in your own perspective. Some perspectives you can easily see through, but some perspectives you still have some part of you that relates to it and resonates with it, so you end up latching onto it subconsciously. I'm always trying to take people's perspectives into account. I've always just seen it as a necessary hurdle to traverse through, so I never interpreted it as a nuisance or even thought to intellectualize it this way. To me, it ultimately just helps to further my understanding so that eventually I won't be afflicted by it. And it's just a natural part of achieving that. I'll basically "become them" in my head for a bit and steelman all their ideas, but I'll always have my original self critiquing everything in the back, so if something doesn't add up I'll just go "yeah that's stupid" or "that doesn't make sense". So I guess that creates enough of a sense of control to where I never really minded it too much, since that would filter out the more rudimentary perspectives. But, we are constantly bombarded with perspectives, and I've definitely caught myself getting assimilated by some of those more sticky perspectives. I intuit that there's something more intelligent about it though. Like, the only reason it sticks is because you still have some related karma and limiting beliefs to burn in regards to it, so it's like the universe is telling you to work on that by creating that resistance inside you. And you know, it's hard to avoid perspectives when you live with 8 billion of them, so you might as well get to work in transcending any limiting perspectives that latch on to you. It's a test in how well you can assert your own authority.

It's not arching over anything. I'm not being poetic. Interpretation = reality. But, I'm not saying reality isn't mysterious. It just seems that there's turtles all the way down. As long as you desire to know, it will be mysterious. It's infinite. When you reach "that", what made "that"? And so on. All explanations require another explanation. "Why" is always limited by definition. So, in a sense it spawns from nothing. But in another sense it spawns from an infinite number of reasons, and since "infinite" doesn't have an actual beginning or genesis, It's both at once. There is no beginning or end to it. Your existence right now is a paradox. There's really nothing (literally) stopping gravity from not working tomorrow, but there's also nothing stopping it from working. It seems the dream has a bias towards the latter, so it dreams consistency. But ultimately consistency is imagined, and I think you're intuiting that by realizing how arbitrary all these rules and stuff are. Why is snow white instead of green? It only seems normal and consistent because you, again, imagine a story which tells you "snow is supposed to be white because of this and this and this etc." and so you spiral into the infinite story again. Also, nice profile picture change. I think it suits you well.

These are symptoms of closed-mindedness, not open-mindedness. Simply venturing into new ideas is not open-mindedness. Open-mindedness is more like the ability to see things without bias. It actually takes a lot of open-mindedness to see you are being gaslighted.

Isn't this all just based on the premise that cholesterol = bad? That aside, what about the effects of oxidization and the extreme processing that oils (such as canola) go through? Once they are processed they are far from natural.

The mobile UI isn't as good as the desktop website, but it still works. I haven't had any outstanding issues with it. If you want the desktop UI, just switch to desktop mode, which will give you the exact same UI as usual. And also it might help to make sure your phone isn't elongated to an absurd degree.

Nah it's an old picture lol

It's all a well-made story you can imagine to justify why you can live and survive as a human being right now. That's one interpretation. There are many "whys" you can come up with. An infinite amount, maybe. But ultimately, it's all to experience "this", whatever that entails. Your experience is completely and utterly unique. To not be able to experience "this" is a limitation on God. Maybe God wanted to experience itself questioning "why couldn't things be another way?". You are an attack helicopter. An attack helicopter is equally as human as anything else. Literally. Your perception of a helicopter is extremely human. It's not that God has the option to abandon "you" and become a helicopter, this specific interpretation of a helicopter is only possible through you.

Simply, you don't feel full because your body can't keep its energy stable enough. It needs more food to feel more stable, and so it craves more food to achieve that. The cravings have an intelligence to it, it's not just because your body hates you or something. It doesn't use energy efficiently enough for you to feel full after eating a nutritious meal, it wants refined carbs on top of that, because it has become very dependent on a steady influx of dietary refined carbs for energy. Key word, "recommended". The recommended carb intake is also like 300g or something. BTW, there are many studies showing that calorie restriction increases lifespan.

I thought he must be relaying what he wants tweeted to them somehow. It looks exactly like what he would tweet and say, unless someone else has been doing that all along, or is able to replicate it. Also, even if it isn't him, my point still applies.

I think this is actually "normal", as in it occurs frequently and is well-documented. It's called a hypnopompic hallucination. It seems it is more common as a kid. Mystical experiences in general tend to be more common as a kid at the baseline state.

Oof. That's pretty damning. Who knew all that ethanol gets converted into a class 1 carcinogen at the liver.

Personally never experienced this

Yes

If I had to guess, I would say he's using his "If I don't believe in depression it doesn't exist" method here Anyways, his recent tweets in general have been very odd

If you existed forever as a limited human identity, would that then make a point? If you couldn't die? What does the ideal scenario look like? BTW, have you ever looked into Franz Kafka's work? I think you would really resonate with his philosophy:

I used to think it was really dumb, because I would drink a lot and it would taste bad and I wouldn't feel much different. Plus, it's a diuretic, so all it would really do for me is make me piss a lot for no reason. It turns out I just have a high tolerance, so I needed to go for harder alcohols (20% alcohol or more) like vodka and whiskey. I like having them combined with some kind of soda or something sweet. But, I've also noticed that my tolerance for exogeneous stimulants in general is very high, even caffeine doesn't have much of an effect on me, so you shouldn't expect to have the same tolerance as me. I would start off with a 5% alcohol drink like a White Claw or something and see how it affects you. If you're normally very introverted, you'll probably find its effect on your state very interesting. I think it's worth experiencing. It will make you more social and easy-going, there will be less filters on what you think and speak. It's a nice feeling. I still don't like wine or beer, they taste awful and don't do much for me. I know that people get addicted to alcohol, but I don't find it to be addictive at all. Maybe because I'm already very health-conscious. I only ever drink it if I'm going to some social event and they happen to have it there, otherwise I've never purposefully gone out and bought it for myself. As for health: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/alcohol-good-or-bad

Our technology and lifestyles are probably advancing faster than our development can handle. It's analogous to giving a chimpanzee a knife. An intelligent person uses the knife to prepare food. An unintelligent person harms themselves with it.

Lol modern cooking is funny in that way. Then you have people who sous vide their meat (boiling it while it is encased in plastic) and that's considered high quality. This is exactly how I perceived food when I was addicted to refined carbs, all that mattered was how it tasted, that was "high-end" and "satisfying". My body's perception has entirely changed since then and I only see "high quality" in things that are genuinely nutritious now.