CosmicExplorer

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  1. Aging and genetics. I take ibuprofen and paracetamol once every 1-2 weeks for migraines and those are somewhat ototoxic but I don't think it's a primary reason for my tinnitus.
  2. I'll be 29 in 3.5 months. My eyesight is going bad, used to have perfect vision, now 0.75 astigmatism in both eyes. Used to have perfect hearing, now chronic tinnitus from hearing loss. Getting old really sucks.
  3. Some pics doesn't work so I'm reuploading them here
  4. Many low end phones have bad, old chips that are slow and not power efficient. 8gen3 is now on par with apple A17 in terms of power efficiency but it's only installed in high end phones. 7gen3 and dimensity 8300 are almost as good and there are some ~285$ phones with it https://www.socpk.com
  5. Things like neuroticism are just as much genetically dependent as schizophrenia or obesity
  6. How bad it is is still relative to one's genetic nociception levels. Some people don't mind when their flesh is burning Or a state of unconsciousness. That's more realistic, many meditators can do it but for one second maybe, the problem is with being able to reach oblivion on demand for long periods. Here is the key to your equanimity. Try that pain x1000
  7. Suffering is any uneasiness, uncomfortableness or aversion to sensation. Colloquially speaking and from a practical point of view pain is intertwined with suffering but for the sake of discussing a technical Buddhist term - pain is a raw sensation. What you're describing, pain sensations arise but the mind doesn't have any reaction to them is a cessation event: This is however an insanely high bar to be able to have it at will, not to mention that your ability to function in the world during perfect equanimity is precisely 0, you can't even pick up a cup of tea. Why afterward? After all, if you're free from suffering you don't suffer during torture either. People experience self-talk differently. Some have more image-based self talk some have quiet, sub verbal, concepts shifting in their mind kind of thing, and some have loud talk somewhat like they would be talking to themselves in their own voice but in their head
  8. I asked him if he could theoretically do self-immolation and not suffer during it, and he started making excuses (it's from a comment in his last video on yt) and said his pain tolerance is higher when lifting weights lol. Someone who would be free from suffering would be able to do self-immolation with perfect calm without any problem, being waterboarded, sit with no back support in meditation for 16h repetitively... Read my Reddit post I linked in this thread it's a good summary of my thoughts about it People exist who can burn themselves and not react to sensations until they feel the smell of burning flesh - and they don't give a fuck about spirituality, it's just their genetics https://news.sky.com/story/rare-genetic-mutation-allows-british-woman-75-to-feel-no-pain-12888007 doesn't say much
  9. I wouldn't say it's a waste of time if you enjoy training and it's your hobby. Girls like slightly more muscle than avarage but 26 FFMI is an overkill, no one needs that to attract girls. If you can get to low body fat% (so your face looks better) and don't look super skinny in clothes, you're golden. The most gains I've ever gotten was FBW 5x a week. Only training each muscle group for 2 sets to failure at the time. It was really suprising how much more gains I was getting when I switched from split to FBW (full body workouts)
  10. Yes, FFMI will drop as someone gets leaner but it will not be a drastic difference. Assuming 85% fat loss and 15% muscle loss on a properly paced, high protein diet with proper resistance training, the difference in FFMI going from lean to shredded will be like 0.6 at best. And this is something many people can't possibly fathom, or just don't want to embrace the hard truth. And it's even more radical than that. https://forums.t-nation.com/t/the-truth-about-bodybuilding-genetics/285342 A large percentage of the male population walking on this planet will never be able to squat 500 and deadlift 600 pounds even if you put them on insane doses of steroids, the best training protocol, give them the best trainers... In terms of strength, going from natural to steroids one can expect about 10% to 15% boost to their powerlifting total, which is definitely a great boost but it won't make a guy with weak genetics suddenly an elite powerlifter, not even close. Genetics is such an underestimated factor
  11. There's so much more to aging than just telomeres. In fact we don't even have a proper marker of aging, you can't measure someone's biological age. These DNA kind of tests which apparently measure your biological age are a lie. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/04/health/long-telomeres-age-longevity.html There are an unfathomable amount of problems preventing us from living for thousands of years. Metabolism causes entropic damage in us which we have no idea how to stop. This is just my personal feeling, but I feel some denial of death vibes from popular social media anti-aging gurus like David Sinclar
  12. Yes, there's no reason to take steroids unless you have elite bodybuilding/strength genetics and want to compete at the top professional level.
  13. FACTS, WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE STEROIDS WERE EVEN INVENTED: Among Hermann Görner's many feats of strength were the following notable lifts: Deadlift – 360 kg (793 lb) with overhand hook grip. 380 kg (840 lb) with mixed grip. One-handed deadlift – 330 kg (730 lb) on 8 October 1920, Leipzig, Germany Deadlift – 270 kg (600 lb) using just two fingers of each hand As far as bodybuilding goes (and he wasn't even a bodybuilder) - 28.4 FFMI at 15% body fat (and this is a conservative estimation) So those things above are what is AT THE VERY LEAST possible with great genetics. Why? Because they didn't even use creatine back then, not to mention sub-optimal training and nutrition, AND way way fewer people were training overall than today so obviously fewer people with insane genetics were training. Some photos of the pre-steroid era guys (there's simply no way these guys aren't natural as steroids weren't even available in any lab): It's not about who is natty or not as that is impossible to know. But about what is possible natty. And yes, great physiques and insane strength is possible natty. It requires however the most important thing - genetics which is the biggest pill Examples of photos (with good lighting and angles) of some modern physiques which are below 28.4 FFMI ~24.3 FFMI ~26 FFMI 25 FFMI