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I know I'm spending too long on HN when I start panicking about every day normal things to consume or do incase it poisons me, causes cancer, gives me alzheimer
by davzie 3y ago
I know I'm spending too long on HN when I start panicking about every day normal things to consume or do incase it poisons me, causes cancer, gives me alzheimer's or something else that makes top page posts. The health-nut side of HN is what lets it down and makes it a depressing place to hang out in.
- Pigalowda 3y agoJust eat a balanced diet and exercise. Don’t smoke, drink, or do drugs (if you do then do them sparingly). Everything else won’t move the needle and should be mostly ignored - someone is selling you something or gaining a click. Luckily for the American health care industry people ignore that advice and do their very level best to oppose it at every turn.
- davzie 3y agoWell a big green tick for me on all those points. Thanks for being a voice of reason!
- Dylan16807 3y ago> Just eat a balanced diet and exercise. I've never seen a particularly good definition for "balanced diet", and many communities that are super healthy have diets that don't look balanced at all.
- BaculumMeumEst 3y agothe problem is these submissions are incentivized to scare the shit out of you, but not to be honest about “how worried you should be about it”. this heavily applies to MSM stories as well. once i understood that, i got more aggressive about hiding this kind of content, or taking it with a huge grain of salt.