magic_beans

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by magic_beans 7y ago
I do love the English-language dubs of Ghibli films. Very high quality work.
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by magic_beans 7y ago
It's sensory overload. Which is indeed physically exhausting.
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by magic_beans 7y ago
Try being the anxious daughter to a perfectionistic but insecure mother. You're one of the lucky ones if it has never occurred to you that mothers can be terrible bullies.
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by magic_beans 7y ago
It sounds like you're not getting enough calories when you work out and eat healthy, which would cause the anxiety. Every vegetable you eat should have been cooked in olive oil or some other fat (the fat helps your body absorb the nutr
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by magic_beans 7y ago
Totally anecdotal, but I was a vegetarian for 12 years (since childhood). A year after I added meat to my diet, I developed Ulcerative Colitis (I was already genetically predisposed). I have always hated the taste of meat. My pet theory is
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by magic_beans 7y ago
OP sounds like a drug addict or someone who simply isn't getting enough calories! > A pizza and a soda, or a huge steak and garlic mashed potatoes will lift my mood quickly. When I eat processed/junk food, the temporary high is
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by magic_beans 7y ago
It's not the fat that makes a blue cheese burger terrible for you. It's the combination of animal fat with refined carbohydrates. Wrap that bad boy in a collard green and you've got yourself a healthy meal.
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by magic_beans 7y ago
Only on HN does an article about a woman being attacked and sexually assaulted devolve into conversation about technical minutia.
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by magic_beans 7y ago
He should consider large doses of vitamin D, for a start.
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by magic_beans 7y ago
Companies don't care as much about the degree as your projects.
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by magic_beans 7y ago
Now THIS is the Great American Novel.
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by magic_beans 7y ago
Your friend must have realized that there was a possibility of his future child (or multiple future children) seeking him out one day. You don't donate to a sperm bank if you NEVER want to have a kid. Did he need $40 that badly? Your f
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by magic_beans 7y ago
It's punitive or to compensate for the donor's emotional toll. For an empathetic person, finding out you have 12 extra kids is incredibly taxing. There's guilt for not having raised them (irrational though it mightbe), shame
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by magic_beans 7y ago
There are thousands of amazing universities in the US that are not Harvard.
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by magic_beans 7y ago
> The school was a bit shocked when she arrived to see a 5'1 girl dressed in a way typical of Orthodox Jews. What "school" inspects every single arriving Freshman? This read like an invented story. Additionally, there is n
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by magic_beans 7y ago
Simple: don't allow yourself to be distracted. Even with a paper book, distractions abound if you allow them.
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by magic_beans 7y ago
Who buys a whole house on the internet...? Very odd.
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by magic_beans 7y ago
"J'ai trop mangé" is closer.
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by magic_beans 7y ago
That's a lot of cancer in one family :/
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by magic_beans 7y ago
Dr. Gabor Maté theorizes that one's emotional state influences the expression of cancer in people who smoke. A smoker who is constantly in a state of emotional stress is much more likely to develop lung cancer than a smoker who is not.
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by magic_beans 7y ago
Fresh ginger tea (using a finger length of whole ginger root, minced) works really, REALLY well for nausea.
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by magic_beans 7y ago
The rules of chemistry vary greatly from the rules of real life.
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by magic_beans 7y ago
> Unfortunately, there's no clear definition of ultraprocessed. Like is factory-made whole wheat break ultraprocessed? Canned pinto beans? Artisan cheese? Factory cheese? The article defines "processed" and "unprocess
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by magic_beans 7y ago
Don't know why you got downvoted. Dr. Maté's work is really interesting.
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by magic_beans 7y ago
Sun exposure triggers the release of serotonin. For many people (probably most people), a lack of sun exposure will cause depression. Your single case does not apply to the population at large.
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by magic_beans 7y ago
I wish they had reported the brands :/
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by magic_beans 7y ago
Do you pay for your content then?
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by magic_beans 7y ago
Podcasts are free. Let me repeat that: PODCASTS. ARE. FREE. I hate ads as much as the rest of you, but how the eff does anyone on HN expect brilliant, creative, and hard-working podcast creators to earn a living? (there are truly some podca
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by magic_beans 7y ago
The Literary Review has to make an income somehow. Close it out and carry on.
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by magic_beans 7y ago
Could you be any more pedantic?

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