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by shlant 4y ago
> I've asked on HN a couple times in the past for citations that support this meme and haven't yet found a good source on this I have a hard time believing this. Here is the first link from googling "cico weight loss studi
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what evidence do you have that population decline has anything to do with T levels? it's a pretty well known and established phenomenon that as societies modernize, people choose to have less children. I have not seen evidence to sugge
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by shlant 4y ago
I haven't ventured much into the high CBD territory yet. I'm going to see what I can find when I am back in Thailand in March but might have to wait to be back in Canada as Thailand medicinal is still very early days.
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> I believe these terms are more like proxies for the terpenes than the cannabinoids Do you have some info on what terps tend to be associated with sativa and which with indica? This is an interesting point if there seems to be a patter
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by shlant 4y ago
> I personally have never even been able to detect a real difference between sativa and indica, let alone individual strains This is interesting to hear because I have the opposite experience. I used to have really bad anxiety and weed w
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people very often forget this. Even if we assume an unsubstantiated risk from the drugs, you absolutely have to factor in the reduced risk from the weight loss. These drugs aren't just providing aesthetic improvement in body compositio
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by shlant 4y ago
you should really re-evaluate your ability to determine what is reliable and factual information if you are sharing that link. Blows my mind that so many people who point to VAERS as evidence still have no understanding whatsoever of what V
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by shlant 4y ago
> Corners were necessarily cut in the trials What "corners" were "cut"? And if your answer is "they were rushed", don't bother replying.
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> after it seemed to be causing histamine problems Interesting. My wife and I both realized over the pandemic that we are histamine sensitive (her much moreso than me). We have had the symptoms most of our lives but I do wonder is gas st
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by shlant 4y ago
wow people are still mindlessly parroting these talking points this far into it. 1. If there were even people who's deaths were grossly misattributed to covid (big if) they were an incredibly, insignificantly rare occurrence. Feel free
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by shlant 4y ago
> I'll see your citations, and raise you: > https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33351135/ Sodium intake, life expectancy, and all-cause mortality Good overview of the poor design of that study and many others th
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by shlant 4y ago
it's defined in the paper but of course that's behind a paywall. Considering how many times the OP used the term, it would have been helpful for it to be defined. Here is the full paper: https://sci-hub.se/10.1159&
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by shlant 4y ago
who knew that not reading an article could lead you to the opposite conclusion of what the article is actually about! But a comment must be made on it regardless. On to the next one.
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from my experience with friends and acquaintances over the course of my life, I have found a trend with people who care a lot about being perceived as adults - they are almost all very unhappy and unfulfilled in their lives. Not sure if thi
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by shlant 4y ago
I see you are just another vegan who cares more about feeling morally superior over reducing the most animal suffering. I can only assume you haven't been vegan long or else I feel very doubtful of our movement to change many more peop
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as a vegan myself - have you ever considered that not every meat alternative is made for you?
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mock meats make transitioning easier for a lot of people
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by shlant 4y ago
> seed oils and foods high in linoleic acid that have been linked to a plethora of modern health problems The best evidence we have does not support what are usually low-carb talking points https://www.cochranelibrary.com&#x2F
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by shlant 4y ago
> Censorship of video streams is the wrong place for this, even if you think gambling is bad. what do you mean by "the wrong place for this"? As in on the platform is the wrong avenue to address gambling?
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"anyone who doesn't have the same narrative as me is a liar/shill"
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by shlant 4y ago
I suggest you look into Hanlon's razor. It may help you to have a better grip on reality.
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by shlant 4y ago
that's a very specific thing to declare missing. Is there a reason you seem to be looking for that specifically?
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climate change it not a binary outcome, so stop interpreting and talking about it as such. Yea we probably won't be able to avoid some significant consequences but that doesn't mean that the only other outcome is a quickly deterio
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Just curious - what do you feel is a more accurate number and how are you coming to that conclusion?
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I agree with your arguments when it comes to "preserving the purity of your local human race" or culture - it's essentially impossible to stop those shifts. However I don't think it applies the same way to invasive speci
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by shlant 4y ago
> that the USA has mitigated it all, because that’s easily disproved by speaking to any minority person. The OP literally said "It’s not perfect, but we strive in the right direction" in the next sentence
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> Europe, Asia, etc. they discriminate for different reasons and in different ways, but they all do it and it’s almost always overt. As a Canadian living in Malaysia (just shy of being in the top 10 most racist countries[1]) this is defi
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the purpose of me making that point was "therefor, a manager shutting down discussion is not something that should just be accepted" not "managers are the only ones who are wrong"
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> instead it's a good sounding board to see what different things I could try to do differently. > The fact that so many comments here are evidence of a "problem" thus is a great opportunity in disguise. This is the kin
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I appreciate how much patience you've had in these comments. There are so many uncharitable and dismissive responses from people who clearly are not interested in understanding your perspective. I appreciate you sharing so much. I thin

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