A massive NIH study of nearly 400,000 adults over 20 years found that daily multivitamin users had a 4% higher mortality risk compared to non-users. The research showed no mortality benefit whatsoever—contradicting the belief that multivitamins serve as health "insurance". Interestingly, multivitamin users typically had ...
that's deeply sad :( you've denied yourself so much, and you still can't even afford your own house. at that point why care? why not enjoy things like eating out, travel, or non-critical medical care?
if another great depression comes everyone will be fucked no matter their wealth. but most people will at least get to keep memories of little luxuries, whilst you already live like the world collapsed
i mean yeah of course, simple life is the best. but that guy sounds like he's watching every coin go out of his pocket with fear, and so denies himself any and all luxury. even though when a great depression vol 2 hits all his savings will be rendered worthless, so it'd be better to use them now instead of watching them turn into kindling
if you want to be treated seriously maybe provide some proof instead of saying that you're attuned to all datapoints and can therefore see the future lol
remember that the end of the world has been caluclated many, many times now. sometimes with vibes, sometimes with actual data, and so far it hasn't happened, somehow we keep on persevering despite everything
however sure you are of your estimates, the world is to chaotic to ever truly know
aw whack you're right, when my banking app stops supporting my OS version i'll have to update
ya i know, but i don't really download anything on my phone or click suspicious links, i know this is not a perfect defence, but honestly, i hate UI changes more than i worry about malicious software
why do we need two words for placebo effect when it's just positive placebo and negative placebo, i know i know, the word placebo has an ingrained positive aspect in its root... but it's not like the english language ever gives a fuck about the roots of a word, it bastardises all words equally! why make an exception now?? why not just call it negative placebo!
i'm being sincere. games are good, but when the environment they get released into is rotten, then they aren't even allowed to thrive! and as much as i'd love to see portal 3, i'd rather see changes for the better in the gaming world
I'm asking for public policy ideas here. A lot of countries are enacting age verification now. But of course this is a privacy nightmare and is ripe for abuse. At the same time though, I also understand why people are concerned with how kids are using social media. These products are designed to be addictive and are known to ...
consider though - politicians nowadays don't think. they think so little, in fact, that the last time i checked websites for self harm/sexual assault support or reporting were considered "too adult" for kids to have access to in the UK
if it was about kids' safety, this wouldn't have been omitted
when it's every now and then it's great! but some students try to get out of learning by being funny, and it's your job to actually teach them something
i simply do not hear enough people talking about Outer Wilds, i know it released in the same year as the AA game by Obsidian - Outer Worlds, the title of which is different by whole two letters, which provided a very good distraction but
AAAAA
Outer Wilds is a lighting in a bottle video game that the majority of those who have played it wish they could experience for the first time again. it's a stunning piece of art that makes you cry and you're not even sure what exactly just happened. but there's always a point where it all just hits you - and all you can do is cry
it doesn't handhold you, in fact it doesn't give you any objectives at all, you're lead through the entire game by sheer curiosity alone - and oh boy will that curiosity make you zoom across the space back and forth until you get to the bottom of it. when you utter your first "oh what's that? i'm going to check it out" it'll have you, you might not realise it yet but you're now primed for adventure
this is the only game i'm not afraid to overhype. i watched that game sit in my library, for over a year, and in that time i hyped it up in my head to unreachable levels, to the point where eventually i was close to afraid of playing it because how could it possibly meet that standard i've envisioned? and you know what? it was better than i've ever imagined. it waited for me to be ready to sit down and play it, and then it delivered and experience that i'll forever treasure
maybe it won't hit that exact sweet spot for you as it did for me, but bloody hell can i assure you you'll never forget it - even though you'll wish you did, to play it for the first time again
oh and if any of my vague praise made you interested - rule #1 of Outer Wilds Club: don't talk about Outer Wilds. don't look up anything about it, you want to experience it as blind as you possibly can, some people even go as far as buying their friends a copy so they never have to look at the steam page screenshots
(light spoilers for the core mechanic ahead, first half an hour or so of playing):
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it's all about perspective. i also highly dislike timers in game, but don't think about it like a timer, because it's not really? yeah sure sometimes you get cut off in the middle of reading in a difficult to get to location, but thanks to the loop you are also just... immortal. all the knowledge is saved even when you fly yourself into the sun by accident. there is no real time pressure, you can roast those marshmallows, nobody can stop you - you have infinite time, you just need to hike to your desired campfire every now and then
not every loop has to be a race, wander around, get lost, as fast or slow as you like. yeah sometimes you need to sprint to get to a time sensitive place but even then you have the infinity to keep trying. and as you have the time when you wait for something to happen for the second time (because you forgot to put on your suit the first time) listen to music, take in the sights :)
i bounced off this game 2 times before it got me, but there's no rush, it'll wait for you
i wouldn't worry about it too much, we all struggle with the ship at first :) even the best of us! piloting it becomes second nature after some time though, just gotta learn through practice
really well said! :) i know of Nerd³, i learnt about him through an even more underrated youtuber - ManyATrueNerd, they play together sometimes. if you like goofy british men who suffer from flashes of both extreme intelligence and deep stupidity, often in the same sentence, check him out lol
idk what to say man, the game literally has an autopilot, all you need to learn is how to take off, and land. but you can't relay on the autopilot to do the exploring for you - being able to control your ship when needed is necessary
what other accesability options can you think of adding to a space exploration game that needs 360° of movement?
I was recently watching the Sixth Sense, which prompted me to wonder if I'm the only one that feels like some movies feel truly impossible to follow everything in the story without captions. For this movie specifically, Haley Joel Osment's character was difficult to hear in his particular speech patterns and hushed voice. ...
older older movies often didn't have much sound design, you heard what the people on set heard and maybe one sound effect or two if they wanted a gunshot without shooting guns on set
most movies today are sound mixed for cinema, which almost always has a very expensive set up of speakers with one (or two) central speakers reserved specifically for dialogue. noticed how when you're at the cinema you don't need subtitles as often even though you're crunching through popcorn? but the problem arises when the producers decide they can't be bothered to hire the sound guy to make a separate sound mix for streaming or DVD and just mince the 7.1 speaker mix through your stereo headphones, squishing all the dialogue together with everything else without a care for the physical differences in playback
strange thing to hear from the mimecraft youtuber MumboJumbo (idc if you are him or not, i read this comment in his voice and this is the reality i choose to believe in)
i was on medikinet for a while, at first it made me sleepy, then it made me relaxed, and then it made me anxious, so i stopped
whenever i take brain-chemistry meds for longer than a week or two my brain defaults to having them give me anxiety which is whack (this happens with meds for anxiety as well, thanks brain! you gelatinous wanker). after multiple trials of various meds i've mostly given up on trying more, but hey at least cardio works as intended!
i'm still bitter about one thing - all those people who kept saying "just eat healthy and exercise and you'll feel better :)))" were correct 💀 at least in my case
i was told flossing should be an at least 20min task (ideally 30min) + 20min of using those tiny inbetween teeth brushes, and that i should pay full attention to what i'm doing to make sure i'm cleaning my teeth well
all that made me feel like it's too much work and now i continue to just not do any of that
oddly enough my last dentist visit was my first in like 6 years, and i got complimented on my teeth too, the only note was "drink less tea" and that's not happening lol. and i just brush with a normal toothbrush twice a day (sometimes, usually once)
so in short, idk why i got told i need to put in so much more effort
Lemmings, please give us your info dump.
TIL taking a multivitamin daily increases mortality risk by 4%
A massive NIH study of nearly 400,000 adults over 20 years found that daily multivitamin users had a 4% higher mortality risk compared to non-users. The research showed no mortality benefit whatsoever—contradicting the belief that multivitamins serve as health "insurance". Interestingly, multivitamin users typically had ...
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How can we protect kids from the harms of social media without sacrificing everyone's privacy?
I'm asking for public policy ideas here. A lot of countries are enacting age verification now. But of course this is a privacy nightmare and is ripe for abuse. At the same time though, I also understand why people are concerned with how kids are using social media. These products are designed to be addictive and are known to ...
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What movie feels impossible to watch without captions?
I was recently watching the Sixth Sense, which prompted me to wonder if I'm the only one that feels like some movies feel truly impossible to follow everything in the story without captions. For this movie specifically, Haley Joel Osment's character was difficult to hear in his particular speech patterns and hushed voice. ...
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What launcher should I replace Nova with?
Fuckin plebs.
Hehehehe
On second thought, maybe not
Aaaand, fight!