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by 42772827 1y ago
You made the story about you, when nobody asked. Check the comment I responded to. You did exactly what people always seem to jump out of their seats to do when this drug is mentioned: crowd the conversation with anecdata about how you did
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by 42772827 1y ago
>There were quite a few foods I let go of when I decided to drop weight. Can't say I miss them much, certainly not to the extent to say something like "wow, i can't enjoy food anymore" or "now i'm fighting c
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by 42772827 1y ago
> If Ozempic is so great then how come our bodies don't just produce more GLP-1? How come we aren't like chimps, with eternally shredded bodies and cheese grater abs, provided we get the protein to support them? Evolution favor
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by 42772827 1y ago
If changing habits were much easier, then people wouldn't be using the drug to make it easier change their habits. They would just do it.
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by 42772827 1y ago
Bread, sugar and potatoes exist on a spectrum from highly processed/refined (truly problematic) to minimally processed whole food versions (nutritionally valuable). There's no reason to give up minimally processed whole food versi
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by 42772827 1y ago
The choice is no longer between "cutting out bread and sugar completely" and "some kind of lifelong moderation for a person that has struggled." The choice is now between "cutting out bread and sugar completely&quot
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by 42772827 1y ago
He could have lost all that weight and still had bread, sugar, and potatoes but instead he gave up what he clearly enjoyed. Now he gets to live out the rest of his life fighting cravings, telling himself he's not allowed to enjoy food.
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by 42772827 1y ago
That you have the means to make that distinction inside the justice system illustrates the dichotomy. In places that never had the rule of law to begin with, what you described is the standard expectation of the individuals living it. To qu
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by 42772827 1y ago
The rule of law generally refers to societies where everyone is subject to the same set of laws. China, for example, does not and has not had the rule of law. Instead they have rule BY law, where laws are simply to control certain people’s
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by 42772827 1y ago
>It's called buyer's remorse. We accept it when it's a car or a TV, but suddenly when it's a house we're supposed to give massive government support to correct the buyer's mistake? The difference is order of
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by 42772827 1y ago
The U.S. is really far behind on this front. Going to even casual restaurants in Germany, I see a menu that has a dozen or so symbols, representing everything from gluten to alliums to lupins. In the US you're lucky to get "May co
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by 42772827 1y ago
I wonder if, like the precision fermentation process, these engineered bacteria can be fed into existing dairy processing machines that make ice cream and other derivative products. The win there is huge, it means practically replacing a ve
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by 42772827 1y ago
>What is the target audience for these bi-annual shots? In the US, there are certain patients who are at high risk for HIV infection. They are men who have sex with men, intravenous drug users, and people who have sex for money or housin
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by 42772827 1y ago
Nobody pays that. It's a pre-negotiation price that exists as a factor of many other costs and payments to various stakeholders like PBMs.
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by 42772827 1y ago
>IV drug use is a massively more efficient transmission route than any type of sexual contact. Yes, and people who take IV drugs are much less likely than men who have sex with men in general to take a pill daily.
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by 42772827 1y ago
They bill the insurance companies a lot, plus they take public and private (i.e., government and Gates Foundation) investment.
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by 42772827 1y ago
Lehrer taught me, at a young age, that the “division” between music and mathematics was completely arbitrary, that you can be interested in both, and indeed there is significant overlap. Truly a gift of a person, we were fortunate to have h
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by 42772827 1y ago
That’s a rather idiosyncratic definition of stability. Evolutionary adaptation is literally change over time.
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by 42772827 1y ago
>I’ve always found the idea of “restoring” ecosystems a bit philosophically tricky. ..we’re shaping nature to fit human values, You’re right to question it, because the philosophy itself is based on the emotionally satisfying but ultimat
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by 42772827 1y ago
So that's why it seemed to say the same thing over and over again.
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by 42772827 1y ago
>That's just part and parcel of being human. Also part and parcel of being a human being is logic and empathy. Anyone who possesses one of these traits, never mind both of them, should find it easy to choose the product that isn&#x2
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by 42772827 1y ago
The largest generation in US history is retiring and buying property in the state with no income tax.
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by 42772827 1y ago
Tomorrow I'm going to release 100 snakes into your home. Most of them aren't venomous, but I can't check all of them. After I release them, let me know if you don't want any snakes in your home, and I'll look into i
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by 42772827 1y ago
This is why walkable cities are important!
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by 42772827 1y ago
>that you will up your calorie intake unless you take explicit and intentional effort not to. Correct, and the "eat less, move more" crowd will tell you, "ignore your hunger. Control yourself. You're a failure because
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by 42772827 1y ago
>"For decades we've been telling Americans that you're lazy, it's your fault, you're not moving enough, you're eating too much," Mozaffarian says. "And I think what this study shows is that there&#
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by 42772827 1y ago
>The company adds that "if you would like us to blur your entire house, car, or body, submit a request using the "Report a problem" tool The cold logic of surveillance capitalism is easily seen here: Big companies will spy
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by 42772827 1y ago
Why do you care what it looks like? Riding while looking at your bike is dangerous. Watch the road!
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by 42772827 1y ago
The last time we got employers to care about employees it was because the unions dragged the bosses into the streets and beat the daylights out of them.
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by 42772827 1y ago
The English will be glad to hear their empire remains!

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