site banner
PaperclipPerfector  1d ago (text post)   634 thread views

Wellness Wednesday for April 29, 2026

The Wednesday Wellness threads are meant to encourage users to ask for and provide advice and motivation to improve their lives. It isn't intended as a 'containment thread' and any content which could go here could instead be posted in its own thread. You could post:

  • Requests for advice and / or encouragement. On basically any topic and for any scale of problem.

  • Updates to let us know how you are doing. This provides valuable feedback on past advice / encouragement and will hopefully make people feel a little more motivated to follow through. If you want to be reminded to post your update, see the post titled 'update reminders', below.

  • Advice. This can be in response to a request for advice or just something that you think could be generally useful for many people here.

  • Encouragement. Probably best directed at specific users, but if you feel like just encouraging people in general I don't think anyone is going to object. I don't think I really need to say this, but just to be clear; encouragement should have a generally positive tone and not shame people (if people feel that shame might be an effective tool for motivating people, please discuss this so we can form a group consensus on how to use it rather than just trying it).

1
Top Bottom Old Controversial Comments
Jump in the discussion.

No email address required.

Rotisserie chicken eaters: Science says that diets high in sodium are bad for you. What do you do about this? Or do you disagree with The Science?

It is funny to me that teammates in high school baseball would insist on drinking Gatorade and getting others to drink Gatorade on the basis that you NEED those electrolytes on hot days or you'd DIE. That's more of a problem for elite athletes, not my dumbass sitting on a bench. Extra electrolytes seem to be something that you should try to get rid of.

Alpha gal gang: Did you know about this site? Apparently in the year of 2026 you can directly order (expensive) alpha-gal-less pork created by The Science now. We're living in the future, bros. https://amaroohills.com/

Alpha gal gang: Did you know about this site? Apparently in the year of 2026 you can directly order (expensive) alpha-gal-less pork created by The Science now. We're living in the future, bros. https://amaroohills.com/

My first thought when I read "alpha gal" is that it's a cringey synonym for "girlboss" and I am always slightly confused by things like "wasteful spending bill without girlbosses".

One of the longest living populations in the world subsists on cigarettes, wine, prossecco, prosciutto, salami and aged cheese ...

As long as your kidneys are ok and you drink a lot of water - salt is not really an issue.

NEED those electrolytes on hot days or you'd DIE

Maybe not die but it will wreck your performance.

I posted a few weeks ago about how I just do not have a thirst reflex (anymore?) and I've been giving myself headaches from distance runs pretty reliably by not hydrating enough.

I finally started taking a vest with built in flasks with me (that I fill with salt water) and it's been a night and day change. Better performance, better feeling afterwards.

Even on cool days.

Rotisserie chicken eaters: Science says that diets high in sodium are bad for you. What do you do about this?

If I am preparing a meal and one of the ingredients is salty then I add less salt. If all of my ingredients are salty then I go to the grocery store to restock on fresh produce. Easy enough.

It is funny to me that teammates in high school baseball would insist on drinking Gatorade and getting others to drink Gatorade on the basis that you NEED those electrolytes on hot days or you'd DIE.

I sweat so much on hot summer days, even just standing outside, that I will get dizzy without some source of electrolytes, whether gatorade, jerky, or something else. Other people don't seem to have this problem and I envy them.

Drink more water and a high-sodium diet (within reason) is not a problem.

I honestly can’t remember the last time I drank water. I’m a huge milk, apple juice and soda drinker. I can’t drink beverages like Gatorade. I’m a fiend in general for taste and high sugar and salt items.

Whenever I eat at work, I always try to have my hamburger or pizza or whatever it is drenched in butter all over, or I’ll grab like 29 packets of salt and 5 of ketchup. Just how I’ve always been.

Is it easier to hop over you than walk around? This diet of yours doesn't sound too healthy.

soda drinker

Club soda or sugary crap?

Science says that diets high in sodium are bad for you. What do you do about this? Or do you disagree with The Science?

I disagree with the Science. I am active and sweat profusely and do not fear sodium. I avoid most premade foods (for all the other crap in them), so I'm not worried that I'll somehow get too much sodium in the few I do eat.

What is this place?

This website is a place for people who want to move past shady thinking and test their ideas in a court of people who don't all share the same biases. Our goal is to optimize for light, not heat; this is a group effort, and all commentators are asked to do their part.

The weekly Culture War threads host the most controversial topics and are the most visible aspect of The Motte. However, many other topics are appropriate here. We encourage people to post anything related to science, politics, or philosophy; if in doubt, post!

Check out The Vault for an archive of old quality posts. You are encouraged to crosspost these elsewhere.


Why are you called The Motte?

A motte is a stone keep on a raised earthwork common in early medieval fortifications. More pertinently, it's an element in a rhetorical move called a "Motte-and-Bailey", originally identified by philosopher Nicholas Shackel. It describes the tendency in discourse for people to move from a controversial but high value claim to a defensible but less exciting one upon any resistance to the former. He likens this to the medieval fortification, where a desirable land (the bailey) is abandoned when in danger for the more easily defended motte. In Shackel's words, "The Motte represents the defensible but undesired propositions to which one retreats when hard pressed."

On The Motte, always attempt to remain inside your defensible territory, even if you are not being pressed.


New post guidelines

If you're posting something that isn't related to the culture war, we encourage you to post a thread for it. A submission statement is highly appreciated, but isn't necessary for text posts or links to largely-text posts such as blogs or news articles; if we're unsure of the value of your post, we might remove it until you add a submission statement. A submission statement is required for non-text sources (videos, podcasts, images).

Culture war posts go in the culture war thread; all links must either include a submission statement or significant commentary. Bare links without those will be removed.

If in doubt, please post it!


Rules


Recommended Posts And Communities

Recommended Realtime Chats