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self_made_human
C'est la vie
41m ago
I ate more than my fair share of bananas back home! They definitely didn't have the same pattern of spotting, just some discoloration. I did, however, eat them.
5434a
46m ago
Noob. I stagger my banana purchases to try and continuously have them coming into perfect ripeness (ie the day before they get black spots). There's inevitably still some variation but it avoids the worst excesses of squishy black bananas, or worse the under-ripe, mealy fleshed green bananas with skin that squeaks when you touch it.
If you don't like the spots leave them another day or two and they'll change into something less trypomatic(?).
FiveHourMarathon
Wawa Nationalist
59m ago
Or just the number of men who enter and remain in mutually self destructive relationships with insane bpd chicks.
5434a
1hr ago
I can't remember if it was Your Name or Weathering With You that I watched. I think it was Weathering. I downloaded both of them after reading yet another "recommend some anime for non-anime watchers" thread. Whichever one it was I switched it off unfinished, deleted the other one without watching it, and re-examined my credulity for internet anime recommendations.
One Punch Man on the other hand was thoroughly entertaining even as the joke began wearing thin, but that was recommended to me by a real person who isn't into anime.
Corvos
1hr ago
You’re correct of course, but surely there is a difference between fantasising about something and getting dangerously close to the reality?
Mind you, I’ve heard of some guys who find the extreme jealousy of some RL Japanese girls hot in a ‘look how much she cares about me’ way so maybe not.
Primaprimaprima
...something all admit only "TRUMP", and the Trump Administration, can do.
1hr ago
we don't see the appeal in a dangerous partner
It's actually not a fantasy structure that's exclusive to women! It's just more common in women because, obviously, men are the more violent and aggressive ones.
Do you know how many audio files there are for guys with titles like "serial killer yandere ties you up in her basement because she wants to be with you forever ASMR"? A lot more than you might expect!
FiveHourMarathon
Wawa Nationalist
1hr ago
Where does the urge come from to engage in rhetorical no-TRUE-Scotsman games to deny that a cultural norm has changed, rather than to lament that it has?
This thread is full of people saying that tattoos aren't attractive. I may agree, but every study has found tattoos correlate with an increased number of sexual partners in men, so clearly it isn't a widely shared belief.
This thread is full of people claiming that people with tattoos aren't really tough, yet every cop and every Navy SEAL and every BJJ champ and every boxer I know has at least one tattoo visible in short sleeves.
You claim that billionaires don't have tattoos, but googling "billionaire tattoos" returns results like this hilarious thing by VC Mike Novogratz, and Mark Bertolini CEO of Aetna. Plus you have high government officials like Trudeau and Hegseth. Personally, though I can't sit and name names, many high level corporate litigators, judges, and surgeons I know are inked.
Face it, man. We lost this one.
self_made_human
C'est la vie
1hr ago
Just because I give out good advice doesn't mean I take it myself. Besides, my diet isn't literally >90% junk. A more realistic figure would be ~50%.
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Work sucks, so I usually come home sapped of the will or energy to cook, and I'm not very good at it in the first place. I just tried figuring out my new place's oven, and the markings have worn off the dials. There are so many dials! I can't even tell what they do! I even tried all sorts of searching on Google, and asking my friendly neighborhood AI, to no avail. I just about managed to make some roast chicken without killing myself, so I'm not sure banana bread is in the cards. There's only one banana left, and no bread.
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I can easily afford semaglutide (Ozempic, while a convenient and borderline generic name by now, actually implies the injectable form. I take tablets). It's remarkably safe. I probably save around 30% of the price of purchase via simply eating less.
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I have, in the past, lost far more weight via a combination of a strict diet and working out. I happen to find the experience unpleasant. Some people enjoy going to the gym, alas, that's not me. I do it because I'm single, and need to up my market value unless I end up being sold as a lemon.
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This time around, if I can't meet both my goals of losing weight and gaining muscle at the same time, I'm content settling for the former. When I'm at a more ideal BMI, I can stop the semaglutide and focus on musclar hypertrophy über alles. I'm aware of the fact that taking semaglutide causes me to lose muscle as well as fat (but not any more than simply dieting would do, that's just how the body reacts to a caloric deficit).
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And last, but certainly not least: I have a realistic enough model of my own self that I know that if I didn't have the option of Ozempic, I would likely neither lose weight nor go to the gym as much as I should. The bottleneck in most of my life has been a lack of executive function/willpower. I can either hide behind a diagnosis of ADHD, or just accept that I'm lazy. Both might be true! Semaglutide simply short-circuits that dilemma.
orthoxerox
If you can read this, you're using a custom theme
1hr ago
This made me realize I've made a mistake. It's "Your Name", 君の名は。
orthoxerox
If you can read this, you're using a custom theme
1hr ago
- -2: just terrible
- -1: not recommended, unless you are really into this genre/actor/etc
- 0: meh
- +1: recommended, definitely watch it if you're a fan of the genre
- +2: recommended without reservations
Lizzardspawn
1hr ago
Also, bras are a terrible undergarment for fat women. Bring back the chemise and stays.
Bring back thin/fit/toned women. Make waist great again.
FiveHourMarathon
Wawa Nationalist
1hr ago
I agree with you on both counts, though for other traits, not the tattoos, though arguably related.
Being fat is equally an indication of poor character as having bad tattoos. If I could, I would avoid working with or hiring fat people.
And while I have all the sympathy in the world for alcoholics, there but for the grace of God, I would never want to put one in a high pressure highly responsible position. It's just not a good fit.
But of course, the lack of qualifications is exactly what leads to loyalty in Trump world. His underlings can't rebel against him, or allow rebellion against him, because under no other regime would their kind be where they are.
problem_redditor
1hr ago
From how it’s presented I assume it is a 5-point scale, with the median value of 3 revised downwards to zero.
Primaprimaprima
...something all admit only "TRUMP", and the Trump Administration, can do.
1hr ago
What do these ratings mean, what is the scale?
FistfullOfCrows
1hr ago
Jensen Huang
He gets a pass, for the kind of tatto it is. I would find it hilarious if Bill Gates actually looked like this
problem_redditor
1hr ago
Not OP, but I imagine there are two reasons why not: Time and anhedonia.
FistfullOfCrows
1hr ago
We do have three strikes in some states. But admittedly that's for drug dealers.
Primaprimaprima
...something all admit only "TRUMP", and the Trump Administration, can do.
1hr ago
You and most other posters on this thread seem to think that women are only interested in dangerous men being dangerous to other people and are obviously in denial about the possibility that dangerous men are dangerous to them.
Oh no, I don't think that at all! In fact I thought about including a line about that in my post - "she could simply have a masochistic streak, she could enjoy the palpable sense of danger" - but I decided not to, because I find that comments are generally more persuasive and attention-grabbing when you only include one bizarre claim instead of multiple.
I do think the "I'm a highly distinguished person to him" aspect of it is probably stronger in the majority of cases than the "I like being in danger myself" aspect, simply because even the most masochistic and self-destructive people still show an aversion to acute physical danger. Although, funny enough I just linked someone downthread to Freud's essay on the death instinct, where he explores how a primordial instinct for self-destruction could coexist alongside an apparently overriding concern for self-preservation. That could certainly be relevant in cases like this.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
1hr ago
Riddle me this, Doc Wonder: If you want to keep trim and build muscle, why rely on Ozempic and why not eat clean or at least eat something besides junk food 90% of the time?
Use the bananas for banana bread.
FistfullOfCrows
1hr ago
I don't see why these women have to be lying to themselves about danger to involve themselves with dangerous men.
Typical mindedness fallacy, we don't see the appeal in a dangerous partner, but some women fucking love that shit. They fawn over the only group of men not completely crushed/subservient to our modern "safety" society. They like them prcisely because they are dangerous/murderous/thieving etc..
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
1hr ago
I haven't seen any of those except the first few episodes of Breaking Bad.
FistfullOfCrows
1hr ago
I mean, the Yakuza tats are a pretty serious commitment/ status signal.
FistfullOfCrows
1hr ago
Look at his tats, skulls, really? I'd say he looks trashy and is trying too hard but he has killed a guy, so idk. Looks like a walking trash mural to me.
Digital fast update, Peter and Paul edition.
- Your Name, +2. A feature-length anime about a city boy and a country girl swapping bodies that takes an unexpected turn when they decide to meet. It's one of the best-drawn 2D movies I've ever seen and even some 3D-assisted total animation they used doesn't look jarring. As far as I know, the director deliberately wanted to avoid making "another anime" and wanted this to be treated as a work that is judged on its own, not because it has round eyes and too few FPS. He made a couple more feature films after this one that I plan to watch, but I can't be assed to find proper ass subs that overlay carefully styled text over signs and phones and newspapers and do other fancy stuff like that.
- Master and Commander: the Far Side of the World, 0. If you have a hardon for the Royal Navy, like Catgirl Kulak, then watch it. Volokolamskoye Shosse is probably a better book about military leadership. The ship scenes look great, but the plot feels more like a series of vignettes than a coherent story. And Russell Crowe is fat.
- Breaking Bad, rating pending. I still haven't finished watching it. It will most likely get a +2 from me, but I want to finish season five before rating it properly.
- One Punch Man, 0. I almost gave it a -1 after watching the first few series, but then it finally realized it needed at least some plot. It's still nothing more than The Adventures of Dr. McNinja with Japanese characteristics, which makes sense, given than it started as a webcomic as well.
Yeah, I think that's correct as well.
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