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Thank you. That's a really informative and inspiring reply.

Definitely. And as I have lamented in several places online, as well as verbally in discussions about it, I really love Perl, the language, despite its warts. (For example, I view …

Yeah, just use soy instead of almond milk. According to wikipedia, almonds aren't nuts, but I'm guessing that's what you mean? Hopefully you're ok with flax seeds... I don't use so…

Isn't the study (not the blog, because...honestly, who cares about a blog reference) about supplements, though? My smoothie is made from whole foods, only. Supplements are a very c…

I guess I'm not allowed to participate in the discussion, I've had to delete several comments already that were getting steadily down-voted. It's not a claim to be a miracle or cur…

Isolated quotation: "We see our pasty, doughy, sickly selves in the mirror and somehow just deny the obviousness of the truth. We then armor ourselves against anything that might p…

Instead of seeking that "evidence," consider this: is the average geek not supposed to be smarter than the average person? (Is this generality more acceptable because it's flatteri…

My response to yesterday's down votes, in a thread about health and eating. Food for thought (about food), if you like.

Also, serious question: why is sharing something in a higher bandwidth format than just typing "promotion?" Do you not promote your own thoughts and agenda any time you enter a com…

Lol. Well you got me on a technicality. Fine. "Everyone who has tried this, and it's about 20 people at this point, from local people (my family, for example, local friends) to tho…

It is not a claim about the future. It's a fact, referring to the past. Of course I will not, but I could easily fish out thank you letters and comments about positive change from …

I think it's both. I see both happening. I see major attitudes of helplessness or victim mentality. Or just ambivalence. Go to any mall. We all know this story. But also, it then b…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTuJ6r1F2hA I've been helping my family and friends with this recipe, and it's changing lives. Literally. My father, who I taught how to eat vegetar…

Yes. I am very simply saying that if certain vices (not sure how I even feel about employing that word, actually) were made legal, then by definition many of us would cease being c…

Well, so some of them moved on to other activities that also shouldn't be criminalized, then. I speak about gambling. Which is de-facto legal now, because of how many Indian casino…

But that is where the violence occurs. That's where the anti-social consequences occur. Are felt most directly. Impose most directly on peoples' lives. So while it's true those big…

Sure, but even if some number of drug dealers moved on to other crime, would there not necessarily be less crime, overall, if a major aspect of normal human life were to suddenly b…

I can see that were not going to connect here. And I shouldn't have called you naive. I should have said your position is naive. But is it really such a stretch to expect alignment…

That's exactly why it's so important to decriminalize (or outright legalize). Because the theory behind criminalization simply doesn't work. It is you who are naive, sir. Please se…

Sure. But you assume there's a permanent class of criminals whose only interest is crime. The principle interest in the drug game is money. It's a business. What I'm saying is, the…

Just ask yourself one question: what did all the bootleggers do after alcohol prohibition was dropped? Exactly. There's a sort of twinge of classism (or even racism) in your commen…

Simple. The answer is "yes." So-called hard drugs are ... well ... they ain't health food. But presumably I'm writing to an audience of utilitarian thinkers, so it should be trivia…