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Real world experience doesn't count on HN health articles. If it wasn't documented by a researcher paid via funding from his industry leaders, or a government official trying to fa…

I default to statistics a lot more now, even if ballparked and made up in my head.. and it all stemmed from a different gf asking me "how dangerous do you think that was???!!?!" wh…

Sorry, yes, I've had colds and a cough or two for sure. I don't think I've thrown up in 35 years though since I was a child. When I meant sick, I meant like a longer sustained thin…

That's how I see it. Ive always felt a lot worse for the daughter too.

I don't worry too much about the butterfly effect because it goes both ways. Sure one stoplight here makes a guy die, but another stoplight over there saves a guys life. But in thi…

Ha. That was more a play off the fact that most times "busy" is just relative. I wasn't THAT busy, maybe I just had things to do that I wanted to get done more than go on a hike.

Its obviously not my 'fault'. But it's pretty close to a death I could have prevented for a while if I wasnt pretending to be busy probably. I remember when she said her dad was go…

Not everyone.

I don't think most people worry about the huge amounts of time after they have died. They worry about the 1-120 seconds while they are really dying and aware. My college gfs dad di…

Regarding Steve Jobs, that's unfortunate for him because even my grandmother in Poland used to say "sugar causes/feeds cancer" when she tried to get us to stop sweetening our tea b…

Oh great, another expert. Except without the 30 years of research and experience. One guy wins the nobel prize for detailing a function of fasting and its effects on the immune sys…

Op seemed to be freaked out about unknowns. So my solution would be to look at historical data for earth quakes in his area so he knows basically what to expect.. that way when it …

My father has a high rate PSA change a few years ago so I learned everything I could about prostate cancer for about 4 weeks. I then talked to several doctors I know (family practi…

99% of your problem can be solved by studying statistics for your area, and having a plan... So that you aren't just at the whims of the moment when it's actually happening.

I hope this is satire.

I personally think you were given antibiotics needlessly just for the sake of it.. But yes, I think you should have developed some kind of infection, and being showing trouble of f…

I know people that have more skin lost than you'd care to look at from semi serious motorcycle crashes, and no they don't just take antibiotics for fun. I can't believe someone gav…

Maybe it's a herd immunity thing or something and others are keeping me safe, but I'm 41 and Ive never taken an antibiotic and neither has anyone else in my family to my knowledge.…

Why don't you just go join your family and make a living where they live? I'm sure many people could increase their salary and career prospects if they chose to abandon their kids …

Im 41 and haven't been to a doctor since I was 10. I have had insurance coverage my whole life. So technically I (my employer on my behalf I guess) have paid for many other people'…

People don't buy 1 tons to feel quick. But they want their 1 tons to feel quick. The examples you gave show that turbos are nice additions to a specific displacement size. Op said …

Unless they were driving very very low miles per year, they are simply incorrect. A car isn't making it over 100k miles without an oil change IMO, even a Toyota. Similar to how thi…

No but several women that came to buy cars (some with male coworkers, or so they told me) eventually did over the years. Tbh this wasn't some crazy brag post, as making $250-300k a…

I was on some kind of local BBS in 1995 from my local ISP. I found a guy selling a gamepad of some kind. Agreed to buy it. Talked to him for a decent amount of time. Finally set ti…

I worked car sales for years. The same large dealership can have a person anyone would call a decent salesperson, and they made $4k a month. There was also two people at that deale…