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Re: Ask HN: What startup/technology is on your 'to watch' list?

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Post by Nkuna »

itsoktocry wrote: post #195
Nkuna wrote: post #174

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Typical American/prominent meat diet population: Obese, cardiovascular issues, cancers, highly dependent on meds, health outcomes determined by income Most Asian/plant based diet population: quite healthy, live longer, less pill popping and more homeopathic traditional meds. Forget googling studies. Read about the China Study: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_China_Study Even without studies, ask yourself why you mo…

> Typical American I'm not American, so who cares. But some of the highest life expectancy in the world are European countries. I certainly don't see "Asia" (lol) as a standout. > Even without studies, ask yourself... Not interested in anecdata or hocus pocus. > Buuuuuut can't let anyone stand in between you and your Whopper®, right?! See, the difference between you and me is that I don't care what you choose to eat.…

Didn't say you were. Never assumed you were American.

Of the provided links [1], [2] and [3], two of them show Honk Kong, Japan, Macau, Singapore and South Korea in the top 10. Europe gets 3 with Israel and Australia rounding out the 10. You're not incorrect by saying * some * but with Asian countries outnumbering European, lol at how wrong I am.

Your condescending tone is merely a eurocentric insecurity of the decline in your population. With birth rates plummeting, centuries, if not decades, from now, Europe won't be as white, as homogenous as it is (or was) so I understand your response of lashing out instead of accepting Asian countries might lead in anything of consequence.

I'll concede that what I meant by continent, I was actually referring to (specific) Asian countries, not the continent as a whole. Due to lifestyle and diet, Asian countries are more homogenous than other continents hence my lumping them together.

> Not interested in anecdata or hocus pocus.

Meat loving countries have higher obesity rates thus poorer health outcomes. No hocus pocus re: this observation. For someone not interested in anecdata, you miserably failed to do a simple query: https://start.duckduckgo.com/?q=life+expectancy+by+continent

> See, the difference between you and me is that I don't care what you choose to eat. Meanwhile, you feel the need to shame and lie and impose your preferences on others. It's why "annoying vegetarian" is a meme.

Neither do I. I'm shaming Americans and any person who thinks it's okay to eat meat without acknowledging the consequences it has on our environment. Basically what I take issue with is how your diet affects climate change which affects all of us!

PS: I eat meat regularly. I could quit given the need to but don't see myself consuming 'meat' grown artificially.

[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/270861/life-expectancy-b...

[2] https://www.worldometers.info/demographics/life-expectancy/

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expe...

Re: Ask HN: What startup/technology is on your 'to watch' list?

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Post by Nkuna »

rewq4321 wrote: post #197
itsoktocry wrote: post #195

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Typical American I'm not American, so who cares. But some of the highest life expectancy in the world are European countries. I certainly don't see "Asia" (lol) as a standout. > Even without studies, ask yourself... Not interested in anecdata or hocus pocus. > Buuuuuut can't let anyone stand in between you and your Whopper®, right?! See, the difference between you and me is that I don't care what you choose to eat.…

You missed the most cringe part of that comment: > homeopathic traditional meds That said, if you think that lower meat consumption isn't correlated with increased life expectancy, then you should read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarianism#Longevity You can control for a bunch of lifestyle factors like smoking and exercise level, and the correlation still exists. It uncontroversial at this point - which i…

Cringe? Please consult your dictionary.

My comment re: homeopathy/traditional meds was an attempt to contrast the wild wild west dumpster fire that is Big Pharma with traditional meds. Pill popping countries have an opioid crisis whilst less meat eating populations aren't heavily reliant on the pharmaceutical industry because they have far less diet related health issues. In hindsight, I could have phrased that better. Then again, you could have parsed what I was trying to get across.

The rest of this must be directed at OP because I too know and believe a plant based diet carries longer life expectancy. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Re: Ask HN: What startup/technology is on your 'to watch' list?

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Post by Nkuna »

rewq4321 wrote: post #196
Nkuna wrote: post #174

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Typical American/prominent meat diet population: Obese, cardiovascular issues, cancers, highly dependent on meds, health outcomes determined by income Most Asian/plant based diet population: quite healthy, live longer, less pill popping and more homeopathic traditional meds. Forget googling studies. Read about the China Study: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_China_Study Even without studies, ask yourself why you mo…

I'm plant-based, and your comment is embarassing. > homeopathic traditional meds Jesus. Really? The is no evidence that homeopathy is effective at treating anything. On the other hand there's a mountain of evidence that people who eat no meat, or less than once per week live significantly longer. See citations on this[0] wiki page. The studies control for a bunch of different lifestyle factors including smoking, exer…

See my response to OP. Also, shut up!

Re: Ask HN: What startup/technology is on your 'to watch' list?

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Post by dang »

AntiImperialis2 wrote: post #119
jimdavenport wrote: post #4

As an ethical vegetarian for the past five years, I've very interested in cultured (lab-grown) meat technology[1]. FWIW, I'm very happy with my diet and probably wouldn't switch back even if this does become affordable, but I'm 100% supportive of the concept of cruelty-free meat. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultured_meat

I will never go vegetarian and will never eat fake meat, whether it's fabricated or cultured. I think it's ethical to kill living beings you can get away with. You may choose to limit it to plants. Some of us don't like to put fake limits on to ourselves like that. Even if I took the vegan position to show pretend virtue in front of people I wish to impress or annoy, I would still: - kill an animal to protect my chil…

Could you please stop posting flamebait and ideological battle-style comments to HN? You've done it a lot, and it's not what this site is for.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: Ask HN: What startup/technology is on your 'to watch' list?

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Post by newera2017 »

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