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The Animal Is Tired

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Post by AlwaysRock »

kaidon wrote: post #329
andykx wrote: post #171

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Exercise is probably the best thing you can do to improve your longevity. I don't have a source, but I don't think this is a controversial idea. Even long walks can help (though as someone who lives in the middle of nowhere, I can understand if this is not possible). I'm only 28, but I find that long walks on the treadmill (with my laptop in front of me, while I'm working) can really make me feel a lot better. I do h…

I used to love excercise -- but a decade of power-lifting at the gym and going hard from 25-36 has destroyed my back/shoulders/hips... everything. Have been enjoying the longest streak of sciatica-free pain for the last 8 months since gyms have been locked down due to COVID. Still get out and walk lots, but I really wish I had been far more moderate with excercise when I was younger.

Yup. I wrestled in high school and college and very much destroyed my body. I lifted for years after in a way that wasnt helpful either. Now I'm getting close to 30 and I have found ways to exercise that are actually rewarding rather than mostly taxing on my body but man do I wish someone would have showed me this when I was in my 20's.

And told me that pain was actually a good indicator that one is pushing too hard with exercise.

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Post by AlwaysRock »

leafmeal wrote: post #368
lupire wrote: post #156

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Hey you missed out on some STD risk too.

It looks like you might be being downvoted, but this is super valid. Herpes and HPV are extremely common among those who are sexually active. It's virtually impossible to avoid either and have lots of sex with multiple partners. But obviously one can have lots of sex with a single monogamous partner though without any new risk of STDs.

One of the two you mentioned has a vaccine that many get as a teen now and the other is an occasional rash for most carriers.

Obviously everyone should consider the risks associated with having sex with lots of partners but those two particular STD's are pretty low on that list of risks.

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Post by AlwaysRock »

wraptile wrote: post #200
marcell wrote: post #170

I'm 35 and I don't feel any of the ravages of age that some people describe. I do exercise and eat reasonably well, but I don't think it's anything out of the ordinary. I have a desk job (programming). Am I unusually lucky? or just part of a silent majority that has nothing to complain about? Is doom just around the corner?

I generally think it's just vocal minority. I might be subjected to survivors bias (I travel around SEA) but most programmers I meet, while older than me, tend to be quite healthy and happy! I'm getting closer to the magic 30s and I'm honestly quite optimistic. Had some lower back issues (because of sitting too much) that I took care off with a bit of exercise and I find experimenting with diets fun and effective. Su…

I agree. There are a lot of very vocal sub 40 year olds who complain about their health/bodies. Myself being one of them. It's because we feel we shouldnt have to worry about this stuff until much later in life.

I'd wager than the majority of reasonably healthy people don't have any major health/body issues until their 40's when the metabolism starts to slow significantly and their former healthy lifestyles have to change to maintain the same level of health.

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Post by 411111111111111 »

Aeolun wrote: post #402
snikeris wrote: post #321

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All of your ancestors raised children. We are machines, designed by nature to procreate. The notion that one would be objectively better off by avoiding the very process that brought themself into being...seems unlikely to me. Unless, we’re narrowly using the term “objectively better off” to mean what society seems to value: money, power, pleasure, etc. These things aren’t necessarily good for the organism in the way…

Hah, this is true. I’m going to keep this. By virtue of having children, I’m objectively better off than anyone that didn’t.

its not exactly true though.

happiness is related to the society you live in and your biology ... and other variables. its entirely possible that you can be both "objectively worse off/more stressed", which is generally considered to be a cause for unhappiness and still feel that the children were the best decision of your life.

its a complex topic and i dont think anyone can realistically generalize it.

there will be people that are actually unhappy because of them while still claiming happiness, as well as people that were unhappy until they finally had them.

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Post by AlwaysRock »

dgfitz wrote: post #409
AlwaysRock wrote: post #408

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Maybe he has the exact issues you mentioned but doesnt want to release that information into the world. Despite you saying you would understand many wouldnt. Does the man owe you anything?

Yes, I believe he does in fact owe his readership something. Me? No. I'm not longer part of that group.

What? What does someone who created something you enjoyed and then stopped creating more of that thing owe anyone? An explanation?

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Post by dgfitz »

AlwaysRock wrote: post #416
dgfitz wrote: post #409

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Yes, I believe he does in fact owe his readership something. Me? No. I'm not longer part of that group.

What? What does someone who created something you enjoyed and then stopped creating more of that thing owe anyone? An explanation?

He has been stringing his fans along for over a decade. It is rude and cruel. It would be like teasing a puppy with a treat but never giving it to them. For 10 years. That is what he has done. His editor disagrees with me [1] but makes an equally strong point.

[1] https://i.redd.it/4g1jexk7i9e51.jpg

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CRConrad wrote: post #403
ajarmst wrote: post #397

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I believe Hobb identifies as male.

Really? First I hear of it. I was about to write this comment as all "Oops, sorry, not intentional"... But then I got curious and checked around a little, and my current best guess is that you're mistaken: 1) Always only mentioned as female in articles, including by presumably "woke" sources like in an interview at WorldCon75 in 2017. 2) The Wikipedia bio page is chock full of "she" and "her", not a whiff of anything…

Well, now I’m embarrassed. I had been operating (apparently for decades) on the assumption that Hobb was male. Which is pretty bloody sexist on my part. I apologize to you and M. Hobb. (I interpreted the “he” correction as a reference to my use of the word spay, not bothering to confirm that it was made in earnest. The “identifies as” was meant as a weak joke. Which seems to have spectacularly failed. Again, sorry.

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Post by hnick »

InitialLastName wrote: post #341
LargeWu wrote: post #297

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I don't know if it's that Sanderson is a bad writer; I think it's more that he's a bad editor. He is so prolific that he doesn't take the time to cut his books down to the length they should be, which is probably about half the length. Every single novel I've read by him (All of mistborn, 1st 3 Way of Kings, Elantris) has egregious pacing problems. Way too much repetitive exposition that doesn't move the story along.…

Sanderson got too big too fast to develop a relationship with an editor who could say "no" to him. He's built fascinating worlds and interesting characters, but his later writing is full of the kinds of tropes and flaws that an empowered editor would be pushing him hard to streamline: - Dialogue from adults that has the emotional intelligence of a 12-year old - Lots of telling, almost no showing. So much "X, the kind…

As a lifelong video game player, I get a strong video game vibe from his works. I think he tells engaging/energetic stories, he makes some nice complex systems and worlds, but the writing isn't particularly well structured, can drag on, and has some characters who definitely seem designed to appeal to teenage boys. Which all in all I don't mind, when I'm tired sometimes I just want a nice story where I never have to read a page twice.

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Post by CRConrad »

ajarmst wrote: post #418
CRConrad wrote: post #403

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Really? First I hear of it. I was about to write this comment as all "Oops, sorry, not intentional"... But then I got curious and checked around a little, and my current best guess is that you're mistaken: 1) Always only mentioned as female in articles, including by presumably "woke" sources like in an interview at WorldCon75 in 2017. 2) The Wikipedia bio page is chock full of "she" and "her", not a whiff of anything…

Well, now I’m embarrassed. I had been operating (apparently for decades) on the assumption that Hobb was male. Which is pretty bloody sexist on my part. I apologize to you and M. Hobb. (I interpreted the “he” correction as a reference to my use of the word spay, not bothering to confirm that it was made in earnest. The “identifies as” was meant as a weak joke. Which seems to have spectacularly failed. Again, sorry.

Hey, nothing to be sorry about. You learned something, and so did I: Even though my a priori assumption was closer to the truth, getting confirmation is also worth something. It's a win-win -- or, if someone reading this exchange also learned something new, a win-win-win.
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