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Re: The importance of offtopic

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Post by 2b3a51 »

_w1tm wrote: post #12
kruffalon wrote: post #2

I got some kind of summer flu the other day. It always catches me by surprise that you can get "a cold" in summer. Oh, well, I don't really mind, it is one of the few times I rest and don't keep chipping away at my todo-list. It sucks too though, because I also had plans with friends and it's harder to make new plans since many of my friends are teachers and start working soon, around the 20th.

> It always catches me by surprise that you can get "a cold" in summer. Despite the name you don’t get sick from cold weather but from viruses that make you sick. During cold season we stay indoors more which increases our likelihood of being exposed to other people that are sick.

Plus one of the joys of teaching is the September two day cold. You suddenly encounter all of those nice new variants of the common cold virus.

I mention this as the grandparent comment talks about friends in teaching.

Re: The importance of offtopic

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Post by type0 »

taneq wrote: post #19
kruffalon wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hmm, that's interesting, I thought the causality is that when you're cold your body is busy generating heat so is worse at fighting of infections.

I think it’s more just that you’re inside a lot with other people, easing transmission.

that and less humidity in the indoor air, sedentary work doesn't help either, less blood-flow and it's harder for lymphocytes to fight off infections

Re: The importance of offtopic

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Post by type0 »

baxtr wrote: post #6
kruffalon wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, outside everyday, summer is my season. Although I prefer not being in direct sunlight I'm still in sunlight every day. Interesting how sunlight is helpful, do you know/think it is the light in itself, vitamin D, both or something else? My mistake, which in hindsight is obvious: I spent 3 days with a person at the end of their flu :) Still worth!

I am no expert myself but it as far as I understand morning or late-afternoon sunlight’s red and near-infrared light boosts mitochondria and thus supports immunity.

my mitochondria don't agree with your mitochondria

Re: The importance of offtopic

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Post by type0 »

b112 wrote: post #9
kruffalon wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, outside everyday, summer is my season. Although I prefer not being in direct sunlight I'm still in sunlight every day. Interesting how sunlight is helpful, do you know/think it is the light in itself, vitamin D, both or something else? My mistake, which in hindsight is obvious: I spent 3 days with a person at the end of their flu :) Still worth!

Not many people know this, only myself and a few of my clan, but reflected photons are actually no longer quantumly entwined with the sun, bouncing off of normal matter de-entangles them. Thus they become robbed of their primary source of rejuvenating power! We've been working on a device to try to force re-entanglement for centuries. Once done, we will be able to get the proper nutrition fed to us by the sun at all…

stop entangling peoples brains

Re: The importance of offtopic

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Post by watwut »

_w1tm wrote: post #12
kruffalon wrote: post #2

I got some kind of summer flu the other day. It always catches me by surprise that you can get "a cold" in summer. Oh, well, I don't really mind, it is one of the few times I rest and don't keep chipping away at my todo-list. It sucks too though, because I also had plans with friends and it's harder to make new plans since many of my friends are teachers and start working soon, around the 20th.

> It always catches me by surprise that you can get "a cold" in summer. Despite the name you don’t get sick from cold weather but from viruses that make you sick. During cold season we stay indoors more which increases our likelihood of being exposed to other people that are sick.

Your immune system underperforms when the body temperature goes down. It is not contact with people, the weather affects your immune system too.

> During cold season we stay indoors more which increases our likelihood of being exposed to other people that are sick.

For most people this is not really true nowdays. We work in the same offices and use the same kind of transport when going to the office. We shop in the same stores.

The seasonal lifestyle change is fairly miniscule.

Re: The importance of offtopic

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Post by [deleted] »

baxtr wrote: post #6
kruffalon wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, outside everyday, summer is my season. Although I prefer not being in direct sunlight I'm still in sunlight every day. Interesting how sunlight is helpful, do you know/think it is the light in itself, vitamin D, both or something else? My mistake, which in hindsight is obvious: I spent 3 days with a person at the end of their flu :) Still worth!

I am no expert myself but it as far as I understand morning or late-afternoon sunlight’s red and near-infrared light boosts mitochondria and thus supports immunity.

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Re: The importance of offtopic

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Post by kruffalon »

2b3a51 wrote: post #21
_w1tm wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It always catches me by surprise that you can get "a cold" in summer. Despite the name you don’t get sick from cold weather but from viruses that make you sick. During cold season we stay indoors more which increases our likelihood of being exposed to other people that are sick.

Plus one of the joys of teaching is the September two day cold. You suddenly encounter all of those nice new variants of the common cold virus. I mention this as the grandparent comment talks about friends in teaching.

Well, I also got mine from someone working at summer camp :)

Re: The importance of offtopic

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Post by makeitdouble »

> it shows an understanding that people need to unwind and interact, and work ultimately benefits. Funny how it’s such an alien concept the moment work moves online.

Offline people were in the same building under direct watch from the employer. We badged to enter and leave the building, employers surely felt fully in control.

Online that physical boundary disappearing, the pendulum swings the other way for companies that try to grasp the remaining bits of control.

That's one of the reason I prefer fully online shops, they'll usually have made peace with it and structured themselves in saner ways.

Re: The importance of offtopic

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Post by Thorrez »

kruffalon wrote: post #2

I got some kind of summer flu the other day. It always catches me by surprise that you can get "a cold" in summer. Oh, well, I don't really mind, it is one of the few times I rest and don't keep chipping away at my todo-list. It sucks too though, because I also had plans with friends and it's harder to make new plans since many of my friends are teachers and start working soon, around the 20th.

Is this comment related to the article? Is this comment an off topic comment, to realize the goal of the article of having off topic conversations?

Re: The importance of offtopic

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Post by gopher_space »

Thorrez wrote: post #29
kruffalon wrote: post #2

I got some kind of summer flu the other day. It always catches me by surprise that you can get "a cold" in summer. Oh, well, I don't really mind, it is one of the few times I rest and don't keep chipping away at my todo-list. It sucks too though, because I also had plans with friends and it's harder to make new plans since many of my friends are teachers and start working soon, around the 20th.

Is this comment related to the article? Is this comment an off topic comment, to realize the goal of the article of having off topic conversations?

This might help. Or it might not.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_SubGenius

Calling their IRC-but-we-own-everything setup Slack has always amused and infuriated me in equal measure.

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