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I’ve had the same supper for 10 years

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Post by dang »

guerrilla wrote: post #461
failwhaleshark wrote: post #443

This guy doesn't really farm. If he did, he'd be in much better shape. I had family who were serious farmers (many chores everyday) and they were lean/skinny like runners even in old age. This guy overeats and doesn't get much activity.

What a disgusting comment, as if you've surveyed the weight of all farmers and are some kind of authority that approves who is and isn't a farmer. Really, individuals differ and there are millions of fat farmers, you just haven't met them yet.

Please make your substantive points thoughtfully and omit swipes and name-calling. Even if you don't feel you owe another commenter better, you owe this community better if you're participating here. Also, you've got a good point and you owe it better too.

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

Re: I’ve had the same supper for 10 years

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Post by michaelmrose »

thisCtx wrote: post #707
michaelmrose wrote: post #678

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Why would it have evolved a response to communicate to a predator species that one of the predators living in a dwelling is going to die in a fashion that would expose itself to a large chance of becoming prey. Here is a far simpler explanation. Our brains are evolved to find patterns even when they aren't there. Look how weak the correlation is. His family simply discarded all the times the correlation failed to app…

I think I confused which feature they were talking about. It’s far fetched maybe but dogs can smell Parkinson’s and cancer before the person develops medically detectable symptoms. So maybe not so far fetched. Doesn’t have to be a pet. Doesn’t detect when the person will DIE of cancer, yet it shows up later. Birds have been shown to return to the same locations if they fit their needs. Perhaps it was indicating an il…

Dogs are established to have an acute sense of smell along with a lifestyle where they live in close proximity to human beings and communicate with them.

Most birds and pheasants in particular have don't have as well developed a sense of smell as you do and aren't liable to be within 100 yards of people for long.

Even if they could smell impending disease why would they particularly seek out a high place to announce this and how on earth would you distinguish this from a call which announced it's desire to mate or warning about predators including yourself.

Birds make noise all the time. They can't smell you from far away ergo they can't smell impending death. It's like an ink blot test any meaning you are finding is smuggled in by you.

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Post by nickstinemates »

xtracto wrote: post #531
tromp wrote: post #362

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This man exemplifies the saying A rich man is not he who has a lot, but he who needs little.

This tenant is true at so many levels. In the everyday ratrace that we are all living, the "financial freedom " we all strive for is nothing but our passive income being enough to cover our expenses. Most of us race to increase our passive income, when maybe the healthiest choice would be to run to decrease our expenses.

Do both, and you get there much quicker.

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Post by ip26 »

goostavos wrote: post #172
ip26 wrote: post #97

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Sounds like starvation rations…

Don't sleep on the canned sardines. They never stop being good imo. Their high protein and fat content makes them really satiating. I think they're the ultimate food if you're dieting. Since gyms were closed, I cut for about 4-5mo at the start of lockdown. Everyday for those 5 months: sardines. Never got tied of 'em or felt like I was on horrific starvation rations.

I wasn’t complaining about taste- it sounds like no more than 1200 calories a day (although it would depend a lot on the can size)

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Post by joejerryronnie »

PapaSpaceDelta wrote: post #676
joejerryronnie wrote: post #617

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I’m not sure about 1-5 but I was actually worried about his succession plan when I read about his stroke.

The fact that he went into hospital and came back out to a functioning farm suggests that he has a good relationship with his neighbouring farmers. My guess would be that he's planned for exactly what will happen to his livestock and farm when he passes.

Yeah, this makes sense.

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Post by cperciva »

slyall wrote: post #388
usgroup wrote: post #286

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I appreciate the romance, but those of us who have children leave behind much more than stone walls we built in our 20s. He’s a 72 year old Batchelor who’s once stepped foot outside a Welsh valley. If happiness is a lobotomy then credit to us who don’t choose it.

Think of all the people who made an impact on history and the world. How many of them did it by having children? This guy at least got an article written about him, what have you done?

I won the Putnam?

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Post by mrphoebs »

cperciva wrote: post #716
slyall wrote: post #388

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Think of all the people who made an impact on history and the world. How many of them did it by having children? This guy at least got an article written about him, what have you done?

I won the Putnam?

lol, once more on cue.

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Post by tomrod »

mensetmanusman wrote: post #702
tomrod wrote: post #570

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Existentialism to the rescue! Life can have meaning because we choose to give it such.

That relies on a supernatural belief as well (free will).

Nah. I just choose, regardless whether the choice is apparent or real.

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Post by stjohnswarts »

I'm like this with breakfast (well maybe not -every- day) but I eat an egg/cheese/onion/spinach omelette almost every morning, sometimes the spinach is lacking if I used it in something else. It makes waking up easier for me, and I never really get tired of it. Some mornings I spice it up a little with salsa.
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