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Re: Walking slower? Your ears, not your knees, might be the problem

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Post by cassianoleal » Mon, May 11, 2026, 5:27 PM UTC

adammarples wrote: post #88

cassianoleal wrote: post #44

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> Peak HN I'm really not sure what that means. In any case, you think what I posted is "peak HN", seemingly as a derogative comment. Then, you say I did it "in response to a claim that slowing down is associated with aging and diminished capacity", without noticing that said claim had been done in response to a person saying they intentionally slowed down. Not due to diminished capacity. Not due to aging. With though…

It is not a spurious correlation, the two statistics are causally related. However, individual cases may vary, which is a problem with looking at aggregate statistics in general, and which is not addressed by your spurious correlations accusation.

Fair point. I still imagine there's a larger deviation between the aging population and the slowed down population than most people think - and especially large enough to dispel the idea that we must stigmatise people who slow down because of it.

Re: Walking slower? Your ears, not your knees, might be the problem

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Post by imp0cat » Tue, May 12, 2026, 4:41 AM UTC

Ntrails wrote: post #80

HerbManic wrote: post #78

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People walking much slower than everyone else the crowd are called Meanderthals. I am in two minds on that. Firstly, they should be a little more aware if others around them. Second, why are we rushing everywhere? Why can't we just take it slow? I cannot reconcile that other than a middle path between them.

> Second, why are we rushing everywhere? Why can't we just take it slow? I assign _zero_ value to walking between the train and my house. When I get home I can play video games / make food / read a book / play music / whatever. Every minute spent commuting is a minute of enjoyment lost vOv

Get a smart band, then every minute spent walking will be a minute of exercise that's good for you. :) And fast walking raises your heart rate a bit, which is also good in the long term.

Re: Walking slower? Your ears, not your knees, might be the problem

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Post by HerbManic » Tue, May 12, 2026, 5:00 AM UTC

Ntrails wrote: post #80

HerbManic wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People walking much slower than everyone else the crowd are called Meanderthals. I am in two minds on that. Firstly, they should be a little more aware if others around them. Second, why are we rushing everywhere? Why can't we just take it slow? I cannot reconcile that other than a middle path between them.

> Second, why are we rushing everywhere? Why can't we just take it slow? I assign _zero_ value to walking between the train and my house. When I get home I can play video games / make food / read a book / play music / whatever. Every minute spent commuting is a minute of enjoyment lost vOv

I think that is where our difference of attitude is.

I see value, if you can call it that, in the off periods. That in having gaps, it make both the on and the off times better. Silence makes the music better. Hunger makes the food oh so much more enjoyable. That having the gaps is what makes it all so good.

Where as, chasing the hedonistic treadmill means you have to keep upping the engagement just to stay in place. To me, life is kind of like holding a wet bar of soap, you have to be gentle and nurse it, as if you try to hold on tight it will just slip out of your hands.