What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)

[fohat.digs]

why are gymnastic mats so expensive ?

Because they have to be the right combination of soft and resilient, yet resist wear and tearing under tremendous force.

[tp4tissue]

why are gymnastic mats so expensive ?

Because they have to be the right combination of soft and resilient, yet resist wear and tearing under tremendous force.

this is 2023. you're talking as if such qualities would command a premium living in the 1800s.

[kurplop]

Been doing 200x arm curls with a 25lb weight 4x a week for 4 months and seen no gains in my biceps.

Why?

This is pointless. What am I doing wrong? I do not understand.

There are three major components of muscle hypertrophy and increased muscle strength: exercise, nutrition, and recovery.

Exercise— You said how many total reps you’re doing but how is that broken down? Regardless of number of reps per set, you must do some of those sets close to failure to stimulate growth.

Nutrition: Are you getting enough adequate protein as well as sufficient micronutrients to provide raw materials to rebuild muscle and maintain good overall health? A common recommendation is to get approximately 0.8 grams of quality protein per pound of lean bodyweight to provide sufficient amino acid content for growth. A balanced diet of quality foods should provide you with what you need.

Recovery: Good consistent sleep and sufficient time between workouts are necessary to complete muscle protein synthesis. If you are sleep deficient, proper hormone and neurotransmitter regeneration is cheated.

Some people are more genetically gifted and respond quicker because of both structural (longer muscle bellies, more inherent muscle fibers) differences  as well as biochemical variances. In spite of that, with a proper plan almost everybody can improve their physical state.

[tp4tissue]

Bought 2 gymnastic mats.

BOTH are underweight and does not meet advertised spec.

15lb spec $115 = 13lbs
19lb spec $157 = 14lbs

[phinix]

Bought 2 gymnastic mats.

BOTH are underweight and does not meet advertised spec.

15lb spec $115 = 13lbs
19lb spec $157 = 14lbs

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Why did you buy it?
I thought tp4 does not like exercise.

[tp4tissue]

found an unlabeled bag of pastel colored gummy rings,  started eating,  they were not gummies, they were elastic hair scrunchies. 

[fohat.digs]

found an unlabeled bag of pastel colored gummy rings,  started eating,  they were not gummies, they were elastic hair scrunchies.

Were they plant-based?

[tp4tissue]

found an unlabeled bag of pastel colored gummy rings,  started eating,  they were not gummies, they were elastic hair scrunchies.

Were they plant-based?

theoretically, compacted biomatter would include trees, so plastics may be mostly plant based.

[Darthbaggins]

Why would you stick something unlabeled/unknown in your mouth to "eat"

[tp4tissue]

Why would you stick something unlabeled/unknown in your mouth to "eat"

it looked just like gummies.. was squishy like gummies

[tp4tissue]

the original ARkanoid is basically unplayable on anything except CRT.  the damn ball moves too fast for LCDs. even on oled it's not quite right.

[Marboard]

My chair makes funny noises.

[noisyturtle]

crushing loneliness

then the vibes you give off being so alone and so desperate for human connection just turns everyone away. Understandably.

Living life completely on your own is just so ****ing difficult. Without family, friends, or a significant other, all you have are your own constant negative thoughts, and that for 10 years is not healthy. It breaks you.

[tp4tissue]

Life isn't that bad, NT,

It's a relative thing.

[noisyturtle]

It's also a subjective thing. For me it is that bad.

[tp4tissue]

It's also a subjective thing. For me it is that bad.

Comparisons do not disqualify your experience, but it's prudent to look on the bright side.

[noisyturtle]

It's also a subjective thing. For me it is that bad.

Comparisons do not disqualify your experience, but it's prudent to look on the bright side.

It's been a really rough year. I got cancer (better now,) my only friend I hang out with killed themselves, I lost my job, and all of this in the span of 6 months where I have to deal with it on my own. Can't pay my rent, was denied unemployment, eating ****ty cheap frozen food, every joint in my body hurts.

Every time I tell myself it cannot get worse, look on the bright side. Then it gets worse.
I am so ****ing tired.

[tp4tissue]

It's been a really rough year. I got cancer (better now,) my only friend I hang out with killed themselves, I lost my job, and all of this in the span of 6 months where I have to deal with it on my own. Can't pay my rent, was denied unemployment, eating ****ty cheap frozen food, every joint in my body hurts.

Every time I tell myself it cannot get worse, look on the bright side. Then it gets worse.
I am so ****ing tired.

Veggies fix most health issues if you work at it.

You can go to church groups for some pseudo free therapy / companionship.

[tp4tissue]

sumtn's wrong with ma leg today.  persistent spasms.  feels like post track practice , but obviously tp4 hasn't ran in years.

[Findecanor]

Getting surgery again tomorrow. This time it's the gall bladder. I never like being put to sleep: afraid that I won't wake up again.
Then I don't know for how long the recovery period is going to be, before I am allowed to get my second round of treatment for lymphoma - which is supposed to include chemotherapy. I must be fully healed from the surgery before that starts, and I can't wait too long.

[tp4tissue]

Getting surgery again tomorrow. This time it's the gall bladder. I never like being put to sleep: afraid that I won't wake up again.
Then I don't know for how long the recovery period is going to be, before I am allowed to get my second round of treatment for lymphoma - which is supposed to include chemotherapy. I must be fully healed from the surgery before that starts, and I can't wait too long.

tell the nurse you need extra veggies 4 lunch

[noisyturtle]

the **** is wrong with Texas lately? why do you think doorbells exist?

[tp4tissue]

The more education one gets, the more "liberal" the political lean, so they don't have a choice, gut education, keep them dumb, vote repub.  Side effect, they do more dumb things with guns.

Guns are bad, (25k violent deaths, 25k suicide) but it's really a small blurb relative to the primary causes of death, Heart Disease / Cancer (together roughly 1.5 Million deaths per year), both of which in 1st world countries are lifestyle diseases, which is primarily caused by eating high % of calories from fats, and high dairy intake.

So the real mass murderer King is the likes of Mcdonald/ Kraft Foods (A Philip Morris company).

[noisyturtle]

The more education one gets, the more "liberal" the political lean, so they don't have a choice, gut education, keep them dumb, vote repub.  Side effect, they do more dumb things with guns.

Guns are bad, (25k violent deaths, 25k suicide) but it's really a small blurb relative to the primary causes of death, Heart Disease / Cancer (together roughly 1.5 Million deaths per year), both of which in 1st world countries are lifestyle diseases, which is primarily caused by eating high % of calories from fats, and high dairy intake.

So the real mass murderer King is the likes of Mcdonald/ Kraft Foods (A Philip Morris company).

so the most dangerous job in America is Doordashing McDonald's

[tp4tissue]

The more education one gets, the more "liberal" the political lean, so they don't have a choice, gut education, keep them dumb, vote repub.  Side effect, they do more dumb things with guns.

Guns are bad, (25k violent deaths, 25k suicide) but it's really a small blurb relative to the primary causes of death, Heart Disease / Cancer (together roughly 1.5 Million deaths per year), both of which in 1st world countries are lifestyle diseases, which is primarily caused by eating high % of calories from fats, and high dairy intake.

So the real mass murderer King is the likes of Mcdonald/ Kraft Foods (A Philip Morris company).

so the most dangerous job in America is Doordashing McDonald's

Mmmm....  Doordash guy is like the assassin, the Burgers are the bullets, Mcdonalds/Kraft foods is the mafia. I mean, Kraft foods literally is Philip Morris.  What did anyone expect.

[Findecanor]

tell the nurse you need extra veggies 4 lunch

Didn't happen. They drugged me beforehand and I freaked out because I was afraid, everything felt unreal and I did not have my cognitive facilities. Male nurse (who shouldn't even have been there) kept pressuring me, which only made me feel worse. So no surgery.
I don't know what's going to happen now. Surgery first a few months after chemo?

Kraft foods literally is Philip Morris.

Philip Morris sold its last shares of Kraft in 2007. Kraft has since then split into Mondelez that makes mostly snacks, and Kraft Heinz which makes mostly condiments, but Mondelez is sometimes using the Kraft brand under license.

[tp4tissue]

Philip Morris sold its last shares of Kraft in 2007. Kraft has since then split into Mondelez that makes mostly snacks, and Kraft Heinz which makes mostly condiments, but Mondelez is sometimes using the Kraft brand under license.

Philip Morris spun itself off into the Altria group, which still owns Kraft foods, it just distributed the shares to the Altria shareholders. 

It's the same group.  Don't be fooled, this is deliberate misdirection.   

Tp4 is also a victim, highly addicted to Oreos. Which is now made by Kraft Foods, which renamed to Mondelez.

[fohat.digs]

Tp4 is also a victim, highly addicted to Oreos.

I haven't had any Oreos in months, but my magic number is 6. Less is unsatisfying, more is gluttony.
 
Do you have a minimum fix, or are you an opportunity feeder?

[tp4tissue]

Tp4 is also a victim, highly addicted to Oreos.

I haven't had any Oreos in months, but my magic number is 6. Less is unsatisfying, more is gluttony.
 
Do you have a minimum fix, or are you an opportunity feeder?

Tp4 has a serious problem. have eaten entire tubes of 13, in the deepest troughs of addiction, 2-3 tubes a day.

[tp4tissue]

Florida wants to use phosphogypsum in Road pavement.

Phosphogypsum is a rad1oa(tive byproduct of industrial phosphate fertilizer production 80% of which done in Florida.


Why is this a problem, 1 it generates radon gas, 2, soil contamination/ runoff,  3, HOT PART1(LES, rad1oa(tive dust which may volatilize due to Road Traffic pounding on it,   you breath it in, cancer.

Right now, it's prohibited by the EPA,  this is the fertilizer industry's bid to cheaply dump their industrial waste. Which currently just stack piled, 800 acres 200 feet high

[Darthbaggins]

yeah don't feel like getting cancer/glowing in the dark anytime soon (even though that might come sooner than we think).  more than like FL is already using it and now trying to pass it so they don't have to make changes.

[fohat.digs]

dust which may volatilize

you breath it in, cancer.

There are a lot of things that are particularly harmful when inhaled because the lungs don't have comprehensive mechanism to remove particulates.

A chunk of coal or asbestos is pretty harmless just sitting there, but grind it up and breathe it in and you have done a bad bad thing.

[tp4tissue]

dust which may volatilize

you breath it in, cancer.

There are a lot of things that are particularly harmful when inhaled because the lungs don't have comprehensive mechanism to remove particulates.

A chunk of coal or asbestos is pretty harmless just sitting there, but grind it up and breathe it in and you have done a bad bad thing.

Yup,  this is why JP|\| is in deep trouble. Their (ancers uptick is insane. 3000% rise in childhood thyroid can(ers.

The h0t part1(les from fvkvsh1ma disaster persists in the environment. T0kyo is as irradiated as a typical N-power plant site.

It's gotten so bad, they removed all journa1istic freedoms to mask reporting. They go as far as turning down insurance claims for any rad1ation related disease, instead doctors are forced to file all ailments under "Stress", they won't even renew medical licenses if the doctor refuses to play along.

[noisyturtle]

Didn't happen. They drugged me beforehand and I freaked out because I was afraid, everything felt unreal and I did not have my cognitive facilities. Male nurse (who shouldn't even have been there) kept pressuring me, which only made me feel worse. So no surgery.
I don't know what's going to happen now. Surgery first a few months after chemo?

That's coincidental, the same exact thing happened to me when I went to get mine removed. I started panicking and they canceled the surgery, but there were also other treatment options. Surgery was just the fastest and most guaranteed to work.

[Belfong]

It's so humid this year over in Malaysia. We have sun all year round and I should be used to the heat but this year is particularly brutal. It's about 35C now (which is NOT normal. Our temp is usually around 32C). 3 school kids dehydrated and died and this made news recently causing school authority to consider cancelling outdoor activities. It's so crazy!

[tp4tissue]

It's so humid this year over in Malaysia. We have sun all year round and I should be used to the heat but this year is particularly brutal. It's about 35C now (which is NOT normal. Our temp is usually around 32C). 3 school kids dehydrated and died and this made news recently causing school authority to consider cancelling outdoor activities. It's so crazy!

Wetbulbz

They've had up to 2000 deaths a year from heatstroke in India. They've seen 49 Celcius city temps, not a typo, 4x10+9 Celcius

Climate change is fake, lies lies lies

[Belfong]

49C is serious crazy heat. And if there's no a/c, it's not a wonder people died of heatstroke!

[tp4tissue]

49C is serious crazy heat. And if there's no a/c, it's not a wonder people died of heatstroke!

We go to Northern China Belfong, Start a fitness camp, 15,000 yuan a month per enrollment.

If you stay in south asia, you'll become a climate refugee in the next 10-20 years anyway, let's goooooo

[Belfong]

At my age, I am probably more averse of cold than heat. Can't imagine getting frostbite. LOL!

[tp4tissue]

At my age, I am probably more averse of cold than heat. Can't imagine getting frostbite. LOL!

you won't get frost bite going north once the heat moves up, south asia will become africa, whatever's further north will become temperate

[Belfong]

Great idea! I’ll see you there, tp4!


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[tp4tissue]

Great idea! I’ll see you there, tp4!

Get fit, fitness coach must be fit.

[noisyturtle]

The lowest price for a dozen small white store-brand eggs at the regular grocers (not even Whole Foods) is $3.84 and the average is more around $4

Absolutely absurd

[fohat.digs]

The lowest price for a dozen small white store-brand eggs at the regular grocers (not even Whole Foods) is $3.84 and the average is more around $4

Absolutely absurd

I bought a dozen large eggs at Kroger today for $1.99

[tp4tissue]

The lowest price for a dozen small white store-brand eggs at the regular grocers (not even Whole Foods) is $3.84 and the average is more around $4

Absolutely absurd

NT cholesterol bombs are not gud' for heath.

[Belfong]

Weak currency and inflation is causing yearly increase in food and groceries here too. I’m wondering whether my savings are enough to tide me through my old age!


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[noisyturtle]

The lowest price for a dozen small white store-brand eggs at the regular grocers (not even Whole Foods) is $3.84 and the average is more around $4

Absolutely absurd

NT cholesterol bombs are not gud' for heath.

you keep saying this like I want to live longer. also egg whites have 0 cholesterol, so wtf are you even talking about?

[tp4tissue]

Weak currency and inflation is causing yearly increase in food and groceries here too. I’m wondering whether my savings are enough to tide me through my old age!


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veggies AND meat in 'Murica cost 2.5x as much as it did prepandemi.

don't worry about old age Belfong, global catastrophe will happen way sooner.

[tp4tissue]

you keep saying this like I want to live longer. also egg whites have 0 cholesterol, so wtf are you even talking about?

tp4 does not recommend either the whites or yolk. the body treats most animal proteins like foreign viruses, leading to persistent low grade inflammation, the proteins are biomimetic.  As opposed to veggie protein which do not trigger the steep immune response. it is very taxing for your body, and puts you at greater risk of autoimmune disorders later in life.

NT, it's not likely this planet will be livable for very much longer anyway,  you might as well try to live healthy for a little longer and see the end.

[noisyturtle]

you keep saying this like I want to live longer. also egg whites have 0 cholesterol, so wtf are you even talking about?

NT, it's not likely this planet will be livable for very much longer anyway,  you might as well try to live healthy for a little longer and see the end.

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No thanks. Even 2 more years like this is too much.