Okay, this is maybe a wild question, but when you think the word "snack"--like say someone goes "I'm gonna go grab a snack, brb"--is there a specific thing that pops into your head? The platonic ideal of the word "snack"? Because I have a very specific and defined one (even though I know it's not the only thing a snack can be, it's just the purest form of the word for me in my head) and I'm wondering if other people have that too
I guess boost for a bigger sample size? I want to get as many opinions on this as I can
Okay I think that's enough preliminary input to make it a poll
Two people have said "large green pear" in the notes and that is such a specific two nickels thing, one of you explain
Some of you are answering a different question than the poll is asking. It's not your favorite snack or the snack you eat most often, it's the item you think of when reading the word "snack" with no further context
speaking of Pearl Davis--and speaking as someone who finds the current "fat positivity" movement morally repugnant--one thing that really irks me about the redpill space's view of women is this idea that whatever a man can achieve through exercise, a woman can also achieve the exact same way in the same time frame.
a healthy exercise regimen for a woman looks like daily walks and strength training 2-3x per week. she should not be doing HIIT often, and especially not on her period, but she probably won't be getting a period at all if she trains the same way a gym bro does.
a healthy and sustainable rate of weight loss for a woman looks like 2 lbs per week. when I hear a woman say she dropped 20 lbs in a month, I know she's either going to gain it all back or encounter chronic health issues (like my very own gallstone, which women develop at a rate nearly 3 times higher than men).
Women metabolize more lipids, and correspondingly less carbohydrates and proteins, than equally trained and nourished men. Females tend to have a greater proportion of body fat than men, which is stored in the gluteal-femoral region in women compared with the visceral area in men. Total cross-sectional muscle area is 60%–85% lower in women than in men, and greater muscle mass activation requires increased need to replenish stores and increased glycogen breakdown turnover. Males have greater skeletal muscle mass, and women have more body fat. There is also an overall increased left ventricular end-diastolic volume in males compared with that found in females.
also noted in the study is the decreased insulin sensitivity some people experience after a HIIT workout, and I would argue insulin resistance is women's greatest hurdle when it comes to losing weight
we were designed to store fat to sustain ovulation and pregnancy. it is not only easier for us to gain it and harder for us to shed it than it is for a man, the very strategies that work for a man may work against a woman.
in a way I feel I should thank Pearl Davis and Andrew Tate and all their ilk because any man who buys into their crap never had a high enough view of marriage in the first place, and now we can spot the wheat from the chaff
Every day a normal, unsuspecting woman is minding her own business and then BAM! Baby fever comes out of nowhere breaks all of the bones in her body!
ok yes the misplaced nostalgic yearning for a mythical past is clearly a reactionary position, but simply flipping the valences and replying that Everything Back Then Was Worse Actually is just as superficial an engagement with history
the presumption of progress over time misleads with respect to the vast amount of variation in the historical record & it also serves to present whatever is the current arrangement as the apotheosis of human advancement... these are not value-neutral claims
#we are anti-hegelians in this house great tags
Friendly reminder that if you used to go to Church or a Christian school as a kid, but did not continue to study or grow your faith as you got older, than - no, you actually don't understand Christianity on the same level as a practicing adult believer.
I'm tired of hearing people dismiss the Christian faith and say 'well, I went to church as a kid, so I know what you believe'. That's the same as saying, 'my parents took my to the aquarium every week as a kid, so I know as much as your average marine biologist'.
If you're going to brag about how much knowledge you have about Christianity anyway, you should at least try not to say it on posts where you get things blatantly wrong about the Bible, the Church or- idk- the core message of the Gospel.
Can you explain prion diseases to me? I've never heard anyone talk about them and your dreams post has me very curious
Ok so, my brain machine is broken and I do not have the right words on me that I always seem to have in these dreams, so I am going to point you to THE podcast that originally introduced me to prion disease because they present it more accurately and chillingly than I ever could.
PDF Transcript (for those who don't have Spotify)
everyone who says "Christ is King" but doesn't believe it is taking the Lord's name in vain
I don't know why Facebook's algorithm has decided I must have an unhealthy obsession with Dakota Johnson, but in the course of its testing that theory, I have concluded that Dakota Johnson has been mired in a deep depression ever since she was cast in 50 Shades of Grey
Probably would have served her well to never have told this story to another person ever let alone the whole internet
I kind of admire her ingenuity in carrying out this scheme though. There's a dual takeaway here. The first is that the dynamic on the first date would have been totally different if she had just asked him out, as opposed to being set up by his mother, which is a much nicer and safer way to meet someone. The 2nd lesson is kind of an observation about how women prefer to be approached. Is this sneaky? Yes. Is it evil? I mean.... no
And to add like how would I feel if this was in reverse? Well maybe I'd prefer not to know about it but at the same time like if you're willing to become friends with my mother so that she can name drop you then you've legitimized yourself through that effort
Sean Connery and Harrison Ford - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
What I love about this is the weight behind this line. This isn’t just Dad’s personal belief, God is real and active in these movies. Both the Ark of Covenant and the Holy Grail Exist as proof.
That’s actually a clever reference to how God is real and active in real life as well
if I had a nickel for every time I had a dream in which I explained how prion diseases work, I'd have two nickels which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice
"corsets are a barbaric painful tool of the patriarchy" says the era with sitting down pants and waist trainers and push up bras and brazilian butt lifts and preventative botox and full coverage foundation and no makeup makeup and full body waxing and and and and