Mostly_Frogs

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Mindfulness meditation, not the catchy popular kind your work teaches but the actual Buddhist mindfulness. It's whole purpose is to be able to see the arising and passing away of thoughts/feelings without getting involved.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That or she may have Raynaud's disease. Lots of people do. I have it and my body can be actually very hot but because of vasospasm my feet are ice cold. They go numb in wintertime.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

It depends on the context and the tone. If I were to speak to someone about one of their hobbies in a lighthearted discussion and said, "Why do you say that?" It would just mean, "What do you mean, can you explain more?"

If it's a heavy topic like a patient talking to a psychiatrist and the patient says something only to get the response, "Why do you say that?" Well, it would make the patient defensive.

Tone accounts for most of that I suppose. When the tone goes down at the end, things are serious and it could make someone feel like they are being interrogated by the question. Tone goes up, it is a friendly request for more information to help understanding.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Chiropractic medicine

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

You could just do large batches of cold brew in a big container, basically with the powder loose in the liquid. Filtration would be a pain in the ass and may take a couple of rounds, but it would be just a "once in a while" pain in the ass vs every day.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Recent WHO recommendations say that artificial sweeteners are not useful for weight loss, but used in moderation they are not terribly unsafe as far as current studies indicate. All the stuff saying artificial sweeteners are super scary and bad is just that, scare tactics. Or it takes a gigantic amount to be bad for you, but if you replace that amount of artificial sweetener with sugar then the sugar is just as bad or worse. Better just to avoid both.

I try to avoid single studies or articles about anything, but rather look to larger recommendations from WHO or other agencies that are less likely to be influenced by $$$. Looking at a single article or study is basically meaningless. Unless you're Joe Rogan and you're paid to sell everyone a meat eater diet or Dr. Oz with whatever his garbage of the month is.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (15 children)

I have been scrolling through my feed and blocking all the weird Swedish communities that have popped up. It's exhausting work, and sometimes I wonder if Lemmy is still fun. And then this. This is the quality shit post that I needed! Thank you.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Simplicity in governance is essential, just like they have in the United States Constitution. That thing is only like 19 pages long. I read the whole thing." -Lao Tzu

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My advice is to learn how to grow food and save seeds. I'm doing it now to develop my skills in anticipation of some day needing those skills.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hmm let me try some of that engagement

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hi I'm a guy with four cats who's just here to see cat pictures mostly. My cats just want to sleep, so I get on here to watch other people's cats do fun stuff.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I would try to alternate the direction if I find myself developing a preference for either one. I guess it's kind of an introspective approach, but if I start to get too comfortable I always switch it up to avoid stagnation. Forcing myself to run something I don't prefer AND forcing myself to appreciate it challenges me. I like that. I'm Buddhist though, and part of that is the journey of self-challenge and analysis that we undertake.

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