Remember to give yourself some simple pleasures
Remember to give yourself some simple pleasures
(in moderation)
Wrinkles and laugh lines are just the consequences of a life lived. Really we should celebrate them.
Nobody cares that a 50 year old doesn’t look 20. Meanwhile each laugh line indicates days filled with joy.
66A friend of mine once said:
What's the point in living forever if all you eat is salad?
60I really love salad. Like an insane amount. Crunchy greens, baby spinach, every kind of onion, hit me with those sliced radishes! Sliced cucumber, carrots, bell pepper! And most days I don't even want dressing. Or meat in there.
Which means that I don't get enough fuel for sustenance, and I don't get enough protein!
I guess what I'm saying is, even salad in moderation.
63You can’t make friends with salad…
10Dax: Steamed azna would put years on your life.
Sisko: Dax, I don't want years on my life, if I can only eat steamed azna.
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Everything in moderation, including moderation
49That was my go-to saying when I was actively using.
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As a fatty mcfat fat person, there are limits. Having a treat here and there is no issue, enjoy that deep fried state fair concoction, just don't eat it every day. Buy that cute trinket or sweater or game, just don't buy all of them every time. Enjoy the sun shine, don't roast yourself.
37As a fatty mcfat fat person
don’t roast yourself
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I mean no one said "flee the sun". They said "use sunscreen".
31Some take avoiding sunshine pretty seriously. I see a lot of Asians doing that, carrying parasols around and huge hats and it really does feel very "flee the sun".
4I mean that's still spending time outside. If parasols and big hats weren't so thoroughly OUT fashion-wise where I live I'd absolutely rock one of those. The cooling effect looks really nice.
Well, that and my gigantic head doesn't work with the vast majority of hats.
But yeah being in the shade barely counts as protection against UV radiation anyway. If you understand the science, you do that to cool down and to see better more than you do it to avoid UV rays.
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The portion makes the poison.
28What's the LD50 of high quality olive oil?
8From /r/theydidthemath, six years ago:
solpyro
An MSDS from naturalsourcing.com for "olive oil grade a" gives an LD50 of >2000mg/kg. (I couldn't copy the link on mobile, sorry)
An average human is around 62kg (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_body_weight) and they would need to ingest over 124g.
Olive oil has a density of .918g/cm³ (https://hypertextbook.com/facts/2000/IngaDorfman.shtml) making this dose about 114ml.
...which, I'm going to be honest, seems low.
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Anything in excess is bad for you. Even water.
20Having to come to terms with that. I usually don't drink enough, like less than a litre on some days if I don't notice it, so after contemplating a purchase of a Stanley Cup knock-off for months, I finally bought one and started drinking water like a maniac. Like 4-5l per day. Have to actively keep myself in check not to drink too much. Although, it's been quite hot recently so maybe it's not as dire as I make it out be
3Yeah, that is called "drowning"
0No, it's called overhydration and, in extreme cases, water toxicity.
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s/unfortunately/fortunately/gNever apologize for tending to your happiness.
15Don't forget to
wq!8
You only have so many beats in your heart, don't waste them all exercising
14But also don’t not exercise because it’ll let you live to experience many more and in a better quality of life.
16And also exercising gives you more beats.
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Paradoxically, exercising makes your heart beat slower, this increasing your lifespan.
Sadly all that is undone by the time you'd have to spend exercising instead of enjoying life.
15Alternatively, your exercise could be hiking in the mountains or something similarly awesome.
9Rinse cold after showering. Heart exercise without exercise.
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I have two big mantras I subscribe to:
- "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing in excess."
- "All things in moderation."
Somewhere between the two, we balance the debauchery, somewhat.
12I go by: "Do boring things fast and fun things slowly."
3"Everything in moderation, including moderation."
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Buying a pretty nice coffee bean grinder made such a bigger difference in the quality of the coffee I drink that I count it as a solid win.
11Really...I have never sprung for a better grinder but do spend on good beans and either pour over or French press, I'll have to look into that thanks!
4I was using two already older but pretty good and not cheap hand grinders (Knock Feld 2 and Helor 101). But I recently got the Fellow Ode Gen 2 flat burr grinder ($300) for V60 pour overs at home and it was a complete game changer. At the same time, I took the somewhat recently purchased Fellow Opus conical grinder to the office to use with the Clever Dripper and now my coffee both at home and at the office are substantially better than before.
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My Pa used to say, it doesn't cost more to go first class, you just pay a little longer.
He wasn't good at math, but he was good at life.
10Most things are fine in moderation, demonizing everything you like is how you get miserable and crave them more
7memento mori
2Olive oil and cheese in moderation don't make you fat, in fact they can be very healthy. You just have to be mindful of your overall diet. Most things can be healthy and unhealthy depending on the quantities and everything else you eat. Pastries are mostly bad yeah cause usually the sugar in a single serving is more than the daily recommended intake. But once in a while they are not harmful.
Also an important thing to note here is what you are used to eating. If you are used to not eating sweets at all, a sugary fruit like a grape can seem sweet to you. If you eat a lot of sugar, then fruits will not taste sweet at all. It's like drinking orange juice after eating chocolate (it tastes sour af) but on a bigger scale. So there are no absolutes when it comes to eating. One can feel satisfied with little sugar so long as they are used to it.
1That's why I'm going to Disney world
1The feeling of being skinny grants way more satisfaction for me than food ever will. I wish to stay out of the sun as much as I can so I can be pale forever.
1Sun gives cancer, alcohol too, plus a lot more shit.
Enjoying your life can be done in a non stupid way.
0Yes. Don't do drugs though, that will do nothing but harm yourself.
-1smokes joint and laughs
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- Olive oil is healthy generally
- wine (especially red) is good for the heart
- sun is good for the skin and mental health
Amount makes the poison.
-2wine (especially red) is good for the heart
The beneficial thingy for the heart is from the grape. Grape juice is good for the heart, doesn't need to be wine and the amount of the thingy(I can't recall the name) is pretty low.
7Tannins can be good for you, but not the alcohol. You could get similar benefits drinking alcohol free wine or even just really tannin rich grape juice. Even a cup of tea has good tannins though.
6Pretty sure sun isn't good for the skin, sun exposure without adequate protection just increases cancer risk, especially sunburns. It is good for mental health though, but you should still avoid exposing uncovered skin without sunscreen - it's an unfortunate balance where you might have to harm your body to a limited degree because our brains are wired to enjoy it.
2Pretty sure sun isn't good for the skin
Yes, it is. I can attest from personal experience with a skin condition and here the first two search results.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/benefits-of-moderate-sun-exposure
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/benefits-of-sunlight
sun exposure without adequate protection just increases cancer risk
That's too much sun.
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