That was beautiful lol

But policy also dictates whether a state will have money to spend. Conservatives hate taxes and social safety nets, but clearly both have an impact on quality and length of life.

It goes even further than that. In the USA, for example, blue states (progressive/democrat) have a higher life expectancy than red states by a pretty decent margin.

I think local policies make a big impact.

You can until a certain age. After a while the contents of the food you're eating catch up with you in the form of health problems, regardless of activity levels or body fat percentage.

This was definitely true for me and is still true to this day.

I'm always more productive at work when I have gotten a good workout in that day. Sometimes I'll get stuck on a coding or debugging problem, go to the gym, and then come back and figure out the answer instantly after having sat at my desk for several hours prior with no progress.

I'm suspicious of some of the things surrounding 9/11. I'm suspicious of the train derailments and believe that it might be related to domestic terrorism that our government is keeping quiet while they investigate. I'm suspicious of our government in general.

But without enough evidence to make a factual claim, I'm going to keep that as a suspicion and not run around claiming that it's a fact. I think that's what separates reasonable suspicion from conspiracy theorists.

I don't think they're talking about conspiracies that seem likely or are common. Probably more akin to Pizza Gate, Flat Earth, and things like that.

This could partially explain why exercise helps so much with depression:

"Exercise involves meditation, even though many may not realize it. Some call exercise “moving meditation” because it creates the same types of emotional and chemical changes in our brains that come from meditation."

https://www.lsmedspa.com/health-wellness-blog/similarities-between-fitness-and-meditation/#:~:text=Exercise%20involves%20meditation%2C%20even%20though,brains%20that%20come%20from%20meditation.

It's about shame. When you feel ashamed for wanting sex, you repress it and the issue becomes worse. It then leads to compulsive behavior. This is basic psychology.

It gets easier the more you do it. Once you start to get used to it, you feel good for hours after.

Personally, I opt for HIIT using sleds and weights. My cardio mostly consists of basketball and hiking.

Exercise is the only thing that has kept me sane. Very little beats the feeling you get when you exercise to exhaustion. The endorphin rush is amazing and the work itself is meditative.

You need help, my dude. You've wandered into some dark right wing echo chambers and it shows. Whites are not discriminated against in the US. I'm done conversing with you. Get some help.

You're being disingenuous with that Biden quote.

If Black or Muslim people were the majority, white people were being discriminated against, and those majority groups were silent, it would be the same thing. It would be "Black silence is violence" in that they would be complicit in the violence happening to white people who have less power due to their smaller population.

It's relative to the balance of power.

Honestly, it seems like you're thinking top-down. You came to a conclusion and are now trying very hard to find information that supports your claim, rather than starting with the information to form a whole picture.

>"That’s not a bad thing. That’s a source of our strength.”

This is him saying that diversity is good, not that fewer white people being in the US is good. It's a stand against the GOP scare tactic of "we're being outnumbered".

>It's literal incitement to violence against whites

No, it's not. I don't think you understand what this statement means. It means that white people not standing up against racial discrimination is causing more violence against people of color. It's saying that if you stand by while injustice happens, you're complicit. It's not a call to violence at all.

Source on the Biden comment? Source for police investigations into "it's ok to be white" signs?

Jimmy Falon's show is entertainment. There are cue cards for how the audience is supposed to react. You can't use that as an example of that being the opinion of a large group of people.

BLM has nothing to do with racial supremacy. "White silence is violence" is not racist. White people being silent about racial injustice, even when they're not perpetrating it, creates more injustice for people of color. This is a spinoff of something that MLK said.

I've seen it, but the amount of people talking like that is very small, and it's usually called out, too. You get a few sympathizers who use historical context to give them a pass, but those people are in the minority as well.

What corner of the internet, or the world, are you hanging out in where you think there are people saying "white people need to go", and everyone is just like "yeah!"? That doesn't happen. White people in the US get criticized for system racism, especially when they stand up for that system. That's about the extent of it. There are very few people saying anything about getting rid of white people. The amount is so small that it's not even worth paying attention to.

No, there were very obvious signs of narcissism, as well as sociopathic behavior.

I can think of an example of a "generous narcissist".

I have a friend whose father was not only a pastor, but he was also a principal of a school. Outwardly, he seemed like a very honorable and kind person.

Meanwhile, he was abusing his family in heinous ways at home. That abuse extended to select children in the school and the church. But because of his reputation, nobody believes the victims.

It's about image. It's about creating a defense to protect them from accusations.

I mean, I would absolutely LOVE it if we had an actual progressive party in this country that tried to tackle real issues with real solutions, but alas, the establishment (even Dems) won't let that happen.

It was the first year that it had an immediate impact on everyone around them, but it's been "different" for a while now. Dems have been trying to push measures to help counter climate change for 2 decades now, and Republicans have consistently denied the existence of it.

Being sedentary is the surest way to have a life full of health issues and physical pain.

Humans don't have some weird cap around 40. It's probably closer to like 60ish. Barring disease and famine, living to your late 50s or 60s without major issues is pretty common.

My point is that the "healthy emotional recovery" part pays dividends long term because emotional eating is easier to control. It's also easier to form healthy exercise habits rather than "binge exercise".

Easier short term, less effective long term.

It's weird how almost everything that relates to poor health is tied to a sedentary lifestyle, including mental health. It's almost like we weren't meant to just sit around all day.