@philcolbourn@ned for me at least when the pressure was on I was saying that I wanted evidence that as a fit 30 year old it would significantly reduce my chance of catching it or passing it on.
Seemed like a pretty reasonable request that should have been pretty easy to find but no one did ever send me anything including a doctor.
@philcolbourn@ned theyre usually not ready. The heterodox free rational thinkers are mostly already on the anti-pharma side, leaving those who dont want to do too much thinking they will just follow their feelings and its easier to do what the tv says than think.
I like to ask them first 'what evidence would change your mind' if they dont have a good faith answer (you should have an answer yourself), their mind is closed and they are not ready, treat them with love and give them more time.
@ned Yeah but maybe that is a cherrypicked anecdote. Chicken or the egg? Did your friend swing and then become sexually confused or did he swing because he was already sexually confused.
@ned I think it certainly desensitizes viewers who are then tempted to look for more and more extreme stuff. Not sure if that is gay stuff in particular I know a few gay guys and they were that way at least from thier teenage years. Then again I know one or two guys that won't gay later in life after they had families. Idk
@ned meh, my heuristic for movies these days is to listen to 'the critical drinker' on youtube, so I know most stuff sucks and I save time and energy not watching it.
@ned I see stuff like this and the rational part of my mind says its probably fake. But as society becomes less rational, sometimes i do t know anymore.
@ned@Lupi@adam yeah, idk. On the one hand I know a few people who have done keto and theyre all visibly healthier. Personally I feel bloated and low energy if I have a really carby meal.
On the other hand I think that genetics probably comes into it more than we realise. People who's ancestry was coastal probably do better on seafood. People who have generations on rice and grain probably do well on that. Scottish people live on alcohol...
But Lupi, how can you justify processed sugary crap?