https://nitter.1d4.us/nytimes/status/1643538978014986240

    • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      Some people live their lives as complex psychodramas to assuage themselves of ever feeling guilty or anything negative about themselves

    • TheModerateTankie [any]
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      2 years ago

      Our society has awful and a lot of people in it confuse health with morality.

      • Hatandwatch [she/her, comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        I learned about mitochondria eve from Parasite Eve 2 and haven't learned a lick of anything since but that still proves video games are educational!

        • Carmine2 [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          i learned about recessive genes from metal gear solid! since then i developed an antagonistic relationship with my siblings, questioning them wether i'm the recessive or they are.

        • Carmine2 [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          in introducing massive carpal tunnel into the population we are teaching generations of [poor coded] kids that moderation is key!

    • ssjmarx [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I think there is an argument that some level of vices are good for you, simply because for most people not partaking at all would drive up their stress, which is itself pretty unhealthy. But in this specific case I think a lot of the studies into drinking being good for you were funded by the companies that sold the drinks.

        • Dimmer06 [he/him,comrade/them]
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          2 years ago

          idk if vices are good for you, but people act like a lot of this medical science is not the accumulative averages of thousands of people shifting a value a couple of thousandths one way or the other. It's less true for smoking I think, but it's perfectly reasonable to say that drinking is generally unhealthy and tons of people will never be drastically affected by their moderate alcohol consumption because there are so many other variables in each individual's life that can never be accounted for. The same goes for a lot of "healthy" activities and foods too.

        • bigboopballs [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          a nasty autoimmune condition a few years back that nearly destroyed his lungs

          what is it called?

    • tagen
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      1 year ago

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    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      2 years ago

      You could just admit you enjoy doing something that isn’t healthy for you.

      Until you get emphysema or cirrhosis, sure. Then its not so fun. The trick is in finding a happy middle ground between short term creature comfort and long term pain.

      I used to guzzle soda out of a fire hose. Then my teeth got so bad that I had to go through a root canal. Not fun. Now I don't touch the stuff.

      Fortunately, root canals are something you can walk away from. Not everything is so easily treated