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  • What?

    Vitamin D is something we don't get much of from a modern diet, and we need a substantial amount to make very important neurotransmitters, the lack of which causes depression and anxiety, or at least symptoms to be worse, meaning complaints are more likely.

    Like, that's a real scientific thing we've known for decades.

    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9468237/

    A correlation with increase use of sunblock, I'm not really sure of. I'd assume it's more that people spend substantially less time in the sun in general regardless of UV blocking.

    It was a meme in the Navy, if anyone looked sad or mentioned depression while out to see, the first fucking thing everyone said was "drink more milk" because they put a shit ton of vitamin D in the milk for that reason.

    The second was usually "smoke more cigarettes" tho, because most of the time to smoke you had to go stand on a deck in the sun.

    But especially for /shower thoughts, there's not a lot to judge OP on here. It's pretty accurate and something that someone very well could have just realized one day

  • You realize women could hold bank accounts in America for most of the countries existence...

    Right?

    Then they weren't, and then in the 1970s they were allowed again.

    Same goes for owning land.

    But if you want someone to explain stuff, you might want to ask nicely, it sounds like you want an argument. I don't have time for that.

  • It's programmed to maximize engagement at the cost of everything else.

    If you get "mad" and accuse it of working with the Easter Bunny to overthrow Narnia, it'll "confess" and talk about why it would do that. And maybe even tell you about how it already took over Imagination Land.

    It's not "artificial intelligence" it's "artificial improv", no matter what happens, it's going to "yes, and" anything you type.

    Which is what makes it dangerous, but also why no one should take it's word on anything.

  • Another person, a 42-year-old named Eugene, told the Times that ChatGPT slowly started to pull him from his reality by convincing him that the world he was living in was some sort of Matrix-like simulation and that he was destined to break the world out of it. The chatbot reportedly told Eugene to stop taking his anti-anxiety medication and to start taking ketamine as a “temporary pattern liberator.” It also told him to stop talking to his friends and family. When Eugene asked ChatGPT if he could fly if he jumped off a 19-story building, the chatbot told him that he could if he “truly, wholly believed” it.

    So...

    I think I might know what happened to Kelon...

  • This has never happened in America before.

    Yes it has...

    If you think this is the first time a movement of Christians has stripped rights away thru a political movement, it makes me think you're not aware of how long this fight has been going on.

    Like, from the first colonies, expansion into new colonies, the revolution, the civil war...

    At almost every major turning point of our country's history, fighting off Christian extremists has been one of the few constants. They spent a couple decades working behind the scenes with both parties, but just because it was less visible for a while doesn't mean it stopped and especially doesn't erase our past.

    Like...

    You're not wrong that it's bad now, and I'm glad you realize that.

    But people need to understand history to understand how to fight today.

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  • It won't last forever though...

    A lot of the non-upgradability is the pursuit of smallest form factor. But then everyone throws a case on it anyways. Miniaturization has diminishing returns and we hit that long ago with laptops.

    Eventually we'll hit it with phones, and then it's just a matter of time till a solid "base" with swapable components come out. There's been a couple already, but they still require a sacrifice of size or speed/power.

    That's why manufacturers are trying to push us to watches or glasses. They need to shrink the form factor to keep up the (insanely profitable) strategy of selling a brand new unit every 2 years.

  • Religious people are all mentally ill.

    I wouldn't say they are for all religions...

    But definitely the "true believers" of the Abrahamic religions, like if you read any of those texts and are 100% onboard its all real. Abraham was a schizophrenic who heard voices that told him to kill his son, had textbook visual and auditory hallucinations and obviously delusions of grandeur. It's so fundamental it's present in all the big branches, schizophrenic symptoms are viewed as a legitimate communication with God that are often commands that must be followed no matter what.

    So some well adjusted people see it as "just a story" but if you sit thru that indoctrination your whole life and start hearing voices, there's a good chance you see the voices as religious instructions.

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  • Apple aggressively throttled CPUs when new models came out.

    They claimed it was due to age of batteries and to prevent overheating. But then Samsungs started exploding and I think people just let it go.

    Not sure if they still do it or not.

  • "You can't fire me, I quit!"

    Is basically all this is...

    Ms. Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, had supported Mr. Martin’s rival in the chairmanship race early this year, Ben Wikler, the chairman of the Wisconsin Democratic Party. Mr. Martin subsequently removed Ms. Weingarten from the party’s Rules and Bylaws Committe , a powerful body that sets the calendar and process for the Democratic Party’s presidential nominating process.

    In her resignation letter, dated June 5 and obtained on Sunday evening, Ms. Weingarten wrote that she would decline Mr. Martin’s offer to reappoint her to the broader national committee, on which she has served since 2002. She had been on the Rules and Bylaws committee since 2009.

    Like, this is one of the super delegates who pledged Hillary in 08 after Obama won the primary.

    That's not even getting into how she's a self described Zionist, and spends a lot of time talking about how both sides are responsible for one side getting genocided for decades as an American labor union leader.... Not sure what the connection there is.

    But good to see billionaire media framing her as a fucking victim.

    Quick edit:

    Ms. Weingarten from the party’s Rules and Bylaws Committee

    So...

    The ones who didn't follow the DNC election rules for the vice chair elections that just had to be re-done?

    https://democrats.org/news/dnc-rules-and-bylaws-committee-votes-to-recommend-2025-rules-of-procedure-for-election-of-dnc-officers/

    Gee, I wonder why she was let go...

    Good to see Martin cleaning house and fixing it so it doesn't happen again.

  • First trump term I bought a modern combat rifle.

    Second term I bought plates and a vest.

    Doesn't matter if you think that shit should be legal, it is and everybody else has it. Fascists are pussies, they'll kill unarmed protesters without a second thought. But rifles and plates are a visual deterrent.

  • After the incident at the cemetery, he said he was taken to a cold cell in Burlington. He saw an immigration judge, who dismissed the assault charges federal agents brought against him.

    Not surprising they left the judges name out, but I feel like that's an important detail that should be included ...

  • Lots of animals can think abstractly.

    What separates humans from animals is communication and tool use. Obviously other animals can, but none come close to humans in either category.

    Books is a huge example of both. Humans don't have to figure out complicated concepts each on our own. The Internet is that on steroids, someone on the other side of the planet can read this post the second I hit "reply".

    That exchange of information through tools is why we're ordering Taco Bell thru Uber from the couch instead of still chasing animals till they pass out.

    Whether or not that's a good thing for us and the planet tho...

  • It's trump...

    If you're trying to argue he's loyal and won't switch sides in an instant, well, I'd be shocked anyone but a trump supporter would say that.

    trump supports whoever gave the largest bribe, or the most recent substantial bribe. Hed turn on Israel in a heartbeat if it was personally profitable

  • Since nothing is going to stand in their way, how can we make sure they are held accountable for generations to come?

    All that needs done is America threatening to cut off funding.

    If Obama hadn't have done that, this would have all happened a decade ago

    Biden openly said he'd never do that, and talked shit as VP when Obama did. Kamala said she'd be the same as Biden.

    trump, depends on if someone bribes him more.

    But if America gets a progressive president next with the courage to say "genocide is bad" and actually cut off Israel...

    That will make Israel stop electing genocidal maniacs. The only reason they can vote for people like Bibi, is knowing no matter what they have the backing of America.

    Without that, they wouldn't constantly be attacking other countries.

    It's like if you had a annoying little brother that picks on everyone despite being small and weak, because if shit goes down, you protect them

    Sometimes, you got to let your little bro learn what happens when no one else fights their fights for them...

  • Driving the news: Sirens sounded across Israel on Thursday night. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz declared a special state of emergency across the entire country.

    "Following the State of Israel's preemptive strike against Iran, a missile and drone attack against the state of Israel and its civilian population is expected in the immediate future," Katz said.

    Who would have guessed Israel would surprise attack another country and then immediately play the victim...