Yeah. Tywin just played with the cards he was dealt. His sole aim was to get his house better position. He did things to 1) benefit himself and 2) benefit Lannisters. Ideally in that order. Tyrion was a cripple (not how I personally think of him, but it is what he was seen as) but he was still his son and his blood counted for something. Tywin didn't give the North to Tyrion - he gave it to the Lannisters.
I agree with general sentiment that pharmaceuticals are stronger. And when I need it, I go for it. But sometimes I don't need the strongest stuff. Sometimes my body just needs a helping hand, not a nuke. Pharma industry is about quick and easy - but that doesn't mean it's always good.
Calling something placebo just because it is not s strong is certainly over the line though.
That's for you to answer. There are many niche subs that don't have their equivalent here, but I don't even miss them that much anymore. Reddit had so much content you could scroll for ages, even though half of it you saw already. I feel served here just fine. Feels more like reddit when I joined (though it was a bit more lively even back then)
I understand your feelings, as living with great hair and liking it and going to bald must suck. Take comfort in fact that it is temporary.
But as a bald man - being comoletely bald is fucking amazing. I can't compare with having good hair - had short haircut all my childhood, decided to grow it longer in my mid teens (wanted to be a bit morr stylish) - and that's about the time I started loosing my hair. So had to go to shorter lenghts so it's not that obvious and went full bald around 17 when I had a visible bald patch anyway. So can't compare but it was the best decision I made - both at the time and for the future. I shave once a week and everything is easy. And I was blessed with a great skull shape so looks good.
Much more salty about me not being able to grow decent facial hair though. That beard and bald look would be sick but oh well. We have to play with cards we were dealt.
Of course, I'm not delusional. And I'll gladly take those pills I get recommended by the doctor or pharmacist. But if I got recommended 2 types of medications as options and one is natural based, I tend to pick that.
I tend to go for natural options if I have a choice. Feels better.
But there is absolutely a point where natural won't do and I'm aware of it and the above gets overrulled. In face of more serious issues, the strenght of non-natural medicine can't be denied.
Lots of good recommendations already. I especially second Last Kingdom since you liked Vikings. There is the series + one movie that ends things. Also seconding Peaky Blinders because it is fucking amazing.
I will add His Dark Materials (based on YA novels, but really good) and Carnival Row (can't vouch for 2nd season yet as haven't had the chance to watch it, but 1st is great).
House of the Dragon too, since you liked GoT (again, can't vouch for 2nd season yet).
This is so fascinating! It's easy to assume most people experience things the same way while we are all different all the way down to how we think and imagine stuff!
I can see why you have that position, and it is absolutely valid. What I reacted to is the idea of it being faith vs religion - but if you have faith/believe in a deity or something divine, that would by definition be a religious belief, no? But this doesn't necessarily mean it's an organized religion like Christianity. This is what I was getting at with my poorly worded comment.
The underlying issue for this kind of conversation is that when people say "religion", most people think highly organized religions like Christianity or Islam and such. But what if a person has their own or (for lack of a better term) a "non-traditional" belief system that includes some sort of deity/deities? Is that not religion? Maybe i see the word with a wider definition that is wrong, idk,
Anyway, as other commenter said - religion can be absolutely used as a tool for power, or to have excuses for terrible behavior. Thing is, the people that do would just use another tool if no religion existed.
As for the scientific argument - we don't know (or at least I don't) but Greek philosophers and scientists didn't live or work in non-religious environment. There was religion present and yet they built important foundations for science today. Same with people in Arabic world, afaik. Hell, there were scientists that were Christians as well. It boils down to one thing - if there is organized religion with people at top who use it as a tool for power.
So to summarize - no, I don't think religion in general is inherently bad. It's about what people do with it. And the problem starts at a point where you want and need other people to conform to your religious beliefs.
I can't imagine anyone being pushed by anything if they weren't pushed away until now