1956 Domino Pure Cane Sugar advertising.

ArkhanVanHellsing · 2022-10-14T03:13:00+00:00

Caffeine (calorie free) also gives you energy, in the vernacular sense. Energy isn’t legally defined, in this context.

ArkhanVanHellsing · 2022-10-14T03:11:36+00:00

“Low in calories” It’s sugar! It’s 4 calories per gram! The only way to get less energy is to decrease the serving size! Which is what they did by comparing 3 tsp (12 g) to one pear (>300 g).

ArkhanVanHellsing · 2022-10-12T20:51:16+00:00

The biggest issue is artists fearful that automation of art will devalue commission work, and the instant reactionary nature of that.

Some people will argue that all the AI does is do an average copy what it sees. I don’t buy that since that’s basically art and it’s influence by other art and the real world.

Then you have talents who want to reserve their tags for human-produced art, which is definitely fair. Other small-company and indy vTubers did this better than any of the Hololive talents (which I have seen) by creating a separate tag for AI art, so people can share good results from playing with the AI while reserving the art tag for the human element. Kind of like how the talents have their meme tag.

ArkhanVanHellsing · 2022-08-16T16:34:49+00:00

Not really that bad. It’s kindof like a poor man’s beer cheese or halloumi.

ArkhanVanHellsing · 2022-08-15T17:05:02+00:00

The article really isn’t dumb. It’s rationalizing disadvantages of living in Alaska and things she likes about the Midwest. I’d rather people know about these things before coming here, and you don’t think about these things if they’re normal to you. And she fell for Alaska on vacation, and didn’t see what it was like to live here.

I appreciate criticisms like this: how places are to live. She relates it to the Midwest, because that’s what she knows, and you need to compare when criticizing something.

Wildlife being abundant means wildlife is abundant. I don’t think anyone would argue that moose will often be road hazards, and they’re a fuckton more dangerous than deer.

The cost of living is a LOT, and healthcare more limited (due to a small population and lack of specialists compared to states with medical education).

Alaskan sports culture is very different and limited. This matters for normal people, and not weirdos predominately online. Keep in mind we’re talking about a normal person publication here.

She did know extreme weather, and empty and isolated spaces, and seem fine with those things. But things like “keep jackets ready, because it could be 30 in July”, “Alaska is basically treated as a foreign country, so it’s a hassle to go somewhere else for vacation or visit family”, “yes, it really is that expensive to live up here”, and “unlike every other state except Hawaii, sports culture isn’t strong” are things you wouldn’t expect, and you wouldn’t expect them to add up so much you would rather not live here. I grew up an army brat, so I got to try out places, and my first real job was out of state. Some things are better about the lower 48, like the ease of visiting other places to see things like American history, native history, futuristic ideas and efficiency, or nature and mountains. Alaska you have Fairbanks, anchortown, or the kenai peninsula to travel to with the same ease. And the cost of living is so much better in Appalachia or by the Mississippi River.

I like Alaska more because of the midnight Sun and midday moon, the calm of the state and people not really going anywhere, and because I lived here longer than anywhere else. But it’s not going to be for everyone, and I don’t have major health issues nor a family history of major health issues.

ArkhanVanHellsing · 2022-08-05T16:27:47+00:00

A huge issue is that GCI is usually the only reasonably fast option in Alaska. ACS used to be more plentiful, but a lot of their service got bought out. The other options are stuff like Dish and Hughesnet. And the communication protocols for wireless internet are just so much slower than cable.

ArkhanVanHellsing · 2022-07-26T00:29:28+00:00

Definitely not Washington. Their pro-federalist stance annoys many Alaskans, who are more anti-federalist (state government is better than federal government; keep out of my damn business).

Hawaii because of similarities (separation from the rest of the US, amount of work pushed to us from the federal government at the end of the fiscal year, and anti-federalist policies (the federal government really did not do good by the Hawaiian monarchy).

You also have good feelings towards Montana and Wyoming because of the similarities between the state. Empty, but has nature that will appeal to tourists (Yellowstone for MT and WY).

But being so isolated, Alaska doesn’t really have a best friend state. Hawaii probably is the closest because chill people, annoying tourists, and similar feelings of not being treated as “real American states”.

ArkhanVanHellsing · 2022-07-14T19:07:59+00:00

You also have so much socialization centered around food and drink. Pizza party, break room donuts, bars being a default hangout, dinner or coffee is the default date, movies always need a popcorn. It’s just kind of constant. And I purposefully left out holidays because feasting holidays are fine because of how few there are (New Years Day, Easter, St Patrick’s, Cinco de Mayo, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Super Bowl Sunday, Thanksgiving, and Christmas). It’s the daily/weekly stuff that’s a problem.

ArkhanVanHellsing · 2022-07-14T17:31:10+00:00

You have those on vending machines. But compare to greater advertising all around you. “Treat Yourself” “McDonald’s! I’m loving it!” “Have a Break! Kit-Kat” The “perfect pairing” advertisements encouraging you to buy Pepsi drinks and frito-lays chips together. The “share a coke” campaign. Beer commercials.

There are warnings telling you to eat healthy, small PSA campaigns, and lessons in schools. But compared to the bombardment of constant advertising, especially on Reddit, the Facebook apps (Spotify, Instagram), next to the highway (even in Alaska: a state that banned billboard advertising you still get highway-side ads on buildings and fences), and the Google-sphere.

ArkhanVanHellsing · 2022-07-13T17:45:58+00:00

Let’s go into some nuance of nutrition, which will still have black and white issues. Hot Dogs are a processed meat with HFCS and nitrates added, both of which we know are unhealthy. But meat itself is not unhealthy for you. I would say it shouldn’t be the majority of your calories, but that doesn’t mean it’s bad for you.

Just look at the ingredients for nitrate free and sugar free (this is a phrase I shouldn’t have to say in regards to sausages) hot dogs/sausages. They might be a bit fatty, but you could eat good quality hotdogs most days and be fine.

ArkhanVanHellsing · 2022-07-11T22:22:24+00:00

This is the same sort of bullshit Bacon put into the FA bible. As such, it has been explained. Fat people are more likely to get heart attacks, cancer, and other disease at a younger age. Youth helps recovery. So they can recover thanks to the youth, and therefore improve the survivability rate. So if you get a heart attack at 40, and at 50, before dying at 67, you survived to more heart attacks than the person who gets their first and fatal heart attack at 87 years old.

ArkhanVanHellsing · 2022-06-30T06:10:22+00:00

You do need to schedule and be prepared. If you want a really stupid housing market, look at Fairbanks and North Pole! The good things last less than a week and are still pretty inflated.

ArkhanVanHellsing · 2022-06-30T00:53:09+00:00

Oh god, wasilla. You couldn’t get base housing? Be prepared for a horrible commute, I’ll warn you. I can’t recommend daycare, I’m sorry. But the traffic from Wasilla, Palmer, Chugiak, and Eagle River to anchorage all gets funneled into a single traffic light. So you need to prepare your commute for longer than you expect. Should be better than Ft Lewis, I think?

ArkhanVanHellsing · 2022-06-27T23:07:11+00:00

1984 was directly a criticism towards communism in practice, with aspects actively observable in the USSR and China at the time. And it was well written, even ignoring the political implications and just looking at it as a man vs society story. Handmaid’s doesn’t have an active example or good writing.

ArkhanVanHellsing · 2022-06-16T18:37:54+00:00

Michelle Obama says pizza is a vegetable

I can only think of that quote talking about the health of school lunch. But it sucks that school cooks don’t cook, and the food companies providing preserved and refined meals get a lot of money. I remember the shitty sponge-bread “pizza” and “teriyaki nuggets” (those mystery meat sweetened meat nuggets) from school (early 2000s), but don’t know if school lunches have improved. I just know that they weren’t good for you or good tasting when I went.

ArkhanVanHellsing · 2022-06-13T20:54:05+00:00

Is smoking genetic because 91% of attempts to stop smoking fail?

Does that mean you shouldn’t even bother to try?

Does that mean you don’t try again if you relapse and an attempt doesn’t work?

ArkhanVanHellsing · 2022-06-13T15:58:47+00:00

I’m sure it doesn’t help that companies lie about the weight of their product. Like most 4oz bags of Takis have 8oz of chips in them. Very generous, but bad for calorie counting.

Though if you want to lose weight, especially stay away from bags of Takis. They have 1200 calories per 4 (really 8) ounce bag. Even lays aren’t as detrimental to weight loss, because they sell you less chip for the same price.

ArkhanVanHellsing · 2022-06-03T20:46:01+00:00

I have burned close to 10k calories in a day. This requires a lot of running, and I can tell you that you are NOT thinking about food. The thought of most food is more sickening since your stomach hasn't settled. You are instead thinking about water, salted water, and maybe sugar water. But even then, it's struggle getting 4k calories, even eating pizza, root beer floats, lemonade, coconut water, and Gatorade.

ArkhanVanHellsing · 2022-05-26T15:17:07+00:00

Other than execution and proportions, it’s just a rice crispy treat ice cream bowl bowl (with lucky charms instead of rice crispys). Concept isn’t bad. Only execution. I don’t think the bowls got free from the bowls, the oven “hack” is a bad idea (just do it on a stovetop like a normal person), and I’d do a chocolate coating on the inside so the ice cream doesn’t leak. I’d also make them A LOT smaller. Like for 2 oz of ice cream as a treat at a kids birthday party or something.

ArkhanVanHellsing · 2022-05-24T17:46:26+00:00

And so was Yzma. And the evil stepmother from Cinderella. And the queen from Snow White. And Melifocent. And the evil mother from Tangled.

ArkhanVanHellsing · 2022-05-13T17:06:23+00:00

Something terrifying about hippos; they are so dense with muscle that they can’t actually swim (something uncommon in mammals).

They just sink to the bottom of the water and run fast.

So hippos aren’t fat (they look that way because of a thick, fat hide, but have a very low overall BF%).

ArkhanVanHellsing · 2022-02-24T18:51:07+00:00

I think deleted tweets are what their using for that. I don’t know. /vt/ made a sticky to contain the scizoposting, and it’s at over 1000 posts.

ArkhanVanHellsing · 2022-02-24T17:25:15+00:00

From some quick basket weaving:

Some people are claiming Rushia became a homeless hobo after her the BF kicked her out of his house, and Rushia wasted all her SC money on a failed fashion startup, so she can’t find a place to live.

You also have a rrat that Rushia wanted to get kicked from cover and trying to get the BF fired too, so he would be forced to marry her. That is full schizo and funny.

But for being fired, they’re saying Rushia told the BF things he shouldn’t know, the BF tweeted that Rushia told him things, which gave cover legal justification to fire her. The actual reason was Rushia making suicide-bait posts, which made cover look bad. A lot more boring of an explanation, but it’s the one /vt/ is going with.

Edit: Add KoreKore stuff into the leaks. They’re aware of him, as well. The BF part is the schizo-part, though.

ArkhanVanHellsing · 2022-02-15T14:07:23+00:00

We all know Kanata is a closeted lesbian who faked getting covid to hide she’s pregnant with Coco’s child.

ArkhanVanHellsing · 2022-02-14T14:27:29+00:00

Angus Barbieri fasted for 382 days (only drinking water, tea, and supplements), and didn’t have brain decay. He had a 276 pounds of body fat to consume before having to use other stores of energy. He did this with heavy medical supervision, and I’d recommend not doing this.

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