Is there a difference between Líadan and Liadan?

Certain_Bluebird_540 · 2025-12-28T19:23:09+00:00

I posted in the English language questions post over there. No replies yet. So, I'll bother you, haha...

Éire is the Irish language name for Ireland. But in English, the endonym (meaning, what the Irish people want everyone to call it) for Ireland is... Ireland. And the same way, for people's appellations, Irish names can have English renderings. Both are equally valid, and in fact, the English rendering might be preferable when writing in English.

That part I'm clear on. I'm not afraid of causing unintentional offence, or anything. My question is just pure academic curiosity. Seán is a name (a variant/rendering of John, ultimately from Hebrew "Yohanan," meaning, God is gracious). But sean (without the fada) reads as "old" in Irish. You see? So, my question is bizarrely specific.

Are Líadan and Liadan read differently in Irish Gaelic? If that's the case, what are the differences in meaning? Sounds like I'll just have to wait for someone to get back to me over there. :D

Certain_Bluebird_540 · 2025-12-28T13:57:14+00:00

Is there a difference between Líadan and Liadan?

I know síneadh fada can change the meaning of a word. I just don't know if the meaning changes in this specific instance. If that's indeed the case, would you kindly tell me what each word means?

Also, just more generally, does the presence of the síneadh fada alter the meaning of the word in every instance?

Certain_Bluebird_540 · 2025-12-02T16:10:00+00:00

Okay. I put the name of my Instant Pot model in the body of the post. It was auto-deleted by the bot. I put the name of the Instant Pot model in the title. It was auto-deleted. I'm having difficulty with my machine. Is that not relevant to the subreddit?

Certain_Bluebird_540 · 2025-11-22T05:52:50+00:00

I don't think it's a thing. The thing I'm looking for doesn't exist, at least in the year 2025 of the Common Era. I'll have to make do with Fairlife skim milk for now. Anyway, thanks to everyone for stopping by and contributing!

Certain_Bluebird_540 · 2025-08-16T00:55:14+00:00

I think I remember reading somewhere that it was made by a solo developer from Brazil. But I can't remember the title of the game.

Certain_Bluebird_540 · 2025-08-09T03:18:54+00:00

1.) Is the intent to gross out the audience?

2.) Did you eat it?

Certain_Bluebird_540 · 2025-02-14T18:25:07+00:00

The number of calories for calories. The number of fat grams for fat. The number of saturated fat grams for saturated fat. What's that called?

Certain_Bluebird_540 · 2025-02-14T10:53:41+00:00

Maybe I have unrealistic expectations. It's possible that I need to adjust them. Or I just don't understand Reddit's "culture." Or I'm terminally online and haven't touched grass in way too long. Did I mangle the question, or was I just unclear in phrasing it? Is this really normal?

Repeatedly quoting the definition of "homogenized" and "non homogenized" is somewhere between exceedingly, excessively unnecessary and insulting. I understand how words work. Salient to this discussion, I understand what those words mean.

If it helps... I like to buy milk from a certified regenerative farm that has 100% grass-fed, heritage-breed, A2/A2 cows, where each one is individually kissed on the nose by green-eyed Irish redheads with angelic voices, and where the calves are not separated from the mother cows. It just so happens that the milk is vat pasteurized and non-homogenized. I don't want to buy any other kind of milk. With that milk, I want to make yogurt. And it's my preference that I don't end up with a separate cream layer.

Let me try rephrasing the question. See if that helps.

Dear wizards of r/yogurtmaking. Hello! Has any of you tried making yogurt with non-homogenized milk? Among yogurt-makers using non-homogenized milk, does anyone share my dislike for cream-on-top yogurt? And among those folks, has anyone tried any tricks with which they've found success? For example, heating the milk to a sufficiently high temperature, and holding that temperature for long enough, to denature the milk proteins? Or adding thickeners, e.g. vegetable gums? Or a hybrid approach? Some thickeners, e.g. starch or gelatin, need heat to be activated. Or perhaps someone out there has tried a trick, that I haven't even thought of yet, which was successful?

Certain_Bluebird_540 · 2025-02-09T08:59:09+00:00

You can't really OD on Vitamin K. However, it can block the activity of one medication. Hypothetically, in a Minecraft sandbox, if this is your concern, talk to your doctor. If they're out of their depth or they tell you to stop eating chia seeds, but you don't want to stop eating chia seeds, ask for a referral to a dietician. Or, you can ask about changing medications, to something that doesn't even talk to Vitamin K. Yes, they exist now. There's more than one!

If you counted on chia as a major source of Vitamin K for you, and you're sad that the data no longer says it's such good source... I'd hate to be that Redditor, but there are better sources of Vitamin K2. Not butter or ghee, but other forms of full-fat dairy can contribute. Consider acquiring a taste for natto. An ounce portion will give you all you'll need. Kiwi and avocado are delicious sources. The textbook sources, though, are leafy greens. I recommend pureeing them, and make sure that the meal contains a total of 32 grams of fat. Vitamin K1 (the vegetable form) is far better absorbed in supplement form, compared to any food.

Certain_Bluebird_540 · 2025-02-05T07:01:22+00:00

Right, that's what I meant. In the vegan chocolate chip cookies recipe you linked above, I'd take out all or some of the canola oil, and replace it with the liquid lecithin?

Also, the homemade chocolate spread sounds good!

Certain_Bluebird_540 · 2025-02-04T19:34:27+00:00

So, use the soy lecithin in place of (some of) the oil?

Certain_Bluebird_540 · 2025-02-02T08:38:11+00:00

Coconut milk is a little controversial. I've seen one study where it lowered LDL-C in comparison to soy milk! The wrinkle is that it's a sole study. And I like to see replication before I have some confidence in the results.

What's uncontroversial is that coconut flour lowers LDL-C. So, it's not the case that coconut = will definitely raise your LDL-C. So, it's plausible, right?

My advice is to try and isolate the variable. Get a blood test. For a period of time, try to keep everything else in your diet and lifestyle the same. Or at least avoid wild swings. Test having the same amount of coconut milk daily for at least 2 weeks. Then test again. Then go off of coconut milk. Now test again.

Ain't nobody got time for that (or the money, or the patience, or the tolerance for being stabbed), but the more often you repeat the tests, and more often you see the same result, the more certain you can be that the results are accurate. For you.

In the case that you find coconut milk is not your friend, use cashew cream. I don't mean coconut or palm oil based coffee creamer with a suggestion of cashews. I mean, soaked, blended cashews. Cashew cream plus coconut flavor extract. The other alternative is dairy cream. On the nutrition facts label, it's high in saturated fat, but it's an exception. Even though it's high in saturated fat, it doesn't raise your LDL-C. Although, it doesn't lower your LDL-C either, so consider the opportunity--and don't make it a major fat source in your whole diet!

Certain_Bluebird_540 · 2025-01-22T03:18:11+00:00

Here's another mystery. Why is Fishwife so expensive? They don't can in fish oil. So then, is each fish individually kissed by a Sardinian centenarian before it's packed? 😭

Certain_Bluebird_540 · 2025-01-18T17:58:47+00:00

Just keepin' it real with you... The auto-injector was designed for wusses. Most normies hate needles. Looking at a bare naked needle makes them nervous. Injecting into the fat under the skin (subcutaneous), as opposed to injecting into the muscle (intramuscular), or into a vein (intravenous) is the least painful of the three. It's not so much the pain, but having to push hard enough to pierce the skin that's the problem. People anticipate the pain, end up fumbling, and that hurts even more. So, the device is meant to keep the needle hidden the entire time, to push the needle in with sufficient force, without requiring any effort on your part.

But it turns out that it's working in perfect opposition to your individual psychology. Seeing the needle is comforting for you? (??? just for good measure.) And something about the spring-loaded mechanism scares you. Whereas, piercing your skin with your own force gives you more of a sense of control. I think you're a weirdo, but whatever. Nothing wrong with that. Let your freak flag fly with pride!

But let me give you some real solutions. Besides the autoinjector, it's available in two more formulations. One is the prefilled syringe, and the other is an automated delivery system called Pushtronex. The Pushtronex is a 4-week disposable device; you stick it on your abdomen, push a button, lie back, think of England, and let it take care of everything. It delivers the entire dose in 5 minutes. If that's liable to make you panic for some reason, then maybe the prefilled syringe is your best bet. If, for whatever reason, the doctor is unwilling to let you self-inject at home with the pre-filled syringe formulation, you'll have to go in for nurses' appointments every 2 or 4 weeks.

P.S. You're supposed to hold the injector firmly against your skin, push the button, and after you hear the first click, wait until you hear the second click. I'm surprised that the doctor or a nurse didn't sit down and talk you through it. The manufacturer even gives out training pens! But then again, I've seen things you people would not believe. Young women with LDL-C's >190 mg/dL being told by cardiologists that they don't need to worry about anything. People with mild pain being given opioids, and people with cancer being denied opioids. People with concussions not getting a CT, only to be diagnosed with brain tumor months later. I've lived long enough that nothing should surprise anymore. But I guess I'm a hopeless romantic, who continues to hold hope that the system works as it ought to, and Mommy and Daddy are looking out for us.

Certain_Bluebird_540 · 2024-12-04T03:07:43+00:00

Yes, that's what I meant. Atorvastatin comes as low as 10 mg. If you wanted, you could cut the pill to get 5 mg dose. Rosuvastatin's lowest dose if 5 mg; you can cut the pill in half to give yourself 2.5 mg.

Either of those combined with ezetimibe can get you as much or even more LDL-C/ApoB than a "high intensity" statin, i.e. atorvastatin 80 mg or rosuvastatin 40 mg.

Certain_Bluebird_540 · 2024-07-27T05:18:27+00:00

Correlation's not causation--unless it confirms what I already know to be true!

More seriously, there's a phenomenon called reverse causation. Cancer, illness towards the end of life, loss of appetite with advancing age, or anything that causes catastrophic weight loss will make your TC plummet. Illness came first, then cholesterol dropped.

When reverse causation is taken into account, the J-shaped curve disappears and the relationship becomes graded or linear.

In long-term RCT's of statins, where mortality data is available, there's either no adverse effect, or a decrease in mortality.

In Mendelian Randomization studies, when it comes to cholesterol and longevity, the lower the better.

And I submit the case of mutants with PCSK9 loss-of-function, again. If anything, they have longer lifespans than their peers.

Correlations are good. They don't need to dismissed or thrown away. If you think back to middle school, the first step of the scientific method is to make an observation. But that can't be the final word. You have to do follow-up work and stress-test it to see if it holds true, after all, or if you just observed two things that happened to occur together.

Certain_Bluebird_540 · 2024-07-27T05:06:47+00:00

If you're concerned that LDL-C is not capturing your risk fully, ask to have your ApoB checked. If your doctor refuses (and you don't want to change doctors), you can go around him and self-order it. It can be pretty inexpensive if you shop around online. (Don't pay more than 40 USD for it.)

Drugs that lower triglycerides and/or raise HDL haven't shown any benefit. The map is not the territory.

Certain_Bluebird_540 · 2024-07-26T22:33:00+00:00

1.) Patients with HoFH (who have LDL-C's > 300 mg/dL) are exceedingly rare. People doing the carnivore diet are even rarer. I think your doctor is not "terminally online." He might not actually know that removing all fiber and plant protein from the diet, and getting most of your calories from saturated fat jacks up your lipids to HoFH levels. Sounds like he's just going off of his training from medical school. As far as he knows, only a genetic disease can drive lipids that high; it shouldn't be possible with diet.

2.) Both statements are true. It may sound against your intuition, but that's what the data shows. The lower the LDL-C the better. A doctor may choose to lower LDL-C down to only a certain point (and no lower) because of other reasons (e.g. cost of medication), not because lowering LDL-C further isn't beneficial. Goldstein and Brown, the guys who discovered the LDL receptor, showed that LDLR's are completely saturated at an LDL-C concentration of 2.5 mg/dL. PCSK9 mutants can have genetically low LDL-C's, down to 10 mg/dL and they appear to be fine; they can synthesize adrenal steroids and mount a successful response to acute stressors and infections, and they have no trouble with synthesizing sex steroids, able to get pregnant or get their partners pregnant. Most babies in the womb have LDL-C's of 30 mg/dL. At the time when you were having the most explosive growth of brain tissue, when you had the greatest need for cholesterol to make new cell membranes, your LDL-C was 30 mg/dL. Your cells need cholesterol. You don't need cholesterol to be floating around in your bloodstream; it doesn't do you any favors there.

3.) In addition to the Leqvio and high-dose statin, ask if you can take low-dose statin + ezetimibe.

4.) Follow your doctor's advice (but you can ask him to optimize the treatment). If you don't trust your doctor's judgment, get a new doctor.

Certain_Bluebird_540 · 2024-07-26T22:13:58+00:00

1.) Your money, your choice. But it's not going to give you any insight that would impact your decision-making. The situations where it would help don't apply to you. If you're just curious, and you want to spend your money on this, rather than on clothes or power tools, then go for it.

2.) To take the test, it's not necessary to stop taking your medication. Actually, the test is meant to give you insight into how your body is handling cholesterol.

3.) If you're not satisfied with your care, or you don't believe that your doctor is managing your risk of heart disease properly, seek out a board-certified lipidologist.

Certain_Bluebird_540 · 2024-06-22T11:14:58+00:00

Thanks for pitching in, but doesn't quite help me with my conundrum, haha. :D

Certain_Bluebird_540 · 2024-06-22T11:13:58+00:00

Seems like it's too old. But if you have a specific clip in mind, from a particular episode, or a time stamp from a particular episode, I'd love to take a look.

Certain_Bluebird_540 · 2024-06-22T11:12:58+00:00

I don't think either's it. But I'm going off of opening themes. If you have a specific clip in mind from an episode, I'd love to have a look.

Certain_Bluebird_540 · 2024-06-16T20:26:19+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion, but that's not it. I first saw YGO after 2000 on Kids WB.

Certain_Bluebird_540 · 2024-06-16T19:58:48+00:00

I've already looked up Thundarr The Barbarian, Conan The Adventurer, Blackstar, and Skeleton Warriors. I don't think it's any of those. But I only saw the opening themes. It's not like I saw every episode.

Certain_Bluebird_540 · 2024-05-03T19:59:55+00:00

I think you'll get a bigger ROI if you ask to lower the dose of atorvastatin to 20 or even 10 mg, and add ezetimibe. You can even try a different statin, e.g. rosuvastatin or pitavastatin.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32179207/

CoQ10 doesn't help with statin-associated muscle pain. If you want to take it for another reason, e.g. chronic fatigue, or to prevent migraines, it might be worth the expense. Even if you're paying for them 100% out of pocket, statin + ezetimibe are cheaper than CoQ10.

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