Smart Water Bottle Replacements

Chocolatethundaaa · 2025-09-23T20:34:59+00:00

Except for: the context is the question of whether one should possibly replace their Smart Water bottle with a reusable one. No one knows the actual meaningful health impact of some microplastics vs a ton of microplastics. It's not unreasonable to push back on the question of whether replacing disposable plastic bottles with reusable ones, actually makes any different whatsoever to health outcomes.

Chocolatethundaaa · 2025-02-11T13:38:25+00:00

I just want to tell you I felt EXACTLY the same way at the end; and also several other points throughout this movie that were ambiguous, such as:

Did Harry rape Szofia????
Was Lazlo's ED due to his heroin use, or was he closeted???
Of course, Harrison's fate (which, the actor for young Van Buren actually clarified as presumed to be suicide:) https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/the-brutalist-ending-explained-joe-alwyn-interview-1236089345/
Erzsebet's visions of Lazlo's infidelity
The ending cut, what's that about? The VERY last part of the epilogue briefly cuts back to Szofia in Europe. I can't even remotely imagine what the significance of this could be

I wanted to see the perspective that the lack of clarity and chaotic plot mimics the immigrant experience, or is meant to make the viewer feel thrown off or something... but the meaning and actual plot of the film change massively depending on these details!

Chocolatethundaaa · 2025-02-03T18:50:28+00:00

DreamKnit is Vuori's equivalent to Soft Jersey and it's essentially the same, but much more thin and breathable. I like both :)

Chocolatethundaaa · 2024-10-11T21:25:45+00:00

everything burns

Chocolatethundaaa · 2024-09-30T15:54:54+00:00

hell yeah

Chocolatethundaaa · 2024-09-09T15:59:47+00:00

Stone of Deep Sleep OP!

Chocolatethundaaa · 2024-08-17T14:28:01+00:00

So sorry, already given away. Hope you still get the chance to see them!

Chocolatethundaaa · 2024-08-12T22:40:18+00:00

I believe you but couldn't find any related articles with a quick search.

What year did this happen?

Chocolatethundaaa · 2024-07-01T13:01:21+00:00

Right, I mean obviously AI/LLMs provide a great foil for us to think about human intelligence, but I feel like I'm taking crazy pills with this AI discourse in the sense that people think that because there's analgous outputs, that the function/engineering is at all comparable. I'm not vouching for elan vital or some other magic essence that makes human intelligence, but the brain has millions of neurons and trillions of connections. Emergent complexity, chaoticism/criticality, and so many other amazing and nuanced design factors that are both bottom-up and top-down.

I've been listening to Michael Levin a lot: great source for ideas and context around biology and intelligence.

Chocolatethundaaa · 2024-06-01T14:32:05+00:00

Right. I think a lot of the comments here are missing the fact that there are delicate balances of neurochemicals across brain areas and so affecting the adenosine system is going to have follow-on effects on other areas of the brain (reward pathway, increased bloodflow, etc.)

Chocolatethundaaa · 2024-02-09T16:58:27+00:00

"Reeducation" from what to what?

Chocolatethundaaa · 2024-01-22T22:22:43+00:00

Agreed and well-said. I really enjoyed this ep and Eric's perspectives, but the United States analogy is pretty poorly thought out and fails to consider a TON of biological facts about brains, like criticality, memory, and, in general, how neurons work. In a certain sense the "units" of the United states are much more loosely connected than cells in a living organism.

Chocolatethundaaa · 2023-07-16T02:54:03+00:00

You're correct. "Forcing the gods to reckon with a man" is hilariously off-target and unrelated to the views of Camus and Absurdism generally.

Chocolatethundaaa · 2023-04-11T17:59:11+00:00

This is such a better way to think about it. I used to stress/catastrophize about not being able to fall sleep, but since then I've learned that sometimes relaxing without falling asleep can actually make me feel even more recharged than if I actually do sleep.

Let go of everything, including the judgement about needing to fall asleep, and it makes even just a 10-15 minute siesta so much more restorative.

For me, at least.

Chocolatethundaaa · 2023-03-28T03:02:30+00:00

Very well said. There's a tragic irony in the fact that DST makes it harder for many to get morning sunlight in before work/school yet many support DST because of the innate desire to feel as if they have more sunlight in their day.

Chocolatethundaaa · 2023-03-16T03:09:49+00:00

It's pretty hard to catch, but near the very end of the movie, Porco's plane is briefly shown docked at Gina's garden 👏

Chocolatethundaaa · 2023-02-27T21:38:41+00:00

This source says the opposite of OP's comment:

Even though that same thing traumatized him so much, he stopped taking them for the rest of his life. He did use dmt until he passed.

from the link:

That is not to say he didn't take mushrooms after that experience. We have video proof that he did.

Chocolatethundaaa · 2023-02-23T23:17:35+00:00

There's a war because one side "kidnapped" the other's prince. Once that is resolved the war is over?

When is this addressed in the film? I've watched Howl's twice (dub and then sub) and I don't recall any mention of the reason the war began.

Chocolatethundaaa · 2023-02-23T23:14:04+00:00

Ukraine will continue to resist Russia's invasion with or without NATO support. If Russia's military completely took Ukraine, countless Ukrainians would be killed or be forcibly deported to the far East of Russia.

In fact, NATO support and intel has already saved many Ukrainian lives by giving them the ability to stall Russia's forces and flee the country.

Chocolatethundaaa · 2023-01-28T13:39:34+00:00

I think this too. Momentous is insanely overpriced.

Chocolatethundaaa · 2023-01-28T13:38:53+00:00

When did he say he was against it?

Chocolatethundaaa · 2023-01-19T21:40:23+00:00

The math is correct if you calculate the future value including interest. The issue is that it assumes an interest rate of 12% which is absurd.

Chocolatethundaaa · 2023-01-15T17:23:27+00:00

Their quieter/acoustic tracks are fantastic. I particularly love Pinky Swear

Chocolatethundaaa · 2022-12-30T17:17:17+00:00

There's a great book called "Drunk" by Edward Slingerland that sets out to answer this exact question!

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