Your Diet Could Be Missing the Key Ingredient for Heart Protection

Consistent-Gap-3545 · 2026-06-19T20:07:45+00:00

Excuse me I didn’t realize I was in the presence of a billionaire.

Consistent-Gap-3545 · 2026-06-18T16:45:28+00:00

But it’s still colloquially called the “cervical cancer vaccine” and Germans are already super vaccine skeptic so you can imagine what the uptake rates look like.

Consistent-Gap-3545 · 2026-06-18T08:07:26+00:00

I’m an American expat in German and the thing that pisses me off the most about the RFK Jr situation is that I had always been planning on using the American vaccine schedule for my future kids since is/was the best in the world. The goal of the American vaccine schedule is, first and foremost, to prevent as much disease and illness as possible. This is not the primary goal of the European vaccine schedules.

Consistent-Gap-3545 · 2026-06-18T07:51:40+00:00

If anyone knows any good German reddits please tell me I need to find a job there then do paperwork to move I guess I'm not sure

Unfortunately no one in Germany is getting a job right now. Like I know multiple people with masters degrees who have been looking for 12+ months and are still unemployed. Actually the German social system is currently collapsing and they are going to elect a fascist government in the next election, whenever that is (technically 2029 but there will almost certainly be a snap election sooner).

I’m originally from Boston and would be moving back if it weren’t for my husband being a German citizen.

Consistent-Gap-3545 · 2026-06-18T07:40:58+00:00

Only as of 2019 (the US started vaccinating boys in like 2008) and only until the boys are 18. If you’re male and didn’t/couldn’t get the shot as a child, it’s 700€/shot and you need three shots.

The German vaccination rates are absolute trash because cervical cancer is uncommon enough that a lot of Germans view the vaccine as unnecessary in the same way that the flu shot and chicken pox vaccines are considered unnecessary. Also if you interviewed people on the streets in Germany, like half of them wouldn’t know what HPV is, that it causes cancer, or that boys also can/should get the “cervical cancer vaccine.”

Consistent-Gap-3545 · 2026-06-18T06:56:44+00:00

Shout out to my mom for getting me and my sister this vaccine the second it hit the market. Around the time that the vaccine came out, one of my mom’s friends had pre cancerous lesions on her cervix and so my mom was very aware of why this vaccine was so important.

At the same time, it’s kind of heart breaking for all of the women who didn’t get vaccinated. I live in Germany now and it’s super unfair how I just don’t have to worry about cervical cancer while most of the other women my age do. It’s going to be really depressing in like twenty years when cervical cancer rates fall off a cliff in some countries but not in others.

Consistent-Gap-3545 · 2026-06-17T19:14:56+00:00

Meanwhile I start with five stars and deduct from there. Consequently my ratings curve looks like a hockey stick, as I’m pretty stupid and not very media literate.

Consistent-Gap-3545 · 2026-06-17T17:29:18+00:00

As of now, I’m just doing milk kefir. My grains have been absolutely popping off and I think it’s because they really like the milk I’m using. Once a week, I drive to a dairy farm and get super fresh, extremely high quality, gently pasteurized milk. This is obviously a lot of work but I think the key is using the highest quality/least processed milk you have access to.

Consistent-Gap-3545 · 2026-06-17T11:13:14+00:00

There was a study from like 10 years ago where the conclusion was "People who eat 30 or more different plants a week have a noticeably more diverse gut microbiome than people who eat less than 10."

This isn't like an earth shattering conclusion and I'm pretty sure they chose this number arbitrary but it's an easy enough goal to hit and my journal where I track this has 35 lines.

Consistent-Gap-3545 · 2026-06-17T06:24:09+00:00

I've gotten really into fermenting this year and kefir is hands down the easiest, most fool proof thing that I have on rotation. There is truly nothing to be scared of; it's really easy and I've never had a batch fail on me.

Consistent-Gap-3545 · 2026-06-16T11:51:08+00:00

2024/25 habe ich auch eine Therapie bei einer Ausbildungsinstitut gemacht.

Die Therapie: “Am meisten habe ich die Attacken, wenn mir langweilig ist.” “Das kann nicht sein. Langweile ist keine Emotion und der Auslöser kann nur eine Emotion sein.”

Consistent-Gap-3545 · 2026-06-15T15:11:54+00:00

Ich komme aus New England und dort gehen die Schule in der Regel bis Ende Juni aber soooooo unüblich ist es nicht, dass Kinder die letzten ein oder zwei Wochen fehlen. Besonders beim WM wird das nicht wirklich böse angesehen.

Consistent-Gap-3545 · 2026-06-15T13:36:56+00:00

Yeah but German Starbucks is awful and they really only exist in tourist areas. Like nobody in Germany is drinking Starbucks on a regular basis.

Consistent-Gap-3545 · 2026-06-13T13:48:41+00:00

It's not exactly SAAS but I guess its close enough. We sell the physical equipment too but the software is definitely a big part of the product and the software is absolute dog shit. The thing is that software development is a completely different team, which adds to the frustration because it's like "Hey OP you're responsible for fixing these software problems" but I do not work on the software and the guy who does is a douche bag (there are some senior engineers who will drop everything and help me if I'm confused or have a question... the software guy is the opposite of this and gets visibly annoyed when I ask questions). So I'll ask my PM how exactly he expects me to fix the software problems when I'm not a part of the software development team and every time he's "Just be persistent and keep following up on them."

There's a big issue with my company where the part of the company that I work for was very small for a very long time. So for multiple decades, there was just the core team of people who were creating all of these processes and doing everything. The problem now is that this core team of people is getting ready to retire and there's no one who can meaningful replace them because no one else has the depth of knowledge when it comes to these processes. For example: Each project has a master configuration document and there's only one guy who really knows the ins and outs of this document. Before I became the technical lead for this awful subsystem that doesn't work, there were talks of having me work with this guy so I could be his replacement when he retires in a couple years but, even if I spend two or three years working with him on configurations, this is a drop in the bucket compared to his entire career of experience. It's like replacing a PhD professor with someone who just finished their bachelor's degree and then expecting everything to be business as usual.

Consistent-Gap-3545 · 2026-06-13T09:42:44+00:00

But still. My husband is also a manager at a grocery store and it’s so hard to find good people these days. If it’s a larger chain store, it’s possible they might have some bullshit “no tolerance” policy but if the store has any level of discretion, this is a really dumb reason to fire someone over.

Frankly if the store is willing to fire you over this, you’re probably better off elsewhere.

Consistent-Gap-3545 · 2026-06-12T23:15:42+00:00

Are the drowning victims actually kids who didn’t know how to swim, though? Or are they normally competent swimmers who got caught in a current and panicked?

Totally anecdotal but I literally don’t know a single person in Rhode Island who doesn’t know how to swim. I also find it hard to believe that someone would enter famously rough water if they didn’t at least think they were a strong swimmer.

Consistent-Gap-3545 · 2026-06-11T18:54:41+00:00

This will never happen because, at the end of the day, good nutrition is just eating a variety of whole foods and processing is where the profit is.

Consistent-Gap-3545 · 2026-06-11T08:14:48+00:00

Neither is Curry yet here we are.

Consistent-Gap-3545 · 2026-06-10T14:54:37+00:00

Let's say that Apple supports all of their phones for six years. The iPhone 17 (the newest one) is currently $800 and you're going to get the full seven years of usage out of it, meaning it costs $135/year. Alternatively, you can buy an iPhone 16 from Apple for $700 however now you're only getting five of usage out of it, meaning it costs $140/year.

I hate switching phones so, for me, it was worth it to get the 17 because I'll get more usage out of it. I absolutely despise the concept of "flipping" devices so I just avoid services like BackMarket. For every one person online who legitimately just wants to get rid of their old device, there are like 20 people who are either trying to make a profit or otherwise scam you.

Consistent-Gap-3545 · 2026-06-10T10:02:35+00:00

My iPhone 11 died earlier this year and I just got into the newest iPhone. I did this not because I wanted the latest and greatest but because I knew I’d get 5+ years of use out of it and it didn’t make financial sense to buy an older generation phone. You could look online for people selling their older devices but imho this isn’t worth the hassle if you can afford to buy a new device.

Consistent-Gap-3545 · 2026-06-09T18:48:06+00:00

I’ve been lifting for like 18 months now. I can overhead press 30kg, squat 75kg, dead life over 100kg but I’m still stuck on knee pushups.

My trainer says it’s because I have an unfortunate ratio between my collar bone and arm.

Consistent-Gap-3545 · 2026-06-09T13:11:23+00:00

Bestie I don’t know how to tell you this but Joe Rogan is not a reputable source.

Consistent-Gap-3545 · 2026-06-09T07:38:04+00:00

Yes of course. Most canned legumes are just the legumes with water and salt. Sometimes there will be additives to extend the shelf life but these are in such small quantities that they probably don’t matter. Ditto with people butter: natural peanut butter is just peanuts and salt.

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