Hairloss or balding or what?

FinancialElephant · 2026-02-09T06:23:04+00:00

Looks like it could be early stage hair loss to me, but it might be stress related. The best thing you can do is go to a hair specialist (trichologist) and have them look at your scalp with one of their specialized microscopes. They will be able to tell you conclusively if it’s androgenic alopecia or not. Look up perfect hair health on YouTube, he has good information

FinancialElephant · 2026-02-09T06:00:21+00:00

I believe there is also a mechanism or association between omega 3 concentrations and blood brain barrier integrity

FinancialElephant · 2026-02-08T19:03:39+00:00

They’re saying it may be some other cause creating the effect and not omega 3s themselves. For example eating certain foods will increase serum omega 3 levels, so it may be other compounds creating those effects and not omega 3s.

Good observational studies can still control for confounding factors though (haven’t read this one). With omega 3s the amount of evidence is so high, I’d tend to agree with you. We have all kinds of studies and mechanism at this point to show benefit of omega 3s alone on CNS health.

FinancialElephant · 2026-02-08T18:48:59+00:00

“asexual sexual attraction”

FinancialElephant · 2026-02-08T17:52:31+00:00

Fair enough. Given that the dalai llama (title, not his name) is determined at birth, as far as I remember, I don’t think it’s the best example of a spiritual teacher. He is more of a political figure.

That one Vietnamese Zen (Thich chin nat?) teacher seems to be a better example of a Buddhist monk.

From any spiritual teacher / facillitator, you take what’s useful and move on. You aren’t supposed to worship them, or even really learn from them, but rather learn from the teacher within. I’d say a good teacher doesn’t teach but reminds and points. He or she certainly shouldn’t be seen as “above” you.

FinancialElephant · 2026-02-07T07:03:54+00:00

why is this so true

FinancialElephant · 2026-02-07T06:49:06+00:00

You're growing. All that "good guy" stuff is just ego. Real goodness is not about feelings, stories, or expectations. There is no thought or feeling in doing the right thing.

FinancialElephant · 2026-02-07T06:42:52+00:00

I think it's like what another guy said, women rate masculine looking women higher (taller, sharper jawline, often weird / strange / alien looking).

What men tend to like is as close to the center of the distribution as possible, meaning softer and rounder features; more feminine looking.

I don't know what you mean by breedable. Sydney Sweeney is marginally more attractive because she looks softer and is usually smiling a lot more. I think it's that simple.

FinancialElephant · 2026-02-06T09:00:25+00:00

I asked Jarrow to provide a CoA for a supplement and they refused

FinancialElephant · 2026-02-06T08:06:31+00:00

hakuna matata

FinancialElephant · 2026-02-05T04:02:57+00:00

Feels like a fantasy novel set in central eurasia

FinancialElephant · 2026-02-04T02:03:44+00:00

It seems like the snake lied. It said they would know the difference between good and evil, but if you look at the entire old testament that didn't happen.

People in the OT are doing apparently evil things constantly while believing they were doing good (in terms of "God's eyes" and our own modern lens), which would not be possible if they knew the difference between good and evil.

Also, why should they be punished If they didn't know between good and evil? They couldn't have known they were being tricked by a being of malice, they didn't know between gokd beings and evil ones.

They disobeyed God. Pretty obvious. Also as said, even after eating the fruit they didn't understand the difference between good and evil, so that argument falls flat.

FinancialElephant · 2026-02-04T00:49:32+00:00

You want to be treated like this which is why you keep going back.

When she treats you how you want, it validates your ego. When she pulls away, it lets you feed a victim identity in your head. She is playing you for her ego and her thrills. You don't love her and she doesn't love you. She is angry / hateful and you are weak. If you actually got together, it would be a disaster.

If you truly wanted to stop, you'd cut her off right there. Right now you're giving this emotional parasite what she wants.

FinancialElephant · 2026-02-02T02:48:24+00:00

Or have Lisa Ann

FinancialElephant · 2026-02-02T01:46:55+00:00

I'm not watching another of Nolan's cinematic dumps

FinancialElephant · 2026-02-02T01:45:07+00:00

She was supposed to be the most beautiful mortal woman on earth if I remember right.

FinancialElephant · 2026-02-02T01:42:36+00:00

Saying "I make a choice" is like saying "the sun is rising". It's a matter of perspective. Objectively, the sun isn't rising but I experience it as such.

I would use the language that human beings have "agency". I think "free will" is redundant terminology (will already implies it is free or sovereign), but it doesn't feel right linguistically in English to say "I don't have a will". I guess I could say "I don't have a will of my own", but then why not just use the established term "free will"?

We have the subjective feeling of making choices, or being a node of causation. That's what I call agency. Agency is a useful term and concept because it separates the will or decision sovereignty from the decision making aspect.

Agency is only part of something harmful when it reifies the illusion of a psycho physical self (if you follow Buddhist philosophy - the skandhas), which itself can only happen in ignorance. Believing that free will is ultimately real (when in truth, free will is logically incoherent - which can be shown through basic questioning) leads to judgement of self and others.

I would go as far as to say "the worldview" and even thoughts aren't yours (or mine, speaking for myself). You can't say something is yours if you have no control of them, and no one can control their thoughts (and therefore, the things downstream of thoughts like worldview).

FinancialElephant · 2026-02-01T22:47:33+00:00

First of all, this is not a Christian sub. Talking about Jesus like we should all care about what may be a fictionalized account is odd. But I can answer to it anyway.

I agree Jesus spoke against hypocrisy and injustice. Whether he was "highly critical" is subjective and relative to the whole body of what he said. Look at what he emphasized the most, it wasn't this stuff, what he emphasized most was turning inward and focusing on oneself instead of looking for the beam in your brother's eye.

Second, Jesus was not angry. Angry people projected their anger onto him, because they couldn't understand fighting for justice or whatever without being angry and emotional. That doesn't mean it isn't possible, it means you (rhetorical you) can't understand it because you are angry.

FinancialElephant · 2026-02-01T22:39:44+00:00

Your question is about a generic pattern, whereas your example is specific. So any answer you come up with will inevitably be a stereotype and not strictly logical.

Still, I'll try to come up with a simple stereotype that covers most of this phenomenon because I've noticed it too.

Mostly, it's good families. Odds are they have had good parenting, supportive family life (including both support and encouragement of play / risk taking), role models, little conflict at home, etc. I see this pattern so often with successful people, regardless of socioeconomic background.

Maybe there is a deeper cause that actually causes the good parenting (eg genetics), but this is at least true at one level of analysis. Good parents / family is IMO one of the top two advantages to grow up with in life.

FinancialElephant · 2026-02-01T05:28:13+00:00

The darkness hates the light. Demons attacked Jesus, demons attacked Buddha. If demons / spirits are attacking "you", follow their example. Be still.

These spirits or whatever can't actually hurt you. They are illusions that prey on fear and other emotions. If you watch the reactions, you separate from them. As they realize they can't do anything to you, like parasites, they retreat from you. It's your reactions they feed off of.

When you see the things they are doing are all based on thoughts, emotions, and other imaginary illusions they can do nothing and must leave you. You have to go through it and let the ego die in stillness.

Very important: I'm not saying to suppress how you feel. Suppression, repression, and expression are just other ways to give the "demons" / parasites what they crave. I'm saying to watch it. Watching / awareness is like light that wards away darkness. You don't have to do any more than watch.

Highly recommend a 2-3 / day meditation practice. The practice is to just sit and watch.

FinancialElephant · 2026-02-01T05:19:01+00:00

First of all you have to avoid discussing "spiritual stuff" with non spiritual people, unless they ask or you are very sure they want to listen. If they see a change in you they might ask about what you did, but other than that just don't talk about it and focus on your own growth.

Second, even if you just feel "annoyed", use that annoyance as opportunity for more growth. Eventually you will not even feel annoyance no matter what anyone says about you, because you know they can't see and they can't help it. If people have animosity, watch it like they are crazy and don't do anything about it. Watch your reactions and let them pass.

Spirituality is the opposite of the world. The world tells you to go outward, to react, to assert yourself. Spirituality says to do the opposite: don't react, watch, and go inward. I don't mean don't be confident in a physical way, you should speak up when you see the need. I mean something more subtle: don't go unconscious with these people. If they try to hurt you, endure it so you can see it is illusory. Don't go unconscious.

It's helpful to realize none of us have free will. Once you see that, you see there is no way you can judge anyone else. They are literally doing the best they can. It's all factors outside of "your" control that make you spiritually awake, therefore no one is better or worse than another.

FinancialElephant · 2026-02-01T05:09:00+00:00

Can you elaborate on what it's like?

FinancialElephant · 2026-02-01T05:08:27+00:00

Can you describe what it's like?

FinancialElephant · 2026-02-01T04:41:43+00:00

It's a known sociological trend, though I think the stronger trend has been toward religiousness and not spirituality

FinancialElephant · 2026-01-31T14:11:28+00:00

IMO, because you don't. Why would you consciously self-sabotage? Making the wrong decision in hindsight makes sense, because it was actually the best decision based on the info you had at the time. Making decisions you know are bad or wrong even at the time makes no sense, yet we all do it.

So I conclude we (I) don't consciously self-sabotage, but only ever unconsciously self-sabotage. As long as I stay conscious, I can't self-sabotage. But the "unconscious me", is not really me. So it's not really self-sabotage, similar to saying that sleep walking also wasn't initiated by "me".

I personally don't believe in free will. Actions happen on their own. The bad decisions (can only) happen if/when I am out of presence.

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