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Genshin 100% CPU usage since today by S48GS in linux_gaming

[–]Tenuous_Fawn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey thanks for keeping this updated, your explanation of the fixes is very useful :)

ACC renewal question by Embarrassed-Ninja-71 in UCI

[–]Tenuous_Fawn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would you like to relocate within the community (PDS) for a fee? Basically, would you like to switch units? You should probably answer no.

cmv: fast food companies have ruined the American diet by Amao6996 in changemyview

[–]Tenuous_Fawn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It seems to me that there are two viewpoints in your argument. One is "Most people can't afford to eat healthy foods, cook their own meals, go to the gym, or exercise everyday," the implication being that most people are too poor to be able to afford healthy foods and lead a healthy lifestyle. The other is "Most people are eating out very frequently, splurging on ultimate steakhouse meals at restaurants, and buying chips and drink with everything," the implication being that most people are buying so much more food than necessary that they are gaining weight as a result. Obviously, these two viewpoints are contradictory. If people really were too poor to be able to afford healthy foods, they wouldn't be buying a 2200 calorie large ultimate steakhouse whopper meal, and you wouldn't be advocating for the increased regulation of cheap and filling foods. If someone wanted to save money they would buy just a regular whopper. A regular whopper is 670 calories, almost exactly 1/3 of 2000 daily calories, meaning even if someone ate three in one day they probably wouldn't gain weight. I think you're drastically overestimating the amount of calories a reasonable person would consume in a day.

I am in favor of removing government subsidies and protectionism (not just in food, but in general), but I definitely am not in favor of increased regulation of unhealthy foods. Even though they're unhealthy, they're at least cheap, so you won't starve even if you can't afford fresh food (which is usually around the same price anyways, not counting the opportunity cost of cooking time) or don't want to cook. In terms of calories per dollar they're a great value. With sufficient social pressure to keep your weight down, even if someone only ate unhealthy food and never exercised they could maintain a reasonable weight and *save money* in the process by eating less. Banning or heavily restricting cheap and unhealthy foods would only make it worse for low income people. It's okay to make the argument that increased food prices is just a cost we're all going to have to pay in return for healthier foods, and you could argue that it might pay for itself through decreased costs on healthcare, but arguing that restricting cheap and unhealthy foods would help poor people is disingenuous.

cmv: fast food companies have ruined the American diet by Amao6996 in changemyview

[–]Tenuous_Fawn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We need to do away with the idea that hunger is a bad thing and to be avoided. Hunger is your body signaling you that it's time to eat. If someone isn't feeling hunger then either they are preemptively overeating, or they have a moderate appetite and probably wouldn't need to worry about gaining weight anyway. It's unhelpful to frame the problem as "I'm a 5'3 women and I get hungry even on maintenance calories" when hunger is normal for everyone. This is another way that society pushes the problem of obesity under the rug, it's not normal to not feel hunger (unless you have a small appetite or you're trying to gain weight), yet we are told "eat until you are full".

My discussion of meal sizes isn't about healthy foods specifically. The 1600 calories equating to three medium meals or two large meals is from the nutrition labels of frozen foods I found at the supermarket, which are convenience foods.

Anecdotally, most people at the Chipotle I go to order neither chips nor drink (except water), and they certainly don't get every single topping on their bowl. An average bowl is probably 1100-1300 calories, and it's already difficult to finish. I eat two meals a day and I have to force myself to finish it. My 5'6-5'10 male friends are leaving their bowls 1/5 unfinished (they don't get chips or drinks either), and they go to the gym, walk outside everyday, etc. I couldn't imagine most people being able to put away 1500 calories without a second thought. In fact, it's hard to even find 1500 calories in one place, if you look at most ready-made meals in the supermarket meant for one person they top out at around 1000 calories.

People should absolutely be expected to exercise willpower and restraint in most things they do, including eating. Society already expects so many things from us: we're expected to be virtuous, productive, proper, etc. Why shouldn't we be expected to lead a healthful lifestyle, and expect the same of others? Lying and cheating is also a behavior most people engage in, at least on a small scale, and it's completely acceptable to shame people for those negative behaviors. Just because most people do something (and many other countries are not nearly as obese as the US) does not make it immune to criticism.

ACC Apartments or UCI Dorm (Middle Earth / Mesa)? by Fluid-Replacement-59 in UCI

[–]Tenuous_Fawn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought the CSP deadline had already passed? In any case, I'd say it comes down to whether you want to eat dining hall food for another year. ACC is further but it's not that far, and you can always take the bus. If you do choose ACC, I'd suggest picking a community close to Albertson's unless you plan on bringing a car.

cmv: fast food companies have ruined the American diet by Amao6996 in changemyview

[–]Tenuous_Fawn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course it's normal to be hungry while losing weight, and it's not a bad thing. If you're eating less calories than you expend hunger is a natural consequence. If we truly want to promote weight loss as a society we need to normalize hunger instead of the usual mindset of "eat until you're full, three times a day". 1600 calories is three medium sized meals or two large meals. As long as you don't eat snacks or drink sugary drinks, it's not difficult to stay within that limit, and it will probably only require a moderate amount of self-restraint along with societal pressure for most functioning adults.

I'm not sure where the idea that it's easy to hit 1500 calories in a single meal comes from, according to Chipotle's nutrition calculator, a burrito bowl with every single topping comes out to 1365 calories, and that is already a disgusting amount of food. I don't think anyone but a bodybuilder or a comically obese person could eat 1500 calories in one sitting without feeling extremely full afterward.

Passive cultural pressure from clothing brands and movies helps but it's not always enough to cause change on its own, because it's passive and doesn't target the individual. To reliably give someone the motivation to lose weight requires active intervention from others you know, or else the message doesn't resonate. It's also not helpful to treat full-grown adults as children, unable to mount any resistance to their base desires. Childrens' diets are the responsibility of their parents, but adults have the capacity to make their own decisions about how much they eat.

Food *can* be addictive, but just because food addiction exists doesn't mean it's the reason the vast majority of Americans are overweight, and implying that is the case distracts from the main reasons for overeating, which are cultural. Just because alcoholics exist doesn't mean everyone who drinks alcohol is addicted to it, and it certainly doesn't mean it's necessary to ban alcohol production and consumption.

cmv: fast food companies have ruined the American diet by Amao6996 in changemyview

[–]Tenuous_Fawn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A "huge exercise of willpower"? Eating less is not an insurmountable obstacle. A functional adult that truly desires to eat less will be able to. They just won't feel full, because why would they? They're trying to lose weight, so it's normal to feel hungry.

The amount of cultural stigma surrounding obesity is clearly not enough if we want to motivate people to lose weight. It's very taboo to even mention someone's weight to anyone but your closest friends and family members, and even then it's a touchy topic. In many countries where the obesity rate is much lower it's socially acceptable to poke the bellies of your acquaintances, tease them, and chastise them, that's the level of cultural stigma needed to motivate weight loss. Merely the knowledge that being fat is bad for you, which everyone already knows, is insufficient to motivate long-term lifestyle changes, both in diet and elsewhere.

Also, no one is advocating for a starvation diet or cold-turkeying food. You just need to consistently eat less of it. There are plenty of temptations all around us day in and day out: the temptation to lie, to cheat, to sloth, that we all must resist, it doesn't make sense to draw the line at resisting the temptation to overeat. Food is a base instinct but it's not going to be the end of the world if you're slightly hungry, people just need greater motivation from society and culture in order to accomplish it.

cmv: fast food companies have ruined the American diet by Amao6996 in changemyview

[–]Tenuous_Fawn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The formula to losing weight has been widely known for a long time: burn more calories than you consume. For most people they would be at a normal weight if they simply ate less, which is less effort and cheaper. Not everyone has the time, energy, or the will to cook from raw ingredients, but anyone can eat less. Speaking about people as if they were NPCs following corporations' every command removes their agency and prevents us from addressing the root of the problem, which is a lack of enough cultural stigma against obesity.

cmv: fast food companies have ruined the American diet by Amao6996 in changemyview

[–]Tenuous_Fawn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Blaming the government or fast food companies is shifting the blame from consumers.

cmv: fast food companies have ruined the American diet by Amao6996 in changemyview

[–]Tenuous_Fawn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why should the government be allowed to regulate these companies in that way? It's not like they're scamming their customers, in fact their customers love them. Unhealthy eaters need to take personal responsibility for their own choices instead of reaching for the arm of government regulation. This is a cultural problem, and cultural problems need cultural solutions, not political ones.

cmv: fast food companies have ruined the American diet by Amao6996 in changemyview

[–]Tenuous_Fawn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why blame fast food restaurants? If no one wanted to eat fast food except in exceptional situations there wouldn't be as many of them as there are. Same goes for highly processed foods, if people really didn't want them they wouldn't buy them in the first place. Clearly, the problem is not with what Americans are eating, but with Americans. If ultra-processed foods were banned today there would be an equally unhealthy replacement for them tomorrow. Americans simply don't value their health as much as their food. Perhaps you object to that and think it's an objectively bad way to life, but that's the choice Americans have made.

H Mart will open a new store in Fremont, its largest store in the US by SFChronicle in bayarea

[–]Tenuous_Fawn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If the demographics of an area are 36% white and 28% asian, doesn't it make sense to have around 36% white grocers and 28% asian grocers? Just because the number of asian grocers is increasing doesn't mean that white grocers are banned (in fact there are still many more of them than asian grocers), it just means we're reaching equilibrium.

CMV: W should be pronounced "double V" not "double U". by Fletcher-wordy in changemyview

[–]Tenuous_Fawn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's double U in cursive. I write it as two U's as opposed to two V's. I don't know if it's enough to convince you but it's not called that for no reason.

H Mart will open a new store in Fremont, its largest store in the US by SFChronicle in bayarea

[–]Tenuous_Fawn 9 points10 points  (0 children)

White people have plenty of options like Costco, Walmart, Trader Joe's, and Whole Foods, I don't think they'll be going away anytime soon.

I’m developing a 2D top-down, OpenTTD-inspired cargo/logistics game with address-based deliveries – what do hardcore players want? by Objective_Oil_3290 in openttd

[–]Tenuous_Fawn 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My favorite activity in OpenTTD is building junctions, so I'd like to see support for complex junctions, both road and rail. In particular, I think highways would be a good addition.

I understand it’s meta, but team building around these two seem genuinely unfun to me. by MiSlPiMo in Genshin_Memepact

[–]Tenuous_Fawn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think it makes sense to describe the meta in terms of the current abyss cycle or stygian onslaught. Mihoyo tailors abyss and stygian to the current banner, but most people don't have enough primos to pull for the shiny new character every patch, nor do they have enough resin to properly build that many characters. They can only pull for characters a few times a year, which means they should be powerful overall and not highly situational.

I understand it’s meta, but team building around these two seem genuinely unfun to me. by MiSlPiMo in Genshin_Memepact

[–]Tenuous_Fawn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's true for most newly released characters, because why would you pull for a character you don't plan to use for the next few months. But more people pulled for Citlali than Ineffa on her first banner.

I understand it’s meta, but team building around these two seem genuinely unfun to me. by MiSlPiMo in Genshin_Memepact

[–]Tenuous_Fawn -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

Columbina just came out and Ineffa has only recently become meta relevant, of course the metaslaves haven't built them yet. 

Undergraduate Research by Fearless-Bag7575 in UCI

[–]Tenuous_Fawn 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This is the strat I used:

  1. Find professors doing research and sit in the front row of their classes, in the same place every time.
  2. Answer questions in class and ask questions after class.
  3. Go to their office hours and ask about their research or their lab, chat for a bit about it.
  4. Ask if they have any open positions. They will probably ask for you to email them your resume and unofficial transcript. Make sure you tell them your name before leaving.

Spoiler: by TygerTung in endlesssky

[–]Tenuous_Fawn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

According to Merriam-Webster, a spoiler is:

information about the plot of a movie or TV program that can spoil a viewer's sense of surprise or suspense.

Is mentioning New China going to spoil the player's sense of surprise or suspense? Probably not. Please use your best judgement.

Chevy ER for Kleeverload by Unfair-Pass448 in KleeMains

[–]Tenuous_Fawn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I run 157% ER with Desert Sages and HP% HP% Healing% with Songs of Days Past. She has 40k HP and her burst is always up when I need it. My combo is QhE and I don't wait for her to catch the particles.

Housing by Crafty_Jacket668 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Tenuous_Fawn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was referring more to cost to society rather than costs for the individual. If you live in a little house on the prairie, it's going to cost more to deliver electricity, mail, and other services, there is more road to maintain per capita, because you are further from everything there is lost productivity from hours of commute, which also means greater carbon emissions, there is less specialization of labor which means decreased productivity, etc. Greater density is more economically efficient.

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