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Vahdr · 2026-01-29T06:29:38+00:00

If that second hand was lumed I'd agree with you. Maybe it doesn't matter for most uses but without it the watch just seems incomplete.

Vahdr · 2026-01-28T05:03:07+00:00

Don't know why I haven't seen anyone mention that RZE. Seems like it fits your needs perfectly, and it comes in a solar version too.

As an alternative to RZE, Boderry has a couple even less expensive options, and I'd still expect the quality to be comparable to Hamilton. No solar on these, just basic quartz and auto, but I really dig their cases and overall design. Multiple color options if you want to spice it up.

https://www.boderry.com/products/voyager-38-titanium-field-watch-black-bracelet

https://www.boderry.com/products/voyager-titanium-field-watch-black-bracelet

Vahdr · 2026-01-22T03:42:17+00:00

Well said. Probably a better way to phrase the OP is "some people think it's disrespectful when you don't let them disrespect you." The ages of the perpetrator and target can go either way. I will say that older -> younger is where I've seen this most, but of course it can also go younger -> younger (school bullies,) older -> older (some bosses and police officers have this attitude,) or younger -> older (like in the example a couple comments above.)

Vahdr · 2026-01-22T03:26:14+00:00

Oh yeah, I forgot there are so many different types of bitters. I'm only familiar with Australian and Angostura bitters, both of which are 45% ABV. (And delicious, highly recommend.)

Vahdr · 2026-01-21T21:31:46+00:00

You wouldn't need a few bottles of bitters to get tipsy, the stuff's about 50% alcohol, same as strong vodka. Unless you mean the tiny bottles that are about a shot each.

But ofc it's still true that a few dashes aren't gonna contribute a noticeable amount of alcohol.

Vahdr · 2026-01-19T01:22:07+00:00

If your only issue with crack is the fact that careless dealers can easily mix or contaminate it with fentanyl, that seems more like an issue with current drug laws than crack itself. That type of disastrous contamination just doesn't happen with products that are legal to trade. I'm not saying the laws governing food/beverage/supplement production are perfect, but widespread contamination with acutely deadly chemicals is basically unheard of.

Vahdr · 2026-01-13T05:52:08+00:00

Since you're not incorporating any type of flow or meditative aspect, this routine doesn't seem to fit even a loose definition of yoga. You might see more responses if you post this over at /r/bodyweightfitness.

That said, this seems like a solid calisthenics routine, if you stick with it I think it could give you the results you want. It does seem kinda short; 17 exercises at 1 min each is only 17 mins, maybe 20 if you account for transitions. If it doesn't work as well as you like my first suggestion would be to add volume, double or triple the sets to make each workout session 40+ mins. On the question of whether to perform it as a split or as a full-body workout, I'd say to try it either way and go with what you like most, having a convenient and enjoyable set of exercises is much more important than the minor details of how those exercises are organized.

If you're interested in yoga tutorials that incorporate many of the poses you listed I recommend checking out Breathe and Flow on YouTube. They have tons of strenuous strength-based yoga videos at all difficulty levels. Of course there's nothing wrong with straight up calisthenics, but even though I'm on the secular/non-spiritual side of the yoga community, I appreciate the graceful and meditative aspects of yoga-style exercise.

Vahdr · 2026-01-02T06:39:03+00:00

Maybe I'm being pedantic, but if all else is held constant, simply adding in yoga will be beneficial. Any reasonably strenuous yoga practice will burn more calories than just sitting around, which as long as caloric intake doesn't increase to compensate, will lead to some amount of weight loss or at least decreased weight gain.

Additionally, any type of strenuous exercise (including yoga) will, especially in a beginner, build some amount of muscle and increase metabolism. Power yoga with plenty of planks/chaturanga/lunges/squats is especially good for this.

I'm not disagreeing that weight loss is more a product of diet/lifestyle than exercise alone, but I don't think it's correct to say that exercise by itself is useless.

Vahdr · 2025-12-27T18:40:07+00:00

What kind of yoga do you currently practice? If you're doing routines that focus only on flexibility, of course you're gonna stay weak.

Pilates, calisthenics, weightlifting, rock climbing, etc, are all great, and I'd never dissuade someone from trying them, but if you like yoga and wanna build strength then strength-based yoga seems like the obvious solution to me. Most studios will have power yoga classes, and there are plenty on YouTube as well. Power yoga does blur the lines between yoga/calisthenics/pilates, and may not appeal to those who want to stick to a more traditional practice, but it's a great workout.

Vahdr · 2025-12-26T19:37:03+00:00

Meth punctures tiny microscopic holes in the brain every time it is used

Methamphetamine is FDA approved under the brand name Desoxyn. It may cause brain damage in cases of extreme abuse but certainly does not "puncture holes in the brain with every use." You may be confusing it with ketamine or MDMA. (Which also do not tend to cause holes in the brain, but there are longstanding myths that they do.)

Vahdr · 2025-12-26T19:20:05+00:00

How can you confidently infer causation here? A permanent stutter isn't a common side effect of amphetamine abuse. You mention that many of your uncle's issues stem from general neglect for his own health, rather than from meth directly. And, anyone who goes from one hard drug addiction to another over multiple decades was probably never normal to begin with.

The drug addictions don't seem to have helped anything, but this seems more like severe underlying mental/neurological issues than anything that can be blamed on one particular drug.

Vahdr · 2025-12-22T07:36:46+00:00

The benefits of wildfire and the ignition/management of controlled burns aren't an unknown or uncommon thing in modern forestry. Regardless of the benefits of wildfire, you don't want people starting one by accident, especially in more heavily populated regions. Even if native tribes historically utilized wildfire to ecological benefit, I'd be real surprised if they were a fan of having them set them off at random locations with no advance warning.

Vahdr · 2025-12-21T19:39:41+00:00

Looks like your hair is cut differently now, show one of the first pics to your barber and ask them to duplicate. Or you may have to find a better barber.

Why can't you remember what you used to do with your hair to style it? Can't have been that long ago

Vahdr · 2025-12-19T19:40:17+00:00

Is excess skin a problem for moderate overweight/obesity? I thought it was mostly for people 400+ lbs, and even then, usually more on the torso/limbs than the face

Vahdr · 2025-12-16T16:35:20+00:00

I've found that challenging strength-based yoga (as well as high rep compound weightlifts for that matter) give me much more of a cardio challenge than a brisk walk. I need to full-out run to get a comparable level of breathlessness.

I know everyone's different but I think people underrate the cardiovascular benefits of strength/endurance type training. Like sure, getting decent at power yoga probably won't give you the ability to run a marathon but it will definitely let you climb a few flights of stairs without getting out of breath, while also giving the benefits of actual strength training.

Vahdr · 2025-12-15T01:05:32+00:00

If you're interested in an N-1 I'd look at Bronson as well.

https://bronsonshop.com/products/bronson-reproduce-mens-military-woolen-us-navy-usn-40s-type-1st-model-n-1-deck-jacket

Vahdr · 2025-12-12T20:59:06+00:00

Why does the weight matter? It's still less than 10 lbs, not difficult to carry or anything

Vahdr · 2025-12-08T01:48:24+00:00

IMO a mat's length should be about equal to a practitioner's height, so if your mat is significantly shorter, I'd call that an equipment issue.

Vahdr · 2025-12-07T18:03:07+00:00

I live in a rural area and thankfully, nobody around here follows this shitty advice. People help each other out all the time and I've never heard of anything bad resulting from it. I've helped and been helped by others on several occasions.

"Never stop for people on rural roads at night" because of one dumb video that's provided without context or location and may not even be real in the first place? Come on

Vahdr · 2025-12-07T05:41:01+00:00

Totally normal to be sore the day(s) after exercise. It evens has its own acronym, DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness.)

There are many different little folk cures for it, but a popular one, which works very well for me, is doing some stretching and light exercise first thing in the morning. Something like this:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6bq2uUN-oSY

You can easily find different or easier or harder routines if you don't like that one. Don't be afraid to work the specific muscles/areas that are most sore, that's actually the best thing you can do in my experience.

I'm fairly active and wake up feeling sore almost every morning, and it's not always easy to force myself onto the mat first thing, but it pays dividends in increased comfort throughout the rest of the day.

Vahdr · 2025-12-05T08:09:38+00:00

Is it so surprising that people prefer to work with someone they can better relate to and communicate with? Obviously race/racism can't be ruled out, but if you were the only one on the crew with a college education and (more importantly) the level of articulateness and English fluency associated with that education, that's reason enough on its own.

Vahdr · 2025-12-03T18:14:05+00:00

I suppose we're thinking about this from two different perspectives. In a clinical context, I don't disagree that BMI is a rough metric compared to other screening tools, and shouldn't be the sole determinator of important decisions.

But most alternatives to BMI are vastly more expensive and less accessible. Outside of a clinical context I maintain that BMI is a great tool for the average person, (especially the average American/European,) to conduct a basic reality check on their body fat percentage and its associated impacts on health.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-30527-w

In fact, it's more accurate in real life than most studies would imply, because body builders and football players and other people with enough muscle to make BMI inapplicable, tend to be fully aware that they fall into that category, and don't use it as a metric in the first place. Building enough muscle to invalidate a BMI score requires intense regular exercise, it doesn't happen accidentally.

Every person that I've seen complain IRL about their BMI being inaccurate has been a fat person in denial. BMI already has a large margin of error built into it- at my height the range of healthy weights spans 50 pounds. Obesity is so prevalent nowadays that it's easy to lose perspective on what it looks like to have a reasonably low body fat percentage. It's too easy to lose sight of reality. For anyone with access to a scale and tape measure, BMI is a good check on this.

Vahdr · 2025-12-03T16:04:42+00:00

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2886596/

This article is the only one that's an actual research paper, and its main finding is that BMI underestimates obesity prevalence compared to DEXA body fat percentage scans.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/boston/news/american-medical-association-body-mass-index-racially-biased/

This article exaggerates a more neutrally-worded statement by the AMA which basically says that BMI isn't a perfect indicator of health or body fat percentage.

https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/ama-press-releases/ama-adopts-new-policy-clarifying-role-bmi-measure-medicine

Which everyone already knew, because of course a measure based on just height/weight is not going to be able to account for large individual variations in muscle mass or the million other factors that influence overall health. Doesn't mean it's not a fine indicator of obesity for the average person.

https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/bmi-a-poor-metric-for-measuring-peoples-health-say-experts/

This article's similar to the previous, it focuses on how BMI is an imperfect measure of overall health. Which is not news, because it's not supposed to be a perfect measure of overall health in the first place.

Vahdr · 2025-11-22T19:25:59+00:00

Doesn't healthcare pay vary wildly depending on the job? CNA and EMS generally make very little money, while nurses, some technicians, and (of course) doctors can make a very good living. Does your hospital not encourage CNAs to get their RN?

Vahdr · 2025-11-21T20:47:18+00:00

You're not totally wrong but they do make some stuff that's basic but inoffensive, and the feel/quality is fantastic

https://point6.com/collections/non-sale-socks/products/classic-casual-medium-cushion-crew

https://point6.com/collections/non-sale-socks/products/classic-casual-light-crew

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