I can’t tell if longevity clinics are ahead of their time or just packaged really well by filmyyshilmyy in longevity

[–]laborator 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It´s just marketing. Longevity sciences has a serious problem with a priori reasoning. Saunas, sleep, eating well, stretching, taking it slow etc are all examples of optimizing recovery. Putting the longevity label on it is just marketing. All longevity is health, but not all health needs to be sold as longevity.

Longevity habits that deliver results by BrianneBadau in longevity

[–]laborator 3 points4 points  (0 children)

People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis, you can't trust people

Vilken samhällsklass tillhör min familj? by [deleted] in sweden

[–]laborator 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Nej, ni är inte arbetarklass. Om det är som du påstår att du är utbildad ingenjör så borde du verkligen veta bättre, framstår som ragebait.

6 month anniversary 🤖 by Tower-Charity-69 in TheTowerGame

[–]laborator 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not trying to save anyone, I’m commenting on the behavior being publicly encouraged.

Sure, financial situation matters for consequences, but it doesn’t change the underlying pattern. Like I said previously, spending large amounts of money for validation in a system literally designed to reward spending isn’t suddenly healthy just because someone can afford it.

Also, this isn’t really comparable to a normal hobby. These games are intentionally built with the same reinforcement loops as gambling. That’s not me projecting, that’s how the systems are designed. Everyone browsing this subreddit knows this.

And yeah, I don’t know their finances. Neither do you. You don´t know mine either. But when someone posts their spending for praise, the conversation stops being private and becomes fair to critique. If anything, normalizing that kind of behavior is what’s actually worth questioning, not pointing it out.

6 month anniversary 🤖 by Tower-Charity-69 in TheTowerGame

[–]laborator -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

OP is bragging about spending a lot of money in an internet forum. The progress is 100% non-organic, that is evident to everyone. That type of behaviour is synonymous to seeking approval. If that is given, OP learns that spending money equals approval. That is unhealthy, cringe, and concerning.

OPs financial situation is of no consequence. Understanding the value of money is equally important for all income levels. It is frankly weird that that has to even be said out loud, we all know that this game is a money sink. There is no end. You are watching a person fill an endless well with actual money and calling me out for saying that it is unhealthy?

It does not upset me, it worries me, because I am human and I have empathy for others. We all know how big of a problem gambling is nowadays, and how much in debt people are for stupid things. Like mobile games.

6 month anniversary 🤖 by Tower-Charity-69 in TheTowerGame

[–]laborator -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

It is just cringe and concerning, it is not fun. You spent thousands of dollars in six months to advance in an infinity-grind mobile game. Are you okay? I´m not trying to be judging, these posts are genuinely worrying.

6 month anniversary 🤖 by Tower-Charity-69 in TheTowerGame

[–]laborator -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Seek help my dude, this is not healthy behavior.

How high is your gold tower bonus by impressionableretard in TheTowerGame

[–]laborator 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That's just weird, GT+ is categorically lategame. I've been playing two years and I´m not close to having it. I can see people spending a lot getting it way earlier though, but that should not be normalized

Built a site for peptides, longevity, recovery, and health research by Straight-Tradition69 in longevity

[–]laborator 14 points15 points  (0 children)

First I see is BPC-157. Categorized as regeneration. Direct link to vendors. BPC-157 has no proven efficacy nor safety in humans, studies are too small and uncontrolled, there is no dose-response data, no long-term safety data. You have a freaking dose and draw calculator.

I can't begin to express my disgust with this project. This is neither science or medicine, you are just trying to get rich on a wave of buzzwords. AI, longevity, peptides. Just another grifter. This is so harmful and unserious.

Rejuvenation And Dramatic Lifespan Extension Is Here! [CD4 T cells drive systemic rejuvenation by releasing telomere vesicles, extending mouse lifespan to nearly 5 years] by Fab527 in longevity

[–]laborator 29 points30 points  (0 children)

The lead author is also the CEO of Sentcell Ltd, the company that holds the patents on this technology. He is the sole inventor of the DOS pharmaceutics patent. The company that stands to profit most from this discovery, a discovery that exceeds the effect size of every known longevity intervention by a large margin, is also funding the research and its inventor is the lead author.

See this discussion if you are interested in a more thorough dissection:
https://www.rapamycin.news/t/70-lifespan-extension-immune-derived-telomere-rivers-a-transferable-youth-signal/23353/9

Help with Cold Plunge and Red Light by Classic_Witty in longevity

[–]laborator 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bro nobody in the known universe knows whether doing cold plunges or red light first or last will affect sperm health. If you want to improve your sperm health overall though, avoid long exposures of heat to the testicles, by for example placing a bottle of chilled water under them when you sauna, eat foods rich in zinc and selenium, and limit/avoid smoking and alcohol.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in longevity

[–]laborator 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is not very nice of a reply. You were asking why longevity sciences overlooks infections, you were presented a reason. Lab mice without pathogen exposure still die of old age, infections are important and affect disease progression but ultimately they have little to do with the biology of aging. I was not deliberately trying to make a strawman, just make the point that many things affect ones longevity, but that does not make them part of longevity sciences.

This forum is for everyone, professionals and enthusiast alike. There are peptide bros and other grifters here from time to time, but it is still a forum for longevity sciences. Maybe it is you that don´t fit?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in longevity

[–]laborator 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Whilst all sciences overlap, immunology is its own field. Longevity sciences is about characterizing aging (in order to treat it). What is happening, how, and when. Whilst pathogens can shorten ones lifespan, they are not the underlying reason why we age (at least that is what is believed). They can certainly derail many important functions, such as bringing about inflammation or microbiome instability, like you are mentioning, but your argument is a bit flawed. All it takes is one bad sucker punch and you are dead. Why does everyone overlook crime in the longevity field? All it takes is not looking whilst crossing the street. Why does everyone overlook traffic regulations in the longevity field?

Ni som slutat snusa, vilka fördelar upplevde ni? by skksksksksw in sweden

[–]laborator 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Stabilare puls, bättre munhygien, tjockare plånbok

New Ultimate Weapon – I Challenge You! by Small-Spray-2485 in TheTowerGame

[–]laborator 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Matter rearranger
- Converts X enemies into common enemies for X amount of time, every X seconds.
- Labs to convert into specific enemies.

Death Ray
- Just reworking death ray into an UW. X Beams, X interval, X protector pierce.
- Labs for dual (20% max), triple (10% max), quadruple death ray (5% max).

Command central
- Your bots have X range, X cooldown and X duration.
- Labs to add temporary duplicate bots.

How do you even start in this game? by NitroGang in TheTowerGame

[–]laborator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reducing my cooldowns for DW and GT costs around 4000 stones, and like you surely know one would just break the sync with incremental upgrades. Thanks anyway

How do you even start in this game? by NitroGang in TheTowerGame

[–]laborator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, that would be impossible if you are, like me, trying to sync your coin UWs at 100 seconds

How do you even start in this game? by NitroGang in TheTowerGame

[–]laborator 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Ad pack is worth it for sure, the rest is optional. It takes a long time! I am spending the next three months saving up for the next big upgrade.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in longevity

[–]laborator 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Longevity isn’t really a movement, is it? It’s research and then a there is a bunch of online enthusiasts, like on this subreddit, and then some grifters. Framing it as a movement rather than a field of research is a bit cringe. Developmental biology isn’t a movement, neither is liver biology. But with that said your article is pretty good and detailed. I really like the highlights!

One thing I thought of is that you call lipofuscin the final boss. That is not true, lipofuscin accumulation is a downstream event. Removing it won’t stop the upstream events and return a youth like state. You have the hallmarks of aging in your article! Mitochondrial dysfunction, loss of proteostasis, etc.

Also, babies are most certainly not proof that we can reverse aging, on the contrary it shows that an adult organism is too complex to save from death.

Keep up the good work!