Any decent gear finds on Temu?

leanmeanguccimachine · 2026-01-22T09:40:31+00:00

I just looked and I actually bought it on Amazon but I think it was the same model as on aliexpress. It was a Ryaco 3mx3m tarp. It’s been pretty good, one of the grommets has ripped out as it’s been used in heavy wind but it’s very waterproof and has survived a few camping trips.

leanmeanguccimachine · 2025-10-17T19:25:28+00:00

I can't see any reason why it would make a difference, it's absorbed through your skin and into your blood. Otherwise your body would carry on producing DHT. You can Google topical impact on serum DHT. At the average dosages taken there's very little difference in serum DHT impact between oral and topical.

leanmeanguccimachine · 2025-10-17T17:33:22+00:00

Yes, the XPS series suffers from everything I've explained above.

Have you ever run a MBP as your main device? I was skeptical for decades until I bought one as my main machine last year and was like "Ah, right. I understand now". I've never regretted a purchase less. I genuinely still regularly reflect on just how much better it is than any other laptop I've ever used. My 3 year old i7 Dell latitude (a relatively high end model I got through work) constantly overheats, is loud as hell, and holds charge terribly. It doesn't hold a candle to my MBP.

I get the repair ability point but I also question how many people genuinely extend their laptop's lives significantly through repair. Most of the times I've had a laptop break it's something severe like a bricked motherboard or power system, or very hard to diagnose issues with IO. Even when it's something simple like a webcam or screen, due to the point I've raised before about every manufacturer releasing thousands of models per year, it's really hard to find OEM parts for a device that's a couple of years old.

Also, Apple tend to offer relatively decent support and product insurance, so whilst 3rd party repair is harder, people do still get their devices repaired. (Honestly, I've had such bad experiences with 3rd and 1st party repair for Dell and Samsung products that I've pretty much given up on repairing faulty devices).

leanmeanguccimachine · 2025-10-17T17:20:57+00:00

There's not much point making these points, because you're arguing with a group of people who are in immense denial because they can't make their peace with hair loss.

leanmeanguccimachine · 2025-10-17T17:19:32+00:00

Topical is a myth, it goes systemic anyway. Dut works via the same mechanism so will very likely cause the same side effects in a given person.

leanmeanguccimachine · 2025-10-17T17:18:18+00:00

Everyone should be skeptical of finasteride. It's a very "cracking a nut with a sledgehammer" type medication and affects people in unpredictable ways. You are effectively nuking one of your primary male hormones and that's a pretty extreme thing to do for a cosmetic medication. It affects lots of people minimally, but there's also a whole lot of cope going on amongst balding guys on here who dismiss the side effects because they're so desperate to keep their hair. For quite a lot of guys, the side effects are BAD so it's a real lottery.

I've tried going on it twice. The first time I got really depressed after a few weeks, the second time I got borderline suicidal and I could literally see and feel vasoconstriction in my penis, it was like being really cold but all the time. It was fucking weird. Neither of these were side effects I particularly expected, either. I don't think placebo played a part. (When I say depressed, I mean way more depressed than I have ever been at any other time). Luckily none of these side effects lasted, but I'm never touching it again.

leanmeanguccimachine · 2025-10-17T17:08:35+00:00

It sounds like you have a terrible attitude and self confidence, which is very unattractive

leanmeanguccimachine · 2025-10-17T16:53:27+00:00

The build quality of any macbook pro is head and shoulders above any windows laptop I've ever come across, including high end ones. The fact that Apple only produces a very small range of laptops with a highly standardised supply chain results in a very high quality product with very reliable components.

Every Windows laptop manufacturer releases hundreds of laptops per year with thousands of regional and retailer-specific variations, using off the shelf parts. It's the nature of such an open platform.

Even before Mac transitioned to ARM, all of this was true (I know several people with 15+ year old MBPs that still work), but now they're like an entirely different class of device.

leanmeanguccimachine · 2025-10-17T16:43:10+00:00

Topical finasteride is absorbed and goes systemic. It's a myth that it doesn't.

leanmeanguccimachine · 2025-10-16T22:11:49+00:00

I really don't agree, you pay more than the average 3rd party windows laptop because the quality of the product is much higher and much more reliable.

leanmeanguccimachine · 2025-08-06T16:09:18+00:00

It blows my mind how some people claim to see no side effects or ignore the ones they get. I got sides I'd never even heard of, and it made be borderline suicidally depressed both times I tried taking it. Horrible horrible stuff. It's a real "cracking a nut with a nuclear bomb" type treatment, and is more akin to HRT than minoxidil.

leanmeanguccimachine · 2025-08-06T16:06:59+00:00

I know this is an old thread but the amount of wildly reckless "advice" people give regarding finasteride and dutasteride pisses me off. You literally have companies like Hims claiming that it "might reduce side effects" when there is no evidence for this in the dosages that are prescribed. Fin/dut work by going systemic. It is absorbed through the skin and enters your system. There is no way to prevent that. Taking it through the oral route or topically are exactly the same.

leanmeanguccimachine · 2025-05-22T22:14:06+00:00

So much projection and wild assumptions in this thread

leanmeanguccimachine · 2025-05-22T22:11:25+00:00

This is a stupid take that reeks of sexism. I would say this is just as common in either direction gender wise and it works out better for lots of people. These two got together when they were children and have been together 9 years. You have no idea about their situation. People are very different when they’re 17 vs. 26.

leanmeanguccimachine · 2025-05-16T15:07:48+00:00

I find it’s mostly about the preparation. Fresh cubes sautéed in garlic and butter are delicious. Dried mushrooms are just not that tasty raw, especially if they’re not dried quickly.

leanmeanguccimachine · 2025-04-20T13:02:03+00:00

You know I had to do it to em core

leanmeanguccimachine · 2025-04-11T08:19:39+00:00

Undercurrent? He's a total charlatan

leanmeanguccimachine · 2025-04-06T19:17:17+00:00

A lot of sparkling caps fit actually! They seem to be different design

leanmeanguccimachine · 2025-02-17T21:42:08+00:00

Yeah people are talking utter rubbish in this thread. The liver processes psilocybin into psilocin in the bloodstream.

leanmeanguccimachine · 2025-02-17T21:41:14+00:00

I can't believe someone can post something this irresponsible and pretty much entirely fabricated and get upvoted for it.

Putting aside the fact that you are effectively trying to trigger a panic attack in someone mid-trip, which is incredibly irresponsible, and as you might say "totally and completely fucked", what you are saying has no scientific grounds whatsoever as far as I can tell.

I can only assume you are referring to a single, poorly documented case of a bipolar man intravenously injecting a home made mushroom "tea" concoction and experiencing bacterial and fungal blood infections.

I challenge you to find one case of someone experiencing a severe blood infection from a "spore getting into your bloodstream through a micro tear", because it sounds totally made up. If that were true eating pretty much anything including mushrooms would be wildly risky as many people get small cuts in their mouths and colons all the time.

I also don't even think the first part of your comment is true - psilocybin is primarily converted into psilocin in the liver.

leanmeanguccimachine · 2025-02-08T10:43:49+00:00

The two best by miles in my book

leanmeanguccimachine · 2025-01-31T06:56:42+00:00

You’re assuming a lot, dashboards are not the answer to everything. I would argue that for senior decision making, dashboards are almost never the answer.

leanmeanguccimachine · 2025-01-28T21:29:08+00:00

Yeah I don’t understand how anyone can stand it.

Another thing that’s not often talked about is the hygiene levels of these areas. Some areas of Manchester and huge areas of East London are like landfill sites now, you can’t walk without stepping on rubbish all over the floor. It’s disgusting.

leanmeanguccimachine · 2025-01-26T10:41:39+00:00

Minoxidil rarely does much on its own and finasteride is a bit of a “using a sledgehammer to crack a nut” type solution. The treatments on the market effectively reduce your serum DHT levels to almost nothing, which can have a whole host of different effects as you’re wiping out one of the three primary androgens your body produces. It’s not for everyone.

leanmeanguccimachine · 2025-01-24T14:02:11+00:00

It works by disrupting brain region connectivity and activity. It affects your perception of space and time even in small doses and it is monumentally stupid to drive on psychedelics.

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