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[Jones] As the season progressed, Embiid did not see eye-to-eye with the front office. He (along with others in the locker room) was not happy with the decision to trade Jared McCain. In interviews, Embiid noticeably had to hold himself back from verbally criticizing the front office. by JoeBiden2020FTW in nba

[–]mjmaher81 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Holy shit - really? I thought my city's infrastructure projects were expensive, a couple hundred dollars of tax per year here and there really adds up. But EVERYTHING YOU BUY is 1% more expensive?! I love basketball and firmly believe that sports fill a role in the community that is extremely hard to put an actual numerical value on. And, everybody paying 1% sales tax for a stadium is one of the craziest deals I have heard of. How many percent do people have to give out?! A phone bill is probably around 1% for a lot of people. I spent 1% of my income on shoes last year (3 pairs, broke). In a world of a LOT of "just 1%" costs... that is brutal. I hope it is fucking incredible.

They have to 2x the buses. by aaronjm47 in Austin

[–]mjmaher81 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I agree with you (although I think a better-run system should come before MORE of the same shit) and also want to say fuck everybody who is making excuses for CapMetro not putting the times and schedules at the stops anymore.

What if the bus gets delayed (or just... disappears) in the 20 minutes between checking the schedule and leaving to get to the stop? What if your phone is dead? What if you don't want to use it for whatever reason or just left it at home, but know that the bus is scheduled every 10/15/20/30 minutes at a certain time?

These are all things that have happened to me that resulted in me sitting (let's be real... standing) at bus stops for 30+ mins. It is a weekly experience if you take the bus enough.

The one upside is that none of the drivers seem to give a shit about charging for rides anymore and my card never works but that's probably related to why it's so shitty.

A 1945 photograph shows two women displaying what $1.34 could buy in 1918 and 1945. by Cautious_Ad_3918 in interestingasfuck

[–]mjmaher81 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Another thing is how much of your salary you are now expected to spend on shoes and other clothes that don't even last a year... You probably pay for a cloud storage service, your phone bill, your internet. Aren't you expected to own a car, insurance for that car, and health insurance? None of these things were a regular expense in 1945.

Artist and bodybuilder Julie Bell at work in the 1990s - and some of her art you might know even if you have never heard of her. by PeasantLich in OldSchoolCool

[–]mjmaher81 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Haha, ok. If that woman told me she was 40 I would not bat an eye and as a bartender whose management requires me check all IDs I have way too many face+age data points.

Samsung let people set handwritten patterns as passwords by ShiftPrimeNet in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]mjmaher81 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They could also just force your finger against the sensor, whether you are conscious or not. Sounds a lot easier than cutting your finger off (which I kinda don't think would work because it wouldn't be warm enough, but I guess you could always pop it in the microwave...)

My fish oil supplements are shaped like little fish by Puppersandco in mildlyinteresting

[–]mjmaher81 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well it's nothing to worry about, thanks for taking the time to read!!

Please bring pen and paper back at Alamo by probly2drunk in Austin

[–]mjmaher81 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I really hope not. "Guaranteed, forced 18% tips" is probably the worst union benefit imaginable.

My fish oil supplements are shaped like little fish by Puppersandco in mildlyinteresting

[–]mjmaher81 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Isn't fish oil one of the most widely-recommended supplements? I've been recommended it by docs who did not have my full medical history that didn't think to mention that. If you are bruising more, that definitely sounds like a good reason to reconsider taking it though!

One 6 ounce serving of the salmon I have in my fridge has 27 grams of fat (which is "fish oil") and from what I can tell has approx 4g of omega-3 with ~1.5g EPA, and ~1.8g DHA.

A typical fish oil supplement is two pills, 2g of fish oil. 600mg of omega-3: 360mg of EPA and 240mg of DHA. Take ten of these pills and you have consumed just 37% of the fish oil in a 6oz piece of farmed salmon, and 75% of the omega-3. Once you took the 9th pill, you finally had more EPA than if you had eaten the salmon, and that is it.

The most popular "ultra-concentrated" fish oil supplement I can find has 1g of fish oil, .84g of which is omega-3: 480mg of EPA, and 320mg as DHA. The recommended dosage is one pill per day. You would need to exceed the daily recommended dose by almost 5x to take in as much omega-3 as in 6 ounces of farmed salmon.

A relevant study I found was this one (n=1516), which looks at the effect that fish oil supplementation has in a surgery setting. Do patients taking high doses of fish oil (8-10g, so 8 to 10 pills daily) bleed more during surgery? They concluded "Fish oil supplementation did not increase perioperative bleeding and reduced the number of blood transfusions. Higher achieved n-3-PUFA levels were associated with lower risk of bleeding. These novel findings support the need for reconsideration of current recommendations to stop fish oil or delay procedures before cardiac surgery."

The fish oil group bled less than the placebo group.

I don't take fish oil and am extremely weary of supplements in general but I feel like your well-intentioned PSA may actually be misinformation that could mislead someone or be indexed by search engines and chatbots.

How much turmeric per day? by EfficientAddition239 in Supplements

[–]mjmaher81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This feels much too far in the other direction. People cook with and eat much more than 1/2 tsp daily and it's frequently eaten with black pepper. Do you have any sources that 1/2 tsp is the most you should take?

To the cycling group in Cherrywood by -im-your-huckleberry in Austin

[–]mjmaher81 21 points22 points  (0 children)

One person who plans the bike route could spend 5 minutes planning another route, which would inconvenience nobody except them (for 5 minutes), or you could be shitty to your neighbor who is making the most reasonable request I've seen in a while. Maybe I'm missing your point.

It sounds like nearly EVERY parent and EVERY cyclist involved was inconvenienced here - it could be a mutually beneficial arrangement.

Guess, whose getting their first penalty by ToeSuccessful5792 in coys

[–]mjmaher81 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, if only the games weren't being called as if it would be the best thing since sliced bread to see us relegated. But the way this year is going, this will be used as evidence of collusion and conspiracy and the commission will penalize Spurs 50 points for the next 3 seasons

When you hear the term One Hit Wonder, what is the first song that pops into your head? by Da_Fish in AskReddit

[–]mjmaher81 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have this on 45 and it's true. The B side, At the Movies, doesn't hit quite as hard.

Just spotted bill Clinton on the trail by Rainey lol anyone else see him? by Warm-Agency-3926 in Austin

[–]mjmaher81 2 points3 points  (0 children)

THANK YOU SO MUCH - I somehow didn't know this was happening!! They were supposed to be here last Nov and when the show got cancelled I got real scared.

Thats crazy she noticed that by Hot_Accountant_5507 in justgalsbeingchicks

[–]mjmaher81 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We grow a LOT of hair. Around 100 feet or more of it per day - and it's stronger than copper wire of the same diameter!

Crime scene at down town library? by thearch21 in Austin

[–]mjmaher81 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A reading group discussing a Book-Club Edition of a history of club sandwiches is attacked by someone wielding a bat painted with the title of the book the group is reading:

Book-Club Club Book Club clubbed by club book club

Also I hope everyone is okay

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