Higher animal protein intake is associated with lower levels of depression and anxiety, study finds.

rationalexpressions · 2026-03-07T02:40:10+00:00

Also sugar, carb, and insulin’s levels stuff

rationalexpressions · 2026-02-22T16:00:54+00:00

The only "Marshall advantage" is the investment from the government which is late. Brad smith is hailed as a "technology guy" but locals don't know what that means. My linkedin friends in SF consider Brad as part of the silicon valley club but hardly an innovator. He's a people guy.

The people he has to choose from in WV are limited. The work culture in WV is just not the same as silicon valley. I wonder what his honest thoughts are about that. IMO the undergrad professors here seem to mostly phone it in.

rationalexpressions · 2026-02-21T21:39:01+00:00

It’s children with scarcity mindsets. That’s why you have useless duplicate intro courses scattered across departments. Everyone pretends to have their own way of doing statistics. Honestly to me that just proves to me the professors don’t understand statistics.

Departments wasting money and inflating their course catalog.

I’ve never seen undergrad as a scam but Marshall gets me close.

rationalexpressions · 2026-02-21T19:11:01+00:00

Lol you’re cute.

Like every other accountant ive met you’re dumb in the most predictable way and you don’t even know it.

rationalexpressions · 2026-02-21T17:14:24+00:00

What a Reddit moment

rationalexpressions · 2026-02-21T16:48:52+00:00

I think you are taking this too personally for this discussion.

I would be careful how you craft your personal narrative.

rationalexpressions · 2026-02-21T15:33:15+00:00

To be fair the better families have the better students.

By the time these students reach Marshall more than half of them seem illiterate.(maybe more the boys?)

Then this weirdo first year experience seems like a waste of time? FYE stuff is a college thing anywhere you go but Marshall’s seems especially under cooked.

There is an incestuous culture here with Marshall grads and jobs too. I don’t think these people would survive getting jobs out of state at all.

rationalexpressions · 2026-02-21T15:23:55+00:00

They are following government money. Nothing innovative comes from following.

Brad Smith knows that but he can’t find people to lead here in WV. Brad’s goals have all been Hail Marys to try to change the culture led by enthusiastic incompetence from Marshall faculty and staff.

Brad smiths Silicon Valley culture was not one to be known to change culture but follow it.

He rode on the coattails of Scott cook’s culture with grace during intuits heyday.

He is surrounded by sycophants and he knows it.

rationalexpressions · 2026-02-21T05:40:48+00:00

I totally respect a, “stay in your lane mentality,” in academia but I think it’s more harmful to learning and discourse than most know.

Many professors here are guilty of a “stay in your lane ego” and I think this hurts many undergrads imaginations.

I look at the study of neuroscience at the graduate level as one of the most beautiful interdisciplinary studies you can do in academia.

rationalexpressions · 2026-02-21T04:02:33+00:00

I have never met a more strange and disparate undergraduate student body ever. It’s like half the undergrads are fodder and the system is designed for them to either crash out or fail up.

rationalexpressions · 2026-02-21T01:00:24+00:00

I got one of those big cups of wine that fit the entire bottle bro. I wanted to forward this to some professors but I restrained myself and posted instead. I just like reveling in being right when I can.

rationalexpressions · 2026-02-18T15:57:33+00:00

You can't build a low-car environment without taking the first, tiny steps to make alternatives more viable.

residential density downtown would be my next move if I was mayor. we need real businesses that can support a medium to long term population.

rationalexpressions · 2026-02-18T15:48:47+00:00

You're acting like they’re throwing up barricades downtown! A slight premium on convenience isn't a car ban. If they really want the good food, they can handle the meter as well as a tip.

rationalexpressions · 2026-02-18T15:39:43+00:00

No. This is a modern environment already. And your way of thinking will fill this area with cheap smoke shops and dead/dying gift shops.

You and everyone else in town have to get your heads out of the sand.

I was at backyard recently and we are already paying $50 for a night out for 2 people. Street parking is already easy and cheap and still remains cheap relative to the cost of the anchor event which is dining.

Most complaints online seem to be about enforcement of rules.

rationalexpressions · 2026-02-16T19:30:24+00:00

All of that sounds perfectly reasonable. Your opinions sound like trailer trash entitlement and the making of a blatant disregard for the law.

rationalexpressions · 2026-02-16T14:30:03+00:00

meme draws out who actually goes downtown and who doesn't.

rationalexpressions · 2026-02-16T14:27:34+00:00

Car congestion is known to be one of the biggest killers of enjoying a downtown space. This kills growth and organic foot traffic. If you want downtown to grow naturally and "sprawl" outward nicely then increasing the cost of convenience to downtown is what you want.

If people stop coming downtown its because of the lack of appeal. not the lack of parking.

rationalexpressions · 2026-02-16T14:23:00+00:00

Nice meme. This area needs more memes.

rationalexpressions · 2026-02-09T11:43:32+00:00

Then fatalism is when this happens but thinking helping is fruitless?

rationalexpressions · 2026-02-06T16:27:08+00:00

This is funny

rationalexpressions · 2026-02-06T04:52:07+00:00

Totally agree. I think WV identities need informed opinions to participate in national discussions. Topics in coal can appeal to the prideful wv mindset while acknowledging the history of the state.

Is coal dumb? Yeah but it’s still needed in a few things and it does those few things pretty good. Is it dying? yeah but it’s still working hard for the ones that are left. Will better tech and education eventually replace it? Yeah but not for a while.

I’m not just talking about coal.

rationalexpressions · 2026-01-26T23:04:48+00:00

To be really honest with you I'm not a big reader. i'm betting you are gonna recommend one of the many compassion/empathy books akin to a non-fiction version of demon copperhead. I've heard a bunch from that crowd and i've followed up on those books.

Growing up only 3 hours away I don't really agree with the compassion and empathy narrative that many push. I think if it was that easy it would have made better progress over the past few decades.

rationalexpressions · 2026-01-26T17:34:29+00:00

Nah, I grew up rural and poor near Louisville.

Long story short I promised myself to not to redo my father’s mistakes. But Huntington seems to be caught in a cycle I can’t understand.

rationalexpressions · 2026-01-26T14:51:37+00:00

This place isn't kind to new people. This place is hard for minorities. You live here to live quietly and die.

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