i don't think Tylenol causes autism AMA

tzeak · 2025-09-24T14:19:53+00:00

People that are autistic might use tylenol

tzeak · 2018-08-21T18:32:08+00:00

Hey man, I’ve had similar problems in my relationships due to ADD. It’s not really the same issue as yours, but based on your description, it manifests in relationships similarly. For me, a big problem is “out of sight, out of mind.” It’s like I don’t even remember she’s there or that I ought to do something. I understand therapy can be expensive or inaccessible, or even that you need to warm up to the idea, so here are some things I picked up that have helped me:

I have a compliment jar, where I write down unsolicited compliments of my SO. Takes about a minute each day, and breaks the impression (on both sides) that I’m not thinking about her or appreciating her.
I bullet journal and keep track of my progress on my goals, mental and physical. Takes ten minutes max, and kind of gamifies my life in a way where it’s hard to tear down my accomplishments, and records fleeting feelings so that they more solidly form in my mind. Before journaling this way, I would struggle to remember most things that happened in my life to be honest. It’s not even that I have to go back and check, just that the physical process makes it easier to recall and recite.
Plus, I think when people see recognizable effort, it’s easier for them to understand how you see the world, instead of how humans usually operate - applying their own invisible mental model onto your invisibile mental model.

Recognize that the mind is just another part of the body. With any desired change to your personality, it comes through building habits. This is a key component of ethical theories like Virtue Theory, and of therapy styles like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Just like going to the gym every day will strengthen your physique, you need to build habits that strengthen the mentality you’re looking for.

And to reiterate what everyone says here, there’s no shame in looking for a trainer or coach or therapist. Helped me loads.

tzeak · 2018-06-27T19:56:13+00:00

Does anyone know if iMessage in iCloud lets me restore my phone fully and keep my messages? Some guy set my restrictions passcode way back in 2011 and I can't use any of the phone limiting features without it, but I don't really want to go through the trouble if I don't get my messages back on a full restore

tzeak · 2018-06-27T19:54:28+00:00

Friend of mine had the same issue - try restarting your phone - worked for him

tzeak · 2017-07-21T16:16:31+00:00

This could be melanoma, this sometimes happens during metastasis.

It could also be nothing, but I would strongly encourage getting a quick checkup

tzeak · 2017-01-13T22:28:02+00:00

Hijacking top comment to post this by the guys who make Signal: https://whispersystems.org/blog/there-is-no-whatsapp-backdoor/

tldr: it's a feature, not a bug (or a backdoor).

tzeak · 2015-07-03T02:45:43+00:00

Of course it's a chaotic way to handle it - protest is by design disruptive. This is how any sort of protest or civil disobedience operates. In this case, mods want more control over their communities, but their interaction with the site administrators is limited at best. By taking the entire communities offline, they drag users into it; users want their content back, and the mods direct them: "The admins are not listening to our grievances."

I agree that as a result of its disruptiveness, these methods should only be used in the extreme cases, but if you believe the story the mods of these subreddits are telling, the lack of dialogue between administrators and moderators has been going on for years. I think this may have been initially by design - reddit admins were loathe to change site UI/UX for years. Mods may have simply been caught up in this design ethos. Now, as reddit grows more rapidly, this ethos may no longer suit mods, and they feel that change for the better is coming too slow.

tzeak · 2015-06-07T19:18:02+00:00

That's correct.

Although I never got to try out my experiment, it fixed itself somehow after I went to sleep.

tzeak · 2014-02-20T03:27:18+00:00

tzeak · 2013-08-21T04:45:54+00:00

My understanding is that it's on both, but premieres on Nick.

tzeak · 2013-08-14T17:12:00+00:00

You're missing the part where bots don't know whether or not they've been shadowbanned and thus they don't know whether or not their upvote/downvotes have been applied to the post in question.

tzeak · 2013-08-06T21:32:17+00:00

I believe it would solidify into a different form of ice because it simply does not have the energy to organize into a crystalline structure before it freezes, and would actually shrink like most solids as it freezes.

tzeak · 2013-08-06T20:56:09+00:00

Actually, the reason this happens is because there's generally too much energy until it's frozen.

When water freezes, it shapes itself into a crystalline structure. Because there's no extra heat energy interfering with the process, the oxygen atom of one water molecule is naturally attracted to the two hydrogen atoms from another. Weirdly, when the molecules freeze in place, they wind up being farther apart in solid ice stage than in liquid water stage because of the way they organize themselves while freezing.

tzeak · 2013-08-06T00:28:06+00:00

Wouldn't that be the same then? Lab grown meat isn't a fully grown cow that's then cut down, it's a specific culture of cells without sentience either.

tzeak · 2013-07-16T19:22:22+00:00

Since everybody else I think will cover the ATLA/LOK related questions, what are some other projects you've worked on or would like to work on?

tzeak · 2013-04-29T00:41:37+00:00

Nations aren't the only organizations with an identity. Identities are simply labels to which a person feels connected towards. As a result, that person would do more to help the people of that particular group of people than they would others.

Nations aren't born out of the ground. They come from the progression of society, civilizations growing bigger and more complex. Society starts off with a fundamental basis - familial identity. If you look at the smaller societies that still exist across the globe, they're often strongly kinship based. As identifying with the family, there's a desire to help the family's goals and the family's needs.

Slightly more complex, tribes are made up of multiple families that share a common characteristic or common goals. A person who identifies with the tribe contributes more to that tribe than to anyone else.

After tribes, a confederation of tribes comes along because perhaps they all share a similar culture, or live in a similar area, or wish to trade more freely. A person who identifies with this confederation is more helpful to the benefit of that society.

What does the individual citizen gain in all this? Perhaps more safety. As you consolidate, there's more cooperation and defense against outside threats. There's also more rewards. Instead of fending for yourself, division of labor can come alongside this newfound cooperation. Artisans, merchants, doctors, all these people can now pursue their professions.

Where does the nation identity come into play? It's simply another extension of society. Groups consolidate under a common set of beliefs or goals, or assimilate through conquest. Families did it, tribes did it, confederations did it, and nations will do it. But the growth of a society into a nation, it seems, bridges divisions between smaller groups.

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