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Oh, I didn't realize that some people want some unsolicited advertisements. Am I an outlier for not wanting any?

One of the most effective diets I'm aware of is the coffee and cigarette diet. Anytime you feel hungry, have a coffee and a cigarette first, then eat a little if you're still hungry.

It has a much better compliance rate that other calorie-restriction diets.

> Email is this thing you forgot to check for a month because every time you go there it is mostly spam.

As a society, should we allow private entities to destroy valuable institutions?

We used to have a technology (email) that increased productivity and added value to individual lives. That value has been eliminated by spammers trying to cold-extract money from everyone with an email account.

Spammers killing email is an externality we shouldn't accept, similar to not accept Monsanto killing bald eagles by selling DDT.

Don't get too comfy in your chats, spammers are coming for your discords and slacks next, and that wave will be lead by LLMs.

Can you define the line between spam and telemarketing?

To me those terms are synonymous and both mean unsolicited targeted advertising.

I really dislike the business model of Tinder->Snapchat->OnlyFans conversion.

There might be a lot of fish in the sea, but there's a lot of pollution too.

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Isolation has a feedback that makes it hard to break out of once you're in really deep. The more desperately lonely you are, the worse your social skills.

Strangers are strange when you're a stranger.

The average citizen is more at risk of being the victim of random crime than they are being the victim of a targeted assassination.

Depositing checks with your phone

And it encourages people to leave more quickly if they can take their drink with them.

I also dislike the lack of mugs in coffee shops. Big chains don't have them at all, and local shops you need to specifically ask for it or they assume a paper cup.

I'm often the only person drinking out of a mug in a coffee shop full of people.

But I'm a grumpy old man that doesn't understand today's world, and I accept that. Leaving work to drive to Starbucks and buy a coffee (instead of using the kuerig or espresso machine in the break room) is gen z's version of stepping out for a smoke break.

You can't equate the general sentiment of the nation with the motivations of the killer.

Though it sure would've added a lot to the media hype if the killer was wearing a MAGA hat.

CEOs can be held accountable, look at the former CEO of United Health.

A functional legal system would be better, but as they say, nature finds a way.

Weight training is the single best thing I can do for both my mental and physical health. Even more important than eating healthy.

I've never had a healthcare worker recommend it to me. Why not?

We should teach it in public schools.

Is it a similar artistic style? I had the same feeling when looking at the person-on-a-horse statue, it is very mayan-esque to my naive eyes.