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  1. my mom hasn't had it either. they don't know why these people seem to be immune. one theory is they do get it, it's just undetected and sloughed off easily. either way same result, never got it, or it never took real hold. it's the opposite of those who get absolutely fucking annihilated by it, probably 5% on each side. everyone else in the middle.
  2. fair enough, but 5-6% develop long covid which is not a nuisance it's pure fucking misery and some never recover. we can treat it as a nuisance but I think it wise to not fuck around with it. talk to folks with long term uncured chronic fatigue, or neuopathy, brain fog that's debilitating, etc. awful. get paxlovid, if you have a risk for long covid take metformin too. there's a whole legit protocol beyond that (supps, diet, etc.) backed by the long covid clincs which I highly recommend. primary care doctors are woefully unprepared and uneducated. specialists suck too, don't get me started on the cardiologist that said take two ibuprofen and don't call me in the morning. it's a multi organ disease when you get long covid. there are ways out of it, but it's right now treatment protocols entirely up to the sophistication and resources of the patient. off shoot disorders are common from long covid and it can result in permanent disorders and long term damage. it's a silent serious debilitating epidemic that EVERYONE ignores. it's actually the chief driver in the labor shortage from 2021-recently. covid is also emerging as a top reason why older folks die. it can accelerate dementia. that damn virus can fuck up any organ system it gets its hands on. yes, for 95% of patients without risk (age or otherwise) it should be ok, but when it's not, it's fucking bad. and 5% rate of covid turning to long covid is not a small number of people. it stacks up. as for the vaccine, it's really simple. if you are susceptible to micro clots both covid and the vaccine can harm you. if you are not, you're likely fine with the vaccine. the other disorders like respiratory function, brain disorders, multi organ injury the vaccine can help. micro vascular disorders and cardiac injury from micro vascular clotting is the one area that the vaccine can really harm you if your susceptible to those clotting disorders arising from the spike protein (present in the virus and vaccine). I'll be honest, i'm on the fence re the vaccine because I did have cardiac and micro-vascular issues.
  3. I wear a properly fitted N95 now every time we fly, every time. long covid will do that to you. I also have the bands that go horizontal around my head and neck and not around my ears and I have a 3M version that has an exhale valve. It's actually quite nice for a mask, not uncomfortable, not hard to breathe and doesn't fog up my glasses. bonus points I can do resting bitch face all day long and not advance my smile wrinkles. I also don't have to smell e. coli ass rips in the bathroom either. I win.
  4. you know I'm sure but there are literallly thousands of pools being dug up and redone most at homeowner expense because coverage was maxed out, coverage denied, and/or company went kaput.
  5. need an @everyone feature... annoying as fuck on the socials but would be ideal right now.
  6. dog, I said I was first, don't give a fuck if I'm not a dude, I'll mix and mingle.
  7. dat forehead tho. and the fake teeth, orange skin, I bet he claims to love jesus doesn't he?
  8. fair points on booker. coach - put me in!!!
  9. disagree, we live in the trump era. he can rape women and appeal to this demo. we have to trash the double standard. right now we have pete, bernie, if you take booker out, then who else? turn hogg loose I guess. who else?
  10. booker is probably the best. and he can rile you up in a speech. can he have a coffee table convo with dudes? dunno. but I can see it clearly in a convo (here's just two rando topics that come to mind - trump is a rapist and the Texas lege is stealing from kids) - hey man (whatever conservative podcaster he's talking to), I get you like trump, he's got a lot to say, doesn't apologize for being a man, acts tough. those are cool things, right? But dude, the man has been found liable for rape... MULTIPLE TIMES! I mean seriously, we're going to celebrate a man who rapes women? really? and while we're celebrating, you see the Texas legislature run victory laps over lying to the public about vouchers and funding kids education? Those dudes had the freaking audacity to strangle funding for 6 years until they got their way. kids suffered man, budgets are jacked. districts may even have to cut sports programming, I'm not kidding. What did they do? They took $10K away for each kid and then only agreed to pay $55 for those who stay in public education. it's like less than a 1% increase. I know some of this is complex, but let's just break it down. It's stealing. AND THOSE PRICKS CELEBRATE IT. we gotta do better man.
  11. who let the fucking academic in ? tl;dr jk love ya bruh.
  12. need more outrage, need more one liners, need more shock and awe. need better communicators, need strong men really. the subject matter is there. even the social / culture issues like LGBTQ rights can be super easy with the right one liners, shock and awe, and strongmen who communicate well.
  13. I wonder why I got swept up in religion as a college student - I think I have a natural evangelist personality on some things … holy shit, if you are on the fence and lurking about weight training, START RIGHT NOW! I was all in at 40-42 and was in the best shape of my life. Tennis elbow (14 months), life, pandemic, post pandemic emotional malaise, actual covid, long Covid, derailed me. But as I’ve posted 3-4 months ago I said fuck it I’m back in the gym. I read an article that talked about aging rapidly at 44 or so and think damn I missed that window. The last 5 years I’ve been tired, all the time. I’m sure it’s true about rapid aging at key moments, but the impact is vastly over rated. Weight training !!! My energy is BACK! Monday hard weight day, whole body, 3 sets of 10 moderate weight (I leg press 130 / bench 50 on a hard day - you get the context and it goes all around the circuit). I go fast with limited breaks to make sure I get the heart work out too. Yesterday a 90 min tennis work out with extreme cerebral training to go with the intensity of a real tennis practice. The key point is my body didn’t drag my mind down, I was able to focus because I wasn’t tired. HUGE! today tennis for 60 minutes and HIIT with my trainer for 60. THEN my boys want to go wake surfing at sundown. LET’S GO!! I’ve got a down day Thursday with merely a 60 minute tennis practice. son wants to kayak Sunday! 5-6 hour float. Can’t wait! I’ll be tired Friday and Saturday but for good reason we are going hard this week, both “days off” but damn folks, I feel like I’m 38 again. I’m happy, energetic, my midlife doom mood is gone. I’m cloud 9 all the time. I feel confident (in the face of some shitastic external hardships facing people like me). I love my body, I’ve got those outer quads defining like I’m a fucking tennis player!! A toned body is so fucking sexy, I love it! it’s a freaking miracle. I’m full circle. If you are lurking and thinking about weight training, I think it (especially fast with disciplined and limited rest between sets and stations) is the single most important exercise you can do for your whole self. join us! It’s amazing!
  14. Appreciate you. Everyone DONATE SOME FUCKING MONEY TO THIS PLACE. Jesus.
  15. I’m sitting here thinking about the Texas oil companies wanting the license to dump fracked / treated water into our water ways and public drinking water sources AND statutory immunity from liability when they do this. there no fucking way you can’t have an ordinary person talk about the absurdity of this request and the bullshit of Republican corruption. No way it won’t resonate. bro culture may be into toughness but who the fuck wants their water killing them? gotta get out there and talk about it. There are 100 issues like that.
  16. Gotta find someone Better Than Ezra.
  17. I was married to one. I dig it.
  18. There’s nothing wrong with academic conversations per se, but as an academic adjacent and not an academic myself I agree academics can be insufferable. The issue isn’t listening to them if you want to, it’s having no one else speaking to the people other than academics. and anyone listening to private equity explain the root of all problems is … something.
  19. great clip. he says there is hope. Trump gives them an identity and he's tough. they aren't necessarily attracted to the crueler parts. don't shoot the messenger, that's what the guy said. he also said these kids are looking for a tribe, they are open and listening but the left just isn't there, not on campuses not in these spaces with the 18-19 year olds. It kinda goes to the same complaint of the black voters and frankly the LGBTQ voters. The hispanic voters too. Many of the constituents feel forgotten. Heck, republicans come out and say they will pass the equality act (and we live in a world where they will) then I'm changing my vote that day. Dems don't have their constituents forever. soooooo, I think this points to get in the fray and communicate, but it also means focus on your constituents. Youth should be a constituent, minority voters should be a constituent, gay and queer voters should be a constituent, but Dems have FAFO based on how they have governed for 30+ years and how they have communicated for just a long as well. I don't think attracting center right will ever work, but there are so many young voters that turned for maga that shouldn't have and the same is true for black men and hispanics. shit, even straight white women should be higher percentages too.
  20. you said GOP uses Rogan as a tool that's why they are so good at it, he was advocating the exact same strategy. when he said celebrity he didn't mean have some hollywood lib hob-knob with Biden then say shit on the campaign trail. Jon Stewart is a Dem tool and funny as hell (also a helluva advocate for 9-11 responders and will call out Dems when they suck too). Dems need 50 more people like that, 45 of them on youtube, podcasts, twitch, whatever and are outside the mainstream media. not sure how saying do the same thing makes it different.
  21. well, it's not like we have a deep bench. he's on the list because when he speaks he's effective but yeah, he hasn't done nearly enough for what he could be doing. no argument at all.
  22. don't worry, the feds and the clean water act will save us... oh. wait...
  23. Pure insanity
  24. I agree with this, the failed logic with some of the kids is so extreme their current beliefs are extremely vulnerable to change. This is a good thing. As soon as their life circumstances change their politics may too. However, young men who are all in on violence and bro culture are unlikely to vote dem, ever. That’s not new, even though their unique expression of masculinity appears new. Contrast that with my son who says none of this will really impact him but it’s going to impact those he loves and it makes him sad and makes him want to fight for change. Bro culture men think that’s weak and they are never coming around. It’s in their ethos - no excuses, self reliance, no help from anyone (all of which are convenient lies, everyone gets help). reality is demographics are changing and the country is fast approaching minority majority. until a new reality of our plurality settles in, the unrest and upheaval will continue and there’s not a damn thing Dems can really do to stop it, and much like the times of the civil rights era, times during the 1980s municipal ERO battles, you will have whites, especially hetero white men (and their traditional wives) acting out. Only this time we have the echo chamber of the social media algorithm to act as the incendiary device. Add the fact that building an audience is one way to make tons and tons of money (where it wasn’t before) and you have talented people getting into this historical game. its going to look like we are losing until we are not. doesn’t mean Dems should just be idiots, and Bernie, Warren, AOC, booker, and others should be the party leadership for sure. The alternate message has to be clear so when it’s time to vote a clear alternative is laid out and compelling. But we aren’t stopping this unrest and acting out by conservative men, it’s a clear repeat of history.
  25. I have no real objection to what he said because where he said it and because I know he stands for equal protection under the law for my people - but if taken at face value it’s simply not true. People absolutely do care who I am, or on the other side “what I am” - if it really didn’t matter I wouldn’t have retained a lawyer to help get our affairs in order to leave the US.
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