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1jojojoon How and Why Athletes Go Broke (2009)

I'm not trolling here. The people I know who have been successful athletes developed as a result of discipline and hard work, not because of risk-taking, and certainly not to their own detriment.

1jojojoon How and Why Athletes Go Broke (2009)

Being a star athlete is highly correlated with having a risk insensitive personality.

According to whom?

1jojojoon How Cuts in Basic Subway Upkeep Can Make NYC Commutes Miserable

If MTA's problem is decidedly not money, then why does the MTA need to double its fares?

1jojojoon As epidemic rages, ER study finds opioids no better than Advil and Tylenol

Yeah, look, I staggered into the ER with a shattered collar-bone and a shitload of missing skin, and 10 mg of oxy had me feeling pretty much FINE while a nurse took a coarse sponge to scrub the asphalt out of my wounds.

Overprescribed, yes. Comparable to OTC? Absolutely fucking not. Claiming that ibuprofen is as effective as diluadid or morphine is completely disingenuous.

1jojojoon New antibody attacks 99% of HIV strains

Herpes wasn't considered a disease at the time. It was not pathologized until later.