hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

This is the logical conclusion but there is currently a mass wave of Meta grunts downvoting.

Apparently if countries all put an age limit on tobacco it must mean there is a secret group coordinating for it for ulterior reasons.

Oh yes like Indonesia, Malaysia and Turkey. If it is happening worldwide, it is less likely to be a coordinated scheme and more likely coming to the same conclusions based on current research.

Edit because I'm getting limited:

This isn't exactly something old that has been going on for decades in its current form and the usage has increased especially since the lockdowns. Nations have also been copying each other for centuries, you don't need a secret group coordinating for it with a singular ulterior motive.

Conspiracy theory^

This is happening worldwide: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_age_verification_laws_b...

Better then performing a social experiment on children.

Investigations are pretty much its own sport now in the UK. People are always getting investigated over "inappropriate" comments or behaviour, basically anything. I'm sure some people at HR love it.

At worse you suffer from cognitive atrophy. Become more dumb and lazy.

Some people really badly want the world economy to implode.

Norway: 5.6 million population. 14 Nobel Laureates, world class talent in multiple sports and origin of best chess player of all time.

Based.

Every day I start to understand a little better why history unfolded the way it did.

You realise they don't need to ban under 16s to come up with an excuse to force online ID checks? This conspiracy theory needs to end.

This is fantastic. This is what I'm going to say next time I work on military tech.

Ironic. I did both a humanities and a CS degree. The CS degree was filled with either south asian internationals or people who just want to make money. The rest were antisocial dudes. Humanities however was filled with young social women. The experiences I got from the latter was a huge ego and confidence boost.

Chinese models are next, the whole reason this is happening is because they don't want China to steal their tech. It is no secret anymore that they have been distilling US models. That's why it is explicitly aimed at foreign nationals.

>The US government, citing national security authorities, has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States, including foreign national Anthropic employees.

The big one here really is "including foreign national Anthropic employees." Funny, I called out that there probably is a Chinese spy at Anthropic in my previous comment a few days ago. Looks like they are catching on, good luck getting rid of all of them.

The bad news is that they will probably start imposing restrictions on Chinese models.

Sit back and watch the stock market implode as these lot double down on safety theatre. The hype is coming to an end.

The great news is that they probably have an employee that leaks information back to China. Just like how China still buys Nvidia GPUs through Singapore: https://thenextweb.com/news/nvidia-blackwell-china-export-lo...

Bunch of suckers.

The EU is not exactly doing much better. None of them truly ever recovered from 2008 or 2020. It is either stagnation or managed decline.

Anti-social take. People are being exploited by some of the smartest people in the world who use natural human desires against people but somehow they are at fault for being small minded?

What I find unsettling is the monoculture that is being created by platforms like Instagram. You will see a 30 year old man from Alabama engaging in the same trends as a 19 year old girl from Japan. Suddenly everyone likes matcha and is posting photos of themselves in photo booths. On dating apps, tons of women from all ethnicities suddenly love sushi or have a photo at the exact same location with the exact same pose.

Same people who run these platforms will preach about diversity while destroying it.

Or you know, you could practice self control or do other things in your life.

Fortunately a rational society like Japan is not as interested in outsourcing their capacity to curve fitting models as other societies.

More zero sum thinking.

Excess testosterone can be converted to estrogen.

>Unless you're already at full Norwood VII

I was at "80% hair loss" and they pretty much just carpet bombed my scalp. Looks great now, no meds.

Let me be clear: hormone suppression is not a "side effect" it is the effect. Ironically, the side effect is the hair growth.

Edit: systemic effect is not 0% even with topical, enters your bloodstream nonetheless. To respond to the guy marketing below (HN limiting replies).

It is mostly a waiting game. The first month is about cleaning the scabs off your scalp and keeping away from the sun and certain activities while the hair follicles anchor and the scalp heals. Your hair will go through an initial 'shock' phase where it falls out but enters a normal growth cycle.

>I take dutasteride and apply topical minoxidil daily.

This is so extremely harmful. I wish you the best of luck.

Edit: To whoever I upset, yes it is harmful to suppress your sexual hormones daily. Originally it was never intended for hair loss but for prostate cancer until Merck & Co. figured out they could market it as a 'hair loss pill'. You will find the popularity of fin/dut inflated on Reddit these days as (paid) moderators will remove anyone who speaks against it even those with first hand horror stories.

I remember when Pixar created a virtual skinner box.

White guy experiences what it is like to not be white.

>A Korean couple on a double-date had the courtesy to speak to each other in English in front of me even though I'd never expect that from them, but my Chinese coworkers did not.

I like this necessary anecdote about his "double date" and comparison between Chinese and Koreans. But of course he is not being racist.