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Wow, that just adds another layer to the mess. Sounds like some doctors care more about business than patients. Glad you found someone who actually helped you!

That phrase always felt more like a gym bro mantra

Imagine how many people end up with stiff joints just because they were told to keep still

Man, that's a wild ride just to get a proper diagnosis. It's crazy how much a doctor's attitude can shape recovery

Sounds like you basically tricked your body into healing faster by gradually loading it

A few decades ago, full immobilization was the gold standard, now it turns out early movement is actually better. I wonder what other long-held recovery protocols will be overturned in the next 20 years. Interesting, but I haven't broken anything in my entire life so far...

We spend so much time optimizing for productivity that we sometimes miss the bigger picture: the quality of life itself, not just the quantity of tasks we can check off

But on the flip side, having a weekly focus can make things more manageable, like breaking down a big goal into smaller chunks

There's something about having a weekly format that feels less overwhelming than long-term

I totally get the "just hanging on" mindset. A lot of people I know in academia say the same

So many people love doing research but find the actual academic career path miserable. I think it's a shame, because it pushes a lot of talented people out.

Exactly this. Wanting financial stability isn't the same as being "money-centric" in some greedy or extravagant way. A PhD used to be a reasonable path to a stable career, but for many, it no longer is.

Interest in research and intellectual curiosity are great motivators, but they don't pay rent. The problem isn't that people expect a PhD to be a path to riches. It's that in many places, it barely provides a livable income at all

Not surprising at all. The PhD pipeline has been broken for years: low stipends, ridiculous workloads, a shrinking number of stable academic jobs. Who wants to spend 5-7 years in a grueling program only to end up in postdoc purgatory or fighting for adjunct gigs? And the irony is that academia needs PhDs...

Maybe check the inverter specs or look for one explicitly listed as compliant with EU safety standards

If too many people go off-grid just enough to avoid paying their fair share, the costs get pushed onto those who can't generate their own power. Balancing that will be tricky.

The more people generate their own power, the less reliant cities are on centralized grids and big utilities

I'm also curious about banana wine… wonder if it leans more toward fresh banana or that overripe, almost fermented taste.

Still, the research itself is pretty exciting. It’s cool to see traditional methods getting scientific backing

Science helping tradition instead of replacing it

I like that this article made us reminisce (or for some, discover) old and somewhat forgotten films.

But I think that the real shame is that there's no true YouTube competitor for ad-supported streaming

Yep, we really went from "everything will be available in one place!" to "good luck remembering which service has what, if it's even still there"

But they're doing it in such an unceremonious way... No real curation, no promotion, just an unorganized content dump.

I think, for viewers, it's a win. Free movies, no DRM, and no region locks? But it's ironic that YouTube is now offering a more open and accessible archive than most official streaming services

This is how these institutions work. If someone behaves erratically, holds unconventional beliefs or just doesn't present themselves in the "right" way, they can be dismissed entirely

Wow.. The fact that the system repeatedly failed the actual William Woods at every turn, despite his persistence, is infuriating

I understand that... It was just a stupid joke, sorry...

One day, some paleontologist is going to crack open a piece of amber and get hit with the world's oldest jump scare

Sooo, puke can survive for 66 million years...