magic_beans

I do love the English-language dubs of Ghibli films. Very high quality work.

It's sensory overload. Which is indeed physically exhausting.

Try being the anxious daughter to a perfectionistic but insecure mother. You're one of the lucky ones if it has never occurred to you that mothers can be terrible bullies.

It sounds like you're not getting enough calories when you work out and eat healthy, which would cause the anxiety. Every vegetable you eat should have been cooked in olive oil or some other fat (the fat helps your body absorb the nutrients and provides you with satiating calories). If you eat raw veggies, they should be smothered in a fat-rich dressing (tahini, olive oil, ghee, whatever floats your boat).

Totally anecdotal, but I was a vegetarian for 12 years (since childhood). A year after I added meat to my diet, I developed Ulcerative Colitis (I was already genetically predisposed).

I have always hated the taste of meat. My pet theory is that some bodies simply can't handle it.

OP sounds like a drug addict or someone who simply isn't getting enough calories!

> A pizza and a soda, or a huge steak and garlic mashed potatoes will lift my mood quickly.

When I eat processed/junk food, the temporary high is very soon replaced by feelings of low energy, moodiness, acid reflux, and general sluggishness.

When I eat a veggie-dominant meal (raw garlic-tahini sauce over roasted broccoli/kale with a side of buckwheat noodles and hemp seed, for example) I feel vibrant and happy and productive for hours.

Tip for OP: when eating veggie meals, make sure to add vegetable fats for more calories.

It's not the fat that makes a blue cheese burger terrible for you. It's the combination of animal fat with refined carbohydrates. Wrap that bad boy in a collard green and you've got yourself a healthy meal.

Only on HN does an article about a woman being attacked and sexually assaulted devolve into conversation about technical minutia.

He should consider large doses of vitamin D, for a start.

Companies don't care as much about the degree as your projects.

Now THIS is the Great American Novel.

Your friend must have realized that there was a possibility of his future child (or multiple future children) seeking him out one day. You don't donate to a sperm bank if you NEVER want to have a kid. Did he need $40 that badly?

Your friend was not very wise here.

It's punitive or to compensate for the donor's emotional toll. For an empathetic person, finding out you have 12 extra kids is incredibly taxing. There's guilt for not having raised them (irrational though it mightbe), shame for not knowing them, fear for their futures, etc etc. I wouldn't wish the situation on anyone.

There are thousands of amazing universities in the US that are not Harvard.

> The school was a bit shocked when she arrived to see a 5'1 girl dressed in a way typical of Orthodox Jews.

What "school" inspects every single arriving Freshman? This read like an invented story. Additionally, there is not much overlap between Orthodox Jewish and African-American surnames.

Simple: don't allow yourself to be distracted. Even with a paper book, distractions abound if you allow them.

Who buys a whole house on the internet...?

Very odd.

"J'ai trop mangé" is closer.

That's a lot of cancer in one family :/

Dr. Gabor Maté theorizes that one's emotional state influences the expression of cancer in people who smoke. A smoker who is constantly in a state of emotional stress is much more likely to develop lung cancer than a smoker who is not.

See: https://drgabormate.com/preview/when-the-body-says-no-chapte...

Fresh ginger tea (using a finger length of whole ginger root, minced) works really, REALLY well for nausea.

The rules of chemistry vary greatly from the rules of real life.

> Unfortunately, there's no clear definition of ultraprocessed. Like is factory-made whole wheat break ultraprocessed? Canned pinto beans? Artisan cheese? Factory cheese?

The article defines "processed" and "unprocessed":

Processed foods add a few substances such as sugar, fat, and salt to natural food products, with the goal of improving preservation or sharpening taste. The category includes canned vegetables and fish, cured and salted meats, cheeses, and fermented drinks such as wine and beer.

Unprocessed foods are the edible parts of plants (such as seeds or roots or leaves) and animals (such as meat and eggs). The main processing of this food type is freezing, drying or pasteurizing to extend storage life. Salts, sugars, oils and fats are not added.

And the nature of ultraprocessed food:

Ultraprocessed foods often contain a combination of nutritive and nonnutritive sweeteners that, Small says, produces surprising metabolic effects that result in a particularly potent reinforcement effect. That is, eating them causes us to want more of these foods.

Don't know why you got downvoted. Dr. Maté's work is really interesting.

Sun exposure triggers the release of serotonin. For many people (probably most people), a lack of sun exposure will cause depression.

Your single case does not apply to the population at large.

I wish they had reported the brands :/

Do you pay for your content then?

Podcasts are free.

Let me repeat that: PODCASTS. ARE. FREE.

I hate ads as much as the rest of you, but how the eff does anyone on HN expect brilliant, creative, and hard-working podcast creators to earn a living? (there are truly some podcast gems out there).

The Literary Review has to make an income somehow. Close it out and carry on.

Could you be any more pedantic?