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Another reason to keep at it with Crossfit.

How, exactly?

"Grew apart"

Is that code for "Bezos had an affair"

That's not true. Guys with chicken legs look plain silly.

You missed the point. I'm not saying that the past is old and boring, or that teenagers even believe it is (not all of them do!). I'm saying that every generation produces outstanding media and art (somewhere among the clutter), and that it's ridiculous for older people or younger people to dismiss the art that does not belong to their generation.

> He's missing on old stuff like Calvin & Hobbes, to name just one example.

And what new stuff are you missing out on?

Everyone is always missing out on something. It's no great crime.

> Why not send them to private school then

Top-notch tutoring still costs less than 4 or 8 years of private school tuition.

This sounds like a social nightmare. The needs and behaviors of a 5 year-old vs a 10 y/o and an 11 y/o vs a 15 y/o are astronomically different.

This is the most important question here. I hope OP has been able to address the original cause of the insomnia, lest it happen again.

I'm the same, and I happily eat farmer-raised eggs and mollusks. Mussels actively clean out water!

(declensions)!

You make the excellent point that Billy McFarland presents as a sociopath. In his mind, he simply didn't believe it was possible for the Fyre Festival to fail.

Did anyone notice how dilated his pupils were in the Hulu documentary? Eerie...

I can't deal with it. I've been a vegetarian since I was 12.

This just won't fly until this (western) generation changes its ideas about eating bugs.

I am constantly glued to my kindle. I LOVE the idea of being to have almost any title I want instantly. The kindle basically changed my life since I moved to an area without a local bookstore. I read all. the. time. And I'm not an outlier. Not everyone has amazing bookstores near them.

They're usually the only registrar people are aware of.

A restaurant in my neighborhood did not have tipping before New York raised its minimum wage to $15 because they paid their servers a "fair wage". It has since re-implemented tipping.

But how much does it cost? I don't see a price anywhere.

My theory is that the cultural inclination to sexualize very young girls in Japan has created a great number of adult men who are unable to be sexually attracted to adult women.

It's a cultural disorder, not a problem of any individual man being "defective".

I do wonder if the pervasive sexualization of young girls in Japan deeply affects of psyche of Japanese men, who never develop the chance to form healthy sexual relationships with adult women -- because they've never had the opportunity to sexually desire adult women.

> After WWII they adopted a view of masculinity as toxic. And women have a big part on this phenomenon.

You have no source for this at all. Don't blame Japanese women for Japanese men's lack of sexual desire. It seems Japanese women WANT to have sex. So... the problem is obviously not women.

> Genetic good fortune could be one important factor. Thanks to the geography of the islands, Okinawa’s populations have spent large chunks of their history in relative isolation, which may has given them a unique genetic profile. Preliminary studies suggest this may include a reduced prevalence of a gene variant – APOE4 – that appears to increase the risk of heart disease and Alzheimer’s.

Their high-carb diet has nothing to do with Okinawan longevity. Genes are the most important factor.

This article is ridiculous click-bait.

Just like OP, I build small sites for clients. I'm looking to stay relevant by getting into eCommerce. I've been building Shopify stores and apps in my spare time. What software does eCommerce generally use?

Do you think eCommerce dev jobs will still exist 10 years from now?

Thanks for any advice!

This is the saddest comment I've ever read on HN.

When I do eat meat, I'll buy pastured meat only from the farmer's market or ethical butchers. Pastured chicken is $16 a pound. This is definitely not feasible for the average shopper. But then again -- people don't need to be eating chicken every single day.

How could that have ever happened!? Did she sue? Did she ever get the appendectomy?

That's horrific.

> Weight gain and loss is a matter of simple physics

That's obviously true. But we have some more elements involved:

Appetite, which is affected by hormones; and gut bacteria, which are often less numerous in obese people and affect appetite and the processing of food.

You might consider body-focused trauma therapy. You were deprived of a childhood and it traumatized you.

But it IS sad. Jackie Chan is one -- ONE -- success story in a pool of what must be thousands of boys who will never see success and will always be poor and uneducated.

I was honestly shocked to learn how little Jackie Chan is educated -- and how little he wants to be -- despite his tremendous wealth.