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Comment Eat Keto! (Score 0) 76

Then all these crops could fail and you wouldn't really notice!

Seriously though, I am sure there would be stuff you'd miss out on but if everyone went keto and only ate these things in moderation then a 50% reduction in their production wouldn't be a huge problem.
Of course if these are the only things you can eat because of poverty and other circumstances then... not so good.

We need to reduce the monoculture mentality in our food production. Remember bananas? The banana we eat today are not the bananas of 100 years ago. THOSE bananas all died out from infection. We eat different bananas today. I'm predicting similar problems with these crops. But don't worry - I'm sure Monsanto has their own proprietary gene engineered versions resistant to these plagues and they are just waiting to jump in - after all the competition is dead - to help the farmers. And by 'help' I mean 'rent them proprietary seeds that they have to pay a yearly subscription to use'.

Okay that's enough conspiracy ranting for today.

Comment Re:Stephen Colbert directing? (Score 0) 100

Typical strawman argument.
That film was not released broadly in theatres (1 or 2 maybe, I dunno). It aired almost exclusively on The Daily Wire website behind a paywall.
We may never get to see the actual view numbers or what additional revenue it brought to the site by new subscribers from people who signed up to see Gina but THOSE are the figures that matter to the producers, not a few thousand bucks from a handful of theatres it showed in.
Showing it in real theaters probably had more to do with making it eligible for various awards like GG or Oscars or whatever than anything else.
Also I question that $70 million production cost. I'd like to know where that figure comes from.

Comment #CancelDisneyPlus (Score 0) 683

So I just cancelled my Disney+ account. I bought a year at Christmas so that is set but it won't renew in December.
When they asked why on their exit form I clicked "other" and I told them it was because they fired Gina. I wanted them to know specifically why I did it.
It's only one account and only $89 CDN for the year but if hundreds, thousands or even tens of thousands of people who are equally tired of cancel culture did the same thing then I think it would make an impact.
We gotta try and we gotta stop giving these idiots our money.

Comment Re:You can reset it at will (Score 0) 43

<quote><a href="https://www.ghacks.net/2015/04/20/how-to-reset-your-advertising-id-on-android/">You can reset it at will</a>. Your device doesn't even need to be rooted.
<ol>
<li>Swipe down and open settings, or if you're running a branded version of Android open the Google Settings app</li>
<li>Tap on Ads</li>
<li>Tap on Reset advertising ID</li>
<li>Move the slider to Opt out of interest-based ads. This will "instruct apps not to use your advertising ID to build profiles or show you interest-based ads."</li>
</ol><p>
I mean I can understand the complaint - Google doesn't make clear in the EULA for Android that this is present (although by now I think most people should know Google does this). But it's pretty trivial to remedy by yourself.</p></quote>

This was very useful thanks.
I didn't know about any of this and I make it a habit of turning off all the tracking stuff I can. I don't even keep location or bluetooth turned on unless I specifically need it, then I turn it off when I'm done.
Unfortunately a LOT of apps need location on nowadays but that's another discussion.

Comment Re:Diabetics: be careful (Score 0) 71

Not sure if you are a Type I or Type II diabetic - there is a BIG difference. What I am about to say is NOT applicable to Type I.

I have a friend who is Type II - was on insulin and Gliciside (?) for handling blood sugar levels.
After several months of Ketogenic diet and IM (Intermittent Fasting) she is completely off ALL diabetic meds and her blood sugar and blood pressure is in good range and she's dropped about 40 pounds so far.

If you are Type II then the stuff you eat on eating days is also important. Eating all the same crap that made you Type II in the first place is unhelpful. You can completely reverse Type II Diabetes with a combination of Keto diet (no sugar, no simple carbs, etc. - look it up) and fasting.
Do it on a gradient, and for meds coordinate with your doctor to reduce them gradually as your body adapts - but it CAN be done.
There are various sources on the web and books and such but look up Dr. Jason Fung (books) and Dr. Berg (YouTube) as a start for information.

Personally I was pre-Type II and overweight for years and went on Keto and IM and have lost over 35 pounds. Now I keep on it but it's mostly just to maintain what I have. Slowly creeping down another 5 pounds to my desired target but not worried about it.
Biggest problem is having to buy a new wardrobe...

Comment Who decides? (Score 0) 426

Who decides what is a conspiracy theory?
Who decides what is a "crackpot" theory that should be suppressed?
Who defines "alt-right"?
Who decides who gets labelled "alt-right"?
Who decides the difference between honest criticism and "hate speech"?

As a random example: The theory of continental drift took almost 50 years to gain any kind of acceptance after it was proposed. If YouTube had been around then would they have suppressed Alfred Wegener's video channel because it was a crackpot conspiracy theory?

Not to say that all (or any) conspiracy theory channels have any reality behind them but WHO DECIDES?
Why should I trust some lefty lib-tard communist SJW censor at YOUTUBE to make that decision for ME?
What about a conspiracy theory channel that claimed the Trump-Russia collusion was just a hoax invented by the Democrats? Would that be censored too? Hmmm?

Comment Re:Not democracy (Score 1, Informative) 380

Actually you and everyone else should read up on how the EU parliament actually works.
The EU parliament cannot propose laws, only veto proposed laws.
Who gets to actually propose the laws? An unseen group of unelected bureaucrats that are not under any elected control. Who runs them? Who knows? George Soros and company I guess.
The EU is built along the lines of the Soviet style politburo. It is designed to give the ILLUSION of democracy while keeping actual control in the hands of a select, hidden few.
Welcome the the Soviet Socialist Republic of Europe...

Comment People, PLEASE stop lying about this! NOT TROLLS! (Score 0) 443

These were NOT "movie reviews before the movie was even released".
This was the "Want to see it or not" score which shows interest in seeing the movie for when it DOES open.
The score was tanking because Brie Larson went full man hating SJW third wave feminist in her comments before and during the press tour for the movie.
Fans disliked her man hating opinion and expressed their OWN opinion of her and her Mary Sue character and her SJW politics by saying they weren't going to see the movie.
They were NOT trolls leaving fake movie reviews, they were (formerly) paying customers voicing their opinion of the MCU's infestation by SJWs by saying they didn't want to watch the movie when it DID get released.
The main stream media keep lying about 'fake review bombing' - which it isn't - because they are all left wing SJW intersectionalists themselves and they are trying to spin these posters as trolls because it backs their biased narrative. That it is an intentionally misleading phrasing just shows their complete lack of integrity.
RT removed this because they probably buckled to pressure from Disney/Marvel because they are owned by Fandango which sells movie tickets and even if it wasn't direct pressure from the studios, they certainly know which side their bread is buttered on and they CANNOT be objective about it.

Comment Re:Gene editing is not the fix - Keto and Fasting (Score 1) 167

So... experimental genetic manipulation over some self discipline on your eating habits?
What could possibly go wrong?

As to long term effects of keto diet: you are right - we only have about the last 100,000 years of human evolution as a trial. We should wait another 100,000 just to be safe and instead stick with the over processed, refined sugar, high-fructose corn syrup, artificial sweetener, carbohydrate and empty calorie diet that has only been around for the last 50 or 60 years and has made everybody obese and diabetic.
Yeah, sure that sounds good too.

Comment Gene editing is not the fix - Keto and Fasting is (Score 1) 167

This is a desperation move because the entire diet, obesity and diabetes industry has utterly failed us for the last 100 years.

The whole eat less/move more idea (cut calories in, burn more with exercise) does NOT have lasting effects. Studies as far back as the early 1900's have shown this. Every major study around the world that has looked at this has shown this is the case.

It's complicated and this is a super abbreviated explanation but:
Insulin creates fat
High sugar (carbs, carbs, carbs) create insulin.
Excess insulin over time causes insulin resistance - meaning MORE insulin is needed to lower blood sugar, causing more fat.

The body has a certain 'set point' that it likes to have for its weight like a thermostat in a house.
Too much food causing weight gain? Body burns off the extra naturally.
Too little food? Body does EVERYTHING it can to preserve existing weight, starting with it lowering body temp and other things.
Insulin resistance over time causes this weight set point to go up and up and up and.. obesity and diabetes type 2 here we come.

So eating less just causes the body to burn less. No weight loss.
Moving more: the body burns way more energy just maintaining body temp and basic functions day to day than it does with exercising. You need to exercise a LOT to get any real calorie burn. And if you burn more in exercise, the body lowers other activity elsewhere to compensate so on a daily basis you don't actually burn much more energy. Other health benefits exist so you should exercise but weight loss ain't one of them.

Ketogenic diet = switching the body to burn fat, not sugars. This reduces actual fat and over time will lower the weight set point so the body will KEEP the new weight by itself.
Intermittent Fasting = not eating for varying periods. This causes certain effects in the way the body handles cell growth and calorie burning and works with Keto diet well to lose weight.

References:
https://www.dietdoctor.com/authors/dr-jason-fung-m-d
Read his book The Obesity Code and/or The Diabetes Code

https://www.drberg.com/
Another good reference point for these things.

There are others on YouTube as well if you look for them.

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