I remember them saying it would ruin attention spans. They were correct, too. Mine is fucking shot.

My partner scrolls TikTok while watching TV.

It’s a bit of a mixed blessing that the Internet is slowly dying; there’s less to look at anywhere so I pick up a book every once in a while now instead.

Very true. For that matter, the “wellness” industry in general and a lot of popular wisdom about what ails us is mostly trivial, too.

The amount of weight given to the topic of whether artificial sweeteners are better or worse for your overall health than sugar compared to the time spent on talking about the dismally low percentage of the population who actually eat enough fruit and veg is the complete wrong way around!

Diet Coke is the least of your worries if you’re not getting any fibre, people! And if you are getting enough fibre, protein, and healthy fats, the right level of calories and all your recommended vegetables, then by all means drink all the Diet Coke you want! Which won’t be much because healthy diets leave you much more satiated and naturally energetic anyway.

The reason of course is that avoiding artificial sweeteners or some purported “toxin” is a quick and easy way to feel healthier and feel like you’re doing something without actually having to think about true overall health… Allegorically, everyone’s trying to build a pyramid from the top down.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Papers#Allegations,_reactions,_and_investigations

Exercising regularly and eating healthy and then experiencing the benefits of easier sleep and feeling happier is so frustrating.

The worst feeling came with the realisation that all those annoying gym junkie “you are what you eat”, “eat less, move more” douchebags are correct about everything. Now I’m responsible for my actions, goddammit.

The other week I didn’t get the fries with my normal chicken burger from the fast food place and didn’t get that awful heavy feeling in my stomach afterwards. Made me so angry.

Calorie and macro-nutrient tracking/counting.

Healthier choices follow as a normal consequence. Once you’ve got the proof in front of you of the nutritional value of food and what it’s doing for you, it’s really a lot harder to make unhealthy choices again… It’s easier to get fruit and veg into your diet, veg in particular is so filling for how low in calories it is it’s basically “free”.

I’m not on any sort of restrictive diet– low carb, low fat, no sugar, keto, vegan, or anything else– except that I stick to my recommended energy intake. I didn’t intentionally cut junk food out, there’s nothing I’m forbidden from eating, but I ended up eating far less junk food incidentally as a result.

It absolutely is not for everyone– some people find calorie counting stressful or a time drain, and it does of course have an association with disorders– but eating only your recommended energy intake for your age, height, gender, and activity level is a great starting point.

If you’ve stuck to your calorie budget but you’re still physically hungry late at night… Well, your diet needs rebalancing.

Sampling error: By definition, you never hear from the ones who did give up social media because… they gave up social media.

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Man Fulfilling Job Description At Work. More at 11.

This guy’s mayor of a single city and he’s making every politician worldwide look like shit with minimal effort.

Ew, math is gross sometimes…

I feel scammed.

I always bought DVDs to avoid ads and that was nice, then they made streaming more affordable and convenient.

Then they quietly dropped releasing streaming shows on physical media and now it’s more expensive and has ads.

You tricked me!

That’s already true…

I hardly ever use “lol” to mean laugh out loud. It’s also just interspersed in sentences to denote when something is not really serious lol.

“On camera”?

Wouldn’t that just be a camera pointed at a processor in a data centre somewhere?

Cars, and all the resulting infrastructure.

Ruined city structures and, to an extent, local communities. Small corner stores and tight-knit communities have vanished in favour of giant shopping malls meant to serve everyone in a huge radius.

I have an old Apple Watch and this made me wanna get rid of it.

I’ve bought into their ecosystem (mainly just because I hate every other tech giant slightly more) but they’ve really done little to impress me these past few years…

I’ve read (and don’t quote me on it) that the way it gets around those laws is it’s technically not “recording”. It’s real-time dictation with no audio recorded or transmitted anywhere…

… But even so, it really goes against the spirit of those laws.

I don’t know if I’ve read of any Apple fans who don’t think this is creepy or at the very least wildly unnecessary as a feature.

It’s tough not to form a superiority complex these days when you hear of people who can’t compose emails by themselves.

Writing is so much easier when you skip over the bit where you do writing.

I lived through the birth and widespread adoption of the Internet and it’s becoming increasingly likely I’ll live through its death, too. You don’t realise you were in the good old days until they’re over.