Thank you, I’ll look it up. Edit: from what I’m finding, the pain would be in a slightly different position. Mines centred, not on the outside of the knee.

Oh good idea, hadn’t considered that even though I do have a foam roller!

Thanks for posting, didn’t know about that!

To be fair I mainly wanted to jokingly tell the commentator that both china and the us are guilty of this, so I just mentioned a third country that I thought was decent. Thanks for educating :)

Lots of leftists and even leftist groups/spaces acknowledge and criticize the bigotry of lowered expectations. Sometimes called the soft bigotry of lowered expectations. It’s when you cut members of marginalized groups more slack simply because they’re marginalized. Whether someone means it or not, it perpetuates that someone is less smart, less capable, simply because they’re (gender)queer, a POC, disabled, etc. What you’re describing fits the bill.

I’m part of leftist groups that call it out for the bigotry it is, and I hope you can find a leftist group that does, too. They do exist. Or maybe otherwise, you can read a little about the bigotry of lowered expectations and bring it up for discussion with groups that are unknowingly guilty of it. Maybe they can learn from you.

Like, the Netherlands or something maybe?

I’ve never heard of a country where places give you extra drink for free just because you asked for less ice, to be honest. I know some bartenders who joke about the people who think asking for less ice will get them more.

Hey we’re pretty similar in regards to running! I started in May. I’m training for a 10k in May of this year.

I even made the same frustrating experience this week! I ran 8k in 50mins on Monday. Wanted to up my pace yesterday and was so out of breath after 2k that I tasted metal. Felt like I basically had to crawl home after that.

I googled and apparently if you do want to up your pace, you should try to run faster for only the last 10 mins or so of your run. But don’t overdo it because apparently it’s literally physiologically different within your muscles whether you run fast or far. And the changes training does are different, too: Usain Bolt at his peak wouldn’t have done very well at a marathon.

But I, for one, am fine training endurance for now. Maybe I’ll try to up my pace at a later point in time!

Maybe it’ll make more people choose smokeless tobacco, which is nowhere near as (but still quite) unhealthy?

But yeah this seems paradoxical, nicotine is the least of your worries if you smoke cigarettes.

You don’t need to know what they consider active, just give them a toggle so they can decide.

Either way, sprinting to marathon isn’t a progression. Speed and endurance are different skills with different training plans. There’s a reason they’re separate Olympic disciplines.

Can you explain what it means to me? I’m nb and I’ve always disliked it because it tends to confuse people, making them think being trans is a sexuality.

When I was a fresh teacher, a teenager asked ‘can I go to the bathroom?’ and I was excited to finally drop the classic ‘idk if you CAN, but you MAY’. And they laughed. I wanted a groan. Very disappointed.

So is cheese flavoured popcorn a grilled cheese sandwich to you? The ingredients alone don’t make a dish, the method of preparation matters as well.

I wouldn’t say it offends me, but it is a bit annoying when someone wears a weirdly modernized/made-sexy version of the traditional clothes of my region, when they’re from somewhere else and don’t give a shit about the history. Like, it’s not problematic or anything, like it would be with religious items or clothing of marginalized groups, but I’d still prefer they don’t.

My guess is if you’re already dealing with heart related issues like hypertension and high pulse, you’re more likely to skip coffee. Either because your doctor told you to or because it makes you feel worse.

Edit: shit, my bad, I somehow thought this was a reply to my other comment. Deleted. Sorry!

I do know that that’s the mechanism, yeah. I kinda wanted to know how it actually feels though, cause I’m sensorily sensitive. Like, do you not notice, or do you feel paralyzed, or stuff in some way?

If it matters, I’ve been considering it for excessive sweating.

I’m a little bit happier since I trained myself not to give a shit what others do with their bodies. Especially aesthetic choices, regardless of how ‘subtle’ or ‘excessive’. Takes a bit of mental practice to get there though.

I might be reading into it, but I thought the joke was that parents can react childishly when you change your appearance in a way they don’t approve of. My mum keeps saying ‘ooops I thought there was snot hanging from your nose but it’s just you piercing’, for example.

I’ve been vaguely curious to try it. Are you joking or can you really not move your face easily? Cause I think I’d dislike that.

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