You mean, a vending machine?

Ah shit, the Oral-B one? It’s the only floss that I can get between my teeth. :(

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Naw man, gotta keep you poor and debt ridden. Otherwise, who’s going to buy their get rich quick course?

It doesn’t matter if they actually absorb water or not. Just try the mushrooms side by side, washed and unwashed. Decide based on what you prefer.

I’ve never had a problem with this, raw or cooked. The insides of my washed mushrooms are always dry.

But just not as much from some types as others

Yeah, and that’s exactly what we’re talking about in the context of protein completeness.

If you are already regulating what you eat and praying a lot of attention to the nutritional value or the calorie count […]

The context of this comment chain is bodybuilding, so it applies for the majority of this population. But you’re right that for the general population, you don’t need to concern yourself with any of this as long as you have a varied diet. I’d still encourage everyone to have lots of rice and beans though because that shit’s delicious.

Ah, I see. Though I would call this manipulative, not dishonest.

entities that seems honest are the most secretly dishonest

It’s the converse. By definition, dishonest entities (that are good at what they do) will appear honest.

Definitions aside, let’s go back to my original argument. To rephrase it a bit: A transparently manipulative entity is better than a deceptive and manipulative entity. So why protest the added transparency and not the manipulation?

I think I’m missing an important part of your argument here. What are they doing that you consider to be dishonest?

IIRC, his point was just that it doesn’t have to be in one meal. Your diet as a whole still needs all the amino acids.

Legumes tend to be very filling for the amount of protein they provide, plus having to complement them with grains to make a complete protein greatly increases the Calories to protein ratio. Rice and beans do make for a great cheat meal when you can fit it in though.

Kind of a boring answer, but I think the most logical answer for most people would be to use it on their gym membership. I know I would.

Worse than what they’ve been doing for the last decade? It seems to me like this is a better state of things because it’s clearly a lot of money for one big purchase, so you know immediately that it’s not something you can afford. Better transparency, so less manipulative.

If you provide people with the means to replace lost crypto keys, then you’ve lost the security gained from using them.

This is a problem with the add-on store, not the browser. Do the forks have their own add-on stores? Or do they just use the same one that Mozilla provides? To the best of my knowledge, the only forks that have their own stores are the ones that wouldn’t be able to use Firefox plugins anyway (e.g. Palemoon).

I feel like if anything has the right to be ridiculously expensive, it’s art.

• It’s not a necessity for survival.
• It’s not a necessity to live a fulfilling life.
• There’s so much else available to us that can fulfill the same purpose that are cheap/free.
• A one time $435 cost feels a lot more expensive than lots of small purchases adding up to the same amount, meaning this is more likely to be purchased exclusively by people who can actually afford it, unlike the latter which can trick people into spending more than they can afford.
• It funds free entertainment for everyone who don’t have the ability to pay.

What’s the downside?

Can someone translate this to Canadian English? Thanks.

I don’t think forking Firefox is going to change what you see in the add-on store. You would need someone to run their own store. Or just install the plugin manually.

Okay. So you’ve categorized yourself by this arbitrary metric. Now what? How is this useful in any way?

Plateaus will happen, and part of the journey is figuring out how to break through them. It usually comes down to one of two possibilities: pushing yourself too hard, or not hard enough.

What does it mean to be pushing too hard? Your body needs to recover from the workouts and grow bigger/stronger. This means needing adequate food/sleep/rest and low stress. All of these variables affect each other. If you eat less, sleep less, or have a generally more stressful life, you’ll have to go easier on your workouts to compensate. I understand that you don’t have full control over your diet, and that’s fine. We make do with what we have, and you still have control over your workouts. Some options to consider:

• Do a deload, where you go very easy (e.g. 50% of your max) for a week, then return to your usual workout. You can also accomplish something similar by dropping your training max and working your way back up by progressing the same way you normally do.
• Switch to a program with a slower progression. If you usually up the weights once a week, consider a program that does it once every 2/3/4 weeks.

What about not pushing hard enough? For that, you need to get a feel for what it’s like to push hard. Renaissance Periodization’s YouTube channel had a bunch of these “Training muscle X with person Y” videos, and they tend to be very good demonstrations of what it looks like to push hard. Keep in mind that workouts like these should be the minority of your overall workout plan if they’re even there at all, but it’s good to know what to aim for when you do have those days scheduled.

I’m my opinion, focusing on strength training is a good idea when everything else is suboptimal. A lot of gains can be made on the powerlifting movements by just practicing and optimizing your technique.