Best posts made by Ganymede

@Auspice said in RL Anger:

The issue with the 'transactional' part is how... the 'nice' doesn't continue.

"Transactional" is probably a bad way to describe my own approach. Mine is an "utility" or "empirical observation" approach.

@faraday said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

The inhaler delivers the dose in two puffs. The nebulizer takes several minutes of inhaling the medication through a mist from a nebulizer machine. The nebulizer tends to allow more of the medication to be absorbed, and also tends to increase the side effects (including the annoying fast heart rate). Various studies (source, source) have shown no clinical benefit to nebulizers over inhalers overall. But some individuals find that nebulizers work better for them, as @Ganymede did.

Because of the slower delivery, you also get better control of the side-effects. I generally take 1/3 of the dose once a day to keep my mucosal membranes in the respiratory system open. I also take another 1/3 before a workout.

My doctor suggested I take a nebulizer because my problem is that my membranes get swollen with allergies. When this happens, the inhaler isn't as effective in getting the medicine further down into the bronchial tubes or up into the sinuses; I can't breathe properly, so it is harder to get the medicine where it needs to go. Using a nebulizer allows for slower, more constant intake.

@Coin said in Dead Celebrity Thread:

It looks to me like Nunes just capitalized on the flaw everyone was privy to since the fight with Holm: Roussey is just no good against boxers, she has no defense against them and has always relied on grapples and her superior Judo skills.

You serious? I vehemently disagree.

In her prime, Ronda didn't need a defense. She rushed, got a hold, and boom you're done. More than that, she had a fucking cast-iron jaw. You don't need a defense when you simply were not going to get knocked out.

And then Holly Holm got a punch in. And a kick in the face. And that was it.

When Ronda came back, she was hesitant and tentative. She never rushed. She was afraid. And that sealed the deal.

Holly Holm was lucky to survive. She lost her next match to MIesha Tate, who had previously lost twice to Rousey and is a grappler. Then, Tate lost to Nunes, who was simply younger and hungrier (and similarly trained).

Rousey was consistently great against all styles until Holm got a lucky shot in. You might as well say that Fabricio Werdum was never any good at boxers, and you'd be dead fucking wrong as well.

@Jaded said in RL Anger:

Losing a job is rough. But finding out you're losing your job only because your company closing down becomes a 2nd page article in the local newspaper - and the company itself has yet to say something to any of the employees - is a pretty shitty thing to do.

Companies of a certain size must provide notice to its employees before shutting down, under federal law. Might want to look into that.

Help me. What's a fatkini?

@Catsmeow said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

My only problem with my inhaler is this: My heart rate is already up because of the exercise. I'm worried if I take a hit to get my lungs to open, that it will speed it up more and I'll go into cardiac arrest or something.

You could talk to your doctor about it, but it is reasonable to presume that your heart rate might actually be more stable with your airways fully opened. Your heart and breathing rate may be elevated due to inadequate O2 saturation while exercising, and opening your airway may increase the amount of O2 coming in, thus stymieing your body's desire to increase both.

It sounds like you may want to talk to your doctor, overall. You've got great questions, and I'm not a doctor. Whatever you do, and whatever it takes, I hope your path to self-awesomeness goes awesome.

@Vorpal said in RL things I love:

I like the new HR director. She introduced herself as "(name) Stark. Tony's cousin."

Better than "Sansa's cousin," I suppose.

@Thenomain said in RL things I love:

What? Five Guys here in Columbus are bland burgers at an insane price. It's like they want to be In & Out Burger but can't manage being as good, varied, or well-priced.

Over here in Dayton, the burgers are under $5. How this qualifies as being as expensive as a restaurant is beyond me.

@Thenomain said in RL things I love:

If they were more tasty than a bit of wet cardboard, I would be okay with $5.

Maybe it's your location, because the 5G near my place isn't that poor.

Still, I have a soft spot for Steak and Shake. Cheap-ass, decent burgers.

@Coin said in RL Anger:

It sounds like she's jealous of her friends (or acquantainces) and their kids who lavish them with compliments where everyone else can see.

I don't compliment any of my friends on FB. Ever. If I want to send a message, I do it via PM or posting something directly to their wall.

People don't want my kind of attention, because it often brings vulgarities and kitty videos.

@Admiral said:

I'm not going to fat shame you, but by god you're a horrible person.

I actually have a strong dislike for morbidly-obese people. I sympathize for people with actual gland problems or genetic pre-dispositions, but I've met people with the same that aren't 300+ pounds.

Lose some fucking weight, shit. No, you don't deserve a handicap placard.

I'm not sorry for saying any of the above.

@Catsmeow said in RL Anger:

I took Home Economics in school.

I did not. My school didn't offer it. It was a nerd school; I guess no one expected us to actually have a home.

I'd expect such a subject to include modules on:

• Mortgages: how they work, how to bargain for them, where your money goes, and when to consider them, etc.
• Taxes: how to do them, what you need for them, common deductions, etc.
• Family Budgeting: how many accounts to have, what kind of accounts exist, saving for college, etc.
• Cooking: how to fucking read a recipe, how to fucking use a fucking knife, how to make something other than cereal and hot dogs, etc.

You know, the useful shit you really ought to know coming out of high school.

I'd volunteer to teach this kind of course. I'd call it 'Real Shit 101'.

@Sundown said:

I agree we should not ostracize or bully people, because who of us is without shitty problems they're not on top of? Fat people already feel horrible about it, even if they claim they're not, they're lying.

There is no end to the shaming and bullying of smokers, who are participating in an activity that's legal in most cases. This is acceptable because the goal of the shaming and campaigning will ultimately make the population healthier.

However, companies that encourage employers to lose weight by offering discounts on their health care plans are excoriated for allegedly fat-shaming. Yeah, people who think that can fuck right off.

@Arkandel said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

With lifting, especially at first, it's addicting. You struggle to lift 20 pounds then the next week it's 25. Then it's 30. Then 35. And for the first few months it can go almost lineary like that - until you start getting really, actually, honest-to-god fit - so that what you couldn't even pick up from the rack a while earlier has magically become unworthy of even warming up with. It's amazing.

I like lifting. I'm pretty good at it. It's also the most demoralizing thing I do in the gym because if I don't keep up, I see substantial performance drops within 2 to 3 weeks. That's a tough feeling.

I'm getting into cardio more these days. I do it because I know I can lift, but that's not my goal: shedding fat and water is.

But, yeah, the human body is amazing. I'm just responding to @Catsmeow to encourage her more because I'm good at workout slogans. ^.^

@GangOfDolls said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

Hmmm. Like some sort of iron issue?

More like "some sort of diet issue." I'm a proponent of eating a variety of foods in order to get proper nutrition, and when we eschew certain foods out of choice or circumstance we risk unsettling our body's chemistry.

It's just a thought.

@Monogram

Good luck with that. You may want to start a GoFundMe site to pay for the medical bills resulting from your attempts to extricate the cat from the furniture. He looks like a mean ol' Wizard to me.

@Cupcake said in RL things I love:

I marched.

My calves and thighs and lower back are very angry at me, but I did it. Almost 3 miles, one amongst 120,000 people.

Thank you.

@Sunny said in RL Anger:

I mean today I heard coming down the pipe talk of all of the treaties being nullified. Like. Fuck. This is mindblowingly bad.

Doesn't that mean that all of our land reverts back to the Native Americans which held the property prior to white folk settling?

Trouble brewing.

@Tyche said in RL Anger:

While a change in this arrangement would require Congressional action, it is quite likely the Trump administration will almost always grant that permission to mine, or drill for oil, or nix EPA requirements.

You do understand that agencies must still engage in due process prior to enacting regulations and, even when they do, still must work within the confines of existing federal law?

If so, then, no, the Trump Administration cannot nix EPA requirements or any other statutes requiring certain levels of review for every permit.

As for the Navajo Coal Plant, are you referring to the one that is still operational and is thinking of closing due to economic factors?

http://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/energy/2017/01/04/navajo-generating-station-threatened-closure/96164528/

@Sunny said in RL Anger:

Man, this is a person that just said it wasn't bad that they are talking about removing tribal sovereignity. I don't think facts have anything to do with the views being expressed.

It is not an unreasonable position to take for the sake of argument.

I'm not well-versed in U.S. Tribal law. My understanding of tribal sovereignty is minimal. But from what I do know, tribal sovereignty is something which has, in some way, crippled the ability for aboriginal tribes to seek what other Americans may consider justice.

For example, in Duro v. Reina, the Supreme Court held that a tribal court does not have criminal jurisdiction over a non-member Indian. At that time, tribes could exclude people from their lands, but that's about it; jurisdiction to try and punish an offender rested in courts outside of the lands. Congress later passed a law that permitted tribes to exercise criminal jurisdiction within their reservations over all Indians, including non-members, but that law was only upheld by the Supreme Court in United States v. Lara, 541 U.S. 193 (2004). Still, under the Indian Civil Rights Act, punishments are limited to 1 year imprisonment and a $5,000 fine.

Tribal sovereignty is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it can protect against predation by private entities or state governments: states, for example, cannot pass laws regarding such lands because federal law recognizes the sole, exclusive jurisdiction of the federal government to negotiate treaties with native lands. On the other hand, it can also prevent tribes from negotiating in good faith with state governments towards beneficial arrangements; these can get blocked by the federal government under the same principle.

Unfortunately for Trump, he does not have the authority to remove tribal sovereignty. Unfortunately for aboriginal tribes, Congress is full of bucket-heads that don't give a shit about the conditions in native lands.

(Edited to add: thanks to @sunny's opposition, I have come upon and read a very interesting law review article, and have come to the opinion that, if asked about, I would oppose any action to deprive the tribes of their sovereignty. In fact, if anything, I think that expanding them would probably be the best thing since sliced bread.)