Posts made by yerrag

@fd said in Skinny/thin phenotype who can eat all junk food and not put on weight:

Skinny fat

What is skinny fat like?

@Ecstatic_Hamster I was just thinking that maybe my climate is more humid than yours and that could account for the longer year of service for the microswitches. Perhaps a silicon dielectric grease applied or sprayed into the microswitch could slow down the wear and tear and extend the life of your scale, and even mine.

On the other hand, the higher moisture content of air in the tropics where I live could account for my led scree failing. In this case, pre-empting the wear by use of a dewatering fluid such as DW-40 could extend its life.

But just something to experiment with for the tinkerers. I'm all for extending lives, inanimate or not lol.

@Kvirion said in Why are you all so religious:

LOL! Can you see a difference between an organized forcefull degenerated religion and a deeply personal in-depth (continuously evolving as a real theology) relationship with a god?

BTW isn't naming someone like "neanderthals and cro-magnons" a cardinal sin of pride?

The joke is on us actually, laugh all you want- but at yourself. There is nothing to be proud of when we keep failing, and it's not that we're getting better at it each time we fail. You can't call it evolution when you are wrapped in straitjackets in your continual spiral into a religious helplessness centered on what is dressed up as faith while you become more and more helpless under a rules-based order that feeds you positivity and hopeful narratives while the world sinks into a barbarism with you dancing to the monotonous music of "hear no evil, see no evil" with each technological leap taking us more and more into a virtual reality of altered consciousness of controlled and curated media. Yet even as we try to break free, such as going into the forum we are in, we are just l slightly less contaminated as the spell can't help but seep in.

Keep calling and praying to Jesus while your priests and bishops and cardinals and popes and pastors do nothing, nada, zero- you hear me? - squat as they preach in unison about you being saved, and you're just as happy to know (or believe, or think you know) that you're saved from the manufactured fear of eternal damnation, and for that- you are quite content as a cow on pasture for you believe life is short, and you YOLO in your foreground while you blur the background which is fentanyl crazed, war mongering and execution dressed up as a crusade of morality and liberation, and genocides where the perpetrator points the finger back at the victim and you and your pastors ignore the truth and perpetuate lies such as this as part of the propaganda that is part and parcel of religion.

Not that I hate Jesus. He is exemplary and the best prototype of man that God ever made. One to be cloned in every person. It's that Jesus' name is being used against him in the very fabric of Christianity.

Watch what we do. And not what they say. And you know the hypocrisy lives in each of us. And don't play Pontius Pilate.

@secondkelping

Her smart way of eating can also mean normies in the past have been wrongly enjoying the food that have kept them healthy and long lived while their blood sugar is spiking all over the place to no effect in getting overweight and obese:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pf6DIaA72ZA

@Kvirion said in Why are you all so religious:

@Hando-Jin said in Why are you all so religious:

I suspect any benefits come from the community part of religion rather than the beliefs, not to be diminished I guess, particularly in the elderly.

Yep.

As far as any real transformation goes, it's obviously very limited in what it can provide. Like psychology, Religion's opposition to explanations of suffering that can't ever include biology make it completely toxic IMO.

Yeah, most (big) religions are about coping (as a normie/peasant) not about thriving as a leader/expert of a community... Moreover, religions are mostly as you said stuck in the Middle/Dark Ages...

BTW it's sad that such religious zealots, nazis, and incels here are creating noise (low vibrations) on this forum and scaring away some valuable people...

Hi Regina,

If neanderthals and cro-magnons understood God this way, what does this say about the current human species? Is this really a progression or is it a regression? In fairness, not all homo sapiens think in the vein of being programmed to believe in what is called faith that substitutes for reason and wisdom.

If a tree in an orchard is barren and does not bear fruit, should one keep watering the tree while other fruit trees can take its place?

@Ecstatic_Hamster

I had the same scale. They're good. I'm glad mine lasted 3 years though. But they're designed to not last as the microswitches eventually fail as the contacts wear out. Happens to all things using micro switches. If not, the led screen starts to lose its lines.

One year of reliable service is good enough. Longer life is bonua.

This is a nice resource. I wonder how you got them all together @Amazoniac. Surely, you put a lot of time into this. Just looking at them is already overwhelming.

Are you using some of these tools yourself?

What I noticed with you as compared with the past at RPF is that your English is much more understandable now, as I had difficulty understanding you given that English is not your first language and you are Dutch, at least in citizenship if not by blood.

Then again, this is just me being curious and I hope you don't take offense. Or maybe you have a girlfriend now and you have plenty more practice with English. Just saying there are many ways to skin a cat lol.

Whatever your means to improve your English and getting across your ideas in English, it is working very well. I would not rule out you're getting some help from AI, if only to translate Dutch to English better.

But back to writing better, I was wondering if being a good author is something that can come naturally, just like learning a new language where being exposed to good English as in growing up without having to go thru the usual A as in Apple routine of kindergarten. Or even going thru the rigors of diagram analysis in learning sentence construction.

As learning from going to school has its downsides in possibly making the graduates cookie cutter in style.

If one reads a lot and has occasion to write, is it possible that he can develop by osmosis like a sponge from the books and novels of great authors. Like for example if one reads Ray Peat a lot, would one find his writing style becoming more like that of Ray Peat?

I think reading a lot can also do a lot of good in terms of being able to write well. What are your thoughts.

@TheSir

Is the distinction between the spirit and the Holy Spirit that wide a divide? What if I just call it the Spirit instead of the Holy Spirit and just make it's holiness implied, would you object? So if a holy man who isn't Christian is filled with spirituality, would the spirit that fills him be any different from the one spirit also known as the Holy Spirit?

@Hando-Jin

B less religious. More spiritual.

Those so attached to religions will view this thinking as New Age. Only because their pastors use this to make spiritual people woo-woo and amounts to slander and to instill fear of going into a slippery slope of imagined fears becoming true.

When you think about it, religions incorporate many superstitions that are adopted from myths. When you read Joseph Campbell's books and hear his lectures, you will see where the word "Deus," meaning God, came from the Greek god Zeus. But this is fine imho, as this kind of "appropriation" is legitimate. You may call it a poetic license, but if you were to convert someone to your belief, you have to speak in the terminology you understand. This was what I was trying to make @TheSir understand in another thread.

Religions tend to follow rules to the letter. For very religious people, there tends to be an absence of context when they apply the written "law" with a broad brush, with no "ifs" and "buts." Which is why in a small group like a family or a small tribe, an elder takes the de facto role of leader because he is recognized for his wisdom and does not adhere to the rigidity of what is written, as what is written does not put into place all the instances where the rule does not apply. When the Ten Commandments say "Thou shalt not kill," for example, do we follow this law to the letter, or is it implied that "there are exceptions where the law does not apply?"

We follows laws when laws serve us, people, as Jesus would say so. The laws are followed when they are interpreted and implemented to the spirit, and it is in the spirit of love and the common good, which makes God happy. And when we are indeed endowed with the gift of the Holy Spirit, we are more spiritual than religious.

Call her whatever, but she is still a scientist of the modern era, deserving of the Nobel Prize. I present to you someone I don't know, but I'm sure she will make a good Joe Rogan guest, and perhaps be adopted by Charlie:

https://youtube.com/shorts/n8kUZ7n3cTk?si=rGBVLCW0w2SQSUBf

@Kilgore Sure!

@peatyzilian said in Killing serotonin without drugs:

@yerrag Thanks, that should be helpful!

One thing i'm also noticing is that i'm waking up with morning temps of like 94.64F°. Too low. No wonder why i keep tired all day...

I'm considering taking some T3.

I've been looking for some references where Peat would advise not just going ahead and taking thyroid without using some progesterone first but I'm failing to find it. Perhaps someone can help with that.

As I recall, he says taking progesterone would counter the effects of estrogen and PUFA which has been keeping T4 from converting into T3 thus making one hypothyroid. Taking progesterone would allow the accumulate T4 protein to slowly turn into T3 and over time the accumulated T4 in the glands (thyroid and liver) would be exhausted, and this is when you can start taking thyroid. Whereas if you start taking thyroid without first taking progesterone, it would just cause a lot of previously accumulated T4 to suddenly get released and causing hyperthyroid symptoms.

But as much as I try to remember this, but never get to experience having to treat myself, it is hard to recall exactly and I could even have the sequence being mixed up, meaning that instead of progesterone first, and thyroid next, it would be the other way around.

So, unless that is cleared up, it's better for you to stand pat and wait for someone to provide some more definite references before you act.

@Kilgore said in Temperatures:

@yerrag said in Temperatures:

@yerrag said in Temperatures:

The QTc is a measurement of how fast the heart relaxes after it contracts, expressed in milliseconds. The heart is a muscle and works like any other muscle in that it contracts and relaxes, and the muscle relaxes fast enough after contracting. When it relaxes too slowly, you are low in energy and are hypothyroid and when too quickly, you are hyperthyroid. I asked Ray Peat what value constitutes being euthyroid (normal) and asked if 440 msec is normal, and he just told me it is lower than that. So I have to just make a practical range to work with, based on measuring a sample of readings I've taken from myself to friends and family, and I consider 380 - 420 msec to be euthyroid, but that is my opinion and not set in stone. Someone else more knowledgeable likely will beg to differ.

I use a personal ECG monitor that calculates automatically the QTc value as well as show a graph. Looking at the graph, I can confirm whether the calculated QTc value is correct, as I can see the QTc calculation being off. The device I use costs in the neighborhood of $100, and has its limitations. It definitely lacks the accuracy of ECGs used in diagnostic labs and in doctor:s offices, but gives me enough guidance. To be certain, I would from time to time go to a diagnostics lab where I could get a more accurate reading. But you can't just walk in on a lab and ask for an ECG in the US. You need a cardiologist to do an ECG test of their prescription for a lab to do it. Well, that is the law in the much ballyhooed "rules-based" society we are under.

Thank you for this explanation. Will give the personal device a try sometime.
Question for you as well. Since I don't have any of the hypothyroid symptoms would taking something like TyroMix (T3/T4) give me any benefits?

Using Tyronene (T3) only is what I would using TyroMIx may give you an excess of T4 which gets converted to rT3 at times, and that would be counterproductive. Reverse T3 counters T3. You can start with a drop and maybe you can start observing some changes in your temperature when you wake up, or you may feel more energy. Try it different times, like before you go to bed, or before you have lunch. You may get a more restful sleep, or you may find that you no longer feel sleepy after lunch and need siesta during the mid-day doldrums.

@fiester said in New "Mission" of RPF:

@yerrag said in New "Mission" of RPF:

@fiester said in New "Mission" of RPF:

God did.

What were his exact words?

I envy you. I only get stirrings.

Perhaps you were very worthy.

But only God knows if you speak truth. He has a special place for those who lie. But that's just my opinion.

God speaks through His word, the bible.

“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:” (2 Timothy 3:16, KJV)

If anyone claims to hear exact words from God, I'd be doubtful. Romans 8 describes it as "groanings which cannot be uttered", also:

“For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:” (Revelation 22:18, KJV)

God has a special place for people who lie and have not believed on Christ for salvation.

“But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.” (Revelation 21:8, KJV)

Thanks for earnestly engaging.

@Barghest

Noted.

Thanks.

@fiester said in New "Mission" of RPF:

I don't think the left for dead Israelite was kicking and screaming.

I appreciate the humor.

Does Assange need to be left for dead for help to come for him?

Whybso you think your head pastor wasn't telling his fellow Christian leaders in the World Council of Churches to mount a strong campaign to free Julian Assange?

Does Jesus' "Render unto Cesar what is Cesar's what is Cesar's" apply here?

If God is the Way and the Truth, and if Julian Assange was persecuted for spreading the Truth, isn't he, as a citizen journalist exposing the heinous acts of the state in the action of its military complex, and acting in God's behalf, worthy of an all-out approach to save Julian Assange and grant him this freedom?

@fiester said in New "Mission" of RPF:

Catholicism is a cult. True Christianity is not. I am sorry the Catholic "church" hurt you.

Are you sure you're not in a cult yourself?

I am also sorry for you. Especially if you believe there is such a thing as a chosen people. But I don't think you are.

What in your opinion is true Christianity?

@fiester said in New "Mission" of RPF:

God did.

What were his exact words?

I envy you. I only get stirrings.

Perhaps you were very worthy.

But only God knows if you speak truth. He has a special place for those who lie. But that's just my opinion.

@TheSir said in New "Mission" of RPF:

@yerrag said in New "Mission" of RPF:

@TheSir

Your great ability to use words in going around in circles in absurd circumlocution only to object to form and not substance betrays your penchant to evade issues you clearly have no grasp of. It is only noise and no signal. Your history of posts attest to that nature in you which you mistake as brilliance. Wake up!

Considering your forceful attempts to dominate the discourse by making up lies about me and weaving fictitious narratives, as well as your consistent evasion of questions and counter arguments, this seems to be little else than projection. I continue being saddened by your recent dramatic change in character, but I hope deep down you are fine.

@TheSir said in New "Mission" of RPF:

@yerrag said in New "Mission" of RPF:

@TheSir

Your great ability to use words in going around in circles in absurd circumlocution only to object to form and not substance betrays your penchant to evade issues you clearly have no grasp of. It is only noise and no signal. Your history of posts attest to that nature in you which you mistake as brilliance. Wake up!

Considering your forceful attempts to dominate the discourse by making up lies about me and weaving fictitious narratives, as well as your consistent evasion of questions and counter arguments, this seems to be little else than projection. I continue being saddened by your recent dramatic change in character, but I hope deep down you are fine.

Your lack of awareness of yourself speaks volumes.

@Truth said in New "Mission" of RPF:

@yerrag said in New "Mission" of RPF:

@Truth said in New "Mission" of RPF:

@yerrag said in New "Mission" of RPF:

@Truth said in New "Mission" of RPF:

@yerrag said in New "Mission" of RPF:

@Truth said in New "Mission" of RPF:

@yerrag On what do you base your belief that Jesus is not only a fictional character and that he was a living person, and on what do you base your belief of the attributes you think he had?

Is there another source other than the same source you have, as Jesus did not flash a strong light as I was driving and revealed himself to me to start a new religion.

Did you want to follow up with one enlightening and mesmerizing gotcha, sticks?

I dont have any source, i dont have any belief related to that.

You base your beliefs on the Bible, or on "historical accounts", how in your thoughts do you discern what you think is propaganda and control, and what you think is factual about "Jesus"?

"Sticks" Can you stay correct or do you want to continue to be perceived as mentally ill, mentally ill person?

You ask for proof as if proof is like something one readily finds in a Rosetta stone. I would give you an explanation like I had done before, but it's best you begin to use tour God-given mind and get inspired to start thinking. I know, I know, it's hard. Just start with small tidbits of thought and slowly increase the stress on your mind.

You will get the hang of it, bones! Believe in yourself.

Mentally ill person,

The Questions neither imply nor speak of proof,

I said belief, not knowledge on top of that.

Already in this exchange, I've for sure used my " god" mind to think, rather than your low energy mediocre mind

Yes, mentally ill. So can you do me a favor and we just ignore each other. I'll always be testy with you. You feel you have some valid questions, whereas I consider them pointless and peripheral and have little bearing on the topic at hand. It's always a sidebar with you. Beside the point. And immaterial. But that is what makes you you. Some people will enjoy a tête a tete with you over coffee, but not I. Truthfully, I am annoyed. Rightly or wrongly.

All the best. Have a nice life.

Mentally ill person,

Why do you go to forums, if you feel animosity towards people who have different ideas from yours on certain subjects, even when they don't want to hurt others,

and if you feel animosity towards people who ask questions about your claims, even when these questions are elementary, and impartial?

Your ability to benefit from and contribute to forums seems low at the moment,

I suggest you should stop going on forums and/or the internet, try to relax and increase your energy and potentially come back later

Such is your disposition.

Tit for tat response.

I at least try to give you a fair assessment.

You deny what I see in you. And lash out like a wounded lion, his pride hurt.

What else do you want to say to make yourself a paragon of virtue and free of imperfections as you rattle off whatever descriptions of me to further distance me from your virtuous and exemplary demeanor?