But what about when you run into pharmacist nutters who refuse to advise on or sell them because of their beliefs? It has happened before.

It’s a hot button topic for some people. I’m for the biological variation explanation - some people seem to really notice a difference while others don’t.

I think what the people who get really upset notice is that they dropped a few extra $100s on what’s often largely a marketing gimmick.

It’s noticeable, it’s just not massive. My phone screen runs at 120hz but I don’t notice a difference unless I’m scrolling rapidly. Gaming culture (driven by corporations) really overemphasizes its importance. Gamers as a group seem to be easily duped by impressive sounding numbers, just like the rest of the population.

Also keep in mind there likely isn’t a lot of selective pressure on biological vision refresh rate, so I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a fair amount of variability in the ability to discern a difference amongst individuals.

Absolutely human stampede events happen. What the article is pointing out is the majority of related deaths are preventable, as are the stampede events themselves.

Typically people don’t just fall over and get trampled to death. Instead, doors don’t open the right way, egress paths are blocked, there are tripping hazards, poor signage, poor crowd control, etc, which leads to incidents where people are hurt or killed. It happens but it’s easily prevented.

Edit: I now work in a related field, so this is kinda my jam. It’s wild.

Obligatory not a doctor but, if it’s long COVID or you suspect it’s long COVID, look into mast cell activation disorders. They’re often triggered by an illness or injury - mine was triggered by a massively stressful situation combined with getting COVID. Anecdotal, but every person I’ve personally known who has ‘long COVID’ ended up being ultimately diagnosed with MCAD once they saw a knowledgeable doctor and their symptoms markedly improved after treating it as such.

If you ever have any questions or need anything, feel free to drop me a message. We all have to stick together!

Hey fellow sickie!

I feel this post. I’m also chronically ill and it limits the amount and types of activity I can do. No heavy (or even moderately medium) lifting, I need tons of sleep, I can’t push myself too hard, etc. This pushes a ton of work onto my wife and it sucks.

My advice is to do what you can, when you can, and never give up trying for more, even if it’s just the barest sliver of improvement. Let me break some stuff down. I know you won’t be able to do some of these things (maybe you can later), but this was my journey.

My diagnosis (Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and mast cell activation disorder) took almost a year of seeing seemingly endless doctors, but I eventually figured out what I have. It took another year of more pointed doctor shopping to find one that was both intelligent and knowledgeable enough to handle it. A diagnosis is key - you can’t treat something if you don’t know what it is.

All the while, I did physical therapy exercises, improved my diet, and tried to be as healthy as possible. When I started, I couldn’t lift more than a pound or two with either arm without being in excruciating pain later. Four years later, I can lift about eight pounds with either arm a few times, or light items many times. I’ve learned to use speech recognition and head/eye tracking for computer usage. It’s all small, but for me it’s huge. I can drive a car, brush my own teeth, and pick up my cat without too much pain. I’ll keep doing my exercises and gradually improving, it just takes dedication and a lot of time, and it’s frequently unpleasant. The key for me was finding how far I could push myself before I pushed too far.

I’ve learned to make sure my wife has ample opportunities to tell me about her thoughts and feelings. We do what we can together, even if that’s me staying awake through part of a movie with her. It’s the thought and effort that counts most: I do what I can, when I can, and I just keep doing it. It’s not perfect and it’s definitely not what either of us deserves, but it’s enough because we keep trying and we’re working on it together.

It’s all small improvements, but it builds up with time. At the rate I’m going, I might even be close to normal function for my age by the time I die!

Striking is like adopting a pet or having a kid - there’s never a perfect time, which means it’s ALWAYS the perfect time! Arrange a strike and adopt a puppy today!

Same, and I’m sorry. It was Rush Limbaugh and Michael Savage for me. I remember realizing my father was an idiot at an earlier age than I might have otherwise because the arguments those two morons made were obviously so, so bad yet he just ate it all up.

I think NPR does a good job providing talk radio type material that isn’t repellant to people with critical thinking skills.

Do you consider their offerings substantially different than talk radio?

If you’re extra lucky, it’ll still be running on the original included demo toner cartridge.

He prefers to subdue his more active prey, arcade cabinets and ATM machines, before forcing himself into their currency slots.

When an SUV with floodlight headlights is tailgating me, I ask the passenger to use the rearview mirror to reflect their light back into the eyes of the driver. When that fails, we flash them a few times with one of those stupid 5k lumen mega-flashlights. They always seem to back off.

DON’T U LOVE FREEDUM?!

But what about God fearing, white Christians Americans?! They have a conditional right to not have to deal with pesky “other cultures” and “thinking critically about issues”.

/s

Same, during a boss fight in Elden Ring. I died.

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Mississippi - nearly always dead last in anything good.

But why would he do this? Isn’t he a FREE SPEECH ABSOLUTIST?!

/s, Musk is a moron