What about sugar-free gum?

… Wait, don’t reuse dental floss? Oh no. I thought the point was only to loosen gunk!

We’re lost

That’s probably an accurate analysis. It’s hard to believe that with all the time we spend sleeping we haven’t figured out a way to do it comfortably.

Maybe suspend me in a vat of liquid?

I hear that, and fun music is how I enjoy it. I listen to a lot of reggaeton and cumbia. Knowing that I’m getting stronger, and improving my future living standard, are also plenty motivating. Like I said, back pain and then no back pain? I’ll do it.

It also scared the shit out of me to realize that some people my age couldn’t do an air squat… I don’t want to get old like that!

But, movement and strengthening in general is where it’s at. This works for me, but whatever keeps you interested. I don’t mean to make this an ad for my exercise routine!

Has anyone tried this? https://odditymall.com/arm-slot-mattress-designed-for-side-sleepers Looks like the skot would rub your armpit to shreds, but I like the idea.

That is lucky… But do you wake up with all sorts of weird sorenesses?

I’m not a doctor, but some combination of deadlifts and running have saved my lower back. I notice a huge difference in my back pain if I don’t workout for a while – these last few weeks of snow mean I’m not running as much, and the pain of NOT moving sufficiently is different and worse than the soreness from weightlifting! It’s surprisingly noticable.

I do not use self-checkout for several reasons, including what other people have said: i don’t get a discount, it’s taking someone else’s job, it’s annoying as fuck. Further, I use my own canvas bags, and that machine yells about the weight mismatch no matter what I try. I’d rather listen to nails on a chalkboard.

But i also shop for groceries 1 time per week, which means I’m buying beer, which means the self-checkout STILL requires somebody to help me. I end up standing around for longer than it takes to go through the regular line.

Anyway, the self-checkout lines generally see very loud usage in my NC town.

Texas, please don’t light camping stoves inside your houses this time, and please get carbon monoxide detectors.

Those photos a few years ago were painful to look at.

I resist app addiction in all forms except Duo. Amen to that.

I hear all of that. I also miss the champagne tracksuit :) and the ability to do my weird waterfall practice method to force spaced repetition out of my lessons. I’m not sure that I’m learning any less with the way they’ve set it up, though.

As to the hearts, I subscribed about a year ago for that reason. It’s always been an issue on the app, but I don’t think it’s gotten better or worse. AFAIK, hearts are still unlimited on the website (though that definitely doesn’t work for me. I practice twice a day, and I’m usually not at my computer when I do.)

The one thing that is driving my bonkers right now is that they just asked if I want to sync my contacts. NO! I do NOT want to friend my cousin. Leave me in peace – I only do anonymous social media for a reason. If this goes further down the social media pieline, I’ll have to reconsider and find something else.

In the meantime, I love it, and my ability to communicate in my chosen language is exhilarating.

That’s cool, dude. I like your dog. But maybe think about the next pig you eat as ALSO being a sweet, intelligent, and inherently valuable critter.

There’s no reason to save a dog that doesn’t also lead to saving a pig, just as there’s no reason to eat a pig that’s not also a reason to eat a dog.

I’m interested, and I don’t know anything about South Korean meat production.

To be clear, I’m not arguing that people should eat dogs. I’m arguing that meat production tends to be horrific, and treating dogs any differently is ignoring some major issues in favor of human bias. I do know something about US factory farming, and it’s horrific: cruel to animals, environmentally unconscionable, and a social justice issue for humans working in and living near plants (for example, hog farms in North Carolina). I’m not sure how much worse dog farming could be. We just have more sympathy for them.

I mean, it’s pretty good…!

I don’t know, but let us know how it goes.

Like gym bros putting spray butter on everything because it has “zero calories,” hahahha.

I downvoted this post as I don’t find this uplifting at all. I don’t eat meat, and I love my dog, but there’s no reason to single out dog meat consumption other than cultural norms and globalization. It seems like an unreasonable position for the South Korean government to have taken.

I use Duo AND Anki. Both have limitations.

I still use it, and it works great for me. Why do say the program is trash?