Mass Psychosis is now the new threat. Plan in advance

[Yodean]

https://www.amazon.ca/SprinZ-Silicone-M ... 88&sr=8-43

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Along with copious amounts of vaseline/coconut oil/baby oil/saliva, the above devices may be helpful, for those who are planning on staying in a Western democracy in the years to come.

Start small, go slow ... don't "go big or go home" in this instance, as you may end up in the hospital if you do the latter.

Those tools look dangerously close to a prostate massager, have heard that they can help but never tried them. So have you tried them Yodean lol. Gives a new meaning to the title of sitting on a solid throne
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I suppose you could use them as a prostate massager, I guess (never done this), but my current understanding is these tools are more for women - i.e. they are similar to butt plugs (BP).

So, one use for a BP is for a female partner to insert the BP into her anus and hold it for a while, so that her anal sphincter loosens up a bit. Then follow-up Greek (i.e. anal sex) with a male partner would be less painful, and perhaps even somewhat pleasurable, for the woman, or anal-receptive partner.

Another less common, perhaps even more interesting utilization of a BP, is to have a BP already inserted into a female partner's anus, while having conventional vaginal intercourse with a male partner. This changes the sensations of traditional vaginal intercourse for both partners, often in a fairly exciting fashion. In a sense, "tightens" the sensations for both.

Perhaps an underrated, and less known, use of a BP is to have it inserted in the vagina of the female partner while engaging in anal intercourse - this is also potentially quite interesting, and changes the sensations as well.

I cannot confirm nor deny that I have tried any of the above.

[SOL]

Boy do we have a talent for going off topic this was supposed to be about mass psychosis and now its diverged to something else

[Budge]

Boy do we have a talent for going off topic this was supposed to be about mass psychosis and now its diverged to something else

Off topic? Don't think so. I think it's illustrative of a mass (or minor) psychosis!

[SOL]

Boy do we have a talent for going off topic this was supposed to be about mass psychosis and now its diverged to something else

Off topic? Don't think so. I think it's illustrative of a mass (or minor) psychosis!

You have a point bro

[Yodean]

Off topic? Don't think so. I think it's illustrative of a mass (or minor) psychosis!

Indeed, don't knock it until you've tried it. Always fun to eliminate some boudoir "filters."

ROFL.

[SOL]

Why is it so difficult to make people change their minds?

the investigators explain that, as previous research shows, “[p]eople are more influenced when others express judgments with high confidence than low confidence.

We found that when people disagree, their brains fail to encode the quality of the other person’s opinion, giving them less reason to change their mind.

it is the fact that our brains ignore the strength or urgency of ideas that contradict our own that may explain why so many people are likely to persist in mistaken beliefs, establishing a gap between themselves and individuals with different ideas and belief systems.

For instance,” the researchers note, “over the last decade climate scientists have expressed greater confidence that climate change is man-made. Yet, the percentage of the population that believes this notion to be true has dropped over the same period of time.

The researchers found that, when their partners agreed with their evaluation of the property value, they would be more likely to say then that they would be willing to invest more in those houses, especially if their partners had said they would invest larger sum

We found that when people disagree, their brains fail to encode the quality of the other person’s opinion, giving them less reason to change their mind.”

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articl ... sing-views


people continually reduce their cognitive dissonance* to align their beliefs with their actions, thereby maintaining psychological consistency and feeling less mental stress.

This phenomenon, first described by Leon Festinger in 1957, helps explain why so many people will vigorously defend, excuse, justify, and keep their sacred beliefs even when confronted with irrefutable proof they are wrong

There are several ways that people reduce their mental tension when their behavior and their available information clash. In psychology, it’s called “dissonance reduction.” Here’s an example that involves a person who is trying to lose weight and eat a healthier diet, yet is eating cookies they've learned are full of trans fats, sugar, and are high in calories. To reduce dissonance, the person can:

• Change their behavior or belief so that it’s congruent with the new information. For example,
  I’ll stop eating these cookies, because they’re full of unhealthy fat and sugar and won’t help me lose weight.
  Justify their behavior or belief by changing the conflicting cognition. For example, “I'm allowed to cheat on my diet every once in a while.
  Justify their behavior or their belief by adding new cognitions. For instance, "I'll go to the gym more often to work off the cookies.
  Ignore or deny information that conflicts with their existing beliefs. For example, “These cookies are not really that unhealthy, high in sugar or fattening

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https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog ... heir-minds

the investigators explain that, as previous research shows, “[p]eople are more influenced when others express judgments with high confidence than low confidence.
We found that when people disagree, their brains fail to encode the quality of the other person’s opinion, giving them less reason to change their mind.
it is the fact that our brains ignore the strength or urgency of ideas that contradict our own that may explain why so many people are likely to persist in mistaken beliefs, establishing a gap between themselves and individuals with different ideas and belief systems.”

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/327341

people continually reduce their cognitive dissonance* to align their beliefs with their actions, thereby maintaining psychological consistency and feeling less mental stress.

This phenomenon, first described by Leon Festinger in 1957, helps explain why so many people will vigorously defend, excuse, justify, and keep their sacred beliefs even when confronted with irrefutable proof they are wrong.
cognitive dissonance is the mental discomfort experienced by a person who simultaneously holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values. “ is the mental discomfort experienced by a person who simultaneously holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog ... heir-minds

[scott]

people continually reduce their cognitive dissonance* to align their beliefs with their actions, thereby maintaining psychological consistency and feeling less mental stress.

• Change their behavior or belief so that it’s congruent with the new information. For example,
  Justify their behavior or their belief by adding new cognitions. For instance, "I'll go to the gym more often to work off the cookies.

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Or, if I eat this cookie, I will eat less overall.
Charlie knows...

[Yodean]

Or, if I eat this cookie, I will eat less overall.
Charlie knows...

One cookie might be okay.

Just one study, but interesting nonetheless:

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ABSTRACT

Purpose
To identify life-long body mass index (BMI) trajectories across two related generations and estimate their associated mortality risks and population attributable deaths.

Methods
We use prospective cohort data from the Framingham Heart Study (1948–2011) original (4576 individuals, 3913 deaths) and offspring (3753 individuals, 967 deaths) cohorts and latent trajectory models to model BMI trajectories from age 31 to 80 years. Survival models are used to estimate trajectory-specific mortality risk.

Results
We define seven BMI trajectories among original cohort and six among offspring cohort. Among original cohort, people who are normal weight at age 31 years and gradually move to overweight status in middle or later adulthood have the lowest mortality risk even compared to those who maintain normal weight throughout adulthood, followed by overweight stable, lower level of normal weight, overweight downward, class I obese upward, and class II/III upward trajectories. Mortality risks associated with obesity trajectories have declined across cohorts, while the prevalence of high-risk trajectories has increased.

Conclusions
The mortality impact of weight gain depends on an individual's BMI trajectory. Population attributable deaths associated with unhealthy weight trajectories have grown over generations because the prevalence has increased, offsetting the decline in trajectory-specific mortality risks.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a ... 9721000090

A laywoman's explanation of the study results w/ commentary: https://www.studyfinds.org/overweight-l ... ve-longer/

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The basic idea is that if you enter your thirties at a healthy weight and gain a little bit more weight steadily as you age, you'll likely live longer than all the other groups. Somewhat counterintuitive, which makes it interesting, to me.

Correlation does not equal causation, of course.

Still, think I will have a PUFA-infused chocolate peanut butter brownie with my cider tonight ...

[SOL]

The basic idea is that if you enter your thirties at a healthy weight and gain a little bit more weight steadily as you age, you'll likely live longer than all the other groups. Somewhat counterintuitive, which makes it interesting, to me.

Correlation does not equal causation, of course.

Still, think I will have a PUFA-infused chocolate peanut butter brownie with my cider tonight ...

I like to validate said data so that is why after conducting research I either self-experiment or verify the data visually or work with a small group of knowledgable self-experimenters and data verifiers (a very tiny group). I have visited several communities that are known for living longer than the average joe. I have also been fortunate to know a lot of individuals that made it to their 90s and a few that made it past 100. 90% of the individuals were slim and 10% were what I would call round, meaning an acceptable amount of extra poundage but nothing out of the ordinary. All in all the key element that I found across all of these long-lived individuals was their state of mind and as no one followed a standard set diet. They all were happy to be alive, enjoyed each moment for the most part and took things in stride.

I prefer Pure Chocolate Lava Cake with several scoops of Haagen Daaz or another equivalent ice cream.

[SOL]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOLmD_W ... nel=TED-Ed

[AstuteShift]

Makes me wonder why Buffet and Munger still in the garbage media, it’s almost like elder abuse given their advanced age. I bet you they wear diapers and have senile dementia lol

[Budge]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOLmD_W ... nel=TED-Ed

Crappy education, where no one is judged. Unfortunately most "educators" are incompetent. I had one square peg son who was always in trouble at school so I had multiple interactions with his teachers and administrators. People got offended when I said I'd not give a bucket of warm spit for most teachers.

Touchy feely, Participation Trophy Winners generations. This TED talk referred to getting feedback. Yea right! No one will give an honest assessment - too scared of giving offence. Give people an honest assessment and they might hate you for a while but then end up hating all those people who lied to them in the past (maybe). I wonder if Maria still hates me for telling her during her evaluation that she was grossly overweight and should stop smoking? At least I refrained from telling her to pull up two seats to sit down. Hmm, was mid-1980s. Company's attitude was "upfront, blunt and candid". Then GM bought the company.

[Yodean]

People got offended when I said I'd not give a bucket of warm spit for most teachers.

Yeh, there's a spittle of truth in that saying that "those who cannot, teach." For the most part, in my direct experience, this has held true.

In general, the teaching professions tend to attract mediocrity (or worse), imo.

[Yodean]

All in all the key element that I found across all of these long-lived individuals was their state of mind and as no one followed a standard set diet. They all were happy to be alive, enjoyed each moment for the most part and took things in stride.

I prefer Pure Chocolate Lava Cake with several scoops of Haagen Daaz or another equivalent ice cream.

Yeh, Haagen Daaz is never a poor acquisition, at any price.

@Sol: I'm still somewhat puzzled why you want to live so long ... what's the big deal?

Life is fun and wonderful, sure, even with all the "bad" cycles, but personally I don't think Ms. Death coming for me early is such a scary proposition - I'm pretty much ready to go anytime.

I put a lot of effort into my physical and mental training constantly because I enjoy those practices, not because I want to live that much longer than everyone else. I enjoy having certain physical and mental abilities that on an age-adjusted basis, at least, are fairly amazing. In other words, I train, intermittently fast, eat fairly "clean," etc. because it's fun, to see what abilities I can cultivate in my bodymind as it ages.

In a way, the idea that physical death is a bad thing is perhaps the ultimate mainstream narrative!

[SOL]

Yeh, Haagen Daaz is never a poor acquisition, at any price.

@Sol: I'm still somewhat puzzled why you want to live so long ... what's the big deal?

Life is fun and wonderful, sure, even with all the "bad" cycles, but personally I don't think Ms. Death coming for me early is such a scary proposition - I'm pretty much ready to go anytime.

I put a lot of effort into my physical and mental training constantly because I enjoy those practices, not because I want to live that much longer than everyone else. I enjoy having certain physical and mental abilities that on an age-adjusted basis, at least, are fairly amazing. In other words, I train, intermittently fast, eat fairly "clean," etc. because it's fun, to see what abilities I can cultivate in my bodymind as it ages.

In a way, the idea that physical death is a bad thing is perhaps the ultimate mainstream narrative!

I don't want to live a long or short life, but if I happen to live a long life I want to live it well, otherwise an earlier death would be the preferred option. The people that I know that lived to their 90s did not wish or not wish to live a long life, but because of their good habits, they lived well, mentally and physically (healthwise) speaking.

I am not into routine it bores the hell out of me. Living a long life in one solitary place no matter how beautiful would be akin to some sort of jail (from my perspective). So while I do exercise I prefer learning new things and or seeing things from a different angle or perspective, and I get the secondary benefit of increasing my dendritic connections. I view Routine as the modern equivalent of arsenic, albeit mentally speaking. Again this is my opinion, and I am not going to impose it on anyone