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[–] saucerwizard@awful.systems 13 points 3 months ago (4 children)
[–] veganes_hack 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ah, by "chaser", you mean "emetic"

[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 5 points 3 months ago

An olive oil chaser - classic.

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 8 points 3 months ago

The reactions to that are also quite something, not only does Musk bring out the worst people (bluechecks, all even less informed than him, or worse just people wanting to spread crypto/insult fat people/took over the weird posting style from Jordan B Peterson (the one with all the linebreaks at strange places, Musk also did it once in the same period he did the interview), but Yudkowsky reacted with a very gentle [citation needed], while we all know the truth.

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 7 points 3 months ago

Unfortunately the Joe Rogan case study shows that the answer is probably quite a bit more.

[–] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 12 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Looks like he's in the process of killing himself

And he insists exercise doesn't help him lose weight which means it doesn't have any benefit.

Poor fuck's going to get done in by vanity.

[–] sc_griffith@awful.systems 9 points 3 months ago

I can't really feel sorry for him but this is somehow still depressing

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

For the people not in the know 500kcal a day is very unwise. Not only very unhealthy, also a sign of looking for a quick fix mindset, which is not a thing that works well for long term weightloss.

[–] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, and he does this one in every two months (+ 1 bonus week of fasting because water weight because the only thing he's interested in is number go down).

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 7 points 3 months ago
[–] saucerwizard@awful.systems 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh man I need to up my caloric intake (ozempic makes this really hard).

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 6 points 3 months ago

Try not to go under 1000kcal (and even that is a bit low and prob unhealthy on the long term, assuming somewhat average male height, a middle age, and computertoucher lifestyle).

[–] maol@awful.systems 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Isn't this what happened to that creepy bloke on Tumblr. Maybe all rationalist-adjacent bloggers eventually shit themselves to death after trying to fix their health problems with punishing exercise regimes and dodgy supplements.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] maol@awful.systems 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] dgerard@awful.systems 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] maol@awful.systems 3 points 3 months ago

Yeah, I'd seen one or two of his popular posts but I only became familiar with him and his whole deal after he died.

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 8 points 3 months ago

Maintaining my weight still requires fasting 1 month for every 2 months that I eat enough for my brain to work.

... his brain works?

Objection! Facts not in evidence!