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This study was observational; it doesn’t prove that the type of protein available in a country’s food supply directly influences longevity.

Gonna say the Pareto principle applies here, and the makeup of plant or animal protein sources is going to be largely negligible in terms of health.

If you wanna be healthy: eat real food; don't be fat.

I'd be down to watch a dark comedy about kkk wizards.

Then we'd find another way to identify the top of the social heirarchy and watch shows about them

Holy shit dude, just tell your friends how you feel. Say "hey, I feel like we've been drifting apart the last few years, and I don't like it. What's up with that?" Then, go from there based on responses. It's literally that simple.

Yep, very normal.

But I will point out this obvious fact: being normal FUCKING SUUUUCKS.

So yeah, if you wanna spend the next 30 years trying to make water cooler banter and polite "hello"s at the gym substitute for real human connection, sure, be normal.

But if you want to have a not-shitty life, then do what is necessary to preserve your existing relationships and cultivate new ones.

The "gas" in "gas powered turbines" is natural gas - aka, a fossil fuel, aka, the thing causing climate change.

It does, when that additional expense is the difference between being able to buy the home and not being able to. Or when it makes a difference in a developer's decision to build or not build a home.

Very few people learn this, even as adults. Hence these threads

Yes. That's why quality keeps declining there.

Exactly. You are limiting your ability to make things happen if you insist on making it free. If you just charge a fee, you can use it to pay a venue to host you.

While the result fits my priors, I don't think the study is worth much, since it relies on self-reported diet, and relies on WEIRD test subjects.

I mean, make your own club. It's as simple as finding a space to do it, inviting your friends, and putting up some posters or whatever.

But finding a space could be difficult. Many people find dancing, or especially learning to dance, in public spaces like parks to be uncomfortable. So you'll need somewhere private, out of the public eye. You might be able to find space in a local school, library, community center, or church - but these places rarely seem to have a good vibe. Usually they have bad lighting, modernist architecture, lackluster sound systems (if they have any at all), and/or an odor that isn't bad so much as it is vaguely off-putting. And just generally, they aren't the sort of places where a vibrant young person wants to go to have a good time. So you probably need to find a private venue, like a bar with a spare back room. The bar might want to host you as a form of passive advertising and a way to get people in the door - but just as easily, they may want you to pay a fee for the inconvenience you cause them and for the use of their space. And fair enough - after all, they still need to make their rent.

Then, you have to actually put on the event. Picking out music, getting a good vibe going, dealing with assholes and telling them to go away, getting the word out, responding to emails, finding people to cover for you when you just can't make it this week, etc. At which point you realize that you are essentially working a part time job, so you might as well get paid.