bluGill

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the human body so incredibly bad at responding to colds?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  People talking about vitamins universially mean suppliments. Whole foods are better, but people talk about eating healty then (also meaningless but potentially better)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the human body so incredibly bad at responding to colds?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  There is a difference between vitamins and food. Food has nutrition: not just vitamins but calories, fiber, and such. Vitamins mostly make your pee expensive as your body has to work to get rid of the excess to keep the right balance.

  sometimes vitamins are needed - see your doctor for advice not internet comments. without medical advice vitamens are wasting money

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what's your take on employers banning the use of languages other than English between coworkers at the workplace?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  leaving someone out is never effective. So it is often good to force one language for work purposes. Though personal convertations can be whatever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the human body so incredibly bad at responding to colds?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Every study I've seen says that vitamins make not difference in the majority of cases. Low vitamin levels can have cold like symptoms, and in that case vitamins will fix the problem.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨More than 40% of private renters ration energy use to afford bills, study finds⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I don't find this surprising or useful as a statistic. People tend to spend their money no matter what their income is. I know doctor couples easily making more than half a million per year who have to be careful near the end of the month because they spent everything. I know people who work entry level jobs who likewise have to be careful. The lifestyle of the two groups is overall very different, but both a rationing the same things because there are only a few things that can be rationed - most spending are bills that you can't change anymore (rent, insurance, car payment...) and that leaves energy for both groups because you can not make a trip, adjust the thermostat...

  Of course the doctors in the above pair likely is maxing out their 401k, has a much nicer house they are making those payments on - they will have a better future - but that is money they cannot touch today. They also are spending a lot more money and so have a lot nicer lifestyle. However in the moment they are rationing energy use just like everyone else despite being much richer than everyone else.

  I'm not sure the above is even bad - you can't take it with you - even in most religions (including atheism), and you almost never know how long you will live. Even if you save for a "rainy day" don't save too much as you could die tomorrow - may as well enjoy it today and if tomorrow comes ration energy then.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Shouldn't I Use A Small Gaming PC⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What games? Note that I'm not just asking about the 5+ year old games you are playing today, but also asking about some potential game that isn't even announced yet that it might turn out you really enjoy in the near future? I'm also asking about non-game things that you might do (though for most games are what needs the most power it is worth mentioning that you might do something non-game that needs are powerful machine.

  Some games will be better on a more powerful machine. Most such games have a limit though, and so you may be just fine with a less powerful machine (particularly if it really only is 5 year old games). However without knowing what game nobody guess how much power you need.

  For my uses machines such as you link are good enough. Sure they can't be expanded much, but everything I'd want to expand them with that isn't built in sits off a USB hub anyway. That doesn't mean that will work for you though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to Decide what an Appropriate Medical Response is for Loved Ones⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Take a first aid + CPR class. You can get them that cover everything in as little as 4 hours, but try to get a longer one since they go more in depth. They cover most of the common situations and so will make you calmer when it happens because you had a couple drills. Even if you don't remember the details you will remember something - and when you call the emergency number it will come back what you are supposed to do making it easier for them to explain it.

  Everybody should take first aid and CPR classes every few years. Ideally keep your certification up to date, but even if you certification is 20 years out of date, when you need it you will have a clue and so be a lot more helpful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you argue for a cause like affordable housing for everyone, is it necessarily hypocritical if you also own investment properties?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That doesn't change anything useful. There are many not for profit health insurance companies in the us - they are no cheaper and don't have better service than the for profit ones.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you argue for a cause like affordable housing for everyone, is it necessarily hypocritical if you also own investment properties?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For many people owning their own housing is the wrong decision. That means somebody else needs to own their housing and that person may as well be you (depending of course on your situation - it isn't for everyone)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you argue for a cause like affordable housing for everyone, is it necessarily hypocritical if you also own investment properties?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you say that "look at how much money I'm making, tax me harder daddy" it's another.

  That is a bad thing for affordable housing. For affordable housing you need profits from investment property just enough to be worth doing. Any taxes a property owner pays needs to come from the rent they charge so high taxes mean they are charging more rent to cover it. So if taxes are high that means that rents are higher than they could be. You should get rich - to the extent you do - in property ownership by owning a lot of property for a long time, not charging high rents.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  unless you are rich you/him should be putting the cost of the apartment into savings for college. The rich can pay full price for their kids ivy league college and not notice it - almost nobody is that rich.