Djinn_Indigo

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

I used to have pretty serious lower back pain. Two things helped me out quite a lot, and you don't need a doctor for either.

1: Exercise the lower back. Pain in the lower back is caused by muscle weakness.

2: Getting a different job. Yea it turns out that sitting at a desk for 12 hours causes hecka bad back pain. Although I've heard that sitting in a backless chair or yoga ball can help, since leaning against the back of your chair is what causes the miscle weakness.

Edit: Obviously this is just what worked for me; it might not be effective for people that have unusual causes like injury and stuff.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I think gene theraly is a miracle technology that should absolutely be explored more. The thing is, we're already at a point where we can do it in adults. So doing it on embyros, which can't consent, is simply an uncessasary moral hazard.

That said, I think the doctor here sort of has a point, which is that medical research is sometimes so concerned with doing no harm that it allows harm to happen without trying to treat it.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

It should work fine in OP's sentence, but sadly the word's been ruined... A while back I heard someone over 40 use it as a noun in real life. 🫤

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

Honestly, it would be a pretty lame T-shirt.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago

One time a colleague and I found that book just chilling under an unused desk at work. We had never heard of it, so we were pretty confused. 😆 Still kinda am, honestly.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago

I think the phrase has the same basic problem as a lot of common advice... the real truth is more nuanced than any pithy phrase could ever be. At best, it's a quick way of reminding someone who already knows better but has temporarily forgotten.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Gyros and shawarma are both types of / related to döner; you might have more luck finding one of them.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A few weeks ago, my parents complained that the laptop kept going to a "screensaver" while they were trying to work on it.

So I changed the screensaver setting from like 3 minutes to 15 minutes... but it kept happening. I knew something was up when they said "well it wouldn't be so bad if I didn't have to reopen the Internet every time."

Guys... it was a touchscreen laptop. They were grabbing it by the corner and closing out the window. 😆 And one of these people showed me how to make a website in HTML when I was younger...

Are we all doomed to be daft in our old age?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

It might be a reference to the Ferengi, from Star Trek. They say "human" in a weird way to demonstrate their mild contempt.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Apparently GOG is Polish. DRM free, too; the one time I used it it literally just gave me the raw game files, like back in the day.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I think there are much more substantial reasons at play here than just "not liking it," and I think you knew that before you posted. :P

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I mean, it kind of is though? It's a handy sentiment, but if you think about it, good data is just a well-curated collection of anecdotes. 🤷

Sorry, bit of a tangent. 😅

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