I think it’s an optical illusion… if you stare at it long enough you may start to see lines of text above and below the image!

Relevant xkcd

Hmm really? I can’t say I’ve ever had sore abs after a non-ab-specific workout

I’ve heard most body builders don’t really do much for abs. If you have low body fat and do whole body exercises like squats, deadlifts, or even stuff like bench press they should pretty much take care of themselves.

Nah it was a real e-ink kindle. It just wasn’t for me i guess.

I would say reading books. It’s a long form activity that is a strong counter to the brain rot of scrolling and being mindlessly entertained by 100 different things for 10 seconds each. I find that when I read I have more vivid dreams which I think is definitely a sign that my brain has been fired up.

Same! I’ve read 1 (one) book in my life on a kindle and hated it. Physical books are just really cool, or maybe it’s just preference because that’s what I grew up with.

All I’m doing is pointing out that the above evidence is flawed. I can do that without a full-throated defense of the American police apparatus.

Even better- saves you the trouble of having to figure out that last part yourself!

Those are cherrypicked numbers. You are comparing COVID America to pre-covid other countries. France dropped from 80% to 50% in 2020

Millibeads

Ummmmm actually my discord pfp is definitely of a girl in her early twenties. Well, ok MAYBE she’s a teenager but she’s definitely of age!