i know a lot of facts and most of the ones i know about the US government make me feel like iām wearing a tin hat. this is one of them. (though in some ways it doesnāt surprise me because reagan was literally supervillain level evil)
in the graph below, the reason the HFCS line (red) makes that little jump over refined sugar (blue) in the early 80s is because of laws Reagan signed
Sep 6, 2024
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May 19, 2024
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just kidding. but I do believe the usda and big sugar are obliterating the average americanās chance at a long and healthy life
May 20, 2024
for anyone who wants to learn about how scientific knowledge can be influenced through manipulation of data and then disseminated to the masses by biased media, the way scientists with differing theories that donāt align with institutional and corporate interests can be discredited and dismissed by the loudest most persuasive authoritative voices in the room, and the TRUTH about dietary fats that the sugar lobby doesnāt want you to knowā¦
āThis makes scientific inquiry prone to the eternal rules of human social life: deference to the charismatic, herding towards majority opinion, punishment for deviance, and intense discomfort with admitting to error. Of course, such tendencies are precisely what the scientific method was invented to correct for, and over the long run, it does a good job of it. In the long run, however, weāre all dead, quite possibly sooner than we would be if we hadnāt been following a diet based on poor advice.ā
Apr 19, 2024
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being traditionally cool is really quite boring and iterative, and itās actually very cool and sexy to geek out about something you like or share bits of knowledge on a topic youāre passionate about
Aug 17, 2024
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i had it for a little over a year until i was like wow this is actually terrible! i genuinely think it has negatively impacted society by ruining peopleās attention spans, having a horrific algorithm, and most of all by the most mind-numbing or outright harmful trends -
fake words that people now use IRL (āunaliveā), trad wife tiktok, shein hauls, body-focused fitness vids that encourage fatphobia and unhealthy habits, shallow political/feminist theory and queer discourse, āalpha maleā podcaster tiktok, encouraging overconsumption in general, trends ruining local spots or niche thingsā¦ the list goes on
Aug 17, 2024
a million times cooler than the lackluster āsleekā tech color palette used today
Feb 22, 2025