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[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 3 points 6 months ago (4 children)
[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That's a really cool piece of trivia, but this guy kept taking supplements during the fast as well as calorie free beverages. An impressive feat but a different set of rules

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 2 points 6 months ago

Ohhhhhh omg now this makes sense. Thank you!

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I thought of this one but a deportation or just leaving aren't illegal crossings.... So it wouldn't work!

And trying to get out of the country crossing illegally is still an illegal crossing, so, it doesn't make sense

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 12 points 6 months ago

I don't know why you are getting downvoted, I also think it would be amazing if that happened

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 73 points 6 months ago (6 children)

So... how do you reduce something like people crossing a border beyond one hundred percent ?

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 2 points 6 months ago

Tough one, hard to say how to protect myself against something I don't understand how it works not even remotely. From your scenario I gather you ask for a method of recovery, not so much protection.

Presuming this technology is relatively accessible but you can't do anything to properly prevent someone else from tampering with your mind, my first thought would be to add to myself some sort of "panic shutdown" method, ie. some lethal substance that kills me as soon as someone attempts to do something to my memory, or maybe I can be the one triggering it- it could be something more rudimentary like always carrying with me a lethal pill or something. You get the idea.

Now to recover my memory, that's tricky. I don't think there is a foolproof way of preserving memory that would work because whoever intervened in my mind could easily make me forget either where I stored my memories as well as any other relevant methods to verify they're the real deal. I could say I'd have a buddy system in which I would rely on someone else to bring me back to my senses, but if the intervention also removed my trust in this person then that's no use either.

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I don't have a precise answer to your post but I'd like to add my two cents - it's not just USA. I'm born and raised in Argentina and moved to Australia when I was 19. Although there isn't a black vs white dichotomy here, people are very, very conscious of skin shades. I still don't get why they obsess over it.

Just to illustrate, my skin/hair color is sort of like Monica Belucci's. My eyes are green. In Argentina I was considered a brunette, period. Sure, there were lots of people a bit darker than me, and also lots of people more white, but I never felt like anyone cared. You'd only bring the topic when describing someone physically. In Australia? I've been referred to as "a person of color" so many times I lost count, and always by Aussies -even aussies who I would consider to be of a similar complexion to mine. Immigrants on the other hand, don't seem to mind, no matter their own color. People here somehow find ways to make the skin tone and background matter, and I'm amazed at how some conversations end up touching the race topic gratuitously. It's in their mindset. They can't help themselves.

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 3 points 6 months ago

To add to this: I went to the doctor after a nerve injury and asked whether taking B supplements would help with recovery. She said "no, No, NO please don't take any extra B supplements because your levels are already fine. I've seen enough patients come with unexplained burning, tingling and twitching sensations in their bodies and it's always because they take B supplements unnecessarily. So don't even think about it "

So yes our bodies can filter a lot but even then it's also possible to overdose. Doesn't seem to be OPs case though.

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That's a really nice one, but they would, eventually, find a horse fossil with a horseshoe on.

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 5 points 6 months ago

Look, I'm not an expert so take this comment with a grain of salt, but in my understanding vitamins and minerals are stored slowly in the body. There is a limit as to how much you can absorb of anything at one time. Taking two tablets now is probably wasting good part if not all of the second tablet. If your deficiency could be solved faster by taking larger doses your doctor would have already recommended that one for you.

I'd be thinking ways of making sure I remember: set up reminders, keep my pills in two or three places so I can access them immediately, trying to make a routine out of it (it's hard I know), keeping track of it in a journal.

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 5 points 6 months ago

That's a neat observation

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