protist

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[–] protist@mander.xyz 95 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I remember "freedom fries"

[–] protist@mander.xyz 0 points 7 months ago (3 children)

What does not living in the US have to do with this community?

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

Always has been

[–] protist@mander.xyz 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I know this is a joke, but snow along the Gulf Coast, while not common, is also not unprecedented in the dead of winter. It was actually more common a century ago

[–] protist@mander.xyz 3 points 7 months ago

In a broad sense, dfferent medical specialties draw doctors with different personalities.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 14 points 7 months ago

It says at the bottom because it automatically transfers over if you were following the last POTUS

[–] protist@mander.xyz 19 points 7 months ago

There's more of an urban/rural divide here than you're describing. Their experience in Houston, New Orleans, or Atlanta is going to be a lot different than small town Louisiana or Alabama

[–] protist@mander.xyz 87 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Basic observations of reality are shitposts in our brave new world

[–] protist@mander.xyz 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Netanyahu's plan has always been to make Trump look as good as possible and Biden as bad as possible, because he knows Trump/the Republican Party will give him carte blanch to do what he wants in Gaza. Believe it or not, the Biden Admin actually did not give him carte blanch.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You said "have metabolic syndrome," not "are not in optimal metabolic health." These are different.

We should also clarify this isn't just a western issue, but global.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 12 points 7 months ago

New York City, and probably a really desirable part of town

[–] protist@mander.xyz 5 points 7 months ago (3 children)

While it's definitely not a great number, no, "the vast majority of people in the West" do not have metabolic syndrome. The actually number is about a third.

Snoring is one symptom of obesity, but also has a number of other unrelated potential causes, such as enlarged tissues in the nose and throat or enlarged tonsils. Snoring by itself does not mean you have a metabolic syndrome, nor does it mean you have sleep apnea.

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