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<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 13831" data-quote="Lex DeVille" data-source="post: 1000670" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1000670" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1000670">Lex DeVille said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> <b>What is your favorite resource for learning to think 10 steps ahead? </b><br /> <br /> What questions does a very forward thinker ask that less forward thinkers do not ask?<br /> <br /> What questions does Elon Musk ask? How does he approach things differently from not Elon Musks?<br /> <br /> I feel limited by the questions I ask. Like I stay 2 or 3 steps ahead at best. I want new ways to train my brain to think more forwardly. Not some quick-fix solution, but like daily questions or practices to build a new style of thinking into habit.<br /> <br /> Any suggestions? Books, podcasts, or anything else are welcome. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>I just bring up some points that I read from elsewhere.<br /> <br /> I think you are referral to strategic plays rather than tactical plays.<br /> <br /> Strategies are based on facts and research and micro-observations that you believe are correct. From all these facts and details you craft strategies that best suit to your goal and circumstances.<br /> <br /> If the micros are wrong the macro will be screwed up too.<br /> <br /> That’s why you can have two smart people who totally disagree on the strategy.<br /> <br /> The most familiar strategy is the “lean start up approach to business”.<br /> <br /> Assumptions<br /> -Most ideas will fail<br /> -most ideas fail because they are not market tested<br /> -More companies and business go bust because they over-invest time and money in ideas they think can work but have no market feedback<br /> <br /> Strategic adjustment<br /> -develop low cost prototype to gather feedback<br /> -Discard ideas with bad market feedback based on the mvp<br /> -Double down investment when feedback is good.<br /> <br /> In short avoid financial destruction before you hit your home run.<br /> <br /> This is just one example on how to derive your own strategic insight.<br /> <br /> A few years later after the birth of the idea of lean start up, Xiao Mi founder expanded on the strategy into a 2.0 version. <br /> <br /> “Since start-up is a constant trial and error process, the only thing that matters is speed.<br /> <br /> The faster you do things, fail things and restart, the higher chance you are going to make it sooner.”</div>
 
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<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 23" data-quote="biophase" data-source="post: 1000769" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1000769" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1000769">biophase said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> The website smartfares lost me as a customer today.<br /> <br /> I want to purchase a plane ticket and it was $100 cheaper on smartfares. While going through the checkout process I was hit with so many upsells that I eventually exited and bought the plane ticket for $100 more on another site.<br /> <br /> What got me was the part where I was supposed to select my seat. Look at the shady text above it. By choosing items 1-3 you get charged $20 and you don&#039;t even get the seat guaranteed. And then you have to pay for customer support?<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/43063/" target="_blank">View attachment 43063</a><br /> <br /> These are the other upsells that I declined.<br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/43062/" target="_blank">View attachment 43062</a><br /> At this point it just felt like a shakedown and I just exited and went straight to the airline site where I paid $100 more, but I also got to pick my seat and had better peace of mind.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/43064/" target="_blank">View attachment 43064</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>On My First Million they were talking about a website that you go on and message a real person, tell them what you want, they do all the research for you and send a bunch of option, and if you buy one, you pay them a $50 fee.<br /> <br /> A much more customer focused business model than affiliate links and insurance upsells.<br /> <br /> It sounded amazing, one guy had an issue with a flight they booked for him being cancelled and got onto them and they rang the airline, found new flights and sorted everything for him.<br /> <br /> <div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--unfurl is-pending is-recrawl js-unfurl fauxBlockLink" data-unfurl="true" data-result-id="339309" data-url="https://flightfox.com/" data-host="flightfox.com" data-pending="true"> <div class="contentRow"> <div class="contentRow-figure contentRow-figure--fixedSmall js-unfurl-figure"> <span class="fa-2x u-muted"> <i class="fa--xf far fa-spinner fa-pulse "><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" role="img" aria-hidden="true" ><use href="/community/data/local/icons/regular.svg?v=1749395433#spinner"></use></svg></i> </span> </div> <div class="contentRow-main"> <h3 class="contentRow-header js-unfurl-title"> <a href="https://flightfox.com/" class="link link--external fauxBlockLink-blockLink" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" data-proxy-href=""> Flightfox </a> </h3> <div class="contentRow-snippet js-unfurl-desc"></div> <div class="contentRow-minor contentRow-minor--hideLinks"> <span class="js-unfurl-favicon"> <img src="/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.prod.website-files.com%2F6593c83ac996e820951427d6%2F65df9ee997d8ca0ff1af2cbe_favicon.png&amp;hash=7e85f44b587dd0362a7517129b964d61&amp;return_error=1" loading="lazy" alt="flightfox.com" class="bbCodeBlockUnfurl-icon" data-onerror="hide-parent"/> </span> flightfox.com </div> </div> </div> </div></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Interesting videos from this channel called Mystery Scoop:<br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="bbMediaWrapper" data-media-site-id="youtube" data-media-key="oR01HYLwmY4"> <div class="bbMediaWrapper-inner"> <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oR01HYLwmY4?wmode=opaque" loading="lazy" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe> </div> </div></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--unfurl is-pending is-recrawl js-unfurl fauxBlockLink" data-unfurl="true" data-result-id="339310" data-url="https://www.creativebloq.com/news/meta-vr-home-office" data-host="www.creativebloq.com" data-pending="true"> <div class="contentRow"> <div class="contentRow-figure contentRow-figure--fixedSmall js-unfurl-figure"> <img src="/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net%2FsXf9Djhm2NjPQDBsP8EvqL-1200-80.jpg&amp;hash=443e1a1e55f9de77cb6d8b50f062b582&amp;return_error=1" loading="lazy" alt="www.creativebloq.com" class="bbCodeBlockUnfurl-image" data-onerror="hide-parent"/> </div> <div class="contentRow-main"> <h3 class="contentRow-header js-unfurl-title"> <a href="https://www.creativebloq.com/news/meta-vr-home-office" class="link link--external fauxBlockLink-blockLink" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-proxy-href=""> I don&#039;t want to go anywhere near Mark Zuckerberg&#039;s VR home office </a> </h3> <div class="contentRow-snippet js-unfurl-desc">If this is the future, I don&#039;t want it.</div> <div class="contentRow-minor contentRow-minor--hideLinks"> <span class="js-unfurl-favicon"> <img src="/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fvanilla.futurecdn.net%2Fcreativebloq%2F1231602%2Ffavicon.ico&amp;hash=d84adf341c228ab1a08660cc42429383&amp;return_error=1" loading="lazy" alt="www.creativebloq.com" class="bbCodeBlockUnfurl-icon" data-onerror="hide-parent"/> </span> www.creativebloq.com </div> </div> </div> </div></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><div class="bbMediaWrapper" data-media-site-id="youtube" data-media-key="PU_mBsJaYkQ"> <div class="bbMediaWrapper-inner"> <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PU_mBsJaYkQ?wmode=opaque" loading="lazy" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe> </div> </div><i><span style="font-size: 10px"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU_mBsJaYkQ" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="noopener">View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU_mBsJaYkQ</a></span></i><br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="bbMediaWrapper" data-media-site-id="youtube" data-media-key="Nrl0EAVHffY"> <div class="bbMediaWrapper-inner"> <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Nrl0EAVHffY?wmode=opaque" loading="lazy" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe> </div> </div><i><span style="font-size: 10px"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrl0EAVHffY" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="noopener">View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrl0EAVHffY</a></span></i><br /> <br /> <br /> I can&#039;t believe how good the guy playing Jaskier is and how incredible the production value is. <br /> <br /> Stuff like that couldn&#039;t exist 10-20 years ago. These days, with the exploding creator economy, there will be more and more stuff like this. These are independent creators who will soon match TV-level quality of production, if they aren&#039;t already at this level.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 5905" data-quote="MTF" data-source="post: 1000833" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1000833" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1000833">MTF said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> <div class="bbMediaWrapper" data-media-site-id="youtube" data-media-key="PU_mBsJaYkQ"> <div class="bbMediaWrapper-inner"> <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PU_mBsJaYkQ?wmode=opaque" loading="lazy" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe> </div> </div><i><span style="font-size: 10px"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU_mBsJaYkQ" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU_mBsJaYkQ</a></span></i><br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="bbMediaWrapper" data-media-site-id="youtube" data-media-key="Nrl0EAVHffY"> <div class="bbMediaWrapper-inner"> <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Nrl0EAVHffY?wmode=opaque" loading="lazy" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe> </div> </div><i><span style="font-size: 10px"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrl0EAVHffY" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrl0EAVHffY</a></span></i><br /> <br /> <br /> I can&#039;t believe how good the guy playing Jaskier is and how incredible the production value is.<br /> <br /> Stuff like that couldn&#039;t exist 10-20 years ago. These days, with the exploding creator economy, there will be more and more stuff like this. These are independent creators who will soon match TV-level quality of production, if they aren&#039;t already at this level. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Yep, I&#039;ve been thinking the same. That&#039;s why I posted this INE:<br /> <br /> <div> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/threads/fan-made-video-streaming-platform.102592/" class="link link--internal" target="" rel="" data-proxy-href=""> https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/threads/fan-made-video-streaming-platform.102592/ </a> </div></div>
 
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<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 34918" data-quote="MattR82" data-source="post: 1000652" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1000652" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1000652">MattR82 said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Have only missed a handful of races in 20 years. Super rare to find people interested outside of the Autosport forum though. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/33771/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="33771" data-username="@Fox">@Fox</a> I watch every practice session, qualifying, and full-length race. I also do a lot of sim racing and frequently go karting.<br /> <br /> You probably won&#039;t find a whole lot of people interested in F1 though, especially since the majority of the members of the forum are based in the U.S. and there are currently no American F1 drivers for them to cheer for.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 48368" data-quote="WillHurtDontCare" data-source="post: 1000767" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1000767" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1000767">WillHurtDontCare said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> &quot;mental health&quot; is sad, fake, and gay<br /> <br /> it was made up by pharma companies to sell you pills<br /> <br /> ignore your feelings, get results, then you&#039;ll notice that you have the feelings that you want (then repeat) </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> I had to read this twice to make sure it isn&#039;t satire.<br /> <br /> You&#039;re either completely oblivious to what true psychological suffering is really like OR you&#039;ve suffered extensively yourself and are trying to cope by having the most absurd take on mental health I&#039;ve ever read.<br /> <br /> Instead of ignoring your feelings - accept and acknowledge them, and then make a conscious decision on whether you&#039;re going to allow them to affect you or not.<br /> <br /> In the end, emotions and mental disorders are &quot;just&quot; chemicals in your brain going haywire. These chemicals can be brought back into a state of equilibrium naturally i.e without the use of drugs.<br /> <br /> Whether that&#039;s done through getting more sunlight, improving your sleeping schedule, working out, deep introspection, or experiencing some sort of perceived spiritual ascension, the end result remains the same -a happier brain.<br /> <br /> But for some, this may still not work. And for them, the risk of not taking pills outweighs the risks of taking them.<br /> <br /> In any case, black and white thinking + unripe machismo will not do anyone any good so I suggest you rethink your stance on this.<br /> <br /> It&#039;s not unmanly to suffer mentally. It&#039;s unmanly to not do anything about it when it&#039;s taking control of your life and affecting those around you.</div>
 
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<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 39527" data-quote="Simon Angel" data-source="post: 1000839" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1000839" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1000839">Simon Angel said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> In any case, black and white thinking + unripe machismo will not do anyone any good so I suggest you rethink your stance on this. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Don’t take him too seriously. He’s just a dude at the gym grunting about “gay” and “health” and probably a little “mental”, who the hell knows? <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-rofl.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rofl:" title="ROFL :rofl:" data-shortname=":rofl:" /> <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/bcea6e45-0e88-410d-a551-af85178a4dd5-webp.43066/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/data/attachments/39/39692-292b2d57b22608c17b299d878b3e51e3.jpg?hash=XAL5z7rMZd" class="bbImage " style="" alt="BCEA6E45-0E88-410D-A551-AF85178A4DD5.webp" title="BCEA6E45-0E88-410D-A551-AF85178A4DD5.webp" width="211" height="200" loading="lazy" /></a></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 39527" data-quote="Simon Angel" data-source="post: 1000839" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1000839" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1000839">Simon Angel said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I had to read this twice to make sure it isn&#039;t satire.<br /> <br /> You&#039;re either completely oblivious to what true psychological suffering is really like OR you&#039;ve suffered extensively yourself and are trying to cope by having the most absurd take on mental health I&#039;ve ever read.<br /> <br /> Instead of ignoring your feelings - accept and acknowledge them, and then make a conscious decision on whether you&#039;re going to allow them to affect you or not.<br /> <br /> In the end, emotions and mental disorders are &quot;just&quot; chemicals in your brain going haywire. These chemicals can be brought back into a state of equilibrium naturally i.e without the use of drugs.<br /> <br /> Whether that&#039;s done through getting more sunlight, improving your sleeping schedule, working out, deep introspection, or experiencing some sort of perceived spiritual ascension, the end result remains the same -a happier brain.<br /> <br /> But for some, this may still not work. And for them, the risk of not taking pills outweighs the risks of taking them.<br /> <br /> In any case, black and white thinking + unripe machismo will not do anyone any good so I suggest you rethink your stance on this.<br /> <br /> It&#039;s not unmanly to suffer mentally. It&#039;s unmanly to not do anything about it when it&#039;s taking control of your life and affecting those around you. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>The truth lies in the middle ground between you both.<br /> <br /> Things swing too far one way and then they end up too far the other way.<br /> <br /> I feel like everything in society right now is swinging way too hard and ending up way too far on each side. <br /> <br /> I know way too many people taking pills because they are “depressed” or have “anxiety” but their problems would be solved by exactly what you suggested. Getting up, eating right, hitting the gym, kicking goals and looking after yourself. Turning social media off and deleting dating apps. A bit of meditation. Any one of those things would probably be enough. <br /> <br /> Instead these people are taking pills pushed by pharma companies. <br /> <br /> That’s not to say depression and anxiety can’t be very real and some people do need pills but there’s definitely some truth to the statement that the majority of “depression” and “anxiety” is some trendy virtue signal pushed by pharma companies and the woke agenda to weaken and feminise men. <br /> <br /> You can understand why someone would make a statement dismissing all mental health issues when so many of them are bullshit or self inflicted and easily fixed.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 22018" data-quote="MitchC" data-source="post: 1000762" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1000762" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1000762">MitchC said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Any resources or suggestions on where and how to learn?<br /> <br /> I’ve been playing on my phone the chess.com app is great but I have no idea what I’m doing or where to even start on learning to improve. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> I&#039;m pretty much in the same boat. Started learning at chess.com or some other app a couple of times. For a while, I learned a lesson each day. Maybe I should get back into that. After watching <i>Queen&#039;s Gambit</i>, I thought I would be an expert. For some reason, it didn&#039;t turn out that way. <span class="smilie smilie--emoji" title="Big Grin :D" data-smilie="8" data-shortname=":D">😀</span></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 39527" data-quote="Simon Angel" data-source="post: 1000839" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1000839" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1000839">Simon Angel said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> In any case, black and white thinking + unripe machismo will not do anyone any good so I suggest you rethink your stance on this. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><script class="js-extraPhrases" type="application/json"> { "lightbox_close": "Close", "lightbox_next": "Next", "lightbox_previous": "Previous", "lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.", "lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow", "lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow", "lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen", "lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails", "lightbox_download": "Download", "lightbox_share": "Share", "lightbox_zoom": "Zoom", "lightbox_new_window": "New window", "lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar" } </script> <div class="bbImageWrapper js-lbImage" title="st,small,507x507-pad,600x600,f8f8f8.u1.jpg" data-src="/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fih1.redbubble.net%2Fimage.1894806192.1619%2Fst%2Csmall%2C507x507-pad%2C600x600%2Cf8f8f8.u1.jpg&amp;hash=6bf8775210aa9bac9c3b4ee7a905bbce" data-lb-sidebar-href="" data-lb-caption-extra-html="" data-single-image="1"> <img src="/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fih1.redbubble.net%2Fimage.1894806192.1619%2Fst%2Csmall%2C507x507-pad%2C600x600%2Cf8f8f8.u1.jpg&amp;hash=6bf8775210aa9bac9c3b4ee7a905bbce" data-url="https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.1894806192.1619/st,small,507x507-pad,600x600,f8f8f8.u1.jpg" class="bbImage" data-zoom-target="1" style="" alt="st,small,507x507-pad,600x600,f8f8f8.u1.jpg" title="" width="" height="" loading="lazy" /> </div></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 39527" data-quote="Simon Angel" data-source="post: 1000839" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1000839" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1000839">Simon Angel said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> black and white thinking + unripe machismo will not do anyone any good so I suggest you rethink your stance on this. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>I mean c&#039;mon dude, that&#039;s pretty rich coming from you<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/1650371174637-webp.43068/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/data/attachments/39/39694-89b498275db395742e7a8a5f911cc017.jpg?hash=1Vk7lE1py4" class="bbImage " style="" alt="1650371174637.webp" title="1650371174637.webp" width="571" height="200" loading="lazy" /></a></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 89181" data-quote="Mathuin" data-source="post: 1000849" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1000849" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1000849">Mathuin said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I mean c&#039;mon dude, that&#039;s pretty rich coming from you<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/43068/" target="_blank">View attachment 43068</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>if we&#039;re going to make this thread spicy, let&#039;s just unleash the beast.<br /> <br /> Yoohoo, <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/57293/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="57293" data-username="@Rivoli">@Rivoli</a> ???</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 85205" data-quote="thechosen1" data-source="post: 1000851" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1000851" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1000851">thechosen1 said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> if we&#039;re going to make this thread spicy, let&#039;s just unleash the beast.<br /> <br /> Yoohoo, @Rivoli ??? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><div class="bbImageWrapper js-lbImage" title="lotr3-movie-screencaps.com-.jpg" data-src="/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi0.wp.com%2Fmovie-screencaps.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F07%2Flotr3-movie-screencaps.com-.jpg%3Ffit%3D1920%252C796%26ssl%3D1&amp;hash=80b7e21bd96cea1d3d32300f04dc1f74" data-lb-sidebar-href="" data-lb-caption-extra-html="" data-single-image="1"> <img src="/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi0.wp.com%2Fmovie-screencaps.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F07%2Flotr3-movie-screencaps.com-.jpg%3Ffit%3D1920%252C796%26ssl%3D1&amp;hash=80b7e21bd96cea1d3d32300f04dc1f74" data-url="https://i0.wp.com/movie-screencaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/lotr3-movie-screencaps.com-.jpg?fit=1920%2C796&amp;ssl=1" class="bbImage" data-zoom-target="1" style="" alt="lotr3-movie-screencaps.com-.jpg" title="" width="" height="" loading="lazy" /> </div></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 89181" data-quote="Mathuin" data-source="post: 1000849" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1000849" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1000849">Mathuin said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I mean c&#039;mon dude, that&#039;s pretty rich coming from you<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/43068/" target="_blank">View attachment 43068</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> My stance, after doing research for those fancy degrees is <i>most </i>mental health disorders arise to compensate for specific life problems when an individual does not possess the resources to overcome them. Once the individual has the appropriate internal resources, then the problem tends to fade.<br /> <br /> Most of these disorders are not clearly linked to some chemical imbalance in the brain or body (i.e. depression) so the imbalance is not corrected by pills, exercise, eating habits etc. (although exercise and eating habits are part of the solution since they open up access to internal resources). <br /> <br /> Since therapy often focuses on reflection instead of delivering useful resources (such as training in the art of reason) it also regularly fails to produce good results and often makes things worse.<br /> <br /> For disorders that do have a clear source within the body, pharmaceutical treatments work pretty well because it is easy to target and change the problem at the source.<br /> <br /> For everything else, it&#039;s largely a crapshoot where you throw shit at the wall until something sticks. <br /> <br /> Over long periods of time, people change, problems change, the body changes, so I believe that disorders often subside due to the natural ebbs and flows of life and then return when a new big problem shows up that an individual doesn&#039;t know how to deal with. <br /> <br /> If an individual continues ANY treatment for long enough, then the natural course of life tends to resolve the problem as life changes. This presents the illusion that whatever treatment was used most recently must have been the solution to that particular problem.<br /> <br /> All of that said, I&#039;m not an expert on this stuff. That is just what I concluded from my studies (and a few personal experiences).</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 89181" data-quote="Mathuin" data-source="post: 1000849" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1000849" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1000849">Mathuin said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I mean c&#039;mon dude, that&#039;s pretty rich coming from you<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/43068/" target="_blank">View attachment 43068</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Lol, that&#039;s funny, but my impulsivity when confronted is irrelevant to the topic at hand. <br /> <br /> You&#039;re free to continue living with your immature outlook on mental health without bringing up my past failures.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 22018" data-quote="MitchC" data-source="post: 1000846" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1000846" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1000846">MitchC said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> That’s not to say depression and anxiety can’t be very real and some people do need pills but there’s definitely some truth to the statement that the majority of “depression” and “anxiety” is some trendy virtue signal pushed by pharma companies and the woke agenda to weaken and feminise men.<br /> <br /> You can understand why someone would make a statement dismissing all mental health issues when so many of them are bullshit or self inflicted and easily fixed. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/22018/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="22018" data-username="@MitchC">@MitchC</a> <br /> <br /> You can&#039;t suck and blow at the same time. Either you think that there are some cases of mental health issues. Or you think there are none. <br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 48368" data-quote="WillHurtDontCare" data-source="post: 1000767" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1000767" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1000767">WillHurtDontCare said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> <b>&quot;mental health&quot; is sad, fake, and gay</b><br /> <br /> it was made up by pharma companies to sell you pills<br /> <br /> ignore your feelings, get results, then you&#039;ll notice that you have the feelings that you want (then repeat) </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> This is complete 100% dismissal of any possibility that mental health exists. <br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 22018" data-quote="MitchC" data-source="post: 1000846" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1000846" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1000846">MitchC said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> That’s not to say depression and anxiety can’t be very real and some people do need pills but there’s definitely some truth to the statement t<b>hat the majority of “depression” and “anxiety” is some trendy virtue signal</b> pushed by pharma companies and the woke agenda to weaken and feminise men. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Not what he said at all. He didn&#039;t say &quot;majority&quot;. <br /> <br /> In fact, to support his position he went back to find a buddy! And revived an old thread where Johny boy posted this gem:<br /> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 47954" data-quote="Johnny boy" data-source="post: 798504" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=798504" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-798504">Johnny boy said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Say what you want, I know this is a highly unpopular belief and I fully expect other people to get pissed I’m saying this. So just know if anyone gets mad, feel free to not tell me because I don’t care.<br /> <br /> <b>Depression is made up bullshit by people who enjoy being victims and anyone who “has” it is just being lazy in blaming their problems on something they call “depression”. It’s a nice scapegoat.</b><br /> <br /> Make more friends, date cute girls, get in shape, make more money, kick more a$$, live a better life, be better than most people, you’ll wonder where your silly depression went.<br /> <br /> Believe what you want. I’ll keep believing what I see with my own two eyes and I’ll keep enjoying life. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> And bumped it with this:<br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 48368" data-quote="WillHurtDontCare" data-source="post: 1000850" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1000850" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1000850">WillHurtDontCare said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> 100% - winning will fix all your head problems<br /> <br /> The more I read your old posts <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/47954/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="47954" data-username="@Johnny boy">@Johnny boy</a> , the more I like you and want you to succeed. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 55234" data-quote="Antifragile" data-source="post: 1000858" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1000858" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1000858">Antifragile said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/22018/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="22018" data-username="@MitchC">@MitchC</a><br /> <br /> You can&#039;t suck and blow at the same time. Either you think that there are some cases of mental health issues. Or you think there are none.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> This is complete 100% dismissal of any possibility that mental health exists.<br /> <br /> <br /> Not what he said at all. He didn&#039;t say &quot;majority&quot;.<br /> <br /> In fact, to support his position he went back to find a buddy! And revived an old thread where Johny boy posted this gem:<br /> <br /> <br /> And bumped it with this: </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Lmao. I love you dude.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 39527" data-quote="Simon Angel" data-source="post: 1000860" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1000860" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1000860">Simon Angel said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Lmao. I love you dude. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Hmm... I&#039;ll just interpret that as a kudos and leave it there. <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /><br /> <br /> On a more serious note (which is rare for me in this thread, as I prefer to add lighter fluid to a small fire for entertainment purposes).<br /> <br /> I am a very lucky guy. Born white, male, 6ft tall, healthy brain and body - I don&#039;t know jack shit about what it feels like to have a mental health disorder. But I am also a bit older now and those moments right after my testicles dropped and I thought I knew everything there was to know about the world seem to be over. The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know. And our brains are an uncharted territory.<br /> <br /> About a decade ago we bought some social housing (SROs) buildings where tenants were on support from the government because they had addition and mental health issues. It was cheap real estate but with a ton of problems. I interacted with people there as well as with outreach programs that were helping them. I learned a lot on my own skin that no, they are not like me. They cannot just ignore their brain issues and everything will be good again. Many people are indeed broken! They do need help. It&#039;s not all made up by pharma or fake.<br /> <br /> That said, I&#039;ve also seen spoiled kids from local wealthy families be lazy. They were silver spoon fed all their lives and now they think they have &quot;mental health issues&quot;, when in fact they don&#039;t. They were manipulated by mass media into an easy out - oh poor baby, you can&#039;t focus? Here is a chemical solution to your lack of discipline. You all know the type.<br /> <br /> The problem I have with what <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/48368/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="48368" data-username="@WillHurtDontCare">@WillHurtDontCare</a> posted is that he was definitive about it. As if he&#039;s &quot;an expert&quot;, which ironically is what he&#039;s poking fun at at the pharma companies! And my argument back to him is that with a healthy brain it&#039;s easy to take his and Jonny Boy&#039;s stance, but you need a healthy brain to do that.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper">Interesting... &quot;web scraping&quot; deemed legal, this was how I kickstarted my business a century ago.<br /> <br /> <div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--unfurl is-pending is-recrawl js-unfurl fauxBlockLink" data-unfurl="true" data-result-id="339327" data-url="https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/18/web-scraping-legal-court/" data-host="techcrunch.com" data-pending="true"> <div class="contentRow"> <div class="contentRow-figure contentRow-figure--fixedSmall js-unfurl-figure"> <img src="/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F04%2FGettyImages-1303427084-reworked.jpg&amp;hash=1d67c2a0f0fa93da868edd668d4ba30e&amp;return_error=1" loading="lazy" alt="techcrunch.com" class="bbCodeBlockUnfurl-image" data-onerror="hide-parent"/> </div> <div class="contentRow-main"> <h3 class="contentRow-header js-unfurl-title"> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/18/web-scraping-legal-court/" class="link link--external fauxBlockLink-blockLink" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-proxy-href=""> Web scraping is legal, US appeals court reaffirms | TechCrunch </a> </h3> <div class="contentRow-snippet js-unfurl-desc">The landmark web scraping case was bounced back to the Ninth Circuit by the U.S. Supreme Court.</div> <div class="contentRow-minor contentRow-minor--hideLinks"> <span class="js-unfurl-favicon"> <img src="/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F02%2Fcropped-cropped-favicon-gradient.png%3Fw%3D32&amp;hash=8b4cc84a5ca38944e283885505c3ec3f&amp;return_error=1" loading="lazy" alt="techcrunch.com" class="bbCodeBlockUnfurl-icon" data-onerror="hide-parent"/> </span> techcrunch.com </div> </div> </div> </div></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 1" data-quote="MJ DeMarco" data-source="post: 1000866" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1000866" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1000866">MJ DeMarco said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Interesting... &quot;web scraping&quot; deemed legal, this was how I kickstarted my business a century ago.<br /> <br /> <div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--unfurl is-pending is-recrawl js-unfurl fauxBlockLink" data-unfurl="true" data-result-id="339327" data-url="https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/18/web-scraping-legal-court/" data-host="techcrunch.com" data-pending="true"> <div class="contentRow"> <div class="contentRow-figure contentRow-figure--fixedSmall js-unfurl-figure"> <img src="/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F04%2FGettyImages-1303427084-reworked.jpg&amp;hash=1d67c2a0f0fa93da868edd668d4ba30e&amp;return_error=1" loading="lazy" alt="techcrunch.com" class="bbCodeBlockUnfurl-image" data-onerror="hide-parent"/> </div> <div class="contentRow-main"> <h3 class="contentRow-header js-unfurl-title"> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/18/web-scraping-legal-court/" class="link link--external fauxBlockLink-blockLink" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" data-proxy-href=""> Web scraping is legal, US appeals court reaffirms | TechCrunch </a> </h3> <div class="contentRow-snippet js-unfurl-desc">The landmark web scraping case was bounced back to the Ninth Circuit by the U.S. Supreme Court.</div> <div class="contentRow-minor contentRow-minor--hideLinks"> <span class="js-unfurl-favicon"> <img src="/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F02%2Fcropped-cropped-favicon-gradient.png%3Fw%3D32&amp;hash=8b4cc84a5ca38944e283885505c3ec3f&amp;return_error=1" loading="lazy" alt="techcrunch.com" class="bbCodeBlockUnfurl-icon" data-onerror="hide-parent"/> </span> techcrunch.com </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> LinkedIn sued some company a while back because they made millions from scraping LinkedIn&#039;s data.<br /> <br /> I&#039;m still surprised by it, though I&#039;m certainly in favor of the decision.<br /> <br /> Edit: forgot a detail - and the judge ruled in favor of the company and said that it was legal</div>
 
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<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 51495" data-quote="S.Y." data-source="post: 1000462" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1000462" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1000462">S.Y. said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> My son caught Covid. The first day he was pretty down with a high fever; but from the next day on, he was almost back to normal. Kids! They have that awesome ability to heal.<br /> <br /> Yesterday, few days after he tested positive, I got up, not feeling well. I could immediately sense something is off. I have not done a test, but I suspect I am positive as well or at very least I am fighting something.<br /> <br /> So I look at my Garmin watch and see this:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/43043/" target="_blank">View attachment 43043</a><br /> <br /> <br /> Ouch.<br /> <br /> I didn&#039;t have my watch on my wrist for the first half of the day. I put it at noonish.<br /> I was just laying down. For comparison, this is a normal day where I was resting:<br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/43044/" target="_blank">View attachment 43044</a><br /> <br /> <br /> On my Oura ring, which I use for sleep tracking:<br /> - my resting heart rate has been trending up the last couple of nights<br /> - my heart rate variability plummeted from around 60 to 20 (highest HRV is better)<br /> - the Readiness score has also been trending down. I am on average above 80. It went down to 60 to now 24 - my lowest number ever. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Officially tested positive. A few days in, today was the first time I woke up rested.<br /> <br /> My physical stress levels looked like this yesterday:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/screen-shot-2022-04-19-at-9-33-32-am-webp.43070/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/data/attachments/39/39696-a87c29b0125c3afa06f81b189f13d075.jpg?hash=I30QkNxnsf" class="bbImage " style="" alt="Screen Shot 2022-04-19 at 9.33.32 AM.png" title="Screen Shot 2022-04-19 at 9.33.32 AM.png" width="294" height="200" loading="lazy" /></a><br /> <br /> I would say I am at 75% back. I randomly get hit by bouts of exhaustion.<br /> I will try a light mobility session today to see where I stand.<br /> <br /> <br /> One lesson learned from this: as much as those devices are not medical grade, they can still tell you something is off. I was half-dabbling on certain metrics, but I will look at them more seriously. The stats from Oura is an advance notice that something is coming even if I don&#039;t feel it yet, and Garmin confirms when my body is fighting something.<br /> <br /> Those levels of physical stress are what I tend to see when I do HIIT sessions full of burpees and heart rate going in the 150bpm. Seeing that at rest is quite scary.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 1" data-quote="MJ DeMarco" data-source="post: 1000866" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1000866" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1000866">MJ DeMarco said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Interesting... &quot;web scraping&quot; deemed legal, this was how I kickstarted my business a century ago.<br /> <br /> <div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--unfurl is-pending is-recrawl js-unfurl fauxBlockLink" data-unfurl="true" data-result-id="339327" data-url="https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/18/web-scraping-legal-court/" data-host="techcrunch.com" data-pending="true"> <div class="contentRow"> <div class="contentRow-figure contentRow-figure--fixedSmall js-unfurl-figure"> <img src="/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F04%2FGettyImages-1303427084-reworked.jpg&amp;hash=1d67c2a0f0fa93da868edd668d4ba30e&amp;return_error=1" loading="lazy" alt="techcrunch.com" class="bbCodeBlockUnfurl-image" data-onerror="hide-parent"/> </div> <div class="contentRow-main"> <h3 class="contentRow-header js-unfurl-title"> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/18/web-scraping-legal-court/" class="link link--external fauxBlockLink-blockLink" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" data-proxy-href=""> Web scraping is legal, US appeals court reaffirms | TechCrunch </a> </h3> <div class="contentRow-snippet js-unfurl-desc">The landmark web scraping case was bounced back to the Ninth Circuit by the U.S. Supreme Court.</div> <div class="contentRow-minor contentRow-minor--hideLinks"> <span class="js-unfurl-favicon"> <img src="/community/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F02%2Fcropped-cropped-favicon-gradient.png%3Fw%3D32&amp;hash=8b4cc84a5ca38944e283885505c3ec3f&amp;return_error=1" loading="lazy" alt="techcrunch.com" class="bbCodeBlockUnfurl-icon" data-onerror="hide-parent"/> </span> techcrunch.com </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Isn’t Google a web scraping and indexing business?</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 51495" data-quote="S.Y." data-source="post: 1000869" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1000869" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1000869">S.Y. said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Officially tested positive. A few days in, today was the first time I woke up rested.<br /> <br /> My physical stress levels looked like this yesterday:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/43070/" target="_blank">View attachment 43070</a><br /> <br /> I would say I am at 75% back. I randomly get hit by bouts of exhaustion.<br /> I will try a light mobility session today to see where I stand.<br /> <br /> <br /> One lesson learned from this: as much as those devices are not medical grade, they can still tell you something is off. I was half-dabbling on certain metrics, but I will look at them more seriously. The stats from Oura is an advance notice that something is coming even if I don&#039;t feel it yet, and Garmin confirms when my body is fighting something.<br /> <br /> Those levels of physical stress are what I tend to see when I do HIIT sessions full of burpees and heart rate going in the 150bpm. Seeing that at rest is quite scary. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Back in my teens I’d taking my resting pulse each morning. I’d know a few days beforehand that a cold was on its way.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 55234" data-quote="Antifragile" data-source="post: 1000858" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1000858" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1000858">Antifragile said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/22018/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="22018" data-username="@MitchC">@MitchC</a><br /> <br /> You can&#039;t suck and blow at the same time. Either you think that there are some cases of mental health issues. Or you think there are none.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> This is complete 100% dismissal of any possibility that mental health exists.<br /> <br /> <br /> Not what he said at all. He didn&#039;t say &quot;majority&quot;.<br /> <br /> In fact, to support his position he went back to find a buddy! And revived an old thread where Johny boy posted this gem:<br /> <br /> <br /> And bumped it with this: </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>I agree with your view, that’s what my post was about, I thought it was quite clear when I said the truth lying somewhere in the middle of his post and Simons post. <br /> <br /> I was merely pointing out that with the way the pendulum of social issues is swinging so hard in each direction now, that with all these virtue signalling woke bots saying that everyone has depression and everyone needs pills and therapy, that it’s no surprise that someone would come out and say the total opposite of that, which is that no one has depression. <br /> <br /> Truth is some people do. Most of it self inflicted and easily solved. Some more serious which may require pills and therapy.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 22018" data-quote="MitchC" data-source="post: 1000880" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1000880" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1000880">MitchC said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I thought it was quite clear when I said the truth lying somewhere in the middle of his post and Simons post. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Re-reading your post, you were clear. For a smart guy, I can be stupid too, you know? <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /> . Thanks for taking the time to clarify.</div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 55234" data-quote="Antifragile" data-source="post: 1000887" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1000887" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1000887">Antifragile said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Re-reading your post, you were clear. For a smart guy, I can be stupid too, you know? <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /> . Thanks for taking the time to clarify. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>It happens, to be honest I misread simons post and that’s why I wrote mine in the first place <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-rofl.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rofl:" title="ROFL :rofl:" data-shortname=":rofl:" /></div>
 
<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 22018" data-quote="MitchC" data-source="post: 1000888" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1000888" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1000888">MitchC said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> It happens, to be honest I misread simons post and that’s why I wrote mine in the first place <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-rofl.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rofl:" title="ROFL :rofl:" data-shortname=":rofl:" /> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Believe me, I&#039;m the last person that would advise someone to take pills of any sort. Anyone that knows my story can attest to that. But that doesn&#039;t discount that some people need them at least for a little while so they can stabilize.<br /> <br /> WillHurtDontCare argues that &quot;mental health&quot; was created by Big Pharma so that they could sell you pills. Even if the term was coined by people looking to profit out of it that doesn&#039;t mean that the root issue is not there anymore.<br /> <br /> <b>There are people out there that pretend to be homeless because they&#039;re too lazy to earn money the hard way. </b><br /> <br /> Does it mean that homelessness as a concept was created by lazy people to take advantage of other people&#039;s empathy? Obviously not.<br /> <br /> Does it mean that <i>every </i>homeless person out there is simply lazy, wallowing in their suffering, and not actively trying to change their life for the better? Obviously not.<br /> <br /> Does it mean that all you have to do is simply ignore your homelessness and it&#039;ll go *poof*? Obviously not. <br /> <br /> So, is &quot;mental health&quot; sad, fake, gay, and created by Big Pharma to sell you pills and the solution is to ignore your feelings? Obviously F*cking not.</div>
 
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