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Re: slatestarcodex

Post by Khaos » Tue Dec 20, 2022 9:43 pm

damn, pterrus beat my point score

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Post by Rylinks » Wed Dec 21, 2022 12:22 am

Skeletor wrote: Tue Dec 20, 2022 8:06 pm also it's a very interesting finding and not the type of thing i'd expect zvi to just say "you're not allowed to let people talk to each other" with zero elaboration!
oh i don't think zvis post was a specific reference to that. i think it was expressing "letting people talk to each other gives (possibly european?) bureaucrats the ability to fine you at their discretion"

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Re: slatestarcodex

Post by Skeletor » Wed Dec 21, 2022 1:10 am

Rylinks wrote: Wed Dec 21, 2022 12:22 am
Skeletor wrote: Tue Dec 20, 2022 8:06 pm also it's a very interesting finding and not the type of thing i'd expect zvi to just say "you're not allowed to let people talk to each other" with zero elaboration!
oh i don't think zvis post was a specific reference to that. i think it was expressing "letting people talk to each other gives (possibly european?) bureaucrats the ability to fine you at their discretion"
yeah i don't think it was a reference to that either but if it's still the same type of thing then it's not the type of thing i'd expect him to mention with zero elaboration
wow, [you]. that all sounds terrible. i hope it gets better for you

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Re: slatestarcodex

Post by Crunchums » Fri Dec 30, 2022 12:27 am

heh
(in this thread because it was in https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/l ... ember-2022 )
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Post by Blissful » Fri Dec 30, 2022 1:33 am

im starting to hate this 'im a language model trained by openai' crap as part of outputs
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Post by Blissful » Fri Dec 30, 2022 1:34 am

i guess the intent was never to provide a good service but rather to have other people provide you the free service of testing your software so i shouldnt be expecting otherwise
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Post by Rylinks » Fri Dec 30, 2022 1:35 am

well the other free services don't do that

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Post by Jeb Bush 2012 » Fri Dec 30, 2022 1:38 am

Rylinks wrote: Fri Dec 30, 2022 1:35 am well the other free services don't do that
for instance the playground will deny being one if you ask

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Post by pterrus » Sun Jan 01, 2023 6:39 pm

Aella is getting roasted for that showered stat with everyone appalled that she doesn't shower every day.

But now I'm curious, do you guys actually shower every day? I used to shower every weekday when I had to go into the office but nowadays I'm down to like 3-4 per week. I told this to my aunt once and she looked at me like she just discovered I was a cockroach.

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Post by Ashenai » Sun Jan 01, 2023 6:56 pm

3-4 per week sounds pretty normal to me, except in the summer.

three times a month does not sound normal to me, that sounds disgusting!

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Post by Ashenai » Sun Jan 01, 2023 7:03 pm

I do know some people who can get away with showering less often, it's a real thing. Not once every 10 days though, holey moley

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Post by pterrus » Sun Jan 01, 2023 7:04 pm

I think I could pull it off if I lived alone, but only because I have and use a bidet (Aella also does). I would need to cut back on my social schedule though, I would be uncomfortable going anywhere socially without showering first.

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Post by Skeletor » Sun Jan 01, 2023 7:10 pm

i shower like once a week
wow, [you]. that all sounds terrible. i hope it gets better for you

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Post by Ashenai » Sun Jan 01, 2023 7:10 pm

I've gone mega-bachelor before, sure, I know what that's like. After about a week, though, it's not even about other people, it's about feeling disgusting and itchy in my own skin.

Hygiene is not just about being polite, it's self-care! The only time I remember my shower schedule disintegrating to anything close to Aella's was during a couple of months when I was very depressed, and actively trying to shut out reality as much as possible.

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Post by Ashenai » Sun Jan 01, 2023 7:12 pm

I'm feeling uncomfortable just thinking about it. I'm off to have a bath.

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Post by Skeletor » Sun Jan 01, 2023 7:14 pm

i think people would be appalled at how often i

- shower
- use deodorant
- brush my teeth
- change my pants
- change my underwear
wow, [you]. that all sounds terrible. i hope it gets better for you

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Post by Ashenai » Sun Jan 01, 2023 7:16 pm

Hey if it works for you and the people smelling you, that's cool!

Except brushing your teeth. You should do that daily, dental health is important!

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Post by Skeletor » Sun Jan 01, 2023 7:19 pm

is it though? if you don't eat any sugar?
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Post by Skeletor » Sun Jan 01, 2023 7:20 pm

i do have an uncle who almost died of bad teeth and has lasting heart problems from it. it's definitely important not to rot right into your bloodstream
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Post by Ashenai » Sun Jan 01, 2023 7:20 pm

I think so. Gum disease is no joke!

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Post by Ashenai » Sun Jan 01, 2023 7:21 pm

Skeletor wrote: Sun Jan 01, 2023 7:20 pm i do have an uncle who almost died of bad teeth and has lasting heart problems from it. it's definitely important not to rot right into your bloodstream
yeah, teeth problems can be a big deal!

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Post by Skeletor » Sun Jan 01, 2023 7:23 pm

i'm running a lifelong experiment
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Post by Skeletor » Sun Jan 01, 2023 7:24 pm

i don't think i brushed my teeth ever from age 20-36
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Post by Skeletor » Sun Jan 01, 2023 7:26 pm

no, no, my wife bought me a sonicare maybe age 33
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Post by pterrus » Sun Jan 01, 2023 9:04 pm

Skeletor wrote: Sun Jan 01, 2023 7:24 pm i don't think i brushed my teeth ever from age 20-36
You have good genetics here; I am pretty confident if I tried this I would have no teeth. My sugar intake is nonzero but I'm certain it's well below average for an American.

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Re: slatestarcodex

Post by Skeletor » Sun Jan 01, 2023 9:06 pm

pterrus wrote: Sun Jan 01, 2023 9:04 pm
Skeletor wrote: Sun Jan 01, 2023 7:24 pm i don't think i brushed my teeth ever from age 20-36
You have good genetics here; I am pretty confident if I tried this I would have no teeth. My sugar intake is nonzero but I'm certain it's well below average for an American.
i mean, my teeth aren't great as a result. and i don't have all of them (although that part's unrelated)
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Post by Jeb Bush 2012 » Sun Jan 01, 2023 9:40 pm

Skeletor wrote: Sun Jan 01, 2023 7:14 pm i think people would be appalled at how often i

- shower
- use deodorant
- brush my teeth
- change my pants
- change my underwear
it would be funny if the reason was that you do each of these things, like, 10 times a day

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Post by s. goblin » Sun Jan 01, 2023 10:40 pm

Skeletor wrote:is it though? if you don't eat any sugar?
keeping your teeth clean actually has little to do with like the teeth itself and more to do with like not having a stroke. it's a vector for some pretty fucked up shit. i think if you don't want to brush your teeth / have good healthy teeth or whatever the thing to do there would be to just remove them, but then you'd still have to deal with the gums and the potential for bacteria food and bad shit happening there

but then maybe you could just like sew your mouth together and get all of your food through a tube directly into your stomach. but i'll bet even then the awful mouth would still be up to shit somehow

edit - of course not having a filling / abscessed teeth and the pain associated with that or whatever is p important too

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Post by s. goblin » Sun Jan 01, 2023 10:44 pm

it's really neat the way all of that works like how the jaw is like super weirdly reliant on you eating things and doing awful shit to it because as soon as you pull teeth or whatever and stop putting that impact into it it just gives up and withers away

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Re: slatestarcodex

Post by Crunchums » Tue Jan 03, 2023 2:14 am

i shower most days because i exercise most days; on the occasional days that i do not exercise i usually do not shower
also i think girl body odor is not as strong as guy body odor?
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