I’m saying: how did you get convinced, if not with evidence?

I like your style, Socrates

So you have a belief about Elon Musk, which you need to convince your father of.

But you don’t have any evidence or proof for this belief.

Does this raise any epistemic alarms in your head at all? Like … how did you form this belief?

I used to not care.

Now after a few years in a men’s group, I actually care.

I’m a lot happier and mentally healthy than I was before too.

I suggested that he might set a recurring alarm and he refused on the basis that he goes to sleep at different times each night.

His job is at the same time every day! His bus is at the same time every day!

Fuck.

I literally do not care about getting more members. It is not on my radar at all as a goal or desirable thing or objective.

I just discovered this morning that my nephew is a noob then.

This actually perfectly fits. He’s been homeless. Let him stay with me. He got a job pretty quick. But today, his fourth day, he was late because he set his alarm for 7:30 instead of 6:30.

I’ve been unconsciously treating him as a newb, because he acts like a teenager. It just automatically activates a father instinct for me.

But he’s almost 30. He’s had plenty of time to figure this shit out.

We went and got groceries last night. He bought almost nothing but simple carbs. Most of that coming from straight sugar. Like, fruit punch drinks and shit. He eats like a six year old at a candy store.

Well, not quite that bad. But bad. And his health is fucked up. He sees no connection between subsisting on simple carbs and having health problems, addiction, etc.

I can’t cite studies off the top of my head, but I would wager each step of this is supported:

• muscle tension release -> improved mental health ** or if not then at least massage therapy -> improved mental health
• magnesium -> reduced muscle tension

Of those two steps, which do you doubt more?

Riddle on the griddle but we got much math

One’s best and getting through the week might be the same thing sometimes.

So like the way they blind enemies with a tactical flashlight?

Please show me the science your question is based on

Is your question based in science?

Don’t you mean public health officials? You know, the ones wielding the power to actually make this bullshit rule?

Urban fabric is when everything’s a building, meaning you can’t go anywhere unless they’ve got the door open for you.

Not everyone runs on moral superiority.

Take magnesium to combat the slow and steady buildup of muscle tension that’s ruining your mental health.

You should ask for what you need. Even if people refuse, at least it’s an outright refusal which is more clear than not having asked.

It feels uncomfortable, but the payoff for this kind of boundary-drawing is enormous.

“Sorry if is difficult but I have a weird thing. I need about 5 minutes, when I wake up, to just be in my own little world. Would you please not talk to me right after I’ve woken up?”

Things like this can have an enormous effect on one’s stress levels. If you know it stresses you, that’s enough cause for you to benefit from getting the people around you to give you a little space in the morning.

Fortunately for the species, over 95% plan on having unprotected sex