Noetel et al. (2024): Network meta-analysis of 218 studies (N=14,170):
Strength training shows moderate reductions in depression (Hedges’ g = -0.49, 95% CrI -0.69 to -0.29), often comparable to or better than other exercises when intense. Published in BMJ.
In any serious society, entertainers are low status, like courtesans or circus performers. They exist for your amusement and nothing more. If you would enjoy a party like this, think about why.
The entertainer can only exist in the spotlight. It is the audience that breathes life into them.
Take away the spotlight and they crumple like marionettes whose strings have been cut. Being looked at is what gives them reality.
It is a farcical, tragic way of life.
May 11, 2024 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Suburban shariah law:
1. If I have to text something to a wife, I send it to her husband and he shares it with her. Or, I send to a group chat they’re both a part of.
2. I never enter a neighbor’s house if the husband is not at home.
3. If trying to coordinate a play date, I either talk to the husband, share invite with him, or make sure the wives connect and sort it out.
4. I do not add wives as Facebook friends unless I’m already friends with the husband and they invite me first. (Would be rude otherwise). Otherwise leave invite pending.
5. If contractors need to come to the house when I am not home, I plan to meet them there.
This is not even conservative. This is being smart.
No one sets out to screw up their life. People get into sticky situations step by step.
