That’s about as logical as the tariffs themselves. Everything is normal here, then.

…multiplied by one? What.

Right? Whoever wrote this headline is like… new, or something. Republicans have been doing this for decades and it’s explicitly written out in project 2025.

The entire basis of this sub existing in the first place is that people make bad decisions and you’re asking why people make those bad decisions?

I’ve even been having trouble telling the difference between Super Resolution 4 and native. Driver level upscaling this good is a game changer, I might not even have to deal with optiscaler.

Yam tits! That is genuinely a new one for me. Excellent.

I’ll never, as long as I may live, get over the utter embarrassment of being born and raised in a country who could support that maniac. I suppose the worst thing I could do is leave. The only way to alleviate my shame is to stay and keep voting for the least insane option.

Making paper out of trees is one of the dumbest things our species does. Paper can be made out of fast growing plants like hemp and bamboo, yet we’re making it out of the SLOWEST growing plants in existence? Make it make sense.

In the early days of the USA, wealthy land owners lobbied the government to make hemp illegal to grow because they knew that using the trees on their land was an inefficient way to make paper, but it made them money. Hemp was a threat, and so these greedy short-sighted capitalists made it illegal to grow.

Sweden should learn from our mistakes and grow hemp.

I was just reading about how vigilance can make mindfulness more difficult. I have a lot of childhood trauma which causes me to experience emotional flashbacks almost constantly. My baseline anxiety level is kept higher than it should be because my brain believes that I am in constant physical danger.

Sometimes the things preventing us from being mindful are also the reasons why being mindful would be so beneficial in the first place. I’m working on treating my trauma and practicing mindfulness simultaneously, and it actually seems to be working.

Awful. All this extra societal stress is causing absurd levels of muscle soreness. Everything hurts. We are no longer a democracy and, being autistic, I am a target.

I haven’t done any climbing that requires ropes/helmets yet, so far I’ve been sticking to trails. I moved to a mountainous area 2 years ago.

Going uphill is the easier part, it just requires cardio. Going downhill hurt my knees when I first started, but that pain went away over time. Downhill always seems to be harder for people once they get past the cardio requirement for going up.

Investing in a good pair of adjustable trekking poles makes going downhill a lot easier on your joints. Cork handles are expensive, but worth it if you use them a lot. Shortening them for uphill and lengthening them for downhill also helps.

Another great investment is a high quality ultralight chair! I have a Helinox ground chair which is shockingly comfortable and only weighs 17 ounces/482 grams. Being able to relax and enjoy the view before descending adds a lot to the experience.

How do you handle elevation gain? I ask because I can climb mountains like a champ but for some reason running kills my legs and I’m terrible at cycling. It doesn’t even need to be a mountain, as a steep hill does the trick. Keeping a steady pace up a hill gets my heart rate to a place similar to running, and it usually stays pretty high for the descent as well. It doesn’t hurt my joints nearly as much as running or biking.

I tried switching from running to cycling for my daily cardio, but lately I’m wondering if I’m just not built for cycling. I’m so bad at it.

I live near mountains and will do hikes where I gain 3,000 feet in elevation and burn 2.5k calories, enjoying every second of it, but for some reason I can barely bike up a small hill.

Underdeveloped muscle groups maybe?

Sometimes we just need someone to acknowledge that our situation is shitty. It can be downright therapeutic. Jumping straight into possible solutions is obviously a helpful thing to do, but sometimes it’s important to grieve a little first.

Right on. Any compromise with a fascist turns everyone involved into fascists. These spineless Democrats are too damned comfortable in their cushy six figure part-time gigs, and need to be reminded who they work for.

I want everyone who voted to approve the appointments of RFK, Hegseth, etc. primaried ASAP.

Yes! It’s so refreshing to see an article tell the truth rather than using the phrase “controversial gesture” again.