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@craiglambie42 @dobetterinstitute @fedipay
I think this is such an important problem to think about. Payment networks are networks of trust. Since IRL we don't experience "transaction fees" it easy to not understand why such fees are so hard to avoid when moving online.
I don't want to discourage you because it's upsetting how hard it is to extricate oneself from all of the big players in payments.
@craiglambie42 @dobetterinstitute @fedipay
Options:
*use paypal and my $20 donation ends up being about $14 by the time the fees are done on all sides.
* mail cash and risk it all getting stolen OR they get the whole $20 bucks they can spend right away.
The downside is I can only do this with people who trust me with their address. But that's also an upside in a way.
Mailing cash was good enough for my mom when she was worried about me LOL. Why not?
@craiglambie42 @dobetterinstitute @fedipay
How will the payments work?
I've found that when it comes to getting cash to people there is a lot of variation on what will work for THEM. "creators" the kind I want to support are generally very broke and can't easily decide how they want to interact with monetary systems.
Sometimes that means a big company like paypal other times it means using the post.
Mailing cash is bad, but it's often been the best solution.
Excuse you. Didn't your mother ever tell you *never* to discuss a lady's modest mass.
Thanks I hate it!
Some asteroids aren't rocks. They are rubble heaps. This makes sense when you think about it. These asteroids may have never been a part of a large terrestrial like body with gravity like earth. They are just loosely held together by their own modest mass.
For some reason I find this revelation creepy. I suppose I think about trying to land on the surface and just sinking ...
I mean I was dimly aware of the "whippits" thing but I really thought I was getting a "professional chef style" dispenser. It looks very professional, very sturdy and well crafted.
But... that's not what it was about at all.
It lets the gas out too fast and it's all bubbly and runny.
@catmisgivings @DamonWakes @msbellows
"This cooking store is really colorful. But don't you have anything but spice grinders and whip-cream dispensers? These double boilers are awfully small? What's that about?"
Us out shopping probably.
Sounds like the kind of "friend" parents have nightmares about.
Close it's a drug thing called "whippits"
I was so excited that high quality whipcream makers were suddenly popular. I love making fresh whipped cream.
But apparently it's a drug thing called "whippits"
Well I found out why the nice whipcream maker I bought last year never worked right.
Why do I have to always be such a square. 
That is scary. Do you feel like the loss is slowing down and leveling off? It sounds like you might need to talk to the doctor about the dose being too high.
I lost about 5 pounds a month for 15 months but at the end it slowed and then just stopped.
I found that the pills just didn't work as well. So it's the injection for me. I don't know why the pills didn't seem to work, but they would at first feel like too much of a dose then wear off in just a few days instead of lasting the full week.
But the pills seem to work for some people so it's just an observation.
Will there ever be recognition of how intense and annoying "being on a diet" can be?
Food is a fundamental part of being alive. Having to ignore hunger has a huge impact on mood, concentration, and your ability to function.
Now my only diet focus is on "eating vegetables" since it's tempting to eat fats and carbs first and if I do I'm too full to eat any vegetables or fruit.
So I try to eat the veggies first. But that is fun to do.
I've lost weight and "kept it off" and it's not about willpower. It's about how I'm not fighting with my body anymore.
I'm also not depressed anymore.
Turned out most of my depression was tied to the strict diet I lived with and hated (I was still always hungry and still overweight. I was trying so hard and failing. That's depressing.)
Now there is no strict diet. I'm not overweight so the anxiety is gone.
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The ability to digest food quickly was probably an advantage for my ancestors. Not helpful in the modern world where food is abundant.
There are moral judgements we project on to weight and diet. Notions of "self control" and goal setting.
For me? This has all proven to be totally irrelevant.
I can run up five flights of stairs and not be out of breath, I can walk several miles for fun. I take my meds. It's not that complex.
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The most important thing about GLP-1 weight loss drugs like ozempic that I wish more people understood was this:
These are drugs you take for the rest of your life. They change how fast your body can digest food. By slowing digestion down, some people find that they are less hungry and we lose weight. If you stop taking the drug this effect stops and you slowly gain the weight back.
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