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Rust Cohle
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re: Oprah: ‘You don’t overeat and become obese. Obesity causes you to overeat.’
Posted by Rust Cohle on 1/15/26 at 7:17 am to hawgfaninc
It’s just an example of normal people trying to be science communicators who shouldn’t be.
She’s redefining genetic predispositions as obesity. In that sense, her message is accurate, but it creates a victim mentality. A mentality that reinforces a negative situation.
Yes we are sometimes predisposed to overheat more than others, and we live in unnatural food environment. But we can never know how much, so it’s best to act like these predispositions don’t affect us.
Long story short: free will does not exist, but we don’t know our influences, so it’s the best that we act like the negative influences don’t affect us, and the good ones do. If you don’t believe this, then good, you’re already taking my advice.
She’s redefining genetic predispositions as obesity. In that sense, her message is accurate, but it creates a victim mentality. A mentality that reinforces a negative situation.
Yes we are sometimes predisposed to overheat more than others, and we live in unnatural food environment. But we can never know how much, so it’s best to act like these predispositions don’t affect us.
Long story short: free will does not exist, but we don’t know our influences, so it’s the best that we act like the negative influences don’t affect us, and the good ones do. If you don’t believe this, then good, you’re already taking my advice.
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re: Probably an unpopular opinion, A Christmas Story sucks
Posted by Rust Cohle on 12/24/25 at 10:33 pm to Chef Curry
The movie is insufferable, not one likable character, and so depressing.
re: What Philosopher Today Will Be Studied in 100 Years?
Posted by Rust Cohle on 12/17/25 at 8:33 pm to Alyosha
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Easily Byung-Chul Han
Will the real philosophers please stand up, please stand up.
I love the podcast by Steven West philosophies this.
re: Life is Short
Posted by Rust Cohle on 12/11/25 at 8:33 pm to SaintlyTiger88
2 billion find refuge in Islam, 1.2 billion in Hinduism, half a billion in Buddhism
re: Negative thinking destroys your brain. Being optimistic creates longevity
Posted by Rust Cohle on 10/18/25 at 10:21 pm to Joshjrn
I’ll believe we have a little to no free will, but I do recognize that the stories we adopt are about ourselves, can be false, and unnecessarily reinforced every time we identify with that story. I imagine we could do it with a positive spin as well.
re: How happy are you?
Posted by Rust Cohle on 10/18/25 at 10:17 pm to baybeefeetz
People are not their emotions. Someone can feel happiness, but are not happy in themselves. In the negative scenario people adopt feelings of sadness as identities, I am sad, I am depressed, and can create depressive episodes.
re: Being fat is choosing to live in sin
Posted by Rust Cohle on 10/14/25 at 3:24 pm to RandySavage
As a non-believer, I feel that, yea, it’s either Calvinism or universalism. I believe our free will is little to none, and often engage the theodicies because, you know, it could be true. Just this year, I realized all my arguments aligned with Calvinism, and that many people hold this view along with church fathers throughout history. And yes, it’s hard to stomach.
re: It turns out that it is women's preference that is driving the whole plump lip thing.
Posted by Rust Cohle on 10/8/25 at 9:16 pm to Roscoe14
Yea bro, intrasexual competition is fascinating.
re: What's it cost to get veins lasered off your face?
Posted by Rust Cohle on 9/2/25 at 7:42 pm to deeprig9
Just a regular ipl will do it. Probably $4-600. They revascularize, so multiple treatments needed. Many just do it 2x a year, for sun spots etc. they have shown it produces collagen, and reverses skin aging.
re: Anyone not afraid of death?
Posted by Rust Cohle on 8/26/25 at 10:03 pm to TheWalrus
Where you are, death is not.
Where death is, you are not.
Where death is, you are not.
re: Sharia Law Punishment- 40 witness the Rape of rapist sister as punishment. Yikes!
Posted by Rust Cohle on 8/26/25 at 6:23 am to LSUFreek
Yes, people need to realize Jews were doing stuff like this also, and some early Christians as well. They were having sex with their slaves and it wasn’t seen as adultery because slaves weren’t seen as sub human.
re: People speaking out about Kratom energy drinks
Posted by Rust Cohle on 8/10/25 at 12:59 pm to WG_Dawg
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What kinda supplements would you suggest for someone in that situation?
I can advise a few things, but you can find dozens of suggestions on Reddit.
• Agmatine to help reduce dose
• Claritin (loratadine) to quell the histamine storm
• Vitamin C for antihistamine and antioxidant support
• Black seed oil for cravings
• NAC (N-acetylcysteine) for reducing cravings and oxidative stress
Important: Never use Benadryl or any other first-generation antihistamines during withdrawal.
Why Avoid First-Generation Antihistamines
First-generation antihistamines:
• Cross the blood brain barrier
• Are anticholinergic, blocking acetylcholine, which is critical for muscle control and smooth nerve signaling
• Reduce dopamine levels, which can cause restless legs syndrome (RLS) to worsen from the dopamine decrease Kratom discontinuation causes.
RLS is fundamentally a dopamine regulation dysfunction. This was my worst symptom, and compression socks helped a lot. A low dose of Valium (0.5 mg) provided total alleviation. Alternatively, you could try other GABA-promoting supplements.
When acetylcholine signaling drops, the nervous system becomes noisy, sending irregular signals to muscles. This causes sensations like twitching, crawling, or the urge to move your legs.
Tapering and Dosage Tips
Some people take very high doses of kratom—up to 10 grams four times a day or even more. Ideally, tapering would look like this:
• Reduce to 5 grams once a day
• Then skip days gradually
For plain leaf kratom, this method results in very few symptoms. However, some people cannot manage tapering and need to go cold turkey.
Because kratom is a partial agonist, it has a ceiling effect. Most users take double the amount they need and can easily cut their dose in half without losing effects. One week at half dose is usually enough to regulate.
I recommend taking 0.5 to 1 gram of agmatine about 30 minutes before your kratom dose for a week. This should help you maintain the same effects with a reduced kratom dose.
re: People speaking out about Kratom energy drinks
Posted by Rust Cohle on 8/10/25 at 11:24 am to baybeefeetz
We are addicted to all kinds of things, the government only cares if it slows your productivity.
re: People speaking out about Kratom energy drinks
Posted by Rust Cohle on 8/10/25 at 9:07 am to Who_Dat_Tiger
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withdrawal symptoms.
Kratom it’s probably the most effective antihistamine I’ve ever taken. I hardly ever get a cold, and when I do, taking a dose feels like taking a steroid shot.
Most of the withdrawal symptoms, people experience from plain leaf Kratom is histamine rebound, just like when people discontinue Claritin.
Histamine is the brain’s primary wakefulness-promoting neurotransmitters. Kratom dampens this signal. When histamine surges after quitting, you can have cold symptoms, insomnia, and restless legs. But there are certainly supplements she can take to minimize these effects. Just have to follow a regiment similar to people discontinuing other antihistamines.
re: People speaking out about Kratom energy drinks
Posted by Rust Cohle on 8/10/25 at 8:55 am to Beessnax
It’s now illegal in the state, and I feel pretty defeated arguing for it.
Most of the legislative pushback came down to Puritanical moralizing and government overreach, telling people what they should be doing with their own bodies.
In the middle of an opioid epidemic, we have a safe product that many prefer over full-agonist opiates, and people use to avoid other dangerous substances, one that, for most users, increases productivity, and we’re going to criminalize it? Really?
Yes, some people will abuse anything. If it’s not this, it’ll be glue. But kratom is a partial agonist, meaning it has a ceiling effect, taking more doesn’t amplify the high. In fact, if someone used kratom and then heroin, the kratom would actually reduce the effects of the heroin.
The only reason 7-OH is even on the market is because it slipped through specific bans. And just like with synthetic cannabinoids (“spice”), we’ll see fully synthetic kratom derivatives hit shelves within a year. Lawmakers will pass laws, and with each new round, we’ll drift further and further from the plant’s original, natural form.
Most of the legislative pushback came down to Puritanical moralizing and government overreach, telling people what they should be doing with their own bodies.
In the middle of an opioid epidemic, we have a safe product that many prefer over full-agonist opiates, and people use to avoid other dangerous substances, one that, for most users, increases productivity, and we’re going to criminalize it? Really?
Yes, some people will abuse anything. If it’s not this, it’ll be glue. But kratom is a partial agonist, meaning it has a ceiling effect, taking more doesn’t amplify the high. In fact, if someone used kratom and then heroin, the kratom would actually reduce the effects of the heroin.
The only reason 7-OH is even on the market is because it slipped through specific bans. And just like with synthetic cannabinoids (“spice”), we’ll see fully synthetic kratom derivatives hit shelves within a year. Lawmakers will pass laws, and with each new round, we’ll drift further and further from the plant’s original, natural form.
re: Running red lights
Posted by Rust Cohle on 7/4/25 at 10:51 pm to Huey Lewis
I don’t need a timer to tell me what to do, if there are no cars within a quarter mile at a country light, I’m going. It feels preposterous to sit there.
re: On this day in history 1844: Mormon Church founder Joseph Smith murdered by irate mob
Posted by Rust Cohle on 6/29/25 at 7:58 pm to cgrand
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re: On this day in history 1844: Mormon Church founder Joseph Smith murdered by irate mob
Posted by Rust Cohle on 6/29/25 at 7:22 pm to Howyouluhdat
quote:why didn’t you use the word worship here?
Unfortunately a lot of peoples God is a selfish egotistical modern idolatry
I’m not going to pretend to know the Etymology and nuances of why they chose certain words to translate to but look at the Greek and Hebrew words- The biblical words shachah and proskuneo describe the physical and social act of showing submission or reverence, bowing or falling down.
This is not just some non theist view.
Even william Lane Craig disagrees with you. “It seems to me very clearly that an attitude of worship as opposed to mere admiration or awe or respect requires that the object of worship be perfectly good. … To be perfectly good, God is to be worshiped and adored because He is the supreme good.”
By your definition, everyone worships multiple things, no one’s gonna disagree with you to say that they people have a hierarchy of values.
re: On this day in history 1844: Mormon Church founder Joseph Smith murdered by irate mob
Posted by Rust Cohle on 6/29/25 at 4:45 pm to oldtrucker
Hit me with the verses! I’m aware of the many that use worship in reference to God or other gods. And many verses that say do not love, follow, store up, be friends with and serve the things of this world.
“Worship” is usually a conscious act of bowing, sacrificing, praying, or otherwise expressing reverence.
But loving the world, hoarding wealth, or idolizing relationships, while spiritually dangerous, is often framed as competing allegiance, not worship per se.
“Worship” is usually a conscious act of bowing, sacrificing, praying, or otherwise expressing reverence.
But loving the world, hoarding wealth, or idolizing relationships, while spiritually dangerous, is often framed as competing allegiance, not worship per se.
re: On this day in history 1844: Mormon Church founder Joseph Smith murdered by irate mob
Posted by Rust Cohle on 6/29/25 at 3:12 pm to Howyouluhdat
You can dilute the word worship from something, that is reserved for the Devine, to mean value, and so much so that everything is worship, and it loses meaning, and God to a catch all to mean anything also, but I would reserve these words for God.
Because then I could change any word to mean whatever I want, like baptize. Like saying a gym bro gets baptized with a cold plunge transforming his life to something bigger and better. Then try to argue that anyone can get baptized.
Words matter, we have words like passionate, devoted, committed, even fanatic, and when someone exchanges one of these for worships, they’re speaking in hyperbole.
Because then I could change any word to mean whatever I want, like baptize. Like saying a gym bro gets baptized with a cold plunge transforming his life to something bigger and better. Then try to argue that anyone can get baptized.
Words matter, we have words like passionate, devoted, committed, even fanatic, and when someone exchanges one of these for worships, they’re speaking in hyperbole.
re: On this day in history 1844: Mormon Church founder Joseph Smith murdered by irate mob
Posted by Rust Cohle on 6/29/25 at 12:18 pm to Howyouluhdat
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There’s no such thing as an atheist or as they call it “agnostic”. Show me one and I can tell you who their god is.
This must hit so hard if you don’t know what words mean.
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