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8 minutes ago, NoDisplayName said:

 

Is that still true anymore?  The US is no longer the 'west'.  Trump can only bully his alleged allies so much, sanctions are losing their effectiveness.  Even his European vassals are beginning to show signs of independence.

I think that's the whole point of this... independence. The end of Globalization as we know it.

In China most things are a lie made up by the CCP. From their population figures (probably less than half of what they say), their GDP, questionable quality in some products, cars, planes,  building practices, and on and on... And once a decision is made by Xi there is no turning back (the save face cultural thing). Just like zero COVID, they will keep at it despite being idiotic.

This trade war was a trap, and China took the bait. China retaliated thinking the whole world was going to go with them… The question is… will they continue to try to “save face” and continue (like they did with zero COVID) or will they cave?

Btw- I don’t hate China as a whole. I just don’t agree with the actions of their government.

Myself I haven't noticed any changes to my voice but I usually don't pay too much attention to that. In evolutionary terms we eat like that (mostly fats) for millennia.  Maybe our voice is supposed to be like that (speculating) or maybe it affect some people differently (most likely). I know personally all the minor health issues I used to have (like spots on the skin) disappeared. Also back pain, inflammation in general. Of course I was skeptical at first since I was so brainwashed about fats being bad for you. But when I did my first blood work after months on the diet... all my skepticism went away, along with my blood pressure dropping from 140/90 at 90kg to 110/65 at 78 kg. Then there are the changes to my jaw and teeth (Maybe from all the chewing) but my jawline changed and my teeth straighten out. Like my jaw widen. But I'm not hardcore (like the Aussie Doctor) eating only meat. I include salads, avocadoes, and other low carb things. In my mind I should eat like 20,000 years ago Omnivore... not just pure carnivore.  

On 12/28/2024 at 12:21 AM, Airalee said:

Carnivore definitely helped me clear up many issues but there are a few unanswered questions that I have.  The biggest question/concern is that of dehydration.  For me, when on the Lion Diet, I noticed that I would be so dry that my voice started to change.  Almost to the point of a dry raspiness.  It didn’t matter how much water I drank.  

When you eat carbohydrates, your body converts them into glucose. Whatever glucose isn’t immediately used for energy can be stored as glycogen in your muscles and liver (then fat is not used). For every gram of glycogen stored, your body holds on to about 3 to 4 grams of water. So your body physically retains more water. Your blood pressure goes up too.

On the flip side, when you go low carb and high protein, you produce more nitrogenous waste (urea), which also requires some water to excrete and thus make you thirstier. I mean...  you drastically reduced carbs, so your glycogen stores plummeted, and your body now doesn’t hold on to as much sodium or water (it doesn't need too). That’s why people on low-carb diets often experience an initial whoosh of weight loss (water weight) and can become dehydrated if they don’t consciously keep up fluids, especially electrolytes.

Eventually with good quality meat your body will reach equilibrium. Your body is working of Ketones now... not sugar. It needs fatty foods. I find my water intake is lower than usual. I just don't feel thirsty. Any excess water I drink will just be flush out of the system (along with good minerals). There is such thing as drinking too much water. I think our water needs are based on SAD diet... If you feels thirsty drink water. Use the color of your urine as an indicator (Light Yellow)

On 12/29/2024 at 2:53 AM, Walker88 said:

Carbo-phobia is way out of hand. Individual metabolism varies, as does the amount of exercise people do.

 

I eat a ton of carbs---pizza, pasta, French bread---though I also aim for 2 gm/kg/day of protein. I hit the gym 6 days a week for resistance training and cardio/HIIT. 

 

I just had a complete physical. HbA1c is 5.2. Tryglycerides are 66 mg/L, while thyroid and liver readings are normal.  HDL-C is 68. Body fat is 11%. Doctor did not say to lay off the carbs.

 

Carbs do not seem to be the bogeyman those chiropractors claim.

If you eat lots of carbs, that's the answer.

The absolute easiest way for me to lose weight is to cut all carbs out. Once I go over 90kg I cut out all carbs and within 1 month and back at 80kg... (I'm 1.85M tall) While I'm eating nothing but beef and eggs with some lettuce I feel amazing. Never hungry, any inflammation goes away and the blood pressure goes down to 110/65... even the six pack shows up... 

But it's very hard to keep a diet like that here in Thailand. In the US I had it for years... feeling incredible. But this country LOVES sugar. You can find a 7-11 in every corner (One of the main culprits or their declining health).

Not soi dogs (German Shepperd, Golden Retriever) but they eat dog dried food and chicken from Big C.  They both quite large, probably 50kg each.

I don't think this should be classified by a race skin color... this is just the mentality of "winners" not "whiteness"

20 minutes ago, 2long said:

I tend to disagree.

Soi dogs have their own hierarchy and are not caged and mistreated. They can expend the energy that every dog needs to.

Soi dogs are easy to deal with, by walkers, joggers and cyclists... it can't just be me or my area where this is no problem if you show the right body language. A pitbull is just another dog, and would behave so in a gang of soi dogs. I hope!

 

As for this sad incident, even as a dog lover and defender, this one needs to be destroyed. The 'owner' needs to be charged with manslaughter and her whole family banned from having dogs in the future. 

I agree, if you walk confidently like you own the place but respecting their boundaries and they leave you alone. Show any sign of fear or "shadiness" they can perceive that.

I used to walk around no problem until my German Shepperd (Big boy maybe 55-60 Kg) got out to walk with me... then every dog would try to challenge him and he would put them in their place  (He's so much bigger and stronger I'm not worried about him). Is impossible to walk with him because all the other dogs come at him aggressively and although he stays with me if you get to close he will bite. But now the Soi dogs associate me with him, so they bark or challenge me, guilty by association.  

There is a huge soi dog problem in Thailand. No owners, pack mentality, and the locals don't care. Introduce dangerous breeds to the pack and accidents are bound to happen.

23 hours ago, retarius said:

This climate stuff is baloney. What's happening is that the sun is moving closer to the earth year by year. Every so often it tries to fool us by moving back to make it colder for a few months. 

The Sun moving closer huh?! You know the Earth doesn't have the mass to do such a thing... heck even if you put everything in the Solar System (Jupiter, Saturn and every other planet, asteroid and comet) the Sun outweighs them by 99.86%. So yes every planet, every moon, every asteroid and comet that's in the solar system only account for 0.14% of its mass. Jupiter itself is 0.1% with the rest 0.04%... The more you know...

3 hours ago, bangkok19 said:

It's called "weather"....

It was around when we were kids and 1,000 years before that.

They compare today's temperatures to when?  The start of when actual temperatures were being recorded??!!   What about the world temperatures prior to then?

The furthest back we've been able to look at Earth's weather and climate is currently about 2.7 million years. How? Using ice cores. 

12 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

While your post may be generally correct as to latitude, it fails to take into account the effect of topography. Chiang Rai is at the foothills of the Himalayas. Mountains and coasts modify weather.

 

 

This area in Petchabun you can sort of see that... In April the area in Red would stay around 35-36°C at around 800M elevation... yet in the valley below near sea level it would be at 42°C

1 minute ago, Lacessit said:

My opinion is based on fact.

 

Central Australia has temperatures exceeding 40 C 100-150 days of the year, Chiang Rai has 2-3 days.

 

Chiang Rai has mild winds. It's very rare to get anything above 20 km/hr.

 

OTOH, Melbourne is on the 40 degree latitude. In winter, we get a forecast for 12 C. It's actually 3 C after windchill. In summer, days of hot northerly winds which are sticky and very uncomfortable.

Winds are 50 - 60 km/hr. In storms, they exceed 100 km/hr.

 

While your post may be generally correct as to latitude, it fails to take into account the effect of topography. Chiang Rai is at the foothills of the Himalayas. Mountains and coasts modify weather.

 

 

That is true, altitude helps alleviates the problem of elevated temperatures. However Thailand doesn't possess enough elevated areas (Let say above 1,500 Meters) to replace Latitude.   

4 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Agree. China, Russia, Japan, Germany and Italy all have declining populations.

Yes, Thailand as well. Pretty much almost all western countries have aging populations. And in a few decades this will become very evident...

15 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

IMO the north of Thailand is one of the sweet spots for avoiding the worst effects of global warming and climate change.

 

OTOH, places such as outback Australia, the Philippines and Florida/ California had better look out, because it is only going to get worse.

In my opinion it's not... you can already see how hot it gets... and it will be much worse. You want to be higher in Latitude to reduce the Sun angle of incident (The angle sun rays hit the surface). I think somewhere around 40° North or South would do. Much milder winter and not so brutal summers. 

2 hours ago, fredwiggy said:

Cutting down trees by the millions does damage, and this has been done for a very long time. Burning oil and gasoline also does damage. Over harvesting the ocean does damage. Much of this is due to over population. All by people.

Yes it damage the Environment/Ecosystem. The physical planet? No... Earth will be here for a few billions years at least (Assuming it survives the Sun Red Giant phase)... if it does... it could be eons! A dead planet... but it will still physically be there. 

2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

IMO not a snowball's chance in hell. No species can survive if it destroys it's environment. Anyway, we are breeding ourselves into extinction ( at the same time as governments are calling for more children- seems the horde is not an acceptable substitute for our tribe ).

As in we are not having enough kids or the opposite (Too many). Because it's actually the first (We're not having enough kids).

1 minute ago, thaibeachlovers said:

What they mean is that we are destroying the ability of the planet to support humanity. They think the planet cares about the insignificant species running around on the surface, or at least in their minds humans are important LOL.

IMO the planet is treating us like an ant biting us, and you know how we treat an ant that bites us.

Well life treats all living beings the same way since 99.9% of all species that ever existed are extinct. Will we be intelligent enough to get past that "barrier"? Collectively as a species... I believe we are not.😅  

5 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

Only problem is that it's culling those that aren't hurting the earth.

Humans hurt the environment/ecosystem... the planet itself? lol Don't give us so much credit... we are incapable of such power (To actually physically destroy the "real" planet) I just find it funny when people say we are destroying the Earth (And I know what they mean), just saying.

No because we finished with the ENSO positive (El Niño Southern Oscillation) ... Last year when they asked this question (it might've been you) I said 2024 will be the hottest and that I might see 43C in my area. And sure thing I saw 43C a few times from April 20 until it finally cooled off with the arrivals of the rain on May 6th. 2025 with ENSO negative will not reach quite as high. It might hit 40-41C in my area maybe 42C. 

I wouldn't' buy anything Intel 13th or 14th gen. 

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/07/intel-has-finally-tracked-down-the-problem-making-13th-and-14th-gen-cpus-crash/

The problem is actually more widespread than Desktop, it's Mobile and Server as well. 

Single entry 90 days (2,000 baht) plus 60 days extension for another 2,000 baht.  Gives you 150 days... then repeat. That's it... that's all you can get. No ME or anything like that. The other option is 400,000 baht in a Thai Bank in your name... 2 months prior to applying for extension in order to qualify for a 1 year extension. Then other extra information/pictures depending in your province Immigration office (Plus the mom of your child going with you). 

32 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

I wanted to challenge myself and place myself in any challenging situations, unfortunately or fortunately 2 nights in a row of "patrolling "Manila's subway at night I only had people either say hello or look away into their phones but it challenged me made me a stronger person 

What king of challenge are you looking for? There's one rule for fight club and well you know it... we never talk about fight club. Just swing at the first guy you think is going to be a challenge!