Exactly this. My lifestyle change (which actually changed my life) was when I changed my diet. I make that correction when people think I’m “on a diet” because the lifestyle changes I made naturally made me lose weight. I think the word “diet” on its own is too general. This is an article about misleading weight loss…

Preemptive apology for the long-winded reply :)

I don’t actually think this. The actual answer is “nothing” because it is, as you say, a meaningless macguffin. But that’s what my friend told me in high school, and I always thought it was a ludicrous theory. 

Remove as much sugar/starch from your diet as you can and you will lose weight, guaranteed.

I made healthy changes to my diet... and lost about 30 pounds.

“After all, it would not be healthy or smart to lose weight forever. Since the way we lose weight is by eating fewer calories than we burn, the exact meals and habits that help us lose weight are not going to be the ones that help us maintain our ideal weight once we get there. At the very least, you’ll have to…

Perks of store credit cards

Better advice: don’t open lines of credits you don’t need.

Yes and no.

No one should be running Chrome on Windows 7 in 2023.

At least upgrade to the latest version of Windows 10.

Bacon pancakes, making bacon pancakes!

In related news: antivaxxers continue to carry Darwin’s theories to fruition - even when behind the wheel.

Part 2. Highly recommend.

It’s a small moment in Part 2. “Important” might be pushing it...

I don't remember it in the game but I played it a million years ago. But that soundtrack - it's still in my rotation.

I’m still excited for this show but I kinda hated this trailer. I thought burying the game/series’ excellent soundtrack under the “slowed down 80's song” trope made the whole thing feel generic. The teaser trailer was a LOT better.

Druckman said they were able to include a lot of stuff he wrote that didn’t fit into the games.

“The level of faithfulness on display here is actually so high, in fact, that it’s not clear who showrunner Craig Mazin is necessarily making this series for”

I have played both games through an embarrassing number of times and will fully admit that I am 100% down for this even if it is just a frame-for-frame adaptation; but honestly it looks like they’re throwing in a fair bit that isn’t, which I’m also totally fine with.  Both parts of the Last of Us pretty solidly occupy…