I think a good rule is that people would barely recognize the original origin of the phrase, it’s fine. The r-word is offensive because it was also used as a term for someone with the actual disability very recently. Meanwhile I’ve pretty much never heard “lame” used to describe someone who has a physical problem with…

“Lame” seems particularly weird to bring up here when I’ve pretty much never heard it described to refer to someone who actually has physical problems with their legs.

Not sure if trolling or not but you should definitely not microwave foil.

All that said even if traditional lifting with a program is more ideal for certain goals, I’m also not going to actually do that regularly. So better to squat regularly, even if sometimes with lower weight than I should be using, than not at all.

I actually also really like group fitness classes, though they don’t really fit with the scheme for progressive overload requirement described in the article. While the classes will often include the same exercises in similar rep ranges again and again, it’s pretty much entirely up to you to decide when to up the…

The percentage of people who contract COVID and go on to need oxygen is far lower than 10-20%. A lot of the really bad statistics are already subsetted to people seeking medical care for COVID (if not already hospitalized). Which obviously skews the numbers, since it doesn’t include all the asymptomatic or mildly…

For the record I got my COVID vaccine, but it seems to be a bit disingenuous to act like there’s an abundance of data on pregnant women here. If you’re currently in early pregnancy, there hasn’t even been enough time to study the effect of a first or early second trimester vaccine on fetal development. Early pregnancy…

I tried the poached egg trick this morning, but I hadn’t had my coffee yet and initially put the egg whole, uncracked into the water. Luckily I realized it about 10 seconds in and stopped it in time. So I know it should be obvious, but here’s a friendly reminder to crack your egg into the water!

I’m kind of lazy by nature so anything where you have to go really hard for it to be effective doesn’t work for me. I do sometimes like the kind of classes that are referred to as “HIIT”, but (as you’ve described in other articles) are really more like “medium intensity interval training” given the total length of the…

My understanding was it does still prevent transmission to some degree, just not as well as they had hoped. There are variations between 0% and 100% effectiveness for both self-protection and transmission.

I haven’t really heard that much about employers encouraging “workcations”. I’m sure it’s happened, but most cases of “workcations” I heard about are initiated by the employee because they want a change of scenery without spending their PTO. There’s also no reason that “workcations” existing means that people need to…

I mean masks may or may not be justified for Covid but you really don’t see the problem with masking kids permanently just for colds/flu? Socialization is a thing, and is simply not the same without being able to see people’s faces. Quality of life and social development matter.

I believe frozen shrimp sometimes have sodium tripolyphosphate as well. My bigger issue besides potentially getting a worse texture when cooking them is that it definitely has an aftertaste to me.

Worth noting that you can sometimes get a bigger payout if you’re willing to take it in the form of gift cards or discounts rather than actual cash. I took surveys with this one website that was giving out $40 discounts on orders over $70 from a fitness equipment company. Obviously this is less useful than cash or an…

I generally much prefer summer to winter (hate being cold, don’t really mind the heat that much). But I do tend to find that I don’t sleep as well in the summer, and that it can sometimes negatively affect my mood. My big issue is waking up early regardless of when I went to bed. Blackout curtains and an eye mask are…

The article seems to be arguing in favor of understanding why some people believe in astrology, which is very different from actually learning about astrology itself (i.e. doing your horoscope chart and knowing what your moon sign is or whatever).

Whose baby is that?

I mean good for you that you are allowed to bank that much PTO, but I don’t think it’s unreasonable if a company doesn’t allow you to bank that much either. The main point of PTO should be to allow for work-life balance and encourage people to take time off, not to act as a severance package.

I mean I don’t know what your financial situation is, but if you would still be OK financially at that salary a 20% pay cut for improved quality of life seems super worth it to me?

Yup. An actual rejection would be great by comparison.