Basic observations of reality are shitposts in our brave new world

You said “have metabolic syndrome,” not “are not in optimal metabolic health.” These are different.

We should also clarify this isn’t just a western issue, but global.

While it’s definitely not a great number, no, “the vast majority of people in the West” do not have metabolic syndrome. The actually number is about a third.

Snoring is one symptom of obesity, but also has a number of other unrelated potential causes, such as enlarged tissues in the nose and throat or enlarged tonsils. Snoring by itself does not mean you have a metabolic syndrome, nor does it mean you have sleep apnea.

This is not true. There are plenty people who snore but who do not have any negative effects from it, e.g. sleep apnea.

It’s hard to overstate how much money “2-3x what a run of the mill job makes” is over the course of a lifetime. I guess to you right now it doesn’t seem like much, but someone who makes three times more money than someone else is significantly more well off. There aren’t any wage jobs that are going to net you exponential salary growth. Your only hope there is to strike gold and found PayPal or Microsoft or something.

I went to dunkin’

Ordering coffee in the USA triggers me

As if Dunkin’ Donuts is representative of the thousands of independent coffee shops around the US…

This is terrible advice

There’s a granite slide near me that they say gets faster with use, and they were correct. Fastest slide I’ve ever gone down.

There’s something about this wide, flat concrete slide that makes me think it’s not going to work the same

If I had a nickel

Does she say that to you explicitly ? If so, ask her: If she’s just going to die, why does it matter if she’s locked out of her accounts? If she has a reason to access her accounts, she has a reason to learn how to access them.

On a mental health note, the last of Erik Erikson’s stages of development relates to old age/end of life, and the choice is between dignity or despair. If you see your mother trending toward despair, she might need help with her mental health, such as seeing a therapist.

You also might consider therapy for yourself. I get the impression you’ve got some boundary issues with your mother that you could improve. Good luck to you

Yeah I went through a ska phase, so what?

It means 1) you lack the imagination to describe your ideas with any nuance and 2) you’re the kind of guy who tells other people to put themselves in danger while sitting behind your keyboard doing nothing

I can’t help but notice you’ve contributed nothing productive to this conversation. Industries and companies have carbon footprints too. A carbon footprint is how much CO2 is generated by x. OP has $10,000 and control over themselves. They’re not going to be stopping Chevron. Jesus man

These are ways to immediately reduce your carbon footprint with $10,000, which is what OP asked for. There is absolutely no “shift of responsibility” involved in deciding to stop giving natural gas manufacturers and distributors your money.

If you have any natural gas appliances in your home (like water heater, dryer, stove, oven, HVAC), transition to an electric version. Cancel your gas service.

It’s like you read the first sentence and then stopped

Plenty small restaurants have not seen price increases this stark over this period of time. Eat there instead.

You mean the Portuguese and the English, who brought their traditions with them

Totally agree with this

There also weren’t people broadcasting mass shootings live on Facebook and inspiring copycat shootings, or being indoctrinated into incel culture alone in their bedrooms. There are legitimate pros and legitimate cons to 24/7 connection, this isn’t just some “boomer yells at the sky” thing