Natasha Tori Maru

You cannot accurately count calories unless you weight and log all food. I do not consider anything with a label as being accurate. I would be skeptical of all food labels +-25% I eat the same foods on rotation and know macros ballpark, but I do not really know the calorie count. I simply do not have the capacity or desire to take up the brainpower needed to log/weight each meal. It isn't important in my life - probably because I am in relative homeostasis with body comp. I would be very wary of recommending counting calories to anyone who has a history of eating disorders, or disordered eating patterns. The type of obsessive, black and white, perfectionist thinking comorbid to pathologies with eating do not translate well to counting calories. I simply observe my energy / emotional patterns + state after a meal. After a day, or after a week.

You're the one arguing the case - it's on you.

@Elliott That is simply your perception, then.

You would consider me to appear as masculine then. HA! Do you not see the breasts, hips and stacked thighs on Serena as feminine? Or does she confuse your brain and because you can see deltoids and biceps? Broad shoulders and muscles seem so arbitrary. But it is your perception. Not a universal.

@Elliott Do you perceive any sort of muscularity on a woman as making her appear as a man?

I think similarly of male lycra-clad cyclists. They have a shriveled, dehydrated & windburnt appearance to me Distance runners too. Bodies are a product of the activities we participate in, and the energy we consume.

ROFL inserted my projection / experience of the matter. Forward motion enhances cognition for me. I find it suppresses negativity. You might have a similar experience when driving. I note it when walking, running, bicycling, public transport like trains, and driving. The best contemplations and insights happen for me with relaxing music and forward motion. I save the brain mincing tunes for housework

LOL Serena Williams has a masculine body? Are we blind?

@Leo Gura You know - cheers for taking the time to listen - I appreciate it! I've listened to most of your playlists - for me your music taste is 'driving down the open road, windows down. Long, warm & balmy night, wind in my hair, thinking as the lights and roads weave by' vibes. Chill, linear, calm mellow thoughts that stretch the depths. Dunno how else to describe the vibe but this is closest for me. I really enjoy your music. My overall taste just has a huge span. Can't really shit on anyone's taste. I think our preferences for sensory experiences are a really nice way to see into the other person.

I think my version or hard might be a bit off. I view those 3 tracks as having drops that hit like a wet noodle 🙃 I like a drop to hit me like a freight train with a cement mixer containing 20 fubars 😂😂😂

Wow you guys really think you know Leo, like at all? Everything Leo presents online is exactly what he intends to project. Everything you see online from another person is a finely crafted, curated avatar of what they are. This can be said about people in real life too, but nowhere do we have more power to do this than in online spaces. Beware of the false intimacy created via online interactions. I've followed Leo for years, and in my estimation? I have no idea who he is. I know what he does. Not who he is.

Thing is no one is raging, or angry. Just presenting points for discussion. Painting it as ragebait is just some low tactic to try to discredit the topic.

You big old stuffed shirt! 😄 I have a girlfriend who is similar, although with a different genre. My taste has a huge span, and I gave up a LONG time ago recommending her new stuff. No judgement from me. I eat and enjoy brain, offal, liver, eyeballs and tongue in my meals. And I think pizza and lasagne are disgusting! Although I think you might be open to more new music within your taste. She is stuck in a loop of the same songs from her younger days. She won't even try new music. She's been banned from being DJ in the car 💀

Rofl this gonna turn into a 'Do you like this Leo?' thread. My suggestions were ballpark for Leo but I tried to push the limits of what he might like. But I gonna admit, you aren't really trying with music if all you do is skip through on first listen. You have to listen to the full thing prior to dismal. Otherwise you castrate your own ability to experience novelty and broaden horizons.

Heh heh all these attempts to psychoanalyse Leo based on music taste 🙃🙂🙃🙂 @Leo Gura is this too hard for you (it's your taste, deeper house prog) And does this hit the mark? Pure curiousity.

Rufus Du Sol You might know this one - but it's one of my favourites: https://youtu.be/Tx9zMFodNtA?si=6HxlnW6ctWPBjc-W They were great live

@LoneWonderer Not limited to just the UFO/Alien phenomena? Paranormal etc. These are some of my favourites, but there are more: The Area 51 Caller (famous terrified caller frantic before the feed was cut) Mel's Hole (bottomless pit the government was after) The Father Malachi Martin interviews (fucked up Vatican stories - frightening secrets) Ghost to ghost AM (annual paranormal stories) Mad Man Marcum / Time machine man (guy with insane time machine he claimed to have built) Officer X interview (nuclear sub officer) Pamela Stonebrooke (reptilian encounters) The Mercenary Gabriel (jailbreaker) Major Ed Dames (remote viewing) John Lear (Area 51 & UFOs) Mind you - the above are a huge mixed bag. Paranormal, non-local awareness, ghosts, UFOs, aliens etc. Many are thought to be urban legends, but Art Bell has a great narrative voice and some stories are enthralling. Good rainy day listening

@LoneWonderer I am really in alignment with your assessments - ha! The ones I am super sketch about art Luis Elizondo, NASA & Jesse Michels. Jesse Michels I used to enjoy, but after digging a bit and hearing his more recent shit he was backed by Peter Thiel from the start. If you look at the history of his channel the explosive growth doesn't make sense without outside assistance. Luis is a disinformation agent. NASA is a government agency. Don't forget it. They fucken know what's up. Dr Steven Greer - this one gets me. He is so confident and articulate. My warning bells go off I could be fooled. But then he has said somethings that.... Align with my personal experiences of contact. I don't know. As a total aside - does anyone fuck with the old Art Bell Coast to Coast AM? I love that shit. This whole topic is full of insanity, I sorta can't help but love it!! 👾👾👾

It fits and gives gravity to the problem some people have. It's way above compulsion in terms of how bad the issue can inhibit the individual. Anyway, you are simply trying to argue some side semantics I am just not gonna agree with.

If it impedes functioning any of the above can be a problem and can verge on qualifying for an addiction. If you have issue resisting the compulsion and it impedes your ability to function in day to day life, for me, it doesn't matter if it is clinical or not. It follows the patterns of an addiction and could very easily be termed as such. I am not singing out porn consumption here. If you want to narrowly define an addiction that is fine. But porn consumption CAN be a problem.

@bazera I agree - and no judgement from me either. Some people may be able to consume porn with very little consequences. Others, not so much. I do think we have to question its effects, what sort of ideas it is programming into us - and as you touched on - the 'more' nature of the dopaminergic response humans have toward sex and orgasm.

An addiction is typically outlined when a compulsive habit begins to interfere with the person's ability to function and perform in life. This is when it crosses over into a pathology clinically. I'd say porn addiction can do that. Gooners are a good example. I've seen a legit goon cave... MY GOD is I will say. Being a NEET and spending 7-8hrs a day edging to porn really isn't functional.

Do you feel you have a solid understanding of the ideas you are looking to present? Like, know them totally in-and-out?

I used to manage a print centre 15 years ago. We printed photos from memory cards, USB and CD. A lot of shit was handed to the po-po. I have seen some evil.

What the fuck is memory anyway - it's literally the small 'self' 💀