I don't mean any harm with my questions.
I can't speak for the other degenerate slappers in here though.
You seem like you enjoy talking to us and you're more articulate than most other lolcows that are on site.
Why not take advantage of that?
You flatter me. I wasn't really referring to your questions but the statement Meiwaku made about being married to a Chinese immigrant. That felt more sharp, which is fine, that's the tone of the forum usually when discussing lolcows. I don't even think she feels that way about me globally, just perhaps on this one topic.
Fair but instead I will rephrase the question and tell you to pick a top five otherwise the government will shoot your dog or something.
Alternatively, you could let us know your favourite post on the site and why.
You can only pick one.
Well, Dyn is/was (I haven't seen him for awhile) a very welcoming and funny guy.
I like Aunt Carol and Otterly because they are medfags
Agendaposter was cool but I think he's gone, so I'll replace with stupid frog.
For the last one... I'm gonna go with Magic Pickle and Dr. Butt to share the prize of excellence in the SRS thread, because medical gore is my jam.
Would you like to know the rude version that we learn in primary (elementary) school or will that ruin it for you?
Sure, why not? Let me hear it.
Hmmm. A few weeks of plateau on a GLP-1 might mean you need a dose increase.
If you're still on the base dose (2.5mg) then maybe you need the 5mg. Warning - the side effects are likely to be worse though.
See if you can increase the exercise a bit more because it will help maintain muscle as you lose weight.
You don't have to go to the gym and do HIIT - walking the dog and doing some body weight stuff at home should be sufficient.
Remember to track your water and your protein too. Water is the most important.
Some patients tend to reduce their water intake due to the slowed gastric emptying of the drug.
I'm on 5mg/week now, we are going to increase the dose in a week or two (depending on when I can get the meds.)
Tirzepatide has been mercifully decent with its side effects, besides the primary effect of dulling hunger, food craving, and the rewardingness of food (and alcohol, to a lesser extent) things are really not too bad.
Ozempic was god awful on side effects though. I had really bad stomach pain that got worse after eating. I might have tolerated that if its effects were gangbusters but I only lost a modest amount of weight (from food avoidance) and I became a lot less active (lying in bed groaning because of stomach pain.)
Well that's good.
More questions:
1) What book would you recommend every KiwiFarmer read and why?
You're not allowed to pick the bible or any other religious text.
Hm. I guess it would probably be
Pornography by Andrea Dworkin. I think that book expounds on a social problem (porn) that has only become worse with time, as Andrea writes in a very analog world where porn is acquired at adult book stores and sex shops on 42nd Street; but we live in an era when you can get all the porn you want, delivered right to your device, practically whenever you want it, real fast and cheap or even for free (depending on what you're looking at.) I don't think anyone in the 80's or 90's thought that could happen, but Andrea's explanation of why porn is linked to sexism and rape is very succinct and hard to deny, and the patterns were there even 40 years ago and are basically unchanged. The problem has just gotten so much worse now and if she were still alive I imagine she would still be speaking out about the inherent violence of porn and the sexism of pro-porn liberals like say, Dan Savage, who think the solution to porn's misogyny and violence is for feminists to start making "feminist porn", which is a contradiction in terms like "kosher cheeseburger."
2) How do you feel about the Trump administration? Are you happy with the progress so far?
I voted for Trump this time around and I am about 60% satisfied. I'm very satisfied with his swift action to protect women and girls in sports and public-but-private spaces like toilets and locker rooms. I am reasonably happy with the performance in the crypto markets and stock market... though the both markets cratered during the 1st 100 days they seem to be on the mend. So that's good for me and my family. I am happy that he's finally decided that he can't keep dealing with Putin. I am generally optimistic about his ideas and willing to give them a try even it's against my usual liberal dogma of Good Political Ideas.
I am not so satisfied with the following: China (and global) tariff policy. The seesawing will-he-won't-he is anxiety-producing. Like on NPR radio in March it was said that US customers could run out of "juvenile products" - stuff like baby bottles and sippy cups - because the 140% tariff or whatever on Chinese imports would make it impossible to import them cost-effectively. Well, I can't make sippy cups, and there is no secondhand market for sippy cups, so what's to do? I bought like six more sippy cups (and other baby things, like kid's furniture) because I was worried I might not be able to get them later or they would be very expensive. So it isn't just nice to haves like "girls might only have two dolls instead of ten" that are affected but have to haves like lunchboxes, clothes, etc. that may be affected. And this is just one sector of my life - global tariff means it would affect every other facet as well. Like, we are thinking of replacing the dishwasher as well, and that's gonna get hit with tariff for sure.
But then Trump backed down on tariff, but maybe now it's back on again? It's difficult to plan ahead when Trump and his administration are so unpredictable. Prices on food are still sort of high. Still miles better than Biden or Harris though.
I really admire Trump for his energy and his determination. When he is mad, the earth shakes in Washington, but it didn't used to be that way. It used to be Obama was roasting him at the 2016 Press Correspondent's Dinner thinking there was no way in hell he could win. And Trump was livid about that, but he channeled that energy into WINNING. So that's quite inspiring. I think this election was sewn up for Trump after he survived the assassination attempt. It drew some interesting parallels for me. (e.g. I would have been more understanding of Harris stepping in as the nominee if Joe Biden had been tragically shot at a campaign rally... but the circumstances under which the Harris switcheroo happened just felt super scummy to me. Like I'd been lied to for months and was expected to eat another load of tripe.)
