hardatwork

I've never had the flu, and I'm curious to know why. I have a few theories:

1) I think not having kids might play a part, as every parent of young kids I know always seems to be catching stuff from them. Edit: maybe the stress of having young kids also plays a part.

2) I don't think it's the food I eat as I eat a pretty poor diet, but I do wonder if it might be the amount of food I eat as it's relatively little (I'm at the low end of the healthy BMI range), and scholar seems to have a few studies relating constant CR to a better immune system.

3) I'm a lifelong public transport user. One the one hand people say this might help build up the immune system but it doesn't quite fit with 1).

4) I avoid touching stuff like public door handles and taps.

5) Obligatory Simpsons explanation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI0euMFAWF8

> What do you mean with saving 10 USD?

I get the same calories and satisfaction from the food and drink as I would from the bigger name store items, but it's cheaper.

> a misguided mission to penny-pinch

What do you mean by this? I save at least 10USD a week by buying certain items from Aldi. 10USD is a lot of money for some people.

> One of the scariest thoughts I have ever had is that we truly are alone

As someone quite new to this discussion, can I ask why? My only immediate reaction is a mild one going the other way: that being alone is reassuring as it means there is not this extra potential threat out there.

> What if moving away from animal foods in our diets causes an increase in heart disease, cancer and overall mortality?

This seems like a very strange thing to say, given that the scientific consensus seems to suggest we'll see the opposite effect:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26853923 - This comprehensive meta-analysis reports a significant protective effect of a vegetarian diet versus the incidence and/or mortality from ischemic heart disease (-25%) and incidence from total cancer (-8%). Vegan diet conferred a significant reduced risk (-15%) of incidence from total cancer.

Wrt driving less, people go for the easier option, and it's far easier to eat less meat than to drive less.

True wrt the distance, but in the RPL there is less than one league match per week per team, whereas each NBA team plays around 3.5 games per week.

> People have told me they've been in the middle of a turn behind a Waymo car, when all of a sudden the car just randomly stops for no apparent reason, leaving them stranded in the middle of the intersection as the light turns red.

How does that work? My driving experience is limited, and only in Australia, but I can't think of a situation where I'd be allowed to enter an intersection if there is already a car ahead of me that's still in it.

Edit: I'm getting downvoted so maybe I didn't explain it right. Here's a quote from AU law: It is against the law to enter an intersection if you cannot drive through and into the road you plan to enter. However, when turning right, you can proceed into the intersection and wait near the centre of the intersection for the oncoming traffic to pass (as long as it is safe and the road you are turning into is clear). So from my POV it's pretty unfair to blame Waymo for getting stuck in a situation when it's only your law breaking that's making it so dangerous.