I wanted to be a doctor really bad but in canada its basically a lottery system. My fiance had a 97 average, did well on her tests and basically lived her whole life in prep for med school and never got in, I have friends doing their PHDs on their fifth attempt, so seeing this I never even bothered. I did get into med lab which has been really fun, I now have 10 years in research/histopathology and have had an incredibly rewarding career in a field that I love, you just pivot and move on.

Honestly I wish I’d gone into finance/trading and done something I hate to make a shitload of money and just enjoy my free time but I’ve only got one life and I’ve already min/maxed my skill points so I’m in it for the long haul. Overall I’m happy with all my choices.

USA to Canada: mandatory 5% military spending, move all your business to the states, deal with our tariffs, buy our jets and golden dome. Canada: sure man, whatever -signs European defence pact.

ya he’s a princess!

out of curiosity what is the average salinity? We often use 0.85% saline to suspend organisms and red cells to keep osmotic pressure stable, I’m just curious if its around that level.

you don’t even need to train them my guys just do that. I swear they speak english their comedic timing is nuts, I can have full conversations with them!

if those steps are so spanish the why are they in rome?

I could end the conflict right now and go to my son’s wedding BUT probably lose the next election and go to prison… OR I could keep it going, make the entire planet a worse place but stay out of prison, keep leading the party and not go to the wedding…

its always been about power and control. A population in fear of eternal damnation is easier to manipulate.

I like Honda, you can drive those cars into the ground, they just keep going.

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Honestly thats another reason. I know how hard I’ve worked to get a decent life and I can only see it getting harder. It feels like it costs $300/day just to exist, I can’t do that to another person.

Life is just too hard, I can’t even get a dog because I’m so busy/exhausted all the time, the thought of caring for a child is just too much. Hard pass, I’ve only got one life and I’d rather live it on my terms.

We don’t have to, theres other countries you know.

Again, its a spectrum. It depends on calorie density and types of fat, how you react to it. There are absolutely certain types that are straight up bad, some can be good.

Its flawed but a decent screener. Follow up with a blood test if you are concerned. BMI doesn’t distinguish between muscle/fat and some people can have a high BMI but be metabolically perfectly healthy-others not so much. Its a very wide spectrum that needs to be looked at on a case-by-case basis. Also fat tissue (adipose) is involved in much more than just energy storage, its quite active in inflammation, metabolism and disease processes. Source: I did my MSc on obesity and gut health. Bonus fun fact: theres no standard definition of “high fat diet”, many meta analyses are comparing wildly different diets to draw some pretty “interesting” conclusions!

Mine has amazing comedic timing and great inflection, he’s very expressive. I have full conversations with him sometimes its just the best.

I swear my cat understands english, I’ll tell him something like “no cookies until bed time” then right when I’m getting ready for bed he’s meowing by the cookie drawer. They do something every day that surprises me with their intelligence.

ahh the french paradox! Lots of wine, fatty food and super low heart disease!

Theres a pretty strong link between financial health and mental/physical well-being

I always assumed we follow school/driving rules, always stay on the right. I live in Toronto and I’ve noticed the sidewalks and bike lanes just devolve into a free-for-all. Or when a group of 5 all take up the entire sidewalk and theres no where for anyone to go.