nicotine independently damages the endothelium (innermost lining of blood vessels) leading to stroke heart attack poor wound healing after injury or surgery etc. even without tobacco

probably why it damages gums

not worth the very small benefits

don’t really understand spectator sports either

tbf those are just standard asian people beliefs. yes many of them are bigots. but also yes that the far right has always been relatively popular in japan and last decade or so has become more and more powerful with abe et al

the later books has a group of bobs that call themselves starfleet that becomes an important plot point

unfortunately i had already stopped watching tv and as back in the 2000s but i am lucky enough to have experienced it for the first time today, chefs kiss masterpiece! reminds me of https://youtu.be/JM7FKE88Y2g

never give up, never surrender!

unfortunately my view of trekkie gear has been clouded by reading the bobiverse novels…

mandelson

Cunningham’s Law states “the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it’s to post the wrong answer.”

i just don’t like how it keeps so many trappings of traditional protestant church services, i mean i know why to attract more people since that is the dominant cultural force but just doesn’t sit right with me to ruminate over the bible and pretend it is some enlightened tome of truth in a supposedly secular context

why does it look so weak coming from that lumbering husk of a person with a little curved appendage