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They were bombed to shit by the US whose military is still occupying them to this day...

of course the state that did that and wants to maintain any veneer of democracy would twist itself in knots to convince you that it was the right thing to do.

Yeah, I have, and I think being fearful and avoidant of each other is more destructive than it is helpful. Have you looked at the up and coming generations, taken seriously the loneliness they are expressing, and acknowledged how that might affect their views on the world and how they treat others?

I agree that WFH is far more efficient and a better situation for most office-based workers, but I wouldn't call going "multiple days without speaking to another human being" an upside. My issue with office work is I have to get up early and get myself ready and fight through traffic, not that I have to interact with other people even if I don't like some of them.

I think that's a regressive point of view. I'm skeptical of anyone with a platform that pushes it, and somewhat repulsed by the normal people that repeat it. Naturally, I think. You don't like people? Well, I'm a people... You're a people too. All of us are people. Good people, whatever your idea of a bad person is, we all are people and we people are social creatures.

In a healthy society we should want to be around other people and, in fact, as a group we become more accepting of individual differences by encountering and interacting with numerous and diverse groups of people and accepting them into our norm, seeing first-hand that we are all just normal people going through life and striving for what we believe is good. We people add so much more than we threaten, we are capable of great and profound things when we work together to achieve them.

It's not normal to turn your nose up at that and I hate that it is being normalized.

Have you considered that that might be difficult with antisocial attitudes like the one expressed by OOP becoming the norm?

Well they're also an anticholinergic, which means they block the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. Acetylcholine is the chief chemical messenger controlling functions of the parasympathetic nervous system. It's really important in brain and muscle function.

What are the effects of anticholinergics? Effects can include dry mouth and sore throat, resulting from the impaired secretion by exocrine glands. Another side effect is tachycardia, or a higher than usual heart rate, that occurs when anticholinergics interfere with receptors that typically slow the heart rate. Anticholinergics can also cause urinary retention (i.e., the inability to empty the bladder) and obstipation (i.e., the inability to pass stools or gas) due to decreased smooth muscle motility and tone. Additional anticholinergic effects include blurred vision and light sensitivity. Rarely, anticholinergics can cross the blood brain barrier and enter the central nervous systems, causing mood changes, hallucinations, confusion, or disorientation.

What is anticholinergic toxicity? Anticholinergic toxicity occurs when anticholinergic agents accumulate in the body and may lead to anticholinergic syndrome, which can cause dry mouth, flushed skin, hyperthermia, and tachycardia. It may also lead to anticholinergic delirium, which is characterized by confusion, hallucinations, and psychomotor symptoms. With lower doses, acute anticholinergic syndrome can resolve on its own after the anticholinergic medication has been stopped and fully excreted. On the other hand, higher doses can be life-threatening, so individuals should be medically reviewed and acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, such as donepezil and rivastigmine, can be prescribed as an antidote.

Fyi. Anticholinergics are a class of drugs which have been linked to dementia when used regularly by those 65 and older. Imbalances in acetylcholine are linked with chronic conditions, such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.

What Benadryl are you talking about, I've never heard of it being anything but diphenhydramine? People definitely abuse this form, it's a deliriant in high doses and can cause hallucinations. I can't recall its name but I distinctly remember there being a community about it on the other site.

Edit: perhaps you're thinking of Sudafed PE, in which the main ingredient, pseudoephedrine, was switched for phenylephrine? The latter drug was recently found to be ineffective like you're talking about. Though, the reason they made pseudoephedrine prescription only in the first place was because people were using it to make meth, not because it was a fun drug to abuse.

Malala Yousafzai

Edit: a couple corrections.

She's Pashtun (Pakistani), not arab, but she is a practicing Muslim. She was fighting against the Taliban's ban on girls from education, which is not a feature of the rest of the muslim world. It's a feature of extreme fundamentalism, of any religion, not of Islam.

Hey, what did slugs and slime molds ever do to you??

I thought it was a tonsil stone or something

I used it with W10 for years without issue but it sounds like W11 has presented new challenges. That's unfortunate.

Nah he'd probably just lose all his teeth and bones if he did that

There's also open shell if you like pre-W10 interfaces https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu