[HN Gopher] The Animal Is Tired
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The Animal Is Tired
Author : montenegrohugo
Score : 70 points
Date : 2021-05-09 22:11 UTC (48 minutes ago)
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| edoceo wrote:
| Oh, and eyesight. Like, I had to up-scale the default font sizes
| on mobile and now all sites (this one especially) are harder to
| use.
|
| Use responsive design people! You'll need it someday!!
| maxqin1 wrote:
| No joke. The font on my mom's phone is so large that buttons
| were "missing" from her parking app. I told her she had to be
| wrong, until I saw it myself. And that's also on a newer model
| galaxy note (big screen). She's in her 50s.
| clcaev wrote:
| I just plead to my fellow developers to stay well under 80
| columns... my largest monitor in a readable font can fit 77
| characters wide.
| Jyaif wrote:
| > unable to find a comfortable position for sleep
|
| Could this problem be solved with an advanced motorized bed that
| allows you to configure the surface on which you rest?
| bgdkbtv wrote:
| I think it is just to do with restlessness, and not the bed.
| When you are proper tired you can fall asleep anywhere in any
| position.
| podgaj wrote:
| I laugh when I see people running for 6 miles are doing marathons
| or Iron Man's. How can anyone think that is healthy and good for
| the long term functioning of the body? Study after study has
| shown that we are meant to be "lazy". But no one wants to hear
| that.
|
| So listen to this guy, relax!
| randomopining wrote:
| 6 miles isn't that long lol. Exercise is good. Otherwise you
| get weak and shrivel up.
| podgaj wrote:
| My grandfather lived in 98 never exercised in his life. I
| know it's an anecdote, but it's still data.
| Buttons840 wrote:
| I'm not aware of any such studies, can you recommend one to
| start with?
| awinter-py wrote:
| Though much is taken, much abides; and though We are not
| now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven,
| that which we are, we are, One equal temper of heroic
| hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
| To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
| smoldesu wrote:
| It's a pretty harrowing thought that given my age (barely still a
| teen) I may not live another 50 years. Between the mass pollution
| tainting our world, impending global warming and increased civil
| unrest, I figure the odds that my animal reaches 70 are not very
| high.
| rubicon33 wrote:
| 70? My animal is only 33 and is very tired. Writing this as it
| lays in bed, 3 in the afternoon, because even a standard chair
| sounds more exhausting to it.
|
| It seems to have no motivation or energy to do much besides lay
| here.
|
| If I force it, it will get stuff done but at a huge cost. It will
| yearn the entire time to just lay back down.
|
| It's interest in things seems to be fading quickly. What desire
| it used to have to work hard and succeed, has slipped away. It
| seems these days it has only enough energy to lay in bed and
| scroll through the internet. Not sure what is wrong with my
| animal, but this is no way for it to live.
|
| I was hard on the animal in its early 20s, but no harder than the
| average animal. The past 7 years or so have actually been pretty
| calm, good food, semi regular exercise, stable job, etc.
|
| It's scary to imagine how the animal would feel at 70 if this is
| how it feels at 33. Maybe the pandemic was a straw to its back,
| and the isolation has worn it down more than anything else
| possibly could.
| logicslave wrote:
| Lately this has been on my mind. I do everything, diet,
| exercise, social interaction, etc. But I am still just tired
| sometimes, nothing seems to kick. Maybe my mind is telling me
| that this way of life is down trodden? Find a new path? Working
| alot has no value, and maybe I am missing out. Or I am just
| tired, and there is no where to go
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| breakfastduck wrote:
| The pace of life is accelerating year by year, I swear.
|
| If not the pace then at least the stress level.
| logicslave wrote:
| But the clock on life is ticking. I keep telling myself,
| dont stay still for too long. Keep moving.
| edoceo wrote:
| Future Shock
| randomopining wrote:
| Yeah that's it.
|
| You know when you're doing something you really like all day,
| you're tired and fall right asleep and get great rest. That's
| when you know you're doing it right.
| savanaly wrote:
| Do those times you just feel tired for no reason happen to
| correlate with being after the times you ate carbs? I'm not
| suggesting that's definitely the issue, but people underrate
| simple physical explanations for stuff like this. Sometimes
| you have some deep seated insecurities and sometimes your
| body just isn't functioning but your brain isn't cognizant of
| it and can't realize that's the issue.
| logicslave wrote:
| Funny you mention this, lately I have had a hunch that
| carbs could be something to eliminate from my diet. I
| havent been able to do it 100%, but I have kind of a
| checklist of things in my mind of ways and habits to
| change. Eating carbs is on there. I may give it a closer
| look
| AnimalMuppet wrote:
| I think Covid made life a lot less interesting. Or, put a bit
| differently, I think that we quit doing a bunch of the things
| that made life interesting. And I think _that_ is mentally
| wearing.
|
| I don't know if, in your case, that's the whole answer. You
| might find it worth while to seek medical advice...
| nradov wrote:
| If you keep forcing it every day then eventually it gets
| easier. Listen to the audio book "Can't Hurt Me" by David
| Goggins. It will change your perspective on what your animal
| can take.
|
| https://davidgoggins.com/book/
| walterlb wrote:
| David Goggins, not Higgins. I got excited that this was from
| the rally driver :)
| nradov wrote:
| Thanks, edited. Got hit by autocorrect.
| selimthegrim wrote:
| This animal is going to get a mean case of acid reflux soon if
| it keeps lying in bed all day
| maxqin1 wrote:
| > good food
|
| Everyone thinks they eat good food.
|
| Food is the number one physical measurable input into our
| bodies. So it boggles my mind that nutrition isn't the most
| studied subject, alongside maybe the study of living a
| fulfilling life.
|
| Changing my eating habits has changed my life for the better.
| It took kidney stones (not recommended) to get me here. But
| even my most obese and unhealthy friends like to proudly tell
| me the "healthy" things their eating, and I don't have the
| heart or patience to try to tell them anymore.
|
| But if you find what works for your body, food becomes more of
| a tool for living your best life, and something you'll defend
| to protect yourself and to continue living that good life,
| which makes the right choices so much easier.
|
| Now maybe that's not what you need to hear, but I know it's
| definitely true for some other people that are going to see
| this.
| docmars wrote:
| Out of curiosity, what did you change after you experienced
| kidney stones? What was easy about it? What was difficult?
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