And I haven’t seen a single one of them. I’ve heard of Ms. Rachel, but she doesn’t really play a part in my life.

I guess I shouldn’t be surprised Ms. Rachel has a million dollars, but here I am having not really thought about it before.

He’s a twitch streamer, instead of, I don’t know, the President of the United States and his appointed officials. Why should most of the media care about Hassan Piker at all?

Well yeah, it’s really hard to see people who are far away.

What’s the black cat doing? It looks like they’re just on their phone.

Although it forbids establishing military bases, testing weapons and conducting military maneuvers on celestial bodies, the treaty does not expressly ban all military activities in space, nor the establishment of military space forces or the placement of conventional weapons in space.

Well, I guess I never bothered to learn about it more than a general “don’t weaponize space” sentiment. It expressly forbids weapons of mass destruction in space, but I guess less powerful weapons are fine.

I run up to about 80mph when towing where possible.

Maybe that’s part of the problem? Cars lose a lot of efficiency when you start going over ~60 mph.

I kept about 500lbs of wood in the bed all the time so it was never really empty)

I’m starting to think you don’t care all that much about efficiency

Looking at the pictures in the article, I think the driver already had that covered.

Then how would you have done it, now that you have access to the data?

https://discuss.online/post/44161218

https://discuss.online/post/25952420

https://discuss.online/post/25791954

It becomes a asymmetric time waster for a good faith discussion. Someone reads your paper, responds to it, and you drop 5 more without engaging in the first paper in depth. I’m not saying you would do that, but it is the common pattern, which is why i have stopped reading people’s papers unless they are willing to engage in good faith discussions.

Alright, so where do you want to start? Point me to one, instead of your personal library and board game collection.

each of your quotes from papers is the author’s opinions rather then the data from the paper.

Here we provide an overview of how different culinary herbs and spices exert anti-inflammatory activities and the extent to which they activate PPAR α and PPAR γ, inhibit the activation of NF-κB, and enhance expression of anti-inflammatory cytokines. Spices can play essential roles as anti-inflammatory agents in our diet, acting as pan PPAR activators and improving insulin sensitivity, counteracting dyslipidaemia and weight gain. The effects of chronic inflammation caused by obesity are counteracted and, consequently, the progression of diseases associated with chronic inflammation slowed.

Does this really just seem like an “opinion” to you? Just how technical do you want to get when we’re still trying to establish the baseline of “herbs and spices are bad for you”?

Anti-inflammatory response

To control inflammation and the balance between an inflammatory and normal state, anti-inflammatory cytokines, such as IL-4, IL-10, IL-13, IFN-α, and transforming growth factor, are released by macrophages [8]. The transcription factor NF-κB regulates the expression of various genes encoding pro-inflammatory cytokines, adhesion molecules, chemokines, growth factors, and chemoattractants such as MCP-1, COX-2, and iNOS. Thus, through NF-κB the inflammatory response can be down-regulated

Is this really more readable and better for a conversation than the abstract? It also doesn’t help that I don’t have access to the full article and don’t expect anyone else to pay for it either.

Quoted, but you have admitted by omission you have not read.

Great, so what body of research have you thoroughly read that lead you to believe all plants are toxic (or at least unhealthy) and you should cut them out of your diet as much as possible? That’s what I’ve been asking for from the beginning, but so far all you’ve given me was a very general WHO article about how toxins exist in plants and an hour long recorded zoom lecture trying to sell you medical tests.

What is this, a language where the infinitive is actually just one word? Our infinitives are already split, look around you.

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm

Roughly 200 per month in the past 3 months is All Deaths Involving COVID-19, and for 2026 it also says about death certificates “In at least 67% of these [6,028 for the entire year of 2026 so far] deaths, COVID-19 was listed as the underlying cause of death. For the remaining deaths, COVID-19 was listed as a contributong cause of death.”

Click on your profile name in the top right, store preferences, “Tags To Exclude”, Artificial Intelligence. They’re user generated tags, but they’ll do the job.

I was hoping by providing sources that directly contradict the things you say, you might feel obligated to share some kind of source for why you think these things.

All food actually causes a inflammatory response, eating is a burden.

This directly contradicts several of the papers I quoted saying many herbs and spices have anti-inflammatory properties. Is there some kind of deeper truth you’re pulling from? What do you know that tells you “eating is a burden,” and where did you learn about it?

The lecture from Gundry relies heavily on “leaky gut syndrome,” which

Leaky gut syndrome is a condition widely popularized in the lay literature, although it is not currently accepted as a formal medical diagnosis.

I’m not sure I’d really want to base my world view on. Especially since he seems to work for a “specialty lab testing” company and the NIH continues to say

The diagnosis of leaky gut syndrome is problematic. Although patients are frequently informed that the diagnosis can be readily made using results from blood work or stool studies, no validated test currently exists to make this diagnosis. Patients report a variety of myths about the etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of leaky gut syndrome, which can cause alarm and can frequently lead to expensive, unnecessary tests and unproven, sometimes dangerous treatments.

It seems like he might have a vested interest in selling people on the validity of leaky gut syndrome and selling you tests. Especially when he gives little sales pitch telling you at 32:02 that if you get 4 tests, they give you a food sensitivity panel for free.

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/natural-toxins-in-food

I’m sure you’ll accept this as a source since you’re directly asking about my responses for it, so we can just go over the page together if that makes you feel better. This page from the WHO describes 8 types of toxins found in plants, and we can just go over them one at a time.

Aquatic Biotoxins

Toxins formed by algae in the ocean and fresh water are called algal toxins.

Algae is generally not food, and even more generally not considered an herb or spice. Interestingly, “Shellfish such as mussels, scallops and oysters are more likely to contain these toxins than fish,” so I hope your plant-free diet also avoids most forms of sea-food, as they can contain these kinds of toxins.

Cyanogenic glycosides

Cyanogenic glycosides are phytotoxins (toxic chemicals produced by plants) which occur in at least 2000 plant species, of which a number of species are used as food in some areas of the world. Cassava, sorghum, stone fruits, bamboo roots and almonds are especially important foods containing cyanogenic glycosides.

This is important, but I’m pretty sure the examples given here aren’t herbs and spices again.

Furocoumarins

These toxins are present in many plants such as parsnips (closely related to carrots and parsley), celery roots, citrus plants (lemon, lime, grapefruit, bergamot) and some medicinal plants.

Once again, not really herbs or spices.

Lectins

Many types of beans contain toxins called lectins, and kidney beans have the highest concentrations – especially red kidney beans. As few as 4 or 5 raw beans can cause severe stomachache, vomiting and diarrhoea. Lectins are destroyed when the dried beans are soaked for at least 12 hours and then boiled vigorously for at least 10 minutes in water.

Only a warning about lectins in beans, and I’m explicitly told that they’re destroyed by cooking.

Mycotoxins

Mycotoxins are naturally occurring toxic compounds produced by certain types of moulds. Moulds that can produce mycotoxins grow on numerous foodstuffs such as cereals, dried fruits, nuts and spices.

Here we have another concern for plants, but I’m pretty sure moldy food is a problem no matter what kind of food you start with.

Solanines and chaconine

All solanacea plants, which include tomatoes, potatoes, and eggplants, contain natural toxins called solanines and chaconine (which are glycoalkaloids). While levels are generally low, higher concentrations are found in potato sprouts and bitter-tasting peel and green parts, as well as in green tomatoes.

Not in herbs and spices, and the higher concentrations you might actually be worried about are parts of the plant you don’t eat.

Poisonous mushrooms

Need I say more? Mushrooms can be very dangerous, but they aren’t actually plants.

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids

Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids (PAs) are toxins produced by an estimated 600 plant species. The main plant sources are the families Boraginaceae, Asteraceae and Fabaceae. Many of these are weeds that can grow in fields and contaminate food crops.

Again, not in the plants you would usually eat.

And so now I’ve gone over all the types of toxins found in plants provided by jet, and I’m sure you can agree that it doesn’t say a lot about herbs and spices being inherently unhealthy. All I can ask now is for some kind of basis for your belief that all plants contain toxins, and how whatever standard you’re using to come to that conclusion wouldn’t also apply to meat or mushrooms or whatever else you’re trying to eat.

Here we provide an overview of how different culinary herbs and spices exert anti-inflammatory activities and the extent to which they activate PPAR α and PPAR γ, inhibit the activation of NF-κB, and enhance expression of anti-inflammatory cytokines. Spices can play essential roles as anti-inflammatory agents in our diet, acting as pan PPAR activators and improving insulin sensitivity, counteracting dyslipidaemia and weight gain. The effects of chronic inflammation caused by obesity are counteracted and, consequently, the progression of diseases associated with chronic inflammation slowed.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378512211004385

What do you mean plants are an inflammatory burden on the body? What is that based on?

Most of the toxins listed on that page are not related to herbs and spices, aren’t in the parts of plants that are eaten, or are destroyed by cooking the food. Do you have anything a little more definitive than “some parts of some plants can be toxic”?

The health benefits of herbs and spices are attributed to their active chemicals, including antioxidants, anti-inflammatory agents, antibacterials, and others. Thus, incorporating herbs and spices into food products offers substantial advantages in terms of functionality and provides medicinal and nutritional benefits.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464625002245

What is your claim based on? Do you have any sources or additional reading you could point me to? I found a paper about contaminated spices, but that doesn’t seem like what you’re talking about.

The arrest affidavit said that on Aug. 25, several guard members were sitting in a black van during a patrol break outside of a Popeyes restaurant. Mitchell and a female guard member were arguing about whether their hairstyles were following army regulations.

Mitchell, who was sitting in the third row of the van, and the female guard member, who was sitting in the front seat, got into an increasingly heated exchange. According to the affidavit, the woman in the argument said that “Mitchell stated something to the effect of ‘I would slap the Jackson 5 out of you.’” After more back-and-forths, the female guard member, who was not identified in court documents, responded: “shut the f*** up.”

Though the woman in the front seat did not see Mitchell pull his gun out, she said she heard a “holster click” and witnesses inside the van stated they saw it raised. The female guard member then left the van and went inside Popeyes.

Definitely sounds like someone that should never be trusted with a gun again. I’m glad she’s okay.