u/KongeSkog

VDPHL01 supposedly lowers cardiovascular side effect risk of oral minoxidil by slow releasing the medication over the day to avoid high peaks of blood level minoxidil. can’t i achieve a similar lowering of risk by splitting my once daily dose into 2 or more doses throughout the day? obviously there would still be peaks, but the peaks would be lower. this is all assuming VDPHL01 trials turn out positively as well.

i see a lot of posts here along the lines of “our texts were going so well until i asked her out on a date. what did i do wrong?” my advice to all of these posts is that you should not even acknowledge them as a person in your head until you meet them in person. here is why.

1.) it’s very likely they could be an ai. their photos and chats could easily be generated. there’s no way to tell the difference nowadays.

2.) they could be some dude in pakistan trying to exploit you. this is super common on dating apps, and they do play the long game. the more desperate and invested you are, the more vulnerable you are.

you might be thinking “but they’re photo verified!”. this is a good point, but there is plenty of evidence showing that it’s possible to get passed this verification. like any security measure, it’s an ongoing arms race between white hat and black hat hackers. photo verification is necessary, but not at all sufficient.

regardless, it’s better to assume either of these two cases first, before acknowledging their potential humanity. it keeps you less invested and helps you move on to the next person who is interested and intentional in their dating. aside, but to me it’s hilarious once you realize that a person who flakes on the first date is indistinguishable from a dude in pakistan or a bot.

my suggestion, stop playing games on the phone trying to get them interested over text. i have had far more success asking them out on a date in the first 1-2 text messages. if they don’t respond or flake, assume it’s a bot and move on.