I was born in the early 90s and the older I get, the more I realize how the world just isn't fun anymore.

The 2000s were the absolute peak for a young boy.

We had the greatest movies coming out like Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, Harry Potter, Spider-Man, Pirates of the Caribbean, Shrek, and so many more.

We had the greatest video game releases like World of Warcraft, Pokémon, GTA San Andreas, Age of Empires, and so many more.

We had the greatest TV shows like The Simpsons, Naruto, Life with Louie and so many more.

All of which were just positive and uplifting, without trying to be edgy or subvert expectations.

We still mostly played outside and bonded or created rivalries in real life.

My best memories are talking with my friends on our way to school about football or new Naruto manga releases or rushing home from school to play World of Warcraft while listening to Nirvana till the midnight hour.

I remember going to game shops to read all the new magazines and finding out about the new releases like the upcoming Assassin's Creed game, or the new expansion for WoW. I remember the sound notification of ICQ when a girl I was crushing on wrote me a message and then we chatted for hours.

I miss my grandpa and our western movie sessions. I miss my grandma and all her delicacies she cooked all the time.

I miss stupid arguments with friends about Pogs or Pokémon cards. Or the rush we got when we earned our first money and ran to buy a new pack of cards and traded them.

Everything was so new and exciting. Technology was booming but it was also booming the right way.

Now it's all depressing and gloomy. AI is taking over, everyone is in a constant rush. I no longer have any joy from the things I once loved. It's like all everyone can think about or talk about is money.

Being a kid, and living a carefree life is one thing, but I also think the world sped up so much since then that the average brain just can't keep up and it's starting to take its toll on everyone.

Nedat blinker na kruhovom je vrchol frajerstva.

Kto ho neda, je najvacsi kapo.

Cajky hadzu maternice po tychto rebeloch, babky tlieskaju, dedovci sa iba nostalgicky usmievaju a chlapci ticho zavidia.

Ked nedas blinker si proste sef. Mas system v pici, si nad vecou, ty si zakon. Nezabudni pri tom tahat vape pen, to dava bonusovu sigma male auru.

Nasrat zapchy, ktore vznikaju, ked ide za sebou 5 takychto kralov.

Niektorí ľudia ma udivujú ako pristupujú k prioritám toho, na čo minú peniaze.

Bavím sa cez víkend so známym a hovorí, aké to mám super, že mám klímu a nadáva, ako on nemá v dome klímu a slovenská výplata mu ledva pokryje hypotéku a ostatné výdavky. Napriek tomu ide kupovať all-inclusive dovolenku pre celú rodinu (na ktorú šetril celý rok).

Hovorím mu: "Nechceš si namiesto tej dovolenky kúpiť radšej klímu do domu? Vydrží ti roky a ostanú ti ešte prachy na dobrú whisky a jebneš si nohy do jazera, keď chceš vodu. Dovolenka prejde za týždeň a nič z nej nemáš."

Pozerá na mňa, jak keby som farárovi povedal, že boh neexistuje.

Ďalší dobrý kamarát robí celý deň za PC. Sedí na rozjebanej 30€ stoličke a pozerá do 21" monitoru. Namiesto toho, aby si kúpil lepšiu stoličku alebo lepší monitor si ide kúpiť nový iPhone. Vraj aby mohol robiť lepšie fotky, lebo jeho 3 ročný mobil je už podpriemer.

Hovorím mu: "Kkt veď nič nefotíš, nemáš ani instagram (ani onlyfans), komu chceš posielať tú jednu fotku stromu, keď ideš raz za rok do lesa?"

Zase výraz, ako keby som urazil svätosť samú.

Ľudia proste milujú míňať peniaze za veci, ktorými môžu flexiť pred druhými.

After Turtle closed, Epoch gained thousands of new players within a few weeks. This was literally the resurrection server needed at that time.

Ascension leadership, however, wouldn’t allow the server to prosper, and they stopped all development at once.

I assume this happened:

1. Epoch devs were promised a cut from the Epoch store. Ascension disabled the shop, effectively stopping the Epoch dev team’s opportunity to earn money.
2. Epoch devs said, “F**k this,” and left.
3. Ascension then let Epoch die off on purpose so they could funnel more people to their higher-earning server, Bronzebeard, and eventually shut the server down.

They were radio silent for weeks. No responses on Discord, in-game tickets, or chat. The thing is, disabling the shop wasn’t even necessary.

Dutch, Ascension’s owner, said they disabled the shop because it didn’t earn money and the server was in poor shape. Of course it wasn’t earning money with 150 people online for months. But they disabled it right when thousands of new players were flooding the server. This makes no sense. And the server had been in poor shape for months before, and that didn’t stop Dutch from running the store.

He said they were continuing to work on the server over a month ago, then stopped all correspondence. So he is a shill, a liar, and disrespectful of other people’s time.

Epoch players deserve to know the fate of this server.

We often hear that red meat is carcinogenic, and many studies show about a 10–20% higher risk in people who eat the most red meat compared to those who eat the least. That's a real signal, but how much of it is actually caused by the meat itself?

When people eat more red meat, they usually aren't eating steamed steak (right? like, who would?). They're eating grilled, charred, smoked, or processed meat. Cooking meat at high temperatures creates compounds like HCAs, PAHs, and AGEs, and it also oxidizes fats and proteins. Processed meats are also often smoked or cured with nitrites.

So what happens if we remove all of that?

What if someone eats only unprocessed beef, cooked sous vide, while avoiding charred, seared, smoked, and processed meats altogether?

The concerns about heme iron and saturated fat were largely based on older observational studies and maybe wrong interpretations.

There are also obvious lifestyle differences and assumptions we can make. People who eat more meat may eat fewer fruits and vegetables, which means less fiber, vitamins, minerals and polyphenols. They may also be more likely to be overweight, drink more alcohol, or smoke more. Researchers try to account for these factors, but adjustments are never perfect.

Are these associations actually being driven by the meat itself, or is most of the risk coming from cooking methods, processing, and the lifestyle factors that just ride the "red meat bad" train? Or are we still in the "we don't know yet" zone?

We often hear that red meat is carcinogenic, and many studies show about a 10–20% higher risk of colorectal cancer in people who eat the most red meat compared to those who eat the least. That's a real signal, but how much of it is actually caused by the meat itself?

When people eat more red meat, they usually aren't eating steamed steak (right? like, who would?). They're eating grilled, charred, smoked, or processed meat. Cooking meat at high temperatures creates compounds like HCAs, PAHs, and AGEs, and it also oxidizes fats and proteins. Processed meats are also often smoked or cured with nitrites.

So what happens if we remove all of that?

What if someone eats only unprocessed beef, cooked sous vide, while avoiding charred, seared, smoked, and processed meats altogether?

The concerns about heme iron and saturated fat were largely based on older observational studies and maybe wrong interpretations.

There are also obvious lifestyle differences and assumptions we can make. People who eat more meat may eat fewer fruits and vegetables, which means less fiber, vitamins, minerals and polyphenols. They may also be more likely to be overweight, drink more alcohol, or smoke more. Researchers try to account for these factors, but adjustments are never perfect.

So is the association between red meat and colorectal cancer actually being driven by the meat itself, or is most of the risk coming from cooking methods, processing, and the lifestyle factors that just ride the "red meat bad" train?

Už niekoľkokrát som sa stretol s argumentom, že "zdravé potraviny sú drahšie". V mojom kruhu to najčastejšie tvrdia ľudia z low-income rodín, ktorí sú paradoxne najobéznejší.

Dnes som stretol známeho v obchode, s ktorým som mal asi pred rokom o tomto debatu, v ktorej stále hovoril o tom, ako by chcel, ale nemôže si dovoliť kupovať čerstvé potraviny. Ako som ho dnes stretol, tak mal v košíku samé kokotiny.

Mrazené pizze, rybie prsty, salámy, šunky, slaninu, údené syry, zmrzliny, napolitánky, gumíkov, energeťáky, kofolky, pivečká, dresingy, pudingy a pod.

Išli sme spolu k samoobslužným a za celý nákup platil okolo 76€.

Ja som mal v košíku jablká, banány, karfiol, cukinu, repu, zemiaky, ryžu, celozrnné vločky, kura, vajčíka, mlieko, sušenú fazuľu a cícer, rajčinový pretlak a tvarohy. Platil som spolu 27.34€.

Obaja sme odchádzali s 2 plnými kabelami (keď nerátam tie jeho malinovky).

Môj nákup bol objemovo a nutrične väčší (kalóriami ale určite nie) a platil som výrazne menej. Prečo majú teda mnohí stále zaužívané, že "zdravé potraviny sú drahšie"?

Z toho, čo som nakúpil, viem žiť doslova týždeň. Z toho, čo nakúpil on, sú väčšina len snacky medzi jedlami. Veď len za tú zmrzlinu dal tuším 8€ a slaninu tiež tak. Mrazené pizze boli tuším 4€ za kus. Ja som dal za to celé kura niečo cez 4€.

Ja mám pocit, že keď sa povie "zdravé", tak si mnohí predstavia organické avokáda, čerstvých voľne plávajúcich tuniakov vytiahnutých z oceánu, ovčie bio syry a ráno natrhané lesné maliny.

Everything regarding private servers feels weird.

• TurtleWoW got fcked by Blizzard, but honestly, their 1.12 client had been bothering me for a long time anyway.
• Then Epoch came along, promising to be the next best thing, only to collapse under its own weight. Even the comeback with Turtle immigrants feels weird. The devs are radio silent.
• Bronzebeard tried its spin on Classic+, but it feels more like Retail-. I'm surprised it has such a huge player base.
• Warmane’s future is uncertain, and it’s also basically the same as it’s always been.
• Kronos is just more of the same old thing.
• A couple of new realms popped up, like Nostrum, Capy, etc.

It just feels like the player base is spreading thin, with everyone looking for a new home and no one really knowing what the future holds. Most people are asking the same questions: Will this small realm still be around long-term? Will this big realm get shut down by Blizzard?

I honestly don’t know where to play right now. It feels like there are too many choices, and all of them are wrong.

Homelander

Loses his powers in a de-powering blast, and Butcher beats him to death.

Butcher

Gets exposed to the de-powering blast too, so he loses his powers as well, but the super-cancer inside him progresses rapidly and he only has days left to live at most. He dies on a beach (possibly off-screen) while looking at a sunset with Hughie next to him.

Sage

Comes up with some “master plan” to lure Homelander into a random abandoned warehouse. After his death, she goes to her bunker to read books.

Stan Edgar

Takes over Vought and starts implementing new improvements to V and its military utilization. May return in future spin-offs.

Annie

May lose her powers too (not that they matter anyway). She either becomes the new anti-Vought voice or moves to somewhere like Alaska with Hughie.

Hughie

Maybe uses Temp V during the final battle, then just goes wherever Annie goes.

Kimiko

Blasts Homelander, then leaves for Mexico to help poor kids. May return in future spin-offs.

Ryan

Shows up in the finale to punch Homelander once or twice for cameo purposes. He’ll return in future spin-offs. He’ll also be the reason Butcher doesn’t release the virus.

Marie

Shows up in the finale to use her powers once or twice to kill random enemies. She’ll return in future spin-offs.

The Deep

Becomes the new “rebranded” leader of the new Seven.

MM

Helps with the final mission, then reunites with his family.

Oh Father

I’d bet he gets throat-punched and loses his voice.

Soldier Boy

Remains in the box until they need him again to somehow move the plot forward.