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Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Is Everything I Do Actually Killing Me?
July 17th, 2012Top StoryIs Everything I Do Actually Killing Me?By Adam Dachis Dear Lifehacker, Sincerely, Dear OFG, Sitting Down Is Destroying Your Body
As we've previously noted, you don't have to do too much to counteract the negative effects of sitting. Basically, just get up once an hour and move around and get about 30 minutes of physical activity a day. That 30 minutes doesn't need to be a hardcore workout, but really just the equivalent of a brisk walk. For example, that could mean just doing some yard work. You can include a shorter, more intense workout and daily mobility exercises, but the most important thing is to get up on the hour and move around. You mainly need to avoid sitting down constantly, whether you get yourself a standing desk at work or just periodically walk around the office. Certain Foods are "Poison"
The trick isn't to get rid of these foods, but rather to change how you look at them. Think of sugar as a dessert and try to avoid it in non-dessert foods. Primarily, this means learning which foods you buy in the grocery store have added sugar (like some breads, sauces, etc.) and which do not. In the case of milk, many of us think of it as a healthy drink. Instead, think of it as something you enjoy (if you do) and have for that purpose rather than in combination with a balanced meal. Again, it all comes down to moderation. There are downsides to eating too much of anything. If you make an effort to balance what you eat and look at the less-healthy foods as a special treat—rather than a given part of the meal—it's easy to manage them without too much sacrifice. Where You Live Can Kill You
The reality is you're probably going to live where you're going to live. If you live in Los Angeles you might get killed during an earthquake. In the Midwest it might be a tornado. In Florida a monsoon could come to get you. Wherever you are, there's some natural disaster waiting to happen and you could be a victim of it, but you put that out of your mind and live there anyway. The same goes with geomedicine. If your entire life is in an area at high risk for heart disease, moving away isn't going to help. The reason those areas are believed to be problematic is because certain types of people tend to move there. In Los Angeles, the pollution doesn't help matters, but you'll also find higher levels of stress because there are many people working long, hard hours. The same goes for New York. Instead of uprooting your entire life and changing everything about it, you can use geomedicine as a compass. It'll tell you common problems in your area, and then you can take measures to help prevent the effects of those problems. If you're seriously stressed out, work on ways to lower your stress levels (like with meditation). Small changes are often enough, and panicking about the possible location-based problems isn't going to make anything better. If you want to learn more about geomedicine, check out our in-depth look. The Bottom LineStudies can be a little sensational once they've found their way into the media. This isn't necessarily a bad thing because it gets you to pay attention. However, the important thing is to remember that most often the solutions are pretty simple. If you don't live an obviously unhealthy life, small changes can do the trick. If you do a little research when a study makes you nervous, you'll often find out how to cope without much work at all. Love, Photo by Medical Billing & Coding and FanPop.  |
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If You Don't Want Your Daughter To Be a Little Asshole, Don't Send Her To Rushbiddies
July 17th, 2012Top StoryIf You Don't Want Your Daughter To Be a Little Asshole, Don't Send Her To RushbiddiesBy Drew Magary
But in the world of filthy rich insane people, the primary worry is this: Did I hire the right image coach for my daughter's sorority rush? The New York Times' Abigail Sullivan Moore took a longform look at what parents are doing to get their little Annyston into Delta Delta Delta, and somehow the word PURGING doesn't appear once. It's quite a feat. Look at this fucking thing: MARGARET KING of Birmingham, Ala., was at a loss about how to help her older daughter prepare to rush at the University of Virginia. What's there to prepare? It's a house full of girls, not a bar exam. Here's how you should prepare your kid for rushing a sorority: DAUGHTER: I'm gonna rush a sorority! YOU: I'm not paying any fucking dues, missy.
Please note that while emerging global powers are starting companies that develop cool apps and are pioneering all kinds of miraculous breakthroughs in the world of biotechnology, we Americans have the fucking Rushbiddies. Every new small business in America over the past four years has been either in the field of sorority rush branding, or selling overpriced cupcakes. WE ARE LOSING THE BATTLE. I'm gonna start a companion frat company to the Rushbiddies called PledgeBROZ, and we're gonna teach you how to funnel a beer and fingerblast a drunk chick properly. All for $125 an hour. Our motto? BROZ BEFORE NOS. Greatest small business idea ever? I think you'd have a hard time arguing otherwise.
I love that there's a mock rush party. I hope all the "sisters" at the party are cardboard cutouts of real people, like the terrorist cutouts you see on an CIA field training course. DON'T OFFER THE PUNCH TO THAT OLD LADY! SHE'S A CIVILIAN!
What?! FUCK THAT. For that much work, you deserve a spot at the Naval Academy.
Of course she does.
And, as a final touch, she made sure to dig her French manicured nails into the palm of each alumnus while shaking hands, being certain to mention that her husband has connections to organized crime.
Oh, of course! For a generation that's been told by their parents that they can achieve nothing on their own, I think it's perfectly natural for them to hire a coach to help them with the impossible task of talking to other college students. Frankly, I don't know what college kids did to help encourage socialization before this service existed. Oh, apart from getting shitfaced.
That's not a real name. That's a murder suspect in a "Masterpiece Mysteries!" episode.
Of course Wall Street people are spending their money on shit like this. It's not enough for Wall Street people to WASTE their money. They have to go the extra mile and spend money on things that are actually counterproductive.
O RLY? Well, that's just great. I'm glad that all Wall Street interactions occur at the sorority level. It delights me to now know that our entire financial system is being run by people who will happily murder one another over the embossing on a business card. It's bone.
"You're judged for your looks, AND you throw up a lot!"
It's like speed dating meets Wall Street meets chess meets Global Thermonuclear War meets Clueless meets being raped by Chad at the DU mixer! Let's take a look at Sunday's book and see what kind of strategies are needed: How to minimize any traits that can jeopardize your invitations "Don't be fat." Drew Magary writes for Deadspin and Gawker. He's also a correspondent for GQ. Follow him on Twitter @drewmagary and email him at drew@deadspin.com. How to recover from conversational accidents with special damage control techniques "OMG did I just say I support liberal immigration? I meant to say I THINK OUR MEXICAN GARDENER IS STEALING MY PANTIES."
What's so freaky about this is that you're paying $125 for the privilege of being trained to be a non-person. A normal human being learns to interact with other people by, like, growing up and learning shit. Whereas we have an entire system set up to teach college kids to interact with one another in ways that are completely unnatural. You're eighteen. Everything out of your mouth shouldn't sound like a fucking elevator pitch. You should learn to talk to your peers the way I learned to talk to my peers, by reciting lines verbatim from Ferris Bueller's Day Off and then praying the other person has seen it.
Eight thousand dollars? Fuck you.
By all means, AVOID deep, important topics that might allow you to connect with someone on a spiritual level. You know how, sometimes when you're in college, you get drunk with a friend and stay up till 4am talking about death, and God, and what this all MEANS? That's for losers. Real "chicks" steer the convo back to "Bunheads," thank you very much.
Or if you haven't been to Europe, your trip to Kroger.
That's just the thing. You CAN be 20 and talk about economics. I encourage it. What you say might be complete shit, but at least you're giving it a shot. You're at college to learn about such topics, not to learn how to become a vapid pair of tits. Don't talk about fiscal policy! People might think you have a brain!
Don't forget the girdle!
Just in case you're too stupid to dress yourself properly, here's a dossier. We don't trust you to not dress like a cheap slutbag.
Not asked by parents: What kind of biology department does this school have? I picture these parents frantically cramming for rush with their daughters, forcing them to memorize topics about the local "cinema" on flash cards. Pink flash cards with cute little rabbits drawn at the top.
DON'T DRESS LIKE A WHORE, YOU WHORE.
That's the most Alabama thing ever. There's a certain delight in knowing that Southern sorority culture has remained exactly the same since fucking 1952. "Learn to eat pie and put down the help like a LADY. And yes, there will be a designer purse section on the final exam."
Late at night, you wonder how you're gonna pay for your children's insulin shots. Meanwhile, off in an affluent Alabama suburb, Little Miss Hilly has to wake up her Rush Coach at 4am because she almost had a complete thought about economics.
Not mentioned: violently purging in the bathroom at the Capital Grille after sharing a blackened chicken caesar with mother.
Well, it's your goddamn fault. Standing there over your kid's shoulder during the entire process essentially ruins any chance they have of coming to understand social rejection in a mature, dignified manner. You can't shield kids from rejection forever, and trying to do so only hinders their progress. Furthermore, hiring a fucking coach to help your kid with the rush puts even more pressure on them to not fuck it all up. A competent parent would hear about the "misfortunes" of other failed rushees and decide to sit down with their daughter and have an open discussion about the pros and cons of trying to join a sorority. A STUPID parent takes those horror stories and is like, "Well, I'm not letting THAT happen to mah little Hilly! We're hirin' a Rushcrone!"
But that six pounds you took off got you IN to Sigma Alpha Shitta! STAND PROUD. Oh, and that fur on your cheeks will go away once you start eating properly, which you should only do after finding a proper husband.
"You had too much upper arm fat."
Well, DUH. Everyone is Indiana is fat! How could ANYONE there get into a sorority?
And there it is, in a nutshell. Goddamn, thse sorority rushes are stressful and difficult, and they're affecting my kid's physical health, and hurting her self-esteem, and forcing her to interact with people in unnatural ways. WE NEED MORE SPOTS OPEN. THAT'S THE BEST SOLUTION. This whole thing is so fucked.  |
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Here's How The Creator Of Gears of War Would Make A Firefly Video Game
July 17th, 2012Top StoryHere's How The Creator Of Gears of War Would Make A Firefly Video GameBy Jason Schreier
Gears of War designer Cliff Bleszinski, who says he'd love to turn Firefly into a video game, has some interesting ideas for a hypothetical game based on the beloved sci-fi franchise. He even chatted with Firefly creator Joss Whedon this year about the pipe dream, as unlikely as it may be. Yesterday I sent a note to Bleszinski's crew over at Epic Games to ask him a simple question: How would you make a Firefly game? Here's what he told me. (The following contains spoilers for Firefly and Serenity.)
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