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Confessions of a Gambling Addict
This is where I’m at now:
I have lost over $250,000 in total and am $20,000 in debt. More importantly, I lost my wife and now only see my son three days a week.
Poll of the Day
A doctor recently featured on the “Today” show says a straightforward test can reveal the likelihood that someone aged 51 to 80 will die in the near future.
NBC News medical contributor Dr. Natalie Azar was on the “Today” show on March 8 and demonstrated how to perform the simple “sit to stand test” (aka sit-rising test or SRT) that can help determine the longevity of someone between 51 to 80.
The test is pretty simple. Go from standing to sitting cross-legged, and then go back to standing without using any parts of your body besides your legs and core to help you get up and down. The test measures multiple longevity factors, including heart health, balance, agility, core and leg strength and flexibility.
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What’s Are Some Signs of High Intelligence in a Person?
People with high intelligence have these traits:
- They seem to have boundless creative and introspective thoughts on themselves and the world around them.
- Either a ridiculous academic history of accomplishments (such as going to uni at an early age, or being a straight A student with no studying all throughout their academic life) OR an academic performance that seems to be extremely flexible and extremely unstable (such as only having high grades in a few key subjects while everything else is average or subpar).
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Picture of the Day
Seventy one years ago, literary icon Virginia Woolf wrote two suicide notes. One was addressed to her sister and the other was addressed to her husband — who was in his study nearby. She then put on her Wellington boots, filled the pockets of her fur coat with rocks, and walked out into the middle of the River Ouse in England.
Her body wasn’t found until three weeks later, at which point her husband had her cremated and buried beneath a tree on their property. To commemorate her, he engraved a stone with the last lines from one of her novels: “Against you I fling myself, unvanquished and unyielding, O Death! The waves broke on the shore.”
A Healthy Sleeping Habit Is The Best Way To Maximize Performance
I know you know sleep is important for health, but what about its impact on our cognitive performance?
MIT researchers put fitness trackers on 100 students, measured their sleep patterns, and analyzed the relationship between sleep and exam performance.
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Linkage
I spent a whole week exploring Decentraland, visiting hundreds of different locations within it. I wanted to determine if it lived up to its hype 2 years after its initial Feb 2020 launch – MPlankton
Cryptocurrencies add nothing useful to society, says chip-maker Nvidia – The Guardian
The Best Food Cities in the U.S. – Travel and Leisure
The Little Mini Bluetooth Speaker That Could. Great volume. Fills a room and is easy to use. Wonderful long battery life and very quick to recharge and its under $30! – Amazon
South Korea has the world’s lowest fertility rate, a struggle with lessons for us all – NPR
I’m an underground miner making as much as $160,000 a year without a college degree – Insider
What Exactly Counts as Cheating These Days? – VICE
Haiti’s gang violence crisis, briefly explained – VOX
The 10 bloodiest battles ever fought by American troops (In order) – Linkiest
Mapped: The World’s Happiest Countries in 2023 – Visual Capitalist
A simple tweak that will easily connect you with greater motivation – Brent Huras
Students Hand Out Free Goodies To Stranger’s In School’s Biggest ‘Kindness Project’ Ever – Sunny Skyz
The 6 Best Exercises To Help You Poop Immediately – Eat This, Not That
Putin Announces Tactical Nuclear Weapons to Be Stationed in Belarus – Foreign Policy
The swagged-out pope is an AI fake — and an early glimpse of a new reality – The Verge
Workaholics: Why Staying Busy Feels Safe and How It Takes a Toll – Tiny Buddha
3 Uncomfortable Truths About Women’s Sex Drives – Wing Girl Method
The Digestive Power of an After-Dinner Walk – The Art of Manliness
The 11 Biggest Turn-Offs For a Woman In a Relationship – Knowledge For Men
‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ delivers series-best action and a compelling story – Task and Purpose
The Dumping Grounds
What It’s Like To Be Cheated On By Someone You Love
Have you ever balled up your fists so tight for so long that your knuckles got all white, your nails started digging into your palms, and you were afraid you might be drawing blood? When letting your hands slowly open up feels almost unnatural after having them so tightly wound for so long? It kind of feels like that.
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Confessions of a Side Chick
I’ve been a side chick for over 5 years.
I didn’t know he had another girlfriend until about 2.5 years into the relationship. Keep in mind, by this time I was already so deep in love with this man and thought I’d marry him. Lost my v-card to him and everything. We met when I was young and he was a bit older and the effect he had on me was insane. To cut a long story short, I was so in love with him already that I couldn’t bear the thought of being without him. So I stayed. Fuck me, I know.