These studies aren’t very useful without considering the base rate. From Google, the lifetime risk for men for pancreatic cancer is about 1.8% (1.7% for women). the article said vegetarians had 21% less chance, which means it’s a 1.4% chance.

To me this smells like a study with a lot of data massaging to get something publishable.

The US would bomb the factories before the Chinese military could get close to them.

I’d say it’s most likely some form of smuggling that got caught up in the increased tension.

I see said the blind man, as he picked up the hammer and saw.

On the plus side, the guard also killed a good number of the people they were supposedly protecting…

I think we need more of everything else (except Linux and Star Trek) rather than less politics.

The need for maintenance is forseen, but it’s generally deferred. There was probably a plan to do something every year or two, but they weren’t willing to shut the beach down for a week or so. A second pipe would be absurdly expensive.

Department of feeding and testing kids.

Iirc it’s the main ingredients in a draino bomb.

If you have a mild clog it’s probably worth trying it according to the directions. If it’s severe, just call a plumber. If you don’t have a clog, then just keep it under a sink or something.

If you are feeling adventurous, get some aluminum foil.

You will notice your body slowing down soon. It might not be the second you turn 30, but almost definitely by 32.

If you want kids there’s a few things to consider.

1. Graduate highschool then get married before kids.
2. Kids are physically easier when you’re younger.
3. No one is ever really ready for kids, but you should have some level of financial stability and be prepared to have significantly less freedom.

Be purposeful in what you spend money on. You don’t need the best of everything, especially when starting a new hobby. You can find someone spending absurd amounts on anything, but no one can do that on everything.

Reddit has a weird obsession with wanting original content, but hate self promotion or any attempts to monetize. Except for porn, apparently that can be promoted.

A large part of wine tasting is bullshit, but different styles are definitely different.

Days is exaggeration, but there does seem to be mounting evidence that Putin may be looking for a way out of the war over the next year or so.

A shit load of bullets would destroy a solar farm.

IR cameras are good at counting bodies.

When you look globally you can expect a once a century thing about monthly. That’s just the law of large numbers.

Ads are extremely effective in aggregate though it’s difficult to impossible to assign value to any individual ad. Targeted ads are popular because they are more directly attributable to purchases, but it’s also likely that other ads led you towards that decision as well.

Passing a driving test in the US is usually one of the first accomplishments of becoming an adult, which makes it notable, but not necessarily big.