Posts by Robert Kelly8

It’s been shown to work on mice—essentially extending their lifespan—and I believe a Nobel Prize was actually awarded for research in this area. People typically follow an 16:8 intermittent fasting schedule where they eat during an eight-hour window, but since those autophagy processes don't really kick in until you've gone about 12 to 14 hours without food, I suppose it might be more effective to push the fasting period as long as possible. I practiced this for a while, gradually increasing my fasting duration, and eventually, I managed to hit a fifty-hour stretch. It wasn't even the hunger that was the issue, per se, but rather a sense of lethargy, almost like a sudden drop in energy levels. I guess I'm wondering if anyone else here has experimented with this and dealt with similar bouts of weakness? Also, from what I understand, individuals living with diabetes shouldn't be attempting autophagy at all.

I suppose this is just an inevitable progression. It won't be much longer before FIFA and UEFA are forced to confront this issue head-on; the evidence is becoming impossible to ignore. As neuroscience advances, every new study seems to reinforce just how damaging heading the ball actually is—not to mention the death of brain cells or the formation of protein barriers, consequences that linger for years. I suspect children are particularly vulnerable given their developing brains and less rigid skull structures, which probably warrants an urgent ban. As for whether the game loses its appeal, I personally don't think it will suffer at all. To my mind, there’s nothing particularly captivating about just launching the ball aimlessly into the air only to watch some aerial duel that inevitably leads to a foul for breaking up play.

I suppose the FBI maintains a success rate of roughly 98 percent when their indictments actually result in a conviction, though I guess the indictment hasn't even been filed yet.

While the legal proceedings are still ongoing, I suppose it might be unwise to engage in protests, as such demonstrations tend to exert undue pressure on both the executive and legislative branches. If people start protesting specifically to sway the judiciary, it could be viewed as unacceptable; in fact, his defense team might even try to weaponize that interference, arguing that he didn't receive a fair trial in the first place.

Why on earth would they lock this thread?

Why on earth would that be?

ruggedridge47 said:If people hadn't been turned away even before Unešić, the numbers might have actually been higher. You know as well as I do that our current situation isn't really about whether you want to show up, but rather whether you can even manage to sneak into the stadium unnoticed. But that’s beside the point right now; you hit the nail on the head regarding the main issue—we're heading to Eindhoven, and before that, there'll be some time spent wandering through Amsterdam or Frankfurt... people just want to see the world, I guess. It's frustrating because just two weeks ago, authorities imposed those voucher systems, and only about 120 of us from the area made it out—including both those who got in and those who didn't—when, if we were acting out of pure spite, at least 500 would have gone. I find it fascinating, honestly, how people who show up maybe three or four times a year for domestic games (if that) have the nerve to suddenly appear whenever these European away trips come around. Do they have even an ounce of moral backbone? Is there no sense of shame when they show up among the people who are fighting tooth and nail every single week? This group, which has been around since the summer of 2010, and especially since the summer of 2012, is living through its hardest days in history—maybe even tougher than when we were trying to rebuild our reputation. Last season, maybe 200 to 300 people showed up for home games in the East (keeping in mind only about 60 were blacklisted, and half of those haven't been active for years), and we're dealing with about 50 bans and restrictions in total... yet they show up for Porto, Paris, Vienna, Sofia, Eindhoven, etc., and act like they belong. And I'm not talking about the few folks who owe the group money or the handful of people the police pick up the moment they're spotted—there are only a few of them, you could count them on one hand. Don't tell me they're going just to support the club or to throw flares onto the pitch; there are barely any of them either. They go because they just want to travel. When you see things like that, even though our numbers are small, I suppose I'd bring back that practice from the 2004 game against Leverkusen a hundred times over (where you'd show your ticket from a previous home game to prove you're part of it)—a practice that all these self-righteous moralists seem to despise so much. Just don't start lecturing me about "300 true believers" versus "3,000 posers."
If you don't feel like showing up for the regular matches, then don't bother appearing when Europe comes around, because you're making fools of yourselves and spitting in the faces of the people who are always there.

Maybe work on your mentality....

And why should people come every single weekend? Maybe they have smarter things to do or they're saving their money. If someone only wants to go to the big European matchups, why not? This is a free country, and any fan is welcome as long as they are supporting Real Madrid.

The last person I recall actually pulling off a similar stunt on the stock market was some British trader who somehow managed to get wind before anyone else that Napoleon had suffered a crushing defeat in battle.