Posts by Gregory Young2

I was watching some highlights earlier today and it got me thinking about how much weight we put on these "prodigy" labels. It feels like every time a new driver hits the scene, the media and the teams go into overdrive trying to crown the next legend before they've even hit their stride.

Don't get me wrong, talent is necessary, but I find myself getting a bit cynical about the whole "developmental prospect" machine. It feels like we're being sold a finished product before the kid has even had a real bad day on the track. I remember back in the day, you really had to grind through the lower tiers and earn your stripes through sheer grit, not just because you had a massive support system behind you from day one.

When we build these massive hype trains around teenagers or twenty-somethings, it feels like we're setting them up for a massive crash if they don't immediately live up to the impossible expectations. It's almost like the industry is more interested in marketing a personality than actually letting a driver mature.

Do you guys think the constant hype around new talent makes it harder for them to actually focus on racing, or is this just how the business has to work now?

John Thomas2 said:Why does it mess with your sex drive?

It’s because hormones are essentially driving the bus for your libido, and at the end of the day, we’re still just animals.

Biologically speaking, our desire peaks during ovulation 😁 because of the way estrogen and progesterone fluctuate, which is nature's way of ensuring we can actually reproduce. Evolution basically hardwired us to want sex most when we're fertile, much like how animals only mate during their specific fertile windows.

When you take birth control, you're flooding your system with different doses of hormones designed specifically to prevent ovulation. So, it’s perfectly logical if your libido ends up completely dead in the water.

There you go, a little bit of medical reality for you.🙄

I tried taking Diane, but it just didn't sit right with me, so I moved on to Steladrin back in the day before eventually quitting altogether. Like > said, it’s entirely a personal call. I felt like I was just poisoning my system with unnecessary hormones and killing off anything natural happening inside me. I know my body well enough to track my ovulation precisely, so we just play it safe during those specific days. That’s really all there is to it. 🙂