Hm... I guess you caught me there 😎 I can't say for certain, but my take is that it comes down to the fact that the abdomen is one of the most moist and exposed areas of the body. Other parts—like your palms, which are usually how you tell if someone is running cold—don't sweat nearly as much, so the surface temperature stays much closer to your actual core temperature.
Peter Morris58 said:Just leave her friend alone—let's get back to talking about me. 😉 What's going on with my stomach area?
Don't overthink it; sweat evaporates from the surface of your skin by carrying away heat, which cools the skin down... it's just a perfectly normal bodily mechanism for releasing excess heat.
I’ve been around this same height and weight for quite some time now—not that it ever really bothered me. Honestly, if you feel good in your own skin, just embrace having a solid metabolism and enjoy it.
unknown said:What’s everyone’s take here... what is the actual political endgame of this meeting?
a.) It's purely about boosting tourism.
b.) Just some faded American nostalgics—nothing to worry about.
c.) A gathering of dangerous intentions...
🙄
I mean, I’m pretty sure the crew was just heading out for their annual vacation... Everyone needs a little downtime now and then—it’s not like conquering the world is easy work, you know... 😁
So, there I was at my doctor's office. After about thirty minutes of poking, prodding, digging through my medical history, and basically running every test imaginable—it felt like she was trying to solve a complex puzzle—she finally reached a conclusion. Turns out, she has absolutely no clue what’s going on with this issue, so she just prescribed some cream and told me to come back for a follow-up in three days. We'll see how that plays out.
I’ve been noticing for quite some time now that the skin on my elbows—and especially my knees—is in pretty rough shape; it's red, cracked, and feels inflamed quite frequently. At first, I didn't think much of it, assuming it would just clear up on its own. Since it hasn't gone away—in fact, it's been lingering for a while—I’ve been trying to use various creams, though without much luck so far. Over the last few days, the skin on my left elbow has actually started peeling. Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this, or what steps I should take? And please, don't bother suggesting I see my primary care doctor—I already have an appointment scheduled with a dermatologist, likely sometime next week.
amberorca192 said:An egg consists of the yolk and the white. The white is basically just protein. When you cook eggs, those proteins get destroyed—which is why I stick to raw ones. Since I can't be bothered to separate the yolk from the white, I just swallow the whole thing.
Hey! Sorry, but I really have to weigh in on this one. Nothing in an egg actually gets "destroyed" by heat, other than maybe some bacteria. The proteins just denature, which actually makes them easier for your body to digest.
I’m honestly not sure at this point which comes first—the cause or the effect—but there are certain lectures at my university that I just cannot seem to power through while fully awake unless I have some coffee in my system beforehand. There was this one time when I didn't have any change for the vending machine, and after about half an hour, I completely conked out right there in the front row, smack in front of the professor. Ever since that disaster, I decided it wasn't worth experimenting with my routine. ☕
Man... I actually teared up hearing how that thing sounds. That vocalist's wailing is just unbearable after Barlow 🙏. And then there are those forced lyrical themes... 🙂 it's honestly pathetic. I'm terrified we're watching yet another legendary band fade into history. Barlow 🙏 please, just come back!
graniteowl88 said:Look, we already get that—we know exactly what American prisons look like compared to how things were under those old atheist regimes.
I mean, we're fully aware of how communism essentially perfected a specific kind of tolerance—one built entirely on its own unique logic and worldview.
It’s basically applied philosophy put into practice.
Sorry to be the one to burst your bubble here, but a quasi-communist stalinist dictatorship isn't actually representative of communism, let alone atheism. Besides, equating all atheists with communists is just as flawed as saying all Christians are fascists. You simply can't claim that a subset defines the entire group.
People generally tend to value and respect what they’ve built from the ground up—what they’ve actually earned through their own sweat and effort—much more than something just handed to them on a silver platter. It follows, then, that much like how Mickey Mouse puts it, an atheist might hold a deeper commitment to moral standards they’ve constructed themselves through logic and personal reflection, rather than a believer who simply accepts a set of ready-made, unchangeable rules laid out in ancient texts.
I don't subscribe to the idea that there's some grand, universal purpose handed down from above—instead, I believe the meaning of life is something you, as a rational being, have to go out and define for yourself.