Ok, seriously time for a rant.

Your cell phone is no longer a phone. It is a tracking device, with lots of things to distract you from the things you should be doing. It's a fucking fidget spinner that also just happens to tell anyone who really wants to know exactly where you are and what you are doing. It is a digital collar, at the end of a wireless leash.

What happens when someone tries to call my phone number? Nothing. most times the bloody thing doesn't notify me, and the call goes to voice mail, where a computer records a message. Then I get an email that I have a message. So why the fuck am I carrying around a phone that is always powered on? So I might get a notification that I have a fucking email, that someone might have tried to make contact with me?

My wife really doesn't understand this. Her normie self thinks it is fucking normal to be available and interruptible all day and night. That is complete bullshit.

So why do I even carry my phone around at all? It is a fucking game-boy. I can do a crossword puzzle on it while taking a shit, instead of fucking around with a newspaper and finding a pen. It plays music in my car, and has maps. On my motorcycle, it shows my speed and RPMs, because the displays on the motorcycle itself are down by my nuts, and I don't ride around on my motorcycle looking at my own sack. On my boat, it displays nautical charts, GPS positioning and plotting, and speed. I can also check tide charts. In the grocery store, it keeps my store coupons organized and actually saves me money, but I question this a bit. And yeah, when I'm pretending to sit around and watch TV, I can play Mah-jongg, read shit on Nostr, and shitpost.

Are any of those purposes necessary? Nope. Not one. But some are really fucking handy. Probably the most handy are the maps and charts, MC displays, and maybe the coupons. The shittier part of this is the handy stuff is also the stuff that relies on mobile data and GPS, so going to WiFi only isn't a great option.

Does turning off my phone make sense? Not really. Just more bother turning it back on when I want to do something with it. I think I'll continue to just leave it behind more and more. That way the excuse "I didn't have my phone on me" rings true, because I rarely will have my phone on me. If I need it for something, I'll know where to find it.

But you know what I won't be needing it for? Phone calls. I'll see whatever came of those when I check my email next, which might be a few hours, maybe even a day or more. If you need something more urgently, come find me, or find someone else.

So glad I got the note about the notification so I could turn off my phone and avoid the notification and not have to be notified or test my notifications because who wants to get a notification?

Turn. Off. Your. Damn.

I don't need a support group. Sure, as someone who is trying to make major changes to their diet, getting some support is a common recommendation. I'm a little past that, though. I'm not struggling to make the changes, I'm not looking to go back to eating slop and toxins.

I joined a discussion forum so maybe I could learn some things. Maybe I could help someone else by sharing my experiences. Maybe I could channel some of the energy I come here with over there, and save you all the dietary posts here. I still will post things here, but hopefully not as much. I'm sure many of my 3 followers are sick of reading about meats.

Hmm. I could pick this apart. But I won't. I think I'll just say that diet isn't really a way of thinking, more of a way of action.

Gn #nostr.

Today is the day my shrink and I agreed to terminate my counseling sessions. Been doing that weekly for about 18 months, and I believe I am much better for it. I really think everyone should give it a try, at least once or twice in your life. I think I learned a lot. Now I will meet with him once more in 2 weeks, and then be done.

In completely unrelated news, I joined my first carnivore support forum today.

Really, you can ask me anything about either topic. In public or private, although I may not see a nostr dm in a timely manner if I don't know to go look.

Fact of life in some parts of the pacific northwest.

I need the Dragonhawks.

#tunestr

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I think he's making the point there won't be much sunshine for the next few months.

My take on the cheese grater - is that an LED light?

Ask him for the video version of the class so I could go home and watch it later.

Wasn't even aware that company still existed; had thought it had been outed as a scam a few years back. Maybe the zombie will finally die.

Fuck yeah, much better. If you want to learn from me, then you'll probably be learning about shoving lots of meat in your mouth. Or maybe riding motorcycles, as that is something I am still learning right now. Mostly you'd probably learn how to be a whiney cunt, though, because I know I spend plenty of time whining on nostr about whatever bullshit my ass is bleeding over today. Take a fucking syllabus. But thanks for caring enough in between flaming all the liberals, racists, and whomever else in global you care to troll. I appreciate you.

This is super helpful, for comparison.

My primary sources are currently:

Hempler's ground pork (or similar sausage varieties), which I get on 30% off sale, normal price $5/lb. These seem to have a reasonable ingredient list, much better than store brand or Johnsonville. I like this for a morning meal, with some butter over the top.

markdown steak, usually sirloin, top or bottom round. I try not to get it sliced thin. My goal price is under $7/lb. I'm really flexible otherwise. Today ate about 1 pound of top sirloin from walmart, marked down to $6.17/lb.

Shrimp. Walmart sells medium size, pre-cooked, for less than $6 per package. I think the packages are 16 oz, but may be less, maybe 12 oz.

Pepperoni slices. 6 oz packs of store brand. (about $2.50) Trying to keep this to two or less per week.

Salmon - typically the pre-portioned 4oz smoked peppered one, when it is on sale, for a little less than $7. This is kind of a treat item, once or twice a month.

Butter - unsalted. on pork, steak, or by itself. occasionally in coffee. Try to find it on sale for $3.50/lb or less.

I eat other stuff my wife cooks too, and occasionally other stuff I cook. I'm making a pork roast right now, that I will mostly turn into a Mexican inspired stew with green peppers and enchilada sauce. I will probably have some, but not much, and as little of the sauce as I can manage. I may save some when I shred it, before I add all the sauce stuff.

But those are my staples. I have a Cinder grill in my home office that I cook on during the day, which is when/where I normally eat most of my food. I normally don't eat dinner with the family, even if I cook it. If my wife makes a meat thing (she likes cooking me steaks sometimes), I'll eat some mostly to be polite, but usually it is overseasoned and often sauced.

I think generally I am between $10 and $20 per day. I'd like to be closer to $10, maybe a little less, most days, but still learning how to get there. Maybe I'll start on ground beef, as I have been accumulating it as its been on sale, often at less than $2/lb

I admit to being a little more leery of cooking things on the Cinder grill that require being cooked well or all the way through. That thing malfunctions all the time, already looking for better options. I don't care if my steaks are underdone, not sure how I feel about ground beef or organ meats being similarly underdone.

The liver I see at Walmart usually looks a little sketchy, not sure what they've added to it to preserve it. But I can probably give it a try.

This is pretty fucking weak for you. You can come harder than this. Bullshit aphorisms? You can do so much better, and change the world by doing so.

I prefer something that is solar powered, although kinetic powered also works. Had good luck with Seiko and Citizen. Beyond that, the simpler the better.

So you're not going to ask when you take my personal information, and you won't tell me that you did? Well, thanks for the reach around, friend!

Only 6 months in, and I'm already experimenting with various meat options. I had been eating sausage in some form almost daily, and/or cured meats. I'm trying to cut back on these. Finding sausage without corn syrup added, or at least sugars added, isn't cheap. Cured meats add dextrose, which is a sugar, but pepperoni slices are a cheap and easy snack.

I started with nuts, but the peanut jar was one of the first things I gave up, maybe a month in. I'd been drinking more milk recently, even adding it to coffee (which I normally drink black). Interesting that you found it stalled weight loss.

I think my next thing to add is chicken organs (liver and others). I keep seeing the tub at the store, or the package of gizzards and others, and just haven't had the courage to pick it up. I'm afraid my cooking methods might fail me, more than the taste, which I don't mind at all.

I'm doing this on the cheap as best I can, out of the supermarket, hunting sales. I'm not going to argue that this is the way, but it is the circumstance I am currently in.

It sure does, and has for quite some time. I think the guillotine was a pretty strong exemplar of its physical effect. Or the wiped out civilizations of South America.

Have you considered this from the other side? If you didn't think everyone was going to Heaven, why bother? Why set yourself up for some eventual sorting based on some criteria, performed by someone else? I find that type of approach to be damaging to the self. But then again, my belief in a heaven is about as weak as it gets. I'm not saying it doesn't exist - but I very much doubt it exists as anyone imagines, and would not be surprised if it didn't exist. What does exist is Christians. And from what I've seen, no thanks, wouldn't bother.

Meat and other animal products are optimal. Everything else is non-optimal. I can eat non-optimal food, but why should I? Personal enjoyment? Social grace? I do eat some other things for those reasons. Maybe there are certain situations where briefly using sugars for quick energy make sense, like doing some brief physical activity. This is where I would see fruits as a decent suggestion.

Coffee and tea are an addiction, not food. I drink a lot of coffee, but I know it is because I am addicted to caffeine. I'm choosing to accept the risks associated with that addiction at this point, but that may change in the future.

Wheat is not food for humans. Neither is soy.

Quantity is interesting. I think a good idea is to be inconsistent. I'm not necessarily advocating for intermittent fasting, but it doesn't hurt to go for a day or more without eating. And don't always eat the same amount, or at the same time. I think having some amount of meat, preferably during the daytime, most days, is the way to go. I tend to eat a lot less on weekends. Last weekend I didn't have a meal between 4p Friday and about 5p Sunday, because I was busy doing other things. I wasn't overly hungry, though, and I had eaten slightly more on Friday than usual. I wasn't trying to fast either, it was just by circumstance.

Something new.