Yeah, my friends who knew about the exceptions didn't care at all. The only case where I think it would be a problem is hiding your exceptions from someone you're trying to convert. If you don't actually eat a fully vegan diet, convincing other people to do that based on your example is misleading. But that's presumably a less common thing where explaining the details and why is worth it (and will likely help you convince people since it shows you've actually thought it through).

Going “I am a lacto-bovitarian for the animals because of the inherent uncertainty of nutritional science I’ve calculated that this is the best way to maximize my impact” sounds more like a ACX bay area house party story than something that will make the average person question their own impact.

You don't really have to explain in this much detail. I was vegan with some exceptions for a while and mostly didn't bother explaining the exceptions to people (for example, if my mom got eggs from one of her friends' back yards to make Thanksgiving pie). A friend still tells people he's vegetarian because it's not really worth the effort to explain all of the weird edge cases.

The [injection site reactions] might be a combination of the volume and pH level of the injection.

Do you have any opinions whether increasing or decreasing the volume is likely to help with this? I saw people recommending diluting 20 mg of retatrutide in as little as 1 mL of solution or as much as 4 mL.

Update: I meant 1-4 mL, not 10-40mL.

I'm confused about why this was downvoted. I thought it was interesting and it made me think about how I should do some things differently.

Aren't you ignoring the end of the story (and the part the title references) though? It seems like the whole thing is buildup to the people who walk away from Omelas, who are implied to do so because this situation is terrible, despite the utilitarian calculus.

I think I misremembered, since the post I was thinking of also says energy. I think of motivation and energy as basically the same thing though.

bigint and symbol don't really fit well into this post

symbol makes me think of belief values like "boo" and "yay". Although, I don't know if you'd consider these real beliefs. It seems like a lot of peoples' type systems allow these values though.

I drink water out of a large insulated water bottle at home since it lets me keep a significant amount of water near me without having to go downstairs to the kitchen all the time (this is especially nice during work). It's also nice that it doesn't have to be upright if I'm doing something like laying on the couch, and it's not a problem if I knock it over on my nightstand^[1].

The downside of a insulated water bottle is that it's either larger or has less capacity. My water bottle doesn't fit in a car drink holder or bike bottle carrier, and it's too big to reasonably use when traveling. I use smaller non-insulated water bottles for all of those cases.

My wife sometimes drinks her morning cold-brew coffee out of an insulated mug since it keeps it cold significantly longer than a normal ceramic mug. I drink my coffee fast enough that ceramic mugs are fine.

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   Just this weekend I was visiting my family and spilled a glass of water all over the nightstand and it was really annoying.

One thing to take into account is other peoples' kids vs. your kid. It seems like a lot of people like their own kids in particular, not kids in general. Your test only checks how you feel about kids in general.

Since part of this is genetic, it would be interesting to hear how your girlfriend felt about taking care of her sister's kids (and if you have any close relatives with kids, an experiment taking care of them might be an interesting data point).

Although I agree with you that if you don't think your want kids and all of the evidence points against you wanting kids, then not having kids is a good plan.

I've never really understood people's issue with the cold. If you're dressed appropriately you won't actually be cold

I have trouble hitting the exact right amount of warm clothes to bike in. When it's sufficiently cold, I always seem to end up either too cold or too hot (and then I sweat and get cold).

I also don't like biking in the rain, since I can technically wear waterproof pants, but they're not comfortable so I need to change at my destination (and potentially change again when I leave).