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Tiger said:
That was on the diary of a ceo podcast.

Based off of that discussion I actually gave up drinking tea for the past week!

I’m delighted to see Barry’s tea and Lyon’s tea on the safe list. I can go back to drinking tea again! 😆
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Yep, that's the one, although at two hours it dragged on a bit and Dr Li (?) was struggling to find something new to say after the first half, I fast forwarded it bit by bit from then on.

But in that hour he gave us plenty to think about, a more holistic approach to eating rather than following trendy diets was my big takaway, but at the end of the day it boils down to the same old maxim 'everything in moderation'.
 
Haven said:
I got AI to analyse Fishalts post:


1. Style​

  • Tone: Extremely aggressive, vitriolic, and hyperbolic. The language is inflammatory and intended to provoke or insult rather than persuade.
  • Word Choice: Vulgar ("fuckbrained," "shit," "turbofaggot"), dehumanizing ("unwashed schizophrenics"), and metaphor-heavy (e.g., café analogy).
  • Readability: The passage is vivid and attention-grabbing but sacrifices clarity for shock value. The extended café metaphor is creative but overly elaborate for its purpose.

2. Comprehension​

  • Coherence: The core argument is understandable—the writer despises two individuals they believe are harming a website—but the excessive insults and analogies muddy the message.
  • Audience Understanding: The passage assumes familiarity with specific people/contexts (e.g., "Admin's pity-project," "self-confessed MAP"), making it opaque to outsiders.

3. Grammar​

  • Syntax: Mostly correct but strained by convoluted phrasing (e.g., "granted remit unbound to be the largest macro-scale turbofaggot").
  • Punctuation: Overuse of em dashes and commas disrupts flow in places.
  • Errors:
    • "chrigger" → Likely a typo/misspelling (possibly "trigger" or a slur).
    • "remit unbound" → Unclear phrasing; possibly "unlimited leeway."

4. Logic​

  • Flow: The argument jumps from metaphor to direct insult without clear transitions.
  • Consistency: The insults are hyperbolic but internally consistent in their hostility.
  • Persuasiveness: Fails logically due to reliance on ad hominem attacks rather than reasoned critique. The claims (e.g., "excuses Muslim grooming gangs," "self-confessed MAP") are asserted without evidence.

5. Content​

  • Relevance: The rant is narrowly focused on two specific individuals, making it irrelevant to general readers.
  • Depth: No substantive critique—just venomous character assassination.
  • Accuracy: Unverifiable claims (e.g., "covens of elitist witches," "sheer force of nepotism") weaken credibility.

Par for the course, actually.
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Wow. AI really is clever :)
 
Wolf said:
The mod doesn't like us bringing up its well documented pedophile past or its obsession with limp dicks either.....
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Why hasn't this serial spammer-stalker-abuser been thread banned?

Wolf said:
Sad state of affairs when documented pedophiles are a protected group on here.
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Mad as Fish said:
The humble tea bag, as in the real thing, is coming under scrutiny as the next great health risk -

Steeping a plastic tea bag at a brewing temperature of 95°C releases around 11.6 billion microplastics and 3.1 billion nanoplastics into a single cup.

It all depends on the type of glue used to stick them together apparently.

www.implasticfree.com

Plastic Free Tea Bags: Which Brands Are Really Microplastic Free in 2026?

Your cup of tea might contain 11 billion nanoparticles of plastics. Find out which tea bags are 100% plastic free (2026 update).
www.implasticfree.com www.implasticfree.com
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Funnily enough, i am thinking of giving up coffee entirely because it is acidic. Maybe I should do likewise with tea
 
Declan said:
Funnily enough, i am thinking of giving up coffee entirely because it is acidic. Maybe I should do likewise with tea
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I gave up coffee a year ago after reading ‘Caffeine Blues’.

You can download it here…

archive.org

Caffeine blues : wake up to the hidden dangers of America's #1 drug : Cherniske, Stephen Snehan : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Includes bibliographical references (p. 402-442) and index
archive.org

I was a proper coffee addict. I spent a small fortune on coffee every day. I decided to give it up cold turkey about half way through the second chapter. Haven’t touched a single coffee since and I don’t miss it.
 
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Tiger said:
I gave up coffee a year ago after reading ‘Caffeine Blues’.

You can download it here…

archive.org

Caffeine blues : wake up to the hidden dangers of America's #1 drug : Cherniske, Stephen Snehan : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Includes bibliographical references (p. 402-442) and index
archive.org

I was a proper coffee addict. I spent a small fortune on coffee every day. I decided to give it up cold turkey about half way through the second chapter. Haven’t touched a single coffee since and I don’t miss it.
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What are the downsides of coffee then ?

I have the occasional home-made Mocha = = Chocolate Powder and Coffee Powder

I know coffee can be a bit hard on the stomach for some !
 
clarke-connolly said:
What are the downsides of coffee then ?

I have the occasional home-made Mocha = = Chocolate Powder and Coffee Powder

I know coffee can be a bit hard on the stomach for some !
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Despite what’s said in the book, the author still has the odd coffee himself.

The author - (Dr. Stephen Cherniske) argues that caffeine—especially from coffee—is more harmful than most people think. He points out that caffeine is a natural pesticide found in coffee beans, used by the plant to kill or repel insects.
That alone, he says, should raise red flags.

When we consume caffeine, it doesn’t really give us energy—it just triggers a stress response, flooding the body with adrenaline and cortisol. This might make you feel more alert at first, but over time it wears you down, leading to fatigue, anxiety, and burnout. Caffeine masks tiredness instead of fixing it, which only makes the problem worse.

The book also links caffeine to a range of health issues like poor sleep, high blood pressure, digestive troubles, and weakened immunity. Cherniske pushes back against the idea that coffee is healthy, saying most of the research overlooks its long-term impact on the nervous and hormonal systems. He believes that cutting out caffeine completely can bring better sleep, more stable energy, and a clearer mind. His main takeaway: if you want real, lasting health and energy, it’s best to give up coffee.
 
Tiger said:
Despite what’s said in the book, the author still has the odd coffee himself.

The author - (Dr. Stephen Cherniske) argues that caffeine—especially from coffee—is more harmful than most people think. He points out that caffeine is a natural pesticide found in coffee beans, used by the plant to kill or repel insects.
That alone, he says, should raise red flags.

When we consume caffeine, it doesn’t really give us energy—it just triggers a stress response, flooding the body with adrenaline and cortisol. This might make you feel more alert at first, but over time it wears you down, leading to fatigue, anxiety, and burnout. Caffeine masks tiredness instead of fixing it, which only makes the problem worse.

The book also links caffeine to a range of health issues like poor sleep, high blood pressure, digestive troubles, and weakened immunity. Cherniske pushes back against the idea that coffee is healthy, saying most of the research overlooks its long-term impact on the nervous and hormonal systems. He believes that cutting out caffeine completely can bring better sleep, more stable energy, and a clearer mind. His main takeaway: if you want real, lasting health and energy, it’s best to give up coffee.
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What about tea? I find I can't stomach coffee at all nowadays. Used to drink lots of it but now one cup makes me feel sick, exactly the symptoms you've described above.
 
Tiger said:
Despite what’s said in the book, the author still has the odd coffee himself.

The author - (Dr. Stephen Cherniske) argues that caffeine—especially from coffee—is more harmful than most people think. He points out that caffeine is a natural pesticide found in coffee beans, used by the plant to kill or repel insects.
That alone, he says, should raise red flags.

When we consume caffeine, it doesn’t really give us energy—it just triggers a stress response, flooding the body with adrenaline and cortisol. This might make you feel more alert at first, but over time it wears you down, leading to fatigue, anxiety, and burnout. Caffeine masks tiredness instead of fixing it, which only makes the problem worse.

The book also links caffeine to a range of health issues like poor sleep, high blood pressure, digestive troubles, and weakened immunity. Cherniske pushes back against the idea that coffee is healthy, saying most of the research overlooks its long-term impact on the nervous and hormonal systems. He believes that cutting out caffeine completely can bring better sleep, more stable energy, and a clearer mind. His main takeaway: if you want real, lasting health and energy, it’s best to give up coffee.
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The endgame is that if were to give up everything that's bad for us we are left with a glass of lukewarm water and a raw carrot on the side.
 
Mad as Fish said:
The endgame is that if were to give up everything that's bad for us we are left with a glass of lukewarm water and a raw carrot on the side.
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One of the points that he makes in the book is that most of the popular studies on coffee were done decades ago when most people had a small cup in the morning. However now people are drinking several pints of coffee from the likes of Starbucks. Usually these massive coffees are also riddled in sugar and syrups.

People are also consuming additional caffeine in chocolate and soda drinks. These days those massive energy drinks are hugely popular. Almost everybody is addicted without being fully aware.
 
Mad as Fish said:
The endgame is that if were to give up everything that's bad for us we are left with a glass of lukewarm water and a raw carrot on the side.
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I actually eat a hige amount of raw carrots, it is my nibble food
 
I have already declined an offered coffee as my wife was out and now feel that thanks in part to @Tiger that I am off coffee. I will check his link later.
 
I couldn't survive without black coffee. No sweet crap put into it though - I dislike sweet things at the best of times. Coffee in the morning or at 3am to get me through shifts. But strong black tea with a drop of milk after that or by the fire in the evening.. One of the pleasures of life.
 
willows68 said:
I couldn't survive without black coffee. No sweet crap put into it though - I dislike sweet things at the best of times. Coffee in the morning or at 3am to get me through shifts. But strong black tea with a drop of milk after that or by the fire in the evening.. One of the pleasures of life.
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I remember a friend of mine, who's a bit of a coffee connoisseur, was horrified when I put sugar in coffee. I don't always do that (and I'm more of a tea man anyway)

But here's the thing, he always puts sugar in tea, how f*cked up is that!
 
Mad as Fish said:
There was a fellow I caught on Y'tube (will try and find it again later) who reckoned that up to a credit cards worth of plastic can be consumed in a week if we only eat packaged/fast food, and some of that ends up lodged in the brain. The reduction in IQ we feel we are seeing may not be exclusively the jab's fault, as evil as it is.
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There is literally no way to avoid microplastics at this stage. It's impossible. Whatever the consequence of their ingestion is, or are revealed to be, they're here to stay.
 
Mad as Fish said:
The lady friend has much the same idea on occasion and serves them with a meal, but she softens the blow with her own bluecheese dip, so all is forgiven.
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My mother always gave raw carrot and celery (on its own) when I was a kid, didn't much like it

But it's completely transformed with a nice dip!
 
Tiger said:
I gave up coffee a year ago after reading ‘Caffeine Blues’.

You can download it here…

archive.org

Caffeine blues : wake up to the hidden dangers of America's #1 drug : Cherniske, Stephen Snehan : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Includes bibliographical references (p. 402-442) and index
archive.org

I was a proper coffee addict. I spent a small fortune on coffee every day. I decided to give it up cold turkey about half way through the second chapter. Haven’t touched a single coffee since and I don’t miss it.
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Just one a day for me now, but never first thing, unless I'm traveling and find myself faced with an espresso sized thimble to take to the machine at breakfast, then it will be about twenty of the damn things!
 
Declan said:
Everyone needs to put a euro on Cavan, Monaghan, Galway and Dublin all winning tomorrow and both @Myles O'Reilly and @Wolf can have a pint and be restored here at the final whistle!!!
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Dan, can I ask you a serious question?

Can you really not see that Wolf is a serial spammer-stalker-abuser?
 
AN2 said:
Dan, can I ask you a serious question?

Can you really not see that Wolf is a serial spammer-stalker-abuser?
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His worse offense was think I was actually Val.

usually people are totally wrong on fora like these.

for example , there is no way in hell that an idiot like ROC is a civil engineer
 
Mad as Fish said:
There was a fellow I caught on Y'tube (will try and find it again later) who reckoned that up to a credit cards worth of plastic can be consumed in a week if we only eat packaged/fast food, and some of that ends up lodged in the brain.
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A more worrying concern is the near worldwide contamination by PFAS, chemicals that are increasingly link to multiple aliments and diseases.

Mad as Fish said:
The reduction in IQ we feel we are seeing may not be exclusively the jab's fault, as evil as it is.
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Haven said:
A more worrying concern is the near worldwide contamination by PFAS, chemicals that are increasingly link to multiple aliments and diseases.
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Feck off you ingratiating little creep. Where was all this concern when you were hell bent on backing the killer jab?

You are a worthless turd.
 
Mad as Fish said:
Feck off you ingratiating little creep. Where was all this concern when you were hell bent on backing the killer jab?

You are a worthless turd.
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Here's a rundown on PFAS health impacts.

www.webmd.com

What Are PFAS?

PFAS chemicals, “forever chemicals,” get into your body through common household items and your food.
www.webmd.com www.webmd.com
 
Haven said:
Here's a rundown on PFAS health impacts.

www.webmd.com

What Are PFAS?

PFAS chemicals, “forever chemicals,” get into your body through common household items and your food.
www.webmd.com www.webmd.com
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Whatever perturbs your tiny little scum filled mind is of no concern to those who retain a sliver of morality however hard you try and big yourself up.

Now piss off and leave the grown ups in peace.
 
This stuff is everywhere.

foreverpollution.eu

The Map of Forever Pollution

The Forever Pollution Project showed that nearly 23,000 sites all over Europe are contaminated by the “forever chemicals” PFAS.
foreverpollution.eu foreverpollution.eu
 
Mad as Fish said:
Yep, that's the one, although at two hours it dragged on a bit and Dr Li (?) was struggling to find something new to say after the first half, I fast forwarded it bit by bit from then on.

But in that hour he gave us plenty to think about, a more holistic approach to eating rather than following trendy diets was my big takaway, but at the end of the day it boils down to the same old maxim 'everything in moderation'.
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i know this is un connected to anything posted here but this is an anything goes area .
my wife has instagram on her phone and she showed me some great and creative very irish AI .
type MICKINCAID INSTAGRAM into what ever device you are using and enjoy a laugh --well made and will travel around the globe .
 
Artificial Insimination AI , take the phone off her!!
 
Mad as Fish said:
RIP

And it is the motorcyclist who is the real victim here. The Gard had been reported as behaving erratically 20 mins before the incident happened, but we are not hearing anything about that.
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Something very odd went on there alright ~ ~ Maybe some sort of suicide by nervous breakdown by the Guard ~ ~ Just terrible for both families, RIP to both.
 
AN2 said:
Do you just want everyone here to "get along" and write "funny", light-hearted stuff at each other in agreement? That sounds incredibly boring to me
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True enough ~ ~ But as I skim through this, some of ye seem to be bickering over the same stuff over and over and over again ~ ~ Ends up with me, skimming and skimming and skimming ! ! !

Would you's not like a dedicated bickering thread to hone yer'e skills ? !
 
clarke-connolly said:
True enough ~ ~ But as I skim through this, some of ye seem to be bickering over the same stuff over and over and over again ~ ~ Ends up with me, skimming and skimming and skimming ! ! !
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clarke-connolly said:
Would you's not like a dedicated bickering thread to hone yer'e skills ? !
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Huh, so you want all of the "bickering", on various different topics, isolated to a single thread?
 
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