I came across this video today

While browsing YT - as one does - I came across the video linked in this post.

It elicited in me a certain feeling that I have never felt before. It's a certain kind of warmth, a weird sort of absolute peace permeating my very being.

Is this... Love?

Perchance.

Regardless, I think it's really cool. There are a few of these looks-old-but-isn't videos out there - they come up on my recommended occasionally - but they do always leave me wondering; did these people find old videos and decide to upload them now, or did they just genuinely record something with a 20 year potato? Alternatively, did they record it with an average modern recording device - say, a modern smartphone - and then purposefully deteriorate the quality to make it look like an old video? Questions.

For the record, I wanted to use the verb degenerate instead of deteriorate, there, but, for some reason, it just didn't feel right. I'm not sure why. Looking it up, it does seem that both degenerate and deteriorate can be used as transitive verbs, meaning what I meant to mean, but... Degenerate just looks wrong. I think it might be because I associate degenerate more with the noun than the verb. By the way, I think deteriorate also looks kinda off, but I wanted to use it, so I did.

Today wasn't actually that hot, still not jean-weather, necessarily, but it's OK. I'll be going back to the islands relatively soon, though, so I might be able to wear some actual pants then.

My lunch today was really nice. I've actually not been decreasing my weight for the past couple of days... As a matter of fact, I actually gained weight 2 days ago. I was ready to chalk it up to randomness, but 2 days in a row was a tiny little bit concerning. I didn't do anything different... Except that I drank 250 ml of kefir instead of my usual chocolate milk, but I'm inclined to believe that's actually less calories. I also had a banana each time instead of an apple. Could that be it?

I'm inclined to believe that the reason is actually my lunch. I had that thing my grandma had made - broccoli and tuna and cheese - which I thought would probably be fine, but maybe it's actually a calorie bomb in disguise. Like, three sticks of butter in a trench-coat. Or something. I don't know.

I'll just stick to what I've been doing and hoping that it works.

gondaily @lemm.ee

I came across this video today

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I really like this post, the video is cool and your rambling is fantastic.
I would hazard a guess, that all of the Style points straight to the past, the weird hair-do, the clothes, the horrible floor, the walls and the closet... The shoes and the probably real tape-camera with horrible image quality.
However these could also just all be holdovers from the past. The channel has also uploaded a bunch of stuff, like a lot, over a long period for it to be from the past.
Heads will roll is, I think, a song from 2009, a time where DSLR Cameras got much nore widely used and way cheaper fast (even the Iphone had one of these). So they'd have to somehow mix their styles. or just use an older camera with newer stuff back in the past.
But the audio quality: you've surely seen someone upload something where the audio track has been recorded from a phone/radio/tv from afar, its horrible. This means that they have, conversly to the "low" production quality they have either cut and overlayd the digital version of the song manually or used a program to do it (Musically, TikTok, ...)
It Cannot be older than 2009, and may even be quite recent.
Yeah this summer is getting quite hot over here too.
Good, that you've had a nice lunch! Watching your weight is a difficult thing, Ill tell you some things I've learned: Its all about your poop. Measure your weight after you've eaten and drank a lot and need to go to the toilet. then measure your weight again afterwards. It could change by more than 3 kg. (which would be roughly 3000 american business pounds. or 2959 lybian recreational pounds... ) It would probably be good to measure and plot your weight in an actually consistant way (for example, in the morning, you drink your drink, go to toilet, stand on measuring-thingy and plot your weight.), and to understand the processes behind the number. like eating less makes you hungrier and less energetic. And muscle-building makes you heavier but not more unhealthy, up to a point. maybe i can recommend you the kurzgesagt video on weightloss? What i can tell you, is that if you are eating whole fruits, it's nearly impossible to gain weight. theres this american wheight-watching community that assigns points to foods, and they have agreed to assign 0 points to all fruits, but not to smoothies and such. I think it's because of the water and fiber, which makes the calories less dense or less available?
But at some point worrying about it is not worth it, like eating well is my prime comfort and your gran's cooking must be comforting for you. You just have to do what makes you comfortable with yourself.
- It Cannot be older than 2009, and may even be quite recent.
  Yeah, looking into it further I'm pretty sure the videos are very recent, probably made not long before they're uploaded, and digitally altered to fit a certain aesthetic.
  But at some point worrying about it is not worth it
  Yeah... I do track my weight consistently - I weight myself every morning after going to the bathroom - and I think it's been working quite well for me. I don't know what was up with my weight, but it went down again. I'm weighing in at about 68 kg right now! That's down from a peak of 90 kg. I'm actually strongly considering dropping to around 63 kg and starting a more serious muscle-building workout. Maybe I can convince my little brother to work out with me... I'll see about it!
  All I've done, pretty much, is go for a long walk every day (1h30) and eat less and better. I cut out basically all sweets and snacks and started eating a piece of fruit every day for breakfast. Every Sunday I have lunch with my granny, which tends to be more food than usual and less healthy than usual. Overall, I haven't noticed much in the way of lack of energy or anything. I've certainly been able to do anything I want whenever I want, and that's really the best measure, in my opinion.
  I'll check out the Kurzgesagt video thanks for the rec :D
  
  Yeah! Go get 'em!
  I've recently started running and have repeatedly shattered my own records. I've started barely able to run 100m (about 3 american Yards) and am now confident in running over half a km (or about 10'840'070 official inches)
  "I've certainly been able to do anything I want whenever I want, and that's really the best measure, in my opinion."
  Yes, I measure up to my own goals quite quickly too. Like I'm setting myself a goal of being able to lift a person, you know for emergencies and stuff, then I test it out and: I can. Then I want to be avle to do a certain basic training regime, I can but i need a training buddy to keep myself disciplined, your brother would maybe work well as your buddy. I wanted to be able to do a pull-up, a few push- and sit-ups, and I mostly can do them, would like to do them better. My most recent goal is to get over a 2m tall fence, but I'm quite scared. I'm not good with heights.
  Last week we were in the mountains, and the path was like ridiculously steep, you would not believe me, I honestly still can't believe it myself. abd then we were nearly climbing up and down these talus fans(? apparently they're called that in english) and these also were very steep (and tall!) like youd be up there and look down upon these tiny cows. And then we just went down the side of them, because that was faster. and the others were going up and down and left and right, and i was just on there beacause the could get me there. But i am literally scared of standing on a table. Its weird, normally mountains dont really faze me, but these mountains really had it out for me.
  Anyways back to food, I eat good food most of the thime and that is good, because good food tastes better. And the trick to not eating sweets is to not buy any. Thats the harsh reality, I'm sitting there desperate for those sugary dopamine packets, but I ain't getting none.
  I never really got "heavy" for my body size, more of really skinny. I think it has a large part to do with genetics and gut health. And gut bacteria can be "trained" or rather replaced with different ones. Which is important, because everyone needs to eat loads of beans.
  But recently I've gotten into my head, that I'd like to be able to eat a lot in a short thime like those food-eating champions. So I've begun drinking a liter of water (about 1/9050 Galoons) within 10 minutes (about 500 american seconds) because thats the thime the first dl needs to get absorbed. so i know that my capacity is about a liter. but recebtly i've started to eat loads, and i need to get that under control again. Well, I'll manage somehow.
  My mother tells me to eat at least 5 fruits a day, and since I like fruits thats not the limitation, if there are none i can't devour them, just like the sweets, there need to be some for them to be able to be eaten. (man, that sentence has a lot of verbs.)

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