I mean that is basically how social media and news etc. work. Negative emotions are the strongest, and possibly produce the most reactions. And that's what all of this lives from. Probably one of the reasons why the human world is slowly gonig to shit (well there I did feed it^^). I think though it's really difficult to combat this shitty political situation we're in basically worldwide, it's almost self-driving into a well not so human-friendly (nor life at all) world.

But I obviously agree. Just actually do stuff that doesn't feed this downward spiral. I.e. do stuff with friends, pursue hobbys, do sports etc. Be a good example for others (e. g. show that a more climate friendly life doesn't need to degrade happiness, or could even be helpful). That IME leads to much more happiness, healthier life (physically and psychological), less misanthropism etc.

I guess it depends. Theoretically yes it's possible. But when they do this basically on the fly something like sponsorblock will be difficult, as it's User-maintained, and all the timestamps added from them can be invalidated when the video stream changes...

But I'm almost sure people find a way, especially ad blocking is done by a lot of technically affine people.

I wouldn't say all, but yeah most people probably. It's so unbelievable that people like Trump are so popular, and that people are voting and acting against their own interests (because they are stupid?).

Yeah he's a legend in CS... Muskrat just further rides himself into being the fool of centuries

It is not, I can't remember the article(s?) anymore though.

But it also makes sense out of an evolutionary perspective, as being more active (hunting etc.) potentially means higher survival/success rate.

My skin is also "fine" with being washed, but it's healthier by not washing it (so often, or just with water)

You still smell, and a lot at that. Diet isn’t going to get rid of that. People still notice and you still stink.

I haven't said that I don't smell at all, but just using water, and avoiding stale-sweat (by washing with water, which is rather effective). But I wouldn't consider it a lot, at least not, when the people aren't like really close, or straight up sniff my armpits ^^

Maybe worth adding, is that I almost exclusively wear merino-wool shirts, which likely helps further reducing BO

ways to make themselves smell nicer

true, perfume etc. is nothing new, probably older than cultivating plants.

chance you’re just getting used to the smell

Maybe slightly, but as soon as I'm using soap, I quickly notice stink after a short time after showering as counter-example.

I think the body just has use less fluid to nurse the skin after washing with just water, and than there's a slightly different skin-flora I think.

I sometimes use DIY deo (basically soda+coconut-oil) when I'm noticing stink, but rarely, that works quite well, while being somewhat neutral in smell.

most of modern society likes when people do not smell like BO

I'm not so sure about that. Probably not a strong stale-sweat BO, but there are studies, where fresh sweat had IIRC a strong arousing effect on the opposite gender. I guess it quite depends on the BO...

I may not be the norm, but I'm somewhat opposed to most of the often penetrant deo smell. I also would consider my sense of smell rather sensitive (I hate the fumes of motorcycles and cars in the road-traffic, and often hold breath there)

Well the "stink" is AFAIK produced by bacteria etc. after sweating, i.e. stale sweat.

AFAIK fresh sweat has a somewhat arousing effect on the opposite gender.

I guess, when you're not constantly drying out your skin by washing all the body fats away, it just needs to produce less body fluid to nurture the skin etc. which leads to less stink, because it can be washed away quite effectively (but less so the body fats) by just using water (not as effective as with soap etc. though, but it takes maybe 2 hours or so and then I'm stinking when using soap, btw. counter-example to that I'm getting used to the stink). I also think the different composition of the skin flora may add to that.

Before you're judging, have you tried washing the skin with just water (my skin health has improved since using only water on the body, and I have rather sensitive skin)?.

Well as I said, I never had any issues again since like 7 years or so, got healthy feet etc. so I guess that this indeed has gone away?

Have you tried just using just water while washing armpits? This had by far the greatest effect of reducing BO for me. I mean it's still there, but not that it concerns me most of the time, I'm also sometimes washing armpits with water during the day, when I'm sweating more than usual.

I tend to disagree. I guess it depends...

I'm using shampoo for hair, though only because I think a lot of filth that's flying around in cities (and dust in rooms) collects there (and it gets itchy).

But as a counter example: I washed my feet with soap a long time ago and had constantly issues with fungal infection there. Then I stopped that (and only use water) and never had these issues again...

Honestly I prefer slight body-smell over the typical Axe mix with sweat.

Another thing: you smell less when you're not constantly using deo (and washing your skin with soap etc. water is enough most of the time).

Just have good hygiene and eat/live healthy, you"ll be surprised that you don't need deo most of the time.

Democracy is a spectrum, it's true that it's getting less democratic, and the US is certainly less democratic than most of Europe, but it's still technically a democracy.

Or buy (also) via something like bandcamp, when the artist is on it. They cut only 10% IIRC

It's just that time is precious, and other activities can take precedence for some. So after having wasted enough time on bad movies or series, and with this huge amount of movies some kind of prefilter makes sense (for me e.g. a rather high imdb score which I'm often agreeing with)

Well I guess it quite depends on your view towards a diagnosis of ASD. For some it can be relief to understand themselves and for some like your case it may weigh you down. The motive of that knowledge and functioning in NT society is important on whether a diagnosis really helps I guess.

I have not yet taken a formal diagnosis because I don't really see a benefit for me (I have an ADHD one though, but I don't think it explains the whole story), and as you already mentioned masking is a thing and it seems to get "easier" further in life as you learn to mask better.

For others it may be beneficial. I don't think you should project your experience onto others, just because it wasn't good for you.

After all a diagnosis should help you function better in society and understand yourself better. It shouldn't weigh you down (sorry if that's your experience).

After having read too many articles about all of that stuff, it's after all labels for strong and strongly correlating as I like it to call personality traits (or "conditions"). So yeah, if the label (i.e. diagnosis) helps you, good for you. But if you function well enough in society without additional help, sure you probably don't really need a formal diagnosis, but I don't see a reason why you shouldn't self-diagnose, when you've done your research, and you want some explanation for your behavior.

If anyone knows your life, it is yourself, so when you know the diagnostic criteria, why wouldn't you be qualified to self-diagnose?

As an anecdote: I have researched (among other conditions) ADHD and Autism so deeply, that I know probably more than the psychiatrics I had to do with about those (also probably not exactly ND behavior). Having all your behavior be confirmed by someone else is good anyway, but I don't see a big issue with self-diagnosis when you've done your research (and took a few questionaires).

Problem is still the the whole population gets older on average (due to low fertility rate)...

Yeah especially with just 0.001% of the estimated workload (~10W when gaming, but even when standby 0.5W, 100uW are still just 0.02% of that...). Needs a lot more research...

Now play a game for an hour...