#wintersoldierproblems

I've tried looking up this study that everyone is so adamant that says the prefrontal cortex or the brain in general isn't mature until age 25, cause I've read the study actually just studied people until age 25 and then the study stopped.

I couldn't find the study itself, it might be paid access, hiding somewhere and everyone is just citing it without context, but here's an article that explain it.

I want to go to this exact point and run around it saying “I’m in Sweden!” I’m in Finland!” “I’m in Norway!” until I get tired

They even made a circle there which tells you in which country you are

So a common sale was Arizona Iced Teas in cans, 2 for a dollar. People would buy literal *cases* of their favorite flavor.

Once I was ringing up the cans for someone, who had like six. The cans were green.

I was a bit distracted ringing and putting cans in bags, engaging properly.

Grabbed a similarly sized and colored can of pringles. Brain did not register. Hand just went high up because Pringles weigh nothing compared to Arizona can

Let's say you pick up 30 Arizona cans a day. Every single time you pick one up, your brain quickly evaluates how much force is needed based on the weight. That's a lot of calculations tho, and nature always wants to conserve energy. So, the brain creates a procedure. Now instead of having to do that mental gymnastic every time, you just use the premade procedure. The action becomes muscle memory. It's just done automatically. It becomes a reflex.

And there's a reason we call it muscle memory. Because once the action becomes familiar enough, your brain is no longer needed. Your body knows what to do.

So when you touch the can of Pringles, two things happen. First, your body does what it's used to. It applies the amount of force you'd need to lift the Arizona can. Then, the tactile info reaches your brain and gets processed. It tries to correct the mistake you made, but it's too late.

Tldr: your brain is an overworked manager. It hates simple, repetitive tasks. That's the body's job. And when the body fucks up the brain can be a bit slow to react.

Victor is 49yo and the first black man on a lunar mission. Overcoming systemic barriers, victor has obtained 3 masters degrees and 1 bachelor, along with flying over 40 aircraft in combat and peaceful missions.

Jeremy is 50yo and the first Canadian from the Canadian Space Agency on a lunar mission, and this is his first mission in space.

Reid is 50yo and was rejected the first time he applied to NASA, and is now Captain of the crew on his second mission in space. He has also served as chief of of the astronaut office for 2yrs. He and his two daughters have survived his wife (2020).

All four, about to make history on April 6th when they travel farther in space than any human has before, and see parts of the moon no other human has before.

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It is never too late to start and you can always overcome barriers.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/03/30/iran-recruit-children-defend-the-homeland/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_reddit_recruit-children-defend-the-homeland/&accesscontrol=facebookchannel_open

Iran winning the war so hard they are enlisting 12 year old child soldiers into roles that turn them into legal military targets!

Registration booths have been set up at mosques and major city squares across Tehran, with similar campaigns expected in other cities. Just days after the new recruitment campaign was launched, an 11-year-old boy was killed in a drone strike at a military checkpoint in Tehran. Alireza Jafari, who under normal circumstances would have been in the fifth grade at school (Year 6), was instead stationed at the checkpoint on Artesh Highway, helping his father “defend Iran”.

The Basij Teachers Organisation confirmed that Alireza was killed “while on duty”, performing security tasks in a war that has already claimed nearly 1,600 civilian lives.