#jitteryhands

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YES THIS IS TRUE. And that's why you don't fuck around and find out on race day.

Some background for people who aren't into endurance activities: running burns a fuck of a lot of calories, primarily carbs. There's only a certain amount of carbs your body can store and efficiently use as an energy source; failing that, your body will start burning fats. Unlike what #fitspo influencers want you to think, "running to burn fats" is neither recommended nor pleasant — a common slang for it is "hitting the wall" because that's very true to how it feels. It's not efficient, and some people purposefully train on a completely empty stomach to be able to handle it better. There are many schools of thought, studies etc., and I'm simplying a lot here, but the point is:

If you're going to run for longer than 90 minutes, you WILL have a MUCH easier time if you consume carbs at some point mid-workout. There's also the fact that many people aren't comfortable running on a full stomach, or don't want to chew mid-run, and for all these reasons energy gels are veeeery popular among runners. They're calorie-dense and made to consume on the go, and contain a combination of simple and complex carbs designed to be absorbed as quickly as possible, might also have electrolytes. and have different flavour profiles... and some give you the shits. Or stomach cramps. Or nausea. Alas. Such is life.

Some people are more unlucky than others and there's like only one or two brands of gels they can stomach, some people are god's favourite children and they can eat everything, but just to be safe! If you have a big intense workout or a race coming up, always go with a tried and true nutrition for every run that you know for sure works for you.

(Fun fact! Last time I checked, we don't actually know WHY there's so much ???? weird overlap between running and bowels / stomach issues. It's just... very normalised in the running community that sometimes running makes you need to poop and that's just how it is. We all know it, we just never talk about it. Bodies are weird. So... combine that with an energy gel that you're sensitive to? It's hell.)

Anyway. Never fuck around and find out on the day of a race.

Anyway #2: that long introduction above is also why it's important to refuel if you're going to do cardio for extended periods! Like, if you're taking a 2-hour dance class, you might want to snack on dried fruit and you'll feel more energetic by the end of it. Or why football players eat energy bars at halftime, or why it's a good thing to take food along on a hike. Even if you perform better on a mostly empty stomach (I do!) some light nutrition will make you 1) accomplish more and 2) FEEL BETTER.

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17-Did you have imaginary friends? Do you still have them?

sorta, i did and do have long conversations about my life w imagined people as a sort of therapy, if that counts? i also used to (and still do sometimes) take comfort in fiction like i think some people take comfort in imagined adventures w imagined friends. but its not like i ever had a fully thought out imaginary friend who existed in this world in my life if yknow what i mean

58-Are we eventually going to ‘run out’ of new combinations for music, art, language, etc.? Is there a limit to human creativity?

Indeed! Hang on marketeer moment incoming in case anyone hasn't heard of it

The premise is: the Library of Alexandria never burned down and grew into a global superpower of knowledge disconnected from any country, but the printing press was never invented. The library (with some magic) strictly controls who has access to what and what knowledge is deemed "safe". However, not everyone is happy with this, and there's both a rebel group of book burners who burn blanks (empty books that magically fill with the text of what you request from the approved library archives), and a thriving underground illegal market of real books.

Jess Brightwell belongs to an elite family of book smugglers, so his father sends him to study in Alexandria in the library to work as a spy--but he's never been like the rest of his family, and finds his world shifting as he finds friends, comfort, and a life outside of his unpleasant family.

But even with all he's gained, there's more going on in the Library than meets the eye. Studying under the strict and detached Scholar Wolfe and Captain Santi, the grime beneath the shine of the shelves starts to show, and Jess and his friends are thrown into the middle of it all--war, rebellion, revolution.

OKAY! Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger is a long, ongoing middle-grade fantasy series following Sophie Foster, a 12-year-old high school senior who can read thoughts following a bump to the head at age 5--or so she thinks, until she's approached by a cute stranger who reveals she's really an elf who's been hidden away.

She's whisked away to a secret, supposedly perfect world of elves, goblins, ogres, and more. Sophie wants nothing more than to be normal, and tries to fit in--go to school, play with friends, etc.--but all her abnormalities have followed her from the human world. She's still weird, and it turns out it might be the result of bigger forces working behind the scenes. Forces she needs to uncover to learn who and what she truly is--but there's no taking it back, and plunging into the underbelly of her supposedly "perfect" new world opens a seemingly never-ending rabbit hole to try and understand and save it from itself. Full of rebellions, corruption, mysterious notes, stuffed animals, a large cast of characters, and so. many. sparkles. there's a lot going on for Sophie to discover

13. assemble a team of offputting misfits with strange talents to break into the nearest amazon storage place in order to sell their products on the black market. obviously everyone has their reasons for this daring heist ranging from "affording lifesaving procedure for a younger sibling with a rare disease" to "needing to get our of debt bc they spent too much money on genshin impact"

15. drowning is the worst there's nothing I hate more than being short of breath. burning is probably the most aesthetic but then again I heard that freezing victims die happy bc at the very end you feel warm? not sure if that's some sort of myth but it sounds nice