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Just today I got to see a chess book that I remember reading as a little kid. While it didn't give me a lifelong passion for chess, it did give me a lifelong passion for fantasy for its artwork.

The book is "Chess for Young Beginners" from 1975, and here's some of the artwork:

Like, this artwork goes hard. I especially appreciate the colour scheme for the black pieces, with its browns, bronzes, reds and oranges.

This artwork is amazing, evocative, exciting and dramatic. I recommend giving it a look if you have a chance - you can probably scrounge up a PDF of this thing with a bit of searching.

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underrated form of humor: just making shit up in past tense

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My personal favourite:

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Chauncer would’ve lovt this post.

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Pre-menstrual depression is always depicted as like "He He! I had a box of icecream bars and cried while watching the Titanic!" But in reality, it's more like, "I'm standing the edge of an abyss. There is nothing good inside of me, I'm filled with rage and desperation."

It's crazy that being told how to deal with that is never a part of anyone's menstrual sex education.

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This has already been said in the notes, but if PMS causes extreme depression and even suicidal ideation, that is in fact something that most people do not experience and it can be treated

Like for the majority it really is "oh i'm hungrier and moodier than usual"

^this should be a part of sex education so the point still stands

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I went to my doctor after I was walking to work one morning and saw a bus coming and actually took a step to throw myself in front of it before I pulled myself together. Later that day I started bleeding and was literally like someone flipped a switch and I didn't feel suicidal anymore. Which made me feel like I was loosing my mind because who goes from 'I want to throw myself in front of a bus' to 'I'm perfectly fine' just like that? I did some research, I went to the doctor and described my feelings, he looked me in the eye and gently asked what I thought it was, I said I'd read about PMDD and I thought it might be that, he said 'I think so too' and wrote a prescription.

If, before you get your period, you feel furiously angry, suicidal, irritated by every tiny thing to the point you want to murder someone, stuck in a black hole you'll never escape from. If you are experiencing extreme emotions for what seems like no good reason, especially if you get your period and those extreme emotions just go away. You're probably not just PMSing , you may have PMS's feral big sister PMDD and it's treatable.

Also this is something that can develop as you get older. So if you used to get normal PMS but what I wrote above sounds more like your norm now then don't just write it off as regular PMS.

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the Ides of March grows near

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Favourite Designs: Frieda Lepold "A Knights Dress" Haute Couture Gown

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Taste is the most important factor in nutrition.

Because you get the most nutrients from the foods you'll actually eat.

So add cheese, oil, spices, vinegar, sauces, etc. Try them roasted or sauteed or pureed, etc.

The actual secret to eating lots of fruits and veggies and other nutrient dense foods is:

Make them taste good. That's literally it.

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Fun Fact about me: I eat like a toddler. Despite the fact that I know A Lot about nutrition, and I recognize that I literally feel significantly better when there's lots of fruits and veggies in my diet, I will not actually eat these things Just Because They're Good™ For Me.

It literally has to taste good or I will mush it around with my fork and reject it. So I add cheese and roasted nuts and balsamic glaze and oil (and spices of course, but those are insufficient by themselves) to my veggies almost every time. It's the only way I'll actually eat them.

Prioritize taste. Nutrients are so important, but force feeding yourself gruel is miserable and not a long term solution. Make the nutrients Tasty.

Enjoying your food is not a vice. Refusing to eat foods you don't enjoy is actually extremely normal and rational behavior.

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So many people in the tags have mentioned this study that demonstrated enjoyment of your food literally increases your nutrient absorption from that food. And conversely disliking your food impairs your nutrient absorption.

And this is very true and a very important point, and I wanna dig into that a little more, because enjoying your food triggers the relaxation mechanism in your brain.

This is actually why it improves digestion. Because your brain gets the signal that you're safe and happy and it can focus on the complex work of digestion. It can't do that when you're stressed because it shifts its priorities to watching out for possible dangers.

So when you're force feeding yourself nutrient paste in the name of Health™ you are literally putting your body into a stress state. You are impairing your digestion and could be losing significant amounts of the nutrients in that food.

There are zero benefits to eating foods you hate UNLESS you can prepare them in a way that you enjoy. Our enjoyment of our food is an evolutionary mechanism that is imperative to our ability to effectively digest that food.

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Your food is literally more nutritious when you enjoy it. Please do not suffer needlessly in the name of "health" it does you no favors.

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Your taste also depends on textures and food colours you like. Right now I’m using vegetable seasoning salt, flavour infused olive oil, rosemary and roast chicken or beef seasoning. Roast your veggies in these and they’ll almost taste like meat.

My coworker also once suggested soaking some vegetables like broccoli in lemon juice for a bit before cooking to get some of that earthy taste out.

You can also hide your veggies in soups and dips. Chop it up small or straight up blend them in if you don’t like to see them. Blend nuts into it too.

You can not only eat veggies but drink it too. Carrot, spinach, ginger and apple go well together. Add sugar to it to enhance flavour. Some companies sell some delicious ones.

My family also occasionally makes carrot juice by blending carrots, ginger, evaporated milk, condensed milk, rum, cinnamon, vanilla, nutmeg and sugar (we personally put Ensure in it but you don’t have to) and that our holiday drink.

You don’t have to eat every veggie out there. Start with a favourite you know you’ll turn to everytime you need it.