so Harvard professor has come out and said that coconut oil is supposedly pure
poison so obviously this is caused a bit of controversy on the Internet as you
would expect so I'm gonna go over a points that this professor made and
debunk them because this this really isn't true and it's not correct and it's
something that has been debunked multiple times over the last few years
so I think that it deserves more airtime just to shed some clarity on it I
believe that it was last year that the American Heart Association also made the
claim that the statement that coconut oil is something you should be trying to
minimize and you diet so this again was head back with a lot of backlash from
people of course in the Paleo and the Kido genic community and other omnivores
in general and overall this topic coconut oil being oil which is which has
a lot of saturated fat is something which is back and forth in the
nutritional world just like eggs many people are in the believe have the
belief that it's extremely bad for you and other people think that it's God's
gift to the earth so coconut oil just like eggs are very controversial in the
sense so there are many different kinds of fat that we have in the diet the main
three that you're going to hear about they're going to be saturated fats
monounsaturated fats and polyunsaturated fats so animal products tend to be
higher in saturated fats such as meat and eggs and coconut oil which is an
animal product and all of all avocados that the center behind monounsaturated
fats and and seeds and nuts and oils from these seeds like soybean oil tend
to behind polyunsaturated fats but most foods obviously have a mixture of all
three or two and whether a food is a saturated fat monounsaturated or
polyunsaturated fat is dictated by which fat dominates the fat ratio of that food
for example avocados are mostly monounsaturated fat therefore the seen
as a source of monounsaturated fat but coconut oil in specific is demonized by
those who think that saturated fat is unhealthy because it's pretty much got
the highest set rate of fat content when compared to other oils in fat
sources like lard or butter so a lot of times in places like YouTube especially
vegans for example who want to make saturated fat out to be really unhealthy
will cherry-pick evidence and by the way some of them describe the evidence on
saturated fat it almost seems like this there are no studies in existence which
show that there's no correlation between saturated fat intake and heart disease
but the truth is is that there are 17 systematic reviews and meta-analyses
which show that there's no clear a link between things like heart disease and
other diseases that cause an early death and saturated fat now in the world of
science funding is a big problem and funding bias for example many people
will say that when a study shows that there's no link between disease and
dairy many times these studies are funded by the dairy industry or for eggs
are funded by the egg industry and because of this many people will
discredit positive results between dairy and eggs and health because of this
funding and this could certainly be a possibility who knows but there's no way
to conclusively you know know this and accept that a study is flawed when it's
funded by someone because in general these studies a peer-reviewed meaning
it's not like the the industry that's funding them pays for it and it's put
out there by selected few scientists it's peer reviewed and it's looked at by
other people through an objective and unbiased lens so I bring up this point
because the American Heart Association which make it very clear that coconut
oil is supposedly unhealthy funded by you know companies which have a lot of
sugar in their products like Nestle for example or the coca-cola company now
this are like really important to understand and that's the effects that
something like saturated fat or any food product for that matter has on risk
factors as opposed to the actual disease that we worried about all mortality
death so that's something to keep in mind here because there are some links
between saturated fat and unfavorable changes to cholesterol for example in
the body but you know when you look at the effect that coconut oil saturated
fats these sorts of foods have on something like heart disease and there
really is any conclusive evidence that it's
causative of it simply that there might be a relationship to it like people who
consume more saturated fat in some studies maybe a more risk for heart
disease or an early death but this could be simply be due to the fact that people
in general who consume more saturated fat are consuming food products which
are more unhealthy which are higher and hydrogenated trans fats which overall
consume more calories or they smoke so many of these studies which seem to
point toward saturated fat being causative of an early death just
correlative because I don't take into account and control for other variables
which have a significant impact on people's health so these meta-analysis
of observational studies have reported no significant associations between
saturated fat intake and risk of coronary heart disease stroke or
cardiovascular disease in general now you're going to have many people point
to studies where they replace saturated fat with omega-3 and omega-6 and that
replacement decreased the risk for heart disease but then we also have other
studies which show that when you replace the saturated fats with just omega-6
which are known to be inflammatory and highly prone to lipid peroxidation and
those circumstances the risk for heart disease actually increased so there's
there are very subtle distinctions that have to be made here before you make the
conclusion that you should be swapping all your saturated fat intake out for
polyunsaturated fat intake you know overall whether you consume some coconut
oil or other sources of saturated fat isn't the biggest deal in the world what
you should be focusing on is your overall diet and lifestyle you know
there are big effectors to worry about instead of a tablespoon of coconut oil
that you may be putting in your food for the date the the biggest factors that
you should be primarily focusing on there's your overall weight overall
calorie intake and expenditure how much you're exercising these sort of factors
are gonna faster pass any sort of potential risk that a tablespoon of
coconut oil would with cause and there are other things to consider as well
like there have been shown to be positive correlations between saturated
fat and monounsaturated fat and testosterone while polyunsaturated fats
have an inverse relationship with testosterone with
that an eight week study looking at resistance train males following a
ketogenic diet experienced an increase in testosterone and that could possibly
be because of that increase in saturated fat intake so there are a number of
factors to consider here and you shouldn't start to get worried about
consuming a bit of coconut oil or consuming animal products that have some
saturated fat and if you're loving an overall healthy lifestyle don't get
mislead by articles like this that say coconut oil is poison and don't psyche
getting scared that having a tablespoon of it is going to cause detrimental
effects on your health you know the primary thing you should be worrying
about is the overall amount of food that you're in taking whether your health is
improving whether you feel good and also going and getting a blood work done at
the doctor's if you can afford that if that's available to you and seeing how
your body is actually responding to the diet that your your you're giving it
because you know we're all gonna respond to food differently some people are
going to have genetic sensitivities to saturated fat and even dietary
cholesterol people with something called the apoe4 gene so that's in the minority
but we're all different so it's not okay to make a statement like coconut oil is
poison therefore everybody should be decreasing the consumption of it it's
not as simple as that so hopefully you guys enjoy this video leave your
thoughts down below
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How Do You Know If You Have Food Poisoning? - Duration: 5:23.
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Most of us have experienced food poisoning...
You know it's like the vomiting and the diarrhea.
The gastrointestinal torment that can leave you huddled miserably on the bathroom floor.
But food poisoning, or foodborne illness, isn't just one thing.
In fact, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control names 31 unique species of bacteria, viruses, and parasites as common culprits,
but there are hundreds in total.
And different microbes tend to contaminate different foods, cause slightly different symptoms,
and have different incubation periods: the time between when you get infected and when you start feeling bad.
So figuring out if you have food poisoning and where you got it can be trickier than you might think.
The number one cause of food poisoning in the U.S. is norovirus,
which causes around half the cases, according to the CDC.
Viruses are minimalist microbes.
They're basically some genetic material with a protein coat.
So they can't reproduce or do much on their own at all, they need a host cell.
And when you eat a norovirus-contaminated salad, it finds plenty of hosts in your gut.
When the virus finds an intestinal cell, it tricks membrane receptors to get inside,
and then hijacks the cell's machinery to make copies of itself.
Eventually, those virus minions burst from the infected cell to find more victims.
And at the same time, your dead and damaged cells release chemicals that trigger an inflammatory response in your body.
Nearby blood vessels dilate and leak plasma into the infected tissues,
which kicks off the fight against the invaders.
And more chemical signals are released to attract specialized immune cells.
This inflammatory response in your gut contributes to some of the classic symptoms of food poisoning:
diarrhea, vomiting, and sometimes a low fever.
So just know that when you're puking your guts out,
at least that's your own immune system kicking some microbe butt.
It's been difficult to study norovirus because, until recently,
researchers haven't been able to grow intestinal cell lines in the lab that it can infect and survive in.
Before that, heroes among us have volunteered to be infected with norovirus so scientists could better understand it.
Now, they're even testing a norovirus vaccine in humans!
But even though norovirus is the leading cause of food poisoning in the U.S., most cases of norovirus aren't from food.
It's highly contagious, so infected people or contaminated surfaces can spread it too.
And it's commonly called a stomach bug or stomach flu,
even though norovirus isn't related to the influenza virus.
So how do you know if you should blame your Uncle Carl's fruit salad for your upset stomach?
Well, that takes some detective work.
The simplest way is to try finding the source:
did any other people who ate the fruit get sick around the same time you did?
Or did you start puking after hanging out with your buddy's preschooler,
who was a little under the weather?
That's basically how state health agencies and the CDC approach food poisoning outbreaks too,
just on a bigger scale.
They have to try trace the source, so they can stop the spread of a microbe.
These agencies monitor reports of illness from hospitals to look for weird spikes or clusters of foodborne illness.
They'll do DNA and RNA tests and perform other analyses on poop samples from patients
to determine what microbe they're dealing with,
from norovirus, to bacterial baddies you may recognize like Listeria, E. coli, and Salmonella.
Then, they'll interview patients to generate and test hypotheses about where it came from.
Like, if most of those patients ate the same brand of alfalfa sprouts,
they'd go swab that produce packaging facility to look for the microbe.
When they do find the source, they try to stop its spread.
The state health agency may shut down a restaurant, or the Food and Drug Administration may recall a product.
But, obviously, it's kind of hard for you to do that level of investigation while you're suffering by a toilet.
It's not like everyone can just run a molecular analysis for norovirus.
The good news is, for most healthy folks who aren't babies or old,
food poisoning is a sucky illness, but you'll get better on your own.
So it's not super important to know what kind of sick you are.
The only way to really know what's ailing you is to go to a medical professional.
Which is also advisable if you don't get better in a few days
or if you get severely dehydrated from all that vomiting and diarrhea.
So, like, if you're worried, go to them instead of watching me on youtube.
I'm not a doctor.
And you can be careful about what you eat to try and avoid food poisoning altogether.
Pay attention to those recalls on local news,
and wash your hands so you don't spread any nasty microbes!
And if you're preparing fruits and veggies to eat raw, make sure you wash them.
A thorough scrub is important even if you don't plan to eat the outside, because,
for instance, cutting into a melon can transfer microbes from the outer surface to that juicy middle.
The FDA also recommends removing any bruised or damaged parts,
and the outermost leaves of lettuce or cabbage.
Plus, thoroughly cook your food, especially beef, poultry, and eggs.
Because heat kills any bacteria that might be on them.
So next time your friend or family member is taken down by food poisoning,
you can share your fun facts with them...
I'm sure they'll be thrilled!
But, seriously, if you want to learn more about human health and nutrition,
you can check out our sister channel Healthcare Triage at youtube.com/healthcaretriage.
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10 Rap Songs RUINED By the Features - Duration: 14:14.
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Hey guys, CDTV here and today we're gonna be looking at 10 great rap songs that were
ruined by a featured artist. So yeah, this list will
be focussing on 10 times when a feature made a song noticeably worse, in some cases even
making the song unlistenable. So with that being said, this is CDTVProductions, my social
media accounts are down here, and let's look at 10 great rap songs ruined by the feature.
10 - Royce Da 5'9" "Caterpillar Remix" - The feature: Logic
This one seemed like it couldn't go wrong honestly. It has Logic, a rapper I love. The
original is an amazing song that had Eminem in Logic's spot. And Logic promised his
hardest feature verse he's ever done on Twitter with this one. Even Royce Da 5'9"
hyped it up. And then Logic spent half of his verse going on a tangent about not being
a white rapper and people's perception of his race. Sigh. He even for some reason, kicks
off this tangent by saying "why is everyone obsessed with my race". THEY'RE NOT. They're
memeing the fact that you talked about it so much on your Everybody album, the memes
didn't materialize from nothing. If this was supposed to counter criticisms of Logic,
it absolutely failed. Some of the stuff he says makes sense to a degree, but the delivery
is so awkward and painful. Aside from that, he also says other rappers are scared to talk
about depression and anxiety, which, to put it bluntly, is just false. Depression has
always been a huge topic in rap, even in the mainstream. It's not all bad, he actually
spits hard bars for a minute or so and that's why it's the lowest one on this list, but
he completely ruined it with the whole race tangent that everyone was absolutely sick
of by this point.
9 - Chance the Rapper "Smoke Again" - The feature: Ab-Soul
I hate to say that Ab-Soul ruined a song because
I love his music, but "lemme put my mouth where you potty boo" is one of the most
cringe worthy lines I've heard in my lifetime. I love the rest of this song, I think it's
really cool to hear Chance pull off a banger track whilst still having a lot of fun, and
his "lean all on the square, that's a f*****g rhombus" line was really creative.
It would've been cool if Soul could've came in and matched that with some creative
lyrics while still maintaining a fun atmosphere, but I really don't think he did. There's
just so many lyrics on here that could best be described as basic such as "we kicked
it then I scored, Soccer game" and "no doubt like Gwen Stefani's group", and
it kinda brings down the vibe of the track for me. I love Soul, but I'm just not a
fan of what he did here.
8 - Drake "Preach" - The feature: PARTYNEXTDOOR
So this song kicks off with the instrumental playing incredibly quietly, you can barely
hear anything. As you can imagine, this makes you listen in closer, maybe you even turn
the volume up a few notches just to hear what's going on. Then, all of a sudden, out of fucking
nowhere at a pitch that will rip your ears apart. Jesus Christ man, could we at least
have been given a bit of warning. Now maybe this is just PARTYNEXTDOOR's style, but
I'm really not to keen on the drenched in autotune sound that his vocals have here,
and considering he does the chorus and has a verse as well, that's not great. I much
prefer what Drake does on this song, his calm, kinda monotone delivery works perfectly with
a beat like this and his flow is cool too. I'm not the biggest Drake fan, but this
song would be a lot better without PARTY in my opinion.
7 - A$AP Rocky "Telephone Calls" - The feature: Playboi Carti
I've got this one lower because Playboi Carti doesn't really play a significant
role on this track, but his verse slows down the track enough for me to be bothered by
it. The beat absolutely bumps, Rocky puts in a strong performance, and Tyler has one
of the best verses he's laid down here in my opinion, but Playboi Carti's bit was
just so unnecessary in my opinion. I really could do without 15-20 seconds of Carti ad
libbing and delivering the least inventive lines he can think of, I just honestly feel
like he doesn't need to be on here. If you feel like his verse adds to the hype of the
song, that's great, I'm glad you enjoy it, but for me personally, it did not need
to be in the song at all.
6 - Jamil Cole "The Cut Off" - The feature: kiLL edward
This one is a bit odd to include, because to some
capacity, kiLL edward isn't really a feature as it's just Jafar Cole's alter ego, but
I'm counting it because he is labelled as a feature, and his segment of the track does
ruin it in my opinion. Cole's verse is fantastic here honestly, talking about wanting to cut
off friends who just abuse his trust and use him. He even talks about how he sometimes
fantasises about hurting these people for how they betrayed him, but he knows that's
not the right thing to do and he'll let karma do it's work on them. Fantastic subject
matter, but the hook of the song is done by kiLL Edward and the vocal effects he has on
his voice completely destroy his appeal for me. It's almost impossible to not sound
off key with those effects, and that's how kiLL edward sounds on the pre-chorus and chorus
of this song. Top this off with the fact that he handles most of this track instead of Cole,
and that stops me from listening to this track that often at all. The concept behind the
character of kiLL edward is great, but I'd be perfectly satisfied if he didn't make
a return.
5 - Earl Sweatshirt "Pre" - The feature: SK La' Flare
This verse right here. I'm not lying to you when I say this single verse is the reason
I immediately turned off Sweatshirt's Doris album instantly the first 5 times I tried
to listen to it, and I didn't revisit it for years. That's partially to do with me
being more closed minded towards new albums 5 or so years ago when this dropped, but SK
La' Flare also just really has a bad verse. I don't know what the thought process was
behind having this as the opening verse on Earl's album. I don't know if SK actually
raps often, or if they just thought this would be an entertaining way to open up the album
and mess with some fans, but it's just incredibly off-putting. He uses this really dead end
flow that never picks up and just sounds stilted, and of course it's got more than its fair
share of simplistic lyrics. Then consider the fact that his verse is over 30 seconds
longer than Earl's on this track and it just seems really unnecessary.
4 - Kendrick Lamar & Jay Rock "King's Dead" - The feature: Future
Everyone knows this one, and I do appreciate the memes that came out of this, but I'd
be lying if I said it didn't make the song a lot worse. It made me laugh my ass off when
I first heard it, I'll admit that, but this song doesn't seem like it was made to be
laughed at. Jay Rock came in with a hard verse, Kendrick Lamar killed it on the hook and after
the beat switch, but Future... I don't know what Future was doing. I guess I can't fully
hate on it because it made the song more popular than it already would've been, but the la-di-da-di-da
part of the song is so laughably bad, it sounded like his vocal chords were about to snap.
On top of that, I'm just not a huge Future fan so I wasn't too excited to see him listed
as a feature in the first place. Like I said, this is fun to laugh at, but I really feel
like it messes with the whole energy and mood of the song, and that's the opposite of
what you wanna do with a guest verse.
3 - Eminem "Amityville" - The feature: Bizarre
I explained the main problem I have with some of Bizarre's rapping in an old video of
mine, but in case you haven't seen it, it's basically the fact that he raps about the
same type of content as eminem, but without much of the wittiness or intelligence behind
it. Eminem says some brutal stuff, but there's commonly a purpose behind what he says, whereas
Bizarre is just pure shock value for no reason other than to shock, and that is shown in
full force on his verse here. He talks about k***ing and r***ng family members, having
his little sister gang raped on her birthday, just really shocking shit but with no smartness
to it. Then the fact that Eminem's third verse here is so ridiculously strong just
makes Bizarre's low energy verse even less impressive than it already is. It just comes
off as him trying to hard to surprise people more than anything.
2 - A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie "Drowning" - The feature: Kodak Black
Goddamn man, I almost love this track and it actually would
have been amazing if the hood version of Lisa Simpson didn't show up to ruin the party.
For almost every rapper on this planet, I can see their appeal and why some people might
enjoy them, but Kodak is always one that confuses me. The way he slurs his words with his very
strange, baby sounding voice puts me off every single time I hear a verse from him. It's
a shame, because A Boogie kills this in my opinion, he rides that piano melody perfectly
and his flow is something that really sticks with you..... then Kodak says "I'm the
s***, I'm fartin', I don't know how to potty". Do you see why this ruins the
song for me!? I wanna replay this song a lot, I want to have it on repeat, but it's such
a hassle when I have to constantly skip it after the 2 minute mark. Kodak has like one
line on here that sounds pretty slick, but everything else is just something I cannot
listen to and enjoy. A Boogie, I'm begging you, drop a solo version of this track. I
need it.
1 - A$AP Ferg "East Coast REMIX" - The feature: French Montana
Busta Rhymes? HE WENT HARD
A$AP Ferg? HE WENT HARD
Rocky? - HE WENT HARD
Dave East? - HE WENT HARD
Rick Ross? - HE WENT HARDER THAN USUAL
Snoop Dogg? - EVEN THE CHILLEST MAN ON EARTH WENT HARD
Surely you knew at the start of this list that French Montana would be number 1 right?
There really is no other competition, there's so many songs that he has absolutely ruined
and this track is the one that hurts the most for me personally. As you can tell from what
I just said, every single other rapper on this track did a great job on their verses.
French Montana was the only one that stood out as bad, completely murdering the momentum
of the track and slowing it down to a crawl. The worst part is, he appears on the track
right after Dave East, who just maybe had my favourite verse on this song with his aggressive
tone. French didn't follow it up well at all. His flow couldn't be any more uninspired,
and you just can't give a weak verse over a hard ass beat like the one found on this
song. Out of all the people Ferg could've chosen to feature on this track, French should've
been the last on that list, and his verse here proves that.
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Inside The Bizarre Life Of Elon Musk - Duration: 6:11.
The story goes that when Robert Downey Jr. was figuring out how to portray eccentric
billionaire inventor Tony Stark, he knew exactly where to look for inspiration: billionaire
business magnate Elon Musk.
And it's easy to see why.
Like Stark, Musk aims to take fantastic concepts and turn them into real-life technologies.
But where did a character like Elon Musk come from?
What's his story?
Not surprisingly, Musk has lived an interesting life … which, if he gets his way, will one
day end on Mars.
Here are just a few bizarre things you may not know about the life of Tesla and SpaceX
founder Elon Musk.
A quiet kid
From an early age, Musk's quiet, intense, and introverted personality stood out.
According to biographer Ashlee Vance, Musk's mother, Maye, was dazzled by her son's brilliance.
However, his demeanor also worried her, primarily because of his strange habit of distantly
gazing off, seemingly oblivious to when others called out his name.
This also concerned doctors, who determined that Musk was probably deaf.
In response, Musk's parents had his adenoid tonsil surgically removed, hoping to restore
his hearing.
When this didn't change his behavior, Maye realized her son didn't have hearing loss
at all.
She told Vance,
"He goes into his brain, and then you just see he is in another world.
[…] Now I just leave him be because I know he is designing a new rocket or something."
Bonus Musk-related trivia: Elon's mom Maye has been a model for decades, and even became
the new face of CoverGirl at age 69.
Game boy
According to The Verge, Musk coded his own Space Invaders-like computer game, titled
Blastar, in 1984 when he was only 12 years old.
The magazine PC and Office Technology found Blastar impressive enough that it bought the
code from Musk, earning the preteen a $500 check.
Not surprisingly, Musk's gaming ambitions didn't end there.
According to Esquire, by 16 he was trying to open his own arcade business around the
corner from his high school - without his parent's knowledge! - though this effort was
ultimately blocked by the city.
College hustle
Vogue magazine reports that while attending the University of Pennsylvania in the early
'90s, Musk and his roommate regularly threw parties with up to 1,000 attendees, all of
whom paid a cover charge to get in.
For Musk, this was just a clever way to pay the rent.
While the party raged on in the normally empty 10-bedroom frat house, he'd be by himself
playing video games.
After wrapping up his time at U Penn with degrees in both physics and economics, Musk
flew out to Stanford University to get a Phd. in Applied Physics, but dropped out only two
days later.
Musk said he saw the internet boom happening around him, and he wanted to strike while
the iron was hot.
His chemical romance
Musk told Inc. magazine in 2007 that he used to be a major Diet Coke fiend, drinking about
eight cans per day, in addition to, quote, "several large cups of coffee."
The intense caffeine rush fueled his 100-hour work weeks in his post-PayPal entrepreneur
days.
He told the magazine,
"I got so freaking jacked that I seriously started to feel like I was losing my peripheral
vision."
Musk's relationship to substances frequently makes headlines.
In 2013, Musk openly tweeted ideas for Tesla products while on painkillers following a
minor surgery.
In 2016, he joked that he uses, quote, "large amounts of crack" to keep himself focused.
And in August 2018, the New York Times reported that Tesla board members expressed concern
about Musk's admitted reliance on Ambien, which they think is leading to late-night
Twitter sessions that are bad for his image.
"Elon Musk is right behind the president in using Twitter to cause a lot of trouble."
Musk revealed to the Times, however, that he's not a fan of cannabis, despite his market-rocking
tweet about taking Tesla private at $420 a share.
He said in the interview,
"It seemed like better karma at $420 than at $419.
But I was not on weed, to be clear.
Weed is not helpful for productivity.
There's a reason for the word 'stoned.'
You just sit there like a stone on weed."
What about booze?
In a Reddit AMA in 2015, Musk said his drink of choice was whiskey.
But Musk's biographer wrote that he's not really a fan of the hard stuff, noting,
"Musk will have the occasional vodka and Diet Coke, but he's not a big drinker and does
not really care for the taste of alcohol."
Overworked
2018 has been an bizarre year for Musk.
In January, Musk started selling a $500 propane-based flamethrower called the "Not-A-Flamethrower"
for legal purposes.
The "totally-a-flamethrower" ended up selling out, earning him a cool ten million dollars
to put toward his tunnel construction company, cheekily called The Boring Company.
In July, Musk personally delivered a child-sized submarine built by his team of engineers to
Thailand in an attempt to help save a dozen boys and their soccer coach trapped in a cave.
But the rescuers on-site reportedly didn't want Musk's help, with the head of the search
operation telling the New York Times,
"I assure you that the equipment he brought to help us is not practical for our mission."
The sub, which Musk noted on Twitter was, quote, "made of rocket parts," went unused,
so Musk left it Thailand, hoping it could prove useful in the future.
Musk later got into a war of words with one of the actual rescuers, culminating in baselessly
calling him a "pedo guy," AKA a pedophile, on Twitter.
But that's not all.
In August, Musk sent Tesla shares sliding after an off-kilter interview with the New
York Times was published.
Musk, reportedly in tears, revealed that he hasn't had more than a week off since 2001,
worked for 24-hours straight on his birthday in June, and had recently been working 120
hour weeks on the mass-market Tesla Model 3.
"When things get really intense, I don't have time to go home and shower and change, so
I just sleep here."
Despite reported pressure from his board to hire a "Number 2" executive to take some of
the burden off, Musk told the Times he had no plans to switch gears, adding,
"If you have anyone who can do a better job, please let me know.
They can have the job.
Is there someone who can do the job better?
They can have the reins right now."
Here's hoping Musk doesn't work himself to death before finally getting a chance to retire
on Mars.
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ROMANTICISM (2018) Trailer - Duration: 1:22.
In a time ruled by uptight,
hypocritical neoclassicals,
there is one group
who's gonna change everything:
THE ROMANTICS
Forget about the city,
and following conventions.
Cause these passionate,
individualistic rebels
are all about the countryside.
From the creators
of the American Revolution,
comes the most dramatic movement of all,
featuring:
ESCAPISM
NATURE
IMAGINATION
REBELLION
AND LOTS AND LOTS OF EMOTION.
ROMANTICISM.
All about the feels.
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