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[ｂ∀ ｋｋｕｓａ]

couldn't find the one Diddy's using. (he is a chimpanzee)

[Capntastic]

Tails Miles Per Hour

[Schoq]

This seems like the best explanation so far, thank you.
However, that raises the question of how it can be prehensile. And furthermore: while chimpanzees are generally lighter and relatively stronger than a human, I find it hard to believe he would be able to support the weight of his entire body in this way (as he is seen doing hanging from hooks in Donkey Kong Country 2 and on).

[JWK5]

Let's not forget that 5 Kongs merge to form Donkeytron.

[Cobralad]

can it fire in sprurts

[Alevice]

I hate the sin not the sinner.

Ralatedly: I'm really confused as to which simian species Diddy Kong is supposed to be. Most anatomical traits (and I seem to remember some official instruction booklet Lore on the character) indicate that he is a chimpanzee or less likely a bonobo, but then he has the tail which rules out any hominid.  His relative size to Donkey (clearly a gorilla) really only leaves the possibility of some kind of baboon, but considering as good as every facial feature, I feel like that's a stretch.

Would appreciate some help on this.

also

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_monkey

[ProgramGamer]

huh

[gimymblert]

Let's not forget that 5 Kongs merge to form Donkeytron.

I wonder where lanky goes in the tron ...

[Superb Joe]

i have coeliac disease

[Capntastic]

i have coeliac disease

:(

[Superb Joe]

i have coeliac disease

its not that bad

[Capntastic]

My friend's sister has it and some other health issues and she's had numerous intestinal surgeries and is constantly in severe discomfort.

[Superb Joe]

My friend's sister has it and some other health issues and she's had numerous intestinal surgeries and is constantly in severe discomfort.

crohn's, ulcerative colitis, or the fucked up early onset diverticulitis as the wild card. if i stopped trolling this web site so much i could submit my crohn's research project for publishing much earlier lol

[Capntastic]

Crohn's I think, yeah.

[Dacke]

omega 3s are vital in the diet and looking at all cause mortality or tertiary prevention of cvd is missing the forest for the trees. it's exactly like b12 recommendations being set based solely on the prevention of pernicious anaemia using evidence from before the development of the methylmalonic acid test. it has so many roles in human development and health, from cognitive function, photoreceptor development, eicosanoids including leukotrienes, etc.

I see your point and I agree that it's vital. What's less clear to me is if the omega 3/6 balance actually is an issue in practice for most people. My (admittedly fairly shallow) understanding is that the importance of omega3 was hyped because initial research indicated large general health effects of changing the balance. But that those effects seem to have mostly disappeared under further scrutiny. Which wouldn't make omega3 unimportant, just maybe not something clearly worth putting focus on if most people already are getting an acceptable omega 3/6 balance. But I haven't looked into the research in years, so I may indeed have missed some trees in that forest.

That said, I personally make sure to eat omega3 rich foods (mostly with the ALA chain) and also algae oil with the longer DHA/EPA chains.

[Superb Joe]

omega 3s are vital in the diet and looking at all cause mortality or tertiary prevention of cvd is missing the forest for the trees. it's exactly like b12 recommendations being set based solely on the prevention of pernicious anaemia using evidence from before the development of the methylmalonic acid test. it has so many roles in human development and health, from cognitive function, photoreceptor development, eicosanoids including leukotrienes, etc.

I see your point and I agree that it's vital. What's less clear to me is if the omega 3/6 balance actually is an issue in practice for most people. My (admittedly fairly shallow) understanding is that the importance of omega3 was hyped because initial research indicated large general health effects of changing the balance. But that those effects seem to have mostly disappeared under further scrutiny. Which wouldn't make omega3 unimportant, just maybe not something clearly worth putting focus on if most people already are getting an acceptable omega 3/6 balance. But I haven't looked into the research in years, so I may indeed have missed some trees in that forest.

That said, I personally make sure to eat omega3 rich foods (mostly with the ALA chain) and also algae oil with the longer DHA/EPA chains.

if you ever get a chance to attend or watch a lecture or presentation by professor michael crawford, do it. ties together the evolutionary, neural, ocular, etc importance of fatty acids. read A quantum theory for the irreplaceable role of docosahexaenoic acid in neural cell signalling throughout evolution. it's unbelievably important to humans in a way that few will ever really appreciate

in terms of population level effects in free living humans, it's so hard to ever truly get a hold on significant effects there anyway because of how much error food frequency questionnaires entail. dietary assessment is an imprecise tool no matter what technique you use, and the level of imprecision in ffqs is pretty brutal. my old course leader for my undergraduate degree works with walter willett at the harvard school of public health a lot and it's amazing that they've gotten the results they have quite frankly.

when you introduce the regulatory matrix of factors affecting human health in free living humans, do i expect substitution of saturated fats with n-3 pufas to save everybody? no. but there's clear mechanistic evidence of its benefits, and the levels of inflammatory disease that accompany westernisation of the diet is insane. anyway i had a steak for dinner

[Dacke]

walter willett at the harvard school of public health a lot and it's amazing that they've gotten the results they have quite frankly

cool, the Nurses' Health Study is da bomb

[Capntastic]

My diet is the worst but sometimes I lift weights and I've never played Fez

[FK in the Coffee]

is phil fish a person or an idea?

[rj]

neither he's a fish