An extensive 2013 study on happiness in natural environments – to White’s mind, “one of the best ever” – prompted 20,000 smartphone users to record their sense of wellbeing and their immediate environment at random intervals. Marine and coastal margins were found by some distance to be the happiest locations, with responses approximately six points higher than in a continuous urban environment. The researchers equated it to “the difference between attending an exhibition and doing housework”.
Although living within 1km (0.6 miles) of the coast – and to a lesser extent, within 5km (3.1 miles) – has been associated with better general and mental health, it seems to be the propensity to visit that is key. “We find people who visit the coast, for example, at least twice weekly tend to experience better general and mental health,” says Dr Lewis Elliott, also of the University of Exeter and BlueHealth. “Some of our research suggests around two hours a week is probably beneficial, across many sectors of society.” Even sea views have been associated with better mental health.
White says there are three established pathways by which the presence of water is positively related to health, wellbeing and happiness. First, there are the beneficial environmental factors typical of aquatic environments, such as less polluted air and more sunlight. Second, people who live by water tend to be more physically active – not just with water sports, but walking and cycling.
Third – and this is where blue space seems to have an edge over other natural environments – water has a psychologically restorative effect. White says spending time in and around aquatic environments has consistently been shown to lead to significantly higher benefits, in inducing positive mood and reducing negative mood and stress, than green space does.
I always thought it'd be cool to have a chainsaw as a weapon because in Doom it was so cool. But all the chainsaws I ever found were hard to start and leaked oil.
Then I recently read that the Chainsaw they used as a model for Doom was hard to start and leaked oil so bad they had to keep it in a basin.
This picture was taken during DOOM development in 1993. This is the DOOM chainsaw sitting in a bucket, ready to be scanned by Kevin to create the image of the chainsaw in DOOM. The reason it's in a bucket is because it leaked oil! That's also why there's newspapers all around it. :) Heh heh, yes, the name of the chainsaw was Eager Beaver. The little Post-It Note next to the chainsaw says "Borrowed from Ann Graver Holz". Ann was Tom Hall's girlfriend at the time and since she had a chainsaw (Most of us apartment-dwellers did not own a chainsaw!), she let Tom borrow it.
Originally posted by CandyRein
I grew up in a house that had a huge aquarium and sometimes when I’d wake up late at night I’d see my dad sitting at the dining room table just staring at it…
The lake is a place where I find my peace of mind when life is hectic or I just want to be alone with my thoughts .. it’s the one place that I can go where I genuinely feel centered …
I used to have a pretty cool aquarium with some snails and crustaceans and guppies. After looking at it for long enough it became hard for me to imagine what it must be like *NOT* to be a fish.
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Don't be too surprised if you get an email saying that they "don't accept unsolicited submissions". That is a common corporate policy designed to protect companies from lawsuits in the event that they later choose something with resemblance to a previous submission. IIRC Hollywood Studios have a policy along those lines with screenplays, there is a very specific formula to submitting a screenplay, which includes filling out all sorts of legal disclaimers before anyone will actually read it.
Also the people assigned to front line email/mail duties at these big companies are literal semi-literate retards. Don't ask me how I know, I know.
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Originally posted by Sudo
I just re read the OP and realized I did not give reasons for these selections because I did not read the OP all the way through due to ADHD etc.
NYT is basically the front page of the world and things frequently hit the NYT before they hit other places. It also has a wide range of contributors of varying center left styles. Al Qaeda is a well balanced source of news with contributors in every corner of the world. /r/Canada is just a ton of hard kyke loving shit but you can find a constant stream of provincial Canadian news that's not the CBC
I trust Al Qaeda more than the New York times at least, even if the ultimate parent company is the same.
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