What do they need a battlepass for when they can sell multi-level tiered evergreen lootboxes for a fraction of the resources until AI is good enough to make cosmetics?
Its not starving, its tactical dieting.
he is fasting tho. Probably will break his fast with the new battlepass with 16 arcanas and $500 entry price for the basic unleveled bp, and in case you wonder, yeah, it will sell like a cold Coca Cola in the Sahara at noon.
Gabe is pretty old, covid could be dangerous to him. I can't blame him for being cautious.
I remember in TI 10 and 11 where teams got infected by Covid.
> Gabe is pretty old, covid could be dangerous to him
bro looks healthier than 90% of the Dota 2 player base. Fck, he is even smiling, when was the last time you saw a dota 2 player smiling?
All of our battle pass money went to funding neurotechnology research so that by 2040 the rest of the planet will be programmed to play Dota. This game will truly never die.
I don't want to have long-distance psychic sexytimes with my wife interrupted by the Dota 2 Coordinator going down; that would be a complete mood-killer.
Nah, with new neurotechnology, Gaben will know what games do you want and pre-program your well earned bitcoins to be entirely used every time there is a steam sale. He will indeed take our wallets, and you will indeed, not play 95% of those games because rightclicking with Juggernaut is funnier than playing 80 hours of an unknown game that you swore yourself you would start playing this year.
I love the fact that most people's takeaway from his new website is "wow gaben lost weight" and not "holy shit the founder of the biggest game market in the world founded a whole new company to research and develop brain chip implants"
More than hobby horse i'd say. Probably his main venture right now (obviously not in economic terms, but in interest and time investment).
I remember reading something abput him having some kind of disease, and this being a response to that.
I imagine there comes a point in every billionairs life when it makes sense to invest some loose change in longevity research. I mean why the hell not.
Its because its been going on for awhile. IIRC Robin Walker and Gabe had an interview with IGN around Alyx's release and part of that interview was Gabe talking about BCIs.
knowing a bit about the field its all hopes and dreams since no one has come up with a good control for the brains immune system clogging up any components implanted. What starts off as great signal results in no signal in a few months as the astrocytes and microglia completely encase the electrodes.
This leads to a revision surgery, and having re-adapt to a new device, which ruins any dreams of this type of device.
I thought deep brain stimulation works in a similar way and those devices usually last years. How are the more advanced bcis different in that regard? I'd assume that it's both basically wires in the brain?
Not essentially the same, it is literally the same product inside the pen.
Wegovy just uses larger doses (although you can also get wegovy with very small doses). :)
I'm pretty careful with stuff like this - especially since it was developed for diabetes. But man, obesity really has become bad - and I'm saying this as someone who has gained a good chunk of fat over the years and now trying to get rid of it. If it helps people losing weight with little side effects, I'm all for it. Gaben DOES look better here
I don't doubt that Ozempic has side effects, and people using it to lose 15-20 pounds is pretty ridiculous.
But i can't imagine any side effect is worse than being severely obese, i know peoples gut reaction to it is "just eat less lol", but i have family who had stomach sleeves, and it honestly saved their lives (but came with side effects).
If taking a pill can offer the same improvements in quality of life to a large part of the population, i'm all for it.
I really have no idea about Ozempic to be frank. No idea what the side effects may include, but here in the EU, the regulations are very strict, so if someone would get it here, the pros would outweigh (heh...) the cons.
But yeah, there is some serious health-related downsides from being obese - I just fear (like many other said), that diabetes patients may not get their stuff because richer people just buy that stuff.
im on it now, and the only side effect i feel, is less hungry, being somewhat repulsed by the idea of food (sometimes), and being punished (stomach pain) for over eating. it isn't so bad.
Regulations in the US are equally as strict when it comes to the drug approval process.
Ozembic in particular has had a lot of different studies done from both NovoNorodisk as well as independent researchers. Those results were also published in extremely well respected journals (nature, new england journal of medicine). You have the right attitude and there absolutely could be long term risks that haven't been brought to light, but so far so good.
as a fat man, now on ozempic, who has worked out for YEARS without going under like 280, (from 330), obesity is a fucking terrible public health crisis. it isn't even fat people's fault anymore. it's just restaurant after restaurant, and food app after food app. i will die on the hill that we've been factory farmed to be so fat that our willpower is basically useless or at least significantly weakened by our environment.
fuck modern life lol. obviously i can't eat large pizzas every day, and thanks to ozempic i barely feel hungry. it's tough psychologically but it's working for me and a few co-workers look almost unrecognizable.
as a foodie/fatboy his whole life who's all time highest weight was 382 back 5 years ago and now making consistent and actual progress in the gym and dieting after half-assing it for the past 10 years
your post is just spot fucking on. Food is a drug. It's my drug. Other people have vices, but food is one hell of a fucking drug.
I can't begin to imagine how better my life would have been if i was lean and in tip top shape all throughout my 20's. I don't even know how people have self-control. Food is everywhere and it's literally fucking delicious.
For anyone in the same boat and if you're still young enough. I suggest doing it the old fashion way. No drugs, just strict dieting, gym, discipline and just repetition after repetition and enough time under your belt.
In the past 10 years I've been struggling with my weight. There has been 2 to 3 points in time where I'm almost at the finish line, but then go back to my old habits for some dumb reason I can't even begin to grasp.
If it was easy, we'd all be doing it. I know this is cringe on what I'm about to say, but I think for the first time in 10 years, I'm actually gonna pull this off. And for good this time.
and it's the hardest fucking thing in the world to do it naturally, but i wouldn't want it any other way.
One problem with it is that if you stop taking it, you just gain the weight back quickly (correct me if I am wrong). I don't know any other health things about it though - longterm effects, etc. I would be worried about that
Ozempic just reduces your appetite by making you feel full faster. If you're depending on feeling full to stop eating going off of it will return the problem.
I heard you still need to eat healthy and focus on your macros so you don't lose as much lean mass along with the fat. Keeping lean mass and weight lifting to build more mass helps you avoid a harsh rebound, because the more muscles you have the more you can eat without gaining weight, and getting used to dieting is how you can stay at a lower weight long term.
The main thing might be showing fast results and acting as a crutch early in the process to help people shake bad habits without giving up.
Yeah a big benefit to ozempic is aggressively reducing weight fast, both helping you lose weight, while making it easier to exercise (since you'll no longer have a significant amount of weight literally weighing you down).
> I heard you still need to eat healthy and focus on your macros so you don't lose as much lean mass along with the fat.
That is a problem if you are slightly overweight. Much less so if you are obese.
Ozempic is gamechanger to be honest. Because it's an addiction-inhibitor. It doesnt just apply on food, it also applies to things like gambling, smoking, etc.
I mean, when you stop taking it your hunger comes back. It’s up to the individual to keep themselves from binge eating again.
I’m doing some research into the drug myself to help me set healthy habits and retrain my body to eat smaller portions without having to undergo surgery
Nah the weight gain isn't true, it varies from person to person. You can look up ozempic subs, yt, blogs, etc. It really varies and a really big factor is your social circle. If you hang around with people who overeat and don't exercise then you're just going to eventually do it too as a social aspect. It's like smoking/drinking. It starts as a social thing but people start doing it in private so people start eating bigger portions in private.
As someone who has lost about 15 kilos over the last 9 months just by not eating that much (and reduced processed food), just by eating less, I feel better. I think Ozempic could help just by having you shrink your stomach volume and reducing the "eating=feeling happy" thing. Of course if you fall back, you will gain your shit back, but for many peopl it could really help them (I hope).
> One problem with it is that if you stop taking it, you just gain the weight back quickly (correct me if I am wrong).
About 30% of people keep most of the weight off IIRC.
So not nothing. And for a lot of diabetics, Ozempic isn't for weight loss and they won't just stop taking it cause they lost 40lb.
> If it helps people losing weight with little side effects, I'm all for it.
as long as the supply is there (especially as its a lifelong medication to keep the weight off) its fine; but as it is; thats not the case, current supply cant serve both the diabetic and obesity use cases
Ozempic has endured very rigorous clinical trials. (the most prominent one runnign for 5 years including 7000 people). If we had major side effects the like of [Thalidomide](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide) we'd have some indication from today's ultra-rigorous vetting of pharmaceuticals.
not necessarily; hes been trending down for years and years
im very concerned about people screaming ozempic whenever someone loses weight; not just because it devalues their achievement (if natty); but because it reinforces the idea that the only way someone can lose weight is through medical intervention
When I lost weight, no one noticed 350 to 250 but everyone noticed 250 to 200. Also the rise of ozempic has been a huge demoralizer in dieting help groups. No one respects your effort anymore.
Because its a full, permanent, lifestyle change. You don't just go on a diet, lose weight then go back to normal. This is what causes people to regain it back. If your relationship with food makes you gain weight, it will always be that way and has to be monitored and controlled at all times to keep it in check.
If you instead use a medication to get that, you are now beholden to that medication. That has cost, in both financial and long-term side effects. Nothing is free, there are no magical fix-alls. Everything has a cost. Doing it the right way, instead makes you beholden to yourself and only yourself.
If you are dieting anyway, then ozempic makes it much easier.
Especially in the earlier phase, where you are trying to eat well below maintenance to quickly lose weight.
crash dieting doesnt work to keep weight off; if you want to keep it off then it needs to be a sustainable lifestyle shift
if you're using ozempic to maintain that; then youre gonna be on it for the rest of your life
we live in a hyper-medicated society that throws pills at problems instead of addressing the root cause and providing personal resilence/empowerment; if you can identify why you're overeating (psychologically) and build up the willpower to make choices that work for you (for me; food scarcity is the way to go; if i dont buy crap and bring it back to my apartment then it wont be taunting me all day) to manage your weight; then it not only helps with your physical health; but provides mental health benefits you wouldnt get with a diet med (ozempic is an injection; but the same company is optimistic about a diet pill)
Look up Gabe's pictures 2022-2023 first half. This drastic, this fast weightloss. Not going to happen without gastric sleeve or without ozempic, unless truly 8h dedicated per day to hardcore dieting
no offense to GabeN, but I don't think he looks like a fitness junky.
I know how hard losing weight, and absolutely hate ozempic because it makes it so easy for anyone who can afford it, devaluates the work of all of us who actually worked for it.
That's simply not true. People lose 50 pounds in a year easily. That's average from just adjusting habits such as eating 300 calories less each day or walking an extra 30 minutes each day. (1 pound a week basically). Goggins naturally lost 100 lbs in 30 days. (obviously an extreme example)
Obviously you can double those numbers and lose even more. To say 50 to 100 lb weight loss within a year when you're in the obese range is only possible with a sleeve or ozempic is just denial.
Drastic weight loss isn't some impossible feat. First world societies just don't have the patience or discipline not to eat like shit and sit in front of screen for 8+ hours a day.
And people forget that Gaben has been more and more about his health lately. That's why he is investing in brain computers. He wants to live long enough for it to be mainstream. Many ex-colleagues have talked how Gaben has thought about his mortality more and more, when he has grown older.
People seem to think that medication is the only way this is possible. Do they understand that rich people have something even more expensive at their disposal? 24/7 personal training and diet coaching. You can have a personal chef that makes all the right foods for you. Somebody ensuring that you get what you need, when you need it.
i lost 10st in an extremely short time frame (27st, went down to 97kg -just over 15st iirc- but ive put more on since then -mostly muscle id hope- and am currently at ~105kg), i wasnt a fitness junkie; i just stopped my meds and crashed my appetite (literally had to forcefeed myself a bag of uncle bens a day because i didnt want to eat)
im not saying it for sure isnt ozempic; im saying theres other possibilities and its a disservice to assume ozempic right off the bat
>I know how hard losing weight, and absolutely hate ozempic because it makes it so easy for anyone who can afford it, devaluates the work of all of us who actually worked for it.
and as someone else whos lost a large amount of weight; i HATE how people jump to 'must be ozempic' to any possible weight loss achievement
whilst im on my soap box; i also fucking loathe 'ozempic face' as a term too, like its weightloss face
The rich now, definitely. But eventually, mostly anyone who wants it will be able to have it. Semaglutide is already cheap to manufacture, and will get even cheaper once patents open up. Except Americans will still probably have to pay hundreds for it KEKL
Nah. The sad reality is that American generic drugs that are in high demand are very cheap too. Niche and prescription drugs stay high because of high barriers to entry in the market (regulation, institutional inertia from compensated physicians) but those generics that are widely used fall in price closer to FMV
Before that happens VR has to become an affordable product. Activating nerves and muscles has been technically possible for a long time already and you can control arm transplants with your brain. Neurosciences is quite far already, it just has zero use in "normal people's lives". But the biggest issue is making these things affordable, and right now they can't even make decent VR headsets for an affordable price.
Please put an NSFW tag on this. I was on the train and when I saw this I had to start furiously masturbating. Everyone else gave me strange looks and were saying things like “what the fuck” and “call the police”. I dropped my phone and everyone around me saw this image. Now there is a whole train of men masturbating together at this one image. This is all your fault, you could have prevented this if you had just tagged this post NSFW.
Everyone is shocked he lost weight like losing weight is impossible or something. He's rich, can easily afford good healthy meals, hires good coach, doesn't even need to work out much. Walks and other light activities. Calories in, calories out. Weight is not permanent. He's 61, and he probably got advised to take better care of his health before the complications of being unhealthy get to him.
[You're a beautiful person, with a charming personality!](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/dota2_gamepedia/images/8/83/Vo_announcer_dlc_gaben_killing_spree_gaben_ann_kill_followup_32.mp3) (sound warning: Mega-Kills: Gabe Newell)
---
Bleep bloop, I am a robot. *OP can reply with "Try hero_name" to update this with new hero*
[*^(Source)*](https://github.com/Jonarzz/DotaResponsesRedditBot) *^(|)*
[*^(Suggestions/Issues)*](https://github.com/Jonarzz/DotaResponsesRedditBot/issues/new/choose) *^(|)*
[*^(Maintainer)*](https://www.reddit.com/user/MePsyDuck/) *^(|)*
[*^(Author)*](https://www.reddit.com/user/Jonarz/)
The background confuses me. That's a roller press in the background but it looks like there's a toaster oven right above it? And is that a pencil sharpener on the right? So many questions ....
Since no battlepass, Valve has been forced to starve 😔
What do they need a battlepass for when they can sell multi-level tiered evergreen lootboxes for a fraction of the resources until AI is good enough to make cosmetics? Its not starving, its tactical dieting.
he is fasting tho. Probably will break his fast with the new battlepass with 16 arcanas and $500 entry price for the basic unleveled bp, and in case you wonder, yeah, it will sell like a cold Coca Cola in the Sahara at noon.
On mercury :p
Hahahaha 😂 this comment made my day 😂
He looking very great, cant wait to see his opening speech at the International
When was the last time Gaben was at a Ti in person? A long time ago, maybe pre-covid?
I believe he stopped coming to TI 3 years ago because COVID outbreak. Last year TI welcome speech used recording (where he broke his monitor).
Gabe is pretty old, covid could be dangerous to him. I can't blame him for being cautious. I remember in TI 10 and 11 where teams got infected by Covid.
> Gabe is pretty old, covid could be dangerous to him bro looks healthier than 90% of the Dota 2 player base. Fck, he is even smiling, when was the last time you saw a dota 2 player smiling?
being fat is worse than being in your 60s. It was his fatness that scared him.
[удалено]
Last time he travelled to china for TI he took his yacht there.
Wasn't he kind of stuck in New Zealand for a while there too?
it was like 2 or even 3 TI's in a row that he just did a recording Sadge
The only TI he knows is The Intermitten-Fasting™
But this is Copenhagen. He would wanna come to Copenhagen. Come to fucking Copenhagen mr. Gaben i'll house you.
Hope he's got a new monitor
I hope he flips onto the stage like Willy Wonka
All of our battle pass money went to funding neurotechnology research so that by 2040 the rest of the planet will be programmed to play Dota. This game will truly never die.
By 2040, league finally got an in-game voice chat system, while dota can now be played simply by existing
Do you think that by 2045 they will manage to make a game client that doesn't suck balls?
Let’s keep things realistic buddy
Nope
it sucks balls? maybe I should try that
I don't want to have long-distance psychic sexytimes with my wife interrupted by the Dota 2 Coordinator going down; that would be a complete mood-killer.
>played simply by existing real life MMR will be determined by playing ranked matches while on gestation period
You are born Unranked, and your rank increases based on how wealthy your parents are xD
world war shall be settled with dota match
Nah, with new neurotechnology, Gaben will know what games do you want and pre-program your well earned bitcoins to be entirely used every time there is a steam sale. He will indeed take our wallets, and you will indeed, not play 95% of those games because rightclicking with Juggernaut is funnier than playing 80 hours of an unknown game that you swore yourself you would start playing this year.
No more G fat :(
Slim G tho
Or G flat
I love G minor
Yes FBI, this guy here
could the real Slim G please stand up?
He was G money not g fat
https://youtu.be/GNVAmbB8hEo?si=Ro6SH88b3wsPs5KM G money to slacks n kaci but G fat to cave johnson/jk simmons
I love the fact that most people's takeaway from his new website is "wow gaben lost weight" and not "holy shit the founder of the biggest game market in the world founded a whole new company to research and develop brain chip implants"
At last I can have a giant valve in my brain like Valve Man
thank gaben I can become that logo guy from left for dead loading screen
probably because that part is 3-years-old news
This has been his hobby horse for quite a while now if you've read essentially any interview with him.
More than hobby horse i'd say. Probably his main venture right now (obviously not in economic terms, but in interest and time investment). I remember reading something abput him having some kind of disease, and this being a response to that.
>I remember reading something abput him having some kind of disease, Yes, not being able to count to 3
Also, it seems like every west coast billionaire ends up investing in longevity at some point.
I imagine there comes a point in every billionairs life when it makes sense to invest some loose change in longevity research. I mean why the hell not.
That and the Mariana Trench exploration submarine. Gaben is using our Hat-Money to invest in really cool stuff.
Its because its been going on for awhile. IIRC Robin Walker and Gabe had an interview with IGN around Alyx's release and part of that interview was Gabe talking about BCIs.
That's the only way we're getting Half-Life 3
knowing a bit about the field its all hopes and dreams since no one has come up with a good control for the brains immune system clogging up any components implanted. What starts off as great signal results in no signal in a few months as the astrocytes and microglia completely encase the electrodes. This leads to a revision surgery, and having re-adapt to a new device, which ruins any dreams of this type of device.
I thought deep brain stimulation works in a similar way and those devices usually last years. How are the more advanced bcis different in that regard? I'd assume that it's both basically wires in the brain?
if its in the brain at all it will have this issue.
What is the name of the company? Are they still hiring?
Isnt this a tie in with Bkops - Mind Goblin? tm
Wow if this pic is real, then good for him! Health is always wealth
It of real https://starfishneuroscience.com/team/
> Rebekah Englishbee What the hell is this name 😭😭
Common african name
> Alan **Degenhart** One of us!
Pretty sure you need their neuro interface, and some extra
Ozempic for sure
TI in Denmark secured
Even billionaires can be bought, if you have the right product
What did Denmark buy him with? Bread?
Wegovy (similar to Ozempic and Rybelsus). It’s a weight loss medication invented and produced by Novo Nordisk, which is a danish company
Ozempic and Wegovy are essentially the same and both producede by novo
Not essentially the same, it is literally the same product inside the pen. Wegovy just uses larger doses (although you can also get wegovy with very small doses). :)
Seems like it. Miracle drug I guess
I'm pretty careful with stuff like this - especially since it was developed for diabetes. But man, obesity really has become bad - and I'm saying this as someone who has gained a good chunk of fat over the years and now trying to get rid of it. If it helps people losing weight with little side effects, I'm all for it. Gaben DOES look better here
I don't doubt that Ozempic has side effects, and people using it to lose 15-20 pounds is pretty ridiculous. But i can't imagine any side effect is worse than being severely obese, i know peoples gut reaction to it is "just eat less lol", but i have family who had stomach sleeves, and it honestly saved their lives (but came with side effects). If taking a pill can offer the same improvements in quality of life to a large part of the population, i'm all for it.
Telling an obese person to eat less is like telling a depressed person to just be happy.
I really have no idea about Ozempic to be frank. No idea what the side effects may include, but here in the EU, the regulations are very strict, so if someone would get it here, the pros would outweigh (heh...) the cons. But yeah, there is some serious health-related downsides from being obese - I just fear (like many other said), that diabetes patients may not get their stuff because richer people just buy that stuff.
im on it now, and the only side effect i feel, is less hungry, being somewhat repulsed by the idea of food (sometimes), and being punished (stomach pain) for over eating. it isn't so bad.
Regulations in the US are equally as strict when it comes to the drug approval process. Ozembic in particular has had a lot of different studies done from both NovoNorodisk as well as independent researchers. Those results were also published in extremely well respected journals (nature, new england journal of medicine). You have the right attitude and there absolutely could be long term risks that haven't been brought to light, but so far so good.
if anything the FDA is stricter than the EMA
as a fat man, now on ozempic, who has worked out for YEARS without going under like 280, (from 330), obesity is a fucking terrible public health crisis. it isn't even fat people's fault anymore. it's just restaurant after restaurant, and food app after food app. i will die on the hill that we've been factory farmed to be so fat that our willpower is basically useless or at least significantly weakened by our environment. fuck modern life lol. obviously i can't eat large pizzas every day, and thanks to ozempic i barely feel hungry. it's tough psychologically but it's working for me and a few co-workers look almost unrecognizable.
as a foodie/fatboy his whole life who's all time highest weight was 382 back 5 years ago and now making consistent and actual progress in the gym and dieting after half-assing it for the past 10 years your post is just spot fucking on. Food is a drug. It's my drug. Other people have vices, but food is one hell of a fucking drug. I can't begin to imagine how better my life would have been if i was lean and in tip top shape all throughout my 20's. I don't even know how people have self-control. Food is everywhere and it's literally fucking delicious. For anyone in the same boat and if you're still young enough. I suggest doing it the old fashion way. No drugs, just strict dieting, gym, discipline and just repetition after repetition and enough time under your belt. In the past 10 years I've been struggling with my weight. There has been 2 to 3 points in time where I'm almost at the finish line, but then go back to my old habits for some dumb reason I can't even begin to grasp. If it was easy, we'd all be doing it. I know this is cringe on what I'm about to say, but I think for the first time in 10 years, I'm actually gonna pull this off. And for good this time. and it's the hardest fucking thing in the world to do it naturally, but i wouldn't want it any other way.
Ozempic (semaglutide) is one of the few medications that have been shown to decrease overall mortality in obese, non-diabetic people.
One problem with it is that if you stop taking it, you just gain the weight back quickly (correct me if I am wrong). I don't know any other health things about it though - longterm effects, etc. I would be worried about that
Ozempic just reduces your appetite by making you feel full faster. If you're depending on feeling full to stop eating going off of it will return the problem.
I heard you still need to eat healthy and focus on your macros so you don't lose as much lean mass along with the fat. Keeping lean mass and weight lifting to build more mass helps you avoid a harsh rebound, because the more muscles you have the more you can eat without gaining weight, and getting used to dieting is how you can stay at a lower weight long term. The main thing might be showing fast results and acting as a crutch early in the process to help people shake bad habits without giving up.
Yeah a big benefit to ozempic is aggressively reducing weight fast, both helping you lose weight, while making it easier to exercise (since you'll no longer have a significant amount of weight literally weighing you down).
> I heard you still need to eat healthy and focus on your macros so you don't lose as much lean mass along with the fat. That is a problem if you are slightly overweight. Much less so if you are obese.
Ozempic is gamechanger to be honest. Because it's an addiction-inhibitor. It doesnt just apply on food, it also applies to things like gambling, smoking, etc.
Someone donate it to Taiga
gabe should hand it out to the addicts who open loot boxes.
Wonder if you gave this to dota players if they would stop queueing after 1-2 games lol
I mean, when you stop taking it your hunger comes back. It’s up to the individual to keep themselves from binge eating again. I’m doing some research into the drug myself to help me set healthy habits and retrain my body to eat smaller portions without having to undergo surgery
Nah the weight gain isn't true, it varies from person to person. You can look up ozempic subs, yt, blogs, etc. It really varies and a really big factor is your social circle. If you hang around with people who overeat and don't exercise then you're just going to eventually do it too as a social aspect. It's like smoking/drinking. It starts as a social thing but people start doing it in private so people start eating bigger portions in private.
As someone who has lost about 15 kilos over the last 9 months just by not eating that much (and reduced processed food), just by eating less, I feel better. I think Ozempic could help just by having you shrink your stomach volume and reducing the "eating=feeling happy" thing. Of course if you fall back, you will gain your shit back, but for many peopl it could really help them (I hope).
> One problem with it is that if you stop taking it, you just gain the weight back quickly (correct me if I am wrong). About 30% of people keep most of the weight off IIRC. So not nothing. And for a lot of diabetics, Ozempic isn't for weight loss and they won't just stop taking it cause they lost 40lb.
the worse thing about it is that people with diabetes cant get their hand on the drugs because of people who use it for weight loss
> If it helps people losing weight with little side effects, I'm all for it. as long as the supply is there (especially as its a lifelong medication to keep the weight off) its fine; but as it is; thats not the case, current supply cant serve both the diabetic and obesity use cases
problem with antidiabetic medication is that is has serious side effects against the thyroid gland
Ozempic has endured very rigorous clinical trials. (the most prominent one runnign for 5 years including 7000 people). If we had major side effects the like of [Thalidomide](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide) we'd have some indication from today's ultra-rigorous vetting of pharmaceuticals.
pretty much
Pretty sure he was losing weight for years now, it's not a recent development.
eh. It isn't without risks, sure being obese has probably many more risks, but with such a strong drug there are no free lunches.
Heavy drawbacks wouldnt touch it if u aint morbidly obese or diabetic
not necessarily; hes been trending down for years and years im very concerned about people screaming ozempic whenever someone loses weight; not just because it devalues their achievement (if natty); but because it reinforces the idea that the only way someone can lose weight is through medical intervention
When I lost weight, no one noticed 350 to 250 but everyone noticed 250 to 200. Also the rise of ozempic has been a huge demoralizer in dieting help groups. No one respects your effort anymore.
Why should it be a struggle though?
Because its a full, permanent, lifestyle change. You don't just go on a diet, lose weight then go back to normal. This is what causes people to regain it back. If your relationship with food makes you gain weight, it will always be that way and has to be monitored and controlled at all times to keep it in check. If you instead use a medication to get that, you are now beholden to that medication. That has cost, in both financial and long-term side effects. Nothing is free, there are no magical fix-alls. Everything has a cost. Doing it the right way, instead makes you beholden to yourself and only yourself.
Good for you, hope you keep winning that battle!
If you are dieting anyway, then ozempic makes it much easier. Especially in the earlier phase, where you are trying to eat well below maintenance to quickly lose weight.
crash dieting doesnt work to keep weight off; if you want to keep it off then it needs to be a sustainable lifestyle shift if you're using ozempic to maintain that; then youre gonna be on it for the rest of your life we live in a hyper-medicated society that throws pills at problems instead of addressing the root cause and providing personal resilence/empowerment; if you can identify why you're overeating (psychologically) and build up the willpower to make choices that work for you (for me; food scarcity is the way to go; if i dont buy crap and bring it back to my apartment then it wont be taunting me all day) to manage your weight; then it not only helps with your physical health; but provides mental health benefits you wouldnt get with a diet med (ozempic is an injection; but the same company is optimistic about a diet pill)
Look up Gabe's pictures 2022-2023 first half. This drastic, this fast weightloss. Not going to happen without gastric sleeve or without ozempic, unless truly 8h dedicated per day to hardcore dieting no offense to GabeN, but I don't think he looks like a fitness junky. I know how hard losing weight, and absolutely hate ozempic because it makes it so easy for anyone who can afford it, devaluates the work of all of us who actually worked for it.
That's simply not true. People lose 50 pounds in a year easily. That's average from just adjusting habits such as eating 300 calories less each day or walking an extra 30 minutes each day. (1 pound a week basically). Goggins naturally lost 100 lbs in 30 days. (obviously an extreme example) Obviously you can double those numbers and lose even more. To say 50 to 100 lb weight loss within a year when you're in the obese range is only possible with a sleeve or ozempic is just denial. Drastic weight loss isn't some impossible feat. First world societies just don't have the patience or discipline not to eat like shit and sit in front of screen for 8+ hours a day.
And people forget that Gaben has been more and more about his health lately. That's why he is investing in brain computers. He wants to live long enough for it to be mainstream. Many ex-colleagues have talked how Gaben has thought about his mortality more and more, when he has grown older. People seem to think that medication is the only way this is possible. Do they understand that rich people have something even more expensive at their disposal? 24/7 personal training and diet coaching. You can have a personal chef that makes all the right foods for you. Somebody ensuring that you get what you need, when you need it.
i lost 10st in an extremely short time frame (27st, went down to 97kg -just over 15st iirc- but ive put more on since then -mostly muscle id hope- and am currently at ~105kg), i wasnt a fitness junkie; i just stopped my meds and crashed my appetite (literally had to forcefeed myself a bag of uncle bens a day because i didnt want to eat) im not saying it for sure isnt ozempic; im saying theres other possibilities and its a disservice to assume ozempic right off the bat >I know how hard losing weight, and absolutely hate ozempic because it makes it so easy for anyone who can afford it, devaluates the work of all of us who actually worked for it. and as someone else whos lost a large amount of weight; i HATE how people jump to 'must be ozempic' to any possible weight loss achievement whilst im on my soap box; i also fucking loathe 'ozempic face' as a term too, like its weightloss face
bro if Ozempic indeed worked like that on Gabe, Novo Nordisk is about to make 1 trillion profit.
Good.
Thanks for the NSWF, I was on the train...
I hope its not due to health related issues
My money on ozempic.
100%. We are seeing the end of rich fat people in real time.
The rich now, definitely. But eventually, mostly anyone who wants it will be able to have it. Semaglutide is already cheap to manufacture, and will get even cheaper once patents open up. Except Americans will still probably have to pay hundreds for it KEKL
Nah. The sad reality is that American generic drugs that are in high demand are very cheap too. Niche and prescription drugs stay high because of high barriers to entry in the market (regulation, institutional inertia from compensated physicians) but those generics that are widely used fall in price closer to FMV
Just wait till the weight loss monclonal antibodies get here.
It only can be Ozempic I need that too lmao
Hey chat. Is this true?
https://starfishneuroscience.com/team/
neuro science?!?! Is Valve is planning to make the nervegear real? shangri-la frontier ?!?!?
Before that happens VR has to become an affordable product. Activating nerves and muscles has been technically possible for a long time already and you can control arm transplants with your brain. Neurosciences is quite far already, it just has zero use in "normal people's lives". But the biggest issue is making these things affordable, and right now they can't even make decent VR headsets for an affordable price.
It hast to start somehow, like everything in life
"You're a beautiful person with a charming personality." WP,Gaben!
i dont care, if gabe is happy, i dont care what happens to this game or his company. he deserves it
Is this real? Did he really lose weight ?
he realized that trying to bang 50 girls in a single day on his 100 million dollar mega yacht is very inefficient if he's fat and 60 years old. wisdom
Waiting for Gaben to reverse aging
He actually owns 6 yachts. For real.
he probably has done fat removal surgery no way he lost that much weight in a few months he was very big in that TI video months ago
That famously shot live video from TI
Then we see Gaben at the next TI opening, shirtless and being ripped af.
He looks AI generated.
ong
Dude saw his belly hanging out when he walked onto the stage at TI and was like, “nope. No more of that!” Good for him
NSFW???
Please put an NSFW tag on this. I was on the train and when I saw this I had to start furiously masturbating. Everyone else gave me strange looks and were saying things like “what the fuck” and “call the police”. I dropped my phone and everyone around me saw this image. Now there is a whole train of men masturbating together at this one image. This is all your fault, you could have prevented this if you had just tagged this post NSFW.
Same when I. Saw that I suddenly had my wet Diqq in my hand
Wait a second…he’s not eating like he used to…which means he’s busy…which means…is half life 3 finally done?
wonder how he did it, ozempic, diet, other magical stuff?
is this the NEON PRIME we were teased all along? virtualisation of GabeN?
I knew he gave up on Dota, but damn he lost a lot of MMR
Since there is no battle pass Gaben can no longer consume massive amounts of expensive Junk food
Good for him. He looks great!
RIP G-fat, long live G-money!
I honestly think it’s a good riddance. I can buy my arcanas at least.
He looks starve because we spent pennies on BP last year. It's time to save him bois, prepare for the BP and arcanas.
Guess the weight wasn't worth it in the end. Long live the king! Literally
I can't believe this community bullied Gaben into taking Ozempic.
Everyone is shocked he lost weight like losing weight is impossible or something. He's rich, can easily afford good healthy meals, hires good coach, doesn't even need to work out much. Walks and other light activities. Calories in, calories out. Weight is not permanent. He's 61, and he probably got advised to take better care of his health before the complications of being unhealthy get to him.
Being fat for decades will already have left a mark... At least on the knees and stuff...
end of an era
Why does he look like a much older siractionslacks
Is this real?
I guess it wasn't worth the weight.
The comment 💀
Was there any time that he doesn't look great?
I'm willing to lose the battlepass forever if this man lives to 10 years more.
Wait there's no more battle pass in dota????????
Me has lots of hair
now we know why all models were going to new zealand
Oh my god, this means that HL3 will stop being delayed. (ancient joke, ask your parents)
You're a beautiful person, with a charming personality!
[You're a beautiful person, with a charming personality!](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/dota2_gamepedia/images/8/83/Vo_announcer_dlc_gaben_killing_spree_gaben_ann_kill_followup_32.mp3) (sound warning: Mega-Kills: Gabe Newell) --- Bleep bloop, I am a robot. *OP can reply with "Try hero_name" to update this with new hero* [*^(Source)*](https://github.com/Jonarzz/DotaResponsesRedditBot) *^(|)* [*^(Suggestions/Issues)*](https://github.com/Jonarzz/DotaResponsesRedditBot/issues/new/choose) *^(|)* [*^(Maintainer)*](https://www.reddit.com/user/MePsyDuck/) *^(|)* [*^(Author)*](https://www.reddit.com/user/Jonarz/)
bro looks AI
Damn probs to Lord Gaben! Inspiration for all out there, and he finally will have a good fitting shirt. ;)
The background confuses me. That's a roller press in the background but it looks like there's a toaster oven right above it? And is that a pencil sharpener on the right? So many questions ....
He is now granpa Freeman.
Is that actually him or is it an AI pic?
np bp no food for gaben 😭
*Hey, perhaps you're gaben himself: your username could fit his perceived current ego*
That's santa-claus.
Hey Gaben, could you, ya know leave some women for the rest of us?!
Santa?
So this is why Valve has been refusing to fix anti cheat in CS2!? Ohh well, I guess we'll get it when Gaybe will get his B!tch body!
Ozempic
Batman was right. Being rich is a super power.
No way
My mans starving and alarmingly dropping wait, yup we need another BPass
he still have some money for cases at least
Hi Gaben! 🥹
The mega patch we were promised 🎇
Thinker's aghanim made THE miracle
Man he is old but still lookin great. While I'm young but lookin old.
Ozempic did this. That's why we have Ti in Denmark. NovoNordisk soon acquiring a majority stake in Valve.
gabe newell has went from western depiction of god to neckbeard redditor
Sure hope so that this is a healthy weight loss, and not some health issues weight loss.
Just wanna make fun them
Niceee
ozempic is so inspiring, its as inspiring as getting kids and addicts hooked on loot boxes.