Shingles vaccine & dementia risk (US study, 500k people)
A US study of 500,000 people found a 24% lower risk of developing dementia among those who received the shingles vaccine.
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Relay app has ~4,000 active users
Joe Alto's porn addiction recovery app Relay currently has about 4,000 active users, with more having used it historically since launching roughly 5 years ago.
Zero body insecurities at peak weight
Tom Segura says he never had insecurities about his body when he was at his heaviest, and only looked back at photos later and thought 'whoa, why didn't anyone say anything?'
You don't have a porn problem, you have a pain problem
The guiding philosophy of Relay is that porn addiction is really a pain management problem — men associate porn with relief from discomfort and train themselves to use it unconsciously.
Custom shirt because no store stocked his size
Bert Kreischer had shirts custom-made because he was too large to buy one off the rack from any store.
Porn use starts around age 11-12
Joe Alto noted that most men begin viewing porn at around 11 or 12 years old, initially out of innocent curiosity, before it becomes linked to emotional pain relief.
Lips appear bigger after weight loss
Bert Kreischer explains that people assumed he had lip injections after losing weight, when in reality his lips just looked bigger once his face fat shrank.
Marriage doesn't cure porn addiction
Joe Alto argued that many religious men believe marriage will magically stop their porn use, but marriage actually increases stress and thus increases the urge to use porn.
Patient Zero spread AIDS across 9+ US cities
Gaetan Dugas, the Air Canada flight attendant known as Patient Zero, spread HIV across Pennsylvania, Georgia, Texas, Florida, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New Jersey, and New York City.
Porn rewires dopamine receptors
Repeated porn use floods dopamine receptors, making normal life feel dull — 'the greens aren't as green' — and reducing motivation and energy for everyday activities.
