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MYASD

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MYASD

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MYASD is a recurring person in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between October 05, 2022 and October 26, 2022. The archive places it in contexts such as “Here’s MYASD on Magtein”; “MYASD comments I post - you can go here for more, including his adventures with payment processors, lawsuits, and cryptocurrencies”; “‘MYASD of Nootropics Depot writes’“. It most often appears alongside Ashwagandha, Ayurvedic, Bacopa.

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  • Category: People
  • Mention count: 2
  • Issue count: 2
  • First seen: October 05, 2022
  • Last seen: October 26, 2022

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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

How Trustworthy Are Supplements?
October 05, 2022 · Original source
I looked through several other supplements on these sites and these results are typical, although maybe slightly better than average. The most concerning category was mushrooms, where about 25% of brands used some mycelium (the “roots” of a mushroom, which have fewer health-promoting chemicals than the above-ground part) instead of or in addition to the mushroom itself. This is a known issue with mushroom supplements; not enough people know the difference for companies to be consistently incentivized to get it right. III. MYASD From Nootropics Depot Nootropics Depot is a supplement company that actively engages with the supplement community on Reddit. A big part of the engagement is their CEO, who goes by the Reddit username MisterYouAreSoDumb, talking about his experiences running the company and answering customer questions.
Here’s MYASD on Magtein, a special patented bioavailable form of magnesium:
Inline links: on Magtein
Believe it or not, I am restraining myself in terms of how many MYASD comments I post - you can go here for more, including his adventures with payment processors, lawsuits, and cryptocurrencies.
Inline links: here
Highlights From The Comments On Supplement Labeling
October 26, 2022 · Original source
You seem extremely credulous (uncharitably, “gushing like a fanboy”) about MYASD’s claims. Coming into this with no dog in the fight (I take no supplements and this is the first time I’ve heard of this dude), my inclination is to be more skeptical. His claims may be accurate, but he’s also somebody whose livelihood involves selling a premium product to a niche market of Grey Tribe Redditors. And “scientifically serious little guy with edgy Reddit handle rails against the sloppiness and damn-the-consumer profit seeking of Big Supplement” is great ad copy for that niche market. And indeed, you’re eating it up.
I’ve been reading his stuff for almost ten years now. I guess at some point in reading someone’s online writings for a long time, you start to know them as a person and trust them. Some people who read my blog say they trust me - hopefully not blindly, just in the sense that they know my virtues and deficiencies and assume I’m not totally lying to them. This is how I feel about MYASD too.
MYASD of Nootropics Depot writes:
Inline links: writes