reading more than one source is how it goes. If it’s a new paper with no other sources, i’d assume waiting for more sources is the default.

you’re dense as a rock.

sometimes speaking up and voting thirdparty and not voting the small evil IS the moral choice, sure.

however, in the reality of " a fixed amount of people will vote republican no matter what, and a variable amount will vote dems if they feel like it " you have to allow yourself to go against the most moral choice and opt for the 2nd most moral.

If both candidates support getting rid of Gaza, but one of them also wants to nuke half the planet, the choice is obvious no?

Not to mention compounding factors like… if you actually want change for the better you vote for the thing with the highest likelihood of winning. the thing that changes things to your side.

Maybe the missing votes and the 3rd party wouldn’t have been enough, maybe. But if all those missing votes showed up and the US still ended up ruled by the current clown, maybe the discussion would have just been “wow MAGAOTTS fucking suck” instead of all the useless finger pointing and infighting.

But go ahead, tell me how flexible morals are shady, compared to the rigid and tunneled “this thing is bad and i will die on my little bump” rigid morality that is oh so common with the MAGAOTTS mentioned earlier.

he made fun of the epstein files not existing, after being a devout trump hater

its his hole, it was made for him

what about connouns?

WAR

BOOBS

probably because he’s willing to still take the trip even though his life seemingly went to the gutter.

Also he seems considerate enough to let the passenger know, and if it WAS his fault he seems understanding of it

is this the virtual insanity i keep hearing of

he said that churches are taxed and regulated and whatnot, as prostitution should be too.

Maybe saying “same as belief” wasn’t good, but the rest of the comment makes it clear they’re talking about churches. Not to mention the demonisation of prostitution that comes from those churches, so i find it relevant.

Or maybe there’s other parallels you can draw between belief and prostitution, like being roped into one against your will, or maybe it being “the only option”, or being the only thing some desperate people look to for help, etc.

Well, belief used in the sense of how most “churches” use belief, as a way to indoctrinate, kind of like the modern church.

You can draw many dots and see it can be relevant to the discussion as a comparison, but it’s easier to offload the mental work to others, no?

how do you know someone is an edgelord atheist?

why, the same with defensive religious people. They’ll see a criticism on churches and they will take it as a personal attack

these 2 questions are worlds apart are they not?

There was already an alternative to harvesting cotton without slavery. There is a solution to that problem.

There does not seem to be a solution to public safety that does not involve a central figure to enforce said rules. So police and prisons are the only solution we have.

They are not the same question

apparently no one i know can sense the chemical/marker(?) taste in artificial cherry flavouring like dr. pepper or cherry coke/pepsi

i seriously don’t know how anyone can get past that taste, so i figure people either enjoy it, or don’t notice it

speaks in hands?

The health consequences, as I said, is something we can deal with as we figure out safer methods for puberty blocking if that turns out to be the case.

I’d rather take puberty blockers being unsafe, find out better ways to deal with this problem later on, and deal with the health problems of existing patients over the alternative.

The alternative is having no patients to treat from puberty blocker issues, because the dysphoria got to them.

You could make the case for any medicine we use in mental healthcare: we don’t understand the risks and longterm effects, but it usually ends up that “adverse health effects way down the line” is preferable to “preventable suicide”.

People spout this same bullshit to be anti vaccines, anti fluorine in water, anti everything they don’t fully understand.

NOTHING. And I mean NOTHING in medicine is ever going to be 100% safe or won’t have side effects or always be understood.

But if you think banning life-saving medicine is better because “what if these people suffer from health issues later” idk what to say.

it’s clearly justifiable to have children grow up and kill themselves due to gender dysphoria and irreversible body changes instead of giving them the choice to delay the puberty, with an onset of manageable effects, you’re right!

your own wiki page reads all about how the cass report is questionable btw, from critics to research to everything. not just a “minority of experts”.

the cass review is famously idiotic by now. also mentioning “big pharma” lol.

i will trust any expert that does research and makes sure their research is of quality. Maybe you should listen to your own advice and listen to the experts (actual ones) you disagree with

kind of the reason why puberty blockers are only given after going through specialists that make sure the kid isn’t just being stupid

this reminds me of having to scroll back on a weboage because you had a random unrelated thought you forgot, so you scroll until you find the spark.

i remember figuring this out when i was like 6, playing games on my pc. I had a thought, promptly forgot it, then i just figured i’d go repeat what i was doing to recall, i felt like a genius

And you sound like someone who jumps to conclusions too quickly about people and you can’t comprehend someone not having a reductionist take on generalised human suffering.

I don’t think anyone here is denying people suffer from capitalism, i think they’re just saying capitalism is a factor rather than the only cause, similar to how the Archduke’s assassination was a factor among many in starting WW1.

Mostly staying indoors and skipping (read: sleeping thru them) a bunch of online classes in 12th grade due to the pandemic. Due to family circumstances I started living alone at 18.

Second half of 12th grade was spent preparing for the Baccalaureate