How could one do such a thing?

Technically there are plenty enough resources to help, we just don’t adequately distribute them. Jeff bezos has like 4 condos in NYC alone iirc, (or maybe that’s musk) but he definitely also has a mansion with 24 fucking bathrooms.

I’m taking a psychology of aging course that gets into the extreme cultural ageism against older adults, and man, I really can’t begin to explain how much it’s humbled me. We’re reading a book called “Happiness is a Choice You Make” by John Leland that I want to recommend to everyone now.

I do wonder if there’s a generational difference in how we’ve been exposed and take in information - along with younger adults and kids being more negatively impacted by the isolation of COVID - but otherwise, yeah, I was going to comment something similar. Throw in the AIDS crisis, satanic panic, and any number of other issues

The one thing I want to maybe disagree on is how much “better” things are today. In some ways, absolutely. In others, like stagnated wages, it’s not. I’m not too interested in doing a deep dive on it today but I’ll keep it in mind for a potential summer project

I’m taking a Jewish studies course where we’ve compared verses to other historical artifacts. It really is pretty interesting how much everyone wanted to claim “my daddy God will (or did) beat up yours!”

I thought the “benefits” to honey were kinda more for kids >1 so they can be exposed to different types of pollen. I dunno if it actually helps with immunity to allergies in the same way, but iirc it’s similar with peanuts. Kids exposed to them young are much less likely to develop allergies to them

I follow mainly therapists and pet behaviorists on TikTok so my take is the teaching thrives through regular user engagement. I can imagine a teacher letting students know they have a page and getting their start that way, too. It has its risks but it’s really helped supplement my education.

We’ll see who cancels who?

I promise you don’t have evidence that would sway me.

Oh no I didn’t mean I haven’t been asked by mortals. Are you claiming to be God?

Those are perfect concepts to bring up in therapy. You deserve it, expatriado

But have we considered seizing the memes of production?

Huh. I don’t recall being asked if I want to die

Interesting, so who created the fruit of knowledge? Who then decided that we would die and feel pain? Who flooded the earth? Who took up a bet to torture job? And that’s barely scraping the old testament

Meanwhile, who offered food and water to a starving madman in the desert?

Can’t you request a new lawyer if you feel yours isn’t representing you well? Or appeal based on that?

And everyone should be friends with Satan 💜

Right, so if I don’t serve I don’t get to vote. That’s fucking wild. Let’s look at Israel for how great compulsory service is and a beacon of democracy then shall we

… And who, exactly, gets to decide what is something “positive” enough to warrant having your voice represented? Fucking yikes my dude.

Cannabis was illegal when I started smoking it. We tried banning alcohol, and look how that turned out.

My last apartment complex charged like $20 to pay online vs no extra fee for getting a money order from the post office. No idea why

Can’t cosmetic surgeries can range from things like circumcision, fixing a deviated septum, and something like botox? They’re often not seen as “necessary,” but they can be recommended to improve quality of life. I think this gets conflated because maybe breast implants do drastically improve someone’s quality of life, but doctors (I think) should err on the side of having a patient wait for more permanent procedures. It’s still between the doctor and patient, ultimately, but in cases where a kid can’t consent there can be valid arguments. I don’t think circumcision meets that threshold a majority of the time, and even when it does it can usually wait.