cornb93.bsky.social
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Funnily enough Conservatives are now hard at work making germ theory a partisan issue.
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Because Conservative legal “scholars” treat them (and the Constitution) as something Divine or close to it. And obviously all of our problems must come from straying from the Divine message.
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So it is free speech for a kkk position, while writing in a student paper about palestine gets you detained. Truly the land of the free
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Maybe we should build densely in non fire prone areas? We could make US cities as dense as Tokyo with the right political will, and we will need to in order to be more climate resilient.
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A lot of people here dogging finance and markets but the truth is that these discussions of climate and their impacts have been discussed by asset owners and managers for a decade or so ago. The insurers have been talking about this and modeling it for years now.
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This is the predictable result of climate change.
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A doctor wouldn't do that because anorexia isn't gender dysphoria.
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We are basically in Nazi Germany and ICE is the SS.
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It seems then this CE could’ve come with a digital code? It certainly doesn’t seem like a favor to the consumer that it doesn’t.
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I'm confused as to why they couldn't include a digital key? They could even ask for an email and email you the key so you can redeem it before getting the rest of the Collector's Edition items. Then you wouldn't have to deal with shipping issues.
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Is there some law that prevents them from including a digital key for the game in this?
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The last time I took the subway this dude in clown makeup started laughing at nothing and these businessmen confronted him and started beating him up. Things took a dark turn and now that clown is one of the most notorious criminals in NYC.
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Not trans and I should probably just google this, but why are injections so much better than pills? Just better bioavailability? Less expensive?
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Can I ask what your opinion is on PrEP?
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if it were really about electoral pragmatism the people who keep trying "the other guy... is bad!" & losing would maybe try something else. but for those still trying it it isn't really an electoral tactic, it's cowardly do-nothing centrism disguised as an electoral tactic
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Assuming this is true, there are rare (sometimes fatal) side effects for just about every medical intervention. You could die from a reaction to local anesthetic during wisdom tooth removal. A fringe case isn’t meaningful.
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Does wishing for people to not be lazy do anything tangibly to improve their condition? Evidence suggests not. That also feels like a bit of a moral judgement. Do people who are obese because they are lazy really not deserve a treatment that works?
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Is your opinion based on data, or simply around your feelings about the obese? If the latter, maybe that is worth interrogating.
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Right, I get that is your opinion. I'd like to understand it.
Telling people "eat a salad and take a walk" has been the strategy for years and it doesn't seem to be working. In the face of that why do you still think that is the best strategy? What makes Ozempic wrong?
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Continuing with the same failing strategy seems really no different than "thoughts and prayers" as a strategy to reduce gun violence in schools. I truly think your judgement is clouded by your dislike of the obese. Sure, it would be nice if people had more self control, but they largely don't.
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Also, lets set aside other countries. As you say, obesity is an epidemic here unlike most anywhere else. Do you think telling people "eat less and exercise more" is working? Has it worked so far? That's been the strategy until these drugs. The evidence suggests we need a different approach.
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I think it is up to a patient and their doctor to determine if they need them or not. I certainly don't think I have the ability to judge a complete stranger's medical needs.
May I ask what the long term side effects are? And how do those compare with the long term effects of obesity?
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"I am pro science, pro vaccine but I think that these drug companies and jabs like this are overprescribed and should be a last resort."
Can I ask which science led you to this stance? Which paper leads you to believe these are overprescribed? Why should they be a last resort?
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People so badly want these drugs to have some negative consequence because they cannot stand the idea of obese people receiving help unless the obese do it "the right way". People are deserving of medical treatment though.
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Obesity is a problem in just about every country now, or turning into one. "People just need to eat less and walk" is true, but clearly there is something complicating this for a growing number of people in every country. Maybe we shouldn't shy away from a useful tool just because you dislike it.
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If this advice worked, obesity would not be a global epidemic. We've built our environments to be full of shit food and made it difficult to passively get exercise just by going about daily activities.
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'Guy who moved to Israel realize the fear you and those children are feeling is the same fear that children in Gaza have felt their whole life and actually we should work together to build a world where no child should be crying in fear of bombs' challenge.
Impossible difficulty.