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I understand the sentiment behind wanting to protect someone from themselves, but I don't think society has the right to override the rights of others for their own good. We don't lock up obese people or alcoholics or ban anyone from risky adventures. I think if you want to help people you must do so on their terms and with their consent.
It depends on where the kids are in their development. AFAB and AMAB kids are functionally identical until puberty starts. A trans child should, imo, be allowed puberty-prevention treatments so that they can choose what kind of puberty they'd like to have when they're older. And that's sure as heck not doing anyone favors in the athletics department.
Ah, I wondered if it might have been a typo since "mistborn" seems like a more plausible word. I've been meaning to get around to Sanderson since forever, but I didn't do any reading for the longest time, and I've been on a big sci-fi kick since starting up again because I'm mostly interested in stories that use novel premises to examine issues like human rights and the nature of consciousness/life, etc. I've felt like fantasy is too meaningless adventure-y? Not enough induction of personal growth. But I'm in the middle of The Magicians right now, and that's really proving me wrong, and also there was Tehanu. That was a hard book to read because it was so real.
Anyhow, thanks to you both.
But if he's being kept in a hospital, as in against his will, that is a cage. Apologies if that isn't what you meant with that wording.
That's true; I didn't think about that.
Searching Misborn gives me too many different results. Which one?
I think it was a joke about the ambiguity of English in this instance. I find it amusing to willfully misinterpret things sometimes; it keeps the despair off.
I've heard that Mexican families are having their children carry a photocopy of their birth certificate on their person at all times.
I couldn't tell you how many times a snack has pulled me out of suicidal thoughts, so I understand this.
I think forcibly keeping someone confined is one of the cruelest things you can do, to the point that fear of it makes me hesitant to seek help myself. He deserves his freedom even if he uses it to die.
I think the trans women who are passionate about their sport disagree with you. Why would you just be okay with letting someone literally lose their hobby or even career over their gender? It's dehumanizing.
I don't see what harm this conversation has. People who aren't terrible will be better educated and people who are terrible weren't trans allies in the first place. What have we lost?
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Frankly they can call me a biological male all day if they want to deliver some hormones to a girl who needs them.
You know they're going to stop that, right? They're not going to allow people to transition at all if they get their way.
Assuming you're genuinely uninformed and confused, trans women do not have any advantages over cis women if they've been on HRT. The lack of testosterone affects the body dramatically. You can see evidence of this in the fact that trans women aren't dominating any of the competitions which have allowed them.
Furthermore, sports were never fair in the first place. Some people are more naturally gifted in various areas than others. There are actually cis female athletes who have been forced to medically lower their natural testosterone levels in the name of fairness, and that's some Harrison Bergeron shit.
The fuck do you mean "but the truth was disgusting" Like salmonella soup isn't?
Who the hell is both on Lemmy and new to Cyanide and Happiness?
The only thing I use Reddit for is porn, and my feed isn't empty, so either they're doing this in stages or there's some other criteria they're using beyond just being NSFW.
I've just read An Immense World by Ed Yong and learned that what seems to matter in birdsong is the way the notes change, like mid-note.
you are thinking in terms of people getting the best for their money instead of people being starved and trying to make a dollar last.
I'm not, actually. When I say "in bulk" I don't mean a 20kg sack. 500g of rice or dry legumes goes a long way for a low price.
When we were starving we mostly got whatever was on sale or short-dated, so we ate different things all the time out of necessity, but dry goods were always reliable, which is why I asked about them.
I personally think free-range farming in a non-harmful way is great, but you should still consider that the chicken is incapable of consenting. Your relationship with any confined animal is inherently a slave/master one, and I understand why some people object to that. We're keeping the animal comfortable and extending their lifespan, but we're also robbing them of agency, and I feel like that's something worth thinking about.
Where are you buying eggs for one crown each?? Maybe it's a regional thing?
