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Couldn't imagine loving an english person. "Blimey that's a wedding ring, 'innit" - like come on, get it together
Couldn't imagine loving an American person.
"Boy, howdy, that's a weddin' ring. Well, I'd be damb" - like come on, get it together
Let me have this. Look at the state of my country. Let me have this.
“Rich kids should go to public schools. The mayor should ride the subway to work. When wealthy people get sick, they should be sent to public hospitals. Business executives should have to stand in the same airport security lines as everyone else. The very fact that people want to buy their way out of all of these experiences points to the reason why they shouldn’t be able to. Private schools and private limos and private doctors and private security are all pressure release valves that eliminate the friction that would cause powerful people to call for all of these bad things to get better. The degree to which we allow the rich to insulate themselves from the unpleasant reality that others are forced to experience is directly related to how long that reality is allowed to stay unpleasant. When they are left with no other option, rich people will force improvement in public systems. Their public spirit will be infinitely less urgent when they are contemplating these things from afar than when they are sitting in a hot ER waiting room for six hours themselves.”
Source: hamiltonnolan.com
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Vin, who was worldhopping and got stuck on Roshar during a highstorm: I'm never doing this again I hate this place why is it so wet what is wrong with this stupid planet
Tensoon, wet and miserable: I should've made MeLaan go with you instead,,,
The poor Rosharan who offered to shelter them in his house, shaking in a corner: ma'am hwat is wrong with your HORSE
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Extremely excellent, very very very autistic quote from Brennan Lee Mulligan:
"Curiosity is love for the world, and when you love something, you want to get to know it more. So when you share facts about crows or pterodactyls or whatever, what you are expressing is gratitude for the ability to exist in and come to understand the beauty of the world around you."
"When you tell someone that you don't like all the crow facts, you're...
"You're actually saying that you hate me. I am my crow facts."
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a lot of my autism masking is just making myself more palatable for other people and my therapist said "does spock make himself 'more palatable' for others?" and had me promise to keep unmasking like:
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There’s a difference between a female character who exists in a story and has a romantic relationship with a male character versus a female character who exists in a story to have a romantic relationship with a male character
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I have seen like 10 of these posts with the same title.
I had issues with the body positivity movement. I eventually ended up in the neutrality camp because of those issues. I didn't think we needed to convince everyone our bodies are beautiful. We just need them to respect us no matter how we look.
But these posts feel like they don't actually know what the body positivity ethos actually is.
It certainly isn't "If you are fat, you must stay that way forever."
I'm also really worried about the stigmatization of Ozempic. This is such a promising class of drugs that could extend the lives of many people. And, yes, there is concern about how to deal with abuse and eating disorders.
But I've seen Jameela Jamil trashing Ozempic and saying your guts will explode and you'll get all kinds of side effects. And then I looked up the actual studies and there were like 2 cases of serious side effects that they could not conclusively link to the drug because there were comorbidities. But she made it sound like horrible side effects were almost inevitable and probably scared a lot of people out of taking the medicine, even if they might genuinely benefit.
I feel like one group is making a moral judgment about Ozempic because it is "cheating" and another is fear mongering and saying "your guts will explode" because celebrities are treating it like a fad diet.
Meanwhile everyone at risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes is just trying to afford it.
I feel like we've lost the plot completely.
I’m a type 1 diabetic (not caused by weight… even though type 2 is also not always caused by weight) and ozempic made my blood sugars so NORMAl. I could still eat. My stomach didn’t explode and I didn’t have the constant fatigue from fighting blood sugars daily.
Now if my insurance could figure itself out and get me back on that would be great.
But a metabolic drug isn’t always for weight loss either …