One thing I have definitely observed over the years.

It seems only the left comes up with new ideas and so, even when they don’t have political power, they still move society forward.

And yes, there are backlash and temporary regressions, but overall, no free country seems to be moving towards old, conservative ideas.

For humanity, the only way seems forward. Towards the newer and better ideas.

I don’t think saving money and eating at home are conservative values.

Lots of liberals and progressives do those things, too.

Heck, poor minorities do that to an extreme.

Same here. I got older and richer and became even more left wing than I used to be.

But what is true, is that society is becoming more progressive faster than I am, so by the time I am 70, I’ll probably be a relative relic.

Excellent. One step in the right direction. Good guy Germany.

Ehh, you might want to read about the origins of the bakers dozen.

Shrinkflation has been a feature of humanity for a long time, probably ever since we started trading goods.

It’s just easier to give less when your buyer would prefer that to paying a higher price.

This is cool enough that all Indo-European languages should start calling salmon Lox again.

With the right strategy and current technology, we should be able to evolve all current Indo-European languages back to a singular language over a thousand years or so. That would unite half the world in language.

A highly noble goal. We could call it, the Lox plan.

Get out of here with your reasonable, scientific explanation!

We want our outrage porn about smoked salmon, dammit!

/s

This right here.

The TV comes with the cheapest removable feet, because VESA mounts exist.

Also, on Reddit when you post a comment that gets even a little bit popular and visible, you always get some asshole who misrepresents your point and wants to pick a virtual fight.

I never know when to engage or ignore.

In any case, it’s never satisfying. Ignore and you feel bad. Engage and you feel bad.

Lemmy is nicer. Way less assholes.

More likely, the MAGA idiot will get himself killed in a pretend civil war.

They really ain’t a bright bunch of people. They thought losing a civil war once was not enough, so they had to add a failed insurrection to the list.

I am genuinely curious what their next genius move is going to be.

Are you implying that Roe v Wade is religious? Cause you aren’t making much sense.

One could also argue that legally allowing unrestricted abortions past 24 weeks is counterproductive, since it galvanizes the pro-life movement. Look at any rally and most protestors are showing pictures of very late term abortions. I remember being in school as a teenager and the pro-life activists coming to our classroom to graphically describe partial-birth abortions that suck out the brains of babies. I was pro-life for the next ten years or so.

Obviously, that’s not representative at all of what a normal abortion looks like. But it’s much less galvanizing to show a 6-8 week old bunch of unrecognizable bodily fluids, which is much more representative of the average abortion.

A clear timeline also puts a healthy pressure on pregnant women to make a difficult decision earlier, when everything is easier, less impactful and less risky, instead of postponing it.

I’m not an expert, but the happy balance seems to be with easy accessibility up to 12 weeks and progressive restrictions after that.

This was also the gist of the original Roe v Wade, which established a trimester framework.

Once you assign rights to the unborn, you very quickly end up in an “no abortion except to save the life or health of the mother or prevent unnecessary suffering of a non-viable fetus”.

And this is exactly why most jurisdictions have limits on abortion.

In my country, elective abortions are only legally allowed up to 24 weeks of gestation and the doctors only perform it up to 22 weeks.

Above that, there needs to be a serious medical situation that falls in the exceptional categories.

Practically speaking, it’s mostly an ethics discussion. The vast majority of abortions take place within the first 12 weeks, most even within 8 weeks.

Definitely recommemd the read.

I really don’t understand why Americans think people like this should be owning firearms.

Is this guy the “well regulated” militia?

I really don’t believe this is what their ancestors had in mind when they wrote the second amendment.

I think melatonin is more the exception than the rule.

Testosterone needs to be injected and has a very short half life.

A quick Google shows Dopamine also needs to be injected and has a half life of one minute, so is only used as an IV drip.

To answer the first one:

My understanding is that it’s basically impossible to get these hormones through oral pathways.

Mostly because they break down in stomach acid or can’t cross the blood brain barrier.

And finally, if all that were solved, these hormones are typically short lived and are quickly lost.

Which is why, say you are low on dopamine. We don’t give people dopamine pills, but instead some other medicine that promotes higher levels of dopamine.

If voting didn’t matter, they wouldn’t work so hard to make it difficult.

The biggest and best changes have always come because the working class made it so.

Prior to universal suffrage, we had to fight and die for every small gain.

Since then, we have the luxury of just voting and protesting.

And when we look back at how much has been achieved, it’s just amazing.

My personal pet peeve is that we haven’t gotten around to getting tough with tax avoiders. Gotta start really heavily fining those advisors and enablers. Some probably should be jailed.

That’s the key to reducing inequality, which will then make the middle class much wealthier and stronger.

What a strange wya of fear mongering.

I the end, you can only have one life path. Choosing to do something always implies choosing to not do other things.

So it’s an illusion to think that all those green paths are possible. Only one of them is possible.

And the Soviets did the same with Armenia and Azerbaijan.