ugh

IUDs and some birth control pills work by preventing implantation. Those would be banned, too.

I read some bickering about this amongst conservatives, and the reasoning seems to be:

1. Conception should occur from sex because of the love between husband, wife, and God or something

2. Typically, they’ll harvest(?) multiple embryos, check if they are viable or have genetic abnormalities, then discard those that aren’t viable or will result in major disabilities. To them, this is killing those unviable/unhealthy “babies”. Sometimes the couple will freeze multiple embryos as backups, but not need them after a successful pregnancy (or more). Those microscopic globs of cells that they call babies are then “murdered”. Their point is that this results in more deaths than lives.

I’m curious what their opinion would be if a woman wanted IVF after 5 miscarriages, was unable to get the treatment, and went on to have 7 more miscarriages, still without having a successful birth. To be real, fundie couples who refuse contraceptives and are hell bent on having a child could go through many more miscarriages than that.

They’re insecure about their intelligence but too prideful to admit when they don’t know something, even to themselves.

Education is the obvious fix, but at least in America, the idiots are trying to destroy it. If people learned critical thinking, almost everything else would fall into place. If we stopped reinforcing learned helplessness and made people practice logic and learn consequences, society would see a huge benefit. People need to be held accountable for their ignorance. Otherwise, they won’t learn. Those who refuse to learn should rightfully be shunned, because they’re the biggest propaganda weapon out there.

Cognitive dissonance is another major reason for idiocracy. The MAGAts are so blatant about their love for it. “Wokeness” is healing from cognitive dissonance, which they’ve labeled as a virus.

I’m sympathetic and offer to help someone if they’re being a bit stupid (all of us have our moments), but if they refuse, that’s where they should be held accountable.

Sounds like a win for Tesla and SpaceX employees.

That’s the official term presented by the WH. The rest is correct.

We’re almost out of the 4th quarter. Want to go through some corporate tax records to back up your talk?

Read the article. It’s like journalists are actively trying to lose his bid for re-election through misleading headlines…

Acetaminophen is a fever reducer

(I’m sorry, I haven’t been on in awhile but saw that you didn’t get an answer)

Medicine does not prolong the healing process. The only “beneficial” side effect is the fever, but there isn’t hard evidence that it’s better or worse to bring down a fever (unless you hit 102°F or higher). If you choose to let your body do its thing and burn down the house, just avoid acetaminophen (Tylenol).

Colds often take up to a week or more to pass, so there’s a chance that you won’t be better in 3 days.

Vitamin C and vitamin D3 are also good for your immune system.

From what I’ve read, links were redirecting to “shock” websites. It’s more of an old-internet Rick roll, but with gore type content instead of a silly music video. I don’t think we have to worry about data, but we’ll learn more in the next hour(s).

I’m pretty sure only the director’s cut has the excerpts from the book. It still takes at least two watches and some pausing.

Donnie Darko leaves more questions than answers

There’s enough room for them to park within the parent parking + “no parking” area. They don’t have to take up the second spot.

Me, too. I’ve checked on multiple apps and they’re gone.

They still didn’t have to take up two parking spots

I believe they only use one bot, and they all come from the same instance. I already just blocked the bot.

I don’t understand the point of cross-posting from advice subs at all.

This community is text based. Communities like c/pics are image based. OP wants communities that are focused on discussion rather than sharing images.

I have a cheap bidet that I got on Amazon for maybe $30. I love it. It gets you way cleaner compared to just wiping because the water can flush you out a bit. The downside is that you have to dry yourself off (unless you get a drying model) and there’s more cleaning involved because of the bidet and the powerwashed poop particles that don’t fall straight down into the bowl.

Getting a bidet + squatty potty changed my life, especially as someone with a very poor and inconsistent diet.

Remove the space before the @. Anyone who clicks on the links who isn’t from lemmy.world will get a 404, or they will be directed to the wrong community if one exists on their instance.