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That’s a referral to a series of specialists and probably an MRI or two at minimum. Cancer is a deeply shitty way to die, go talk to your doctor ASAP.

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Don’t look up what happened to her VA. :(

I was more thinking about immediate effects on people (analogous to the meme) but this is … terrifying. Great. This is fine. It’s all fine.

Really? BPA is an issue for sure but I’ve not seen anything about Microplastics specifically. It has to do something…

I see this as an absolute win.

Tea. Just make tea. You’ve effectively ruled out almost everything else.

The level of self-own here is impressive. As is either the commitment to the bit or the delusion. Either way, you’ll make a fine entry on my block list.

If you’re not gonna bother to link something why even post? I don’t know either of you. All this post boils down to from my perspective is “random Internet stranger accuses other, slightly less random Internet stranger of transphobia.” That and $5 will score me a latte.

Kind of off topic but you and Stamets post SO MUCH STUFF that I’m starting to wonder if ya’all are really just one person on the account and where you guys source content…

This was always allowed. See: rather a lot of actual Japanese people.

Ah yes, the all important “prevailing attitude test” considered so important in diagnostic efforts. /s

Here’s who reviewed the article. What specific issues do you have with it and her credentials? On what basis do you believe you are more qualified to make judgements on this topic than Dr. Casarella? What are YOUR credentials?

Are you claiming to have conducted an appropriate literature review or did you just shop around for a single journal article that sorta kinda supports what you think?

While we’re at it, perhaps you could explain how the study’s results support your beliefs?

Results We found a significant negative association between reported pornography hours per week and gray matter volume in the right caudate (P < .001, corrected for multiple comparisons) as well as with functional activity during a sexual cue–reactivity paradigm in the left putamen (P < .001). Functional connectivity of the right caudate to the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex was negatively associated with hours of pornography consumption.

How does the exact volume gray matter (a decrease, actually) relate? What was the size of the effect?

Right, but the sudden onrush of “”““concern””“” from a community who’s rhetoric regarding women has been toxic in the past feels phony. You’d have a solid point in a formal debate but this isn’t that. This is the real world where context matters and a community’s prevailing attitudes are fair game for evaluating whether or not their arguments are made in good faith.

every medical professional in the world will tell you to consume as little pornography as possible bro

Weird how this never came up in the entirety of my Psych degree. It’s almost as if you’ve no idea what you’re on about.

Spoiler alert: you’re not gonna find a DSM entry for “porn addiction” because there’s a lot of debate over whether or not it’s even truly an addiction by clinical standards. If it’s interfering with your life to the point that you want to stop, can’t, and it’s damaging your relationships and life goals, THEN you have an issue. The WHO just lumps that in with a lot of things under the heading of “Compulsive Sexual Behavior” but there’s literally nothing special about porn.

A certain percentage of the population are going to develop problem behaviors with it do to a complex suite of physiological and cognitive factors, but that’s all.

Here: https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/porn-addiction-possible

1. Make dumb joke.
2. Others join in.
3. Some of them don’t know it’s a joke.
4. More of them don’t know it’s a joke.
5. Holy shit there are a lot of you.
6. A new movement is born.

Thanks, 4Chan. Turns out there ARE consequences to certain varieties of edgy humor when you don’t know how batshit insane the other people on your website are.

True, sadly. Though there’s been a lot of local defiance of that and in 2024 they’re expected to vote on it again.

The local UM congregation in my city has a gay pastor and giant banners up detailing that they are open and affirming. There’s a whoooole splinter going on right now.

Some of the conservative nutjobs are breaking off too, but a lot of that is in the US South (and Africa, interestingly; still a lot of homophobia on that continent).

Also should be mentioned that there are two similarly named Presbyterian church denominations and one is cool and the other is VERY not.

Still, all the more reason to not get hung up on labels.

Ah, the rhetorical equivalent of “I’m not touching you!”

Probably they’re more like Quakers, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, United Church of Christ, or United Methodists. You know, the denominations with openly gay clergy who see their role as advancing the cause of social justice and helping the poor and disenfranchised in their communities.

Giving people shit for a label is bigoted as fuck. Also, thanks for making a dad joke thread about your unresolved religious trauma.

Okay but like … ingredients spoil. I don’t want something that’s been sitting in your walk-in for 3 weeks because nobody else ever orders it.