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  • xePBMg9@lemmynsfw.comtoMildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•The way my daughter's middle school health class classifies drugs is insane.English
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    6 months ago

    Or how about this:

    The body is a super complex chemical eco-system. Messing with it is understandably super difficult, if you do not want to cause damage. All drugs have side effects. Known or otherwise. Using drugs for any reason is like throwing a funnily shaped wrench in to a factory you do not fully understand. It always causes problems. In medical science we try to figure out what type of wrench causes the least destruction while providing some benefit. We then weigh the benefits against the downsides. Leave these decisions to someone that has dedicated their life to this science. Let them make educated guesses for you. Instead of you just guessing. Generally, don’t use any drug unless you have to. Stop as soon as is recommended by your doctor. Assume that any drug you use, will have a permanent, accumulative detrimental effect on the body. Just to be safe.

  • xePBMg9@lemmynsfw.comtoNews@lemmy.world•Dolphin found dead on beach riddled with bullets, NOAA offers $20k reward to find killerEnglish
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    6 months ago

    There is this concept of ‘Us and them’, a in group and out group. In conflict it is often utilized to make your guys hate the other group and ‘dehumanize’ them so that you can prevent your guys directing sympathy towards the enemy. The other guys may have different language and culture and whatnot. Language is one of the best barriers for sympathy and is well recognized by the ones that use this to their advantage.

    To a large extent, I think it is the same principles that prevent people from recognizing the suffering of individuals of other species.

    We apply importance to the recognition of suffering so we can prevent it. I say we apply it to everyone.

    Now, of course we can nit-pick and try to separate out who or what we apply sympathy to. You could designate some things as just automatons; such as ants, bacteria or even viruses. But I’m not gonna do that now.

  • xePBMg9@lemmynsfw.comtoNews@lemmy.world•Some young people see Trump as an answer to their economic woesEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Uninformed, uneducated and isolated from other opinions. Conman wears your team color. Conman says he agrees with you, and not to listen to others, cause they are liars.

    The only real solution to this is to invest in education and separate education from religion and politics. Make it free and easily accessible and digestible to everyone at any time. No private education. No home schooling.

    Education makes good citizens that makes good decisions.