Retirement living for the generation that will never be able to retire!

My sister (a physician who graduated amongst the top of her class from a top medical school in the nation) fumes when she hears shit like this. She said, “it’s fucking annoying that I’ve literally dedicated almost half of my life to medical education to help others, and some bored housewife with a mommy blog goes…

We chose a pediatrician who insisted on vaccines for all patients. Newborns won’t have vaccinations for their first few visits. (The MMR was given at 2, 4, and 6 months when my kids were little). I didn’t want my too-young-to-be-vaccinated baby sitting in a waiting room with a 10 year old that could have mumps or…

6 months ago I would have agreed with you. Now I actually think he’s talked himself into wanting this and genuinely thinks he is going to win.

People like you are exactly why we have anti-vaxxers now.

I will never, ever apologize for attacking pseudo-scientific bullshit because I’ve watched people die as a direct result. Anything with an ounce of actual medical use should be double-blind tested, studied thoroughly in falsifiable lab conditions, and…

I would imagine, given that they seem like super reasonable people, that if someone were to say, “I work in law enforcement and keep my guns locked up when I am at home” and showed them a badge they would make an exception.

Yes, for example, Aspirin is made from the bark of a willow tree.

You know how it became medicine? Trials, studies, published, peer-reviewed articles and the like.

“Herbal Medicine” that is found to actually work is called “Medicine”.

There is no such thing as “complementary medicine”. There is Medicine and there is Bullshit. If “complementary medicine” had any basis at all in scientific fact, it would be called “medicine”.

So, no, Naturopaths remain snake oil salesmen of the highest order.

How is this a debate? Adults are competent to choose not to be medically treated if they want. They have NO right to push that choice on a defenseless child. I don’t care how nuts a child’s parents are, the child deserves - is ENTITLED to - a decent chance to at least make it to adulthood.

If a parent had stopped feeding a child you would expect them to be prosecuted. To me this is no different. They didn’t take a very ill child to a doctor and because of it he died.

Even their damn naturopath told them to get their asses to the hospital.

They should treat them. To an ice cream cone after their pediatrician’s appointment.

There were 2 reasons I chose our pediatrician, and it was based on negative Yelp reviews.

I don’t understand how you can see your child suffering and not take every available option to make them healthy. Rest in peace, Ezekiel.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. They’re basically weaponized hostages.

Can we stop this? Do you think that these women have the luxury of looking at stupid pictures of animals to make them feel better? If you can’t handle it, fine. Log out. But stop trying to derail with requests for pictures of animals. It is beyond obnoxious at this point.

I really object to the term “suicide bomber” when a person is forced to set off a bomb that was strapped to their body. We have to come up with another term. They are victims, too.

Okay, but which part of the western culture ideals can account for the 1 in five women who are raped and the 6% of rapist to ever actually serve time? Is rape culture part of the western cultural ideals you’re talking about too? Or are you talking about the actions of the aggressive soldiers because I have some…

No, listen, this fits perfectly into Transparent. The shows focuses on the late-in-life transition of Maura, but it all plays out in this incredibly privileged, white, affluent, insular community where everyone gets to fuck up and be a total asshole without any real consequences. Caitlin Jenner is a perfect example of…

The terrible name can only be attributed to the fact that a group of white people made it without reflecting on how horrible it sounds. The whole idea was to figure privilege out..?

Mission failed.