I think there should be a rule - there’s no such thing as TMI in a poop thread.

The Mister asked me last night what I was going to do when my birth control pills were outlawed.

No shit. Momma needs to pay the property tax on her new car.

Bullshit. I had a heartbeat at 8 weeks and then the fetus died at 11 weeks and I had a miscarriage. I was bummed for a bit, and then went snowboarding. I didn’t even see it when it came out. Just lots of clots, one of which *might* have been the fetus.

For some, religion is inextricably entwined with ethics.

Good comeback is, “Oh, really? What took you so fuckin’ long, then? You lose. I win. Later.”

Even more egregious is when you do grow a spine and say your own variation of “Don’t fuckin’ talk to me like that”, often the abuser (in this case, the CEO) will get indignant and spout off with some version of HOW DARE YOU TALK TO ME THAT WAY, WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?

I’m in the same boat but slightly different. I take BC pills continuously because screw that stupid “chemical bleed once a month” thing that some women need for “reassurance”. I take pregnancy tests every few months just to be sure, but I’m damn sure I wouldn’t know I was pregnant before the six week mark.

Because someone being wandfucked doesn’t fit into the low-information folks who think all ultrasounds are on a gigantic rounded belly, with Mother smiling contentedly on.

So the old, “If I can’t have it, nobody can?” scenario.

Their lawyers also tried to discredit her by pointing to provocative posts on social media.

I agree that illegal fentanyl and heroin are a gigantic problem, because that’s what folks are mostly dying from. They’re not dying from their tightly-controlled visits to the doctor every 30 days. Even the ones getting Fentanyl patches. I’ve never been in pain enough to need something that strong. I qualify for…

*cough Fields of Gold cough*

I said don’t conflate the two. Folks you see on WorldStar overdosing in their cars are not doing it on pills.

Bullshit. The people hanging out of their cars, turning gray, syringes still in their arms are not the fucking chronic pain patients who sign a contract, see one doctor every month, use one pharmacy, get drug tested, have their pills counted, and try to be careful and responsible with their pain meds so they can lead…

That’s one of the biggest issues for chronic pain patients who jump through all the hoops so they can obtain the meds that allow them to have a somewhat normal life (I use the word “normal” loosely). And there’s an awful lot of god damn hoops.

Vicodin (Norco) already is harder to get. One doc visit a month (with requisite copay, fortunately I have insurance), one pharmacy (and if they’re out, you can wait until they get more), drug tests, pill counts, one month’s supply at a time, paper script only (no e-fill or calling it in). Period.

Given that both the server data and the backups were destroyed, both after the lawsuit was filed? Yeah, that wasn’t a bumbling employee, sleepwalking in the hours between lunch and going home, who fatfingered that one. Anyone who says it was is a fucking liar.

I’m inclined to agree, since apparently the response to someone wiping a server with data on it related to a lawsuit generates raised shoulders and a stupid face, at this point. Who cares what you do if there’s no consequence for it?

It’s not exactly clear why Georgia officials decided to wipe the server. A spokesperson for Georgia’s secretary of state said that her office wasn’t involved in the decision, and Kennesaw State University, which maintains the server, declined to comment to the AP.