I’m getting so frustrated with people’s perspectives on this because it really lacks an understanding of dementia and what it would mean to be in mental decline and not be allowed physical intimacy. Someone with alcohol can be prevented from having sex because we know they’ll be sober tomorrow. However, it’s a lot…

But couldn’t it also be traumatic to have your husband who you love refuse to have sex with you, when you’re the one initiating sex, and you can’t understand why? A person doesn’t lose all sexual desire and feeling, or desire for physical intimacy with their partner, when they have dementia. It’s not a clear cut…

Lacrosse is like watching the slowest, least-talented game of hockey imaginable.

As a twin, there is NOTHING AT ALL MAGICAL about having someone look like you. You just get harassed for it. And when you aren’t much like your twin, people will exclaim “you are the worst twins ever!” in sort of the same way one may describe a terrible set of knives bought at Wal-Mart.

What's the success rate of medicines with side effects vs "natural" supplements?

I honestly have no idea how to respond to that. Write a comment that's relevant to the conversation.

Most people, regardless of background, lack empathy. Doctors, lawyers, dentists, and engineers tend to attract highly intelligent scientific minds. Unfortunately the majority of the world's population is comprised of absolute fucking idiots. That drives scientific minds crazy and they take it out on everyone else.

Goodness, I wish he would just go away!

"4 out of 5 doctors recommend this product. The fifth...is Dr. Oz."

Got it. Until all possible evidence is in, assume everything is trying to kill you. It's going to be a long, hungry eternity until everything is known about everything. Available evidence is all anyone has at any given time, go make the best judgment. As of now, that evidence says GMOs are safe.

I actually had a student this semester who mentioned Dr. Oz during a discussion, and I had no clue WTF he was talking about. After I found out, we had a long discussion about scientific methodology, and it was all I could take to keep from just saying "Are you a fucking idiot?"

One of my buddies worked with Mehmet at Columbia and said he was just fine, although he rarely operated. He was neither good nor bad, but capable, so I agree with you. However, this indictment isn't in reference to an inability to perform cardiothoracic surgery, but in reference to an apparent breach of ethics and a…

I'm confused about why it's called bone broth. I have been making broth with discarded chicken bits for...ever. Now it's suddenly this magical "bone broth".

"too many chemicals,"

Heteroromatic demisexual cismale checking in. If we really wanted to pile on the adjectives, I am also apigmental [I am rolling my eyes at myself]

I had to look up demi-sexual, and that just sounds like preferring monogamy. That hardly makes someone a sexual minority.

Yes. I feel like this need to embrace a lack of interest in sex as an identity is mostly due to two related myths: that women, as a general rule, want sex just as much as men, and that men, as a general rule, want sex all the time. Neither of these things is true, and I think they really distort our views of what is…

the poster didn't say that it was.

How dare you rob people of their snowflakery

It sounds "relatable" because most of what asexuals describe is just totally normal, average sexual interest and expression. For some reason they decided to borrow a bunch of concepts and terminology from queer usage but — at least from what I have seen — the majority of them aren't really outside the norm.