I tried having that conversation with my dad who is a climate change hoax conspiracy theorist. It was like talking to someone with paranoid schizophrenia. It went from it’s the scientists being either incompetent or falsifying data to university administrators conspiring together to finally the energy companies…

A human taking a literal horse pill of the stuff can look forward to seizures, liver damage, and potential coma, although in this population I’m not sure how you’d diagnose the latter.

Pyrenean ibex, Western Black Rhinoceros, Formosan Clouded Leopard, Pinta Island Tortoise, Eastern cougar, Vietnamese rhino, Christmas Island Pipistrelle, Chinese Paddlefish, Alaotra Grebe, Long Jaw Tristramella, black-faced Honeycreeper, Golden Toad, Heredia Robber Frog.

Yea I’d say there are definitely bad actors, and they should clearly be blamed for this. This is not like a meteor that nobody could see or deflect. We’re a year and a half out from the stuff of the pandemic, now on the 4th (?) wave, and more than 6 months since most adult Americans have been able to get vaccinated.…

Ivermectin absolutely has side effects. Big ones. It just doesn’t have serious side effects when given at the proper doses and with the human version (namely, its “inactive” ingredients and carriers).

Don’t forget the dirtbag lawyer who worked on the case.

We are so fucked.

That’s a relief, to hear that sanity has prevailed, but it should never have come this far. The first judge’s order was a massive slippery slope, essentially ordering doctors to do something that went against what their state medical board requires of them, administering a treatment with significant side effects to a…

Millions of Americans are refusing vaccines, but are willing to do anything to take medications promoted by shitposters, conspiracy theory promoters and right wing propaganda outlets. Because, sure, the same government that is telling them to get vaccinated is actually hiding the REAL cure for COVID-19.

Simply stated, there are no bad actors in this case.

This reminds me of that one time I had a really bad headache so I went to Instacare, and when they offered me Tylenol I refused to take it, and told them to put leeches all over my face instead.

Action spots like joints might wear out, but generally titanium is a good bet for uses like skull plates. My husband just had a heart bypass, and a titanium plate was wired over the sternum to help stabilize that site. (It will remain in place permanently.) The doc said the chunk of artery they used for the bypass…

The second month I had the implant I wanted to tear everyone’s head off. Months 8-11 I spent completely, totally depressed. My doc tried treating it with antidepressants that gave me an all new set of side effects until I pegged it to the implant and got it out.

I had the arm implant and it completely killed every bit of my libido. So yeah, it worked, but kind of pointless at that point. I have had an iud for the last 10 years and I would never go back.

Fortunately she’s in Japan, where abortion has been legal since the 1940s. As regressive as some Japanese companies and the government have been about women’s rights, contraception has always been viewed pragmatically in the country. I remember seeing condom vending machines in Japanese bars long before AIDS made them…

but all IUDs are supposed to be replaced or removed after some number of years.

Just think about how many babies this thing must have prevented.

Yeah, my kid always tells me the least favorite part of his job is telling parents their kids are too short. Nearly everyone will accept it, but that 5-10% of entitled-up-the-wazoo folks will argue and bitch and call him all kinds of names. Two or three times he’s had to call Security. Fortunately his park’s parent…

We had a place like that in the town I lived in when I was in highschool. Most of my friends worked there and they said management was horrible and every ride was sketchy. About a year before they went under they built a sweet multi-level outdoor go kart track. Don’t know how they afforded that. Probably some…

The worst job I ever had was at a small, local entertainment center/amusement park. The joint had go-karts, putt-putt, slides, etc. in addition to the typical fair rides like the giant swing, small coaster, and more. The managers were crabby and gave improper training to us teens hired to manage each ride. Looking…