Born in 84. Bulimic since 98. Bought ipecac at the drug store until 2001 when they removed it from the shelves. Used it for ‘emergencies’ when I couldn’t purge everything on my own. I used it maybe 6 times. Vomiting on ipecac was excruciating. So, so violent, like you were going to purge your own organs out. Looking…

Oh god, this reminds me of the time my cat ate a jade plant and the vet told us to give him a teaspoon of hydrogen peroxide to make him vomit it up. Cat refused to vomit, so the vet told us to give him another teaspoon. Cat still refused to vomit, so we had to take him in to the vet, where they gave him three more…

I think most of the characters on Murdoch Mysteries aren’t actually supposed to be native to Canada. Back then most of the white population in Canada were still immigrants. I do know that in British Columbia into the early 20th century, even the people born there had British accents, but Atlantic Canada had been…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_…

Hmmm, you mean the tear gas and sound cannons DIDN’T de-escalate the problem? Wow, who’d a thunk it?

Goal reached!

Well, shut down psychology. No need for more studies. Ballah has set us all straight.

“Please guarantee that our gift will not be used to support transgender girls. If you can’t, please return the money.”

They are a secular organization. The Girl Scout Promise includes the word “god” in it, but it’s because it was written in 1912, so most people involved were Christian. That said, they are explicit that you can substitute that word with whatever you feel comfortable with (I’m an atheist, so this is important to me).…

Transgender kids have to go through extensive counseling and psychiatric examination before they transition. It’s not like playing dress up. We have lots and lots of research that shows that gender is set by around age 2-3. It isn’t really that complex.

Plenty of kids know very early on exactly who they are. They might not be at the point of having an intellectual debate with you about the nuances of gender identity in our society, but there most certainly are girls who were assigned male at birth who know they’re girls. And maybe if we listened to kids when they…

There is no legal obligation, but honoring donor intent is a pretty important ethical principle of fundraising. It is typical for nonprofits to have gift acceptance policies, so that in cases like this where the conditions of the gift are antithetical to the organization’s values (or impractical, not feasible for some…

I’ve heard recordings from shortly after that time made by people who would have been around in 1890 and they’re not much different than today, just thicker.

But does anyone knows what a 1890 PEI accent actually sounds like? Or do they just do like the Murdoch Mysteries on CBC and make everyone sound vaguely Scottish or Irish?

i always hated the girl scouts when I was a little girl because almost all the girls I knew that were in it made fun of me and/or were nasty little brats.

These people didn’t want to help the girl scouts at all. They just wanted to make a political gesture to get their “cause” in the media. What a bunch of baloney mongering anus monkeys.

What a weird, mean, dumbshit caveat to an otherwise generous gesture. It seems like the donor’s entire point was less about giving money and more about making a big show of sneering publicly at trans children. Cool move, Jabroni. You feel good about yourself, picking on little kids?

I love it when someone makes a “gift” so long as it is used to support bigotry. And especially when that “gift” is rejected.

And this donor just received the “Douch Bag of the year” award. Congrats, enjoy

This was very informative, Esther.