TheDannysaur

Who gives a fuck. If someone rejects the premise that good for people isn't good policy, fuck em. I'm tired of pretending their opinion matters.

Sorry to be spicy but like... I just don't think we need to validate them or pay attention. Let's build something not placate them.

I don't think we need to have an either or mentality. We need to break out of the idea that things need a perfect, direct ROI. That just reinforces financial overlords to do layoffs and to favor capital and the rich.

$700M in free busses could open up a world of happier people, access to better jobs and better Healthcare through better access.

There is more to ROI than direct financial returns, and we have to get out of the language of the venture capitalist. You say that it is "just generally improving the quality of a society". That IS a return on investment. And it's more important in my mind than a financial gain. We need to start treating happiness like it's something worth pursuing. We say money can't buy happiness, but then base all our decision making on money like it's the key to everything.

I'm never going to say don't wait for facts.

But the issue is that "the facts" can take years to assertain... Sometimes there's a lot of damage that can be done.

It's a delicate balance. People weaponize "wait for the facts" to just delay and dull the impact. Like most things, it's not black and white.

I don't think saying "most" is the best application here.

Honestly, I think we have to recognize that even the appearance of sincerity is honestly further than where most politics is at right now.

You don't necessarily have to praise it if you think that, but at least we can give credit that at least the words were the right message, even if you think the intention was not.

We need to reset the bar. I think people (not you) are actively trying to say that it was all fake and she only did it for political gain, etc. Maybe that's true, but at least for right now her message was good. I mean Trump's portion was a fucking disaster.

We don't have to praise it, but it's hard to criticize. I think the criticism galvanizes harsher responses, and it's an easy thing to focus on as a good thing. Yes, forgiveness is a good thing. I mean she actually spoke about Jesus in correct context and didn't completely bastardize the message to jail refugees in inhumane conditions. It's a step in the right direction, even of the intention was hollow.

At least we could start there.

Where the hell are you getting $75 urgent care visits? And $20 doctor visits? I have a high deductible plan and these are like $150 for a doctor and $250 for urgent care.

My wife had a cyst drained and it cost us over $1,000 between 3 visits and them draining it once. Draining it was $600.

Wanna know how dumb my brain is? I almost told you that America isn't the only place people walk across the street not at an intersection. I thought you to be an idiot.

Alas, it is I. The idiot.

I think the main issue is that he never actually wanted to go through with them. It's all posturing and leverage.

Calling out the TACO aspect takes the wind out of the sales. Going through with them would be even worse for him. It's helping to neuter one of the many things that is tanking our reputation.

Also gives the rest of the world some assurance that not all of America is in on this garbage.

He might be the right pick. I'm interested to see how he does. I love the other hosts, but a lot of them fall into the format of the show too much. It's like punchy section headlines and clear setups and punchlines. The delivery sounds like a talk show host reading a joke from writers if that makes sense.

Jon Stewart was always a master of weaving it all together. Josh Johnson is much more in that camp. His stand up, which he has a new 30-45 minutes every week, is pretty crazy. While it's more rambling than would work on the Daily Show, he does have a good ability to drive the underlying point home in a very unique way.

Might work, might not, but excited to see him get some at-bats.

Oh 100% on that. Part of that Billings Ovulation Method is that you need open communication and the practice takes both people.

I understand that it's not practical for all couples or situations, but it's an option for some that isn't talked about much.

I mean I want people to łook them up. A lot of studies have them at 99% effective, but with perfect use, which I noted above. Wikipedia says 0.5%-3%, but it depends on the study.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billings_ovulation_method

Realistically, quoting stats doesn't change anyone's mind. I doubt you'll really believe the above. I'm sure you can find things that list it higher, or that you should use typical use rates, which is a completely fair criticism. As I said, this method is not for everyone.

I'm gonna get hammered here because this is Lemmy and anything even loosely associated with Natural Family Planning is going to get down voted.

There are very specific and narrow methods that work well (not perfectly, obviously). I won't quote and statistics here.

To start up top, if you want to use any method of birth control, do it. It's up to you entirely, I don't judge anyone at all.

Also, anything related to the calendar method, day counting, or any such nonsense fuckin sucks. Some like to rope that into natural family planning because they are super simple... But super simple doesn't work.

If anyone is interested in learning about one that actually has scientific backing, it would be the Billings Ovulation Method. But it's not day tracking or anything... You need to do some work. You need to learn about it, learn your own body, and be diligent. And most importantly, use alternative methods when you aren't sure.

Again, I'm willing to bring on the downvotes, but I hope people research before assuming it's all bullshit.

And just to be clear: If you want something easy, use birth control.

As an edit: I want to fully acknowledge the gap between typical use and perfect use. My wife and I are certainly in the perfect use category... Her dad is a doctor and we are well aware of all the science behind it. If you aren't going to put in the work, the method is NOT for you. At all.

Sorry for the shift in tone here but this is absurd...

I will continue to show up when it matters and do things like actively promote a great documentary on the day trans people's rights were stripped away from Iowans because of our dumbass legislature, because I cried watching friends of mine in that room being actively hurt by a government that should protect them. And continue to do the hard work to change the minds of bigoted people in my community, but yes let's pretend I'm just virtue signaling on an anonymous forum for "optics". I am actually doing real work and I won't apologize for not having patience for people saying I don't do enough because I say mentioning maybe Harry Potter in the proper context is probably fine. It's not the thing we need people paying attention to right now.

There's so much more hurt out there. If we boycotted Harry Potter entirely and wiped it from existence in an instant, the average trans persons life doesn't get suddenly get better.

It's fucking irritating. We're wasting breath talking about one stupid fucking lady and an imaginary wizard pretending it's a leading issue for the trans movement. You can hate me for saying it, but I'm fighting for bigger change than trying to make JK Rowling irrelevant. I would rather raise awareness about the systemic harm that I'm actively witnessing in laws being passed removing trans people's protected status. That's a FAR bigger issue.