GrammarPolice
@GrammarPolice@lemmy.world
- Comment on Boomers with their loud Samsung phone sounds 2 days ago:
Nah it’s Gen Z and their loud iPhone bell notifications.
WE’RE IN CLASS!! SILENCE YOUR PHONES DAMMIT!
- Comment on ScIence 1 week ago:
Now we just need the cunni - 10⁶⁹
- Comment on Anon gets corrected 1 week ago:
Yours:
Mine: 8=========>
- Comment on Anon gets corrected 1 week ago:
Then let’s also start using sis and girl when referring to men. BOOM EQUALITY!
- Comment on Anon gets corrected 1 week ago:
It gives off the same energy as correcting grammar when talking with someone.
Is this a personal attack?
- Comment on Anon gets corrected 1 week ago:
She gets angry at me for saying “you guys”
Me: 🚶
- Comment on Is it wrong to not have a disabled child solely to avoid forcing the child to suffer their whole life? 1 week ago:
No problem. I probably should have been less presumptive and snarky in my reply. I’m just tired of seeing it branded as eugenics when the situation is simply prophylaxis. Adoption is always an option for these couples, so i think it would be selfish for them to breed knowing there are risks.
On the other hand, the person you replied to is probably an antinatalist. They believe it’s morally wrong to reproduce. A radical philosophy that has its flaws, but i see the appeal.
- Comment on Is it wrong to not have a disabled child solely to avoid forcing the child to suffer their whole life? 1 week ago:
Oh come on, not this crap again.
Imagine a situation both parents are carriers of the mutated CFTR gene that can cause cystic fibrosis. There’s a 1 in 4 chance any offspring they produce would inherit both recessive genes from the parents thereby strickening the child with this lifelong disease.
The complications for an individual with CF include: Chronic lung infections (e.g., pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus), bronchiectasis (airway widening and scarring), persistent cough and mucus production, progressive lung damage and respiratory failure, pasal polyps and sinus infections, Digestive System Complications, pancreatic insufficiency (poor digestion and malabsorption), malnutrition and vitamin deficiencies (A, D, E, K), meconium ileus (intestinal blockage in newborns), intestinal obstruction in older individuals, CF-related diabetes (CFRD), liver disease (blocked bile ducts, cirrhosis), male infertility (absence/blockage of the vas deferens), female reduced fertility (thick cervical mucus), excessive salt loss through sweat (risk of dehydration and electrolyte imbalances), low bone density, delayed growth and poor weight gain in children, anxiety and depression related to chronic illness, Increased risk of heat exhaustion, pulmonary hypertension (high blood pressure in the lungs), cor pulmonale (right-sided heart failure due to lung issues) and the eventual need for lung transplantation in severe cases.
Now imagine a genetic counselor telling the couple that is about to reproduce that they should not worry about the risks associated as it would be far worse to give into the “Nazi-praxis that is eugenics”. Wouldn’t you categorize this as insanity?
The life expectancy for someone with CF is about 40 years. The point is that touting simple prophylaxis and common sense as “eugenics” is incredibly naive and ignorant to the realities of the real world. There’s no reason to enable the suffering of children who could’ve otherwise been spared the hassle because you want to avoid eugenics. This type of extreme thinking must be shunned.
- Comment on Is it wrong to not have a disabled child solely to avoid forcing the child to suffer their whole life? 1 week ago:
They’re probably referring to having a child when it is genetically predisposed to abnormalities due to whatever genetics the parents have.
- Comment on This crossword editor's view of the political spectrum 1 week ago:
What is regarded as “centrist” in America?
- Comment on Can astronauts jerk off or toss the troff in space? Would their heart monitors would show it to be elevated? Or can or has any two astronauts ever had sex in space? 1 week ago:
I was expecting some one or two sentences about breath control and kegels - which you did include. But i wasn’t expecting a whole fucking essay. I’m going to take all you’ve said and put the effort in. This genuinely seems like legit advice.
- Comment on Can astronauts jerk off or toss the troff in space? Would their heart monitors would show it to be elevated? Or can or has any two astronauts ever had sex in space? 1 week ago:
Please I’m begging you, teach me this art. I’m begging you! Please!
- Comment on What's the deal with male loneliness? 2 weeks ago:
I’m already quite open to socialism, but touting capitalism as the source of all your problems is dogma at this point
- Comment on I got into the wrong career lol 2 weeks ago:
😢😔
- Comment on What's the deal with male loneliness? 2 weeks ago:
Ok. Enjoy your capitalism-hate circlejerk then🙏
- Comment on What's the deal with male loneliness? 2 weeks ago:
Lmao of course you’d say they were worse before😂 even though feudalism was probably the most oppressive system we had as a society. Loneliness rates would’ve been through the roof. Sounds like you’re the one who needs to learn a little bit more
- Comment on What's the deal with male loneliness? 2 weeks ago:
It may contribute a little, but last time i checked, poor social skills and anxiety weren’t caused by capitalism
- Comment on What's the deal with male loneliness? 2 weeks ago:
Except for the fact that loneliness has existed long before capitalism and will continue to do so after its disbandment 🤦
- Comment on What's the deal with male loneliness? 2 weeks ago:
Ahhh yes the default answer to all struggles of life: Capitalism
- Comment on Anon admits they were wrong 2 weeks ago:
I downvoted your comment.
- Comment on Communism 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on May be atomic habit forming 3 weeks ago:
I’ve interacted with people who practice and preach this philosophy. I still wonder why natural selection allows for their existence 🤦
- Comment on Oh yay 3 weeks ago:
Definitely remember you cuz you’re weird
- Comment on Why is daisychaining multiple extension cords considered unsafe, even if only done to the length of a standard cable? 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Anon sees happy people 3 weeks ago:
Ok buddy, good night
- Comment on Anon sees happy people 3 weeks ago:
you just don’t understand how language works.
Ironic considering my username. I guess we’ll agree to disagree 🤝
- Comment on Anon sees happy people 3 weeks ago:
🤦
You haven’t even disagreed with my point. Denouncing it doesn’t change the original intent of the incel movement. If you go back and read the definitions i provided, it is clear that women can be incels as well, so saying it’s a misogynistic group is oxymoronic. Like i said, it would be akin writing off feminism as misandrism because many feminists hate men.
It’s about the origins of the term and not what it has come to be associated with.
- Comment on Anon sees happy people 3 weeks ago:
Clearly you’re the one who lacks reading skills if you didn’t see that 1). The involuntary celibacy project was started by a woman, and 2). It was initially meant for lonely people struggling to find love. Any other meaning attached to the term is a matter of stereotype.
This is like saying feminism ≠ misandrist because a lot of people that identify with the term hate men. Cmon man, do better.
- Comment on Anon sees happy people 3 weeks ago:
Oh please. Using Wikipedia as a source while knowing entries are provided by individuals. Here’s all of Wiktionary’s definitions of the word.
A member of an online subculture of people (mostly men) who define themselves as unable to find a romantic or sexual partner despite desiring one.
(rare) An individual who is not sexually active despite having such a desire. Synonyms: Thesaurus:incel
(uncountable, seduction community, informal) “Involuntary celibacy”: the state of being not sexually active despite wishing to be.
Incel is not a gendered word. Even females can be incels.
- Comment on Anon sees happy people 3 weeks ago:
No, but ok
