Justine

@ReubenR80027912 Not a euro but married to one: low cost airlines + staying either with family/friends or in property (likely un-updated) owned by family/friends. Think “going to stay in my uncle’s dry cabin” not “4 weeks in a Marriott”

Can a Euro enlighten me: a top 10% HHI in the UK is $105k…in the US it’s $215k Euros famously go on vacations all summer but they are poor vs Americans who complain about expensive Euro vacation prices All to say: *where are these ppl staying for 5 week vacays being not rich*?

@dieworkwear For Chicago you need to double what the monthly payment would be elsewhere to account for their insane tax & hoa problem

Housing prices are terrible everywhere, but if you live in NYC, San Francisco, or Los Angeles, it's truly SHOCKING what you see when you browse home real estate in Portland, Atlanta, Chicago, and Philadelphia.

@DanLifting99 @PeterRobinsonMD These rural areas can’t retain jobs and schools. After the last factory or mine closes down, everyone who can leave, does. It’s been ~50 years since those with opportunities started leaving. What’s left is bleak and often dangerous.

There is no solution for the shortage of physicians outside of desirable metropolitan areas in the US. This is a consequence of these areas being 60-70 years into a process of outmigration. Doctors match the distribution of other skilled professions, but people somehow imagine physicians will choose to move to the towns that architects, engineers, scientists and even athletes and artists leave.

I wish I had focused on developing delusional optimism much sooner

@Moonlight_myths IMO this is a problem of building codes. Move to a place that soundproofs between apartments if this is an issue for you.

If your neighbour has a baby, and it cries ALL NIGHT, and it's room-is directly next to yours divided by a wall, is it okay to ask them to move the baby to another room? My alarm goes off at 5am. This baby cries until 2, 3am most nights. I am exhausted. I am ill. I am childless by choice and I DO NOT need this. I understand the mother is tired. But you know what? This was not my choice. I'm experiencing the consequences of her choice and I am no longer understanding of it.

@Great_Chumpion @constans As a woman who has been assaulted on public transit, I will 10/10 times choose the manageable risk of driving my own car over needing to carry a taser to get to work in one piece due to the unpredictable presence of uncontrolled violence.

@constans I just think it's insanely American that between the dangerous task of driving that sometimes stresses you out at "the morons on the road" and the thought of seeing a homeless person peeing, people here pick the deadlier option.

A big resentment of the left is that society relies on participation of the middle class to have a functional society. You can’t fund schools unless they’re good enough that middle class people want to attend them. You need transit the middle class will use or they’ll just drive

@autumncinephile Get your thyroid checked, full panel not just TSH

my doctors are useless so if anyone is diagnosed with smth and has these symptoms can you tell me: - periods that stop for 5 or more days and then start again - extremely long periods (18-21 days) - extreme pain and extremely heavy bleeding - nausea, bloating + fainting

@pepel_klaasa @amima Anyone who has earned income in the US must file taxes. For people who are not US citizens, the process is to request a number to pay taxes under, submit your tax paperwork (even for cash jobs), & pay per rules. Immigration penalties are harsher for non-payers.

@amima Yes, this I get. But it is still not understandable for me how an undocumented person can pay taxes. Taxes imply “documented”

My excuses, I still don’t get how the US system allows a person to be an undocumented immigrant AND be employed AND pay taxes on their salary. It is virtually impossible in any country where I’ve ever been, and I’ve been to quite diverse countries. What’s even the logic of that?

@RadioTx76853 @jaecheese @ma1ybe So you’d rather the state pay the (much higher) cost of unwanted/unplanned pregnancy and birth than allow a teen to access the most effective prevention method available? Not great stewardship of resources.

Yes, Justine, I am aware that children can be expensive. I have raised two of them to adulthood. They are an ordinary and expected byproduct of sex. You people in Colorado are apparently crazy. Jefferson County schools are training students on how to resist federal law enforcement officials. Average citizens pay taxes for other people’s birth control, and they’re OK with that. MS-13 gangs take over sections of Aurora, and nobody seems to get their panties in a wad. My universe is a bit different from yours. I insist that people take responsibility for their own actions. If you are of childbearing age and manage to get pregnant—congratulations, you’re going to have a baby, and your boyfriend just signed up for 18 years of child support.

In 2009, Colorado began offering teens free IUDs without parental consent. Within 8 years teen pregnancies dropped 54%. Teen abortion rates fell by 64%. For every $1 spent on the program the state saved $5.85 in labor and delivery costs, child-care assistance and food stamps! That's what a good society does!

@JZ281C To compare it to a US salary, you’d need to think of this ~5k per month as being “net” after a maxed out 401k and 100% health coverage. It also keeps the individual under punitive tax thresholds so the effective tax rate is similar to the US.

@RadioTx76853 @jaecheese @ma1ybe I live in CO so quite literally this is paid for by taxes. Obviously these things vary by location but I will point out pregnancy and birth are even more expensive.

I’m sorry, but you’re still full of shit. An IUD may be very safe. But it’s not perfectly safe. In the event the uterus is perforated and an infection sets in….or the IUD promotes an ectopic pregnancy…..who is responsible for paying for the health care? Not the minor. A minor can’t enter into a legally binding contract. Not the parents. You can’t hold them liable for damages done by insertion of a medical device they never agreed to. The government? lol ha ha you’re on drugs, right? Here’s the deal: if a teen girl wants a IUD, she needs to inform her parent or guardian, and they need to arrange it. The health care decisions and costs associated with providing that health care should remain an issue between the family and the health care provider. Why does everyone assume the government has to do everything for everybody? Is there no chance on our return to a civilized society of individual rights, responsibility, and accountability? Actions have consequences?

@jaecheese @RadioTx76853 @ma1ybe An IUD prevents harm more effectively than any parent could, when it comes to unintended pregnancy. Teens can access other “big” independent decisions like getting a work permit or a drivers license, so it’s not an extreme departure to let them have bodily autonomy.

@justineidea @RadioTx76853 @ma1ybe The problem is the law now surrenders all parents rights for this issue. Including the responsible ones keeping their kids from harm. It also leads the way to other life altering decisions. All should be done with the guidance of a parent.

@jaecheese @RadioTx76853 @ma1ybe The issue is, how would a teen in a vulnerable or unsafe situation prove that they are in one? Would that happen fast enough for them to be protected with access to birth control? Very unlikely in our current judicial system.

@justineidea @RadioTx76853 @ma1ybe I'm not a lawyer, but I'm assuming you could have a law that allows teens to not need parental consent for this scenario ,but for others need parental consent

@jaecheese @RadioTx76853 @ma1ybe Our laws should protect the most vulnerable. Assuming all parents are good, helpful, and responsible causes actual harm with regard to birth control. Teens who have healthy relationships with their parents aren’t the ones who need help to access birth control w/o permission

@justineidea @RadioTx76853 @ma1ybe I see your point. It's valid. But seems like a very unique situation and in that hypothetical case I could see how you could justify the teens choice without the parent consent. However I think the default law should be to have parental consent, with an exception in this case

@jaecheese @RadioTx76853 @ma1ybe Surely a hypothetical victim has the right to protect herself without her abusers consent? And bold of you to assume the courts would rule on such a situation before severe irrevocable harm occurs. Incest is one of the hardest crimes to prove.

@justineidea @RadioTx76853 @ma1ybe If there was incest involved, you'd likely have the path of termination of parental rights.

@jaecheese @RadioTx76853 @ma1ybe To which I say, a legal guardian doesn’t decide if conception happens. Teens take this risk so they should be allowed to manage it. Otherwise you get bad cases like forced-birth-from-incest.

@justineidea @RadioTx76853 @ma1ybe I don't think the argument is that they don't have access, it's that they should not have access without a legal guardian in the loop and a part of the decision making process.

@RadioTx76853 @ma1ybe As someone who had complications from an IUD, they are all less risky than an actual pregnancy. Teens can get pregnant without parental awareness, ergo they should also have the right to prevent this dangerous condition via the most effective means available.

Here’s my question: A school won’t give my kid a Tylenol or aspirin for a headache. The junior high my kids attended wouldn’t allow a child to have French fries with their school lunch more than twice per week. But it’s ok to put a birth control device in them without my knowledge? If any of the following occur, is the school district going to handle the resulting medical bills? Key IUD Complications Expulsion: The IUD may partially or completely slip out of the uterus, typically within the first few months. Uterine Perforation: The IUD pierces the uterine wall during insertion, a rare but serious complication. Infection (PID): Pelvic inflammatory disease can occur, with risks highest in the first 20 days post-insertion. Pregnancy and Ectopic Pregnancy: While >99% effective, if pregnancy occurs with an IUD, there is a higher risk of ectopic pregnancy (pregnancy outside the uterus). Lost Strings/Thread Problems: Strings may be missing, indicating potential expulsion, or they may have retracted into the uterus. Ovarian Cysts: Often associated with hormonal IUDs, with about 1 in 10 users experiencing them, which are usually harmless but can cause pain. Pain and Bleeding: Increased cramping, backaches, and irregular or heavier bleeding (especially with copper IUDs).

@rasmalai Go

@iam_preethi Many women don’t reach a TDEE of 2000. Assuming she has a desk job, expending 2k energy a day would require ~60 min a day of intentional exercise that increases heart rate. Anyone eating more than TDEE will gain weight.

If you gain fat eating 2000 calories, that's a sign your metabolism is damaged from years of under eating, not that 2000 is "too much." A healthy metabolism should be able to handle 2000+ easily. When it can't, it's because years of restriction has down regulated your thyroid and put your body in conservation mode. The solution isn't to eat less. It's to repair the damage. Women with healthy metabolisms eat 2000-2500+ and maintain their weight easily. That should be the goal, not normalizing a metabolism so broken that 2000 calories causes weight gain.

@emilykmay The future already exists, it’s just not evenly distributed yet. Look to Thailand for affordable food stalls that people use in place of home cooking.

i have been thinking about this so much lately. there was a time when folks could not conceptualize having to chop wood every day, fetch water every day, or find time to sew clothes. we can't really envision a time where we don't have to make meals every day.