Posts by cambrian_era@radical.town
(DIR) Post #9qbcUIIef9oheDnwjg by cambrian_era@radical.town
2020-01-02T23:17:07Z
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@a7 look I'm not there for sexy cats, though I will say francesca hayward is adorable and I hope this doesn't tank her film career before it starts
(DIR) Post #9qbciyEXYFEPkysVf6 by cambrian_era@radical.town
2020-01-02T23:19:33Z
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@a7 I actually agree there. but then the boomer ladies that comprise their core audience would've complained
(DIR) Post #9quVtUYiTS84Lpaczo by cambrian_era@radical.town
2020-01-12T02:02:42Z
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saw this on twitter
(DIR) Post #9qzLxiIfIcE2NLFvdo by cambrian_era@radical.town
2020-01-13T22:35:11Z
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*points at giraffe* snake horse
(DIR) Post #9r48IuKlkvLccFcHmS by cambrian_era@radical.town
2020-01-16T17:24:33Z
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@sir a) yes, puberty does resumeb) being trans isn't a choice that you get to make once you turn 18c) this bill is at odds with current medical research and standardsd) this bill specifically targets trans people in ways that are legal for cis people.
(DIR) Post #9r494fWA94psZ2ih84 by cambrian_era@radical.town
2020-01-16T17:33:35Z
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@sir The current standards of care use puberty blockers to delay puberty until a child can make a more informed decision. They're commonly used for precocious puberty. If you don't do this, then people undergo permanent, life-altering changes (puberty). What people look for is persistent and insistent identification with their stated gender.As far as the second part goes, I'm no intactivist but circumcisions are perfectly legal, for instance. As are breast reductions. So is using hormone therapy for other purposes. There are any number of life-altering medical decisions that children or their parents make. But this bill specifically targets only one: transition.
(DIR) Post #9r49rJSYwg0iLGEPFA by cambrian_era@radical.town
2020-01-16T17:39:25Z
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@sir But you CAN ask why certain life-altering decisions spark panic among the general populace while others go ignored.I can't imagine that you would legitimately argue that any and all medical decisions that will have long-term effects be held off until a person is 18.It's not 'whataboutism', it's asking why this is.
(DIR) Post #9r4AM1PY6EvJLHSst6 by cambrian_era@radical.town
2020-01-16T17:43:19Z
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@sir If the rationale for the bill is that minors and their parents AND their doctors cannot make life-altering decisions, then that rationale should be applied to everyone, not just to trans people.
(DIR) Post #9r4AwGFeOv8LnH7CvA by cambrian_era@radical.town
2020-01-16T17:54:29Z
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@sir You wouldn't make a law like that because it would be ludicrous. There are all sorts of cases where a given treatment might be considered elective and to override the patient, parents, doctors, and medical research would be unjust and inflict unnecessary suffering.A rational path would be to examine a given treatment and look at its outcomes.
(DIR) Post #9rD00OZ65BKXfBcSGG by cambrian_era@radical.town
2020-01-16T16:34:55Z
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:levar_dislike: Isekai:levar_like: VRMMO
(DIR) Post #9rD00PQGtTrgK6Uv8y by cambrian_era@radical.town
2020-01-16T16:35:32Z
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I just grew up as an EverQuest nerd and that was extremely formative in a lot of ways.
(DIR) Post #9rDhfDEXPjNIQ9iEO8 by cambrian_era@radical.town
2020-01-21T00:23:22Z
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@uemantra Oh yeah, EQ2 is the one I played the most. From well before release (I worked at SOE for a while) until a few years ago.
(DIR) Post #9rQoGQxOTjVkThIv2W by cambrian_era@radical.town
2020-01-27T15:37:26Z
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a jumpsuit or a jonesie
(DIR) Post #9riyV5CwzOzBptoqEC by cambrian_era@radical.town
2020-02-05T00:48:15Z
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Rats are intelligent, sensitive creatures that don't deserve this
(DIR) Post #9rpzZEUJt6uZpxCnhY by cambrian_era@radical.town
2020-02-08T19:07:42Z
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I have an urge to play Project 1999.
(DIR) Post #9rpzZEhR6LP4UdLH96 by cambrian_era@radical.town
2020-02-08T19:08:48Z
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Personal project idea: EVRQuest, just like, as a proof of concept, recreate some old EQ1 areas in Unreal for VR.
(DIR) Post #9sBDdJLYO7nWs2gXnE by cambrian_era@radical.town
2020-02-19T00:36:24Z
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So, here's how medical billing in the US works:The place I got surgery at billed my insurance for $146k for my surgery.Of that, $111 was written off. I was left with a $34k bill, which my insurance paid (I had met my yearly out of pocket).The thing is, the ~$35k price is around what I understood the surgery to usually cost anyway. So really, they just make up whatever number, then negotiate it down and it's savings? The whole thing is fucking bizarre.
(DIR) Post #9sBDdJlQpuUwAInD84 by cambrian_era@radical.town
2020-02-19T00:38:00Z
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This sort of thing is why the argument that conservatives like Pete Buttigieg make that people should make decisions about their own care is nonsense. The whole thing is opaque and labyrinthine. You have no idea what anything costs and little ability to shop around.
(DIR) Post #9sBDdKnF0fXVMCeAaW by cambrian_era@radical.town
2020-02-19T01:15:05Z
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@AudreyJune Yeah. Because I have good insurance (yay for my union) it's fine, but it's still ridiculous.
(DIR) Post #9sBDvICvMWPOYADtdw by cambrian_era@radical.town
2020-02-19T00:24:17Z
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i saw mike bloomberg gathering opposition research on bernie sanders and some of the oppo fell out and the oppo looked at me