[-] [email protected] 56 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

In fact, one systematic review found that the average prevalence of surgical regret was 14.4% among all research studies analyzed

Holy shit that's actually crazy to me. [I actually tracked down that number because I was so curious] (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1007/s00268-017-3895-9) It's over half cancer surgery. I've known that the regret rate for transition surgery was low for a long time, but that piece of context kinda blows my mind. You're more likely to regret a variety of life saving procedures than gender affirming surgery, and it's often by insane orders of magnitude.

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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

I personally am in a phenomenally stable polyamorous relationship. I've been married to my wife for 12 years, and she has had the same boyfriend for about half of that time. It's a really fulfilling arrangement for all of us in various ways. We're all genuinely happy and satisfied. I'm kind of casually looking for a boyfriend of my own.

But I feel like I only hear negative stories about other poly experiences. It's always unstable people and situations. It's always two out of three people happy at most. Surely there are other success stories out there, and I just hear the disasters because they're more memorable and fun to tell. Does anyone else have or know a polyamory success story?

EDIT: This blew up a little while I was asleep. I promise I'm at least reading every comment.

EDIT 2.0: ngl I did not expect the trope of polyamory to fix a struggling relationship would be so real. We did just the opposite and are both baffled. Don't use volitility to fight the volitility.

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submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

It has been brought to my attention by several coworkers that most of them find cannabis--thc specifically--makes time go much faster for them. The day flies by compared to normal. I'm just the opposite. Any amount of thc stretches time to its limits. It makes the day feel so, so long. Even a little bit of H4CBD has me in the time tunnel. I feel like I'm gonna be here forever. I'm curious if I'm in as much a minority in the grand scheme of things as I am in this building.

[-] [email protected] 36 points 8 months ago

Hashtags work on a wide range of platforms and double as search terms. It probably sticks in the mind of the average passerby better than website and gets people to your message about as well overall.

[-] [email protected] 54 points 8 months ago

Yeah, couple times, but not for years now. Fetishizing pre-industrial times sounds nice if you aren't one of the many people who would have died or lived with an untreated illness or condition your whole life. You should look into what they did to that man in college. Then find someone more stable making similar points and saying similar things. Industrial skepticism isn't unique to Ted Kaczynski. The truama and subsequent mental illness that pervade his theory and philosophy is.

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submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

He was investigating.

So they all work well. The Squeezes are unfortunately bitter, but they're a good deal per mg. The Lemon Lime isn't too bad in some lemon Sprite. The Stiribles are perfect. They add zero flavor and dissolve into flat liquids beautifully. I had some mixed with a Seltzer recently and couldn't taste it. They hit faster than normal edibles. A lot of people report feeling like they hit harder than the number suggests, but I think they just prefer that sort of high. Personally I prefer the feel of normal edibles. They're supposed to work better for people with low amounts of the enzyme that converts THC, but I can't speak to that personally. They're definitely a fun addition to my alchemy cabinet.

[-] [email protected] 67 points 8 months ago

Ngl I want my dash to look like a fucking airliner. I love that my MINI interior looks like a personal space ship from a 90s movie. Give me moar toggles!

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submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Basically what it says on the can: why do you use weed? Are you a purely recreational user? Do you use for medical purposes, with or without a prescription? Do you use for a mental health condition? We're all probably some blend of these. What's your use case?

Personally, I do use cannabis medicinally to help me sleep. Neither weed nor melatonin cuts it alone, but weed and quick dissolve melatonin is just the right thing. I also use for recreational purposes. It's just fun to do things stoned. I also use heavily for religious/spiritual reasons. I'm a Discordian, and keeping a flexible mind full of doubt is important to that. Weed is helpful in resisting the siren call of comforting certainty. As a casual psychedelic, it keeps me thinking in interesting ways.

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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

I love this thing. I wanted a Volcano for years. It feels like both science and magic at the same time. I can put enough flowers into me to be as stoned as I need to be without the gross respiratory effects. I've always struggled to use flowers through the winter months when holiday anxiety redoubles my weed need. Between this and my employee discount, I bet I can avoid my traditional holiday season drinking. If I can manage that, it'll have paid for itself twice. It was expensive af, but I paid for $200 of it with a gift card I got from a sales competition. So far it has been 100% worth it.

EDIT: Sync doesn't display my extra pictures! =O

[-] [email protected] 46 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Tbh I'm not really a cheese girl. Give me fancy tomatoes. Fancy tomatoes will hold my attention.

[-] [email protected] 62 points 8 months ago

And then he eats your slow old dad with that kid and they sing a little song about it.

[-] [email protected] 39 points 8 months ago

When people and places that should be dirty are clean and kempt. Pirates on the seas should be dirty. Soldiers in the field should be dirty. Cowboys on a cattle drive should be dirty. Swamp cultists should be dirty. I appreciate realistically dirty characters. It distracts me every time when characters are clean and showered with their hair done on day three of being lost in the woods or some shit. It's one of the many things Our Flag Means Death nails. Even Stede gets grimy, because piracy is grimy work.

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submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

In a very different direction from my other Halloween submission, Iris Marlowe! She's the best spooky lesbian cowgirl you've ever heard. She has a heart of metal and a lot of talent. And she's a pretty cool person too, has some cute rabbits. This is my go to fuck shit up song right now. I listen to it on my walk to work a lot.

[-] [email protected] 49 points 9 months ago

I live down the street from a college. Many of my neighbors are college students. I've seen roughly this look on a handful of very young men in the last year. I've seen guys in their early 20s/late teens playing sports in roughly this outfit. It is coming back/fashion is more fluid these days. There are still trends, but many young people wear all sorts of stuff that just looks good on their bodies with little regard for era or popularity.

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submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

I often have a lot of detailed, nifty things to say about music I listen to. I only have complex, hard to communicate feelings about Little Mazarn. This is from their new EP, Honey Island General Store, maybe my favorite of the lot, but I've only had it for a day. I was so excited when I opened Spotify for something totally different and saw the new release. I hope Lindsey's Austin residency continues to be this productive.

[-] [email protected] 66 points 9 months ago

points at random new hire who has been allowed to work unsupervised for like three days

Well she did it for me last week!

[-] [email protected] 62 points 9 months ago

When I got sick Costco graciously moved me to a food prep and service position!

<_< That's so great.....

[-] [email protected] 56 points 9 months ago

I work four days a week and take good care of myself. It sets me apart. Last I saw the numbers, my sales for the month were more than time and a half the second place employee's. I am the stand out employee since my friend got a promotion. And I'm probably in line for the next one. If I work a fifth day, I have a mental breakdown. I promise. I Iove my job with everything in me, but I've never been stable working five days a week. I'm a high performance individual, and not overworking myself is essential to maintaining that.

[-] [email protected] 110 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Imagine being so afraid of The Big Gay that you fire two people for being part of another community that uses boldly colored stripes in their logo, a community that literally has a documented statistical preference for bold primary colors and patterns. Imagine your hate being so enormous that it can't hit just one group of vulnerable minority children.

EDIT: Imagine posting before your caffeine kicks in and having to fix three different typos.

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submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

I'm gonna keep bringing lesbian country to Lemmy because holy shit I love gay country. Melissa Carper has a voice that can melt me and an awkward confidence I can't resist. She's the master of the brand new old time song, routinely funny, and I will love her forever.

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