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they’re platforming and subsequently legitimising them.
You could make that argument about them being allowed to have an account at all, but simply marking that account in such a way that informs the userbase that it's not a troll/parody account or something, but the actual organization?
That doesn't "platform" them, they're already on the platform at the time this happened. And confirming that something asserted to be true, is in fact true, is a good thing.
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It’s basically giving uncle Sam a list of targets to hit next.
How, exactly? Even if you use your real name as your username (which no one does), unless it's very uncommon, that still won't uniquely identify you.
The classic analogy is the jar of 100 sweets.
Classic, but deeply flawed.
This is literally the same way white supremacists 'justify' being distrustful/suspicious of black people in general.
The mental stress that this level of paranoia inflicts on you is likely going to be more harmful on average.
You're best off overall if you take reasonable precautions (having a small weapon/pepper spray), and just go about your day without stressing about it all the time.
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they’re easy to carry around
It doesn't matter how easy they are to carry around, having to carry them around is by definition less convenient than not having to carry anything around.
your “argument” is entirely subjective.
You don't know what "subjective" means. There's nothing subjective about 'having to carry this thing around and have it with you every time you have sex is less convenient than doing something once and being set for months/years'. That's just a fact.
A batch of private GOP polling data obtained by Axios revealed that President Donald Trump’s mass deportation policy is wildly unpopular with independent and undecided voters
Bullshit clickbait:
- The headline is clearly trying to imply that Republicans are the ones not supporting the policy
- No sign of Trump 'panicking' whatsoever
What an idiotic article, from the headline down.
Locally replacing some letters with some other letters is going to make Microsoft's CEO cry? Really?
Also, I'll not be using Chrome, lol.
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“Would you wear a seatbelt if you knew you weren’t going to crash?”
I don’t know that. I don’t know the condom isn’t preventing anything.
Dude...It's a hypothetical...the "whole point" is that people only use condoms (and seat belts) because they do something that the user needs done. That's why people wear seat belts in their car, but not on their couch at home.
No one actually enjoys using condoms, and as soon as their functionality (contraception and/or STI prevention) isn't needed, they're ditched immediately. Just like how people don't put on a seat belt when they're getting into their car to sit stationary in their driveway and listen to music or something.
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yeah but that's a goalpost move because the topic is contraception, not STIs.
It's also not even an argument, because there is no real "option" to compare condoms to re STIs at all, and the fact that they're good for that takes nothing away from the main thing that makes them inconvenient, being "An object you have to physically carry around with you and have on your person in the moment every single time you have sex".
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It's one of those things that's beneficial but not profitable (like the postal service), and therefore a 'service' that the government should be providing with tax revenue, imo.
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You're missing my point, which I thought was clear, but add "when the condom is not preventing anything" to the end of the bit you quoted to clarify it.
My point is that, unless you have a good reason to do it (the source of the "sense of safety" and the prevention of the "paranoia", described above), you're obviously not going to do it.
If your partner is infertile, and you know that both of you have no STIs, neither of you are going to want to use a condom. Condoms are used because they're needed, not because they're wanted.
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You obviously have very strong opinions about this.
It's not an opinion, that is the only responsible and ethical way to go about it.
Medical standards, such as those from the American Urological Association (AUA), explicitly state that a vasectomy should be counseled as a permanent procedure. Using its potential reversibility as an incentive to persuade a hesitant patient is generally considered a breach of the standard of care.
Also something that's rarely considered: while vasectomies are often covered by insurance, vasectomy reversal very rarely is, and can cost over $10,000 out of pocket, in the US at least.
'I can always reverse it' should not ever be a factor in one's decision to get a vasectomy, nor would any ethical doctor say anything along those lines.
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Corrected to nearly 46%, with source. 🫠
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Those are similar to if not precisely the circumstances under which the majority of unplanned pregnancies happen, and nearly 46% of all pregnancies are unplanned.
Lots and lots of people are just horny idiots who are really bad at considering the potential long-term consequences of their short-term actions.
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I can’t speak for everyone in my gender, but I’ve rarely found an issue with them.
Not what I said, though. Do you prefer sex with a condom to sex without? If not, you align with what I said.
Especially early in a relationship, they were always bog standard for me.
That's obviously in the "good reason" category. Also agrees with the other part of my sentence, as tons of short-sighted people forgo them altogether, including one-night stands with strangers.
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An object you have to physically carry around with you and have on your person in the moment every single time you have sex, versus things like:
- a pill that, while needing to take it daily, leaves you protected at all times, you don't need it on hand at the time of the sexual encounter. And most pills aren't even that strict about what time you take it each day, as long as it's around the same time every day
- a vaginal ring that only needs to be swapped out once a month (and can safely be removed for a few hours during sex itself without losing efficacy, if desired)
- an injection that lasts 3 months
- an arm implant that can last 5 years once inserted, depending on type
- an IUD that can last for over a decade once inserted, depending on type
Condoms are far less convenient than any of these.
I see what you mean now; your wording was ambiguous, specifically "do".
sounds like you're saying 'would post anything worse than they already post'.