I’m 54. Cancer was a death sentence when I was young. Cures? LOL, how about detection? Forget it. You weren’t getting diagnosed until it was way too late. And we had jack shit for medicine once we caught it.

In the 90s magazines used to publish articles about a “silver bullet” for cancer. Exactly the sort of thing you’re talking about. We collectively woke up and realized there would never be such a thing. LOL, the articles stopped overnight. :)

Remember working with a guy in 1993 whose skin was hideous with skin cancer. Haven’t seen such a human since. Skin cancer was a pretty big deal a couple of decades ago. People regularly died of it. Now it seems mostly beaten. Haven’t heard of a person dying from skin cancer this century.

I suspect a tiny spot on my face is cancer. My body seems to have mostly beaten it. But if it ever grows again, I know they can zap it with a simple outpatient procedure. That sort of thing could have been the beginning of the end when I was a child.

Don’t get me wrong, I’d personally shit bricks if the doc found even minor cancer, but at least I’d have a chance in 2025.

Pro tip! Mom had bad teeth so she’d stand the cob on end and cut the kernels off. Takes a few tries to figure the cut depth just right. Best of both worlds, fresh corn and no stuck bits!

Also, solutions like this will obviously cost more, even with further development and scale. It takes legislation to force the issue, so, more time.

Yeah, we had plenty of bad spots, but we didn’t shrivel up and cry over a dead rhino. We had the problem dumped right in our lap. No, “Goodness! Children shouldn’t see such things!” We are all well aware.

And BTW, GenX eliminated lead paint, asbestos, and cigarettes (in America, smoke on Europe!). Another 10 years of DDT and we could have wiped malaria of the face of the Earth, but the US said, “We got it under control! Fuck the rest of y’all. And BTW, we won’t trade with anyone using DDT.” 10-years and malaria could be extinct. Fuck Racheal Carlson. Silent Spring killed more humans than Hitler.

In 1970s elementary school we had a children’s book showing a decapitated rhino with its horn hacked off. First time kid?

They’re gonna fuck local cats, make hybrids until they’re regular house cats again. Not seeing the point?

OP’s making a guess, presenting an example of something weird we hadn’t considered. Fair play. Y’all are far too literal in your reading skills.

What he’s saying makes sense, just don’t take it 100% literally. See my reply to him. I get where he’s coming from.

More digestible way of saying what you’re saying:

We’ve learned much. The way we treat pregnant woman has changed. We’re much more conservative as to what we prescribe or condone.

Maybe some odd factor we haven’t thought of changed? What if that factor/behavior changed the infant’s immune system? What if we quit doing that thing and the issue has self-corrected, but we haven’t put 2 and 2 together?

Yes, our biology is the most complex thing I know of. We just have to keep moving forward with what we know. Sorry everyone is treating you like an antivaxxer.

being less exposed to dirt and being subjected to over-cleanliness

I’ve read talk of this over the years. Anything definitive ever come out? Makes all the sense in thw world to me.

LOL, see my comment! That’s exactly what will happen. Some of the small-time landlords will do the right thing, but this is free money to the soulless corporate home owners.

Small business and franchises will be unable to afford more employees. Lemmy thinks these business owners are all rich. No, they can’t just hire more people.

Dug around one night looking at McDonald’s and franchising. You can expect a meager $50K your first year, $90K after that. No way in hell I’m putting in the hours and hassle of running a business, with a couple of dozen employees to care for, when I was making $83K sitting at home playing sysadmin. BTW, that $90K doesn’t include accounting and payroll, you on your own.

Min wage here is $15, so the employer cost is likely around $22. Even if the owner takes $0 pay, they could hire a whopping 2 employees.

Landlords will jack the rates knowing that their renters will make more and more money. This law funnels money from Main Street to corporate landlords. They’re punishing the good guys, incentivizing the bad guys, and minimum wage employees get squeezed from both ends.

SOURCE: Was a sysadmin for a payroll firm and was deeply involved in all aspects of the business. Most of our clients were not well off and paid minimum wage or close enough.

EDIT: Forgot to add; This is a revenue neutral law for the city. If they want more housing that’s money out of the budget or tax incentives to builders, so less budget next year. Probably worth the temporary lower budget to get the community thriving and able to pay taxes. No idea on all that. 🤷🏻

It’s going to take 3 seconds to get my weapon unsafed and into play. If I see it coming, different story.

These guys are brandishing, intending to intimidate, not opening fire. So yeah, I got 3 seconds to spare.

I am well aware of the consequences.

If a masked or non-uniformed man points a gun at me, I’m playing it cool for 3-seconds while I prepare to shoot back. I no longer leave the house unarmed, and that makes me fucking sick.

Republicans jumped ship last two votes and I’d imagine loads more are looking for an excuse this time around. They need a way off this train without pissing their voters off. If the Democrats can come with something related to the Epstein files, that may do the trick.

Well crap. I’d heard something about that, but it’s been nearly 20 years, thought it was an old-wive’s tale. Ex’s doctor told her there was zero risk, but again, that was 20 years back.

Maybe a dumb question, but if those are the risks you face, why not just take the pill every day? As in, skip the placebos.

My first wife had crippling menstrual cramps, toughest woman I’ve even known couldn’t get out of bed. Her doc put her on extra birth control, done, never had a period again.

Thought it was a dorky gift. Well worth it! We should all have such joy now and again!

I got a Sensi thermostat 5 years ago. Very happy. Only trick is it doesn’t work cut off from the internet, not even on the LAN. But you can still walk up and punch buttons. (Tested this last week. Might be a way around this.)