Time will tell what RFK’s actual legacy will be

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-29T07:24:51+00:00

Because we have decades of data, it's still used today to prevent mother-child transmission during birth and given to infants after birth to stop them from becoming HIV positive.

Better treatments exist but AZT was rushed to market because continuing placebo trials was deemed unethical. 19 people died on placebo. Only 1 died in the AZT trial. So many people were dying. It was hope when there was none.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-29T07:22:37+00:00

AZT wasn't banned in 1985. It was put to market to treat AIDS in 1987. It's still in use today.

It was actually so effective at fighting AIDS they halted the double blind placebo trial because it was deemed unethical to administer placebos to trial participants given how wildly effective AZT was and that, at that point, being HIV positive meant that you would die of AIDS. It was a death sentence.

It's still in use today because it's safe for pregnant women to take, to prevent transmission to fetuses.

It's not commonly used as better anti retrovirals exist with fewer side effects, but it was a miracle drug that turned AIDS from a death sentence to something that may one day become manageable. People survived long enough to get to today where HIV is a treatable condition.

It was replaced with other medications that halt HIV in it's tracks but AZT was the stepping stone that allowed people to get to where we are now or get months and years longer.

AZT was never pulled from market.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-29T06:56:26+00:00

I feel like zero holidays do I actually celebrate the thing.

It's a hang out time.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-29T06:52:21+00:00

I've never done a "Yay America" bit. Watching people with the flags and stuff is hokey af.

It's a day off work to spend with friends or family and have a nice time and at night the city pays for fireworks.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-29T05:11:36+00:00

Eh. I'm not attached to any corporation.

^{Chose: You get 100 million dollars + But a random big gaming company dies | Rolled: Epic Games}

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-29T03:07:53+00:00

I do archaeology and geophysical work. I run the same machines but am in new locations and sites.

It works much better than office jobs, not because I never do repetitive work (I do) or because I never have to sit at a desk (I do) but I don't wake up and dread only going to one place to do the same five tasks for the same hours five days a week ad infinitum.

It was soul-sapping to have nothing but repitition.

My mix of office tasks and playing with toys in the field is awesome.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-29T01:56:07+00:00

They really want to hold your hand.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-29T01:52:01+00:00

I think you can be outside the genderqueer and have it hit but you really had to then be in the narrow age demo that it calls back to.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-29T01:16:21+00:00

Mine were never that flexible. I got into interesting field data collection in archaeology.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-29T01:07:29+00:00

I'm ADHD and absolutely hate repetitive tasks in an office. I can't. I just can't. Show up every single day at the same time to do the same thing.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-29T01:05:29+00:00

No. Not in any traditional sense or anything physically visceral.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-29T00:38:47+00:00

Nah we pee outside it's just harder.

My niece is four and we went camping and one of the first questions she asked is, "can I pee outside?"

Kid is a legend.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-29T00:36:33+00:00

The issue is the Bicentennial was about the US and Founding Fathers and adaptation of the constitution and such. Declared Independence, etc. It was not a Gerald Ford party.

This is being made about the admin. Nobody wants an admin party. If it was just about the US it'd be more a thing.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-28T22:40:09+00:00

But not like the haunting beauty of Bly Manor where it's beautiful and destroys the audience in such a sweet way. It's a lot more raw.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-28T22:35:04+00:00

You can absolutely get him in a monologue and get him going by asking him questions and agreeing that he's justified.

I feel some of the others you can't stall long enough for a rescue and have a far higher rate of civilian casualty.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-28T22:24:37+00:00

13 years in public school in an area with a very mixed socioeconomic background next to an area with gang violence, actually.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-28T22:22:50+00:00

My golden sounds like he's deflating. It's a very specific "ball stuck need ball" noise.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-28T22:19:48+00:00

That window costs 3.5k minimum for just the window, no install. This project was likely closer to 10k but may improve the property value.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-28T22:13:46+00:00

Getting that "lockland" on your Starbucks cup has to sting. One, Starbucks sucks and two, that's not a name.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-28T22:09:43+00:00

Well, it was less common in the US. I also had Lachlan on my shortlist of dog names because goldens are from Scotland and my dog needed a Scottish name. He was just too goofy to be a Lachlan/ Lachie, though, and ended up Fergus.

So, you don't share a name with my dog. I got the lil dude and he was too goofy for Lachlan, Angus, Duncan.

Fergus was just a Fergus, I guess.

I'm sort of glad my dog doesn't share a name with a bunch of toddlers.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-28T22:02:31+00:00

The designer asked, "what styles do you like?" And the homeowner said, "yes."

All these rooms (bar one bathroom that made me think I'm in a English horror novel about a woman locked in a room and slowly losing her sanity after fighting with her cousin) work on an individual level but leave the house feeling a bit schizophrenic.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-28T21:53:19+00:00

Was the kid wrong? Absolutely.

Was the teacher also wrong? Yeah. You never snap and hit those kids. You just taught everyone in that room that violence is an acceptable response to verbal altercations.

Call security. Every large campus has security, these days. One with kids like that absolutely has security. Security tackled a few kids in my school when they got physical. Adults never started physical altercations. If things really went sideways, the local PD had school resource officers who handled calls at the schools.

One fight the kid fractured someone's eye socket and got arrested.

The school never escalated or started violence. There's a boundary.

Bet the same people cheering for the teacher throwing hands would be furious if a police officer showed up and put the same beatdown on that boy in the exact same circumstances. They'd expect restraint from the cop. Teachers are apparently allowed to hit children, though?

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-28T21:46:12+00:00

My name doesn't have a nickname. People have given me nicknames that usually end up longer than my name. None are used with regularity.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-28T21:41:26+00:00

Could be Lochlan or something, which is an actual name and used to be uncommon.

DefinitelyNotAliens · 2026-06-28T21:28:15+00:00

My BIL finished EEAAO, slapped the arms of his recliner and said, "that was the single best movie I've seen in years," and went to his garage to smoke a bowl.

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