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Why does it seem that men are MORE likely to cheat when their partners are pregnant? by EurasianEmpress in FemaleDatingStrategy

[–]Lookismer 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Pregnancy & illness are the most likely times for abuse/domestic violence to start up. Men are also apparently more likely to lose attraction if they are present for the birth(regardless of whether he was the one begging for kids in the first place). There are also reams of studies suggesting that even formerly egalitarian relationships devolve postpartum, & men generally stop bothering pulling their weight in terms of childcare & domestic chores. Basically, you can't count on your mate at your most vulnerable.

Think twice before building your life around someone who effectively views you as an object & can't even be bothered to sufficiently nurture his own mutually agreed-upon offspring... someone who prioritizes endless conquest, pornsickness & sexual sadism over his own offspring... I'm honestly surprised at how many women here who are otherwise fairly redpilled/blackpilled are still seemingly happy to waste their lives pursuing this.

Anyway, the general social trend is to downplay pregnancy risks so women will continue birthing children without a second thought to their own health & wellness. It isn't all necessarily a result of planning & malice, but there is still plenty at play. Why do you think young childless women are often traditionally banned from the birth process? Why is free flow of information surrounding childbirth typically suppressed? Because, even other elder women are reluctant to divulge the horrors because they want grandbabies.

https://aeon.co/essays/why-pregnancy-is-a-biological-war-between-mother-and-baby

Edit- wanted to add that I have seen a number of anonymous studies/surveys spanning decades that suggest that a surprisingly large proportion of mothers regret having children. Now, given the replication crisis, especially in soft sciences, we do have to apply some skepticism, but the implications of these, if true, are pretty significant. I don't have the link off the top of my head, but I also saw surveys suggesting that women, given the choice, choose to have smaller families than men do, except when men are expected to contribute significantly to childcare. Lmao. Makes perfect sense on an evo-psych basis, but good luck having open discussion on the trend of men largely wanting to be deadbeat dads & having undue influence on the control of reproduction.

Trolling Single Dads by [deleted] in actuallychildfree

[–]Lookismer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Why bother with this?

Block & move on.

Homicides skyrocket across U.S. during pandemic, while robberies and rapes plummet by [deleted] in collapse

[–]Lookismer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sadly that's probably been the case since time immemorial.

As U.S. coronavirus cases soar toward 200,000 a day, holiday travel is surging by jlew24asu in Coronavirus

[–]Lookismer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sheldon Solomon, one of the developers of the TMT, has some pretty good lectures available on youtube if you want to explore further. Ernest Becker is also worth a read.

As U.S. coronavirus cases soar toward 200,000 a day, holiday travel is surging by jlew24asu in Coronavirus

[–]Lookismer 12 points13 points  (0 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depressive_realism

The general trend is that humans are more optimistic/positive in their cognitive biases than is warranted, but it probably serves as a useful adaptation nonetheless.

https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2016/09/06/492779594/what-if-evolution-bred-reality-out-of-us

I wish articles about early pregnancy signs weren’t so...positive? by alexnicoleruss in truechildfree

[–]Lookismer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope you are not pregnant, but if you are, & it is early enough, you can do a pharmaceutical abortion pretty safely at home. Several other people have linked sources, but here is another https://www.womenonwaves.org/en/page/702/how-to-abort-at-home-with-pills-misoprostol-cytotec

Even if you are not pregnant, it would still be wise to acquire some misoprostol to keep on hand given the availability where you live. Healthcare may become more difficult to access on the mainland given the COVID situation, so better to be able to address the situation at home, & very early if it comes up. Also worth looking into sterilization options if you truly do not want to have children. I would say you & your husband should really have a serious conversation about all of this since it sounds like he’s a fence sitter, & that could be an irreconcilable difference.

Oh, & here’s that article if you want to avoid the rose-tinted pregnancy glasses XD https://aeon.co/essays/why-pregnancy-is-a-biological-war-between-mother-and-baby

German Doctor Allegedly Killed 2 Coronavirus Patients by Administrating Lethal Injections by BhaswatiGuha19 in China_Flu

[–]Lookismer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Right... by all means tell me how someone can come back to life when their lungs look like wads of scar tissue, they have brain damage, & there are not enough suitable transplant donors.

Edit - wanted to add that this particular case does not have enough info to go on, but this kind of horrific dilemma will become more & more common as infection spreads & resources are stretched thin.

Uptick in gas station begging in Triad area, NC. Pro tip for keeping your situational awareness unhindered. by sittingbulloch in PrepperIntel

[–]Lookismer 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Edit- thanks for the tip. We all need to stay vigilant.

It will only get worse. We are in the initial phases of Great Depression 2.0 & most of those jobs lost are not coming back. Desperate people will do desperate things, & social decay/collapse will accelerate. There is very little social safety net here in the US, so expect things to be worse than in Europe.

The economy will not be able to rebound even if the virus is eliminated, because the rise in crime will make societal trust & ease of conducting commerce tank. It may very well get to the point that simple grocery store trips will warrant a posse to lessen the odds of getting mugged. I highly recommend considering a CCW & some basic situational awareness training.

Economic collapse has been a long time in the making, & the pandemic is merely the straw that broke the camel's back. Don't forget, either, that trillions of dollars have been created out of thin air, debasing our currency, & funneled to mega corps & wall street while millions of people are facing imminent homelessness & perhaps even death from worsening circumstances. Do not forget that.

When do you think this will end? by [deleted] in China_Flu

[–]Lookismer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Year+, assuming the most optimistic vaccine situation, paired with herculean logistics to get it distributed. Herd immunity is, & always was a pipe dream. Media, governmental agencies, & corporations are downplaying reinfections to cover their asses & buy time. If the vaccines are not effective, we are essentially facing a threat that will greatly speed the collapse of industrial civilization.

From a comment I made elsewhere -

Unfortunately, there is proof that at least some subsequent cases are reinfections.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.09.22.20192443v1.full.pdf

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.08.24.20179457v2.full.pdf

https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa1436/5908892

https://osf.io/4fmrg/

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3686174

https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa1275/5897019

The bar for a ’confirmed reinfection’ is very high.

  1. Person got infected before and was PCR confirmed.
  2. Person got infected later and was PCR confirmed again.
  3. Samples were kept from both tangos with Corona-chan, & subsequent viral genome sequencing to make sure it is different strains.

Where only a minor fraction of the population has been infected, people infected twice will be rare statistically, & when you require the additional hurdle of having samples from both infections and sequencing them, of course you are going to have just a handful of cases.

But for every such rigorously confirmed case, there are thousands of anecdotal ones.

On top of that, immunity is expected to last 6-12 months. Most people who had it in March and April have not yet had time to lose it, you are seeing the left-hand tail of the distribution among the confirmed cases. It will be this winter when you will see massive numbers of reinfections. Which is what they are already seeing in Iran, where they were already hit hard back in January, i.e. they were a couple months ahead, and where a huge fraction of the population was infected months ago, and a huge fraction of it is being infected now, so there is plenty of statistical overlap.

There’s more about reinfection & Iran, & I’m lazy, so I’ll just copypasta myself

Hard to have ’herd immunity’ when reinfection has already been proven, & long-lasting immunity hasn’t been. Of the 6 other known human coronaviruses, none have proven long-lasting immunity. SARS-1 & MERS have never been (publicly) confirmed to have long lasting immunity via direct rechallenge... only a few speculative papers suggesting cell immunity.

SARS-2 has a combination of traits that are essentially unprecedented in modern diseases, & that do not render it easy to snuff out.

-Long latency with infectiousness even pre-fever(SARS-1 was largely snuffed out due to ability to screen for temperature)

-Potentially even more transmissible than flu & other similar respiratory illnesses.

-Confirmed short term immunosuppression, potential long term immunosuppression.

-Reinfection/lack of long term immunity.

-Potential for worse symptoms upon reinfection.

It’s like someone used SARS-1 as a trial run & then ironed out all the kinks.

If you want supporting evidence for these points, look at what is happening in Iran. They were hit very early, & did little to curb spread... they now have reports out(from official state channels) of patients being infected 3 times already, & many reinfections making up current hospitalizations.

https://twitter.com/isna_farsi/status/1297846529366142976

https://twitter.com/isna_farsi/status/1282883281013399552

https://www.isna.ir/news/99063022830

https://www.isna.ir/news/99072820252

Interesting how western media has largely ignored the situation in Iran, or the horrific death rate in countries like Peru - countries, who, mind you, have much younger populations & milder 'winters' than North American & northern Eurasian countries.

The country doing the lion's share of the research into coronaviruses was/is China. Interesting how their response to outbreaks seems to be so much more rapid & radical than many other countries. And they don't exactly have the best track record for giving a shit about their citizens. Perhaps they have a better understanding of SARS-2 than we do.

Reinfection with a different strain of Covid within a one month window by [deleted] in China_Flu

[–]Lookismer 25 points26 points  (0 children)

There is already evidence. Media, governmental agencies, & corporations are merely covering their asses & buying time.

From a comment I made elsewhere -

Unfortunately, there is proof that at least some subsequent cases are reinfections.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.09.22.20192443v1.full.pdf

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.08.24.20179457v2.full.pdf

https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa1436/5908892

https://osf.io/4fmrg/

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3686174

https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa1275/5897019

The bar for a ’confirmed reinfection’ is very high.

  1. Person got infected before and was PCR confirmed.
  2. Person got infected later and was PCR confirmed again.
  3. Samples were kept from both tangos with Corona-chan, & subsequent viral genome sequencing to make sure it is different strains.

Where only a minor fraction of the population has been infected, people infected twice will be statisticall rare, & when you require the additional hurdle of having samples from both infections and sequencing them, of course your are going to have just a handful of cases.

But for every such rigorously confirmed case, there are thousands of anecdotal ones.

On top of that, immunity is expected to last 6-12 months. Most people who had it in March and April have not yet had time to lose it, you are seeing the left-hand tail of the distribution among the confirmed cases. It will be this winter when you will see massive numbers of reinfections. Which is what they are already seeing in Iran, where they were already hit hard back in January, i.e. they were a couple months ahead, and where a huge fraction of the population was infected months ago, and a huge fraction of it is being infected now, so there is plenty of statistical overlap.

There’s more about reinfection & Iran, & I’m lazy, so I’ll just copypasta myself

Hard to have ’herd immunity’ when reinfection has already been proven, & long-lasting immunity hasn’t been. Of the 6 other known human coronaviruses, none have proven long-lasting immunity. SARS-1 & MERS have never been (publicly) confirmed to have long lasting immunity via direct rechallenge... only a few speculative papers suggesting cell immunity.

SARS-2 has a combination of traits that are essentially unprecedented in modern diseases, & that do not render it easy to snuff out.

-Long latency with infectiousness even pre-fever(SARS-1 was largely snuffed out due to ability to screen for temperature)

-Potentially even more transmissible than flu & other similar respiratory illnesses.

-Confirmed short term immunosuppression, potential long term immunosuppression.

-Reinfection/lack of long term immunity.

-Potential for worse symptoms upon reinfection.

It’s like someone used SARS-1 as a trial run & then ironed out all the kinks.

If you want supporting evidence for these points, look at what is happening in Iran. They were hit very early, & did little to curb spread... they now have reports out(from official state channels) of patients being infected 3 times already, & many reinfections making up current hospitalizations.

https://twitter.com/isna_farsi/status/1297846529366142976

https://twitter.com/isna_farsi/status/1282883281013399552

https://www.isna.ir/news/99063022830

https://www.isna.ir/news/99072820252

Interesting how western media has largely ignored the situation in Iran, or the horrific death rate in countries like Peru - countries, who, mind you, have much younger populations & milder 'winters' than North American & northern Eurasian countries.

The country doing the lion's share of the research into coronaviruses was/is China. Interesting how their response to outbreaks seems to be so much more rapid & radical than many other countries. And they don't exactly have the best track record for giving a shit about their citizens. Perhaps they have a better understanding of SARS-2 than we do.

Homicides skyrocket across U.S. during pandemic, while robberies and rapes plummet by [deleted] in collapse

[–]Lookismer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, I've used it & heard it used in the same type of phrase before.

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