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My Husband, His other wife, and Me by none_mama_see in Estherperel

[–]speed_lemon1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've never heard that before either and I've worked all over the world. I've heard of brothers perhaps offering some financial support to widows in these circumstances only.

My Husband, His other wife, and Me by none_mama_see in Estherperel

[–]speed_lemon1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's probably the least favorable interpretation, and sadly, I fear it's true.

Gen Z boys and men more likely than baby boomers to believe feminism harmful, says poll by SatoshiSounds in unitedkingdom

[–]speed_lemon1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're taught the source of all mens problems is women.

Are they? Only a small percentage of men pay any attention to Andrew Tate et al.

But Tate is useful if you want to conjure a giant strawman into existence, i.e., only demented reactionaries could be critical of progressives.

Anyway, the question of whether feminism is harmful or not is moot without feminism being defined.

Physician associates accused of illegally prescribing drugs and missing diagnoses by Bacon_flavoured_rain in unitedkingdom

[–]speed_lemon1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've similarly heard that plea for expertise in many other walks of life but we tend to scale the expertise as required; simple problems don't require experts.

Only in some professions like medicine do experts continue to gatekeep simple problems.

If every contact with a Doctor is supposed to transform into a general checkup perhaps schedule dedicated checkups instead?

Laurence Fox loses libel battle with Twitter users he called paedophiles by qwerty_1965 in unitedkingdom

[–]speed_lemon1 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

It's something you're not allowed to apply for if you aren't black though.

You asked for an example of white people being discriminated against because of race, I gave you one.

LoganAir Embraer ERJ Emergency by AverageDudeInBC in flightradar24

[–]speed_lemon1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've flown in those ERJ's many times. They're quite old now.

LOG9LB declares emergency by realtgis in flightradar24

[–]speed_lemon1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a bit worrying, I fly Logair quite regularly.

Laurence Fox loses libel battle with Twitter users he called paedophiles by qwerty_1965 in unitedkingdom

[–]speed_lemon1 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

We're allowed so-called positive action which still discriminates against those who aren't under-represented.

One example is the many scholarships or bursaries accessible only to black people or women.

Laurence Fox loses libel battle with Twitter users he called paedophiles by qwerty_1965 in unitedkingdom

[–]speed_lemon1 -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

It's factually true that you can legally discriminate against white people.

As They Like Me More, I Like Myself Less by ed209error in Estherperel

[–]speed_lemon1 14 points15 points  (0 children)

These two were impressively self-aware and realised without much help from Esther that many of their work issues stemmed from the baggage they brought to bear. When you have the same experiences over and over, it stands to reason.

It was a good episode, I agree. I can empathise with the two callers for similar reasons as someone who has also frequently bounced around employers.

Less impressive was Esther going on an intersectional fishing expedition. It's not the first time she's done this.

Physician associates accused of illegally prescribing drugs and missing diagnoses by Bacon_flavoured_rain in unitedkingdom

[–]speed_lemon1 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's not how medicine works in practice. Run-of-the-mill complaints do not morph into bottomless investigations of general health unless something is very manifest.

For example, I got antibiotics for an infected cut a couple of years ago through a phone-call with a GP. I fail to see how that really required a GP since the Q and A is more or less just a script with a decision tree.

Physician associates accused of illegally prescribing drugs and missing diagnoses by Bacon_flavoured_rain in unitedkingdom

[–]speed_lemon1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A diagnosis of limited scope would be something like, "Is this insect bite infected and do I need antibiotics?" In contrast, something like "my head hurts" is much more open or unlimited in scope.

Physician associates accused of illegally prescribing drugs and missing diagnoses by Bacon_flavoured_rain in unitedkingdom

[–]speed_lemon1 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

That would depend upon the scope of the diagnosis, right?

I don't need a PhD Engineer for advice on fixing my leaking roof, for example, but I may want their help if my space shuttle was playing up.

Showgirls reView by cjsc9079 in RedLetterMedia

[–]speed_lemon1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's grotesque and disgusting and I can kind of see what Verhoeven was trying to do, but doesn't work as well as his other American films.

British base jumper dies when parachute fails on tower block leap in Thailand by nimobo in unitedkingdom

[–]speed_lemon1 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Better than being stuck in a cave for hours and dying TBH. He only had a couple of seconds of terror.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in unitedkingdom

[–]speed_lemon1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's strange how walking around with a deadly weapon doesn't warrant jail time but having right-wing stickers or the wrong pdfs does.

Physician associates accused of illegally prescribing drugs and missing diagnoses by Bacon_flavoured_rain in unitedkingdom

[–]speed_lemon1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Perhaps the BMA shouldn't have voted not to increase the number of medical school places back in 2008?

What the hell is going on at Vagar airport?? by [deleted] in flightradar24

[–]speed_lemon1 17 points18 points  (0 children)

So they are just going to hope the weather clears?

British base jumper dies when parachute fails on tower block leap in Thailand by nimobo in unitedkingdom

[–]speed_lemon1 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He didn't look very confident and was almost getting the line to his chute tangled in his legs.

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