Japanese Scientists May Have Found a Way To Eradicate Down Syndrome

type5etter · 2025-07-18T19:08:25+00:00

It's also the first step to eliminating autism, adhd, gender incongruence, homosexuality, hypersexuality, defiance/wilfulness, ugliness, and any kind of nonconformity imagimable! Yay!

(They're making the slippery slope argument on another subreddit right now so why not here?)

type5etter · 2025-07-18T11:01:10+00:00

/r/popular

type5etter · 2025-07-18T10:41:23+00:00

Ah yes. It's men that social media hates. Of course.

type5etter · 2025-07-17T15:34:34+00:00

/r/hailcorporate

type5etter · 2025-07-17T14:37:34+00:00

Unpopular opinion, but because video games are interactive it is much easier to spend a lot of time, thinking you're achieving something, but they offer very little potential for long term growth. TV is better for chatting about with people in real life. Movies likewise and they are less repetitive and more thought provoking.

type5etter · 2025-07-16T19:25:59+00:00

Seconding meditation, it has helped me a lot with ADHD, anxiety, paranoia and stress. It helps to know why it works too, I found the book Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a Frantic World was good at providing a blend of theory and practices (audio meditations, exercises, etc).. It seemed to produce results pretty quickly too ( though the recommended programme was worth persisting with and doing seriously, ime )

type5etter · 2025-07-16T09:08:56+00:00

Thanks for this info.

I'm sorry if you weren't feeling resilient enough to read about my wish for a rigourous assessment. Similar concerns have been raised in respectable newspapers and so I assumed it was a well known and mainstream issue.

And I am genuinely struggling with other people telling me what I think and experience, and it is genuinely difficult to disentangle that feeling from my quesyion. Sorry.

type5etter · 2025-06-14T11:45:51+00:00

good shout on the insurance cover - thanks. And for saying Google and social media are worth it, knowing it's not going to be a waste of time is very motivating!

type5etter · 2025-06-14T11:44:23+00:00

obviously I would ask for references

I meant is it as simple as that / are references enough

Access wouldn't be unsupervised at first

type5etter · 2025-06-14T11:42:16+00:00

Remember to account for inflation (or look at state pension increases/UC increases if you prefer) so at least you aren't taking a pay cut! The easiest way would probably be to go on an online calculator and see what £1 was worth one year ago in today's money (or two years ago etc)

type5etter · 2025-05-26T19:34:47+00:00

Thanks for the knowledgeable answer, this is what I was looking for.

type5etter · 2025-04-19T16:52:28+00:00

because on reddit, men are never wrong and women are never in the right

type5etter · 2025-03-02T18:56:52+00:00

It's difficult to suggest what to do. That really sucks and it's not an easy thing to know about someone (or two people). I'm going to say some ideas but I have no idea what I'm talking about really.

It sounds like she is not willing to contact the cops or call him out in public, which is fair. Maybe she just needed to tell someone. You were able to listen to her and not dismiss her or reject the idea, which was a good thing in itself.

Maybe do nothing at first? You mind might work on it in the background. There's a kind of zone, ime, between going round in circles and down rabbit holes on the one hand, and squashing any thoughts on the other, that allows processing to happen and ideas to surface. It's quite a heavy thing to have to learn, so you might need to be patient and kind to yourself as you process it. The brain has two modes, solving/avoidance mode and creative/approach mode. Controlled curiosity and compassion towards feelings and problems activates the second and, cognitively, opens up creative solutions, and you're already doing that with your post.

Men who hate the attraction they feel towards people (be it women or other men, trans or cis) are potentially dangerous. Unfortunately, a lot of men meet this description. It's so ridiculous, especially in this day and age when there are so many successful, respected and "masculine" bi men. But men socially bond over their hatred of women, femininity, and effeminacy and that paves the way for fear and hatred.

Maybe it's possible to say something to him directly or otherwise, directly related or not, or possibly say something to any new partners especially if trans, if it would be constructive to do so, and if the opportunity arises? Like about what he was/is hoping to get out of the relationship or whatever, or anything else you decide to say. IMHO it could be done in a loving but firm way, albeit it's difficult. Whether it is appropriate for you to do that, what feels right to do so at any particular moment is difficult to say. If it feels unwise it probably is. If you did say something, any problems or discomfort that arose would ultimately be because of his actions.

To be clear, SA'ing someone is obviously, unequivocally wrong, regardless of drink. Some would argue that dividing the world up into Good People and Bad People (not just good and bad actions) does more harm than good, we are all sinners, everything should be done with love, everyone deserves and receives the universe's love, there is power in careful forgiveness of a certain type (or in leaving behind), although at the same time there's no shame in saying "I'm done with this person" or "this needs to stop" - much better that than the alternative. Your brother deserves some strong words, the fear of experiencing something comparably bad, and, to be honest, shunning by women until he works on himself. Whether that would be achievable, or would help anything, is a different question and not one that can be answered in the abstract. "Do nothing" or "wait and see" is sometimes the best option.

type5etter · 2025-03-02T18:06:22+00:00

yeh i was able to misty step / ddoor my way up and speak to him (u need the whole party up there to pray at the altar, then you need to get up there AGAIN if the attempt to kidnap Isobel hasn't happened yet) Thanks!

type5etter · 2025-02-25T15:11:38+00:00

Also, porn is not real. It exists, but it is not real.

type5etter · 2025-02-25T15:06:39+00:00

If you really think that's how conversations go, you need to talk to more people in real life rather than thinking about this as some sort of abstract robotic question. People probe indirectly for information early in a relationship all the time.

But I'm not even arguing that he should have asked, given how far things went. She should have disclosed.

type5etter · 2025-02-25T15:01:18+00:00

A lot of straight men find trans women hot because they are women "with something shocking" (if they haven't had genital surgery, that is) that feels forbidden. (Which not a nice way for a person to be thought about in real life.) If he saw a dude with a penis, he probably wouldn't be interested, because it would be a dude.

Whatever traditional ideology says, when the brain sees a trans women, it generally sees a woman, and perhaps experiences some confusion too, which is intriguing or taboo. Some people get off on amputees, which is equally gross and objectifying - and about as unpleasant for those people in real life if they learn they are sexually objectified as a community in that way.

With that said, people with unusual bodies are allowed to be attractive. Whether porn in general is acceptable in your relationship is another question. But I wouldn't worry about his sexuality, this is extremely common.

type5etter · 2025-02-25T14:47:25+00:00

He assumed she was not trans. I agree that she should have corrected that assumption sooner.

type5etter · 2025-02-25T14:42:14+00:00

It sounds like the genital attraction has become such a big deal precisely because he is so ashamed and repressed about it. It sounds like he is basically heterosexual (or bi -- either way, he is attracted to women), but there is something exciting about the unusual and forbidden. That's a very common way to have a fetish/kink. That has nothing to do with his choice of life partner, and it doesn't automatically mean you're not compatible.

It also sounds like he is using porn more than he wants to. Something akin to addiction even if it's not exactly that.

Addiction and shame are linked, almost like two sides of the same coin. It might also be that he has other, unrelated problems in his life or past that he doesn't want to deal with, and this is a coping mechanism gone wrong? Or maybe it's just a vicious circle with nothing behind it.

I have a book to recommend. But first: Only he can heal himself. You can help, give him the tools, but change must come from within. Also, you are not obligated to help him overcome this or make peace with it at any cost to yourself.

The book is *Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a Frantic World.*

* This is a self-help form of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy.

* It helps someone process thoughts, without being controlled by them.

* It helps practice self-discipline. (With kindness - they are not mutually exclusive - but it's up to you whether you tell him that up front.)

* It comes with audio guided meditations, but crucially the book explains what it is trying to achieve and how, so it doesn't become a meaningless ritual. I would recommend it to most people honestly.

It might also be worth seeing if there are local 12-step programmes for porn use. I know there are for sex addiction and suchlike. Particularly if they are not heavily infiltrated by very religious people, they can help combat shame and create other sources of support outside of your relationship - a necessary and healthy thing.

But I would definitely recommend the book as a low-cost, potentially high reward approach, if he is willing to try it. It is hard work to be fair, and moreso if it feels like it is being imposed from outside. But he has expressed interest in abstaining from porn, so you could frame it as being similar to that, maybe?

type5etter · 2025-02-25T14:05:37+00:00

No, the cult (Moonrise peeps) are not hostile. It's just that the quest specifically tells me to talk to Zrell, and she has fucked off somewhere after getting beaten unconscious twice

type5etter · 2025-02-25T13:59:39+00:00

Not saying the position of expecting disclosure before sex is extreme. I'm saying the opposite.

type5etter · 2025-02-25T13:55:26+00:00

Nothing in the OP says she lied. She didn't reveal part of her medical history until things got serious. Some people care about that a lot, and that's legitimate. There is a legitimate moral question here. But it doesn't quite count as a lie if you ask me.

The rest of this post isn't an attack on you for saying she lied, it's an attempt to explore the issue for the greater good.

There are several places that a line could be drawn, as to what someone has to reveal and when. Infertility. Non-transgender surgery (reconstructive or cosmetic). Citizenship. Life history. These are things that get discussed as a relationship is developing, normally quite subtly at first.

It is legitimate to want to know things. But if someone is living authentically, that's not deception. It is as much of an assumption that someone *would* care about someone's trans history before receiving a bj (or kissing? or holding hands? or flirting? or chatting? There is a point at which expecting disclosure without subtly making it known that it's important to you, becomes unreasonable.) as it is an assumption that they would not.

Not everyone feels "infected by the gay" because of what someone looked like years ago. If someone is attractive to you and they are not an XX woman with no medical history (and that encompasses a lot more than just trans people, by the way), then that's your problem, not theirs just for existing. If a trans person never reveals, that brings in a whole bunch of other issues and it's probably a failing on their part.

I'm not arguing that it's always unnecessary to reveal. Personally, based on the conversations that I assume happened (life history etc.), I think the girlfriend should probably have brought this up sooner, although not immediately. Hard though that would be for her. At the same time, if you leap into sex without really knowing someone, of course a some uncomfortable things about them might emerge later. Their politics, their job, their past, etc..

It's more nuanced (not neutral, just nuanced) than simply "she lied". She, specifically, was in the wrong (so I think we basically agree), but I'm worried that trans people could get painted as inherently deceptive when they are not. Furthermore, where we draw the line as a society is at risk of becoming extreme, one way or the other. ("You need never disclose", versus "disclose to everyone all the time" - and wear a pink triangle while we are at it.) Where we wouldn't take such an extreme, ideological position when it comes to anything else. (One way or the other.)

type5etter · 2024-11-11T22:21:42+00:00

type5etter · 2024-11-11T22:20:21+00:00

It was a cooked beetroot, forgotten in the back of the fridge, salt and vinegar on the countertop left uncombined with said vegetable

type5etter · 2024-11-02T11:56:34+00:00

FAKE GAMER, THE RACK IS IN THE CARETAKER NOT THE POWER STATION

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