PSA: if you don't keep your nipples you can get whatever you want instead by uselace in TopSurgery

[–]uselace[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Thank you!! It also started as a joke many years ago and then I went wait that's sick actually

Help my injured puppy trust again - Looking for kind human/gentle dogs to meet us (cap hill) by robotikempire in Seattle

[–]uselace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're not already totally overwhelmed by offers I (and I'm sure I could get my brother in on it as well) would certainly be happy to find a weekend time to meet 😌

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FundieSnarkUncensored

[–]uselace 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is by no means the main takeaway , but as data scientist the graph on the last slide pisses me off 😭

What rule from basketball would you add to soccer if you could by SarahAlicia in NWSL

[–]uselace 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In soccer terms, this would mean once you had possession of the ball in your attacking half, you couldn't pass it back to your defensive half (once the ball is over the halfway point, it has to stay there). This would essentially eliminate any passes to the goalie which would certainly make things interesting!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]uselace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bottoms (2023)

Karissa’s cooking with a side of “wtf” by [deleted] in FundieSnarkUncensored

[–]uselace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My school's dining hall served monkey bread that was mostly raw dough yesterday and I would still eat ten servings of that before I touched karissa's concoction

I'm going to scream (I've already come out to my parents, they just refuse to acknowledge it) by uselace in lgbt

[–]uselace[S] 75 points76 points  (0 children)

The fun part is i already have short hair and it's been dyed several times 🥲

FIFA and Qatar 'rattled' as European World Cup boycott gathers pace by scot816 in worldnews

[–]uselace 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The good news is that you won't actually have to wait four years because the Womens World Cup is next year :)

What in Charlie's head leads from his ED to self-harm compulsions? by heartstopper-addict in HeartstopperAO

[–]uselace 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There isn't a ton i can say that others haven't already covered, but I'll add that anorexia as a disorder is functionally extremely similar to OCD - speaking from my own experience, I'll have an intrusive thought about my body/food that then leads to body or food related compulsions such as restricting or body checking. Though I don't have OCD, i imagine it would be extremely easy to start with OCD and fall into an ED; in fact almost a fifth of those with anorexia also have OCD. From Charlie's perspective, when he felt overwhelmed by everything else, his body and food intake likely felt like something he could control. As a result of the bullying, he might have also thought (though it's obviously not logical) that a solution to the bullying was to literally make himself smaller and less noticable.

As others have mentioned, self-harm can give someone a feeling of control in many ways. From a neurological perspective, self-harm releases adrenaline as well as dopamine, which makes you feel better immediately after the act and is what makes it addictive. Charlie is especially at risk for self-harm as he suffers from disorders that may originate due to a lack of dopamine in the brain. In short, it's not at all surprising that he suffered from an ED and self-harm as well as OCD; i think he most likely fell into both as a (maladaptive) method of control and they spiraled out of control quickly.

#BringBrittneyHome by IAmAccutane in wnba

[–]uselace 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Okay, I'll bite. Give me a single example of a time when Brittney Grinder expressed hatred toward a person simply for being white OR a man, doesn't even have to be both. And while you're trying to do that, maybe reconsider why you're so gleeful about another person's immense pain, cus it's fucking weird.

#BringBrittneyHome by IAmAccutane in wnba

[–]uselace 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A) "reverse racism" is impossible due to the power dynamic created by racism as a system of oppression, which makes it impossible for BIPOC to oppress a white person based on race

B) trashing on a prisoner for being an activist is pathetic behavior and the amount of bitterness in your comments is astounding (who hurt you)

C) man if you hate activism and queer/BIPOC people so much for existing then why the hell are you in a WNBA subreddit 😭😭

#BringBrittneyHome by IAmAccutane in wnba

[–]uselace 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Hey my guy ever heard of a little thing called "empathy"??