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That's very informative! Thank you!

Putin's ego would likely make him redirect some of those resources to "investigate" the ex-guard's "suicide".

but I personally will not touch a mouse because, frankly, the "useful data per mouse" ratio is way too low for me to justify using mice.

Are there any alternatives you work with, or do you abstain completely from those kinds of experiments?

Long-term =/= Permanent

Humans have existed much, MUCH longer than our current structure of civilization.

Fuck cancer. Fuck organized religion, too. They both suck major donkey balls.

This is something that I consistently see that people still haven't gotten used to with Lemmy and other federated sites. People often complain about what they see on their feed or sometimes attack an OP for reposting. I assume people just aren't thinking about it since we're all still used to Reddit and using a centralized platform where everyone can see the same stuff. But with Lemmy, it seems that people forget that their feed will be completely different, based on which instance they are in.

This is an S-tier joke

Usually, people who speak out against teaching kids about gender typically have a religious agenda. I apologize for making that assumption about you.

However, I do think it's important to teach kids about what it means to be human and that nothing is ever exactly one way or the other. Most things in this universe operate on a spectrum. Nobody is "chest-thumping about trans stuff". As I mentioned in my previous message, most people are just trying to teach kids about loving and caring for everyone and that it's okay to be different.

It shouldnt be “normalized” since it really isnt.

And why should trans people not be normalized? If we only operated based on "this is wrong because it's different", then we would still believe that the Earth is flat, the Sun revolves around us, women shouldn't vote, and white people have a god-given right to own slaves. The point is "It isn't normal" is not a good excuse. Anything can be normalized.

I think having that kind of mindset is based purely on fear of the unknown. A good education where we learn about other people and other cultures would vastly improve how we think about those around us.

You know what actually makes aggressive sales pitches and pushes? Religion.

Books like the one the teacher read do NOT force or influence children to become trans. They teach them about being open minded and to love everyone around us, no matter how they choose to express themselves.

Religion, on the other hand, DOES force children to pick a life of close-mindedness by threatening the fear of eternal damnation if they don't follow the rules in a book.

Kids need to be protected from this stuff. Sorry.

Probably because the majority of Lemmy users are ex-Reddit users.

Why not delete it? The more they see people uninstalling the app, the better.

The American political system is extremely broken. Part of me wonders if making voting mandatory would help. I believe our biggest problem is not having enough younger people in public office, and that may be a result of not enough young adults voting. Not just for presidential elections, but for local/midterm elections as well. Obviously it's not something we can change right away, but I think we need to set ourselves on that path.

We have too many people in office who only care about the short-term goals because they're going to die soon anyway.

We need term limits and quite possibly age limits in every aspect of public office. Sadly, the people who have the ability to make those changes are the ones benefitting from the current broken system. So they won't make it happen.