Laticauda @ Laticauda @lemmy.world

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Because it has a different connotation. It's generally used by a different demographic, often to refer to themselves, and doesn't have the unfortunate history that "coloured people" has. Just because they're similar that doesn't make them the same. Most people I've seen using the term "coloured people" aren't exactly known for being not-racist. Most people I've seen using "people of colour" are, well, people of colour. We sometimes need a shorthand for people who aren't white but may or may not be black, and personally I tend to go with whatever the people being referred to generally prefer.

I think a major aspect that seems to be ignored pretty often is that "people of colour" is used a lot by non-white people, while "coloured people" isn't as much. Sometimes we need a shorthand for people who aren't white but may or may not be black, and I generally think that going with the version that the people being referred to prefer is usually the more respectful choice.

But do you not see the issue with needing hormonal intervention in order to "learn to love" your child? The hormonal fluctuations people experience after childbird can also cause postpartum depression and cause parents to be apathetic or even resentful towards their children. It's not something that should be relied on or viewed as an indicator that someone will be a good parent or not. You shouldn't need hormones to love your kid, biological or not.

If more focus was put towards the foster system then effort could be put towards making sure the right people get to adopt the right kids more reliably. There are lots of bio parents who never should have had kids, so that is far from something exclusive to adoptive parents.

That's functionally the same thing when what you own is digital and limited to a specific service.

History has shown that if you make it easy to access something, people will generally prefer to access it legally rather than using piracy, because most people are willing to pay for something if they have the option and if it's relatively affordable. Trying to stop piracy doesn't help sales, let alone hypothetical future sales, so trying to stop roms of older games won't help them make more profit when they relaunch/re-release older games on newer consoles. So it's still pointless. Not to mention that people playing those older games in the meantime keeps them in the public consciousness longer and so more people are likely to know about them, hear about them, and want to buy them when they're available through official channels.

I don't, but I also tend to talk about stuff that tends to involve a lot of atypical names or words or slang that gets autocorrected to something wrong a lot when I use swipe, and I can't be arse to figure out how to get it to work for that stuff, so I just stick to typing it out most of the time. It just feels more natural for me.

Here's a detailed explanation for anyone who's still confused:

リグマ is pronounced "riguma". Japanese らりるれろ/ラリルレロ (ra ri ru re ro) sounds do not have a direct equivalent in English, but English R and L sounds are the closest, and we tend to defaut to r for any Japanese words or romanization (aka writing Japanese words with the Latin alphabet, which is referred to as romaji). But their "R"s can also be interpreted as L for loan words or words from another language depending on the word. Riguma would be spelled the same as ligma would in romaji, and when spoken would be pronounced the same. Ligma is a joke disease people claim to have so that when someone asks them what it is they can reply with "ligma balls", which sounds like "lick my balls." リグマ ボールス would be romanized as "riguma bōruzu". Bōruzu is how they'd write the English word for balls, so "riguma bōruzu" sounds like "Ligma balls" and is how you would say/write it in katakana.

Honestly, yeah, for the most part. I'm not going to tell anyone they aren't allowed to choose how they have a kid, and I'm not saying the people who go through so much effort to have a biological child are bad people or anything, but I wish more focus and funding was put on the foster system for kids who have already been born and need homes. I think adoption should be more normalized and adopted kids should be viewed as equal to biological children, rather than them being the second, less desirable choice for getting a kid. I think if less couples viewed biological children as the end-all-be-all then there wouldn't be as much pressure on parents to be fertile, resulting in less guilt if they don't happen to be fertile, and adopted kids wouldn't be viewed or treated like they're less important. The obsession with passing on a bloodline can create a very unhealthy mindset in people, and it often comes from the societal view that a biological kid is more your kid than an adopted one, and thus you should try to get a biological kid at any cost first before settling for an adopted one.

I'm not saying that nobody should ever have a biological kid or use IVF, I know there are lots of reasons to choose those options. I just think there should be equal focus and emphasis on supporting and normalizing adoption rather than putting so much more attention towards biological reproduction, which already gets all the attention, to the point of trying to achieve something that isn't particularly necessary. That's just my personal opinion on the topic at least.

I'll be honest, I don't really see why this was needed atm, I think there are too many kids who need to be adopted before we try to focus on giving more people biological kids.

They're pointing out a part of the video that caught their attention in some way, even if it's just quotes, it's still a form of feedback.

It's worth checking if you have any 24/7 vets in the general area if you're worried and want to contact someone sooner rather than later (these places usually take emergencies but they're usually willing to answer questions over the phone as well in my experience), but if there isn't one then the kittens should be fine for the night if they seem healthy still aside from the fleas. The main thing you have to worry about with fleas is anemia iirc, which can be deadly for kittens if left untreated. If they aren't abnormally lethargic and don't have pale gums then they're likely not in immediate danger, just make sure to stay on top of it and get them treated (using professional advice) as soon as you're able. Good luck!

The cat eating the kittens if you touch them thing is a myth. The only times a cat might eat their kitten/kittens is if they're extremely stressed, malnourished, or if a kitten is ill or dies. And even in those cases it's still rare and the cat is more likely to abandon the kittens rather than eat them. A cat may decide to move her kittens and try to hide them if she doesn't like them being handled, but that's about it. And lots of cats actually like when their kittens are handled by humans for various reasons, so it's possible she won't have any issue with it regardless.

I'm not sure where the myth came from, but my guess is that in rare cases some feral cats or new mothers get so stressed by humans handling their kittens too much that they eat the kittens because they feel like the environment isn't safe enough for raising a litter and go nuclear, but I doubt this happens often even among cases of cats eating their young, and like I mentioned before the cat is far likelier to abandon the kittens rather than eat them unless she's starving. A cat isn't going to lose the ability to recognize their kitten just because they have human scents on them. They use more than just their sense of smell to recognize their kittens, and handling a kitten isn't enough to completely remove the kitten's smell. Cat's noses are too sensitive for that. Not to mention if that was all it took to get a mother to reject their kitten, then it wouldn't be so common for mother cats to adopt kittens that they didn't give birth to, or even baby animals from a different species. Their mothering instinct post-pregnancy is too strong for something like scent to be a primary factor.

Many flea treatments can be unsafe for newborn kittens because of how sensitive they are, so don't cover them in any mixtures you read about online without consulting a vet first. Don't use soap on them either, and submerging them in water isn't a good idea. I think the usual method for kittens that young is just using a very fine flea comb and dampening their fur with warm (but not too hot) water, then picking off the individual fleas by sight, since they're small enough for that method to be effective. Even if their fur is dark, the flea comb and a good light source can still allow you to see and pick them off effectively, and the water will cause them to gather in the drier spots, making them easier to find. Then you let them dry in a warm place to make sure they don't get too cold after. Kittens can be very sensitive to changes in temperature which is part of why bathing them outright isn't a good idea, and why keeping them warm after dampening their fur is important. Also you'll want to treat the mom at the same time, so she doesn't just give the fleas to the kittens again, and clean all their bedding and whatever their bedding is kept in (if they're in a box for example).

I highly recommend calling a local vet to ask over the phone about what methods to use to de-flea both the mother and the kittens, at the very least. Even better if you're willing to get them an appointment, the sooner the better since fleas can be dangerous for young kittens, even if you don't think they have many on them. The mother can probably be medically treated, but the kittens can't. Whatever source you're getting this "I read" info from isn't reliable, and while I try my best to do my research, I'm not a vet, I'm just a random person on the internet. so I would recommend consulting a professional first and foremost if you want to be absolutely sure that what you do is safe and won't hurt the kittens. Even if you don't want to pay for an appointment, most vets are willing to answer questions and give advice over the phone. Source: I worked at a pet hospital and often consulted the vets about questions asked over the phone.

Oh my sweet summer child. Look up Magnus Hirschfield and the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft. Transphobia and homophobia are a fundamental aspect of nazi idiology, and always have been. It might be prudent to take a good long look at your views and where you got them from. Anti-trans groups and nazis have been holding hands for a long, long time.

Except historically that isn't true, giving them a platform has consistently resulted in fascists unifying disparate groups, spreading their views via lies and manipulation, and being viewed as more legitimate just because they have been given a voice, even if just by default. They then leverage that platform for their own purposes, degrading actual free speech. If you give people who are actively working to erode free speech a platform, then they will take that platform and dismantle it piece by piece. So if you want it to remain an actual free speech platform, you have to disallow groups that seek to destroy it. The decision isn't being made on your behalf, it's being made on behalf of the platform itself, and the people who would be harmed by fascist movements gaining more momentum. It would be like building a little bug house made of wood, and then allowing termites to move in. Except at least termites serve a purpose in nature and aren't acting maliciously, unlike nazis.

I thought that was an HP thing.

I put some pickled cowboy popcorn salt on some rice with seasoning salt. Tasted ridiculously good.

I was going to mention that if it's still growing the user base there may be some less interesting tags, but damn. Yeah, those are just really dull in a random way lol.

You can ingest it, but you can't digest it and it won't provide much if any nutrition. It'll probably make you constipated though.

If their ideas involve harming people or, y'know, genocide, then yes, their ideas are bad. People shouldn't have to argue their case for why they shouldn't be killed.

Yeah I recognized them from their transphobic comments in another thread. Transphobes and nazis, name a more iconic duo. Still, better to have the info out there than not, for anyone else who might benefit from it.