Whats_your_reasoning @ Whats_your_reasoning @lemmy.world

In case you can't tell, I'm passionate about rationality and critical think

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“There will be some comments like, ‘Well, thank God we have abortion services,’ even though what I went through wasn’t an abortion,” she said.

Yes. Yes she is.

The comments are ridiculous.

People: if ThE cOuNTry sUcks, wHy doN'T aMeRiCAns dO anYthiNG aBOut iT?

Also people: LoL siLLy aMeRiCAn, AcTiviSm doESn'T wOrk

We're damned if we do, damned if we don't. Keep fighting the good fight. You've got a good decade on me, but I see you and I'm right there with you. ✊

There’s nothing wrong with it if it works for you.

Personally, I produce a lot of sebum, and I’ve had to consult my dermatologist about it. I’m not a medical expert and I won’t claim to be - I just don’t want people who are in my boat to follow medical advice that could make their problems worse. One size does not fit all.

I left Twitter around 2008 (or whenever they stopped allowing posts through SMS), left Facebook proper a few years later (with the exception of chat, as it's the only way I talk with certain people.) I left Reddit during the API debacle. I used to post my art on Instagram, but ever since the turn toward "influencers" took over, I've stopped posting there, too. I never got into TikTok or whatever else might be out there today.

I made a Bluesky account just before it took off in popularity last year, but I don't use it except to look for pictures after protests. I made a Mastodon account, but have yet to post at all.

So yeah, Lemmy's the one and only social media I post/comment to right now. Social media is exhausting, but Lemmy doesn't blast ads at me, doesn't bug me when I don't post after a while, and its semi-anonymous nature means it's easier to let things go when people disagree. Everything else is too stressful to deal with, especially after a long work day when all I really want to do is catch up with the news.

cause an imbalance on your scalp and you way overproduce as a response, hence hair getting gross fast.

Can we please stop spreading this myth? Scalps do not adjust sebum production based on how much is washed off. There's no way for dead hair cells to report oiliness to their follicles - they don't have nerves, they don't send signals.

Sebum production is controlled by hormones. Different people produce different amounts. If you find that washing your hair every few days will suffice for your skin/hair type, that's great. But that advice doesn't work for everyone. If someone with skin that naturally produces high amounts of sebum follows your advice, they may end up with Seborrheic Dermatitis, which can cause dandruff, hair damage, and hair loss.

My mom goes through every aisle because she refuses to make grocery lists. She insists on trying to remember everything for some reason. Eventually she'd send me, without a list, and be all surprised pikachu face when I forgot stuff.

Now as an adult, I live by my grocery list. I've got a pad of paper on my fridge with the heading, "DON'T FUCKING FORGET" which my boyfriend and I add to as things run low.

My local supermarket decided to organize certain health/pharmacy items into a separate section on one end of the store. It has a totally different design, different floors, different lighting, and a different color scheme.

Now when I go to the supermarket, I chronically forget to pick up things like shampoo, toothpaste, and over-the-counter medicines, because they're all stored in that end that I don't typically walk through. It's like on some level, my brain considers it a different store. Unless I wrote a list to remind myself that I need something from that section, I'm probably not going to wander into there.

I bet some C-suite thought they were really clever to make a special little "pharmacy area" on the end. Yet, by sequestering those items away from the main store, it makes me a lot less likely to buy them. "Out of sight, out of mind" is so real.

I'm trying to imagine the world from this cat's point of view. Relying on smells, sounds, touch and vibration. I bet she can hear and smell small critters just fine, but would she be able to successfully hunt them?

I dunno, I still frequently hear the term "tin can" used to refer to aluminum cans.

Make sure the parade weaves back and forth through some of the gaps in the Texas/Mexico border wall.

Funny enough, Margot is part of a family of names that's even bigger than James and Robert.

Margot, Marjorie, Marge, Greta, Rita, Megan, Maggie, Gretchen, Maisie, Molly, Peggy... The uniting feature is that all of these names are considered variants of "Margaret," and this isn't even a comprehensive list.

While it's lovely to personally believe what you do, that isn't the way those in charge of immigration tend to see it. Most countries prioritize immigrants with specific skillsets, while those not listed often have to figure out some other avenue to entry.

For example, here's a list of Canada's preferences - Federal Skilled Worker Program Eligible Occupations.

Successfully foraging in nature is naturally rewarding.

And if that's not a satisfying answer, just note that one's idea of "fun" tends to change around the time they reach their 30s. I'd be stoked to find edible plants in the wild.

Just gotta dig up grandpa's old Atomic Energy Lab play set and experiment a bit.

Crowds like this have been protesting for months. I saw similar images from various cities at the first 50501 protest. As another commenter posted, media simply hasn’t been covering them.

Please don’t confuse a lack of coverage for a lack of protests.

Aww, did he lose his magic sharpie?

“If every other company jumped off a cliff, would you?”

I think the one with ADHD refers to the one with a ketamine problem, while the one with a huge coke problem refers to the one that's progressing through dementia.

But I'm not sure, because their issues could be overlapping.

Weird thing for people to downvote. Acknowledging a painful truth ≠ endorsing it.