True. Can we get it to 420 since we overshot 69?

I wanted to upvote this, but the score was too nice to change it…

A lot of drugs cause permanent problems when abused, and are still prescribed. Testing is needed to figure out if there’s safe dosing and whatnot. Worse, safe dosage for one person may be incredibly unsafe for another, just like with depression meds which can permanently cause mental issues (in addition to depression) at normally prescribed and “safe” dosages. This is why honest discussions and ongoing check ins with your doctor is vital in any prescription change. Hell, penicillin almost killed my mom, and that’s relatively safe unless you have an allergic reaction.

Definitely hard to test with drugs that offer non medical and very obvious side effects. Hopefully there is an interesting breakthrough in understanding mechanics so we can make safe PTSD helping meds, but something so drastically painful to the person having it may not have a safe cure because the systems that go haywire are so ingrained in the preservation systems of our brains.

Brains are weird. Any tampering is possibly dangerous.

Good luck. Don’t catch covid again if you can help it. Repeated exposure makes it worse. Pretty sure that’s where I’m at. At least I’ve been up to date with vaccines or it could have been much worse, likely.

I can tell you haven’t dealt with drama before. If I’m wrong, please forgive me. Everyone has to deal with it differently, please be a little more patient. Maybe they could have worded it more carefully, but I don’t think they deserved this escalation.

This is a problem we need to deal with in society. You acknowledged that yourself. This almost comes across as victim blaming, but definitely comes across as straw manning.

For many things, yes. I used to want to adopt kids, but I don’t think I can deal with the public perception of being a male(-ish) person caring for children anymore, having heard so many rough stories from close friends, who at least have a wife to yell at sexists. Having a less traditional partnership won’t win any positive counts in the public eye, no matter how good of parents we might be.

There are quite a few stories of the same ostracizing for females (regarding SA), just less public attention on the stories for males who go through similar problems. All in all it’s fucked and we need people to take this seriously. I see the stand that this is making everyone defensive, but at the same time it is at least calling up the issue and maybe after people calm down, more people might acknowledge it? Yeah. I am too naive. Or wishful.

Yeah. Definitely fair on the probably not pure intentions part as well, but I’m frequently too quick to give the benefit of the doubt, even after all this time.

I’m sorry if this conversation is rough for you.

You have a fair point, but that doesn’t make the original point less important. You are on the statistically safer side of the coin, but NO one should be treated this way.

Historically, rape victims on both sides have been ignored, blamed, and chastised. This needs to change. We need to have better treatment and justice for SA victims. Gender or sex shouldn’t come into the picture for how the situation is handled.

I get why you’re mad at this, and I do not want to talk about details of my life, but I get why you’re mad at this for personal reasons. I just think it’s slightly misdirected. I wish people would take you seriously, again, for personal reasons. I hope you find support and safety.