smartest_kobold

smartest_kobold t1_j5uuljm wrote

Wait. They found a loose dog and arrested the owners?

I don't know if any of you have visited up state, but a whole bunch of people take a free range approach to domestic animals.

Edit: The article implies the dog was abandoned on the North Road bridge. The linked police tweet says the dog was abandoned on Hogan Road, i.e. not on a bridge. That is a little weird. You'd need a witness to know that. But if there's a witness, why would they need to search social media? At best, it's lazy record keeping.

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smartest_kobold t1_j54moum wrote

Puberty creates a number dramatic bodily changes. Puberty blockers prevent a developing young person from going through a body changing in ways they do not want, may have to pay to reverse as an adult, and going through a second set of gender affirming changes. With all the trauma of those experiences.

Allowing children who are questioning their gender to delay that decision a few years with relatively safe medication is the better choice.

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smartest_kobold t1_j540huw wrote

I just read through it.

It makes a pretty good case for better long term assessment of various types for gender affirming care for minors, but "higher" incidence or regret" was 4/200 instead of 2/200.

>substantially higher number of people for whom their mental health challenges did not improve after transition.

Lots of confounding variables with this number, given the rates of employment and social discrimination trans people face.

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