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  • Thames Water boss defends bonuses as sewage spills soar

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  • I'd love to know what CEOs actually do all day that justifies their exorbitant wages.

    They love to trot out the "we need to attract top talent" line, but what skills, knowledge and experience are they actually providing that couldn't be done by an 18 year old straight out of school?

    The average CEO earns five times the average wage, we all know they aren't working five times as hard as an average worker.

  • Puberty blockers to be banned indefinitely for under-18s across UK

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  • I know that when you don't wholly agree with a person that unquestionably goes along with dogma regarding trans rights that it's only matter of time until the "transphobe" card comes out. It's no different to debating a Zionist about Palestine's right to exist, sooner or later you're going to be accused of being an anti-Semite.

    I don't think that being concerned that children might make decisions they later regret makes me a transphobe, but if you do, you're entitled to your opinion.

    I've already conceded that we're clearly not going to change eachothers minds on the issue. How long are we going to keep banging our heads on the wall?

  • Puberty blockers to be banned indefinitely for under-18s across UK

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  • And here we are. "tRaNsPhObE!"

    I've explained my point of view succinctly, we disagree, but it has nothing to do with transphobia.

    Honestly, people like you are your own worst enemy. Shame on you.

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  • It's not a warning, I'm just old enough to know pigeon chess when I see it.

    Who knows, maybe we'll get twenty years down the line, the evidence will be there and I'll be amazed at how wrong I was!

    Good luck to you, I wish you all the best.

  • Puberty blockers to be banned indefinitely for under-18s across UK

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  • I've said everything I have to say and I can see trying to explain myself further will be fruitless.

    If you honestly think that a child could block puberty up to the age of 18 or further and then change their mind and go through a normal puberty like nothing ever happened, then good for you, personally, I'm doubtful.

  • Puberty blockers to be banned indefinitely for under-18s across UK

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  • The main difference with vaccines is the overwhelming medical proof of the benefits, that's something that currently isn't there with the use of puberty blockers during the years you would typically go through it.

    I do somewhat agree with your less harm premise. If a child literally threatens to kill themselves, then as a parent you'd feel like you had little choice in the matter, however if there are permanent side effects and the child, now as a young adult starts regretting their decision, it's going to be shit for everyone.

  • Puberty blockers to be banned indefinitely for under-18s across UK

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  • Which is what would happen if they decided not to go thru with transitioning as an adult...

    That is quite obviously an assumption. You are extrapolating data and although I see the logic of your argument, it's bad science. The rest of your comment is based on this premise.

  • Puberty blockers to be banned indefinitely for under-18s across UK

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  • The forty years worth of proof you are referring to is in almost all cases where the use was to block early puberty and then allow it to take its course at a normal age. There are very few case studies regarding the extended use of puberty blockers during the years where it would typically take place. I did mention these things.

    How much proof I would need is a tough question because it obviously requires testing on children and it's an ethical issue. If a consensus of respected doctors were to agree, I wouldn't argue though.

    At the end of the day, I'm not pretending to be an expert in puberty blockers, I'm saying that sometimes children need to be protected from themselves.

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  • I don't know why people are so worried about it

    As far as I understand it, there are two main concerns that people have.

    1. There is very limited data regarding clinical proof that the long term use of puberty blockers is 100% reversible in cases that block puberty during the typical years that you would go through it. Traditionally, puberty blockers would be used in cases where children start puberty at extremely young ages, in these cases the puberty blockers would be withdrawn at an age typical for a child to start puberty.
    2. Leading on from point 1. Many people don't trust children to make decisions that could impact them for the rest of their lives. Some parents are concerned they will be met with their child who is now a young adult to be asked "why the hell did you let me make that decision, don't you know the brain is still developing at that age?". I would not want to be held accountable for the countless stupid things I said or beliefs I held at a young age, so I can see why it is a concern.

    Personally, I'm broadly in support of trans rights and what people want to do when they're adults is their own business (as long as they're not hurting anyone), but I think allowing a child to make a decision that may impact them for the rest of their lives is a grey area to say the least. Until conclusive evidence is available I'd draw the line for a child at anything that's not 100% fully reversible.

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    As a human, here is my human take on unions

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  • In my union, reps have to be put up for vote every three years, and if even after that you still don't like them, you have the option to go straight to your FTO.

  • This spoon.

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  • When someone is telling a story or about to tell a story, what part makes you think it's going to be interesting or boring?

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  • My girlfriend (32) asked me if I was a boomer. I'm 37 😭

  • When someone is telling a story or about to tell a story, what part makes you think it's going to be interesting or boring?

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  • A lot of the time it comes down to how engaging the teller of the story is.

    The same story could be told by two different people. One who's animated, emotionally engaged and who appears them self to be very interested, the other, who is the complete opposite of those things.

    There are stories that I've found hilarious and/or engaging that upon reflection that were really just a load of pointless nonsense and vice versa stories that feel like they're boring and worthless at the time, but that upon reflection had real gold nuggets of information or wisdom.

    This is why I'll always listen to others, I may end up no richer, but there's a chance that I will.

  • Overflow

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  • It's a related opinion

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  • Fair enough. I definitely do that too, sometimes you can also link the post of when the question was last asked.

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  • Typing a query in to Google is faster than making a post on Reddit and yet people still wanted you to do it for them. I never posted "have you tried Google?", or anything like that, but lmgtfy links were always a fun option.

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  • I hate posts where the answer is the top search result on Google. We're not here as a proxy for a search engine.

    Some subreddits had a "use Google first" rule.

  • Millions of people in Cuba without power after grid collapse

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  • Why tho?

  • Millions of people in Cuba without power after grid collapse

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  • Fair question and it's telling that your post has downvotes but no one willing to put forward a counter point.