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Cake day: July 1st, 2023

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  • Wrong place wrong time.

    You’re vilified because you’re acting like a villain. People don’t want to debate your neckbeardedly presented well ahcktuallies while they’re fighting for the right to exist.

    We don’t have this fight when it comes to other medical matters. Like if kids with cancer should get treatment even though chemo and surgery could have long-lasting repucussions. The alternative is they die. People who don’t get proper medical treatment die. Trans kids die of depression and suicide without treatment. Those are real things, there are real risks to not treating a medical condition. It’s not a matter up for public debate just because some dickwads are trying to distract everyone by making healthcare for a specific group of people political. It’s medical, we have facts and data that say trans people need healthcare to support their transition to live healthier longer lives. There are fucking doctors out there with years of practice who say yes, these kids need medical intervention. And here you are bitching that no one will debate you in a place where, again, people are fighting to exist. And you’re bringing up tired arguments because you gotta be that guy.

    We have data on trans performance in sports and there is no clear advantage.

    Besides, if you’re a world-class athlete, you already have a way different kind of body than most people. There are plenty of biological advantages that are celebrated in sports rather than weeded out. Want to start making sure everyone is the same height and weight for every sport, too? Same lung capacity? Reaction time? Born in the same country? Live at the same altitude? Same race? If you want to get advantages, there are clearer divisions along racial lines than trans status. No, I don’t advocate for segregation in sports because I’m not a goddamn monster of a person who can’t think for two seconds about why that’s idiotic.

    Fuck off. Stop being a moron. Show some goddamn empathy.






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    Thermo-rest is your best friend, even in a hammock. Having a wind pass under your body will make you real cold.

    Scout campsites thoroughly for poison ivy, poison oak, anthills, wasp nests, etc.

    Pay attention to sleeping bag ratings and remember that a 0°C rating just means you won’t die at that temp, not that you’ll be comfortable. Sleeping bags are one of the few things with a strong cost/quality correlation.

    Always have rope. Bring lots of rope. Know what makes a good rope.