you could use that $50k to pay for one night at the hospital that your insurance won’t cover!

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stuff like this I actually don’t mind.

Someone had to look at these research papers - assuredly more than one - about (in this case) the effects of steroid abuse in teens. They had to understand the gist of that research. Then they had to create a pithy one liner that conveys that gist, albeit arguably dishonestly.

That’s way better than “windmills cause cancer” or “migrants are eating pets.”

I’m all for the trend of badly summarizing important clinical research, because we can correct that. At least we have a better chance of correcting that than pure lies.

The door on the closet this guy is trapped in is shaking on its hinges…

FWIW there’s a way to bridge Bluesky accounts to Mastodon

https://fed.brid.gy/

“cis” I feel like it’s an extra term for “straight”. The “default” for lack of a better term (and one that isn’t othering) is near the not trans & not gay part of the gender / sexuality spectra. To me everyone in that zone is “straight” (boring/default/whatever).

“begs the question” because people exclusively use it wrong. Just say “leads to the question” or “poses the question.”

And I’m still really salty about everyone giving up on the term “literally” to allow it to mean its exact opposite.

Keep in mind too these guys are writing and reading in like assembly or some precursor to it.

I can only imagine the number of checks and rechecks they probably go through before they press the “send” button. Especially now.

This is nothing like my loosey goosey programming where I just hit compile or download and just wait to see if my change works the way I expect…