Katrisia

I agree that it is incoherent. I guess the reasons are complex, but a little peek at these may show us that we have historical attachments for animal consumption. And, then, our moral reasoning was not to end it but to make it as painless as possible (and that's the idea in many places); while you cannot make rape painless, and we don't have a historical reason to defend it either.

I prefer Interlingua because it is comprehensible right from the start if you speak a Romance language and I imagine it is sufficiently comprehensible for an English speaker. There's this saying that it is "a language you already know but have never learned". This is done through more natural semantics and syntax.

About this following part, I'm not sure, but I've heard they also call it "the modern Latin". As I understand it, in order to be decipherable to all Romance languages speakers, it employs old Latin roots (with variations). The cool part, in case this is correct, is that we all know some of these words via science, arts, philosophy... (aqua, caelum, ovum...).

What about the 'ñ'?

I like Interlingua.

I don't remember. My phone is in English because games used/use to take your phone language as their default, and I wanted the original voices and stuff. Some apps do it as well. PC... I'm not sure.

Sesame Street is full of life lessons

7d 15h ago in lemmybewholesome from discuss.online

That's an amazing dialogue (well, monologue in a way too). Thank you for the recommendation.

I love that generation. I'm not the target audience, but because of games and movies I have read some comics, and young Marvel heroes are wholesome. I met Squirrel Girl through Marvel Rivals and she's unapologetically herself, even if she's a little awkward, which is awesome. The Unstoppable Wasp is a great representation of severe mental illness, and she's a very sweet superhero. Jeff the Land Shark, so cute! The MCU itself showed us how homosexuality is normal for Miss America, and the comics expand on it. I think Marvel is going a good job (even though I'm aware it is still Marvel, with their propaganda and sometimes not so progressive values). Also, this generation does have a lot of queer people 👍.

Should we ditch the idea of three meals a day?

10d 11h ago in mildlyinteresting from www.theguardian.com

I'm going outside today. I'll try to answer later, but in case I forget for a few days, google something like: "Is fasting good for women?" or "Fasting and female hormones", etc. Apparently, fasting can help lose weight, yes, but it can trigger some spikes in cortisol and hormonal changes. I guess because the AFAB bodies are always looking out for "the potential baby" and fasts may trigger some: "beware, you need to be strong for the future baby". Same reason for stronger fat storage (for "the baby"), I think. But I'm not a doctor and I might be ill-informed (badly informed?).

On the contrary, I am supposing that intersex and other non-binary, divergent sexual individuals who, one way or the other, depend on the estrogens and such hormones will find that their bodies (their brains) are expecting the AFAB/female cycles and details, and then they'll live the same experience of high cortisol while fasting, the hormonal changes, etc. That's why I prefer to call it a "female biology" and not "women's" because there's probably in here someone who has that body, that sex, but not that gender identity. Also, I'm not a doctor so I don't know for sure about intersex and trans bodies, but I doubt science knows a lot more, TBH. We'll have to wait for science to research bodies inclusively.

Well, fasting is not for everyone. Female biology often benefits from regular eating (small quantities), for example. People with gastritis, with PMOS, diabetes, etc. may find fasting hard. Intuitive eating is interesting, but people may have a problem confusing 'intuition' with 'body signals' that are not great; for example, if I were to intuitively eat while on ADHD medication, I'd eat nothing, and the opposite for bad days, I'd feel that my body is 'naturally' asking me for extra food.

So, while I agree that we should be brave to change the three meals a day if it isn't for us, I'd recommend getting enough information and medical advice before changing anything.

"Stop eating for pleasure" is BS, too. We shouldn't overindulge, but we need to find food appealing in order to stick with our personalized diet. These messages about food and eating being 'a problem' are not good for people in risk of developing an eating disorder...

Minor suggestion

28d 12h ago in thunder_app