janes

also more invasive. i owe my soul to the company store

my favorite were the watermelon-flavored ones

depreessed. deprieced. depriced.

when i think about tech complaints (not yours, i mean making them myself) i just think about how i have these huge problems that i need to pay someone to help me solve and i get depreessed and hopeless may i please be excused

definitely the word, big winner with your audience across the pond. though i am fond of eating a toastie also

is titus a christian?

i flayed it, gutted it, gouged out its eyes, and ate it. other pineapples be warned

victimizing a pineapple

can i get you anything? we have some nice lettuces

yes, that’s what i meant to imply. sorry for lack of clarity

i’m talking about research on healthy women who aren’t pregnant. i’m older so it may already have passed out of consciousness but as recently as 20 years ago there was virtually no medical research done on adult, non-pregnant women.

actually i’m instantly rethinking this, at least a little—do you remember that barbara ehrenreich thing—it got illustrated as a comic, about the toxicity of the craze for positive thinking? it sounds like a symptom of that, maybe children raised that way in 90s

i think some people are just defective in this way. one of the many reasons to never work in an office if i can help it (i can’t)

the problem is what they really seem to deserve is a tasty toddler, but that seems more ethically complicated

see my comment to first commenter. i’m not arguing against off label drug use, i just think it’s a sufficiently complex situation to warrant comment. I think my initial comment was too vague/badly worded and somehow prompted these reactions

only testing medications on men that are then prescribed to women

I don’t ostracize people for drinking alcohol while pregnant, and I don’t think that’s relevant tbh. I was talking about prescription medication, which is regulated. I’m not advocating one thing—I’m not saying off-label prescribing shouldn’t be done—but I do think it has something in common with >>

maybe it’s time to expand your remit

but doesn't the fact that this counts as off-label imply that there’s something important missing from the research? it reminds me of the problem of not researching on women because that would make it “more complicated.” i think that did not produce an off-label designignation but problematic

what a bizarre situation. more ethical to prescribe unresearched medication than to do the research

why is it may

lmao

i guess i moved out of the city long enough ago that i don’t think i’ve encountered this. weird

what

it’s a kind of baboon

so much money around there surely the billionaires are on top of it. jk but i do imagine it still has social cachet in some wealthy circles at a slightly less psychotic level (the aquarium)

none of my business

yes i got it! and i understood what you meant in OP—or i did after searching for the rat for 15 seconds before the penny dropped

i embiggened the picture to search for the rat lol. (note my bsky handle)

i’m so stuck all the time about writing but as soon as i get even a little stoned i start typing into my phone, having more and more thoughts, turning the words over to get the best sound and most precise meaning. maybe i should try mini dosing during daytime hours