viking8x6

Here are a couple of links to relevant (or possibly relevant) information:

https://www.them.us/story/rfk-jr-cracking-down-poppers-double-scorpio-fda

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15563650.2025.2455531#abstract  (linked because the timing of publication seems not coincidental - though of course it may be)

What was that about "less government" I heard all those people who voted for the current administration saying?

I'm pretty sure I would be unhappy in a world without sex. That said, I'm not getting anywhere close to the amount that I think would be good for me. Volunteers to help me change that welcome!

For extra credit, here's a movie quote:

'In Sweden we always say, "A meal without pie is like a meal without sex."'

@ffoz - the site does not support video content.

@COX2 - there's a limit on the total size of all the attachments on your forum posts. The way around this is to post your image in a Gallery, and then attach it to the post. This can be tricky; you can find more info here: 

5 minutes ago, PozBearWI said:

Interesting @viking8x6, I didn't realize they had been in use for multiple decades.

And indeed I honestly had no idea of the duration of use.  Delaying puberty 3 to 5 years is certainly a rational approach.  Although I am curious if the long term effects of such a delay has been studied much?  

My life position on choices about our own bodies is one of my longest held beliefs.  We've always had parts of society telling everyone else what they should do.  And many of our fellow citizens are firmly in the "do as I say, not what I do" camp.  

I didn't realize it either, but your post got me curious so I looked it up. They were approved for use (for precocious puberty) in the mid-90s and were very quickly adopted for use in gender supportive therapy. 

The long term effects of the treatment haven't been studied much (as the article I read mentioned, manufacturers don't want to spend money on it because it's "a political hot potato"). Inasmuch as they have been (with the earliest patients now in their 40s), they do not appear to have frequent long-term negative effects [my paraphrase].

Personal sovereignty is a core value of mine for certain, and has been for as long as I can remember. I believe we need a constitutional amendment or three on the topic...

2 hours ago, PozBearWI said:

Understanding of course that we don't have decades of data about going on puberty blockers at a young age and dropping them at mid life.

True. But just a clarification here: as far as I know, no one is proposing that anyone take them until mid-life, or anything close to it!

Young trans people are using them from just before the onset of puberty (say age 10-12) until they make a (hopefully final!) decision to transition, or not to do so (say age 16-18). If they don't transition, they just stop taking the blockers. If they do transition, they stop taking the blockers and start on gender-supportive hormone therapy.

We do have three decades of data on this use, up to a duration of about six years. We don't have it on longer-term use, but, per above, why would you want to?

TOTALLY agree with @PozBearWI that it should be the individual's decision with support from their medical providers and family as appropriate.

47 minutes ago, austin_submale said:

I'm on a clinical weight loss program and I need to get more dietary fiber.  But when I look at the nutritional panel on things like Metamucil it looks like it basically has almost none in there?  What's a good product that would help on my diet and also help keep things cleaned out?

 

I use whole psyllium husk (i.e. not ground to a powder) - Trader Joe's (and many other outlets) carries the NOW brand which works well for me. I find the whole husks stick together better on the way out than the powder does. It is 70% dietary fiber by weight (7g fiber per 10g serving size).

OK people, don't get your knickers in a twist!

@nanana's statement is not false per se, although it is somewhat misleading.

If you combine the military spending of all NATO countries, US spending is approximately 70% of it (over the last 10 years). BUT (and this is why it's misleading) that's ALL military spending for the countries in question, including all operations everywhere, not just in Europe or on "Europe-relevant" theaters of engagement.

If anyone wants to see the numbers, you can find them here: https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/2024/6/pdf/240617-def-exp-2024-en.pdf

Personally, I think we (the US) spend too much. Of course, that's what the President says, too... Do I have to disinfect myself now?

https://thisvid.com/videos/hot-pig-breeding-in-video-booth/

I think the top might be Montaz Morgan.

I had noticed this, and noted that its existence speaks volumes...

As @partying.hard correctly points out, it will be completely unnoticeable (apart from a throwaway news item) to the people it's intended to hurt or threaten. A one-day event won't touch their bottom line significantly (and if it would, our economic system would be so volatile as to be useless).

Also, a one-day event will most probably be a throwaway even from the point of view of the proletariat customers. People who participate will simply move their purchases to another day.

But furthermore (and this is the part that to me personally is most interesting), the existence of such an event directly implies that it will be a meaningful change in behavior for the people cancelling their purchases... in other words, that most people BUY A SIGNIFICANT QUANTITY OF GOODS EACH AND EVERY DAY! That says a lot about the 21st century American culture and economy.

@nanana re your screed

Yup. Aware of all that.

Commenting specifically and exclusively on my statement that @insatiableholeinTO's is false: "Deaths...would not have been" has no truth value, as we cannot know what would have happened in a hypothetical case; "now approved against Covid" is demonstrably false. Q.E.D.

Way wayyyyyy back at the beginning of this thread, I posted a warning that promotion of denialism is not OK. Yup, still true. Goes for Covid as well.

<edit re your item 2> "very small rocks" 😉 

12 hours ago, insatiableholeinTO said:

Deaths would not have been so high had early treatments not been denied like Ivermectin, HCQ and other early treatments that were suppressed at he beginning but wouldn't you know it now approved against covid.

This statement is false.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivermectin_during_the_COVID-19_pandemic

Just now, NWUSHorny said:

... I would at this point recommended PEP in your situation.

At 11 days after exposure, it is too late for PEP to be effective.

It is certainly possible that you were infected. The chances are small. But the chance of being hit by lightning is small, too, and that happens to a few people every year.

The symptoms you describe could be HIV. They could also be any of a large number of other viruses or conditions. As you have significant symptoms and are concerned about them, go see a healthcare professional - that's why we have them, and they can order tests that will give you a lot more information about what is going on in your body.

If the anxiety ("I'm convinced I have been infected") is a serious issue, ask the healthcare folks for something to assuage it temporarily. Benzodiazepines have their drawbacks, but for short-term anxiety they are truly useful.

Keep in mind that if you have seroconverted, you have many options for treatment and are very likely to live a long and healthy life.

I have some hope that in 2025...

The left wing, having had their hats handed to them, will do some serious thinking about addressing the problems of the many before chasing after the issues of the lunatic fringe. By that I mean the economy (as seen by the proletariat), healthcare, sustainable existence, and climate change (that's my personal short list of things that really count).

The right wing, having their darlings Trump and Musk, et al., demonstrate their complete unsuitability for public office, will do some serious thinking about addressing the problems of the many before chasing after the issues of the lunatic fringe. By that I mean the economy (as seen by the proletariat), government spending, individual rights, and infrastructure (also my personal list, perhaps slightly less focused than the above but I'm sure some of y'all right-wingers will be glad to help me out).

7 hours ago, Pozme1981 said:

Also if you’re having trouble you can ask an admin for help with this issue and rep repot post so they can see you need help 

The contact form goes directly to the (one and only) site admin, @rawTOP. Because there's only one of him, and this is not his day job, it can take a while for him to deal with things.

Moderators will help where they can (in this case, we can't). Any new topic posted in the Tips and Tricks forum is automatically flagged so a moderator will definitely see it.

Fuck, this is excellent! Got me hard and cranked up in an instant. Kudos!

Here's a link to a Washington Post article about gender transition supporting healthcare in youth:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/12/03/gender-trans-hormones-kids-health/

1 hour ago, hntnhole said:

I'd be surprised if merely acting in a "fem" way would equate with potentially trans identification, but that's just my own perception.

My parenthetical there was intended tongue-in-cheek (as a reference to 'acting "fey"' above).

1 hour ago, hntnhole said:

Doesn't a person have to be at least of legal age to make a decision like changing their gender-identity?  Is this issue common these days?

Consider that we have no way of knowing what gender identity they should be assigned at birth... so it's less a question of changing their gender identity than of recognizing what it is in the first place. And no, it's not common these days - it's estimated as well under 1% of people.

3 hours ago, hntnhole said:

What, exactly, do you mean?  Some little kid acts in a "fey" way a few times, and it's electroshock treatments for him? 

Prevent the kid from maturing physically?  What is a "puberty-blocker" - some kind of pill that delays puberty?  Or worse, prevents it?  

So, what is happening now in some cases is that kids who are manifesting signs that they may be trans (acting "fem") are being given puberty blockers - yes, Virginia, that's a pill that prevents the onset of puberty while you take it - so that they have a bit more time to decide/understand whether they are really trans or it's just a phase, before puberty kicks in and causes their body to manifest the characteristics of a particular adult sex.

@PozBearWI is saying that this may be just as barbaric as electroshock treatments. Although those, too, are useful in certain cases.

19 hours ago, silvercompany said:

1- he said even thought I ve been undetectable for 10 years, one day my medicaments are gonna stop working. That means, one day I ll have AIDS anyway?

2- he said that everytime I have bareback sex Im at risk of getting a new strain of HIV that can fuck up my treatment? So Im a little confused here: if I get a new strain,  that will most likely damage my treatment? Superinfection is real? 

3- He said that I have a higher likelihood of getting cancer and pneumonia because I am HIV-positive ( that is really true? because if im undetectable my body is normal? or am wrong? )

4- he told me to stop using DoxyPep because that will damage my responde to Antibiotic

I am not a medical doctor. I do, however, have a doctorate in science and a fair bit of knowledge on these topics.

1. one day your treatment might stop working (if your virus evolves a resistance to it). BUT - there are many classes of antivirals available now, so another treatment will probably still work if that happens AND it is quite possible (even probable) that you will die of something else before your treatment stops working

2. superinfection is an old theory, and has been observed in practice to happen very seldom, especially if you are on HAART treatment (which effectively acts as PrEP against other strains with which you might come in contact)

3. that's possible if you are immunosuppressed. If you are undetectable and your immune system is working properly, I see no reason to think that your chances of getting cancer or pneumonia would be significantly higher.

4. that's nonsense. DoxyPep can in theory cause any bacteria you have at the time you take it to become resistant to doxycycline. That risk is not very important with occasional use because doxycycline resistance is already common in many kinds of bacteria. Certainly your body will not "develop a resistance" - that's something the bacteria do, and if you don't have them, they won't do it.

Bottom line: As others have said, get a different doctor.

He stated they could be relocated to Jordan and Egypt. Never mind that neither the Palestinians, the Jordanians, nor the Egyptians think that's a good idea.

Political differences aside, there were good reasons not to vote for this guy...

Anyone know where this clip is from, or who these guys are? They're smoking hot together...

9 hours ago, Erik62 said:

...Major outbreaks started to occur in the late 19th century in Europe and the United States, and in the 20th century, it became one of the most worrying childhood diseases. ...

As opposed to pre-19th century, when epidemics of it were not common, per the "Epidemiology" section of the same web page.