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I found cases in the u.s., slugs and snails infect produce with parasites, worms. https://www.corrys.com/resources/pest-alert-lungworm-disease "Transmission also occurs from eating raw produce or raw fruit and vegetable juices" Just wash your produce thoroughly and discard any with holes(cause you can't wash the inside). Centipedes, frogs, toads, lizards, mice also transmit them.

@Michael569 Yeah, I've never heard of produce being a problem in the states, for worms anyway, I'm just reading up on this stuff now. I garden and discard a lot more food for bugs because I don't use pesticide, so I am now curious about parasites, which actually led me to this common article about pesticides raising parasite levels particularly in water, due to killing the pests that keep the numbers lower. Climate & Capitalism https://climateandcapitalism.com/2020/07/20/pesticides-speed-the-spread-of-deadly-parasites/ Pesticides speed the spread of deadly parasites Jul 20, 2020 — The researchers found that even low concentrations of common pesticides — including atrazine, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos — can increase

I'm not really familiar with statistics, mediation and moderation are the terms they use here I had googled them, but the Norwegian translation would be easier for a layman like me to keep them straight. My terms were more calculus.

@Carl-Richard Thanks for the background I was actually curious and wanted to ask about it. I still think you're being hard on yourself for what seems to me to be no reason, but I'm glad you've settled on a course of action. Do you ever use "proportional", "integral", "derivative", with this stuff? "Mediation" and "moderation" are too close in English, I had to keep referring back, I'm sure the jargon gets engrained easily, but man those words are very similar. I have a friend that is a statistician, has a masters in statistics if I happen to see her I would definitely be getting her opinion for you as well, she was a teaching assistant too, maybe there's something I don't understand but it seems fine to me.

The top ten food borne parasites are: Taenia solium (pork tapeworm): In pork Echinococcus granulosus (hydatid worm or dog tapeworm): In fresh produce Echinococcus multilocularis (a type of tapeworm): In fresh produce Toxoplasma gondii (protozoa): In meat from small ruminants, pork, beef, game meat (red meat and organs) Cryptosporidium spp.(protozoa): In fresh produce, fruit juice, milk Entamoeba histolytica (protozoa): In fresh produce Trichinella spiralis (pork worm): In pork Opisthorchiidae (family of flatworms): In freshwater fish Ascaris spp. (small intestinal roundworms): In fresh produce Trypanosoma cruzi (protozoa): In fruit juices https://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/237323/icode/

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/article-abstract/2779429#247885868 "3,559 transgender people 42% reduction in the odds of experiencing past-month psychological distress, a 35% reduction in the odds of past-year tobacco smoking, and a 44% reduction in the odds of past-year suicidal ideation." That's suicidal ideation, not suicide. And placebo effect is normally 20-50%, which is right in line with their 44%, they didn't test a placebo, the study is bullshit in my opinion, give one group a miracle sugar pill, this is research 101.

Have you looked at the studies? I've only seen skeleton studies, the evidence is underwhelming.

I don't think so.

Doesn't read like he did that to me. To me he just took three shots at the target.

HARKing (hypothesizing after the results are known) You didn't know the results did you?

@Carl-Richard But h3 wasn't made by seeing the trend in the other analyses, you had to do a 3rd analyses to prove it, you sure it's considered HARKing? The way I read it HARKing would be running your first two analyses, seeing a pattern that you write a hypothesis on of which you can use that actual already existing analysis to prove. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_analysis

If a progressive state wants to allow it I will support that, but I support traditional states not allowing it.

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2022/09/age-restriction-lifted-for-gender-affirming-surgery-in-new-international-guidelines/?fj=1 "CHICAGO --- The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) today today announced its updated Standards of Care and Ethical Guidelines for health professionals. Among the updates is a new suggestion to lift the age restriction for youth seeking gender-affirming surgical treatment, in comparison to previous suggestion of surgery at 17 or older. "

@Romanov And they're basing their reasoning off WEAK studies, it's absurd, far too radical. The pronoun and sports situation is just effectively throwing out all sense of the customs of our culture. When you live in a society we have somewhat of a framework of customs we abide by, we're a tribe that doesn't give full autonomy to children, even adults actually, this isn't a hippie fest.

I suggest private messaging someone(Leo in this instance) if you have a problem with them, it's abuse if public. This sort of thing seems to happen every other week if you hadn't noticed.

When you consider the magnitude of what we're talking about 20 years is nothing in my eyes. This isn't a double cheeseburger at a McDonalds drive thru.

You're a young man there fella, most people never get there, in my eyes your experience proves my point.

By being loving.

In the detractors defense, what they're calling narcissistic abuse, the "you all are idiots, no one is as awakened as me, ......" that stuff does communicate "believe what I say".

I can see how some of the things would be conducive to suicide for an already unstable person, it's terrible that happens and I think everyone here wants to try to prevent it in the future. Not to be a smart ass but lookup Christian Pastor suicides, happens all the time man. https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/why-pastors-are-committing-suicide/ Why Pastors Are Committing Suicide Nov 23, 2016 — Sarah Zylstra reports on a rising epidemic among pastors of loneliness, depression, mental illness, and even suicide.

Pop culture and intellectuals/universities, even conservatives follow the progressive agenda in society, just at a delayed pace.

Well, from the little bit I know of the region maybe the boundaries would need reset for it, and I thought the people were more culturally similar than you seem to but I was referring to a structure like the scandinavian countries, some people call it democratic socialism, it seems it would take some ethics building by reading some of your other posts, but if a good group of strong ethical leaders emerged they could really make something desirable.

Would you like some constructive criticism for your deconstructive criticism? Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj – I Am That - The Direct Path Apr 29, 2016 — (jagrit-sushupti). M: The main thing is to be free of negative emotions — desire, fear etc., the 'six enemies' of the mind