• 497: Mom Looking for Advice, submitted on 2023-03-06 00:13:19+08:00.
• 498: Is it discoverable to use someone’s blood to murder someone’s own self?, submitted on 2023-03-06 00:16:01+08:00.
• 499: Saw my boyfriend on Sniffies, how do I tell him I’m fine with it, submitted on 2023-03-06 01:51:58+08:00.
• 500: Frank Lucas - Wife, Children & Movies, submitted on 2023-03-06 09:31:14+08:00.
• 501: What’s a modern day poison people willingly ingest?, submitted on 2023-03-06 23:09:25+08:00.
• 502: I find ‘coming out as nonbinary’ or transition stories cringey and sexist, rather than wholesome., submitted on 2023-03-07 02:20:03+08:00.
• 503: Just got excused from my midterm, submitted on 2023-03-07 03:46:42+08:00.
• 504: Why Scientists Got the Covid Lab Leak Wrong, submitted on 2023-03-07 21:28:04+08:00.
• 505: College Difficulty, submitted on 2023-03-08 23:53:59+08:00.
• 506: My boyfriends confession has me confused., submitted on 2023-03-09 09:46:27+08:00.

497: Mom Looking for Advice, submitted on 2023-03-06 00:13:19+08:00.

—– 497.1 —–2023-03-06 04:02:31+08:00:

Your son is not trans.

Anyone who pushes you to conclude that he is trans is wrong.

Let your son be your son. Tell everyone else who wants to make him into something he is not to fuck off.

Please DO NOT TAKE HIM to any “gender” clinic. If you did, you would ruin his life. And when he is old enough to realize what was done to his body, he will hate you for failing to be the adult and protecting his best interest.

—– 497.2 —–2023-03-06 04:03:54+08:00:

Because some of those people want there to be more of them…

Correct, no matter how much harm that causes.

—– 497.3 —–2023-03-06 04:04:34+08:00:

It’s been described by various people as “woke homophobia.”

That is 100% correct. There is nothing more repulsive than woke homophobia.

—– 497.4 —–2023-03-06 04:08:17+08:00:

My daughter is 13 and I am surprised by how many girls she has known her whole life, who never were gender non-conforming in any way, have suddenly come out as trans.

That’s because of a social phenomena called a cascading or snowballing effect.

It is clear in the data: when trans became trendy, lots of kids started to think they were trans when they absolutely were not. They were just awkward tweens and teenagers, who listened to incompetent “advice” from “professionals” who were pushing a political agenda.

It’s very dark and very unpopular to talk about.

—– 497.5 —–2023-03-06 06:02:33+08:00:

I don’t need a certain family member telling me there’s some other, “better” version of him (esp. as her version of better seems less likely. Maybe I am a transphobe, but it does not seem more likely to me that a trans woman will find a long term longing relationship than a gay man–and unlike this certain relative of mine, I don’t think there is anything inherently disgusting or “violent”–her word not mine–about sex between two men. Also, why is anyone talking to me about he 11 year olds potential future sex life?). And I sure as hell don’t need him hearing any of that. Because as far I am concerned, he’s perfect.

You are not a transphobe. That certain family member of yours seems to be out of touch with reality.

Let your son be your son, and keep the people who want to remake him into something they’d like him to be out of his life.

I seriously recommend you keep that certain family member of yours OUT of your son’s life.

Everything about that individual’s involvement here makes my skin crawl.

—– 497.6 —–2023-03-06 10:27:01+08:00:

Upvoting this good advice.

498: Is it discoverable to use someone’s blood to murder someone’s own self?, submitted on 2023-03-06 00:16:01+08:00.

—– 498.1 —–2023-03-06 09:34:08+08:00:

To the extent this question seeks guidance on how to engage in a criminal action without being caught, it is not appropriate for this subreddit. This is not the place.

To the extent your question concerns the rules of discovery, this is a legal question, which isn’t appropriate for this subreddit. We also strongly caution you from taking legal advice received from anyone on the internet. We would be very concerned if you or anyone with a similar question relied, to your/their detriment, on any legal advice you received here. That’s why we can’t allow this question. Please seek competent legal advice from a licensed, practicing attorney with expertise on the matter.

499: Saw my boyfriend on Sniffies, how do I tell him I’m fine with it, submitted on 2023-03-06 01:51:58+08:00.

—– 499.1 —–2023-03-06 06:04:04+08:00:

I am sorry for asking a question everyone here seems to know the answer to . . . but what is “Sniffies”?

500: Frank Lucas - Wife, Children & Movies, submitted on 2023-03-06 09:31:14+08:00.

—– 500.1 —–2023-03-06 09:31:30+08:00:

One of the best crime stories ever told.

501: What’s a modern day poison people willingly ingest?, submitted on 2023-03-06 23:09:25+08:00.

—– 501.1 —–2023-03-07 09:30:53+08:00:

Vape pens.

502: I find ‘coming out as nonbinary’ or transition stories cringey and sexist, rather than wholesome., submitted on 2023-03-07 02:20:03+08:00.

—– 502.1 —–2023-03-07 09:28:40+08:00:

I agree. Hetereosexual (often white) women engage in the act of “coming out as non-binary” to ride that woke wave.

This behavior is nothing more than thinly veiled narcissism.

503: Just got excused from my midterm, submitted on 2023-03-07 03:46:42+08:00.

—– 503.1 —–2023-03-07 09:19:14+08:00:

One semester I offered an incentive: If (at the time of each test) you had one of the five highest averages in the class, you did not have to take the midterm or the final. I just gave those students full credit.

Those were the highest performing classes I held.

—– 503.2 —–2023-03-07 11:04:25+08:00:

I think that’s a good policy. It also simplifies how much work I had to do in grading exams I didn’t want to grade.

This was at a time when students actually took exams on paper.

I understand the world has changed since then.

504: Why Scientists Got the Covid Lab Leak Wrong, submitted on 2023-03-07 21:28:04+08:00.

—– 504.1 —–2023-03-07 21:28:35+08:00:

NO PAYWALL

—– 504.2 —–2023-03-08 11:43:48+08:00:

Do you think someone was bringing bats 800 miles to a wet market in Wuhan?

Not to the wet market. But to something right beside the wet market? Maybe.

—– 504.3 —–2023-03-08 11:45:15+08:00:

What are your baseline presumptions, here?

That the wet market conspiracy is true, until proven otherwise?

505: College Difficulty, submitted on 2023-03-08 23:53:59+08:00.

—– 505.1 —–2023-03-09 12:39:41+08:00:

Depends on what your major is. It also depends on whether you like what you’re studying.

Numerical methods was very hard, for example.

Most of my science-focused courses were not hard (physical chemistry being the exception). They just involved a lot of memorization.

Then there were bullshit classes I could not bring myself to care about. The subject material was not hard. What was hard was staying awake.

506: My boyfriends confession has me confused., submitted on 2023-03-09 09:46:27+08:00.

—– 506.1 —–2023-03-09 21:49:59+08:00:

Your boyfriend is probably a little bit more into guys than he’s letting on. Tough spot for you to be in.