The trouble is, modern medicine has tilted the scales a bit in the other direction and it looks to be causing problems.
I mean, we now go often to heroic measures and efforts to save problem kids that would not have been born a couple decades ago.
Sure it works out some, but I fear that by doing this so much on children that are SO damaged genetically, that we are interfering with natural selection that would basically cull this out of the gene pool in the past, but now.....we're keeping bad genes in the pool, potentially to the detriment of humans.
How do we fix it? I dunno....but just occurs to me that of late, we're really going out of our way to block natural selection.....with those that are born due to heroic measure...or even those who are born naturally ok...but we protect them from their own stupidity, which would have selected themselves out of the gene pool if allowed to do so.
ay for doctors being able to spare child #2 and #3 from the worst effects of this horrible condition (they'll still have it).
But one must ask: wouldn't it have been more considerate of the parents to not conceive these children? One might consider tubal ligation (especially since the mother has the condition, we didn't hear about the father), vasectomy, an IUD, or any of the many safe and effective methods of birth control.
Those were my thoughts too....
I mean, if these were my potential kids and I knew they had this, I'd be going for the "clothes hanger treatment" pronto.
Not fair for the parents or the potential kids.
But then again, that's me, this is a personal decision the parents have to make.
But it strikes me as a bit selfish on the side of these parents to subject offspring to these genetic maladies they know they would likely have given their genetics and the fact they already have a defective child.
About that -- Amazon doesn't do quick handling anymore. These days, it's pretty rate that Amazon ships my stuff on the same day, sometimes waiting as long as 3 days to ship it, thus making my 2 day shipping more like 5 day shipping. The last eight or so orders I've made have taken no less than 4 days. Their excuse is that they give you two day free shipping, but that doesn't mean they have to actually ship it the same day. Holidays are understandable, but we're well outside of the busy shipping season.
Where do you live?
I live in New Orleans, and I'd say that 99% of the time, if it says Prime 2 day shipping, it ships the day I buy it and is generally here in 2 days, sometimes delivered at no extra charge on Saturday or Sunday.
If nothing else, they seem on my orders to be quite accurate on shipping per the messages they give at checkout when items will arrive.
The math may be mildly better than that in the US, but not by much. I call it the "Prime tax."
Whenever I'm shopping and find an item, I see what is offered, and then click the link to see other sellers, etc.
Ever since Amazon sold items started charging sales tax on items shipped to me (about a year now)...I often look to see if same item is available by 3rd party on Prime.. Often I see those at same price, but no sales tax and I order from them.
Other times, I see 3rd party prices and then I compare if they would be a better deal or now than Amazon with tax added.
It takes a couple of extra steps, but I find it is worth it to get the best deal.
An annoying thing with Amazon's free shipping, is that they'll just sit on it for up to 3 weeks before shipping it. They're starting to do this with prime as well, though not quite as long. I honestly can't recall the last time that my prime order was shipped the same day or at least the day after.
Wow..where do you live?
I live in New Orleans....and I'd say that almost everything I order that is available for Prime shipment, gets shipped that day.
I seem to almost always get an email saying something I ordered a few hours ago is now being shipped.
3rd party items sometimes take a bit more than a day to ship, but even with those, I find MOST of them from 3rd parties with Prime listed ship and arrive within the 2 days.
And, the exceptions to this, are usually quite plainly marked when ordering as to when it will arrive.
I just saw this..and well, ok, I'll go with $120/yr I guess, but any more than that, and I think I"ll drop too.
I do most of my shopping with Amazon and like the 2 day shipping.
I don't find their video offerings all that attractive, but then again, I don't find as much on Netflix as I used to, I miss the "real" movies they used to have.
I have come to start using the free Prime Amazon music in my car a lot when driving and enjoy that....and this summer by the pool, I hope to enjoy the prime books they offer as part of the program too....
Prime gives a lot, but I think $120/yr is my ceiling. I remember the $79 days too.
Translation: I liked it more when other races, homosexuals, and other nationalities were the butt of all the jokes. Now I'm the target, I find I can dish it out but can't take it. Hypocritical and fragile, I waaaah.
No...I think we ALL need to be open to be valid targets for criticism and laughter.
Every one of us on earth is flawed and do stupid things, and have things that are funny, even if viewed in a slightly negative manner.
But these days, people are too snowflake for anyone to poke fun at someone else.....with the possible exception of the white guy.
Don't get me wrong, white guys are funny, they do stupid things, etc.
But seriously, why do we have to be careful to whom we point out these bad or funny behaviors?
I saw a commercial on tv, showed a white guy getting caught breaking into a commercial business I think it was. I started thinking, "Wow...wonder what kind of hell would be raised if the criminal were to be portrayed as a less white skinned actor?"
I mean, even though we mostly see on the news the criminals reported aren't just a bunch of white guys....you can't point this out anymore anywhere that it could be a black guy?
You know....those old stereotypes didn't just come out of nowhere, they were based in observable behaviors.
1. White Guys can't dance....well, c'mon quite often, more than not...they don't do so well on the dance floor.
2. Asians can't drive....no, they are just the best in the world. Where did they come up with this?
3. Black guys and penis size....what would you guess on this?
I mean, really....all people are funny...we all do stupid things, and different races have different traits and cultures, that ARE often funny.
But with SJ political correctness....they take the fun out of recognizing and laughing at it all.
Hell, even is unhealthy.....it is so awful these days to get accused of "fat shaming"...when you try to get someone that is morbidly obese to live healthier instead of telling them "its ok, you look wonderful, be yourself, be proud of how you look..and go ahead, have another doughnut".
Common sense has also fallen victim to all this BS.
What's changing is the list of values that you're expected to comply with.
I dunno, I felt MUCH more free to say things in the past, humorists were able to say more things, be more controversial (at least post the 50's)....
I find it to be very limiting today.
Many of those "new values" are just downright 180 degrees from anything that has been the norm in the US, and it is really starting to get to the point to where almost NOTHING will be said anymore.
The equivalent coming in the US, will be your Social Justice Score.....
It may not be government mandated, but wow...more and more you're starting to see this if you voice an opinion that isn't in line with the new progressive mind hive.
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This guy was just TESTING out the new dating functionality of Facebook, prior to its release!!
Yes, but this is Instagram....
Yes, I know FB bought Instagram, but what if you had your agreements with IG before FB bought them....were the original IG TOS as bad as what FB does?
Wouldn't you be held to the original TOS you signed up with?
Which dating apps require you to have a Facebook account?
How are you doing?
You know...I really don't think "nazis" are a big problem in the US.
Folks with that point of view are pretty much an insignificant minoroty of those in the US.
I"m not terribly afraid of them...the antifa folks tho?
Well, they seem to be in larger numbers and certainly are disrupting cities for various reasons....many that aren't facist.
They seem to use that term for so many things they disagree about, that I often think of the line from the Princess Bride:
"I do not think that means what you think it means..."
The chinese have been conducting industrial and governmental espionage against the US for decades.
This should have been clamped down upon a LONG time ago, if anyone cares about this type thing.
Anything that CAN be used for Big Brother, WILL be used for Big Brother.....eventually.
Err, you do realize that this is the bottom line, and primary reason for making movies in the movie business, don't you?
If that's what the people want to see and pay for it...that's what they are going to get.
What's the problem?
I mean, we now go often to heroic measures and efforts to save problem kids that would not have been born a couple decades ago.
Sure it works out some, but I fear that by doing this so much on children that are SO damaged genetically, that we are interfering with natural selection that would basically cull this out of the gene pool in the past, but now.....we're keeping bad genes in the pool, potentially to the detriment of humans.
How do we fix it? I dunno....but just occurs to me that of late, we're really going out of our way to block natural selection.....with those that are born due to heroic measure...or even those who are born naturally ok...but we protect them from their own stupidity, which would have selected themselves out of the gene pool if allowed to do so.
Those were my thoughts too....
I mean, if these were my potential kids and I knew they had this, I'd be going for the "clothes hanger treatment" pronto.
Not fair for the parents or the potential kids.
But then again, that's me, this is a personal decision the parents have to make.
But it strikes me as a bit selfish on the side of these parents to subject offspring to these genetic maladies they know they would likely have given their genetics and the fact they already have a defective child.
I've never seen that.
Can you provide some examples?
Where do you live?
I live in New Orleans, and I'd say that 99% of the time, if it says Prime 2 day shipping, it ships the day I buy it and is generally here in 2 days, sometimes delivered at no extra charge on Saturday or Sunday.
If nothing else, they seem on my orders to be quite accurate on shipping per the messages they give at checkout when items will arrive.
Whenever I'm shopping and find an item, I see what is offered, and then click the link to see other sellers, etc.
Ever since Amazon sold items started charging sales tax on items shipped to me (about a year now)...I often look to see if same item is available by 3rd party on Prime.. Often I see those at same price, but no sales tax and I order from them.
Other times, I see 3rd party prices and then I compare if they would be a better deal or now than Amazon with tax added.
It takes a couple of extra steps, but I find it is worth it to get the best deal.
Wow..where do you live?
I live in New Orleans....and I'd say that almost everything I order that is available for Prime shipment, gets shipped that day.
I seem to almost always get an email saying something I ordered a few hours ago is now being shipped.
3rd party items sometimes take a bit more than a day to ship, but even with those, I find MOST of them from 3rd parties with Prime listed ship and arrive within the 2 days.
And, the exceptions to this, are usually quite plainly marked when ordering as to when it will arrive.
Where do you live, I wonder if this is regional?
I do most of my shopping with Amazon and like the 2 day shipping.
I don't find their video offerings all that attractive, but then again, I don't find as much on Netflix as I used to, I miss the "real" movies they used to have.
I have come to start using the free Prime Amazon music in my car a lot when driving and enjoy that....and this summer by the pool, I hope to enjoy the prime books they offer as part of the program too....
Prime gives a lot, but I think $120/yr is my ceiling. I remember the $79 days too.
This is nothing new...same mode of thinking at least since the Baby Boomers.
At least...the last part of them. You were looked down upon if not white collar.
That's not a high paying job.....
Now, if I can make 6 figures a year plumbing, I truly might consider dropping out of IT and doing that....less stress, and more exercise.
You know...last time I had to get a plumber, with what I paid, it could mean a 6 figure income!?!?!
SO, need to look into that, but apparently not Ironworker like the article mentioned, that's not much money annually....
Not everyone buys a car each year....not everyone buys a TV every year....
No...I think we ALL need to be open to be valid targets for criticism and laughter.
Every one of us on earth is flawed and do stupid things, and have things that are funny, even if viewed in a slightly negative manner.
But these days, people are too snowflake for anyone to poke fun at someone else.....with the possible exception of the white guy.
Don't get me wrong, white guys are funny, they do stupid things, etc.
But seriously, why do we have to be careful to whom we point out these bad or funny behaviors?
I saw a commercial on tv, showed a white guy getting caught breaking into a commercial business I think it was. I started thinking, "Wow...wonder what kind of hell would be raised if the criminal were to be portrayed as a less white skinned actor?"
I mean, even though we mostly see on the news the criminals reported aren't just a bunch of white guys....you can't point this out anymore anywhere that it could be a black guy?
You know....those old stereotypes didn't just come out of nowhere, they were based in observable behaviors.
1. White Guys can't dance....well, c'mon quite often, more than not...they don't do so well on the dance floor.
2. Asians can't drive....no, they are just the best in the world. Where did they come up with this?
3. Black guys and penis size....what would you guess on this?
I mean, really....all people are funny...we all do stupid things, and different races have different traits and cultures, that ARE often funny.
But with SJ political correctness....they take the fun out of recognizing and laughing at it all.
Hell, even is unhealthy.....it is so awful these days to get accused of "fat shaming"...when you try to get someone that is morbidly obese to live healthier instead of telling them "its ok, you look wonderful, be yourself, be proud of how you look..and go ahead, have another doughnut".
Common sense has also fallen victim to all this BS.
Man...they are REALLY missing Steve Jobs.....
I dunno, I felt MUCH more free to say things in the past, humorists were able to say more things, be more controversial (at least post the 50's)....
I find it to be very limiting today.
Many of those "new values" are just downright 180 degrees from anything that has been the norm in the US, and it is really starting to get to the point to where almost NOTHING will be said anymore.
Noting of merit, or controversy....
*shudder*
I mean, we're getting close to that already voluntarily, I"d be afraid for this country if is was actually mandated by law.
It may not be government mandated, but wow...more and more you're starting to see this if you voice an opinion that isn't in line with the new progressive mind hive.
I've heard that a lot of doctors refuse to take medicare/medicaid.....I wonder if hospitals will do the same to avoid these types of rules?
Hmm, while I don't know that I'd go as far as to promote the "flavor" or smell....the bearded variety are QUITE fun to play with....
Except their mandatory attached life support units can prove to be troublesome and quickly become not worth the effort.
I highly recommend changing clams often swapping them out before they go bad.