JK Rowling claims society is on brink of 'medical scandal' over transgender issues

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[–][deleted] 26 insightful - 3 fun26 insightful - 2 fun27 insightful - 3 fun -  (11 children)

I agree. Nobody talks about lobotomies anymore, but they were all the rage until the late 70's. It'll just be swept under the rug / unless our empire crumbles before that time comes, in which case retribution will be made.

I think blood eagles would be appropriate.

[–]Riothamus 25 insightful - 3 fun25 insightful - 2 fun26 insightful - 3 fun -  (10 children)

Back in the late 90s/early 2000s everyone agreed that women like Joanie Laurer (Chyna) and Nicole Bass were catastrophically fucking themselves up with anabolic steroids. Neither still lives.

Now quacks prescribe steroids to teenage girls who don't feel stereotypically feminine. We know where this road leads and we're called hateful for pointing it out.

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (9 children)

Steroids don't kill though, that's utter BS. They're just hormones. If you give the body what it needs to be in balance - yes even a balance skewed by wrong-gender hormones - there are very few and small issues with them.

[–]notdelusional 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

Nobody knows that for certain. There are still many potential unknowns.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

As far as the anabolics though, the science is conclusive and all done. They're safe, WHEN USED CORRECTLY. Which is why they aren't prescribed anymore: there aren't any "we couldn't know they would hurt you when used THIS way" anymore.

[–]notdelusional 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Science is never "conclusive and done." That said I completely agree that the known risks associated AAS is overwhelmingly exaggerated in the public consciousness but the problem is that nobody agrees on what constitutes "correct" usage. It's highly subjective and anyone with experience in using them knows this.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

I have tons of experience using and guiding people in their use. I have refined their correct use to a science. Yes, there are highly individual reactions to each compound. But no, there is no real unknown left anymore. You just haven't talked to the right people.

That said, I talk about PROPER use, from which minors are utterly excluded.

[–]notdelusional 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Come on bro. You, me, and every other gear monkey knows the experiment is not over.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I am no gear monkey. I have studied and used them extensively and they have nothing left for me to discover about them. Unless you count adding the new growth factors and myostatin inhibitors as "new discoveries regarding steroids" but they really aren't.

[–]notdelusional 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's just a turn of phrase. I wouldn't trust anyone who thinks they know everything.