• 15 Posts
  • 934 Comments
Joined 2 years ago
cake
Cake day: July 4th, 2023

help-circle

  • My wife went through something similar. Took until she was in her 30s and we were pursuing IVF for someone to take her seriously and actually do the investigation to realize she had crazy scarring from endometriosis causing all kinds of issues.

    It’s insane to me how much the modern medical community seems to normalize or straight up ignore this shit, like you said.

    I realize we could have pushed harder, but when multiple doctors tell you “yeah, some women just experience periods differently, here’s 500mg Naproxen to help you through” you tend to believe it.





  • I read another comment suggesting their efforts would actually be better spent targeting purple or barely-red states, if the goal is to really hurt Trump’s support. You can only realistically change the minds of a small percentage of MAGAs, then it makes sense to target the regions where that small percent translates to a flip in votes.

    I’m not sure I totally buy the analysis, since all this tariff bullshit is as much about messaging and dick-waving as anything else, but there’s probably a nugget of truth to it.














  • A tariff is a specific tax on imported goods.

    The tarrif is paid by the person or company doing the importing.

    The tarrif is paid to the government of the country the goods are coming into.

    So, say I am in the US, and I order $1000 worth of goods directly from a Chinese supplier. When those goods arrive in the US, I need to pay a tax (the tariff) to the US customs department in order to receive those goods. If the US has imposed a tariif of 34% on Chinese goods, I owe the US government $340 before I can receive my goods.