I meant that Jonesy is the weak male that Ripley physically and emotionally protects.

Mary Poppins

Alien (if you count the cat)

28 Days Later

Run Lola Run (sorta)

Walking.

If any other elective medical procedure had a 1% chance of extreme regret, it would be considered psychologically risky, in addition to the chance of complications.

Do we know the actual numbers for how men feel about the procedure? I think that’s important if we’re debating this on the merits of joy/regret.

I couldn’t find any good sources that surveyed adult men on their parents’ circumcision choice.

100% agree

It’s a little different, for most women the clit is still protected by the labia and isn’t being rubbed all day long, but I absolutely get your meaning.

Clittoral hood reductions are a thing but they’re considered cosmetic. There isn’t a lot of information on health impact because it’s never been a routine medical procedure. That said, some women do get it done because of over-stimulation from clothes because the hood is sensitive, or, inversely, to increase sensation on the clitoris.

It’s weird that the hygeine debate hasn’t come up with girls as much as boys, though. In changing babies I find girls parts marginally more difficult to “clean out.”

Still, if that procedure ever became popular for girls I would be just as much against it as I am male circumcision.

As I understand it, and have read in literature, a reconstructed foreskin doesn’t have the same sensitivity of a natural one.

But you’re right, foreskin construction/reconstruction is a thing.

Can you describe it here in the context of a banana in a stocking or would that still be NSFW?

I’m committed to ongoing self improvement, I would like to know for research purposes.

There are a number of men who are upset about it, they’ve formed advocacy groups and some use therapies and procedures to regrow foreskin.

https://www.doctorsopposingcircumcision.org/

https://intactamerica.org/

For some balance, this isn’t very informative, but it does fairly frame the debate:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3255195/

I’m a chick, responding because you mentioned some women are grossed out by intact dicks.

Every penis is different in its own weird way so whether there’s foreskin or not is just an extra thing. Size/shape/foreskin/existence doesn’t affect how I think about the person.

Any person who thinks men ought to be mutilated to be attractive is lacking in empathy and judgment, and my entire friend group thinks the same thing.

I’m not here to police yours or your partner’s eating habits.

I saw the statement:

The texture and taste and… toxicity I guess, is fine for 36 hours. So if you cook it this morning then use it all before tomorrow evening.

And provided a counter point. I had to train cooks and dispell so many food and hygeine myths. Maybe I get a twitch when I read that kind of thing.

Ideally, rice should be cooled down within 1-2hrs and stored in the fridge. 12°C is balmy for bacteria.

Fun: https://jescahoop.bandcamp.com/track/animal-kingdom-chaotic

Medically relevant: https://m.soundcloud.com/jennylewismusic/little-white-dove

Metaphorical: https://bencaplanmusic.bandcamp.com/track/the-flood-2

Classic: https://m.soundcloud.com/cod-gone-wild/process-man

While you’ve been fine and might continue to be fine for the rest of your life, rice is considered a high risk food when it’s cooked and left out.

For others, please don’t take this advice, especially if this hasn’t been your usual practice. People have different immune systems and can build up a tolerance to their own practices. Reheated rice is a major cause of food poisoning, to reduce the risk it should either be super hot or cold, limiting the time spent in between.

The bacteria that live on rice create endospores and lay dormant even in dry conditions. They can survive the cooking process and once they become active, they create a toxin that can’t be eliminated at cooking temperatures.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7913059

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0882401023004515

1. Move on. Whatever happened, they’re not interested enough to respond.

2. I usually respond to thoughtful comments even if I’m not interested. When I don’t it’s because I started dating someone/got busy and haven’t had time to go through all the messages -OR- it wasn’t as thoughtful or witty as they think and I don’t want to engage.

Some examples:

• “You sound like a lot of fun. My wife and I recently opened our relationship and…”

• “You don’t seem like other girls, a rare find in this place…”

• “I know your profile says no one over (x) years old but I’m (2x) and…”

• “You look like lots of fun. My wife, her boyfriend and I have opened our relationship and…”

Sounds like you’ll all be having a time in a couple months. I wish an early happy holidays to you.

No one’s saying she’s dead. Rice is just a high risk food to leave at room temperature. It’s possible she could continue doing this her whole life and never get sick, but it doesn’t change the general risk level.

I won’t tell you what to do, but here’s an article on it by researchers in Malaysia: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0882401023004515

Naw, they’re right. Cooling food before cold storage is a food safety standard where I live.

I’m a former chef. We tracked our cold storage temps twice a day and had digital displays on some, they absolutely heat up when a lot of energy is introduced relative to the temperature/volume/efficiency of the unit. We cooled everything before putting away, but we had methods and tools for cooling things down quickly if it was going to take more than 30min—1hr.

This is because hot food not only heats up the whole fridge/freezer, it can warm/thaw food next to it, and it raises the humidity in the fridge. While temperatures may not reach the danger zone, more warmth=bacteria replicate faster. Mold still grows in a fridge, so if it’s even a little bit more warm and moist, food’s going to go bad a little faster.

I put a poster up for a women/trans/non-binary inclusive group in an anarchist cafe, with their approval, only to get a literal essay from the cafe the next day about the miss-use of a word pertaining to our trans inclusivity. I can’t recall what the “right” word was supposed to be, and the poster’s verbiage was already researched/reviewed by trans people in the group. Due diligence was done.

Queue people leaving the group because we didn’t feel it was necessary to print new posters. They felt we should be less hostile to “people taking the time to educate.” Yeah, I made a few comments.

But you know what? I much prefer that to the kind of shit I had to deal with in conservative spaces. I worked on a couple political campaigns, had back room discussions where people don’t “educate” when you’re not one of them, they insult and back-stab you.

I can at least see the essay as an attempt to share knowledge, to include rather than exclude, even if it was from a place of self-importance and ignorance.

The friction I see in progressive spaces is usually about making things more equitable. It can be poorly thought out, but no one’s perfect. I prefer flawed inclusivity to hostile exclusivity.

From Nova Scotia. You got me missing fish and brewis.

I think they’re referring to cooked food. In that case it’s about the same, cooked carrots left at room temperature will grow bacteria/fungi about the same as cooked chicken.

Salt/acid/moisture content are factors, too. Like a piece of cooked, brined chicken in an acidic sauce can be safer than just a bowl of cooked, mushy carrots.