Your heart is in the right place, but that’s not exactly a reasonable comparison. Few other surgeries, even elective ones, permanently remove your ability to do something as major as procreation.

People should have the option to have their tubes tied without judgement, but it is not as simple a decision as repairing a damaged part of the body.

My understanding is that doctors often don’t just question but often refuse if they think the person should not do it. To be clear, that refusal is generally based on personal opinion, not for medical reasons.

I just assumed. Homebrewing seems to rarely refer to actual brewing.

There’s little in the world to be anything but disgruntled about.

There will always be exhibitionists and people who just like to fuck, but sex work is, by definition, transactional. You’re not going to see a society with free communal whores who aren’t being compensated in any way.

Oh man, my whole desktop experience used to be themed. I would spend hours finding the perfect skins.

Spoon out sugar, spoon out flour, pour in milk, pour in oil, drop bits of other things in until you get to the weight needed. Even if you wash all of the spoons, it’s easier than measuring cups. At worst, you still use a measuring cup or two, but still fewer than before.

Look, I was with you until recently, but your argument really has no leg to stand on.

F-e-w-e-r D-i-s-h-e-s

I’m happy that you don’t need it, but some of us like better precision. Plus, it’s convenient to put a mixing bowl on a scale and add things by weight, rather than using numerous measuring cups.

Precision. Volume varies by how tightly something is packed, how finely something is diced, etc. I’ve seen recipes that recommend spooning flour into the measuring cup to ensure it’s not packed in tightly, so you don’t use too much. How much simpler is it to just weigh it?

As an American who has recently learned to love his scale, I’m with you 100%. With that being said, no, many Americans do not have kitchen scales.

Thank you. I legitimately could not understand the title.

Oh good, I’m better than the average man in something.

…There’s a logo on one side?

I use mine for listening to audiobooks on an external speaker. Bluetooth speakers often cut off the beginnings of sentences due to the brief silence between them.

Neat. I wonder if my grandchildren will see that technology in use, because I doubt it’ll happen in my lifetime.

Just to play the devil’s advocate: many of those thanking God are more expressing thanks for the circumstances that led to recovery. That includes that doctor, along with whatever knowledge and skill they have as a result of years of study and hard work. i.e. God put that doctor in their lives, rather than some quack.

So you’re saying it’s just as effective as a whistle that “keeps away dragons”? i.e. It’s an adequate deterrent for the bullshit it “prevents”?

Yeah, that’s probably how my 7-year-old would pronounce it.