The plan here is women’s education and access to contraceptives. These 2 things very consistently cause a significant decline in fertility rates. To the point that leaders across the globe are shitting their pants over it.

Consider that ~50% of births globally are from unplanned pregnancies. Prevention of those can do a lot of heavy lifting.

Who said anything about chemically?

There are definitely good parts of Reddit, which is why I still lurk (at least for now).

Stay away from the big subs and especially anything political.

We all know that every other manufacturer is gonna copy apple,

Yup. It will start with Samsung and creep over to the other mfgs.

It’s happened with several other features and “features”.

Piss off, Micro$lop

I think it’s best to avoid the middle east altogether

Mega barns turning the place into a shithole (in the literal sense)

I think even the reduced age recommendation (45) is too high. Like maybe 35 even. And re-testing every 5 years? A lot can happen in half of a decade.

Boycotts only work in competitive markets where there is real differentiation between the choices.

I no longer get excited about new tech. For the most part, I feel like we peaked about 10 years ago. Medical advances are the outlier and represent real benefit, but consumer electronics are getting enshittified.

Tracking/privacy and ads are related, but separate issues. Cars might track where you are going, but they aren’t showing ads (yet).

Getting outdated ads crammed down your throat for companies or products that no longer exist is a special kind of trolling.

See also: sealioning

/not sure if they are exactly the same, but similar at least

“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”

-someone smarter than me

Benjamin Button starts freaking out

Yeah, I have wanted my phone to be more like a computer for a long time, not the other way around! This timeline sucks.

Considering that a lot of the states doing this are blue, it would be understandable why one might think this.

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