At her boss’s urging, she pushed through the pain without a break until her body gave out

What a mystery. I guess the title “US capitalism continue to kill workers via weather” doesn’t have the same ring to it.

Sorry to accidentally talk you into doing a questionnaire, lol. My assessment was based mostly on the front page and a little digging into the:

This guide was created by climate scientist Dr. Kimberly Nicholas and the team at Project Drawdown.

Based on that feedback though it sounds like I might have been being a bit too charitable if anything.

I agree, and had any of their media, literature, etc. communicated what you said I wouldn’t have felt the need to make a comment.

The line between victim blaming and legitimate advice is often very thin especially when it comes to “things impacting others that are the direct cause of specific fuckwits”.

You mostly did a great job of acknowledging that reality, kept expectations reasonable and acknowledged that the proposed action is not a solution by itself. You didn’t misdirect from actual solutions. You didn’t obfuscate cause and effect. You didn’t minimize the problem, etc.

This site does the opposite, along with a little sprinkle of tribalism, for fun. With that said, the key part of my comment was:

While still ignoring the systemic issues and collaborating with those responsible?

They’re essentially doing the effective altruism thing of “get emails to show to investors to get money to do an activism” while ignoring the inherent biases and harms that come with that tactic/approach. Their messaging and perspective is nearly identical to that of the “carbon footprint” astroturf with the biggest difference i can see being that theirs appears to be born of ignorance not malice.

It would appear that asking the corporations and investors nicely didn’t work out, which was Drawdown’s initial plan. So now they’re desperately pivoting to mass individual action? While still ignoring the systemic issues and collaborating with those responsible?

We’re just going to be repeating the “carbon footprint” thing again ad nauseum aren’t we?

So it’s the fear of rejection/bigotry/etc. that’s your primary hold up?

that can totally be done

Alternatively HRT is kinda magic in its ability to reprogram your body. It’s not quite “full body swap” but if it eventually gets you 60-80% of the way there then why not?

Is there a reason you couldn’t be a man with “big pillowy tits, thick thighs and an ass so big you can see it from the front”?

It seems to me like you’re caught in a gender binary and falling into the trap of having to “choose” from a false dichotomy. HRT isn’t a binary either and assuming you have access to medical professionals within your area you can describe the specifics that you want and a good doctor will work with you to help meet those needs.

If you have the means and haven’t yet, a good first step could be to find a therapist to help understand, define and articulate what exactly those needs are. It’s not a decision you need to make in a day, HRT isn’t going to magically transition you to hyper-fem in a single day and force you to change your name and start life from scratch. There’s doesn’t even have to be any sort of “coming out” thing if you don’t want there to be. If you’ve got bigotted parents/coworkers/community/etc. you can totally just deny it to them and play it off as getting old or whatever.

“Street drugs” exists due to individuals not having access to proper medical care, including and especially mental health, and being forced to self-medicate.

The short story is that the difference is mostly one of dosage and metabolism. While there are some subtle differences between methamphetamines and amphetamines, see pharmacology section, they have nearly identical effects on most people.

The big difference between recreational and medicinal usage is dosage and duration. A lot of the pharmacology around ADHD medication is in trying to get a slow and steady release either via binders and packaging (IE Adderall XR) and/or prodrugs/salts (IE lisdexamphetamine aka Vyvanse).

Street drugs on the other hand usually don’t have the same level of quality control which makes dosing difficult and aren’t intended for the same level of consistency.

Someone could microdose meth and get similar results to a real shitty Adderall generic but it comes with a lot of risks and is generally not recommended.