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[–] protist@mander.xyz 34 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Its important to note this fly has existed for millions of years laying its eggs in the flesh of mammals in the Americas, and that this has little to do with how we treat animals

[–] protist@mander.xyz 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why don't you think he'll sign it? It was passed unanimously with no partisan objections. This is as big an issue for farmers as it is anyone else, because farm equipment companies are pulling the same shit tech companies and appliance companies are

[–] protist@mander.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

If you read the entire article, it explains her family reached out to the police concerned about her safety after she had an abortion and they didn't hear from her. That the term "abortion" was included in the reason for this search makes little difference to what actually happened, because the reason listed could be anything, this is just what her family reported.

The problem is this database exists at all, but the example listed here is not a good one to highlight the evil this sort of surveillance can perpetuate, because the outcome here is "woman found safe."

[–] protist@mander.xyz 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Her family knew she had had an abortion before reaching out to the sheriff's office. When reporting her missing, the family told the sheriff's office about the abortion and their concern about her physical safety, which is why he listed that as the reason he needed to locate her in the database.

So she did tell her family, then went out of communication for days, and her family, who was worried about her, issued a "request to locate," which has a police department attempt to verify someone's safety. Once they established phone contact with the woman and verified she was safe, the entire thing was over.

If someone you love suddenly goes incommunicado like this and you're worried about them, you have the same right to issue a "request to locate" and have the police attempt to verify they're alright.

Sheriff Adam King of the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office told 404 Media in a phone call that the woman self-administered the abortion “and her family was worried that she was going to bleed to death, and we were trying to find her to get her to a hospital.”

“We weren’t trying to block her from leaving the state or whatever to get an abortion,” he said. “It was about her safety.”

He said the search “got a couple hits on her on Flocks in Dallas,” but Flock was not responsible for ultimately finding her. Two days later the Sheriff’s Office was able to establish contact with the woman and verify she was okay, he added.

[–] protist@mander.xyz -3 points 2 months ago

Either delusional thinking or a serious misunderstanding of historical events

[–] protist@mander.xyz -3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

This headline makes it sound like the police hunted someone down for having an abortion, but in fact the woman's family reported her missing, and the police used this database to try to locate her in that capacity. The potential for misuse is certainly there, but isn't what happened here

[–] protist@mander.xyz 28 points 2 months ago (4 children)

While we're talking about OTC NSAIDs, might should mention aspirin and acetaminophen/tylenol have even higher risk of liver damage when used with alcohol

[–] protist@mander.xyz -3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

It sounds like police searched this system because her family reported her missing. I get the implication, that this system can potentially be used by awful governments in awful ways, but the police weren't looking for this woman because she had an abortion like this headline implies

[–] protist@mander.xyz 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Ok, but none of the words OP listed are still in use, if they ever were. All of their example words end in -ck or -x, while none of yours do, and most of your examples have taken on different meanings in common usage and no longer serve as a past-tense verb

[–] protist@mander.xyz 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Here's just one, and there are many. What you cited above doesn't contradict what I said either...my point is it wasn't created to intentionally slow typing down

[–] protist@mander.xyz 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

The QWERTY keyboard was designed to speed typing up, not slow it down

[–] protist@mander.xyz 74 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"Hey, why didn't you accept my friend request? Is it because you're young, attractive and single? I'm like totally not hitting on you, but is it because you're single?*

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