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How the mighty have fallen. At least it is Stargate
Can of tomatoes removed issue
Just realized something profound
It is a good show.
Ridiculous flying with Lois reveal scene
Interesting TV version of that Ben Afflect/Samuel Jackson movie
Sizzling crisp beauty and lethal weapon. Remind me of
Just a terrible movie and they even ruined Charlie
A little over the top but entertaining
One thing that is a bit strange
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I think you're confused mate. You're not comparing things properly. What I'm saying is body programming is of highest priority. But if something is trumping that to the point people are considering body physiology altering surgery, then there's other brain chemistry at play here.
And this isn't self-determination or drugs/alcohol type because there's no body programming innate to self as gender and sex which is determined neo natal stages of development as you also say.
This means, there is something else able to trump the earliest developments of body physiology.
This is science realm now. Not some pseudo mumbo jumbo "modern left" co-opting. You're talking modern politics immaturely and incorrectly when these things such as "effeminate" and "tomboy" existed for 100s of years if not 1000s.
While modern politics is driven by imbeciles on the right mostly claiming cringey terms like "Woke" and "ultra left" etc. there are morons on the left as well. Basically, you're not properly understanding the issue nor the question but just parroting something.
The question is - what is there beyond cultural programming that is even stronger that is coming from within from people. This is a scientific question and beyond your scope imo.
There are 2 sexes and 2 genders but there are people acting against their gender and today taking action because of our medical advancements. The question is what is happening in the brain and what is the evolutionary need triggering those desires. The path seems like a dead end from propagation of species perspective but maybe not as well.
It is a very small %, granted, but it does seem to exist.
I don't think you're qualified now with your childish rants against "modern left" statements to address this.
Well, according to what you say, scientifically, there should be NO basis for anyone overcoming body programming that you're one of the 2 sexes (and ergo, one of the 2 genders in the species).
And you say there's cultural programming which is now seemingly trumping body programming, which has happened even before self awareness and should be apex and something one cannot overcome.
However, some few people are overcoming it and doing gender change surgery or whatnot in order to quiesce their brain asking them (which is basically their brain as well for all intents and purposes) to do so.
Meaning, what you say is not complete. Yes, gonadotropins cause formation of reproductive organs first which is where brain wraps around to eventually bring about a sense of self wrt gender. i.e. you're either male or female.
But given people are undergoing surgery to affect this means there is more to it scientifically. Something we need to explore and work on and determine what is causing this.
Simply saying "cultural programming" is basically acknowledging that you have no clue and you might as well say "god told me to" type argument. I'm sure it is one of the factors but not the only factor.
There is underlying brain chemistry happening and firing of synapses which are telling this female that she needs to be male.
This process needs to be understood further scientifically.
And there quite likely may have been cases this way even through the ages. Hence words like "effeminate", "tomboy" etc. existed before advent of the modern versions.
And I'm sure there's other evidence through history too. Perhaps it is that today there's a lot more easier channel for people to voice their opinions and hence it is bringing about more awareness.
This is similar to someone saying "there were no rape cases before metoo because there are zero cases reported on rapes in undeveloped nations from 10000BCE to 1900CE etc.
It is a good scientific answer, however, as a science person myself, I must ask then how do you explain this person?
I don't think her parents forced her to become a man. It is basically brain chemistry, the proteins and neurotransmitters and synapses and dendrons and what not all hodge podge into her thinking she is a man.
So she thinks she is a man.
While I think scientifically there are only 2 sexes and 2 genders, there's people who seem to think they want to be the opposite sex, for whatever reason.
There has to be scientific evolutionary answer for this. Either it is an aberration or a pathway that evolution has brought them to and maybe a million years from now, evolution will show up how it unfolds.
Basically natural selection.
According to laws of universe matter and energy can neither be created nor destroyed and total amount is fixed in the universe and they can be converted from one form to another only or energy to matter
So when transporting molecules and atoms and quarks and everything within is converted to energy and reconstituted back into the original matter. So you're the same you just transported through space and time faster.
The transporter is not making a copy of you because to make a copy you'd need to convert your matter to energy and then dispose of that matter and transport that energy to point B and use molecules there to reconstitute you back but that's an issue if molecules and atoms etc there aren't available.
So it takes you, makes it energy, sends it across and reconstitutes that same energy back to the original matter
As long as they make supergirl how Helen Slater looked then I’ll watch it. Just make her less cartoony and the story should be good and don’t bother with Superman at all. Just make it about her and have a good enemy. Not someone stupid like Lex Luthor, a human who is like a bug to Superman but Superman inexplicably never deals with him.
She needs to wear her iconic skirt costume too.
The recent Sasha one was also good albeit it was a parallel universe. She was amazing as supergirl and had a totally diff look and costume but she was beautiful and played the part really well.
What’s funny and ironic and sad is if you watch Bollywood movies, all the actresses there are super light skinned and they all are wannabe white looking.
They even have ads featuring how to make yourself look whiter in India.
For a nation that is so predominantly brown and dark skinned they want to totally not want that and prefer white skin. It’s quite ironic
It was not initially clear. It was clear basically only a few hours before impact.
And then they said the smaller piece will hit Cape Arcturus or something like that (maybe near Massachusetts? In the Atlantic Ocean. And the big piece would hit Western Canada and basically decimate earth.
The smaller piece caused a mushroom cloud to hit the atmosphere and then double back down in like 3 seconds. So it was honestly devastating. That itself must have spewn so much dust and ash. Also the waters hit east coast and wiped out NYC but likely a huge chunk of DC several hundred miles south along with Europe, Africa and Virginia.
They said waters came in as far inland as Ohio and Tennessee which is a goof because I think that was supposed to be the 2nd and larger piece doing that?
It probably decimated London too along with most of United Kingdom and Iceland and Portugal and maybe Paris and parts of France etc.
Given the trajectory wasn’t known till the end I guess no one knew where to go although the NY scenes were odd. Like the guy reading a newspaper (Morgan freeman said it will hit 425p Eastern) like he’s out on a stroll during office lunch break.
Anyways I loved this movie
I think the answer is telomere shortening. Leading to cellular senescence.
These are proteins at end of chromosomes and inside cells. Every cell.
After x number of cell divisions the telomere shortens enough that cells no longer divide causing cells that die off to remain gone. Since everything is made of cells in our body, this means we lose the things you mentioned; muscle mass to bone density to loss of organ functionality etc.
And telomere shortening happens with age. So rate of this shortening directly correlates to life span.
So I think doctors and scientists know more about this. And maybe in future it could be slowed or repaired or reversed.
They're not Americans. They're South Americans.
It's as silly as saying Indians when talking about people from Barbados. They're West Indians, not Indians.
Similarly Brazilians and Argentinians are South Americans, not Americans.
American refers only to people of United States of America, a country in North American continent.
https://youtu.be/3S5BLs51yDQ?t=51
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