Personal theories that may or may not be based on facts

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Anonymous wrote:I’m like the anti-vaxxer of sun screen. I can’t wrap my head around the fact that wearing SPF daily is the answer to preventing aging and skin cancer. Is smearing chemicals on our face really healthier for us than natural sunlight? All the research seems to say yes, but I just can’t get on board with this and kind of thing sunscreen is a scam. I also think sunscreen is destroying our reefs.

I totally agree on this one. I see a neurologist for migraines and he preaches how crucial sun exposure is.

I’m so confused too by people who live in northern climates who believe you have to apply sunscreen every day even if you work in an office and barely go outside. Can anyone explain?

I do avoid going outside between 10 and 3, when the sun is strongest, or if I have to go out during those times I apply sunscreen. But other than that I don’t see the need.

There has been advice given over the years from dermatologists that you need to wear sunscreen every day even if you’re only outside for 5 minutes. I don’t follow this but that’s where it comes from.

It’s giving doctors recommending pharmaceuticals

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Anonymous wrote:My theory is that most teens would revert back to traditional sexuality at some point of their parents didn’t actively support and validate their gender and sexual orientation experiments.

My theory is that most people are bisexual and if we stopped caring so desperately about sexuality and prioritizing heterosexuality there’d be lot fewer miserable marriages.

Sexuality is on a spectrum like most things are.

Sure, I just think it’s a bell curve rather than most people being straight.

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Anonymous wrote:Admittedly, this one may be obscure, but pre-eclampsia likely has an auto-immune trigger.

Also, not wearing a hat when it's cold makes you sick.

Preeclampsia has been linked to Vitamin D deficiency.

PP here - that's interesting! It's linked to/has several risk factors, but so far no one has been able to put together a complete picture. I still think it will be discovered to be auto-immune or something linked to the fetus' DNA.

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My theory is that attacks on abortion rights are a response to the browning of American. More white babies are needed, so access to abortion goes away to increase that demographic.

I've heard this many times and thought it was common knowledge.

really? are whites more likely to abort when it's legal?

No whites are the least likely to abort:

https://erlc.com/resource-library/articles/the-demographics-of-abortion-in-america/

https://www.guttmacher.org/infographic/2017/abortion-rates-race-and-ethnicity

so how is abortion restriction a response to the "browning" of america

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Anonymous wrote:I’m like the anti-vaxxer of sun screen. I can’t wrap my head around the fact that wearing SPF daily is the answer to preventing aging and skin cancer. Is smearing chemicals on our face really healthier for us than natural sunlight? All the research seems to say yes, but I just can’t get on board with this and kind of thing sunscreen is a scam. I also think sunscreen is destroying our reefs.

I totally agree on this one. I see a neurologist for migraines and he preaches how crucial sun exposure is.

I’m so confused too by people who live in northern climates who believe you have to apply sunscreen every day even if you work in an office and barely go outside. Can anyone explain?

I do avoid going outside between 10 and 3, when the sun is strongest, or if I have to go out during those times I apply sunscreen. But other than that I don’t see the need.

There has been advice given over the years from dermatologists that you need to wear sunscreen every day even if you’re only outside for 5 minutes. I don’t follow this but that’s where it comes from.

I used to watch moms slather their preschoolers with sunscreen before preschool at 830 am knowing the kids weren't going to be outside in the hot sun for a few hours and piling all those chemicals on every day seems so much worse than getting a little sun every day. My kids never got sunburned at school and they are pretty pale.

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Anonymous wrote:We never landed on the moon. I subscribe to the whole Stanley Kubrick theory. Plus, there is just no way. We went in the 1960s but haven’t been back sense? Why?

Why would we need to? My sister is working on the next moon trip, where they’re going to a different part of the moon so they can start building out some of the platforms which will help us get to Mars.

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Anonymous wrote:ADHD in adults is just an excuse for not even trying to manage your life. The only adults who get away with it are surrounded by people who enable them.

And adding speed to the equation does not help.

I wish this were true. I avoided ADHD meds until my 40s, despite realizing that I needed them in my 20s. Since starting they have been life changing. The days I forget them I truly have trouble concentrating. I do believe some people use it as an excuse, and I see a lot of that here with husbands who don't engage with their families ("maybe they have adhd"????)

I tried so hard to be organized and not be forgetful, and it wasn't a choice for me.

Everyones brain does better on stimulants!!!!

Why is this so upsetting to you?

I'll use my spouse as an example. He has a lot of focus, can read anything, easy or hard, his mind doesn't wander. He remembers to close drawers and puts things away as he goes. He's incredibly smart and keeps track of all his belongings. He doesn't need stimulants. I tried all my life to do all the things he can do, but my brain is scattered, it doesn't hold focus, it moves very quickly like I have 100 tabs open and I'm rapidly clicking through them. When I'm talking to someone and there's music playing I have a hard time focusing on what the person is saying. My dh says he has no trouble with this. My dh doesn't need stimulants, I do.

Can I ask why you care if people need stimulants for attention? How does it affect you?

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Anonymous wrote:We never landed on the moon. I subscribe to the whole Stanley Kubrick theory. Plus, there is just no way. We went in the 1960s but haven’t been back sense? Why?

Why would we need to? My sister is working on the next moon trip, where they’re going to a different part of the moon so they can start building out some of the platforms which will help us get to Mars.

We’ll see.

But if we “don’t need to”, why ARE we, according to you and your sister?

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My theory is that attacks on abortion rights are a response to the browning of American. More white babies are needed, so access to abortion goes away to increase that demographic.

I've heard this many times and thought it was common knowledge.

really? are whites more likely to abort when it's legal?

No whites are the least likely to abort:

https://erlc.com/resource-library/articles/the-demographics-of-abortion-in-america/

https://www.guttmacher.org/infographic/2017/abortion-rates-race-and-ethnicity

so how is abortion restriction a response to the "browning" of america

It's not the first poster about this was incorrect and clearly mistaken as the data above shows.

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Anonymous wrote:ADHD in adults is just an excuse for not even trying to manage your life. The only adults who get away with it are surrounded by people who enable them.

And adding speed to the equation does not help.

I wish this were true. I avoided ADHD meds until my 40s, despite realizing that I needed them in my 20s. Since starting they have been life changing. The days I forget them I truly have trouble concentrating. I do believe some people use it as an excuse, and I see a lot of that here with husbands who don't engage with their families ("maybe they have adhd"????)

I tried so hard to be organized and not be forgetful, and it wasn't a choice for me.

Everyones brain does better on stimulants!!!!

Why is this so upsetting to you?

I'll use my spouse as an example. He has a lot of focus, can read anything, easy or hard, his mind doesn't wander. He remembers to close drawers and puts things away as he goes. He's incredibly smart and keeps track of all his belongings. He doesn't need stimulants. I tried all my life to do all the things he can do, but my brain is scattered, it doesn't hold focus, it moves very quickly like I have 100 tabs open and I'm rapidly clicking through them. When I'm talking to someone and there's music playing I have a hard time focusing on what the person is saying. My dh says he has no trouble with this. My dh doesn't need stimulants, I do.

Can I ask why you care if people need stimulants for attention? How does it affect you?

...But you are not special. Everyone can benefit from a brain stimulant. My brain is the same and I don't rely on a stimulant to function.

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Anonymous wrote:ADHD in adults is just an excuse for not even trying to manage your life. The only adults who get away with it are surrounded by people who enable them.

And adding speed to the equation does not help.

I wish this were true. I avoided ADHD meds until my 40s, despite realizing that I needed them in my 20s. Since starting they have been life changing. The days I forget them I truly have trouble concentrating. I do believe some people use it as an excuse, and I see a lot of that here with husbands who don't engage with their families ("maybe they have adhd"????)

I tried so hard to be organized and not be forgetful, and it wasn't a choice for me.

Everyones brain does better on stimulants!!!!

Why is this so upsetting to you?

I'll use my spouse as an example. He has a lot of focus, can read anything, easy or hard, his mind doesn't wander. He remembers to close drawers and puts things away as he goes. He's incredibly smart and keeps track of all his belongings. He doesn't need stimulants. I tried all my life to do all the things he can do, but my brain is scattered, it doesn't hold focus, it moves very quickly like I have 100 tabs open and I'm rapidly clicking through them. When I'm talking to someone and there's music playing I have a hard time focusing on what the person is saying. My dh says he has no trouble with this. My dh doesn't need stimulants, I do.

Can I ask why you care if people need stimulants for attention? How does it affect you?

...But you are not special. Everyone can benefit from a brain stimulant. My brain is the same and I don't rely on a stimulant to function.

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NP. There is a very big difference between people who like to think they are scatterbrained and people who actually have ADHD. I have ADHD, am unmedicated due to other health issues and can not function.

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Anonymous wrote:I think ADHD is on the rise because ADHD people are much more fun, interesting, and intelligent in non traditional ways therefore more people fall in love with them/want to have sex with them.

I don’t think ADHD is a disability and if our lives didn’t involve so much sitting and reading they would be top of the food chain. Actually I think due to hyper focus most programmers and engineers are ADHD.

Every guy I met in online dating had ADHD. Every single one! I think that these men maybe fun to date but they were bad partners in a marriage and thus got dumped by their wives

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Here is mine:
I noticed first signs of aging at 44. I believe that was my halfway point and I will live to 88.

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I believe that the future doctors and population will see our women’s health care as barbaric. Hysterectomy, tubes tied, etc. I think there will be a less invasive treatment and they will be shocked what we put ourselves through

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Anonymous wrote:ADHD in adults is just an excuse for not even trying to manage your life. The only adults who get away with it are surrounded by people who enable them.

And adding speed to the equation does not help.

I wish this were true. I avoided ADHD meds until my 40s, despite realizing that I needed them in my 20s. Since starting they have been life changing. The days I forget them I truly have trouble concentrating. I do believe some people use it as an excuse, and I see a lot of that here with husbands who don't engage with their families ("maybe they have adhd"????)

I tried so hard to be organized and not be forgetful, and it wasn't a choice for me.

Everyones brain does better on stimulants!!!!

Why is this so upsetting to you?

I'll use my spouse as an example. He has a lot of focus, can read anything, easy or hard, his mind doesn't wander. He remembers to close drawers and puts things away as he goes. He's incredibly smart and keeps track of all his belongings. He doesn't need stimulants. I tried all my life to do all the things he can do, but my brain is scattered, it doesn't hold focus, it moves very quickly like I have 100 tabs open and I'm rapidly clicking through them. When I'm talking to someone and there's music playing I have a hard time focusing on what the person is saying. My dh says he has no trouble with this. My dh doesn't need stimulants, I do.

Can I ask why you care if people need stimulants for attention? How does it affect you?

...But you are not special. Everyone can benefit from a brain stimulant. My brain is the same and I don't rely on a stimulant to function.

Then maybe your brain isn't the same as mine? Or....Perhaps you are better than me...is that what you want me to say? You're better than me because you don't need stimulants to calm the wildness in your brain. I award you a cookie, a giant trophy, the "most amazing person" award....good? Helpful? You win! Now you can move on.