I’m saying all people with penises getting circumcised in the US may have saved some people financial hardship later in life. I have no frame of reference to what I’m missing, so it probably isn’t as hard to think this for me.
edit: typo
I think it would be more analogous to say cutting off part of the skin off the tips of our fingers to prevent arthritis, not that that would work. Like arthritis, balanitis mostly causes discomfort and not death. edit: typo
For reference, I’m circumcised. I don’t remember it. I doubt very few if any people actually remember their circumcision as a baby. Not saying circumcision is super great or something. But the US spent the last 100 years, and counting, doing it to people, so we might as well learn about it from a cost benefit angle with all the data we have. Whether or not anyone actually benefited from the practice seems like a worthwhile question to answer with data.
Stomach Flu is an interesting one. Here are some stats for Norovirus which causes stomach flu.
Norovirus does kill some people every year. I’m not sure what the threshold is for us all to cut off the tips of our tongues, but I’m guessing it’s greater than 900 people dying per year. I think it stands to reason if the mortality rate was high enough and cutting off the tips of our tongues saved a sizable portion of those people who would otherwise die, then people might do that to themselves, even babies. I guess it comes down to how we value our bodies and what is worth giving up for the sake of other people.
Actually! I’ve been having a different argument and I think your input would be interesting.
What do you think about inoculating babies with an alpha gal allergy so they grow up allergic to red meat? Red meat has many health and environmental and humane costs, so there would certainly be a societal benefit if no one consumed it. Surely there’d be no problem with taking that choice away from babies before they’re old enough to even remember it!
You’re disgusting, what the fuck is wrong with you.
I’ve had poor friends and am a virgin.
Being a virgin is no excuse, why the fuck would you ever say that only insured boys should have sexual/bodily autonomy.
I’m saying all people with penises getting circumcised in the US may have saved some people financial hardship later in life. I have no frame of reference to what I’m missing, so it probably isn’t as hard to think this for me. edit: typo
We should cut off everyone’s hands so they don’t develop arthritis.
I think it would be more analogous to say cutting off part of the skin off the tips of our fingers to prevent arthritis, not that that would work. Like arthritis, balanitis mostly causes discomfort and not death. edit: typo
https://www.vinmec.com/en/news/health-news/complications-of-balanitis-of-the-penis/
lol fuck off
EDIT Okay, imagine that if you cut off the tip of your tongue you can never get the stomach flu. Would you do it?
Would you do it to a baby?
For reference, I’m circumcised. I don’t remember it. I doubt very few if any people actually remember their circumcision as a baby. Not saying circumcision is super great or something. But the US spent the last 100 years, and counting, doing it to people, so we might as well learn about it from a cost benefit angle with all the data we have. Whether or not anyone actually benefited from the practice seems like a worthwhile question to answer with data.
Stomach Flu is an interesting one. Here are some stats for Norovirus which causes stomach flu.
https://www.cdc.gov/norovirus/burden.html#:~:text=1 in 110%2C000 will die,go to the emergency department
Norovirus does kill some people every year. I’m not sure what the threshold is for us all to cut off the tips of our tongues, but I’m guessing it’s greater than 900 people dying per year. I think it stands to reason if the mortality rate was high enough and cutting off the tips of our tongues saved a sizable portion of those people who would otherwise die, then people might do that to themselves, even babies. I guess it comes down to how we value our bodies and what is worth giving up for the sake of other people.
Yikes.
Actually! I’ve been having a different argument and I think your input would be interesting.
What do you think about inoculating babies with an alpha gal allergy so they grow up allergic to red meat? Red meat has many health and environmental and humane costs, so there would certainly be a societal benefit if no one consumed it. Surely there’d be no problem with taking that choice away from babies before they’re old enough to even remember it!
And cut off women’s breasts so they don’t get breast cancer! And cut off the criteria for some other reason!
I’ll keep my foreskin and nerve endings thank you!
Yeah wow, having a part of your body clipped away (often without anesthetics) is such a hardship saved. You’re a piece of shit.
6k is 6k more than some people have. No hard feelings. =)