• GrandmasterFrank@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      13·
      1 year ago

      Sadly there are many otherwise progress people whom I’ve encountered that don’t see the issue with it, or even like it because they prefer how it looks.

      • ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        3·
        1 year ago

        I agree making the decision to circumcise based on appearance or ignorance about the benefits of having an intact foreskin is silly. I think there is an argument for circumcision at birth, in the US, where we don’t have free health care.

        https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537143/#:~:text=It affects approximately 1 in,retract back over the penis

        I think the decreased risk of balanitis is worth the loss in nerve endings because it probably saves a decent number of uninsured families from having to pay expensive medical bills later. This national average is how much it can cost for adults apparently.

        https://www.mdsave.com/procedures/adult-circumcision/d781f9ce/california

        Just another reason for a single-payer healthcare system for the pile I guess.

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCSWbTv3hng

        Adam mostly convinced me with his video on why people get circumcised in the US, but I did have a friend who got this infection and had to be circumcised later in life, not as an adult. And no it wasn’t me, I had a separate infection in one of my balls, but thankfully there was a pill for that. And neither of us live in biblical times, relative to us anyway.

          • ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone
            2·
            1 year ago

            I agree the correct solution is socialized medicine. Unfortunately, we aren’t likely to get that in the US anytime soon. Getting slapped with a 6k medical bill could be the difference between a roof over someone’s head or living on the street. It comes off as a potential debt trap, where it is again somehow more expensive to be poor.

            I’m not completely convinced it’s the right solution, but we have perhaps collectively helped some people by doing this as a society. It’s seem like a choice between a better of quality of life for most people, but financial hardship for some or lower of quality of life for everyone, but helping some unlucky people who wouldn’t be able to the handle potential financial burden. No one plans to be poor, so no one knows if they are going to be one of the people who ends up having to pay later in life. I liked to see more numbers honestly, to really be able to weigh the costs and benefits.

            • buckykat@lemmy.blahaj.zone
              3·
              1 year ago

              This is all nonsense post hoc justification. Circumcision in the US isn’t for disease prevention, it’s because a bunch of religious freaks a century ago thought it’d stop masturbation.

              • ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone
                1·
                1 year ago

                Disease prevention is the only thing circumcision actually does, and how beneficial that is is debatable, so it’s really the only thing worth discussing in relation to the topic.

                The fact that the guy who was pushing for circumcision thought it would stop masturbation really has nothing to do with what the benefits potentially were/are. I don’t see why the reason someone did something would matter in respect to whether or not the thing was/is beneficial.

                I don’t really consider myself pro-circumcision, but it seemed like to me whether or not circumcision is worth doing would solely come down to how many people benefited in reduced medical costs versus the cost in quality of life caused by mass circumcision. If not many people, who couldn’t afford treatment, actually had reduced medical bills then circumcision isn’t worth doing.

                I had thoughts on this topic, but not really strong opinions. I didn’t realize this was such a hot button issue for people. I thought it was a niche, weird thing we could talk about.

                • buckykat@lemmy.blahaj.zone
                  3·
                  1 year ago

                  If circumcision wasn’t a thing, and somebody proposed cutting bits off baby dicks to maybe possibly save them from some obscure disease nobody ever heard of, everyone would rightly call them a creep. But since it’s a tradition, people like you will come up with all kinds of dumbass justifications to continue it.

        • Risk@lemmy.world
          6·
          1 year ago

          Your argument here is that - based on one study suggesting that balanitis falls from 3-11% of males to 2-7.5% of genitally-mutilated males justifies the systemic mutilation of all males in the US?

          This is not a medically or scientifically sound argument.

          • ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone
            1·
            1 year ago

            I think that’s essentially the argument for vaccines. We all get the vaccines to lower the risk of infectious diseases. Cutting off part of a person’s genitals is more extreme than getting a needle jabbed in the shoulder, but I think it’s the same basic principal.

        • GrandmasterFrank@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          2·
          1 year ago

          is worth the loss in nerve endings because it probably saves a decent number of uninsured families from having to pay expensive medical bills later

          You’re disgusting, what the fuck is wrong with you.

              • ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone
                1·
                1 year ago

                I’m saying all people with penises getting circumcised in the US may have saved some people financial hardship latter 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.

                • GrandmasterFrank@lemmy.blahaj.zone
                  1·
                  1 year ago

                  I’m saying all people with penises getting circumcised in the US may have saved some people financial hardship later in life

                  Yeah wow, having a part of your body clipped away (often without anesthetics) is such a hardship saved. You’re a piece of shit.

        • TheFriendlyDickhead@lemm.ee
          0·
          1 year ago

          And the risk to get it drasticly drops when you wash your dick. The fact that so many people get it, shows how few people wash their dick under the foreskin.

          • ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone
            1·
            1 year ago

            I was washing every night. And I assume my friend was too. Because we were kids, for better or worse, with helicopter parents. I assume people who live out on the street, don’t get regular showers.

  • Gork@lemm.ee
    4·
    1 year ago

    Those Rebel helmets always seemed odd to me. Why have so much protection on the rear neck area? Wouldn’t it make more sense to protect the frontal part of your head area more than the back?

    • ExceedinglyPanWoofer@yiffit.net
      4·
      1 year ago

      Info dump no one asked for:

      These are actually Alderaanian consular security, as they are the security force assigned to and responsible for escorting senators and other dignitaries. Many rebel troopers, primarily on Yavin 4, utilized the same uniform or variants thereof due to the the relaxed nature of the rebel uniform standard.

      My best guess for why this helmet is seen a lot with the rebels is due to the (surviving) Alderaanian security force joining the rebels and bringing their equipment, however it’s not really explained.

      Regarding the actual functionality of the helmet, I have no clue and I’m sure it was just because it looked cool a futuristic, thanks George Lucas.

    • Holzkohlen@feddit.de
      4·
      1 year ago

      But if thet bend their head forward they are very aerodynamic. Maybe they ride their bikes a lot?