Well part of it is if I'm buying chocolate for my kids I might as well buy some for myself. But mostly their utter elation is infectious. :)

It's possible. More research is needed, but use of puberty blockers may lead to decreased bone density. But with monitoring bone health and mitigating other risk factors, puberty blockers should be pretty safe.

Yup. Basically pills that stop the body from releasing the hormones that trigger the development of facial/body hair, breasts, etc. They can help trans kids avoid the discomfort/dysmorphia that comes with growing into a body that doesn't match how you feel. And if they decide they want to go through puberty, they can stop the blockers and resume the process.

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TLDR: Individuals have limits to what they can understand and the internet lets us reinforce the knowledge we like.

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TLDR: People tend to use whatever power they have to game the system because the desire for control is human nature.

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TLDR: Capitalism has problems, some of which are built-in and others that we need to fix.

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TLDR: People rejected the solar farm because of the harmful environmental and social effects it would have, not because technology is scary.

Of course, it's never as simple as all that. Some research has indicated a link between environmental toxins and development of autism - but the relationship is not yet clearly defined and it's unclear how exposure to pollutants interacts with other risk factors like genetics.

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TLDR: If you buy an unreliable computer car, it's your fault if it has unreliable computer issues.

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TLDR: You can't literally pull yourself up by the bootstraps, and many poor people can't even do so metaphorically. The supposed greatest times in America were marked by many social services and community efforts - not bootstraps.

Silly @guest_ , it's not a TL;DR if it's only 3 words less than the original text (112 vs 115)!

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TLDR: Even though it often has bad outcomes, people are probably going to pirate stuff no matter the price.

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TLDR: Criminals often need to escalate their killing to keep up. Batman doesn't kill because that'd be just over the line.

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TLDR: People making fun of California exaggerate some non-issues (plastic straws) while much larger issues (homelessness) are still a problem.

Right. Certainly misunderstandings could arise when I'm tired or otherwise distracted. But if you, as a writer, want to communicate your point more clearly and effectively, you'd be better off limiting yourself to one comment. Brevity is not a vice, especially on a meme site where most people probably don't want to scroll past obscenely long comment threads to reach an explanation of the joke, an image source, etc.

At the risk on incurring another 500 word essay, I have to disagree. The main point I drew was that hiring these types of workers got good results because these people had to work harder to prove themselves. I could have been more clear about the consequences - more hiring = less hard work = less hiring. The rest devolved into an anecdote-laced discussion about workers with families, which was more of an example of your main point rather than a standalone argument. If my TLDRs lack nuance, it's because your posts are so full of it that any reasonable summary would have to leave some out.

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TLDR: You be successful in hiring "undesirable" workers because they work harder and devote their time to proving themselves.

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TLDR: Not going to see the movie because it doesn't look good.

Arguing is usually pretty fast and passionate while drunk is slow and clumsy so put those together and it is funny to watch. When I would sneak out to go drinking as a teen I would use sign with my siblings so as not to wake my parents - very convenient.

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TLDR: Sometimes the lack of respect to service workers is built into the system on purpose.

No. Maybe if you're a lord, but not etiquette for the common masses. But the queen will send a nice card in reply to an invitation.

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TLDR: While this type of deal may be profitable, this dude clearly doesn't operate at that level.

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TLDR: Things are expensive; there's positives and negatives.