Same

Apple is usually very on top of such planning. That they haven’t solved this is because they expect the ai bubble to burst any day now and free up memory sources.

Thanks. I really appreciate your perspective.

I’m glad you pushed back on that – releasing that virus was an error on my part.

Thanks. I suspect the 2-3 weeks that my daughter has quoted is the timeframe that she will be unable to do much of anything. I’m not sure if she realizes that though. 2-3 months seems much more likely.

Thanks so much for the info. That description is actually is very reassuring to me as it feels much more realistic to me. And reasonable. It’s a reputable institution (in Montreal). Part of the issue here is that my daughter with severe ADHD, possibly autistic, and huge anxiety issues can’t really organize doing this herself. So if it’s going to happen I’ll have to be actively involved even though she’s an adult. So I feel rather responsible and need to be educated, but the doctors won’t talk to me directly since I’m not the patient.

I hear you, but I really don’t think that’s it. And yes, I really don’t know the complications, I’m only surmising based on what I know about surgery, and about the way humans can get permanently damaged and can heal. I’ve had other surgeries and it’s very not fun, and there are always scars, limitations on recovery, and prolonged issues, and then recurrences of more issues as I get older. Srs seems like there’s a lot of complicated rearrangements and lots to go wrong. I really wish there was an easy foolproof way for people to change their genitalia if they wanted, but I simple don’t have the faith in our medical capabilities. I really don’t think I have have any social line about changing gender. People should be free to do whatever they want if it doesn’t hurt anyone else. I was brought up with the notion that there shouldn’t be considered any differences between sexes. Wear a dress, play with trucks - it doesn’t matter what’s between your legs. Being gay was normalized, and any fashion sense was independent of sex. Of course I realize society hasn’t moved that far, and I see how just buying into conservative sexual prejudice but changing your gender is basically the same thing, and maybe easier. But to me it’s the wrong fight / wrong direction. And so unnecessary surgery (from that perspective) seems really silly. But I truely get that I don’t understand what it’s like to be trapped in the wrong body sex.

That’s interesting, and I totally believe it. Knee replacement recovery is much longer than the 2-3 weeks they claim for mtf srs. And some people end up with further problems that require more surgery to fix. And artificial knee joints only last a decade max and need to be replaced. But it’s also very different because no one cares about their knee except that it works without pain. I wonder the amount of complications that a srs patient would ensure and still be happy because of the psychological improvements. And of course those psychological improvements are very real and matter. I do have a hard time understanding that and maybe that’s just because I’m older and my genitalia really doesn’t matter to me as much as it once did. Like there’s plenty else about myself that I’d like to change, like my weight, painful joins, weak muscles, saggy skin, age spots, etc, before I’d worry about the shape of my genitalia. But I understand that everyone has different perspectives and I’m ok with that.

She’s talked to many people on line, but who knows what’s real. There seem to be a lot of people who wish they had bottom surgery, but not nearly as many who actually have. She sees a psychologist regularly so I hope they will thrash this out, and it’s still years out due to the process here in Canada. But I worry that makes it even more unstoppable - when she finally gets to the top of the list, she won’t want to risk losing her spot; the momentum will blast past any concerns.

Knees are pretty important, really. But yes, I get your point. I’m not going to stop her from making her own choice, but I am going to point out if I think she’s misinformed (or more mis-believing) the risks, and actual outcomes. I also really worry that she will pin her hopes that having bottom surgery will cure her self esteem issues and if it doesn’t, she’ll be mentally worse off. I’d love it if I could really trust the medical system for dealing with all this well, but I don’t.

Thanks for the link. Yes I have a daughter considering this. When I look it up I only find generic descriptions and ‘it will take 2-3 weeks to heal’, which really sounds unrealistic to me. I worry that surgeons doing this kind of work over sell it, and the desire of patients for it to be as good as they hope might cloud their judgement of the realities.

Well it does concern me somewhat as my daughter wants to do this. And as a loving parent as well as since she’s a dependent due to disabilities, I feel that I should be knowledgeable and somewhat involved. I’m by no means forbidding it, and I really want what’s best for my daughter. If this will really make her happy, I’m all for it. But I’ve had knee surgery and I am amazed at what they can reconstruct, but years later I still have scars, discomfort and mobility problems.

Not sure I agree that it’s significantly different. I feel like this is just an excuse to forgive oneself for getting money from one devil while lambasting someone else for getting money from a different devil.

What about people doing business with Trump? What about people doing business with the U.S. government under Trump? What about all federal government jobs? What about working for any company that gets any kind of direct or indirect federal subsidies?

I wish we had more data about the experience of those after bottom surgery. I can’t imagine there isn’t issues with incontnence, loss of sexual pleasure, infections and longer term complications. I really fear that people opting for such surgery are way too optimistic about the state of our actual medical capabilities.

Sorry. I’m just very frustrated. You are right in concept, but nonetheless we’ve ended up with Trump. So is it really right? Should we have ‘played the game’ and pushed all out for the better candidate and ignored the deficiencies to do anything to convince enough people to vote against Trump? I don’t know. But we’re fucked now.

Ok. So things are working perfectly then with the upshot being Trump gots elected, and so we’ll probably never get reasonably fair election again? And we’ve already destroyed our global alliances, started unnecessary wars, sent the economy to hell, put corruption off the charts … and that’s just perfect.

You sayin’ 2% of the population just went on a first date?

Why didn’t all those non-voters bother to vote for Harris? You say it was because she didn’t run a good campaign, that she had a bad platform. You criticized her ‘bad’ mistakes and spread the word on how bad she was. Don’t you think that might have been a contributing factor as to why too many people thought she wasn’t worth getting off their asses to vote?

Most cars will go forward if you slam your foot on the accelerator while in drive.