For sure. And raising babies advised by chatgpt will cause more death, not less, and as a new parent awash in protect-this-baby hormones, that makes me angry beyond description.

I asked my pediatrician about this at our first appt in September: “is there any way we can lock in, like, the 2022 infant vaccine schedule?”
Doc sympathetically reassured me that they follow the American Academy of Pediatrics and other outlets which are less volatile and remain evidence-based.

You know you’ve hit boring-ass middle age when AP doesn’t mean Advanced Placement anymore, it means Accounts Payable

I have wanted to put a changing table inside a fume hood for much longer than I’ve actually wanted to care for a baby. Especially with the sash you can lower for splash control. It just makes sense!

What I hate about modern times is that people make that exact same argument to oppose childhood vaccines, and they’re wrong, but in this case it’s absolutely correct

I’ll never be anywhere near that level, but back when I was trying to become the sort of person who runs, I always preferred running in the rain because it made my misery feel more justified. I found it easier to embrace the suck when it was compounded.

I’m looking forward to these “eww stop” moments as payback for all the hanky-panky we can’t get up to right now because the baby can’t be left alone for long enough 😩

Y’know what? I’d support about half the nonsense in this video for an occasion like that. Especially the foot massager in front of the toilet.

Is THAT where all the “kill” watercourses in New York come from? I assumed it must be something like that but was never sure. Dutch is the obvious answer, in hindsight.

I think that’s some kind of instinct or ancestral memory. I don’t think my mom ever got to 3 either.
Maybe I should ask my brother, he’s always been the type to FAFO

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I love that it passed out exactly where a human would.

Yes, and one might argue that if you expect your writing to influence entire cultures, you should be a little more careful about suggesting things like “allowing an entire people to be exterminated will advance the cause of the righteous,” since that’s how you get a lot of today’s horrors.

Their version, of course, is the perfect translation with meaning supernaturally preserved through the ages.
All the others are heretical 🙄
I just watched a documentary about the introduction of the word “homosexual” into English bible translations in the mid 20th century. Do recommend!

My church just did a sermon series last year on “here’s how mainstream Christianity been misinterpreting Revelation for a century or two.” Lots of symbolism, very little actual suffering except what humans bring upon each other daily. I wish I remembered more details.

I’m fortunate that the Christianity I sort of accidentally appproached in middle age has the same broad view. Not “this Bible story literally happened,” but “what is this story, in context, trying to tell us about faith?” I’ll never believe in a big beard in the sky, but this version speaks to me.

I should not be reading this thread a mere 3 months after giving birth to my wonderful, healthy first child, since the hormones are still very much a presence. But I am, and now I’m also crying.