andros_rex

Almost all of my books are thrifted, which gives me the luxury of no guilt. And I get to argue with previous marginalia, which is fun because they can’t respond.

This is kinda how books worked throughout most of medieval history. Paper was expensive and anyway, the margins often become teaching tools in and of themselves. It becomes a centuries long comment section, so ideas get passed down and develop through the centuries. Like one of the most important books of medieval philosophy that probably no one without a doctoral in theology gives a shit about is Peter Lombard’s Sentences which is just a collection of common comments people in about books that he thought were good for teaching. (I have been working on implementing a HTML cross reference version of it using Twine, and have been trying to parse [pun intended] a theological discussion about what it means to enjoy not use god. Larger project is to recreate an accessible “medieval curriculum” through Twine)

As much as I’d fantasize about all my books preserved as a library, they’ll probably be separated from each other someday. The least I can do is put my soul in them - tuck a pamphlet or bookmark, a movie ticket. I’ve never been unhappy seeing a comment in a book - I was reading a 60 year old middle school text recently, and discovered a kid had wrote “[clearly female name] is a MAGGOT F_GGOT!!!!!!” which was just so fucking hilarious.

Yeah, this isn’t “sexual repression,” this is sexual control. The point is that the attractive women is in a subservient position to you.

This is apologia.

Why, through centuries of Muslim scholarship, was this conclusion not came to earlier? There are thousands and thousands of pages written by thousands and thousands of Muslim commentators and scholars that did not have a problem with her age at marriage, nor consider it particularly notable. It’s only now, at a Western university, in a world which unequivocally does not accept people fucking 9 year olds that the story changes.

Aisha was active a long time after Mohammad’s death. How old are we suggesting she was married at?

There are other hadiths that mention her being young (playing with dolls). So we’re throwing out a Hadith that many many Muslims have historically accepted, that seems to align with other hadiths that many many Muslims have historically accepted.

This is a clear Occam’s razor situation.

Is it “Christophobic” to point out that Mary was fourteen when God impregnated here? That seems to make the Christian god a clear pedophile.

Aisha was such a badass I wish some radical feminist Muslim women would retool the entire religion around her though.

Twelver Shia will let you get a temporary marriage, in case you want to fuck a prostitute. So you could probably rotate through a harem.

Bro, I dated a nurse who saw a girl die in the ER after an adjustment from a vertebral arterial dissection.

You pulled numbers out your ass and pretend they are authoritative. Here’s a fun number:

In this case report, we highlight a case of a 32-year-old woman who underwent chiropractic manipulation and had vertebral artery dissection with subsequent brainstem infarct. She quickly deteriorated and passed away shortly after arrival to the hospital. Although rare, one in 48 chiropractors have experienced such an event. We utilize this case to highlight the risk associated with cervical manipulation and urge open dialogue between chiropractors and physicians. Receiving medical clearance prior to cervical manipulation in potential at risk patients would drastically reduce morbidity and mortality.

Actual medicine does things. Chiropractic does nothing at best, and can kill you at worst.

Also the random bullshit about trump and queerness does zero to advance your argument, and really just embarrasses you. I am cringing as a leftist trans person myself.

Does any of what you just said prove that chiropractic or acupuncture is safe?

Acupuncturists and other “alternative” providers never kill anyone, of course.

your bible

Where has anyone mentioned Christianity? Sham science is sham science.

the answer is: you deny anything that isn’t in the bible.

Are you stoned?

Many of those studies in that meta analysis show limited short term effects.

Because there is no widely accepted sham protocol for DN research, researchers should incorporate cognitive influences that extend beyond the mimicking of tactile sensations to create a believable simulation of active dry needling.

I also think there’s a serious question about what sham/placebo dry needling would be, and if inconsistent standards could impact results.

the chiropractors can pull from sources that have worked for thousands of years

Chiropractic was made up in the 1800s.

Acupuncture can be a game changer, and is starting to become less “alternative” as some PTs offer “dry needling” now.

Why would you let someone who doesn’t believe in germ theory put needles in your body?

There is no evidence justifying acupuncture.