To clarify, it’s specifically squamous-cell carcinoma, not all esophaheal cancers. SCC is, however, the most common form of head/neck cancer by a mile.

As the study notes, though:

As discussed above, the higher risks we observed for squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus in vegetarians, and for colorectal cancer in vegans [“although the number of cases among vegans was small”], might be due to a higher prevalence of inadequate intakes of some nutrients in these groups within the populations studied.

If so, that’s a highly preventable problem. Vegan/vegetarian diets have higher risks of certain nutritional deficiencies (and lower of others), but it’s not especially hard to have a balanced diet.

That is: if you’re doing it for health, the “fix” should already be baked-in.

Edit: Forgot to mention for anyone looking for resources about vegetarian/plant-based dieting for health, “whole foods plant-based” (WFPBD) is what you’ll want to be looking into. That’s where the major health benefits are.

That argument

I made no attempt at an argument in defense of anyone in that poll; I wrote the comment because I knew if I didn’t, some annoying wannabe pedant was going to come in about “hurr durr papal infallibility” not knowing what they’re talking about.

It would be more consistent to think that they are simply ignorant with regard to both doctrines.

I agree. Everything I said, as noted, was preempting misguided pedantry, not about what any of the people in the poll actually believe.

I always thought I would be, but the problem now is that it’s still basically there but hyper-decentralized and individually radicalizing in a way that’s totally unbounded by any institution.

Like I think it’s arguably gotten worse because the worst parts of faith clung on (bigotry, insularity, victim complex, magical thinking, etc.), except now wholly decoupled from any of the actually decent teachings churches would normally (nominally) profer like charity, community, humility, etc.

Oh, and as a corollary, a lot of it has just been leeched away by Trump and his cult.

Getting ahead of this before anyone mentions it: technically there’s nothing definitionally inconsistent with a Roman Catholic believing Leo is wrong in this case. Papal infallibility, in the fiction of Roman Catholicism, has critieria and limits which his words on the Iran War expressly do not satisfy.

Like obviously it’s stupid as fuck and indicates a disregard for their professed religion, but this 100% squares with said religion at a rigid, doctrinal level.

take me by the rule

Hilarious idea brought down by the AI slop thumbnail. The vulneráéilíties on that screen sure look OOTΓKAL.

Polyphony is immoral and wrong and against God’s will. (but yeah, ig)

I used the Audacity fork Tenacity to make a friend an infinitely looping version of the Gerudo Valley theme for his morning alarm. Apparently it works really well for him.

Sexcellent

The Quark “Nice Cock” poster almost made me ruin my monitor with water.

Mamdani making T. Swizzle pay NYC taxes was the reason he balanced the budget? I thought it’s because he negotiated with NY state for aid (which, fair game; NYC pays more in taxes than it gets back), delayed the city pension, and is finalizing a pied-à-terre tax.

What meaningful raise on Taylor Swift’s taxes has Zohran Mamdani imposed? Did she not pay taxes before? What’s the source here?

The real world is allowed to be complicated and messy, and ironically, reducing it to “hurr durr he taxed Taylor Swift” is doing a disservice to what Mamdani actually managed to work out to balance the budget – which is imperfect, but he inherited a $12 billion deficit from a grifter. It’s good for what it is.

Damn, then it’s depressingly unfunny.

If I make some shit up and post it in /c/politicalmemes without actually trying to be funny, can I similarly write it off as “jk bro don’t take everything so seriously” whenever someone points out that it’s bullshit? Did we not learn our lesson from “it’s just a meme bro” as a justification after 2016 when disinformation in memes got a white supremacist conman elected president?

BREAKING:

Followed by no source. I don’t know if this is supposed to be a joke, but it presents as a statement of fact. “Fox News has been advised” by literally who, and what numbers do we have that the viewers “are finding it appealing”? Anyone can “advise Fox News”. Fox News, if you’re listening: get more fiber in your diet. Make sure you take breaks to stand up and walk around if sitting for prolonged periods.

Dear pesky plumbers…

I think the counter to that is that:

He looks like a Viltrumite with a meth addiction.

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Social media users need to be plied with meaningless imagery to keep them focused for the three seconds it takes to read this. It’s absolutely fucking pathetic.