Victor Ganata

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be — Douglas Adams

[Victor Ganata @aswang]

If we're talking about bodily autonomy, you don't get to decide who I believe and who I don't, and a lot of you motherfuckers out there are obviously lying your asses off about basic things like who you are and what you actually do 🤷🏽‍♂️

[Sara Soueidan is on Bluesky @SaraSoueidan]

I love that Twitter for macOS (desktop) is so neglected that it’s still 100% the same as pre-Musk Twitter. Same design, same brand, same quiet, curated timeline. #bliss

[William Gibson @GreatDismal]

A permanent IV drip of absolutely pure bullshit is progressively suppressing the immune system of the American state

[Victor Ganata @aswang]

It’s just wild how some people think they can just bullshit their way around nature and the laws of physics

[Victor Ganata @aswang]

@smallgraygames @esjesjesj @FlowDelFusion1 Doc: if it's been four hours and you don't go to the ER to get it drained, your penis will get gangrenous and they'll have to lop it off

This Guy: so you're saying that under four hours is perfectly fine?

[Victor Ganata @aswang]

I was never really a collector of physical media and certainly stopped buying DVDs after the advent of streaming, but the studios' ongoing fuckery with pulling shows entirely has gotten me started

[Victor Ganata @aswang]

Those who know, know
Those who don’t, don’t
Those who think that nobody else knows because they don’t know so everybody else should STFU are probably the ones that need to STFU

[Victor Ganata @aswang]

There’s no point in me arguing with a eugenecist. It’s pretty unlikely I’ll persuade anyone who wants me dead

[Victor Ganata @aswang]

That said, while I might not assume you’re an idiot, I will believe you are a bad person. Guess I don’t believe in Hanlon’s Razor after all. When people show you who they are, believe them the first time

[Victor Ganata @aswang]

Whatever my shortcomings, at least I’m not an arrogant fuck who thinks I’m the arbiter of all scientific knowledge even well outside my field of expertise and at least I don’t believe people have to do what I say or they’re morons

[Victor Ganata @aswang]

People come to me for my opinion and I unabashedly give it to them, but it’s still up to them to do what they want with the info 🤷🏽‍♂️

[Victor Ganata @aswang]

@esjesjesj @FlowDelFusion1 Pretty sure those Viagra ads tell you to go the ER if you have a boner for longer than four hours so maybe that’s why he settled on just three?

[Victor Ganata @aswang]

But if there’s some low grade affirmative evidence, a bunch of inconclusive trials, no definitive negative evidence—especially when the putative benefits (or prevention of putative loss) are large and the harms are not as severe—it seems imprudent to wait for the negative trial

[Victor Ganata @aswang]

Maybe it’s just old school thinking and a product of growing up in a medical family, but my impression was that health care professionals have a duty to their patients

[Victor Ganata @aswang]

But I don’t see how you can trust a health care provider who puts their own comfort over patient safety

In the absence of clear evidence either way, seems like the precautionary principle is most prudent 🤷🏽‍♂️

[Victor Ganata @aswang]

Once people start bringing up conspiracy theory bullshit, I’m out. It’s clear the conversation is in bad faith and becoming a waste of everyone’s time 🤷🏽‍♂️

[Victor Ganata @aswang]

Hell, even people with legit credentials don’t necessarily practice clinically and are clearly pulling things from their ass

[Victor Ganata @aswang]

On a platform where people make shit up all the time and anyone can buy a checkmark for $8/mo, there’s no real reason to believe people who claim to work in health care actually work in health care