@artbypep@bstract_thot one thing i do is tell him i’m an ER physician and describe my symptoms like it’s a patient’s.
you get a lot more insight about tests and diagnostics, and less panic about the patient dying bc that just happens in EDs a lot
@SexyLikeMeiosis i think it’s weirdly a legitimacy thing. real heads have to suffer a little, in a monastic way. not sell out to dirty ind*stry
mendel would never
@ReneeSolana@cinnibop the way out is turning it around: embodiment often manifests as a deep comfort and poise, which *get* you status
going backward from status to source, is iffy. could uncover that embodiment, or just a really canny charlatan
@aaronmring the problems --and the collective benefit of solving any of them-- are so vast, that i'd happily sacrifice a few billion-dollar companies for the trouble
the reward is so big that it's worth it
but really, the *problem space* is so big that they may not threaten each other much
@QiaochuYuan hmm this sounds naive. the culture just suppresses it: men's sports barely understands mental health, where it respects the problem at all
and if you're poor, black, or hispanic, there isn't really a model of masculinity that can have internal defects
@sarabollman@ReneeSolana yea i have a similar experience where folks have a hidden premise or framing that's neither true nor false, just not universal or necessary
they often can't see outside that framing, and it can be tiresome to suss out that weird thing they're on. and dubiously worthwhile