PC Principal thread

[Byrthnoth]

It's difficult to induce heritable epigenetic changes in germline cells (sperm precusor cells and eggs) and BPA hasn't actually been shown to be dangerous at doses you're likely to be exposed to, but I agree. Why stop there?

If something has a demonstrable negative effect on your health (or the potential health of your offspring,) why do it?

[Zetanio]

No. They are only intelligently designed and we are straying from the path.

Oh you.

[dasva]

It's difficult to induce heritable epigenetic changes in germline cells (sperm precusor cells and eggs) and BPA hasn't actually been shown to be dangerous at doses you're likely to be exposed to, but I agree. Why stop there?

If something has a demonstrable negative effect on your health (or the potential health of your offspring,) why do it?

Saw some stuff that suggested otherwise for BPAs... but I think that just loops around back the whole argument dosage and limited/debatable data of low levels we were having before... are we going to have acceptable levels of things or not? If so which studies do we trust for line drawing?

As far as doing why do things negative to your health... cause we aren't machines? Cause it's enjoyable? I mean I'm sure you could demonstrate negative health effects from spending a lot of time on forums... (though obviously more likely due to the medium used than the specific things done)

[thetruepandagod]

I'm still trying to take it a step further. Why stop at just the minor detrimental effects of alcohol let's explore all the junk people feed themselves. Proper nutrient levels. Life style choices that can effect thinks like oxygen uptake which have rather large impacts. What about all the various environmental toxins that are fine for adults and in fact in the majority of pregnant women. For example BPAs enough to effect child development are in just about everyone

But for extra fun let's get into potential causes of birth defects from things the parents (yes daddy too) do even before conception (though obviously they will also be bad during pregnancy too). There's been a bit of study shown that doing things like smoking even if you don't get cancer still causes damages to your dna that can get passed on. And then there is the whole can of worms that we are discovering that Epigenetic changes can indeed be passed down. So it seems like all those little things like lifestyle choices, disease history, various environmental exposures might be good/bad for your future children as well as you

Keep in mind New York is also the same city that tried to ban large soda's etc due to health concerns. So the fact that New York of all places is fighting for a pregnant woman's right to get crunk is more hypocritical than it could be in literally any other city in the US.

[Byrthnoth]

My point with the second question was that your debate about whether it was healthy or not was irrelevant because we do all those things with the clear knowledge that they are bad for us. Unless you are going to be like the guy from KPax that Kevin Spacey kinda pushes out a window, you are going to have to accept that living involves taking risks.

[NynJa]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/t...acey/84532080/

Robin Wright demanded equal pay as Kevin Spacey over "gender equality" and threatened to go public if she didnt get it...she ultimately still went public.

Now, my question is, who the fuck is Robin Wright (yes, I looked at her imdb and saw what she's done, keep reading) to demand equal pay to Kevin Spacey? And its not like she was making "77 cents on the dollar", she was making 420k/ep compared to 500k/ep for Spacey, so 84 cents on the dollar. Except, once again, you have Kevin Spacey, who is an A-list actor, being compared to Robin Wright, who by her own words, is not an A-list actor...yet demands equal pay, because you know, patriarchy n equality n shit.

Because I wasn’t working full time, I wasn’t building my salary bracket. If you don’t build that ... with notoriety and presence, you’re not in the game anymore. You become a B-list actor. You’re not box office material,” Wright said. “You don’t hold the value you would have held if you had done four movies a year like Nicole Kidman and Cate Blanchett did during the time I was raising my kids. Now I’m kind of on a comeback at 50 years old.

[Lyall]

Doesn't that just translate into "I stopped working but still deserve to be paid like the people who kept working?"

I wish the real world worked like that. Can I just take a quit my job for a while, come back in a couple of years and get paid like the top people in my field?

[dasva]

Can I just take a sabbatical from my job for a while, come back in a couple of years and get paid like the top people in my field?

That depends. Do you have a vagina and a lack any semblance of logic or ethics and a good lawyer? If so you might have a chance

[Lyall]

That depends. Do you have a vagina and a lack any semblance of logic or ethics and a good lawyer? If so you might have a chance

On the one hand, I sort of get it if she's the female lead and playing as large a role, but I thought that since Spacey is THE NAME attached to the series, and used in the advertisements, and the main character, that she'd understand she is literally not as important to production, advertisement or ratings as the person being paid more than her. Their roles are not equal.

[tyven]

Doesn't that just translate into "I stopped working but still deserve to be paid like the people who kept working?"

I wish the real world worked like that. Can I just take a sabbatical from my job for a while, come back in a couple of years and get paid like the top people in my field?

technically yes because a sabbatical is paid leave. congratulations on getting paid for not working. you are now ahead of everyone

[thetruepandagod]

[Zetanio]

Wait what.

[thetruepandagod]

Love at first penetration?

[Ragnus]

[dasva]

Well I mean deportation is waaaaaaaaaaay worse than rape. The punishment clearly far exceeds the crime right?

[Niiro]

Love at first penetration?

Once you go black....

[thetruepandagod]

First 2 sentences slay me.

[Zetanio]

Are they really that stupid?

[dasva]

Are they really that stupid?

Well they partnered with Lena Dunham so....

[Zetanio]

Yeah, they have holes in their heads.