Half a Million People Regularly Using Steroids in the UK

Re:Half a Million People Regularly Using Steroids in the UK by zoklet-enjoyer on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @02:23PM (#36604802)

I didn't intend the comment to be taken that way. Also not sure what other comment I made that was considered flamebait. Maybe I missed that being called out or just forgot. Anyway, steroid use is gender affirming care. They're taken by men who perceive themselves as what society has generally considered a man and they want to emphasize those characteristics. I think it's interesting all the discussion lately of gender affirming care but barely see any discussion on cis/heterosexual people taking hormones and undergoing cosmetic procedures to emphasize those gendered physical characteristics.

I think there are 4 groups of people who take hormones.

1. Those who take them for competitive advantage in sports

2. Those who take them because a doctor has told them that their body is producing less than it should be

3. Those who take them because they want the physical attributes that goes along with it because of how they identify

4. Biohackers

All of those reasons are valid

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Re:Half a Million People Regularly Using Steroids in the UK by dang on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @02:28PM (#36604873)

If you had posted this above, it would of course have been fine. The trouble is that a one-line comment that simply names a divisive theme and contains no further information is liable to be misinterpreted.

Re prior flamebait comments, I was thinking of (at least) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36546191 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36541462.

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Re:Half a Million People Regularly Using Steroids in the UK by zoklet-enjoyer on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @02:45PM (#36605173)

Oh. Yeah. I'm on my phone and really dislike typing on touchscreens. I should say things of more substance or nothing at all. I have periodically taken ivermectin. My friend had bedbugs and I was worried that he brought them over to my place. I had read about how ivermectin will kill bedbugs. Also when my roommates dog had worms I took some just in case I got them somehow. It's a safe and useful drug, just not for covid.

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