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[Onmyoji]

I think 'dude' is already used as gender-neutral, at least I've seen cases of it.

 

[ArchieTheFel]

No answers yesterday. What a shame.

Random question of the day:

Why are people able to die from diabetes/complications from diabetes?

I know it's a day late, but I figured I'd answer this. My mom is a nurse, and I've heard a few stories about diabetic patients, but I'm not entirely knowledgeable on the subject. I also worked at a vet clinic for a couple years, and I have had to help out every once in a while with a diabetic dog/cat. I'll be doing a bit of light research to explain as best as I can, but if I get anything wrong please correct me!

Diabetes (both type 1 and type 2) are caused by the pancreas being unable to produce insulin, which is a hormone needed in order to regulate blood-sugar levels. Insulin's job is to take the glucose in the blood stream and move it into cells for them to use as energy. When there is no insulin to do this, blood-glucose levels can rise and cause your body to go haywire. From the little research I did, it seems it's believed that diabetes is an auto-immune disorder as well, so the body is essential attacking itself. I know most of this is probably common knowledge, but it's essential to understand the side-effects of untreated diabetes and how it can kill someone.

One of the most known side effects of diabetes is the development of gangrene, most prominent in the toes/feet. It usually occurs after a foot injury, even minor ones, which can cause bacteria to enter the toe(s) in question. Because of low blood flow, not only is it more difficult for the body to fight off this bacteria, but patients might not even realize that they've injured their toe due to numbness (which is also due to low blood flow). There are different kinds of gangrene, but I believe most common in diabetic patients is wet gangrene, which can spread quickly and if left untreated may become deadly. It's basically the death of tissue caused by a bacterial infection, and if said infection spreads and is not treated, so too will the gangrene, likely until it reaches vital organs.

Diabetes can also cause organs to fail, or function less efficiently. Notably, diabetic patients are at far higher risk of developing heart conditions, which can end up becoming deadly very quickly. Kidney failure is a concern, and wait-lists for a kidney transplant can be daunting.

These are far from all of the side effects of diabetes; I could likely go on forever about what it can do to the body. But these are--from what I've seen--the most concerning and deadly of the bunch. According to the CDC, diabetes is the eighth leading cause of death in the U.S.

Sources: The Facts, Stats, and Impacts of Diabetes

Type 1 diabetes - Symptoms and causes

www.mayoclinic.org

Type 2 diabetes - Symptoms and causes

www.mayoclinic.org

Gangrene - Symptoms and causes

www.mayoclinic.org

If the question is more why are diabetic patients "allowed" to die, it's because of the cost of treatment, especially in the U.S. Despite insulin being extremely cheap to manufacture (about $2-$10 per vial to produce, from what I've seen from multiple sources), the cost of a vial when it's being sold to a patient gets hiked up, often into the hundreds. A lot of people can't afford to spend upwards of thousands of dollars a year in order to treat themselves, despite the fact that not receiving insulin can quite literally be a life or death scenario. I know a few people with diabetes who have to scrape together whatever they can just to...well, stay alive. It's sickening that a life-saving medicine that's so cheap to produce can be made so inaccessible to the people who need it most. Besides that--and especially in low-income areas--the people who receive it may not even have the knowledge of how to properly administer it, or just don't understand instructions. The ability to read is not as common as a lot of people think.

 

[Yunalescaa]

In response to the "dude"/"bro" question...

They're gender neutral to me. They always will be. If someone tells me they are uncomfortable with it because they feel its misgendering, I will stop using it as a gender neutral term and use something else.

 

[Jannah]

No, because discrimi

In response to the "dude"/"bro" question...

They're gender neutral to me. They always will be. If someone tells me they are uncomfortable with it because they feel its misgendering, I will stop using it as a gender neutral term and use something else.

This is basically what I do too.

 

[AlexneushoornTheGreat]

Random question of the day:

What are your views on teachers' pets (Students that kiss up to the teacher to get in favour with them)?

 

[Idea]

I think there's a range where you're just being polite or like the contents or personality of a teacher in a more friend-like manner, and that's fine, it's more of an issue if you actively undermine other people by trying to get the teacher to play favorites or by hogging all the attention though.

 

[Gryphon3707]

I think bro can be used as a gender neutral term but dude seems to be more masculine

 

[AlexneushoornTheGreat]

I think bro can be used as a gender neutral term but dude seems to be more masculine

If you're going to answer a previously asked question, please quote the particular question. Thank you, God bless.

 

[AlexneushoornTheGreat]

Random question of the day:

What are some do's and don'ts when writing a story from the villain's perspective?

 

[EtherealShadows]

Hmm... That's a good question. In my opinion I think you should focus on the villains view of their way of seeing the world. They may believe that what they do is the right thing, or a good way to accomplish their goal. I would pretty much prefer if the story is based around on these false beliefs, bad morals, etc. They must believe they're the hero in their own story.

Also don't make the villain super cringy with no reasons behind their actions...

 

[AlexneushoornTheGreat]

Random question of the day:

Looking back on the early 2010s, were we too spiteful towards people like Justin Bieber and Rebecca Black?

 

[Fairfax]

Looking back on the early 2010s, were we too spiteful towards people like Justin Bieber and Rebecca Black?

Yes.

 

[MxKit]

100% yes. At that point, the only thing "against" either of them was that they were "cringe," and the amount of sheer vitriol (and, let's face it, outright bigotry) that people gleefully aimed at them and their fans was upsetting even at the time, and is even worse in retrospect.

 

[AlexneushoornTheGreat]

Not sure if I asked this one before, but...

Random question of the day:

If men could score on the Bechtel Test, which famous men would score the lowest?

 

[Fairfax]

If men could score on the Bechtel Test, which famous men would score the lowest?

Isn't the Bechdel test something you either pass or fail?

Also, you don't use it to rate individuals.

 

[Mistress of Darkness]

Random question of the day:

What would you do if the Cat in the Hat came to your house?

Kill it with fire, my allergies go haywire with normal cats, I can only imagine what that monstrosity would do >_<

 

[Mistress of Darkness]

Random question of the day:

What's the ideal way to spend a Saturday night?

Reading while listening to music​

 

[Mistress of Darkness]

Random question of the day:

What's the worst thing you've ever come home to after a trip?

My pet snake that had apparently died while I was at my friends' house for the long weekend ​

 

[AlexneushoornTheGreat]

Random question of the day:

How do you spend Mother's/Father's Day if you've got a bad relationship with your mother/father?

 

[Sorin]

I can answer this question: I don't celebrate them.

 

[Kaiju Cat]

Random question of the day:

How do you spend Mother's/Father's Day if you've got a bad relationship with your mother/father?

My dad doesn’t like celebrating Father’s Day or his birthday but my siblings and I treated our mother out to dinner.

 

[AlexneushoornTheGreat]

Random question of the day:

What's one TV show you disliked when you were younger but grew to like as you got older?

 

[Sorin]

Most comedies. I understood them better as I got older. I also used to refuse to watch any sort of sitcom, but my sister and I are watching all of Brooklyn 99 and I love it.

 

[Onmyoji]

Sappy romance lol I didn't like to watch it and preferred more action.
Now? Sappy romance that lasts thousands of years across several lifetimes? Yes, give me two. (Although those series usually have enough action too so I'm not really compromising) XD

 

[AlexneushoornTheGreat]

Random question of the day:

Why is it such a common thing for fictional heroes to be orphans raised by relatives in solitude before being taken under the wing of a manipulative mentor figure and learning they were destined to have powerful gifts?