#not medically correct

[bebx]

illustration of an ice pick lobotomy

[cleoselene]

the anomie of our times

Anomie is a term in sociology. Its literal definition is "normlessness."

Anomie is what we are living through. This first 100 days especially. Anomie results when people are overwhelmed.

In sociology class, my professor explained it thus: we wake up in the morning, we take a shower, we brush our teeth, we pick out our outfit for the day, then we sit down and eat food that has been designated as "breakfast food" by whatever culture we live in. We have our routines to help stave off anomie. Because as human beings we have free will and we can choose to wake up, walk out naked, poop on our neighbors yards. It's a bad idea, which is why have norms, to discourage people from doing terrible things and also to help us narrow down our choices.

Because one of the results of anomie is literally mental illness. If you can't make sense of things, if you don't know what you can or are allowed to do, if you become so overwhelmed you become numb and depressed and anxious, all the time. It's while one of the founding fathers of sociology, Emile Durkheim, who studied suicide extensively, listed anomic suicide as one of the four kinds of suicide, or reasons people end their own lives.

Turecki and Brent define anomic suicide thus: "Anomic suicide is a type of suicide that occurs when there is a breakdown of social norms and values, leading to a sense of purposelessness and a lack of direction in individuals' lives."

What our government is doing to us now is pushing us into a state of anomie. If you are feeling your mental illness getting worse because of the news, it's by design.

They are overwhelming us with horror constantly to provoke a feeling of helplessness in the hopes that their opponents will simply give up. A sort of political version of anomic suicide. Or in the case of some people, very real anomic suicide has happened and will happened because of our current politics and the state of our society.

You have to battle the anomie any way you can. Don't let them think you're powerless. You're not. If you have a phone and a computer you can do something by flooding government officials with your complaints. Turn the anomie right back on them.

[wyvit]

after many years of academic research, vibe reading, and mercenary interviews, ive made 100% biblically accurate dog breed hcs for each merc.

all questions will be fielded during my 8am lecture

[triptychofvoids]

I CAST MORE MUGS!!!! MORE THAN ANY SHELF CAN CARRY!!!

uh oh! looks like a stray wizard wandered into the base! will medic: a) tell the rest of the team so they can kill him? or b) go back to sleep?

[floating--goblin]

this is everything to me btw

[trypo-p]

I am NOT beating the furry allegations. Anyway I wonder what my favourite cosmetic is.

[harbingersecho]

wow is that THE doc dufresne from the popular webseries red vs blue ???

[steampunkhobo]

I’m sure I’m so late to this conversation but I’m so confused/curious about what intersex disorder Cardinal Benitez is supposed to have. Like- it’s implied if not outright stated that he presents externally as a “typical” male and doesn’t have ambiguous genitalia (that in combination with the idea that all that was requested by the papacy was a hysterectomy and not any kind of “sex reassignment” or genital alteration- which I highly doubt would have been accepted anyway- more likely anything more and he would have been defrocked, the church being how it is. Though also possible he has a microphallus or hypospadias which both could easily be overlooked at birth/in the seminary, as well as being common in cis men and therefore “acceptable”) and we know for certain that he has ovaries and a uterus- that much alone makes me think persistent Müllerian duct syndrome. But Benitez also says that his chromosomes would make some classify him as a woman, and individuals with PMDS have XY chromosomes. But it also can’t be de la Chapelle syndrome or Klinefelter syndrome, giving him a mostly “typical” male body (potentially smaller build, less hair, genital variations like a microphallus or Hypospadias) but XX or XXY chromosomes, because a uterus and ovaries aren’t present in those conditions. Ovarian tissue can be present, but not a fully developed set. (Amendment: there are, though rarer, cases of a developed uterus and ovaries in de la Chapelle syndrome. There’s very limited data about this specific variation, and things will vary from person to person, but it’s usually caused by congenital adrenal hyperplasia, which causes significant health issues. If Benítez has de la Chapelle syndrome, it would most likely be due to CAH, and he’d be quite unwell without treatment. Though again, it’s under-researched and reported, especially variations that don’t cause major health issues. Much rarer and more complex, but certainly possible that this is his situation- potentially from exposure to certain hormones in utero. It’s complicated. Thanks to everybody that helped me explore this subject/syndrome further!) Because the uterus and ovaries have been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt to exist, I’m assuming the mention of chromosomes was a mistake/misunderstanding and Benitez is supposed to have PMDS, but that condition is pretty damn rare- not that this writes it off, but it’s something to consider. Still, unless I’m overlooking something that seems to be the best fit?

It’s probably just details being muddled by the writers, but I think it’s interesting. And the ambiguity is kind of nice, because people can tailor their headcanons how they see fit. Lots of potential for representation in this one character. (No matter what body your Cardinal Benitez has I love him. Forehead kisses muah muah)

[geeky-nightphilosopher]

Does Leslie Thompkin have a "Bat rating" system?

So like instead of rating the pain from 1-10, she rates it like; "Are you Bruce dramatic? (Which is no pain at all just broodying.) To Jason Dramatic? (Which is... dead, basically.)

Or even like; Bruce calls her and she answers asking which of her favorite batkids is in trouble?

And Bruce says like Dick and Leslie tells him "ice pack."

But if Bruce says like Cass or Steph or Alfred, she's hightailing it over to the cave.

Like- is this a thing?

[schrijverr]

I personally believe that Buck has pretty bad medical anxiety and can be a little bit of a hypochondriac. It's not about injuries, no, injuries he knows, but illnesses or just his body falling apart on his own scare him a lot (not made any better by finding out about Daniel). The second he notices something is not like always, he fixates on it, continuously checking if it still feels weird, looking it up and spiraling about what terrible thing he could have. His worrying can drive the others up the wall sometimes, but he opened up to Hen about it once after he asked her about something for the thousandth time, since she is/was a med student and the best source he knows to go to for things like this. Now that she knows about his anxiety she is willing to assure him he's not going to die off something when he all but convinces himself he will soon.

[wothmzn]

Respawn: Heh.. I saved a person's life today

Damian: Most koalas have chlamydia

Respawn: What? How is that-

Damian: Oh, I thought we were sharing useless facts that the other person doesn't care about

Respawn: You're using animal facts to be mean, and that's... not what they're for

[wyrm-with-a-why]

Velocity failing her medical exam like ten times while Megatron taught himself to do insane shit will never not baffle me like. Hello? She’s literally in medical school and Megatron was in dumpsters like what the fuck😭😭

[morskisir]

[handaons]

"the trauma code was too unrealistic to be enjoyable" lol okay my guy. the genre is fiction

[eye-of-the-hawk]

Poster Girl

[nixiecat]

Do you fw girls with concave nipples?

since day fucking one, put that thang in my mouth babygirl