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medicinemane · 2 months ago

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I once was talking with my pharmacy manager about... democracy, about how while there's plenty of stupid people in the world we'd all probably prefer didn't vote, that it was very very hard to actually make a line that makes sure only wise people vote while keeping all the idiots out

And I basically said to him "think of all the doctors and pharmacists you know who are smart, well educated people, who you 100% don't think make good choices"

From the look and his face, I'd say that spoke to him (it's incredible how many smart idiots there are in the world, isn't it?)

Anyway, I make that point because it much more addresses the whole concept of... lets call it democracy of the fit

Like it sounds great till you actually take even one second to think about it. It's almost like trying to draw any line in the sand for who it's ok to disenfranchise is not only dumb and ineffective, but also super dangerous. Ah man, I'm sorry, you scored too low on this test which happens behind closed doors and is graded by my political ally... it's not like you disagreeing with me had anything to do with that

(I'd hope we don't even need to touch on why the idea that testosterone levels are a really stupid useless way to decide who gets to vote, cause if that's true then we don't even have to disenfranchise anyone, we can just give out steroids and have the best country in the world... or is it only naturally produced T that makes you a free thinker?)

oh hey just in case anyone who left twitter is wondering how things are going over there

last night elon tweeted a 4chan screenshot (with bonus antisemitic text in the OP image) advocating for only “high status males” in government and the implied repeal of women’s suffrage. Cool cool cool

#as if elon musk is a free thinker instead of someone that gets lead around by the nose nonstop #and seriously; you'll forgive me if I give hormone levels absolutely zero credit when it comes to intellectual inner workings #...mhh... I'm reminded of someone I know who was talking to me and saying he thought that low testosterone #was causing him to have trouble focusing on things #and it's like... my dude...#you have ADHD; just the other day you were talking to me about when you were younger and spent years talking to a therapist about this #and how they had you on medications to help you with your ADHD... and... you're not on any meds right now #perhaps you less need testosterone and more need... your ADHD meds #but to be clear; this is the guy I'll refer to sometimes on here as Dr Jekyll and Mr Dumbass #cause he's capable of being either real smart; or saying the stupidest edgy shit you've ever seen #...and... I honestly feel like there's a strong correlation between which of those he is and how much weed he's been smoking #but like... people get way to fixated on estrogen and testosterone... especially dudes getting fixated on... well... both of those actually #'the soy has too much estrogen; it'll make me a woman' that's... that's not how any of this fucking works #'if I just got on testosterone everything would be cured for me' often... you hear those ads and they talk about stuff like hair loss #I had a teacher in high school who was bald specifically cause he had too much testosterone #he was quite literally a big bearded bald mountain man; lived up in the mountains with no running water #would come into town on his motorcycle and shower at the YMCA and then taught at our school; everyone still to this day loves him #real great teacher in a lot of ways... and I think he'd be the first to say you're stupid of you think his testosterone is what makes him #people are their choices and their thoughts and their actions; not just a readout of hormones #just such an idiotic shit show of an idea on how the world works #'oh lets just have a council of high testosterone men... and autistic' my dude you're being fucking weird and fucking stupid #I'd love if only people with good ideas could vote; but there's literally no way to make that happen #and lets be blunt that no one would agree on what that looks like; and in the end that's called a dictatorship #where a select group of people who are so smart that they'll always vote for the leader has a sham democracy #so we're not doing that; and since we're not doing that I'm just telling you that there's no way to weed out stupid voters #and again; T levels is the stupidest of them all; cause if that's true just give everyone steroids #this is just so stupid; and it's being said by someone who can't even understand how stupid they are #(which... is most people who spout alpha bullshit; which anyone who knows anything knows alpha stuff in wolves was dropped)#(and the person who said this actually has no value was the person who put forward the idea)#(realized his model was messed up by the situation the captive wolves were in and it wasn't actually true in the larger world)

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