Looks like this may be the original source. It's about two articles deep from OP.

While there is definitely an issue of women receiving worse treatment, the providers have good reasons to ask; namely there are a lot of tests where they have to know if you could be pregnant before they can run them, even an X-ray. If you just tell them you're pregnant up front, then they can save you a blood draw for an HCG test. Otherwise, they probably will, to make sure.

Edit: This blew up, so I wanted to clarify something. This is clearly a very common and frustrating experience for many women who may feel bullied into giving up private information. I don't want anyone to think that they must answer all the doctor's questions. You have a right to refuse to answer questions and to refuse care. Read the rest of the thread and stay informed of your rights.

Yes, they can't take your word for it. I was just implying that if you already told them you are pregnant then they can save a step since the safe choice is to not do the test.

Disclaimer: I'm not a doctor

I knew who this was from the title alone. I watched them once perform at the same concert as Drowning Pool performing Bodies, which this song is a parody of. Fun band that doesn't take themselves too seriously.

Oh yeah, and I definitively think the doctor in the comic is being rude and dismissive. I could see the question being used as a proxy for "are you possibly pregnant", though.

Also, almost all the intake questionnaires you get at the doctor's office are templates that they have to complete per policy. I just treat them like when they ask me if I have a loyalty card at the store.

Sure, if you're a trans man, perhaps in the middle of your transitioning where maybe there is a chance you could still get pregnant. Not sure if that's possible. I'm a developer not a doctor. I don't see why that would be any different, though. I don't make the rules, either.

Funny you should mention it because I've said the same thing during the design of an app we were building where they needed exactly this information. Since they only had one field for "sex" and it was male/female only, I argued maybe they should leave the pregnancy question enabled if they picked male.

That sounds exhausting. I'm sorry that you're met with so much ignorance and disrespect. I would probably complain to the patient ombudsman if this is a recurring issue.

I think there's been some spotlight on the sad state of women's healthcare in the news, but I've not seen much about trans care. I hope that improves, but I'm not optimistic under the current administration.

To your point, I think this will have the following effects:

• they move jobs abroad
• they use even more AI

Effects it will definitely not have:

• creating jobs for Americans
• keeping American jobs in America

They really couldn't do a worse job for Americans if they tried.

As someone who builds said forms: that is why we put "patient declined to answer" as an option along with "not applicable", "unknown" and other ways to get past the questions without having to put in a fake answer. "The computer won't let me keep going without you answering the question" is a weak-ass excuse.

Depends on if you're a tits or an ass guy, I guess?

Looks like your Windows 11 update is almost complete. Or it could be fleas, bed bugs, or lice. I'm not a bugologist.

At least our hours are the same length regardless of latitude now, so let's be grateful for that.

For best performance, remember to always change your internet filter when you change your blinkenlights fluid

This is just going to mean more phone theft and phone sales going underground. This hurts regular privacy conscious people and changes nothing for criminals.

This needs to go viral and be posted in reviews for every monitor with this "feature". Heck, make a convenient warning icon indicating "adware" for such reviews so I can scroll past them faster.

No way I'm risking buying a TV or monitor from LG after seeing this. It would go right back in the box to be returned.

I write plain text. I just happen to format it like markdown.

First: you've done good, raising a kid that asks for your permission first.

Second: realize that this comes from peer pressure, them wanting a space away from parental supervision. If you truly want to make your kids savvy about the Internet, you need to assume they will eventually encounter seedy places, run into assholes, and be exposed to things like bullying.

Have a conversation: you will encounter these things. Your friends may be into them. But they can have bad effects and here is how you avoid it and how to deal if it happens to you. Talk about keeping private information private.

Be open and non-judgemental. You want them to feel safe coming to you for advice.

Be truthful and stay credible. Keep up with what's out there, but don't just buy into the latest Tiktok scare.

Talk to your kids about stuff they found that was cool or scary.

Embarrass them by using memes incorrectly.

Setting up a mastodon instance may be cool at first, but their friends are going to think it's lame with the supervision. You could still do it for a number of other reasons, but it won't prepare them for the ugly Internet.

Source: me, a parent.

Why would you not be very clear about this right at the start of the interview process so you're not wasting everybody's (including your own) time? If this is one of your absolute show-stoppers, then say so up front and we can either work with IT to get you what you want, or decline and move on to the next candidate.

You make some good points, but you're making the same mistake you're accusing your audience of making: you don't understand why people are on the platform they are on.

I can't speak for everyone, so I'll just speak for myself: I'm not on Lemmy and Mastodon because I want them to become the next Facebook--even if it were some kind of libre utopia free of commercial interests.

I'm here because these weirdos are my weirdos and they like the same weird things I like. It's a small enough sandbox that I can still recognize people here and there. These people have similar interests to me, and they post long, insightful rants about stuff that my family and other friends would not care about. The network effect is working in my favor.

The fediverse community feels more like home to me than the big social platforms. This feels more like it's my community. If Lemmy gets as big as Reddit, I'll probably go somewhere else.

I don't use Linux because I want it to dominate the world. I don't care if others use Linux or not. I use Linux because my computer finally feels like it's mine again. I do what I want with it and I don't have to worry about AI running or spying happening on it without my knowledge. As a bonus, it runs smoother.

The tradeoff is there are a few rough edges, and I have to learn some new things. But I enjoy learning. Lots of people don't enjoy having to learn new things to just veg out with IG or YouTube. I get that. So, then don't. Veg out with Windows, if that's your thing. We can all do our own thing at the same time.

Choice is a good thing. Small communites are good. Decentralized is good because then big bullies can't come in and take your community away. Small size and fragmentation are features, not bugs.

If Taylor Swift wants to set up her own Mastodon instance, she can. If she wants to cross-post between that and X, she can. I won't be seeking out her content and it will be trivial for me to stay in my bubble without Taylor algorithmically popping up inside of it like she is on IG, FB, and X.

Yes. The periods are just part of the name like any other letter, so 5 is compared to m, and numbers sort before letters. You can add something like '.0' to make it sort more naturally. Look up an ASCII table to get a feeling for how strings are sorted.