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Becca
Peeeeeaaaaaarl@redsad this is so disgustingly well said it's painful
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Reid 
@redsad why even wear clothes if they need to signpost what they cover? Especially in this heat wave
James Widman@reiddragon @redsad well, ultraviolet radiation destroys folate, so excessive exposure to ultraviolet radiation can cause a folate deficiency.
that's bad in general (since we need folate for basic cellular function and cell repair), but it's especially bad during pregnancy, since it can lead to serious birth defects. (which, content warning for anyone who searches the web for that. it is disturbing.)
@reiddragon @redsad
fortunately, we have ways to block UV and thus prevent folate damage:
1) have maximum melanin in your skin.
2) use sunscreen.
3) cover up or use an umbrella or something while the sun is above something like 30° from the horizon.
@reiddragon @redsad
ofc, people in the bronze age wouldn't have known about UV radiation or folate, but they might have noticed that there's more birth defects among people who don't cover up, and fewer among people who do, so they might have thought something like, "the gods punish us for not covering up".
ofc, people in the bronze age wouldn't have known about UV radiation or folate, but they might have noticed that there's more birth defects among people who don't cover up, and fewer among people who do, so they might have thought something like, "the gods punish us for not covering up".
@reiddragon @redsad oh! and also, there's lots of surfaces that reflect UV (snow, water, sand, etc). so even if you're not in direct sunlight, you can still lose folate if your skin isn't otherwise protected.
(e.g. the reflection off of snow is why it's possible to get a sunburn in antarctica)
@JamesWidman @redsad All I'm hearing is we should turn off the Sun because it wants us dead (and to that I agree, I'm fucking baking in here and I'm not even in the worst parts of the heatwave, either by temperature or humidity)
@reiddragon @redsad
the sun may kill a lot of people, but it also helps us grow our food, so, it;s impossible to say if its bad or not,
[edit: on 2nd thought, i think i didn't use this dril tweet correctly]
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Alexa Devreux-SwiftThis is LITERALLY every TERF out there. They are so obsessed they need therapy.
Maya@alexadeswift @redsad The funniest thing is they oscillate between
"your clothes should be based on your genitals"
and
"your clothes *shouldn't* be based on your genitals, but instead on whatever a nurse *thought* you had at the moment of birth"
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"your clothes should be based on your genitals"
and
"your clothes *shouldn't* be based on your genitals, but instead on whatever a nurse *thought* you had at the moment of birth"
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Dźwiedziu@redsad
<Jon Lajoie's voice> genitalia!