Tight-laced

Someone doesn't actually want to sell it. They want to say they've tried and that the price needs lowering...

Showing 2.9 also for me in the UK.

I work in the finance industry and it's similar. We have to be certain we're talking to the right person as fraud is rampant. This is ridiculous.

I agree in principle, but that's not what's happening in the real world.

My husband has ME/CFS. It's a life-destroying disease, even though it doesn't usually kill you. There's no treatment, no cure, and no idea about the underlying cause, after many decades of research.

It's heartbreaking to read messages from people who caught it as a teen, seen all their schoolfriend grow up, experience life, find love etc, all while the sufferer is in pain all day, no hope of improving, relying heavily on what family they have who are willing to support.

This is by no means ideal, but neither is decades of suffering. I err on the side of reducing the constant pain.

Progress, but 66% is still happening. Let's hope he manages to stop it completely

Those poor girls. Did absolutely nothing wrong, now they're not even able to get comfort from their families and friends. Their lives destroyed for years to come. And I fear some may end up pregnant, to add to their trauma.

My kids school sent home a leaflet for it this week. We were considering the subscription as she loves to learn. This has really made us rethink it, sadly.

I've done martial arts for nearly 30 years now. Being female, I'm happy to fight whoever is in the class that day, I can't be picky about gender and it makes me a better fighter.

I can tell you that women are by far the more devious fighters. Men rely on strength/size and think that will see them through. Women can't, so we get clever, get dirty, use speed, agility, anything we can to our advantage. Fighting a man is actually easier in my experience, but boy they get butthurt when they don't win.

Female here. Can touch ass but not all the way through to get a good wipe of both areas.

I hate to say it, but while hopeful, it's unlikely.

I've been around the CFS/ME community since my husband got it 6 years ago. There a small handful of people who have recovered, but generally they've been "misdiagnosed" with CFS and then correctly diagnosed/treated. The majority live with it for the rest of their lives. It's also why the life expectancy is only 50 - many simply cannot live with that level of pain/suffering day in, day out without any real hope of improvement/relief. Its a dreadful illness.

My husband has ME/CFS, like the Physics Girl. It's an absolutely devastating illness. He was a very active 35 when he was told there's no cure, not even a treatment, and that pain/fatigue was his life now for the rest of his days.

We've been around this long enough to see promising drug/cure/treatment/diagnostic tests come and disappear, month after month, year after year. The influx of funding/awareness linked to Long Covid is incredibly welcome, but many instances are repeats of previous ME/CFS research, so it holds up previous findings but doesnt drive anything forward. There's not been any real progress in the last 2 years, and the funding/focus is waning. I may be jaded, but hopes are low. I also sincerely hope I'm wrong.

Oooh, that's fascinating