sue_me_please@awful.systems to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 days agoUS startup charging couples to ‘screen embryos for IQ’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1111arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareV0ldek@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 hours ago It’s kind of weird anyway to have a child with someone random, isn’t it? In my mind “being inseminated by” is like 1% of “having a child with”, if that. It’s probably the least consequential thing your father may do in your overall upbringing.
minus-squareangrystego@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·5 hours agoI think for many women “being inseminated by” IS a big thing.
minus-squareblakestacey@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 hours agoOK, you could in principle have made that sound worse, for example by saying “females” like a goddamn Ferengi, but still, pretty impressive.
In my mind “being inseminated by” is like 1% of “having a child with”, if that. It’s probably the least consequential thing your father may do in your overall upbringing.
I think for many women “being inseminated by” IS a big thing.
OK, you could in principle have made that sound worse, for example by saying “females” like a goddamn Ferengi, but still, pretty impressive.
yikers