A hill you are prepared to die on

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What is your hill you are prepared to die on.

Mine is the moon landing was fake.
Botox makes you look older.
Sex is overrated.
Some art work is not art its crap.

This is so relevant in the light of the impending execution in the US. It’s hard to conceive of a more reprehensible example.

What do you mean by British? Does that include those who weren't born here but have citizenship?

Yes, there is scientific evidence that tattoos interact with the immune system, but the picture is more nuanced than "tattoos are bad for your immune system." What we know is:

Tattooing triggers an immune response - When tattoo ink is injected into the skin, the body recognises it as foreign material. Immune cells called macrophages rush in and engulf the ink particles. The reason tattoos remain visible is that these immune cells become loaded with pigment and remain in the skin.

Tattoo ink can travel beyond the skin - Studies have found tattoo pigments in nearby lymph nodes, which are important parts of the immune system.
Scientists have known for years that some tattoo ink migrates through the lymphatic system rather than staying entirely in the tattooed area.

Evidence of ongoing inflammation - A 2025 study published in PNAS found that tattoo ink caused inflammation in lymph nodes in mice that persisted for months after tattooing. The researchers also observed ink-related changes in immune cells.

Possible effects on immune responses - The same study found altered responses to certain vaccines in mice. Response to an mRNA COVID vaccine was reduced when given in the tattooed area, while response to an influenza vaccine was enhanced. Importantly, this was an animal study, so we cannot assume the same effect occurs in humans.

Long-term health questions remain - Some recent studies have reported associations between tattoos and a slightly increased risk of certain cancers such as lymphoma, but these studies show correlation rather than proof of causation. Researchers are still investigating whether tattoo ink itself plays any role.

The practical takeaway - For most healthy people, tattoos are generally considered safe when done by reputable artists using regulated inks. However, the old assumption that tattoo ink just sits harmlessly in the skin forever is no longer supported by the evidence. We now know that tattoo ink can interact with the immune system, reach lymph nodes, and cause measurable biological effects.

And the rest is still be researched and investigated.

Gardeners World won't be the same without Monty Don.
Turkey teeth look fucking ridiculous.
Wrinkles are beautiful.

I agree. And this emotional school avoidance thing is bollocks and down to shitty parenting.

An occasional treat is different than every other meal, which is why your kids aren’t overweight.

The previous poster is replying on the back of my comment that kids are getting fatter because their parents are continually giving takeaways for tea, and junk food all day

Obviously anything in moderation is fine

And we need to be more vocal about calling out anti vaxxers as thickos. We’re too polite about blatant stupidity that puts lives at risk.

Circumcision of male children should be illegal, unless for a medical reason that already exists. To say so isn't antisemitic or Islamaphobic. Anybody involved including the parents should face prosecution.

Circumcision is genital mutilation

Lockdowns killed people, and dragging out lockdowns for month after month after month and keeping children out of school caused MUCH more harm than good, as did "frightening the pants off the public" (the government's words, not mine, as proved by the Whatsapp messages). One effect of this is that any future "campaign of fear" means that I (and probably many others) will be extremely sceptical of the cause behind it.

I lump anyone who believes the moon landings fake together with flat earthers. All stupid, stupid people who it is pointless to engage with.

Life is short and increasingly bleak - if anyone wants to put their Christmas tree up in November or fill their front garden with Hallowe'eny stuff from October 1, I'm down with that. We need more joy.

Related - everything is worth celebrating. Valentine's Day, Diwali, Easter... With money if you have it, with mindful time with your loved ones if not. The point is - life is short and increasingly bleak, why not engineer fixed moments of joyful contemplation?

Biology is fixed and immutable but I don't care if other people disagree, I don't care what they call themselves or how they choose to present themselves, I don't care where they piss and I will do my level best to use their preferred pronouns and champion their dignity.

Henderson's Relish is better than Worcestershire Sauce.

The only thing worse than bad taste is calling someone out on it. Let people be.

If a MP changes parties they should hold a by election.

If a Governing party changes its leader they should hold a general election.

NHS dentists should not be able to close their doors to new customers.

People here on an NHS work visa should not be able to do private work.

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE

It would require LOTS of people involved in faking it to keep their mouths shut forever. How likely do you think that was?

Given the fact that the Russians were desperate to be first, how likely is it that they wouldn't have at least suggested it didn't happen? (They never have done).

Gentle parenting is nonsense
Aging makes you look older
Most people need therapy of some type

Stop listening to Nigel farage and reading the daily mail. I can tell you for an absolute fact overseas visitors and asylum seekers and immigrants do not get preferential treatment when it comes to medical care. They aren’t entitled to social housing either.

Roseberry Topping.

People that expect free lifts are tight scrounges.

Also people who believe in this quackery need to realise that people are absolutely silently judging you as an idiot and just not saying anything. As soon as I hear someone come out with either anti vax, conspiracy theories - that’s it- you know exactly what you’re dealing with. But they actually try to convince you of their theories. Believing in a faked moon landing - you might as well go around announcing you’re a moron. No one is thinking you’re clever except fellow idiots.

Yes on this biology stuff. Of course you are what your chromosomes say you are, and you can’t change your gender, but who the fuck cares what someone’s pronouns are. If it makes them happy I’ll call them anything, it literally costs me nothing to be kind to someone and to allow them to feel the way they feel. People going online to spew hate is frightening, as is the number of people who stand by while it happens.

But Vader reads Luke's mind and uncovers the fact they are twins, so Luke knows. I can't remember what he hears from Obi Wan in Empire Strikes Back. I suppose Leia could have a force connection but she says she remembers her being beautiful but sad, and I maintain the ROTJ script suggests she knew her as a child! As I say, my hill...

With respect, you don't know they will be completely independent. It seems the poster you replied to thinks there should be two categories (although I may be wrong).

What about those of us who are intelligent and look normal but aren't at all independent because we're too exhausted to work full time? I will be working four hours this week and that's a struggle. I'd say that people like me make up the majority of the autism community but because we fall in between those very polarised groups, a lot of us are living in fear the whole time because we can't work and we can't claim PIP.

I cringe reading their posts on here, how blatantly manipulative and spoiled their kids are, and how the softly-soft-sweetly-spoken parent talks about being walked over, finished with ‘sigh!’.

Didn't someone at NASA point out it was cheaper to actually go to the moon than fake it?