>> If this is caused by the weight loss, it is a little disappointing that public health didn't act quicker

I imagine people hundred years in the future will think of our current society rightfully as dumbfucks. But should we be surprised? 50 years ago women didn't have voting rights; homosexuals were incarcerated in western societes; all because of moral and power implications of some powerful men. Not much different with Semaglutide.

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kbelder 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

>50 years ago women didn't have voting rights

Where are you? In the US, women have had full voting rights for over 100 years.

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forestrywat 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I think you need to read up on why the civil rights act was necessary and the things it fought for. Woman's suffrage was fought for a long time ago, but that does not mean it was universally applied.

Many many times in US history we've said something is true, but put some big asterisks after them. Slavery is over (except it's definitely still permitted in the US), it's illegal to discriminate based on race (except we allowed redlining for generations and arguably are still fighting it), rape is illegal (unless it's your spouse, then it was legal until '93. And a lesser crime still in much of the country).

Voting is no different. Heck, one might argue we still don't have universal suffrage. People who want to vote but because we've put barriers like underfunding stations, long lines, not giving time off to vote, etc. we're clearly preventing some types of people.

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siva7 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

No, black woman (among many other minorities) certainly didn't. I guess that part isn't taught in american schools as thoroughly as it should be.

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clipsy 6 hours ago | parent [-]

If you're seriously claiming black women didn't have the right to vote in 1976, you should probably provide some evidence rather than snide remarks.

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siva7 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Then teach us.. when did they got actual voting rights? (i'm not trying to be snarky but sometimes it' not easy seeing the level of history ignorance in society)

	▲	codingdave 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Federally? 1920. When did all the voter suppression become illegal? 1965.
	▲	clipsy 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I can't help but notice that you're still providing absolutely no evidence for an extraordinary claim.

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jere 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> I imagine people hundred years in the future will think of our current society rightfully as dumbfucks. But should we be surprised? 50 years ago women didn't have voting rights

Good news: the readers of your post don't have to wait 100 years to have that thought.