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Apparently today’s women aren’t bright enough to understand plain written English.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs he a bad texter, or is he over 35?\u201d<\/p>\n
Elizabeth Castaldi, a popular US creator, has sparked a viral discussion about the generation gap in texting when it comes to dating.<\/p>\n
Castaldi, 27, recently went on a date with a 35-year-old man and she was baffled by the text he sent her the next day.<\/p>\n
\u201cHey, had fun last night. Have a good day,\u201d the man texted.<\/p>\n
Then, in true Generation Z fashion, Castaldi took that private message, screenshotted it and posted it online, where it has amassed more than 500,000 views.<\/p>\n
She added the caption: \u201cI have to start dating people my own age. But I won\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
Castaldi\u2019s confusion at the text message firmly divided the comment section.<\/p>\n
Some thought she was being accurate and he was texting like a millennial, while others thought she was being unfair and the text she received wasn\u2019t out of the ordinary.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m confused how is this bad?\u201d one person asked.<\/p>\n
Castaldi replied that she didn\u2019t have the \u201cick\u201d by his formal text message, but his millennial texting style made her unable to tell if he wanted to see her again.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s be clear, I do not have the ick. I just can\u2019t read him and I really, really want to go on a second date,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n
Someone else replied and said the problem with the 35-year-old\u2019s text is that it was too sterile.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt lacks any sense of enthusiasm, urgency, or intimacy. He could have written that to someone at work about a work function,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n
A man replied to that woman\u2019s theory and said her analysis of the message was immature.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just think it\u2019s ridiculous that we\u2019re sitting here [criticizing] this simple yet nice text. Would you prefer exclamation points and emojis? Like they\u2019re grown adults,\u201d he argued.<\/p>\n
Lots of people were in favor of his formal texting style.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf he texts like my dad, it is a green flag,\u201d one claimed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the text you send when you\u2019re not trying to simp too much at first,\u201d another wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cI bet it took him hours to come up with this,\u201d one joked.<\/p>\n
Other men were commenting on the video to ask for advice on how to text their dates better.<\/p>\n
It had just come to their attention that Gen Z women don\u2019t understand formal written text messages with zero abbreviations.<\/p>\n
One wrote: \u201cCan I please get an example to improve this situation? I am guilty of this.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCan I ask what it should say, because I definitely say the same thing? I\u2019m 35,\u201d another pleaded.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor us, 35 plus, can you advise how to [color] it up? Emojis and exclamations?\u201d one asked.<\/p>\n
Castaldi responded by saying that emojis and asking for another date were the keys to nailing a post-date text.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, young women also shared that they were in the same boat, dating men in their 30s and being confused by their texts.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m trying to decipher a 37-year-old\u2019s texts right now \u2026 so it\u2019s not just me?\u201d one said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHad a 35-year-old tell me it was \u2018great to connect\u2019 and we should \u2018stay in touch\u2019 after a date,\u201d another added.<\/p>\n
\u201cDude its painful! Tragic! Confusing! Lonely at the same time,\u201d another joked.<\/p>\n
\u201cHad to check what state you\u2019re in to make sure we\u2019re not talking about the same 35-year- old,\u201d one person wrote.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Source; NY Post<\/a><\/p>\n
NY governor slammed for saying black children don’t know what computers are<\/h3>\n
New York Governor Kathy Hochul is facing backlash for saying that black children in the Bronx don’t know the word “computer”.<\/p>\n
“Right now, we have young black kids growing up in the Bronx who don’t even know what the word ‘computer’ is,” she said. “They don’t know these things.”<\/p>\n
The Democrat made the comments while speaking to a technology panel in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
Ms Hochul later said that she misspoke and regrets it.<\/p>\n
She was at the Milken Institute Global Conference on Monday to discuss New York’s artificial intelligence initiative.<\/p>\n
During a fireside chat, Ms Hochul spoke of a new AI consortium involving universities and state schools.
\nShe said funds raised by the state would help build a supercomputer that will be accessible to researchers.<\/p>\nThe governor then said that black children in the Bronx don’t know what the word “computer” is.<\/p>\n
“I want the world to open up to all of them,” she added, “because when you have their diverse voices innovating solutions through technology, then you’re really addressing society’s broader challenges.”<\/p>\n
Ms Hochul released a statement to media later on Monday amid criticism of her comments, saying she “misspoke and I regret it”.<\/p>\n
“Of course black children in the Bronx know what computers are – the problem is that they too often lack access to the technology needed to get on track to high-paying jobs in emerging industries like AI,” she said.<\/p>\n
Bronx elected officials condemned the governor.<\/p>\n
New York assembly member Karines Reyes, who is Afro-Latina, said she was “deeply disturbed” by Ms Hochul’s remarks.<\/p>\n
South Bronx assembly member Amanda Septimo, who is black, called the comments “harmful, deeply misinformed and genuinely appalling”.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Source; BBC<\/a><\/p>\n
Zoogoers outraged to discover \u2018panda\u2019 exhibit was actually dogs dyed black and white<\/h3>\n
Not even the Middle Kingdom\u2019s mascot is safe from Chinese counterfeit rings.<\/p>\n
A zoo in China sparked all out panda-monium after they dressed dogs as pandas because they didn\u2019t have the genuine artifact, as seen in viral photos.<\/p>\n
The fake pandas, unveiled May 1 at the Taizhou Zoo in Jiangsu Province, were actually Chow Chow dogs \u2014 a big-haired breed from Northern China, Jam Press reported.<\/p>\n
Zoo officials reportedly trimmed their mane and dyed their faces black to look like China\u2019s iconic bamboo-eating bear.<\/p>\n
They then put the so-called \u201cpanda dogs\u201d on display in an enclosure every day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., attracting throngs of people despite the obvious bamboo-zlement, per the sanctuary\u2019s staffers.<\/p>\n
When asked why they had the canines engage in panda cosplay, a rep explained, \u201cThere are no panda bears at the zoo and we wanted to do this as a result.\u201d<\/p>\n
Many visitors accused the sanctuary of animal cruelty; however, zoo officials insist that the dogfishing scheme isn\u2019t harmful to the animals.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople also dye their hair,\u201d rationalized the spokesperson. \u201cNatural dye can be used on dogs if they have long fur.\u201d<\/p>\n
Many social media users were on board with these canines in panda\u2019s clothing with one fan writing, \u201cThey are very small to run that fast! I think they\u2019re lovely.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think they\u2019re cute,\u201d said another.<\/p>\n
A third quipped, \u201cWell that\u2019s an extreme way to get your dogs cared for while you\u2019re at work lol.\u201d [sic]<\/p>\n
Giving dogs panda makeovers is nothing new.<\/p>\n
A decade ago, pups dressed as the bamboo-eating bears became such a haute item that pet stores couldn\u2019t meet the demand.<\/p>\n
\u201cTen years ago the natural instinct of a Chinese person was to eat a dog,\u201d Hsin Ch\u2019en, a pet shop owner in Chengdu, Sichuan, told London\u2019s Metro newspaper. \u201cNow we are like Westerners and want one as a companion. The cute breeds like French bulldogs and labradors were the favorites, but now it is the panda dog.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Source; NY Post<\/a><\/p>\n
Transgender teen tries to cut off breast in self-mastectomy – Wellington doctors<\/h3>\n
A New Zealand high schooler attempted to cut off his own breast in an \u201cact of desperation\u201d after years on a stretched public health system wait list for gender-affirming surgery, according to a report in the New Zealand Medical Journal today.<\/p>\n
The 18-year-old female-to-male transgender man went to hospital several hours into the self-attempted mastectomy after he became concerned about damaging a nerve.<\/p>\n
Photos showed a deep cut around his entire left breast, which was later surgically removed along with the teen\u2019s untouched right breast, the report\u2019s authors wrote.<\/p>\n
Surgery went well and the teen was discharged a day later, with his scars well healed and his self-esteem and confidence up at a post-operation appointment a month later, Wellington Regional Hospital doctors Mairarangi Haimona, Sue Hui Ong and Scott Diamond wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe reported improvement in self-esteem and self-confidence and his ability to complete school work, and was looking forward to enrolling at university.\u201d<\/p>\n
Assessment by the acute mental health team after the teen\u2019s emergency department admission found he didn\u2019t have a psychiatric disorder and wasn\u2019t suicidal, they wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201c[He] had been considering gender-affirming surgery for years. A lack of access to gender-affirming surgery led to this act of desperation.\u201d<\/p>\n
The teenager, who had a background of gender dysphoria, was on testosterone treatment and was awaiting gender-affirmation surgery, had watched a \u201chow to\u201d video on YouTube, prepared appropriate equipment, marked the incision and considered pain relief and bleeding, Haimona, Ong and Diamond wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cDue to the long wait times of referral in the public healthcare system, an inability to afford a private consultation and the significant psychological stress of having breasts at an upcoming pool party he planned to complete a bilateral (double) self-mastectomy at home.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gender dysphoria is significant distress when gender identity differs from sex assigned at birth or sex-related physical characteristics.<\/p>\n
Not all transgender people wanted gender-affirmation surgery, but those who did should be able to get it, and limited access to the surgery in New Zealand was an increasing issue, the doctors wrote.<\/p>\n
Only one surgeon did gender-affirmation genital operations in New Zealand, and there were barriers to accessing publicly funded surgery.<\/p>\n
\u201cMany patients who meet the eligibility criteria are declined due to the lack of resource and financial capacity, or are waitlisted on a decade-long wait list.\u201d<\/p>\n
Insurance companies also excluded the surgery from their policies, Haimona, Ong and Diamond wrote.<\/p>\n
Other gender-affirming surgery, which as well as breast or chest surgery can include facial feminisation or masculinisation and voice surgery, was performed by a variety of specialists, including general gynaecologists, urologists, plastic and reconstructive surgeons or general breast surgeons.<\/p>\n
There had been previous cases of self-amputation of breast tissue but those patients had demonstrated an active psychiatric disorder and acute triggers – unlike this teen, they wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cTransgender people often need to self-advocate for care in the public health system, but with increasing demand and associated psychological and possible physical harm it\u2019s crucial for public services to be more accessible to an under-served population.\u201d<\/p>\n
Home surgeries, as Gender Minorities Aotearoa executive director Te Ahi Wi-Hongi described them, are done \u201cabsolutely out of desperation\u201d.<\/p>\n
Wi-Hongi spoke to someone yesterday considering cutting their testicles off.<\/p>\n
\u201cNobody wants to do [self-surgery], and people know they\u2019re probably not going to have good outcomes, but it\u2019s an absolute absence of options for most. In almost every part of New Zealand trans men can\u2019t get a mastectomy \u2026 even if they get accepted on the [waiting] list, then they get moved off.\u201d<\/p>\n
These actions, which also affected people waiting for gender-affirming genital surgery, made the service look like it was \u201cworking and meeting [waiting list] targets\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously nobody says to a patient, \u2018sorry, there isn\u2019t enough money to do your surgery\u2019 \u2026 they get told there\u2019s a limited number of surgeries and you don\u2019t need it as much as others \u2026 we think everybody should be able to get the health care they need.\u201d<\/p>\n
People weren\u2019t being removed from gender-affirming surgery wait lists to meet targets, Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora\u2019s Duncan Bliss said.<\/p>\n
Some historical patients had been removed from the genital surgery waitlist as they didn\u2019t meet the clinical criteria for consideration for surgery, said the director of the programmes delivery unit for hospital and specialist services.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome elective services employ a physical wellbeing criteria for access, which generally includes body mass index, smoking cessation, and psychological preparedness. These considerations and assessments are consistent with the current pathways of accessing Gags [gender affirming (genital) surgery] and plastic and reconstructive services.\u201d<\/p>\n
Once on the wait list, preparation time for surgery could be lengthy as patients may require weight loss, co-morbidities to be addressed, readiness assessment and\/or hair removal before surgery, Bliss said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll patients are considered and assessed on an individual basis. If a person doesn\u2019t meet the required criteria, they\u2019ll not be able to progress to surgery.\u201d<\/p>\n
Each regional area had its own pathways for gender-affirming surgeries, and people should contact their GP to discuss options.<\/p>\n
Gender-affirming surgery was complex, so it was important patients were fully prepared \u201cso the best outcome can be reached\u201d, Bliss said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe do recognise wait times for gender-affirming care are lengthy and we\u2019re committed to addressing this.\u201d<\/p>\n
Health NZ gave him the same assurance, Associate Health Minister Matt Doocey said.<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t appropriate to comment on individual cases, but he acknowledged waiting for surgery could be difficult for patients and their wh?nau.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d urge anyone who is waiting for surgery, and is concerned about their wellbeing, to reach out to their trusted healthcare provider.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wi-Hongi said it cost more than $15,000 to have a double mastectomy done privately, although prices varied by surgeon and theatre fees were up since Covid-19.<\/p>\n
Genital reconstruction surgery costs varied, but could be done in Thailand for $30,000.<\/p>\n
Wi-Hongi\u2019s advice to anyone considering \u201chome surgery\u201d was \u201chang in there\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt might seem right now it\u2019s completely hopeless, but we went from a 40-year waiting list for genital reconstruction surgery to 10 years or less when in 2019 the Government made changes [announcing $3 million funding for genital gender-affirming surgery].\u201d<\/p>\n
Home surgeries could also be deadly, or not work because – in the case of genital self-surgery – people were taken to hospital and patched up.<\/p>\n
Some had managed to save for the surgery or be gifted it by family. Others had turned to sex work to raise the money, Wi-Hongi said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are lots of options that people shouldn\u2019t have to take. But that\u2019s what happens when the health system doesn\u2019t work.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Source; NZ Herald<\/a><\/p>\n
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