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Circumcision is a contentious and slightly taboo topic - as such, there is a lot of superstition and bad information out there.

Most people either know nothing, or have strong opinions.

Most men are pre-disposed to prefer everyone be like them. Most doctors are pre-disposed to prefer whatever makes them the most money.

If you search "Should I circumcise my son" on google, you will think there's a Scientific Consensus that it's beneficial.

But if you seek out anti-circumcision material, you will think it's one of the most heinous and barbaric practices ever to have beset the human race.

The reality is that the health benefits are minuscule at best, and the harm described in the anti-circumcision community is often overblown or lacking in concrete evidence.

It should be immediately obvious that most cut men live normal fulfilling lives. It should also be obvious that being uncut does not carry any real health risks because otherwise these problems would be well known in Europe, where circumcision is near nonexistent.

My personal opinion is that none of the perceived benefits outweigh the risk of complications from surgery (doctor slips with the knife). This type of thing happens with a non-trivial regularity, and the result are life-altering and sometimes deadly.

Is there anyone here who is planning to become parents and is faced with this question?
> Having to go to the darknet to contribute code to an open source game emulator was not on my 2024 bingo card.

:comfyghostscary:

einfach mal die kinder ein bisschen ludwig von mises lesen lassen :)

everlasting organic bio pure wool christmas tree apples 😉 one has a worm !
and the Christmas bell fine tuned ready ! bingeling bing bing
the bell is from tibet -from one of these trucks there -and it has a heavenly sound

@bt444@mstdn.social tribal societies are going to be pretty oppressive to anyone not doing as told. in their case it might be out of necessity for survival. tribal societies are very different in any case and can't be compared to modern technologically advanced societies with population in the millions.

i have no idea how you arrive at the opinion that socialism and marxism are different.

they all are collectivist. they all will turn into death camps and terror as they always have.

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