Minoxidil: Increases blood flow by dilating blood vessels. More blood flow means more resources for hair in the region that the minoxidil is acting in. More resources = hair grows thicker. CANNOT grow hair for follicles that are dead. Effects go away when you stop taking it.

Finestaride (probably the one you’re talking about): blocks DHT that causes male pattern baldness. Prevents hair loss caused by DHT (for most people). Effects last only while you take it.

Hence, people generally combine these things. Finestaride to stop mpb/lessen its pace, while minoxidil to make fine hairs at the hairline grow thicker.

Ok, let’s bring back the dinos

Sigh… Texas…

Ok, rant time.

This is how the market is SUPPOSED to work: Demand high, supply low. Suppliers rush in to increase supply with the incentive of profit. Eventually, supply increases and profits become razor thin. Consumers (average folk) win.

BUT, there are certain sectors where monopolies/oligopolies form naturally. Not necessarily because companies are evil, but because it’s simply economically more efficient to do so. Rail being the best example. Why would another rail company build a parallel track to an already existing freight corridor that connects 2 companies?

Banks require to pass through a lot of financial regulation (as they should). Hence, oligopolies form naturally. Same with telecom.

NOW. Let’s look at our utopic market again. Profits should be high where supply hasn’t met demand. NOT where supply and demand are the same. This is very good for those owning the companies (capitalists), but not good for the consumers (us). In our ideal market, this profit reduction happens due to competition. However, we have established that some sectors naturally are prone to less competition.

Banks posting record profits (when banking isn’t exactly a sector that requires crazy investment to meet allegedly crazy increasing demand) is bad for the average person. Same with companies that are in sectors where not much investment is needed. Groceries being an example.

So what do we do to reduce profits in such sectors so that a handful of people aren’t ripping us off? Here’s my opinion:

The state should force oligopolies/monopolies to become consumer cooepratives. If this is too politically infeasible, then raise capital, start a state owned corp and immediately shift the operations to a consumer cooperative (of which every citizen is a member by default).

So TLDR: The stock market booming isn’t always a good thing. Sure, actually innovative corps posting record profits (from the new stuff they’ve worked on) can be a good thing. BUT, boring ass corps which aren’t exactly innovating posting increasing profits means that the consumer (us) is getting ripped off.

Yes they do. And it still doesn’t change the fact that the swastika means Nazism for Jewish folk and people who had to witness the horrors of WW2 and the Holocaust.

So, if a Hindu (while knowing what the symbol means for a Jewish person) went up to a Jewish person and waved the symbol in their face, it wouldn’t be so nice now, would it?

Similarly, waving the hammer and sickle in front of a Polish person and saying, “akshually it means worker liberation” would be pretty dickish.

The swastika is a holy symbol in Hinduism. Absolutely not associated with genocide for a thousand years.

The Nazis adopted it, and now Swastika = Nazi.

The hammer and sickle was used to represent industrial workers and farmers to unite against the bourgeoisie. The USSR adopted it, and suppressed Eastern Europe under abject authoritarian rule for half a century.

For individuals who have had to go through that crap, yeah… Why would they not hate it as much as the Swastika?

AI is new means of production. The fight mustn’t be against this new means of production. Rather, it must be to seize these new means of production.

“AI bad” is not a coherent argument.

Elon’s new soulless art generator

What’s the guy gonna do? Sue them? He’s dead. Murdered by the capitalist authoritarians.

The only rightful place for kings is under the blade of a guillotine.

Schizophrenia is a serious mental health condition that affects how people think, feel and behave. It may result in a mix of hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking and behavior. Hallucinations involve seeing things or hearing voices that aren’t observed by others.

China isn’t as successful at imperialism as the Americans. The American ruling class is just… Too good at being evil.

Doesn’t mean that China and Russia aren’t imperialist though. They’re just unable to beat the US… For now…

You find that all of your “left” muscles have been paralyzed.

It’s matrices all the way down

The little girl on the left with adult hands… So fkin funny lol

The role of the government is not to decide what is abhorrent and what isn’t. The role of the government is to ensure protection of human rights, provide healthcare, run schools, build infrastructure and so on.

Consenting horny adults being horny with each other and doing horny stuff to each other does not violate any human rights.

The British government can go fuck itself.

Who said I was a doctor?

Will have to try it out next time. Thank you for the tip 🍆💦

Lol yeah, if you don’t like what you see… Just close your eyes! ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

I wonder what fascinated alien scientists would write about us

Depends on your definition of “easy”. Here’s the wiki article about it.