I am from Canada, and while the flag could go either way for me, mounties, even in their blood-red uniforms do turn my stomach. (Paintings by Kent Monkman, showcasing the “Sixties Scoop”

Our past further back has not been much help.

In addition to the physical appropriation of land was the colonial effort to eliminate the transmission of cultural identity, traditional skills, and connection to the land. Beginning in 1883 (while this was the date of the first federally established church school, similar institutions existed as early as the 1830s, years before Canadian federation) Indian Residential Schools (IRSs) were established in Canada (as were American Indian Boarding Schools in 1862). Children were forcibly removed from their families and were institutionalized in IRSs with the explicit goal of ‘taking the Indian out of the child’. These mandated church-run IRSs endeavoured to save the souls of the ‘savages’ by immersing them in Euro–Christian beliefs and eradicating access to traditional socialization values, language, practices and ways of life. By the 1930s, roughly 75% of First Nations children attended IRSs, as did many Métis and Inuit children. The last of the IRSs was closed in 1996, but by then several generations of children had experienced the mistreatment that abounded in these institutions.

Then to really prove we could be as evil as everyone thinks we’re polite, we added this gem to our crown.

“It is readily acknowledged that Indian children lose their natural resistance to illness by habituating so closely in the residential schools, and that they die at a much higher rate than in their villages. But this alone does not justify a change in the policy of this Department, which is geared towards a final solution of our Indian Problem.” -Duncan Campbell Scott to BC Indian Agent Gen. Major D. MacKay.

And there are those who say it is in the past, and everyone is crying over things from long ago, yet 1996 is not so long ago for Residential Schools, and our police deny any ongoing wrong-doings. I for one do not feel patriotism for our past, though I have some small hope for our future.

I’d put intentionally getting kids to gamble pretty fucking far below ‘perfect.’

They won’t because they’re the ones making money from it.

I was (trying to) be tongue in cheek about it, so yes of course they won’t. I just don’t like the idea of propping up Valve as some incorruptible, can-do-no-wrong company. They know they’re causing children to gamble and it’s not that they don’t care, they actively encourage it.

Now let’s see if they address underage gambling.

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Thank you, I really did not expect hair thinning to cause me to feel like I’m going to have a heart attack, yet here we are.

I see that doctor for a consultation on Dec. 17th, so if you’d like I can respond to this comment again after I see him. The issue for both microneedling (with stemcells, apparently?) and hair transplant is price. The microneedling is apparently much cheaper, but it’s 1000 per session, which is why I’m meeting him. I want to know the chances it actually works before I even consider 1000 on a single session.

Thanks again though, I appreciate your help <3

I am considering the pill form, am worried about the side effects. The list of drugs I’ve had negative side effects to is longer than the one of drugs I haven’t. :( But we can still try! Thank you <3 and I’m sorry for your loss as well. People are shockingly callous in person about this issue.

Oh, wow, so you’re already doing a large part of what I’ve been looking at, thank you so much for your experience and insight here :)

I am in Canada so I can likely get at least some of it through my MSP (‘free healthcare’), but I can’t do the topical medications as they are lethal to cats, and I’d literally rather die than hurt my cat.

I am not sure I can do dermarolling because I have eczema, and my skin tends to immediately freak out if I do anything like that. I do appreciate it though and will look more into it.

Have you considered microneedling? I saw a dermatologist who suggested I was a good candidate for it, but then he handed me his card where he does microneedling, which felt rather ‘convenient’.

Thanks again, I really do appreciate your response :)

Thanks for your response :)

My doctor and I discussed finasteride/minoxidil and one of the issues is that I have had (extremely) poor responses to a whole bunch of medications. The worry is that I will get one of the more severe ones given my past experience, sadly :(

Thanks for your response though, I’ll try to get another doctor appointment and discuss those drugs as soon as I can.