Yes, people say the "You should see [pregnancy] as a gift" because many people desire pregnancy. It doesn't work for drowning. The life jacket part is a very good way of explaining the fault in reasoning behind denying contraceptives though.
Again, we come to this site to see fun and interesting things, not political BS.
Also, the bottom half of this analogy falls apart; it doesn't make sense. Many people desperately want to have children; not too many want to drown. Nor does saving a person from drowning necessitate killing another living being.
After reading that article my only thought is that Swedes & the author need to lighten up a bit. I thought Germans were the ones who aren't supposed to have a sense of humor.
Ground beef, sour cream, cheese, & onions are already pretty standard baked potato fare. Makes sense to me. Adding a little avocado, lime juice, and taco seasoning seems intriguing.
"Battle Fatigue" and "Shell Shock" were well known in the past. Psychological conditions weren't often treated as medical conditions and would not be recorded in medical records. Ambrose Bierce, a civil war veteran, wrote that he had "“visions of the dead and dying” years after the war. We'd call those flashbacks, he wouldn't.
It's the same thing, just being expressed in different ways according to culture.
"raised their cortisol levels. They then asked the stressed and unstressed men to take a look at some images of women, and rate their attractiveness. The images varied in body size, from underweight to obese"
Also, the bottom half of this analogy falls apart; it doesn't make sense. Many people desperately want to have children; not too many want to drown. Nor does saving a person from drowning necessitate killing another living being.
It's the same thing, just being expressed in different ways according to culture.
We come to neatorama for fun and interesting posts; it's a way to relax. Please stop with the infuriating political posts.