Joe Rogan is the fukking man : Nominated Post

[The Kraken]

Originally <a href='/showthread.php?p=18151802'>posted</a> on 03/20/2013:

I'm not sure if you're talking about the same thing I am, and as such I'm not going to presume you are, but if you're talking about the OP, I agree 100%.

More research needs to be done before a biological male (however you define that; there have been female Olympians with Y chromosomes who were born as females) can compete against a biological female with the expectation being that the male has no significant advantage as a result of their original gender. When I first heard about this, my girlfriend asked me what I thought; I said "I lean towards being against it, but I don't have the facts to make an educated opinion. It's too sensitive a topic to just blurt out bullshit with no basis."

Sure enough, the residents of the interwebz have no problem blurting out uneducated bullshit, as was expected. Joe Rogan is a guy I'm a fan of, but he can be a pretty ignorant guy, and he has no problem spouting uneducated opinions when he feels like it.

Here's what Dr. Sherman Leis, a transgendered health specialist had to say about the matter:



The idea of a transgendered man fighting a woman is obviously a thing that's going to spark some initial disagreement, but the sheer ignorance of most of the people in this thread, and Joe Rogan himself, is baffling. If you have a problem with the idea, as I did, fine, but at least educate yourself as to what advantage they will actually have before stating your baseless opinions.

unreal. You can't even have an opinion without "the facts". You weren't sworn in and under oath. She simply asked what your opinion on the matter was and you went "MD" on her and in typical Haughty MD fashion you gave her a pseudo-intelligent, pretentious thesis. At this point, I'll assume she's used to it and probably quit listening quickly.

Do you remember at what point in life you became so arrogant? So socially awkward that you can't even answer a simple question with a simple answer. I'm sure in your line of work, words like facts and studies or "best" practice are catch phrases, or repeated utterances. But seriously, you can't have an original thought without a study telling you what to think? And apparently can't have an opinion without the facts either. I feel sorry for you, I really do. I think you're simply a victim of your education, culture and profession. I doubt you were always that way.

Interesting enough, medication errors and misdiagnoses and polypharmacy and surgical errors are at an all time high. As are nosocomial infection rates.

So much for all those useful facts. And studies. And best practice.