“OLIVIA RODRIGO IS A KID KILLING MONSTER!” Rodrigo Pill Scandal, Organ Collection Fraud, & More News

[@CrushedFemur]

Just the line "she's helping kids kill their kids". Shouldn't we be more concerned with the fact that kids are having kids? Contraceptives and proper sex ed are so necessary

[@freedomishavingachoice3020]

They think kids who they believe choose to have sex should be punished with the pain of childbirth. No I am not kidding. Antiabortionists are not well.

[@RealBradMiller]

If they learn about their bodies then they might find out uncle Joe or Grandpa Gary has been touching them, and are you really going to put the feelings and trauma of a kid before the feelings, experiences, and relationship between two adults?

[@Starfish-kx3du]

I also believe we should discourage them from engaging in such activities perferbally they should wait until their of age or in my opponion Marriage, but That's probably never happening just wishful thinking On my end. However I agree.

[@jayce8001]

Many Republican 30 year old Grandmothers out there. See most in Congress.

[@robikin4563]

Contraceptives and sex education is important sure. But they don't always work and you end up creating life you shouldn't end it willy nilly.

[@elizabethmiller4721]

olivia is 21, she sings about sex and drinking, if you bring a kid to her concert that's your choice, but olivia being 21 talking about issues that effect her and women both older and younger than her is allowed. don't blame the artist because you aren't involved enough in your kids life to vet the artists they listen to before you purchase tickets.

[@TheFreshPrinceOfSaiyans]

Schools never take bullying seriously. I got pantsed in front of a huge group of people and got completely exposed. I was traumatized and went to the school counselor and told her what had happened. They did nothing!!! Despite knowing exactly who did it, they did nothing. They only pathetically gave him lunch detention after my parents called to complain. They just chalked it up to boys being boys. My brother was also not taken seriously at all when both him and my parents talked to the school about him getting bullied. You wanna know why? Because they claimed it’s not possible for girls to be bullying a boy. They would punch him as hard as they could and laugh, and mess with him in any and every mean way they could possibly think of. The school did nothing because they claimed girls wouldn’t be capable of hurting him and said he should stand up for himself. Unbelievable.

[@nunosilva6574]

As someone who was heavily bullied by girls (even thrown through a door once), I'm very familiar with that speech. Apparently being a tall (and terminally shy) boy meant I was impervious to everything. And this was pre-Facebook, I don't even want to think about what they'd have done on social media...

[@shannonhensley2942]

I had kids pretending to puke on me at school. That or they just taunted me till I got into trouble. All I wanted was the person starting all of it to be aware others were watching. I asked my councilor to help set up a meeting so that she knew I switched on her. He told me that obviously I wanted her to be my friend and that I should just make up. I lost my entire friend group, couldn't go to school events, missed out on prom, and stopped going to the majority of my classes because I had to avoid her.

[@sydneyh58]

You’re right, schools need to do more. Once my friend got punched in the face by a bully while we were standing in line getting ready to go in for class. My friend and I both got suspended even though I did nothing and my friend was the one who was punched in the face. The girl who punched didn’t get in trouble. Even with 20+ witnesses including a couple teachers

[@garingodfrey8581]

Oh yeah "stand up for yourself" so they can hit you with the oh we don't tolerate any form of bullying or fighting, like "ok, well it didn't seem like that was the policy when I reported multiple incidents before now" but after verbally warning the bullies and being forced to fight back now I'm in trouble ok cool

[@WrightByrd]

The school where my daughter goes the art teacher has been bullying kids. She got fired last year for smacking a 5yr old boy in the face. They hired her back, and she's been abusing the kids and the school has done nothing about it! She smacks them in the back of the head, pushes them or even pulls the chairs out from under them so they fall... so many kids have come forward too, but since they are 5 to 6yrs old the pricipal doesn't believe them. Like seriously? That teacher for sure has been doing what she's accused of especially since she's already been caught once charged and fired! Absolutely disgusting! Most them children have autism too which makes that just evil...

[@OneTrueHeart13]

on the whole maternal death rate, my sister recently gave birth to a baby girl and she almost died on the table, she was undergoing a c section and someone nicked her and she almost bled out. then after she was healing they didnt belive her that things werent right . turns out her abdominal wall never healed back together so her organs were getting pushed out and hernating. she finally was able to get it fixed after her daughter turned 2. My point being that women are not treated the same in the medical field.

[@BooksWithBourbon]

No, we're not and there is most definitely a racial disparity in care too many choose to ignore as well. I'm glad your sister is doing better

[@Diamondcj]

I'm concerned that this is going to get worse and we won't have the full statistics to show that since abortion bans have come into place. There are places already trying to hide these statistics.

[@smokedbeefandcheese4144]

@@BooksWithBourbon You guys are making this more complicated than it needs to be. Almost all medical shit is downstream of ableism. Even when they are mean to minorities or women it is because they think they are lesser beings for even being here and do not normally believe they’re as deserving of the attention or complain too much. Fundamentally doctors exist to get you back to working for rich people. They do not exist for your own well-being. The reason why they’re all messed up is because they are not actually doctors they are veterinarians and we are cattle. A domesticated population that serves rich people. And if you are broken and disabled then you are no longer worthy of care. Covid prove this with how you guys assigned the ventilators. Should’ve been first come first serve. But we were denied ventilators so you guys could skip the line.

[@MrSlowestD16]

@@BooksWithBourbon Problem is the "racial disparity" is a red herring. It's a good political slogan for progressive causes, it's shouted many times in spaces like this or Reddit. But if you look at the data it's pretty damn tightly tied to poverty, which does disproportionately affect blacks. Why is this is an issue? Because when you focus only on a "racial disparity" you paint this picture that if a white person and a black person give birth in the same good hospital one will be looked after, one won't. But the reality is that the black OR white person in a poor area will attend the same poor hospital and have the same likelihood of problems. The answer is about getting more funding to hospitals in impoverished areas, where-as the solution to a "racial disparity" is a just fuckin 2 hour DEI training for nurses. I guess it only matters if you want to get to a solution, though. If your goal is Twitter clout about "systemic racism" then sure, racial disparity.... But that speaks to the "systemic racism" claims more broadly though, most of the issues are tightly coupled with poverty, but too many proponents of the theory choose to ignore this as well...

[@hannahmetzler9532]

Oh my gosh 😱 I AM SO GLAD that your sister was listened too before it was to late ❤ Sending you, your sister, and her child unconditional love ❤️🥰

[@AngelinaParker]

The fact that someone said "she's helping kids kill their kids" and NOT realize what they are saying, speaks volumes.

[@ctg4818]

Meanwhile every MAGA I know is either an abusive alcoholic or a meth addict WITH kids

[@djofftheshit]

100%. When I heard that I was immediately like “wait, so do you not see it as a problem that your KID is pregnant?” If any 13-18 year old was pregnant, conversations surrounding abortion should not be something to shy away from.

[@ZzZ-qd1zo]

And these are the clowns that claim to have a monopoly on morality.

[@BooksWithBourbon]

Right? They work so hard to keep spreading misinformation so kids do get pregnant, only to make darn sure they stay pregnant! What's even more sad is the number of people who refuse to pull back the curtain and see the truth!

[@MilkshakeGuruTTV]

I think you don't know these people and live under a rock. Of course they mean literal kids. Why else did none of them seem to care when that 10 year old had to flee Ohio and go to Indiana to try and get abortion services. "She was forced to have to travel out of the state to Indiana to seek to terminate the pregnancy and maybe save her life. Ten years old-10 years old!-raped, six weeks pregnant, already traumatized, was forced to travel to another state"." They DO intend to prevent kids from doing this no matter the situation. They don't care about the living. Pro life is really just pro birth nonsense. After you're alive you're worth nothing to them unless you are pumping out a baby. They are nucking futts.@@billyracks

[@EnzosBenzo]

Shielding your children from information regarding sexual health is how you end up with unexpected children.

[@Lynsey17]

And children who engage in unsafe sexual behaviour & who are more susceptible to being taken advantage of bc they don't even know what they don't know.

[@icanonlybme22]

100% agree. Knowledge is power. Decisions are best made with all the information.

[@KeeperOfSecrets-42069]

@@Lynsey17yup. My mom told me about the birds and the bees at like 9. That saved me more than once.

[@mac533]

They want unexpected children. Unwanted children born to young, native desperate mothers are easier to take advantage of. Lot of wanna-be Epsteins out there.

[@mac533]

Incidentally, that's also why the people who are most pro-birth are also the most opposed to taking care of those kids after they're both.

[@maurer3d]

Story 2: "He should have gone thru the schools administration" as someone who was relentlessly bullied for at least 8 of my 12 years of school, this is the stupidest statement ever. My mom and dad went to the school hundreds of times, and the worst thing that happened to any of my bullies is they were asked politely to leave me alone, and withing 10 minutes of them leaving the principles office the bullying would always get worst. And worst when I was physically assaulted and defended myself (knocked the kid out), I was suspended for a week and forced to apologize tho the bully that assaulted me.

[@tysonk-t2130]

I’m sorry that happened to you. I hate bullying so much. I was bullied but not to the point of not wanting to go to the school but I was just an easy target for most kids. I hope you have found that your adult life has been extremely happy and rewarding for you.

[@mariapaz6379]

im a huge advocate for reform in schools, bullying is not a problem of one kid being irrationally mean, it is a systematic problem that is often the result of many other small mistakes(layers of mistakes and problems). when my brother was being bullied he told the teacher, he told other authority figures, he just never told us directly. But the school never told us either, they hid the bullying, a teacher even helped the bully to get away with stuff. It was the school administration, the psychologist, the teachers, the parents of the other kid and the other kids too. It was us too, his family. We all failed him for years and due to that he was forever changed. I can even say that the other kid, the bully, was also a victim of the system, a kid that struggled with grades, who was left alone by his parents, a kid that no one truly cared enough to stop either. But somehow the schools are way more concerned in acting as if there is no problem, than making sure their students are learning in the best environment they can. when bullying happens it feels like you are going crazy because no one seems to see it happening and the moment you take the situation under your own hands, then somehow you are the crazy one for causing problems.

[@myninjalife]

Same experience for me and many others. Only victims get punished by administration.

[@sylverscale]

Administrations go by what's easiest to "solve the problem". It's usually way easier to scare the victim into silence, and if something happens like they take their lives or even worse, become a school shooter, they can then fully blame the victim. (Of course in the case of becoming a shooter they have turned into a perpetrator but we should still look at how this could have been prevented and that's it mostly the "loners" who "didn't get along with their peers" - so usually kids that got bullied and ostracized.) It is a systemic issue and has been for decades. "Sticks and stones" is still used to dismiss a child if they're "only" getting verbally bullied. I still remember having been bullied to the point of me crying but I don't remember any teacher or administrator ever so much as even trying to talk to me about why I was crying.

[@Nightknight1992]

he had the right intentions, but you still cant confront a kid alone as a parent (unless its like a neighbour kid you know forever). from my experience (probably depends on the school/staff) the bullies parents get brought in for a confrontation, not the kid.

[@bunch.of.letters]

My mom almost did the same thing as the dad of that poor girl being bullied. I was bullied relentlessly in highschool by my Astronomy teacher. I cried almost every class, she would physically seperate me from the rest of the class and hold my test scores up for everyone to see and laugh at because I was struggling. The school knew and did nothing but I was too embarassed to tell my mom because I was failing the class. One day I just broke and when I got home I told my mom I wasnt going back and told her everything. She got dressed told me to get in the truck and drove us to my school to unenroll me. She was screaming at the guidance counselor at the principal, was demanding to see my teacher (thank god they didnt let her speak to her). I've never seen my mom that angry before (and never since), she's told me since that if she had seen my teacher she would have laid hands on her, and I'm so glad she didn't. I love my mom, and I'm sure that girl loves her dad so much.

[@jenniyogipuncturist2034]

As. They. Should. Have. School admins don’t do anything, someone has to stand up for bullied kids. I’m glad your mom and that dad exist. More parents should have that attitude

[@DanielBlak]

A little bit different as the teacher was the problem, an adult. Parents confronting teachers makes sense. It's a little bit different when it's a full adult screaming at a 13 year old, there are proper channels for that kind of thing.

[@bunch.of.letters]

@DanielBlak So I see where you're coming from. I don't think the dad should have stormed the classroom. Which I guess I should have stated up front. But if you think these "proper channels" work, I encourage you to read other comments like mine. Those channels do nothing. Bullying is often left unaccounted for until the victims snap and stand up for themselves. Then, both kids are punished, often the victim worse than the bully. So I see why this dad stood up for his daughter, the school knew and did nothing for so long someone had to stand up for her.

[@marymac3572]

I remember being bullied by a group of girls so frequently and viciously that I wanted to die. I was in elementary school (under 12 for most of it). I told teachers. I told counselors. I told the goddamn principal. When I finally started to swing back at them, I ended up in more trouble for not telling an adult. At one point I was in a fight with 3 of them, and when my friend dragged me away I screamed, "Let me go, I'm gonna kill them,". This was just barely post-Columbine so when we were all dragged to the principal, I ended up in in-school suspension for a week and they did not. My mom ended up going to the principal and flipping her shit. Nothing changed. It mostly stopped when we went to middle school because I never saw them, but those same girls and their friends would still yell things at me on the street or harass my younger sister for having the audacity to be related to me. Same school district ignored anti-gay bullying and harassment against several members of my friend group because the bullies took our football team to state and we didn't rank on the social ladder. Every time I hear about a zero-tolerance policy on bullying, I roll my eyes because it's not worth the paper it's printed on.

[@bunch.of.letters]

@ErebosGR if you actually read I replied to a comment saying I didn't agree with the dad storming the classroom. But you would rather strawman and put words in my mouth than exercising your ability to read context and nuance. What is your solution then since you seem to know everything? When the establishment is refusing action who is left to protect the weak? If we do not protect our own no one will.

[@aggu5477]

the fact that someone is saying "kids killing kids." like lady, kids shouldn't be having kids

[@SaintBuick]

Kids shouldn't be having kids. As someone who is struggling to raise a child as an adult in their 30's, I can't imagine what it would be like trying to raise a kid when I was still a minor. While condoms and other forms of contraception exist, they are neither foolproof nor always used. Kids do not have a fully developed prefrontal cortex, meaning they cannot fully consider the consequences of their actions, which is a pretty good reason why kids shouldn't be forced to have kids.

[@mysteriousstranger.44]

That's why condoms are a thing.

[@willfullchaos]

@JG-MVis that right though? no it’s not

[@who__cares__]

​@@mysteriousstranger.44 condoms break stuuupid

[@Bea-a-deer]

@JG-MV that’s because most people didn’t live to adulthood for thousands of years. Of course your going to have kids by 13 if tour going to die by 25. However we live much longer than that so there is no need for kids they can’t support. How would a child who can’t even have a job without parents consent even support a child in this economy?

[@mellak5730]

I went to high school with a girl who had a child at 11. Her grandfather raped her, and her family being probirth wouldn’t allow termination. Good thing there was a bus that brought him to/from the HS, or it’d have been way harder for her.

[@wastingmytime7258]

On the mother mortality story, I nearly died giving birth to my first and only child. The doctors had to perform a hysterectomy to keep me from bleeding out. There were warning signs they didn't address properly, like my critically low potassium (2.1) which they were only able to get up to mildly hypokalemic before inducing. Once induced, my child went into shock because the umbilical cord was trapped between their head and the cervix. I had to be given a C-section. That's the last thing I remember. I tried to sue, but no one wanted the case because my child was not injured (Thank goodness). The medical system in America sucks for mothers.

[@draken1331]

A close friend of mine had a similar situation. She nearly died while pregnant and while giving birth to her first son. She asked to have a hysterectomy, or at least have her tubes tied, but because she was only 18, the Dr refused. He told her that because the pregnancy and birth were so difficult, she wasn't likely to get pregnant again, and if she did, she wouldn't carry to term. About 6 years later, she got pregnant again, with twins. She ended up bed ridden the entire time and almost died, again. She once again asked for surgery and was denied. She got the same "but you can't get pregnant again" story. Then a year later she got pregnant again. Same story, but the last child wasn't as healthy as the other when he was born. They finally agreed to give her a hysterectomy. This was all at the VA, and she couldn't terminate because she was in a state that requires both parents to agree to an abortion.

[@shannonhensley2942]

Absolutely I've been hearing the horror stories for decades. There are so many different levels of the system that are broken but because there is no easy one step solution hospitals are going to keep accidentally killing their patients. And that right there is scary

[@taylorbug9]

And the legal system. Lawyers won't even take your case when it's a slam dunk. I'm so sorry all that happened to you. That's pretty scary and infuriating.

[@basementdwellercosplay]

As a missourian, absolutely continue give information on birth control cause our law makers are so dumb they dont know how contraception works! More people need to get proper information on how birth control and contraception works, thinking of the children by making sure those kids dont have kids

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

I'm curious: Did the duel at noon on the floor of the state senate proposal go anywhere? Because it would go pretty far to explain your legislature if it did.

[@djjorge87]

Uh wrong you don't understand how the LAW WORKS. You work on emotion.

[@chrisnotpratt1903]

​@@djjorge87 nah, they're correct

[@djjorge87]

@chrisnotpratt1903 This is why you can only talk in less than words. Not even a coherent sentence, but again, you're 12, lol. I know the school system sucks but God damn.

[@chrisnotpratt1903]

@@djjorge87 what were you even trying to attempt there?

[@moonlitdreams-7266]

as a teen mom, people always act surprised when i say i’m pro-choice. no dude, me being a teen mom is the *reason* i am pro-choice. i chose to have a baby at 18 and i am so very thankful for my son every day. he is the light of my life. but i do not wish this life on anybody who isn’t 1000% sure they want it. props to olivia for actually standing up for what she cares about.

[@WinterWitch01]

Having a daughter of my own made me 100% pro choice, her bodily autonomy is my biggest priority

[@greenkoopa]

I was 21 and she was 20 when we had our first, but not everyone is meant to be parents

[@fwmurnau758]

Bamf comment

[@wildwesley9328]

People can’t comprehend having empathy and not forcing other people to do the same thing you do apparently.

[@zachdave2994]

Handing out sex ed to every child under 13 is good, handing out plan b and condoms to every child is absolutely not okay. She’s skipping the education and jumping to assumption: all children should be having sex and having it safe. If it’s widely available and free, why hand it out to every child? If that’s the philosophy we should be giving them to every child in America. When I mean child I mean everyone past puberty. That’s not education at that point it’s encouragement.

[@cheyannelaliberte2731]

I work in a medication assisted treatment center. We focus on opioid use disorder. The program’s main goal is harm reduction. A lot of our patients buy various illicit substances off the street. A lot of my patients buy what they think is just cocaine. But I’ve come across multiple patients who have tested positive for fentanyl despite swearing up and down they’ve never touched it. The truth is, you don’t know what is being put in things you buy off the street. I am constantly handing out narcan and fentanyl test strips to patients. Many of my patients have come back and told me they’ve saved people on the street because of the narcan they were given by my program. Harm reduction works! We need to educate people

[@uh8myzen]

I kicked a really bad opiate addiction quite a few years ago now (a number of years pre-narcan), but it was a clinic focused on harm reduction that saved my life and allowed me to get clean. Over time, they convinced me to try methadone, which allowed me to stabilize my life and eventually go completely clean with the clinic staff's support and patience. Now that I have a lucrative career, I donate all that I can to them, assist in their public outreach and help them combat efforts by certain groups to get them shutdown because I owe so much to them. I will always be a stalwart proponent of harm reduction centres and people like yourselves, my heroes. I agree completely that more work needs to be done to show the pubic and politicians the benefits of harm reduction

[@roacht5747]

I lost my mom to the opioid epidemic. Thank you so much for what you do.

[@ApocalypticSigns]

My wife's cousin OD'd 6 times in a week. They should just let her go...

[@kingofhearts3185]

That's great and all, genuinely helping people. And this is the other half, putting pressure on the supply side while trying to reduce demand. A murder charge is the latest attempt.

[@Sassytravis]

Thank you for the work you do

[@ndawn90]

My mom used to work at a large trauma center hospital in their L&D department. She told me that one time, they had a 10 year old girl come in to give birth. 10. I work in Pediatrics, and trust me when I say your average 10 year old will have a full blown meltdown over having to have one flu shot. They can't yet comprehend that the momentary pain is just that, momentary. They can't comprehend that the pain is for their own good. All they know is needle = hurt and they fight, scream, cry, run, hide, negotiate with Mom and Dad, whatever it takes to get out of 1 quick pinch. So just imagine how a 10 year old girl handles the pain of labor? My mom didn't go into details, but suffice it to say that the experience was traumatizing for everyone involved. There's also the little detail that the way that little girl got pregnant was SA, and odds are extremely high that the "father" of her child is a close male relative. Her dad, her uncle, older brother, grandfather, etc. 10 year olds don't get pregnant any other way except by CSA. And it means her baby is almost certainly the product of incest, on top of being the product of CSA. But, sure, "kids killing kids" is the worst possible thing that could happen.

[@goblinounours]

Just wanna applaud Phil for keeping the blooper of his destroying that Liquid I.V. packet by accident INSIDE the sponsored segment. It was *HILARIOUS.* That would made me more likely to get some, if they delivered outside of the US.

[@bensonjarvis5025]

I love it

[@nicholaskrauss8191]

I just saw that happen in the video. I was genuinely having a full body laugh because that has happened to me with packets like this so many times.

[@Rollypoly666]

“She’s helping kids kill their kids” KIDS SHOULDNT BE HAVING KIDS???? 😭😭😭 like the word “kids” doesn’t even imply a teen pregnancy, when I hear the word kids I think of like 10 year old. Wtf is wrong with people? Edit: Y’all I know that teens are kids lol just typically I see teens or young adults used for people over the age of 13 in media/ news things. I don’t disagree that teens are minors lol

[@erenjeager8608]

A lot. A lot is wrong with them.

[@JoshuaRed-v4f]

Oh they won't stop with just teenagers. The forced birtherism shit is wild. To them teaching responsibility can only be done by ruining their lives.

[@goeatsanta5600]

right! exactly what i thought. I was 8 when I had my first period. I know it would've absolutely ruined my life if I had a baby at 8 years old. it I somehow carried it to term, i would have no one to take care of them. I don't even have anyone now as an ADULT that could help me all that much

[@WilliamBrowning]

Conservatives are coming for contraceptives next.

[@XiaolinDraconis]

I cannot fathom how she uttered this in her head, typed it out, possibly re-read it, and somehow still hit send.

[@andreasimpson1018]

As a Missourian with a teenage daughter. thank 👏you 👏 Olivia 👏 !

[@AntaresSelket]

As a former teenage girl, I can tell you that discussing your sex life with an adult (no matter what family dynamics you come from) is difficult because no one likes to think of the little girl they know having a sex drive or being forced into a grown up situation. Unfortunately, the responsibility of protection and contraception often falls on the young girls. They need available clinics and stores that are easy to navigate to get what they need without the shame and judgement that society puts on them. I use to work at a hospital and at least twice a year we had a girl between the age of 10-12 arrive in labor. That's too often and usually it's not due to strangers, it's because of the people they grew up with or the adults that are suppose to protect them. When my son was ten we started the birds and the bees conversation after watching a movie about teenage pregnancy and we continued that conversation every year after. I even bought him a box of condoms to put in his room (when he was a teen) even after he assured me he wasn't ready. Within a year he needed another box because he was giving them to friends who were too embarrassed to buy their own or go to a clinic or adult. Even if my son was using them himself, it's better to know you taught your teen to be responsible for their life, rather than leave things up to chance. I really have a hard time with adults that can't remember the fear of being a teenager whose discovering adult situations or what a frenzy you are thrown into when hormones kick in.

[@avirei98]

This you see all this political discourse about sexual education and schools when the sexual education in schools are absolutely atrocious and that's why all this stuff is happening

[@AntaresSelket]

@@avirei98 I agree sex education is not what it should be. It's being hindered by parents, politicians, and religion in order to push the agenda of the adults. It should be factual education even when teens find it embarrassing. The more education and facts teens have the better decisions they can make and the less confusion they would have about situations they find themselves in. I don't think it's just sex-ed that is causing all these problems. It's the fact that adults don't want to acknowledge that teens have hormones at younger ages than we parents want to believe.

[@sylverscale]

Great job! By both you and your son giving out protection to his friends who needed it (or were just curious, who knows?). You can't keep your kids from growing up and becoming interested in sex but you can equip them with everything they need to know to keep themselves and others safe.

[@kant.68]

Wtf are you doing having sex and WANTING to share your “experiences” with your family ?! How is this even a topic of conversation?! Get off of social media , trust me. And focus in other things.

[@RiversEagle_]

Yep. Conservatives keep trying to harp on the idea that "sex should be taught at home not school!" but then proceed to not teach their children fucking anything about how sex and puberty works because it's an awkward conversation to have, so those teenagers are shit out of luck.

[@explosionbunny]

When I was in 5th grade, my friend’s mom barged on campus and cornered me in front of my class, claiming I had pushed and hurt her daughter. We had been hiding in the school bathroom and my friend slipped off the toilet and hurt herself the day before. To avoid getting into trouble, she said I did it because playing around in the bathrooms was something the school had issues with and she knew she would get into trouble. Her mom was extremely aggressive, screaming inches from my face and threatening me. It was super traumatizing and I had to see the school counselor for months after. My mom went ballistic on the school. While I personally think this dad was trying to do right by his daughter, they are kids and he should have gone through the school. You don’t know what impacts this will have on both his daughter and this boy long term.

[@BB-ed4om]

In fourth grade a fellow classmates teenage brother punched me in the face 5 or 6 times on school grounds. Taught me an important lesson at the time. he wasn’t right for doing it but he was protecting his lil brother.

[@explosionbunny]

@@BB-ed4om difference is, that was another kid. What if it was their dad who came up and punched you 5 or 6 times in the face?

[@dariocontreras8733]

Regarding the dad going to the school, while I’m unsure if I can condone an adult going to confront a child while they’re in an emotional state, I always found that when I was bullied in school, that the administration never took any action to prevent bullying. Even when I got punched in the back of the head, my mom had to be the one to call the cops because the school did nothing about it. I think the biggest issue is schools not taking appropriate actions against problematic students rather than putting it on the victim which was usually my experience. Never understood why that was the norm

[@rileyfuckingrifle]

Because schools function much like the families of narcissists: if you're the one being loud you're obviously the one causing problems, even if you're being loud because you're being (abused) bullied. 🥲

[@JustACrazyWorldOutThere]

Its because I feel like schools would rather ignore stuff like this then bring attention and believe everything is fine and okay rather then getting parents involved or cops or legal trouble so they just don't do anything unless parents are relentless or there's wide spread attention on them to do something.

[@JW-452]

yea, while I don't want the father hurting another kid, a parent dealing with their child being bullied is literally a parents job; if the school has not already dealt with it, then obviously they can't be trusted to deal with it; at that point it's the parents job. the part that terrifies me is that he was arrested for terrorism, holy shit our country has gone to shit.

[@onetiredempath]

Sorry you went through that So did I Mine were the “Jocks” and in the Deep South you Aren’t gonna get back up by administration, trust me! So I sucked it up and Still have those Scars today!! School Administration didn’t care back then and they Still Don’t!! The System needs to change!!

[@mxmissy]

Yeah, when my sister was bullied all they did was move the bully's to another class. Like... yeah, that's going to freaking help!

[@Hodag37]

In Canada, you're allowed to purchase condoms as a minor and I recalled an incident shortly after high school graduation that a condom broke and my gf at the time and I were completely freaked out. Luckily, we were able to get access to Plan B to prevent something we weren't ready for. It boggles my mind that in the US that teenagers can't get access to resources for safe sex. No kid should ever have to be a parent before they're really ready for it or for an accident that happens.

[@strayiggytv]

The right likes it when kids have kids. It fulfills their lust for punishment and gives them another child to brainwash with their religious beliefs. When you believe the only reason women exists is to have children you of course want them to start as young as they physically can. what else are they good for?

[@gints2766]

In BC and Manitoba almost every birth control is free for all residents without a prescription.

[@Bulldog_65_2]

Not only that. Your local health unit (in ontario at least) hands them out free by the fist full.

[@jadeset]

Most health depts in the states also hand out paper sacks of condoms free to all (teens included). My former high school, in fact, was across the road from our health department & it was normalized for teens to go there for contraceptives of all kinds. (Parental consent was needed for contraceptives other than condoms)

[@sriracha_sauce]

I really agree the sentiment should be that, acknowledging teens will be teens, if they choose to try stuff out at least they will have access to be safe without fear of repercussion. The more something is taboo the more dangerous it becomes because children and teens will be much more willing to lie to their grave about it, which can be extremely dangerous in situations like STDs and drug use.

[@magdalena_dewinter]

the morning after pill is SO important and seeing it being given out for free is amazing. i was raped last year on my 20th birthday and my rapist did not use a condom, i went to get a morning after pill and i had to use all the money i had been gifted for my birthday by my mother to buy it. thankfully i did not get pregnant, but it was such a gut punch having to pay to not get pregnant when it wasn’t even my fault in the first place.

[@garrettwhite3922]

Condolences for all it's worth and if you need to hear it, you are valuable and valid that asshole isn't.

[@mxmissy]

Fuck man. That's just, I'm so sorry to hear that. I hope you still at least got to have some good memories for your birthday. I know I'm just some person on the Internet, but, man. Thank you for sharing that, and glad to hear that you didn't get pregnant.💖

[@tamaraturner4165]

🫂🫂🫂🫂

[@goblinchild1371]

I’m really sorry that happened to you. Thanks for sharing

[@mikes-wv3em]

so youre single?

[@xMasterKojix]

thanks for leaving the tear blooper in on your ad read phil. that really caught me off guard. good chuckle

[@MargaretBelle]

I absolutely loved it! 🤣

[@flashthefalcon948]

Schools dont do shit about bullying, the father overeacted, but I see why he would do that. Schools are fucked up

[@garrettwhite3922]

Hey now, they sometimes punish the victim, that isn't nothing...

[@DeeDee-zu2pv]

This is my take as well. The fact that the father was able to get as far as he did clearly shows the school doesn’t give two shits about the physical or mental safety of children in their care. I get the frustration.

[@mattao666]

Im guessing the whole thing stems from pictures possibly nudes being sent around. Something like this can easily lead to a young person committing suicide. He didnt hurt this kid and while I agree it wasnt really appropriate why treat people appropriately who are doing disgusting things like sharing nude photos of underage children. If no one is going to help or do anything about it then I would take it into my own hands as well.

[@Darksh0t009]

And now his daughter is going to get bullied way worse than before

[@DanceLouisDance]

​@@mattao666yes when I was in hs like 8 kids got arrested am charges with possession and distribution of CP

[@Keregosh]

"She's helping kids kill kids" so that person want kids to have kids? Are they insane?

[@localmenace3043]

FOR REAL! Like come on, have some sense!

[@babalonkie]

"Are they insane?" Yes.

[@dinokid1011]

Are they stupid?

[@Phd366]

I get your point but at the same time, why are kids doing “adult things” if they can’t with the consequences?

[@renkorr3795]

@@dinokid1011 also yes.

[@DEADisBEAUTIFUL]

I am 39 years old. When I was in 7th grade my local community theatre decided to do a play in which I was cast. It’s called Babies Having Babies. My character was 7 months pregnant and was 14 years old or so. I wore a very large false pregnancy belly during the show. We traveled all over the state where I live and others close by performing the play in middle and high schools. After the show was over, we would talk with all of the students. They were very interested in the discussions we had, they enjoyed checking out my false pregnancy belly (either rubbing it…or in some cases punching it saying it was the only chance they’d ever get to do so…), and they were all very receptive to the information around teen pregnancy, S.A. resulting in pregnancy, stigmas around such issues… It was a very well received play and the after show conversations were really informative. Now, I am a director with the very same theatre as well as a dance and theatre instructor… and I don’t know that I’d be able to do that same play today. It’s beyond me how we went from informing teens about safe practices, prevention, and even (in a mild way…we were all relatively young) abortion. But, Oklahoma (where I live), Missouri, Arkansas, and Kansas are not quite the same as they were when I was in this play. And, it’s frightening to me seeing that issues like this are being shut down in a way that doesn’t allow any discussion to take place.

[@mittensfastpaw]

As someone that was a victim of extreme bullying a majority of my life in the American school system. Where they often punish the victim for ever standing up for themselves over the bully. This father is a hero because you can't count on the system to ever do anything at all. They will turn a blind eye as long as possible no matter how extreme it gets. I wish I had someone who fought for me this hard as a kid. Maybe then I could have focused more on my studies and less listening for when someone was about to hurt me again.

[@akossarfo-kantanka7231]

On the second story: in second grade I had a boy in my class physical assaulting me everyday, the school knew and did nothing, it wasn’t till my cousin dealt with the same kid at after school day care that her father came in, cornered the kid, and said “if you touch any other girl here, you’ll deal with me”. As an adult I can see how this was inappropriate, but so where the bruises he left on me. His mother ended up thanking my uncle because he also started behaving better at home. Putting fear into a child is not OK 99% of the time, but it my instance it helped everyone involved.

[@aidengray3998]

My brother got suspended for double the time of his "bully" after getting groped in the bathroom and simply breaking the fucker. Good thing bathrooms have moppable floors. Anyway, dudes mother thanks my brother, and my parents brought him out for a nice steak dinner.

[@jonsmith5058]

Difficult story, cause yeah I dont really fault your uncle but it is wrong. Do you think it could have worked if he marched into the principles office instead and put that energy into the school leaders failing you?

[@brayroadpossum]

Sadly there's not much school leaders can do. There's certain procedures that they have to follow and they're not affective in preventing bullying from experience. Kids need to learn that their actions have consequences.

[@akossarfo-kantanka7231]

@@jonsmith5058 Sadly no I don’t, because my mom and another parent did, and nothing came of it.

[@ladyviren]

I don’t know how someone can type “they’re telling kids to kill their kids” and come out thinking ur the correct and morally righteous side.

[@boofinshmirtz]

Par for the course for these 15x gold medal mental gymnasts. They're out there in the front yard training their mental gymnastics, working out in the Facebook meme mines they take as the scripture they also worship

[@Shwert890]

The person who said that pays for Twitter verified. I think that speaks for itself

[@gregvs.theworld451]

It honestly feels like another consequence of internet anonymity I've seen recently. People who can hide their face and thus social consequences from their deranged takes just saying the wildest shit with 0 self awareness or consideration to the meaning of what they're actually saying and thinking that makes them somehow look good.

[@savingzero]

It’s crazy to me that so many people don’t know what plan B does; how those same people are making laws only goes to show how under educated many individuals are

[@heyyyitskat]

Blows my mind. Literal freaking lawmakers that can CHANGE THE COURSE OF OUR COUNTRY have absolutely no idea what Plan B is or what it actually does. Most of these old white men running our country also don’t know how women’s bodies work at all, as well, which is a real problem.

[@TheCardinalArt]

I mean there were politicians trying to make it a law that doctors had to implant ectopic pregnancies into the uterus because any kind of abortion was bad. Common sense is not a highly rated resource with many of these idiots.

[@bece00]

​@@poopmanfart@Aksfsc you must be a man if you think it works like that😂

[@TheCardinalArt]

@@poopmanfart LOL! If only everyone's period was perfect and 100% reliable. In the nearly 50 years I had periods I never had one that I could perfectly track. Sometimes it was early, sometimes it was late. At times it was light and other times I was afraid to leave the house. People with the ability to menstruate are not a monolith. It's more common to have unreliable periods than reliable ones. This comment is right up there with "why don't you just hold your period in". 🙄 BTW... period tracking for those lucky enough to make it work is not an efficient birth control in any way.

[@TheCardinalArt]

@@poopmanfart OMFG! The amount of ignorance in this is stunning! Yes we all sync up, we don't have any pain we just like the pills, and tracking a period is totally a reliable way to avoid pregnancy. We are also all witches and could hold in our periods but refuse to do it. 🙄 Do you ever wonder why undeveloped places where people solely rely on tracking have such high pregnancy and birth numbers? I really believe you are the winner of today's "Don't be stupid, stupid" award.

[@misty306]

As a former educator and as someone who still works with kids, many individuals who don’t work in those fields wouldn’t comprehend how bad some of these kids are and the entitlement they have surrounding the false belief that they “can’t be arrested because they’re minors.” Schools can only do so much before things escalate and no one tells the parents of the victims that they need either to have a meeting with the bully’s parents in the administrative office, or to file a police report. And even then, it might not be enough to protect those young victims from something worse happening to them. As cliche as it sounds, parents need to be reminded that they’re responsible for their kids’ actions (hence why the trials of those parents in Michigan were such a huge deal)! Meanwhile, parents of the victims must remain proactive in the ongoings at the school and make it known that there’s a difference between “friendly banter” and harassment.

[@matthewjalovick]

I’m a Christian. I read my Bible and pray every day. I learned Koine Greek to read the NT letters and epistles in their original language. I think we should give out as many free condoms and Plan B as humanly possibly. I think abortions are necessary and good in many situations. I think abstinence-only education is some of the dumbest nonsense ever devised. I think the fewer unplanned pregnancies the better. I think reducing the spread of STDs is a no brainer. Seems pretty simple and loving and Christ-like to me 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@jayce8001]

King James really messed a lot of future generations up when he forced translators to appeal to his belief system of overbearing and complete control of his subjects. Subsequently, the NIH used their "translation" to SELL bibles rather than actually attempt at being more correct to the original.

[@robledog]

Yet the majority of Christians take it to the extreme to get their beliefs out into laws . Which goes against the foundation of the Constitution . That’s kind of the problem they are blinded

[@aodigital9421]

lol I call bullshit .

[@Corndoggo]

As a fellow Christian, I fully agree. I find it insane that some people will say that people can't have abortions but aren't willing to help prevent people from being in a position where they have to choose.

[@matthewjalovick]

@@aodigital9421okay? Thank you for your wise and informed thoughts. Perhaps consider humans are infinitely more complex than your own narrow view might imagine.

[@Shadow11990]

Ian Danskin said it best: "If you wanted fewer abortions, you would promote comprehensive sex education and access to contraceptives because that's all that has ever reliably lowered abortion rates in any country. All making it a crime does is determine whether the abortion happens in a doctor's office or a motel room."

[@heyyyitskat]

Well said!

[@feha92]

Except that's not true. Not having abortion be normalized, causes social expectations and pressure to not take that option. This [social pressure from their family or community] is why several of the "didn't get an abortion" horror stories even ever happened, as the person in question wanted one but didn't because of anything from shame to fear of losing social connections, and more. So making it illegal does (even if a bit indirectly) make fewer pick that option. And I imagine there's even ppl who simply decide to keep it because they don't want to risk their life or health using a clothes hanger or gravity.

[@ladywana85]

@@feha92once upon a time hospitals had septic wards. Why because women still choose abortion , just before it was legal u had women doing it in hotels dirty basements with make shift tool so it doesn’t change the people doing just where

[@jahoytodiesforahoy4615]

​@@feha92 unfortunately no, it's common and totally free knowlage that back ally abortions skyrocket when abortion is made illegal and maternal mortality rises due to A.) Sketchy medicine and despiration, and B.) Panicked abusive dads kill them seeing no way out. If only it were a simple solution, banning what you fear, but ultimately it just makes things more violent. With how much sacrifice and how taxing babies are on every level, (financial, worldly opportunity, emotional, social, and especially physical well being) the cons of sketchy medicine are not that deterring when proper medicine is made illegal, proof is in the stats.

[@esmeraldagreengate4354]

​@@feha92yeah cool story except ​ roe v Wade was a thing because abortions weren't normalised and women were dying from back room abortions. Abortion has always been there, the first mention of it being in 1550 BC, whether people like it or not 🤷‍♀️

[@merpins]

As someone that experienced bullying in school, that dad is great. Love the energy. Scaring kids is basically the only way to make it stop. You, as the person being bullied, or someone bigger than you, needs to show the bully that you're off limits. Why? Because the school system doesn't do anything about it. My bully was suspended more than 10 times for bullying me, but he was back again and again- and I'm a case where something was actually being done because my principal at that school liked and defended me, and knew the bully in question from being his principal during elementary school. But the school system itself was what was preventing my bully from being truly dealt with. I went from having friends to an outcast during middle school because I was the target of the bully's attention. Even my best friend from childhood turned his back on me during this time. Bullying is horrible, and I was in middle school right before the first smart phones, so I can't imagine what kids are going through now.

[@shankyoncloud7420]

Ideally the school admin and the guy's parents should be the ones instituting the idea of consequences in the kid. But clearly they are failing so the consequences are going to come from places like the people who the guy hurts. On that note, what was the father supposed to do? Tell his daughter to just take the abuse?

[@darkcat1313]

That liquid IV was my favorite ad read you’ve done! Thanks for leaving in that tearing of the package blooper. I’m always appreciative of how you continue to be professional yet funny and down to earth. Even after all these years of such an awesome and informative news show. Stay golden Ponyboy!

[@ThatGreyGentleman]

In regards to the Dad who confronted his daughter’s bully: Good. As someone who was a victim of horrific bullying myself (rocks & bottles were thrown at me, I was concussed when a kid took his backpack full of books and cracked me in the back of the head with it, etc) I will tell you straight up that going through the administration didn’t do A SINGLE THING. It took MY Father storming into the school and screaming at the principal/staff to actually get anyone to take action. Even then, nothing changed. They brought me into a room with several of my bullies, who gave half hearted apologies, and then I was told to forgive them. Meanwhile, it only gave them more ammo. What actually stopped it? My Dad telling me “when it happens again, fight back. I won’t be upset. I want you to know that it’s ok to stand up for yourself.” Was that great parenting? Probably not. But it worked. The fact that my Father had to give me Carte Blanche to get violent for anything to change is absolutely absurd. That Father did the right thing, and I just can’t condemn him for taking action in defense of his kid.

[@Leleche]

I don't think people are annoyed by him sticking up for his child. I think people are outraged that an adult was able to walk right into a school and then a classroom to confront a child. That could have been anyone. It's not only his daughter in that school. Him hitting kids in a classroom and no-one does anything is just wild. I'm sorry you were bullied but that doesn't take away from the fact that this fully grown man ran wild in a children's classroom. He could have went to the boys house to talk to his parents or even wait until the boy came out of school, instead of terrifying innocent kids who are being forced to watch him lose his shit

[@terraguttierez2996]

No youre wrong. Its great parenting. How do you get someone to do something they dont want to do? Make them uncomfortable. Your bullies were comfortable beating on you. When they learn there are consequences, they definitely stop. Theres a simulation run by programmers thats like the prisoners dilema. They found that the program that wins is one thats called tit for tat. It punishes bad behavior and rewards good behavior. It makes the world a better place when you reinforce good behavior and deter bad behavior.

[@henlokinty]

Very well said

[@--julian_]

that's on the school, not the dad. ​@@Leleche

[@henrykirk]

so sad how this is the norm now - schools have to be fortresses bc of all these school shootings... growing up, my school just had unlocked doors. parents would freely come in and take kids out for appointments or whatever. Never any issues, teachers and parents knew each other and had lots of face time

[@HouseMDaddict]

As a person that works in a school, this is why we have double doors at the front door of the school. Parents DON'T come IN to pick up their kids, they stand in the stairway near the check out and the kid gets called down and signed out to them. I've worked at schools where parents show up drunk/high/drugged up and screaming in the parking lot after finding out their kid got in trouble or suspended or whatever, and to have two locked doors between us and them has been REALLY comforting because then the police can just pull up and deescalate them and make sure they're not armed.

[@garrettwhite3922]

I remember my high school basically being open door for anyone to walk in but I am from a small town ≈2k people and >200 in my graduating class

[@JW-452]

this is terrifying. i dont work in any schools, and have not been near one since the turn of the century, but holy shit schools sound terrfigying to me. the ones i went to were open and acceeible, i mean i went to a military school for a little while, and even it was very open and accessible, but now they are like prisons. literally the only thing any of my schools had was fire saftye, and natural disaster stuff. like tornado security. we had no reason to have protection for people coming in to attack the children. parents could sit in on lessons. you could walk around the school if you wanted. i remember going back to my elementary school in the eary 2000, to see old teaches, i sat in on a class, and walked around the school, same with my middle school. now i probably could not even enter the front doors. the fact that peoeple are happy that we are haaving to armor and turn out schools into little jails, is terrifying. its honestly the sign of out society failing itself.

[@DubhghlasMacDubhghlas]

@@JW-452 that is not like a prison. Having double doors is not like a prison. A McDonalds near me has double doors. Having controlled access to an area is not prison/jail. Are military bases, flightlines, various government buildings, nuclear reactors etc having a controlled perimeter to control who can go where is a prison. Happy? Or willing to take proactive action to protect kids? BTW my school was like this in the 90s with metal detectors. No one batted an eye when it was done to combat gang violence in the hood. Now it is coming to mostly white neighborhoods rather than just the hoods people are all in shock and awe clutching their pearls.

[@InsoIence]

@@JW-452 Yupp, schools used to use corporal punishment as well. Doesn't mean it was right. You're trying to build an argument on silly foundation of 'past = gud'.

[@mistymoon883]

I also work at an elementary school, parents are to wait outside for their kids. Unless they are picking them up at a different time they don’t ever enter the school, and they must wait in the office until their kid comes there. We stop anyone who tries to go down the hallway. My son’s middle school has a video doorbell and the office staff must buzz you in. And then when you walk in the principal is sitting at a desk in the middle of the hallway. He does his work right there instead of in his office so he can be visible to everyone, and greets everyone who comes past. More schools in our division are locking the doors and using video buzzers, but some still allow parents to come inside at the end of the day for pickup. It seems to depend on the principal.

[@Marie45610]

As a parent, I understand where that father is coming from. But I think he should have confronted that kid's parents first. Sometimes parents don't know what kind of BS their kids are up to.

[@thefruch7588]

Problem Is that’s just not how you handle a situation. Being agressive and trying to intimidate a literal child is wild. He probabaly thinks that’s what it means to be a man but to me I just see weakness. You have to be the adult in the room.

[@voxveritas7941]

Spot on. Do we know who is pressing charges? Like, the school vs the family?

[@wildfire9280]

⁠@@thefruch7588 Well… considering the catalyst was a deliberately non-specified “airdropped photos”, I think there’s a little leeway here. Certainly wasn’t the smart way to go about it.

[@ArlauxWitchdog]

@@thefruch7588Honestky what else was he supposed to do? Contact parents who likely won’t do shit? Contact the school which 100% will not do anything? Like in schools it really is up to the kids to solve issues because faculty are useless and parents are inattentive or are legitimately the source of the problem.

[@IngeniousGhosts]

​@wildfire9280 that was my thought as well. If the air dropped photos in question were nudes from a pass bf I totally get why he did it.

[@PikaPetey]

I have done research into the organ transplant organization situation here in America. Less than 1% of donated organs actually get used. The rest are just dumped into disposal.. were talking literally truck loads of viable organs just being discarded. I don't know how to fix this situation other encouraging people not to donate to starve their business.

[@xSwordLilyx]

That is heinous, people are dying waiting for those

[@AbbreviatedReviews]

"She's quite literally helping kids kill their kids." So wait... are the kids supposed to be pregnant? I'm having a hard time trying to pin down whether they're arguing that it's somehow enticing children to get pregnant or not allowing them to have children themselves.

[@Dante.-]

It’s encouraging them to be sexually active.

[@arkainin4638]

Honestly, if you asked a disturbing number of GOP religious folks, the answer would be yes. Just go ask Matt Walsh on the topic . . .

[@robikin4563]

Contraceptives are important and so is sex education but if they somehow fail and they create a life, they shouldnt just kill it weather they are ready or not.

[@animeotaku9110]

​@@robikin4563 even rape and similar situations?

[@Gulyus]

Which is why the morning after pill is so important ​@@robikin4563 - no death involved. The egg never enters the womb to attach to the wall, so it cannot become a child. It just stops contraception. Which conveniently is when most conservatives consider when the child becomes a child.

[@DanceLouisDance]

I understand what that dad was feeling, and I'm on his side. I was bullied all throughout my first 2 yrs of hs by the same kid. The school didn't take it seriously and do anything until my guardians filed a restraining order against the bully. Alot of schools dont take bullying seriously until the law gets involved

[@ll2323]

I have never seen a story where the school helped students from being bullied. It’s like they have no idea what the hell to do.

[@KpopZuko]

A 12 year old boy has been stealing my kids lunch and pushing her around. I went to her school the second I found out and I didn’t leave until he lost all his priveliges, and his ability to go to the week long nature camp field trip or any other events. I have no guilt from making sure that kids school life is hell.

[@Turkeysocks]

Something similar happened at my school back when I was in 8th grade, there was this group of 6th graders who got caught stealing on a field trip to the state zoo. They basically assaulted several of their classmates to steal their money after arriving at the zoo. And when they ran out of money, they just stole from other guests and from the zoo. Now, this is something I learned years later, but the teachers and the parents who were chaperoning knew that these kids had stolen from their classmates, they didn't do anything until the zoo security got involved and caught the kids! Because of how laissez-faire the teachers and school staff was about the whole thing, the zoo banned our school from coming there for a decade and threw out everyone from our school immediately afterwards. When word reached the parents of the school district, the school overreacted and banned ALL field trips for the rest of the year. And this happened in October, basically the start of the school year. Oh, and the kids who did that, the school gave them in school suspension for a few days. Their reasoning was that since they have "legal" problems, there was no need to add more fuel to the fire so to speak. And yeah, these kids were the 6th grade bullies. I say were because after causing the school to ban field trips for the year, well, lets just say for as long as they stayed in our school district, their life at school became hell.

[@SabrinaRina]

Be safe that he can't retaliate against her. Sometimes the kids are told and just up things for "snitching".

[@thelukesternater]

Ya big difference between going to the front office and the classroom. Also in the USA a random dude barging in? Wtf? In Australia yeah we chill bc less boom sticks

[@KpopZuko]

@@SabrinaRina he can’t. He is only ever alone in the bathroom at school and must sit in the front seat of the bus for the rest of the year. Too, her friends all are very protective of her and have no issues snitching.

[@Fastlan3]

Keep it up. I appreciate a lot of the important stuff you cover and how you cover it honestly... Unlike so many new networks.

[@rachel89075]

with the Olivia Rodrigo story, a couple years ago i saw a john Oliver show about teaching about safe sex. in his show the schools that teach about safe sex have less teen pregnancy than schools that don’t teach about safe sex. so i’m all for teaching teens for teaching safe sex

[@nikwalters1029]

The thing that pissed me off when I worked for an insurance company (both prior to ACA and after) was the amount of companies that wanted to remove access for women to get contraceptives on their plan. Even those in marriages. Prior to the ACA, I watched an account where the women had to jump through so many appointments and hoops to get it labeled medically necessary to get help with actual issues. This was also during the time that pregnancy was a pre-existing condition. If you didn't have a maternity rider (addition for a higher price) on your plan for at least 6 months, the pregnancy was NOT covered under their health insurance.

[@marciamarciamarcia3117]

When I was 22 (before ACA), I worked for a small company and had my own private insurance. I was paying $200/month for a policy that refused to cover my birth control or anything allergy related. It was insane. It makes no sense! A baby would be more expensive than just covering my $5/month generic birth control pill. I make sure to talk to my kids about birth control and all the other uses besides preventing pregnancy. I want my sons to be more intelligent than many men in our legislature and in my own personal life who clearly have no clue about women’s bodies or care for us.

[@nikwalters1029]

@@marciamarciamarcia3117 Yep. Sex Ed and Educating Responsible Parents class was bullshit when I was in school. Hell, the running "joke" was that it didn't teach enough even as freshmen, so how many were going to be pregnant by the end of the year. Spoiler: One was by the end of the class that semester. Pretty sure it hasn't changed much where I am so my poor son is getting so much more info from me and his dad, especially with the trends in legislation now making it harder for women.

[@DarthChewie]

If fentanyl dealers are getting charged with murder, why not the execs at UNOS who knowingly skip crucial checks like blood types? Or failing to collect available organs, knowing that every organ not collected directly causes the death of someone on the waitlist?

[@azielaugust8349]

Also what about the billionaire and CEO that cause the opioid epidemic

[@MaidenHelll]

Not the same thing at all

[@pugness]

That's not the same in the slightest. They're a nonprofit that matches donors with transplant candidates. They have no legal responsibility in collecting organs. Charging execs with murder for mistakes on scene by other individuals would be bizarre

[@killingtimeitself]

or at this rate, the CEOs behind the enrons of the world

[@smileygirl622]

Well because negligence is a separate charge from murder. Negligence can end with someone dead but it's never been called murder they have always been separate charges. If a nurse fails to answer the call button in a long term care facility it's negligence resulting in the death of a person it's never been called murder. They are considered on equal footing, it just isn't the same crime. Why? Believe it or not if you don't owe any person, anything (as long as you are not the person legally responsible for their care) you can watch them die and it's not murder, it's not illegal and it's actually technically legally one of the right things to do. Dont like your laws? Fair. But complaining on the internet without even understanding is completely useless. It's far more complicated than you realise. There is a valid reason for making you less guilty for not trying to help someone, even if it seems cruel or unfair, but I can't explain that all in a KZbin comment. Drug dealers who hand out laced drugs are very much directly responsible for the death it causes people the same way that I could feed my husband only cake every single day (obviously bad for your health) but I'm not suspected of murder unless I put poison in it. Cake every day might shorten your life span but poison in your cake is definitely a way we all understand to kill people. It isn't complicated. Fentanyl kills people, directly and immediately. Same reason it's a lesser charge to sell the same people a different illegal drug like cocaine that isn't likely to immediately kill you. Shortening life span =/= killing someone. You already know all of this though if you're willing to be honest with yourself.

[@BaldingClamydia]

"Abstinence education has been proven to fail" Preach Phil! You can't control what kids are going to do, but you can educate them on the safest way to do it

[@delphinewartelle8106]

Love that you called them "Pro Birthers", not Pro Lifers because that's all they are.

[@NickTheShark_]

Pro Choice is just pro mur. Der

[@ladylilith6495]

@@NickTheShark_ Oh, like the choice to not feed impoverished kids in schools?

[@thomaswillard6267]

​@@NickTheShark_Except for the fact that, y'know, it isn't

[@andrewblanchard2398]

@@NickTheShark_ TRUMPANAZIS that have MILITARY GRADE MACHINE GUNS murdered nearly 60 THOUSAND AMERICANS since 2015

[@n7viking286]

@@NickTheShark_ Gods you're a loser

[@willowtdog6449]

Can we not call them the “pro-birth” side? Not when they are making giving birth, as well as pregnancy, much more dangerous for everyone involved. Regardless of the overall maternal mortality rates not necessarily being as high as we thought. The medical experts in relevant fields have been too clear on this being notably worse than before Rie was overturned. We’ve seen so many more people dying needlessly because they can’t access the care they need. What they are is “pro-forced birth.”

[@StreakyBaconMan]

I just call them "anti-choice" - seems fitting to me.

[@shiplabi4454]

Pro-life

[@feha92]

@@shiplabi4454 but pro-life are the ppl who are pro-choice. At least if you look at what the words mean - like how language works. I prefer pro-misery, or "anti-*" any number of words.

[@jijitters]

@@shiplabi4454 They are NOT pro-life.

[@Salazarsalsa]

"Air dropped photos" We all know what that kid air dropped.

[@ieve2315]

I was catching up on a few PDS shows and got an ad right before this one… deadass thought the ad was on 0.75 speed but no, I just forgot the speed normal people talk at

[@THEDubbleHelixx]

As someone who stayed abstinent through my entire adolescence, having access to contraceptives would not have changed anything. If a teen is interested in something, they're going to explore it. If they aren't, they won't.

[@Dante.-]

Dawg you aren’t the average 😂 Most kids on this planet only think of one thing when given a contraceptive

[@THEDubbleHelixx]

​@@Dante.- Not saying I am by any means, nor is that the point. The data shows that hindering access to contraception doesn't effectively prevent sex among teens, which suggests access isn't a driving factor in teen decision making.

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

@@Dante.-That’s not what the data shows. You’re just projecting

[@matthewjalovick]

@@Dante.-condom water balloon fights? That’s what I think of.

[@TheMedicatedArtist]

Yes, because *all* teens and young adults want to sex 🙄 Once you hit puberty, you lose your virginity to the first person you lock eyes with.

[@andrewcapen1033]

Hey Phil, Long time listener first time kisser. In July 2020, I got Covid-19 and spent 8 months in the hospital, and ended up getting a double lung transplant. Luckily I didn't have to wait too long I think I was only listed for 3 days because of how severe my sickness was (I was so sick I made the news lol) in that time and the time right after I met a lot of people who had organ transplants and people that were waiting for organ transplants and it makes me sick that I have so many friends that may not get organs because of rampant corruption that was allowed to exist for so long so thank you for bringing awareness to this issue that I had no idea about. Ps when I was sick I was in a coma for four months and I missed you show (obviously) and I used your show to catch on all I missed. Ty

[@EnlightenMothman]

Glad you got the treatment you needed ❤!

[@aggravatedHart]

Maternal care in the US is horrendous. Just cause you say they aren’t dying doesn’t mean their lives aren’t being ruined, it doesn’t mean they aren’t being horribly abused by medical staff in insane numbers.

[@SabrinaRina]

Heck, making women kick their legs up and demonizing any alternative care like midwives is already abusive. Like how in the heck are we having people attack MIDWIVES?

[@XhumpersX]

It should still be a lot lower than it is especially because medical care has advanced drastically in the past 20 years. The elephant in the room is that the obesity epidemic has exploded from 29% to 42% in America just since the year 2000 which causes deadly conditions such as pre-eclampsia and gestational diabetes in pregnant people. Unfortunately our politicians won't even try to combat the obesity epidemic because they're all in the pocket of mega-corporation food lobbyists and our for profit medical system.

[@Tylerlpc]

It makes me think about last year how that one baby died because the doctor was in a rush, and she tried to pull the baby out and decapitated the baby. It’s like a lot of people who work in this field are lacking compassion when they should have the most, they’re bringing life into the world. Im 30 and want children but It makes me scared to even have them

[@stephaniechilders5176]

@@kiaracabrera It was ruled a homicide

[@smokedbeefandcheese4144]

People are just going to Point at the charts sorry. Now you are living in the world that disabled people have been living in for 100 years. The doctors that The doctors abuse us and called it medicine and you guys let it happen Now it’s your turn to suffer through the great machine of science

[@joshfarley3343]

Subtitles during the ad read was actually a really smart choice Phil. U had my attention instantly

[@FrostyDLR]

Thank you for sharing my story and comment. I wish everyone whose a victim of abuse male or female heals ❤️

[@NHeikkinen]

I've never heard Oliva Rodrigo before but MASSIVE respect to her

[@loudonheimsoth6916]

Huge popstar/former Disney channel star. Who just so happens to make music I like. I really recommend the album GUTS.

[@shannonhensley2942]

She was in a lot of controversies over stealing music. Her producers, pr team, and parents really dropped the ball at the beginning of her career so a lot of people really don't like her. This is her trying to represent her brand.

[@eloisab3828]

@@shannonhensley2942stop spreading misinformation. She never stole anything. She used a common chord progression that many artists have used in the past. Nobody owns that shit. Real Musicians like Elvis Costello have said that she should not have been pressured to give credit. One of the guys from Paramore just wanted a quick cash grab and threatened to sue but Hayley Williams didn’t even agree. As a new artist Her Team gave in easily cause they don’t want a long drawn out case like Ed Sheeran’s vs Marvin Gaye Estate which he fought for several years and recently won.

[@GirlyGeek42]

While I don't condone any parent putting their hands on someone else's kid, the idea that you should just "go through the school system" to me is ridiculous. I was bullied and harassed, and too often, you have administrators who are just exasperated. I had a point where a bully slammed my head into a door, pulled me down by my backpack and slam me into a brick wall on 3 seperate occasions. All of which I reported. Finally, I fought back in self defense after weeks of torment and got suspended for fighting after many instances when I tried to do things the "right" way. While being admonished one thing I'll never forget was how my parents reacted and tried to come to my defense. I don't blame him for confronting the boy and demanding an apology for his daughter, because at least she knows there is someone in her corner when the school system fails. Which they do and most likely will. Often.

[@t-pain1827]

Thank you!!! Someone who makes sense!

[@ashleytaylor6212]

Thank you for not removing the blooper Phil!! It shows such humility, and I love how you can laugh at yourself. 😊

[@robertterrell7057]

Do people not want kids to know what birth control is!?!?Specially educated. Why is it taboo for kids to know how they where fucking born.

[@AMPProf]

[@chayden153]

They do not

[@overestimatedforesight]

There is a sizable portion of Republicans who want all forms of birth control to be illegal.

[@xninjaxunicorn2982]

Maybe people don't want people to hand out shit like this in concerts where there is adults and minors are together and drugs and alcohol are in the mix...

[@wizardgradstudent]

Of course not, that’s why they keep trying to kill any form of sex ed in this country. They want people to be forced to have kids, they’ll prevent a child from having an abortion even if the pregnancy would kill her.

[@hopefulbadger2160]

Forced birthers. They are forced birthers, not "pro" anything! I know nothing about Olivia Rodrigo other than this, but she is awesome for doing this!

[@feha92]

I like to call ppl that are for abortion rights as "pro-lifers", and the ppl against it as "pro-misery" or "anti-lifers". Simply because their [the pro-misery ppl] branding is such blatant propaganda that you should always throw it back into their face and reject their right to label themselves in response, from the loss of respect.

[@hopefulbadger2160]

@@feha92 this is cute and all In more practical terms, if you need a whole paragraph to explain it, it won't catch on. I meant my comment as true rhetorical critique. I'm upset that he called them pro birthers. It's repulsive. Framing is half the battle, and it's not being pro birth, it's being pro forced birth.

[@feha92]

@@hopefulbadger2160 You also used a whole paragraph though? I think your issue is likely more about the length of said paragraph, but feel free to cut out all the important details if you want something short and sazzy to share. Vital details can never be part of nice and short reposte's. So just do something like removing the justification explaining why they brought it onto themselves, and parts specifying yourself as the subject. Giving you something like: "A pro-lifer would be someone who doesn't want to ruin a life. Call them pro-misery instead" I agree framing is important, and you should _never_ brand yourself in a way that implies anyone who disagrees has a great moral failing. And likewise you should not brand someone else as if they do - unless, of course, they broke that cardinal rule themselves first.

[@hopefulbadger2160]

@@feha92 my first explination of first birthers was 8 words dude. it became a paragraph in comparison. And when exactly did I imply anyone has a moral failing? Are you simply implying that from the term 'forced'? Cause... forced is the right term.

[@boundwings]

My bestie benefited from an organ transplant almost 2 years ago now. They were born with Wilson's disease, where your liver cannot digest copper and builds up to the point of complete liver shutdown. Prior to transplant, they were on the transplant wait list for close to five years. We have pictures of them in a hospital bed with completely yellow skin, purple bruises everywhere, and barely lucid. We were basically saying our goodbyes, and I was on my knees begging God to let me keep my best friend. Our prayers were answered, but I can't imagine how many others passed away waiting for that same liver which saved my friend. Thank you for covering this Phil, texting my friend to tell them I love them ❤

[@jonsmith5058]

Amazing your friend was saved, but give that thanks to the amazing doctors and the person who was generous and caring enough to donate. It wasnt by the grace of any ‘god’ that prayers were answered and if there was a god that did, what a sick, evil entity to make a person broken like that and then let a person suffer only to ‘step in’ at the last moment to answer some prayers and ignore the thousands of others letting people die in poverty and misery. Wouldnt it sound like the sort of trick a devil or demon would do, make you vulnerable, get you desperate and sneak in acting like a friend only to takw your soul in return for any help seemingly given freely?

[@boundwings]

@@jonsmith5058make it less obvious you're miserable, please... lol I just spent time with them tonight and they're doing great :)

[@boundwings]

@@jonsmith5058FYI you have to die to donate a liver... not sure I'd call it "caring" if the person's not around to consciously consent to donation, but pop off gang

[@ZhutyArt]

The donor had to go out of their way to become a registered organ donor. They care. It may not be as direct as your love for your friend, but they consciously consented and signed the forms so that after they died their body could be used to save your friend.

[@ZhutyArt]

@@boundwings downplaying the decision of the person who literally saved your friends life seems a little rude.

[@thelifeofmaryd.2494]

3:10 I'm a Christian and this upsets me. Yes, we disagree with *elective* abortions, yet the most ignorant so called "prolifers" vilify the use of a contraception option that prevents them. That doesn't even make sense.🤦🏾‍♀️ I'm so glad Olivia Rodrigo thought well enough to give Plan B. I hope she continues 🙏🏾

[@nattalete]

Thank you for keeping the tear blooper in the video. I loved it.

[@junglee1017]

Agreed it kinda showed a peek into his personality and that he's cool

[@CouchSpud91]

IMO it was a nice little break of levity from all the stories here. And a nice reminder that the Phil we're seeing isn't fake at all. It's all him.

[@anastasiaharder6586]

As someone who HAD gone through a school admin when getting sa'd by a kid (i was not the only one and there were MULTIPLE reports) but the boy didnt get any consequences until SENIOR year of highschool. That meant years of getting groped and i know for sure that I was one of the girls that didn't get the worst of the groping and assault. That father is a hero to me. School admins and teachers are not armed and equipped to handle a lot of the situation young girls are put through.

[@tschinkerl4554]

I'm religious and I'm pro-choice. I had a lot of information and easy access to birth control of any kind and didn't start to have sex until I was I'm my early 20s. It's not like they tell people what sex is and they go right at it. The best contraceptive is information. Taking away information from kids teens can be far more dangerous than punishing them. I can't believe that as a woman living in the 21st century, I still have to fight for my rights as a human being. Leave our bodies alone, it's not like those male senators have to live in a woman's body. Then why is it that they get to make choices over what they can and can not do with it?

[@areichental]

God bless hommie. Respect.

[@HinataElyonToph]

It’s all about control

[@BeweProds]

The boomers putting in place these regulations have never had a sex ed class in their life, you really wonder how some of them have kids.

[@purupumpkin]

As someone who has been bullied I audibly scoffed at the “why didn’t he speak to faculty first” I was threatened and relentlessly bullied and their solution was to put me in a room with my bullies and make us apologize to each other ☠️

[@rettabedenbaugh8714]

I work at a school, actually had parents call our central office and complain because I stopped them from coming into the school. As someone at the front desk I love having the doors locked. It definitely keeps people from just wandering in the door. Much safer for all of us.

[@TheSooperGoose]

As a disabled veteran in a family of disabled veterans, I can confidently say that getting help from the VA is not only difficult, but you have to wait YEARS for proper care to even start. Active duty was no better. On base, the hospital named the wi-fi "no Motrin, no mission" because the answer to any problem was generic pain pills (which ended up ruining my stomach and I'm STILL trying to fix that, 4 years later).

[@Aguyontheinternet]

The idea that people shouldn't be allowed to fight back against bullies is flat out abhorrent. Near the end of my senior year of highschool, i was being verbally berated by a kid in the same class as me. This went on for weeks and he basically got away with it. I finally had enough and gave him a black eye after he flipped me off. I got in trouble and all the teachers were all "whoa is me, you assaulted another student", even after seeing and hearing the abuse he hurled at me daily. They even brought us into a meeting together so that **I** could apologize to *him*. I refused and that caused the staff to transfer me to a different home room. The only reason I wasn't suspended was because this was a private school for teens with behavioral issues. You'd think such a place would've dealt with the bully before things escalated into violence and, y'know, not kiss his ass 24/7 but here we are. This happened nearly a decade ago and I'm still angry and how that situation was handled. Schools need to stop forcing kids to allow abuse to occur. Either let kids defend themselves or take bullying more seriously. The fact that this is still a problem in 2024 is, for lack of a better term, fucking ridiculous.

[@Mirality]

Escalating verbal abuse into a physical response does in fact mean you were more at fault. Verbal abuse definitely sucks (I've been on the receiving end of some very vile stuff myself), but the best response is to ignore it. The next-best response is polite verbal, then less polite (preferably sarcastic or mocking rather than angry or insulting, but YMMV depending on the other parties). If you escalate to a physical response before they do, it means they won, because you couldn't think of a sufficient verbal response instead.

[@ll2323]

@@Miralityin the real world, u say some disrespectful sh*t ur gonna get hit. Maybe dont rely on that sticks and stones mentality.

[@cassiehartford8997]

Love the blooper you left in during the sponsor ad - thank you for staying relatable Phil! 😅💪

[@BBokThatsIt]

The same people who are worried about these "kids" knowing about BC/plan b/etc are the same who wouldn't do crap to stop kids from abusive adults causing pregnancy. It's amazing they will swear they are trying to save children but won't give two thoughts about what has been proven to prevent children from pregnancy

[@Shwert890]

They’re also the same people who disagree with gun reform “CaUsE iT’s mA rIgHt!!” And considering gun violence overtook car accidents as the number one cause for child deaths it really goes to show that these forced birthers aren’t “pro-life”

[@brambledraws]

My brother died of a fentanyl overdose six years ago. I remember feeling angry, both at him and his dealer. Reading through their text messages to try and get the full story was upsetting, especially because the dealer voiced some concern for him, but she'd always take his money because she had kids to take care of. Years later, I don't think the answer to the drug crisis is locking up the dealers. They are replaceable. The way to go is absolutely harm reduction and programs besides the 12 Steps for addicts, but also social safety nets and protections for those vulnerable enough to be recruited as dealers. If your needs aren't being met adequately, I can see why some people might turn to dealing, or if they've been locked into the situation and can't get out. Dealers aren't out here trying to kill their customers. They're trying to make ends meet, and people dying is bad for their business. It's so much more complicated than drunk driving and requires far more nuanced conversation than just 'drugs bad'.

[@MaidenHelll]

My bro died of a fentanyl overdose 6 years ago too. He was taking it on purpose and someone found his body leaning against a building looking at our family home I’m so sad for your lose, and mine, but I don’t believe charging his dealer would be the answer however, in cases were people are knowingly selling tainted drugs -I do think dealers should be held responsible

[@brucebonner3491]

Absolutely false and couldn't be more wrong with all 4 statements you made

[@FuchsDanin]

They don't think it'll make teens have more sex. They think it'll reduce the count of horror stories due to unwanted pregnancy, to scare teens out of having sex less successfully.

[@sniffles8655]

Conservatives would rather teach abstinence instead of safe sex. It's so unbelievably ridiculous. Abstinence has never worked and never will. And they want to force their bullshit religious views on everyone, when they don't actually follow the teachings themselves. Straight up hypocrites.

[@luvely1062]

Less successfully?

[@TheKeyToAllen]

@@luvely1062They mean that it won’t be as easy to scare kids out of having sex. Not that the teen sex will be less successful.

[@masonkretiv4136]

The amount of christians who have been misinformed about sex is astonishing, and a lot of it isn't malicious either. Many times, it's just people sharing information with people, and there's so much trust in those relationships that people refuse to fact check anything as serious as sex. Source: Me, a devout christian for several years

[@mistojen]

Also, they do not care about the pregnant person that has to carry that baby. They don't care that giving birth too young can literally kill you. They don't care about anything except more bodies to grow up and join the work force. They consider the mother little more than an incubator.

[@sportchik97]

I got bullied pretty much until I changed school districts going into high school. One of the worst years I developed su*cidal tendencies that I almost went thru with on multiple occasions. During this time (i was 11), I was being very obviously bullied in line, where they were even hitting the lockers behind me to scare me. I raised my hand to request to move somewhere else in line and got reprimanded by the teacher. My bullies did something else and i broke down into tears. Another teacher who happened to be walking by saw me, grabbed me, and took me to the counselor. I went to his office, where he was prepping for an anti-smoking lesson for the week. Instead of talking to me, he basically just did his thing, had me read about why smoking is bad, then sent me back to class once I had calmed down. In the same year, my math teacher I actually told what was happening, after building up the courage. She talked to my bullies. They stopped for maybe a week? Then came back worse than before. She never followed up. She was a great teacher and i loved her, but schools are absolutely underequipped to deal with day to day bullying. In that same year, i got pulled to the VP office, where some of this group of bullies had accused me of bullying them. I tried explaining the situation, but they talked over me and had matching stories. It was 2 against 1. I got my only warning (the VP knew i wasnt like that, but had to do her due diligence) but never addressed my bullying issues. Schools say they have zero tolerance butnthat usually only applies when someone fights back. Ive never seen it used preemptively before someone has go atand up for themself. I applaud that dad. At least his daughter knew someone had her back and wanted her to feel safe.

[@deo3367]

Ok. Nurse here. I have been researching maternal death for years. That is why I wanted to be a midwife to help. We have crap maternal health. Doctors do NOT believe women. Especially for women of color. They say “oh that bleeding is normal”, “you will have a lot of pain. Suck it up. Take an ibuprofen.” It is pathetic. We also do not have good prenatal health care. Women can’t afford the thousands of dollars for doctor visits. I am from southwest Missouri, and let me tell you… the amount of women who came in without prenatal care was scary. The number one reason is money. I can’t even think of bigger cities with higher cost of living. We also got rid most of the planned parenthood locations that provided so much care for women. Not abortion care, but sexual and maternal health care. Postpartum depression is such a taboo subject. The horror stories of women harming their children because voices tell them to, is postpartum psychosis. We don’t talk about it when we need to.

[@nataliedawson3780]

I’m American and live in the UK having my daughter here. As soon as I knew I was pregnant notified my doctor and I got prenatal care FREE. We were encouraged that if you bleed even if it is just a little bit of spotting to call the prenatal unit and come into the hospital for observation. It is crazy that American doctors say that is normal. We were also encouraged to come in if you hadn’t felt the baby move in awhile or not on a regular basis. My daughter didn’t have a regular movement schedule when she was in the womb so I was in hospital almost every week for observation sometimes after midnight. The staff were absolutely lovely, never made me feel like I was over reacting or exaggerating my symptoms, they took my concerns as serious as I did. I had to have an emergency C-section with complications and was kept in hospital after birth for 9 days for observation due to the complications and had amazing care. My mother offered to pay for the hospital bills but there was no hospital bills to pay for because of the great NHS. I never understand why Americans fight universal healthcare. My Partner and I are not well off. The treatment and respectful care I received here is the same for everyone despite your income. Even the after care was amazing. I had home visits by the midwives for the next three months to check on my daughter and for myself to check on my own mental health. Because my labor was so bad I even had follow up scans for the next year to make sure I was healing well after the C-section. Again FREE. It is mind boggling America can’t get its act together. The UK implemented a lot of changes in prenatal and postnatal care as they used to have the lowest infant mortality rate in Europe, and the stubbornness of American politicians to change the healthcare and education system will lead to its downfall.

[@Skjoldulfr93]

Im not a woman of color but i had bleeding at 11 weeks went to er and was told i was miscarrying and the sent me home. It was in gods hands. I was 17. Then later at 23 weeks i had more spotting went to hospital n they took a urine sample n cause there was blood n sample (like duh im bleeding down there 🙄) i was told i was fine and they wouldnt let me talk to doc i never saw him once after 6hrs i begged for them to let me stay. They told me to go home i was fine. one week later after preterm labor since 16 weeks(multiple hospital visits be cause of contractions and iv to pause it) i went into active labor and my son was born at 24 weeks. I spent 3 days in hospital before they discharged me knowing my blood count was low when i got up to my son things went side ways n i was hospitalized where my son was and required a blood transfusion. And learned i should not have been discharged. My son spent 5 months n the nicu. A months later i was diagnosed with endo. Later when i had to have a dnc due to miscarriage they discovered i had a heart shaped uterus. And was finally told i was lucky i carried as long as i did but with proper care i may have been able to carry longer had i been admitted and monitored closely.

[@Skjoldulfr93]

A classmate who was also pregnant was 2 weeks away from her due date had spotting and was told it was fine when she woke up in the morning she was covered n blood and when she got to hospital her placenta had separated from her uterus and her lil girl was dead.

[@ThatsSo369]

I tried to die with my first. I told the doctors that I was swollen (I'm super biney usually) but they just said "you're pregnant, that's normal." My blood pressure was normal range when it's usually low and they didn't believe me there either. After I gave birth, still swollen, still didn't believe me. When I came in 3 days postpartum, still swollen, horrible headache, and blurred vision then they believed me!! I was trying to die and they didn't believe me!! Two days later I was finally released to my baby. Postpartum pre-eclampsia wasn't even on my radar!

[@gateauxq4604]

@nataliedawson3780 please fight tooth and nail to keep the NHS, the US is an outlier that honestly doesn’t care about the human right to get medical care and be healthy.

[@varelasensei]

As someone who's been bullied throughout my entire childhood and witnessed bullying and schools' responses to bullying in general - that father did the right thing. School administrations oftentimes do not do anything meaningful to deter or stop bullying, and it's not like (from what we can tell) the father was threatening the kid or used violence as a deterrent. He simply confronted the kid and asked for an apology and clearly the kid was unable to take accountability for his behavior. Yes, walking into the classroom unannounced and without permission is wrong and potentially dangerous, but if my daughter was being bullied/harassed by her classmate and no one was doing anything about it, you bet your ass I would show up there and also find out where the kid lives to have a serious talk with his parents. I'll gladly be arrested if it means my daughter can feel safe and content in her school environment. How many teens are killing themselves because of bullying? How many teens are not held responsible for their despicable behavior?

[@azuman7]

You are a liar and that alone shows your integrity in this situation. The father could not have BEEN closer, was using a threatening tone, and was flex at the kid. There a absolutely was the implication of violence if the kid didn't do what the father wanted. And it what we DON'T have is that the father went to the FOUR places he could have gone first: the kid's parents, the school, the police, and the news. Sure you can believe NONE of the would do anything, but I better have proof you took those steps or I have NO sympathy for you. You are not judge, jury and executioner. And that mentality that causes as much problems as the bullying. And for all that, why should the kid stop if he IS bullying before the dad came in? If anything the kid is going to want revenge even if the police did or didn't step. It's not like embarrassing him in class is going to lead to him suddenly doing nothing to the daughter or whoever they can get their hands on

[@varelasensei]

@azuman7 So you call me a liar because of what reason exactly? The father was close sure. He wasn't threatening at all, and your subjective interpretation was that he was threatening, which he was not. He was "flex" at the kid...? Are you saying he was flexing his muscles? 🤣 How delusional are you. Phil literally said there was no physical altercation and that the father left voluntarily before security was called. There was no implication at all. This is just what you've convinced yourself to be the case. And you need proof that the father went to the kid's parents, school, police AND news before showing up to the classroom? 🤣 Please, if I have to go through all of that when I can just talk to the school (who obviously didn't do anything about it) and the parents, why the hell would I contact the police with how unreliable they are and considering they have (supposedly) better things to do than show up to the school and deal with bullying. That is not the police's responsibility unless there was a crime committed. At no point did anyone say I or the father are judge, jury or executioner, in fact, if you had any type of reading comprehension, you would realize that I did not fully support the father's decision to show up to the classroom, and did clarify that I would only do this if the school wasn't doing anything about it, BESIDES finding out where the kid lives and talking to his parents about it. The school wouldn't release that information willingly, so I would have to investigate myself. At the very least, I would get one of the parents' phone number so I can contact them to meet up and talk about the situation. What about confronting a bully is as problematic as bullying itself? What makes you assume the kid wants "revenge" due to the father standing up for his daughter, when at that point the bullying is public knowledge and he knows that if he keeps doing it, he could face more serious repercussions like expulsion or an ass whooping from his own parents? (Not the father of the daughter) Embarassing him in class in front of his classmates, some of which are probably his friends, is exactly how bullies stop bullying people, because they are ridiculed and no longer taken seriously and if he did try to do something again not only would he have to face the consequences of his behavior more directly but he would also most likely get called out by his classmates or harassed/bullied himself, something he probably wants to avoid. You seem to make a lot of negatively stereotypical and fearmongering assumptions and clearly have never had to care for an infant or seem to have suffered bullying yourself. In fact, from your rhethoric, it seems you used to be or still are a bully, considering you made the assumption that the kid would want revenge after being confronted by a grown ass man.

[@dmfrendzy2177]

bro seriously? man up. your fucked up childhood has made you a shitty adult.

[@acetrainerwinter9926]

Probirthers and lawmakers would ban other contraceptives if given the chance, never doubt that. Trying to ban or restrict emergency contraceptives under the guise of abortion could be the first step to bridge anti-abortion laws over to anti-contraceptive laws. Birth control would be next, and eventually measures to reduce access to things like condoms. There are people who would be glad to see a world where there is no legal contraception or abortion for anyone, and where children are only created within the context of marriage and that's terrifying

[@rileyfuckingrifle]

Not could be, it absolutely is and that IS their goal.

[@nikkafrog]

I am a child of a teenage pregnancy back in the 80's. She was the first student at her high school to graduate with a kid. She made sure I was not naive and become a teenage mother myself. I never got a stork story. I knew babies were carried in a mothers stomach. And knowledge grew when I grew. She always kept it age appropriate but I was not lied to about how kids became a kid. Once sex ed was taught at school, I knew more than what was taught. When I turned 18, I looked at her and said i beat you. I am now 40 and still have not had a child. I was informed my whole life and deciced that children were not for me. But I knew how to be responsible. To be clear, my mother was being responsible when she had me. I was not planned. She found out that condoms don't always work, especially if you have a latex allergy that you are unaware off. She was also engaged to the "sperm donor". She loves me, but she understood that not being informed and educated does not prevent pregnancy.

[@anovosedlik]

As a non-american, I find it strange that someone WOULDN'T be able to walk in to a classroom during school hours. Never once have I had to worry about some psycho with a gun entering my school. EVER. My mom used to come pick me up for dentist/doctor/etc appointments all the time. How insane is the US that they lock their doors during school hours!?!

[@Turkeysocks]

Well... we're Americans, so we're automatically insane to some extent.

[@shannonhensley2942]

Most schools are locked for young children so they don't escape in the care of the school. It has more to do with kids running off then parents wandering through the building. Especially if the school has special needs programs where the student might not attend all the regular classes and can esacpe from their helpers. In 5th grade the disabled student grabbed my hand walked me out the back door, back through the front door and to another classroom. The teacher with 15 other students didnt see us leave. My highschool on the other hand was so open the first thing you saw was the two biggest rooms in the building filled with the most students. Auditorium and cafeteria a shoiters wet dream. Kids could leave. Strangers could walk in. The offices were on the top floor so you have the entire school to wander through.

[@mistojen]

It's crazy but we have to. Even doing things the way we do it, we experience practically the equivalent of one school shooting every other day. It's AWFUL here. We're a complete shitshow.

[@ctg4818]

It helps them prepare for their future in a for profit prison.

[@killingtimeitself]

school doors in america, the ones to the outside at least, lock from the outside, they can be unlocked centrally, for entering and exiting usually, but are almost always locked. If you leave and need to come back, someone else has to open it for you from the inside, or someone in the office will have to unlock it, or you'll need an access card.

[@annafaulkner9879]

It’s very difficult to look at the new study about mortality rates and childbirth without a bit of side eye. So many women are told we are fine for a multitude of reproductive issues when in fact we are not okay. After my daughter was born I couldn’t stop bleeding. I had preeclampsia with both my kids and was told to go to the hospital immediately if there were any complications. I was left in an empty waiting room with my newborn for over an hour and decided I’d be better off bleeding out at home. I was lucky that it stopped but it wasn’t treated asa serious issue. After that I went to the hospital in horrible pain that was uterus related and was told by a doctor that it might have been a burst cyst, a tumor, or growth but he did not feel like getting out an ultra sound machine to check do take some Tylenol or something. I’ve been scared to get it checked since. I can only imagine how many women have tried to report childbirth complications only to be told to go take pain killers or wait to see a specialist only to not report any issues. There’s this belief that if someone is pregnant they are given special treatment but that’s not only not the case for every person, but some groups of people are treated horribly.

[@ThePoliticalBulldog]

RE: Fentanyl Murder Charges - So does this mean pharma companies will be charged for peddling deadly addictive drugs?

[@paigehansen8944]

Hahahahaha never They’re above the law, clearly

[@cameoburress8160]

I think the difference is knowing what you're getting. There's a difference between being prescribed a drug and getting that drug even if it may be harmful and thinking you're buying oxy but actually getting something cut with fentanyl and not knowing it.

[@azielaugust8349]

@@cameoburress8160 well the doctors and big pharma are still on the hook because they down play the addicted nature of opioids and cause millions to be prescribe without the advisor to patient and even some doctors.

[@bece00]

​@@cameoburress8160 seems much worse to be a doctor and taking advantage of your patients knowing exactly how addictive these drugs are

[@jijitters]

That's not fair at all. Those medications need to exist and be given to a lot of people. SOME people misusing them is not only something we should treat as a sympathetic health issue, it is not something those who have a genuine need should be punished for. The amount of agony you'd cause people for no reason by banning pain medication would be massive and it would not be fair.

[@doubtingkathryn4807]

Good morning. I've been watching you for a few years now and I just subscribed today in order that I could comment on yesterday's show. THANK YOU. And I cannot even begin to write that big enough. Thank you so much for pointing out that there are people out there, families, struggling to get by, even with both parents in the household, employed. While other people talk about how they want to go on vacation see the world, myself and my other half are thinking... when our boys need something, like clothes or shoes.... we can never just say yes because we never have the money. We have to tell them to wait. It kills me every time. I don't want money because I want a bunch of stuff. I want money enough so we can fix everything that is wrong in our house, and enough money that I don't ever have to ask another person to help me purchase something for my kids. I just want enough money to pay off our debt, fix what's wrong with the house we are living in, and to be able to give my boys what they need WHEN they need it. Christmas has been killing me ever since I was laid off from my job when it was sent over seas to be done by someone who would be paid way less. I just want my boys not to struggle. I don't want them to think that struggling is all we can do for them. I want them to know that even though things are bleak sometimes and sometimes we don't have a ton of food... that there is good left in the world and it will get better.... eventually. And then my mind goes down the depression and anxiety hole and I wonder to myself.... will this ever get better? Is this all there is? We work to pay our bills, if we didn't get food stamps, sometimes we wouldn't eat....... Thank you for pointing out that there are people who are just struggling to get by. We exist and I'm thinking that we aren't the only ones. Thank you Phil.

[@NathanWestfieldnoisyace]

I always find it funny how states are so against abortion that there are no boundaries they won't cross but when it comes to helping said babies they're nowhere to be found.

[@jahoytodiesforahoy4615]

Or poor mothers go seeking resources only to be met with a circus of hoops she has to jump through

[@HinataElyonToph]

Like George Carlin said “if you’re unborn, you’re fine; if you’re born, you’re fucked”

[@th3summoner]

I'd say the NJ father did something wrong, but isn't a bad person for doing it the same way many criminal acts beget. The father had the right amount of care for his daughter wanting to act to solve her troubles, which is more than many parents can say. However, walking *into the school* out of nowhere is a huge problem. He could have said the same thing to the boy in an arranged meeting or just with the kids parents present outside of school. The words and feeling were correct, the time and place was not. Extremely worrying that he was able to do that in the first place, the real D-bag is the school for not having adequate safety measures.

[@quinncampbell434]

As a highschool student, seeing an adult just waltz into a school so easily is extremely alarming. I feel like my school is pretty good about security but still.

[@dealbreakerc]

That's because you live in the US and your government continually fails to implement sensible gun control so that you live in a state of perpetual fear. The rest of the developed world would just look at a parent walking into a classroom as weird and out of place and not something to evoke fear.

[@sportchik97]

​@@dealbreakerc I feel like gun issues aren't the only thing to strike fear. There are other things that can happen without use of firearms. Also maybe don't take such a condescending tone with a teenager?? Like they have ANY control over our government or laws.

[@dealbreakerc]

@@sportchik97 maybe when teens actively engage in political activism they can exert pressure on those in their communities who can vote and they will also clearly signal to politicians that the next generation is fed up with going to school in glorified shooting ranges because some old white guys are too in love with their precious guns to take the lives of the people they supposedly represent seriously.

[@BB-ed4om]

@@sportchik97if they waltzed in that would be a pleasant surprise. It’s an old fashioned dance that they probably had to take classes to learn.

[@SirFryStirFry]

As someone who has been screwed by the American school system I understand the dad's point of view. cause I got suspended for defending myself and my parents and i had told the school in question multiple times the issues we were having. So my father said if he hits you again end the fight fast and tell your teacher what happened.

[@OfficialLeahJude]

I actually worked for a tissue processing plant. Technically, you can’t “sell” an organ donation; however, the company I worked for would basically bake the tissue to dry it out and sterilize it. At that point, it was considered totally different from an organ donation and now a “product.” We would process dermis, oculars, pericardial tissue, etc. My job was the disarticulation of arms, legs, and I separated dermis from subcutaneous fat, among other things, including bone pasting. It never sat well with me that it was a for-profit business.

[@feha92]

Did you end up accumulating any prions?

[@lulu.chains.88]

I had a friend pass away last year waiting in a hospital bed for a liver. We all hoped she would last until one came. After watching your deep dive last year I remember thinking that she never had a chance. Being put on that list might as well be a death sentence the way things are being handled.

[@sarahwithstars]

Sorry for your loss, sweetheart ❤

[@lulu.chains.88]

@@sarahwithstars Thank you ❤️

[@MyDirtyHobo]

Why do we want kids having kids, especially these days when young adults can barely afford to take care of themselves working full time. Throw a kid in the mix, suddenly they need to depend on someone else for either childcare or financial assistance because they can't both work full time and be with their baby 24/7. Most people don't have a big lovely support network that holds hands and sings kumbaya.

[@MyDirtyHobo]

To add onto this because I find it dumb and annoying, why the hell are they pretending they only have sex for reproduction?! Are you telling me that when they become (or became as they're not getting any younger!) infertile they'll become abstinent? That they've only had sex within the periods when most likely to conceive? That they didn't experiment at all, have done nothing more than necessary? Give me a break!

[@StreakyBaconMan]

I am half convinced the difficulties it creates for working people is part of the reason they want to force people to have kids. If a young couple has kids, and they can't afford childcare then someone is going to have to stay home and care for the children - that someone is probably going to be whoever earns the less, which is likely the woman due to disparity in pay between professions that are male vs female dominated and the wage gap. And what do these anti-choice nutters tend to also bang on about? The importance of having a traditional nuclear family with a husband who works and a wife who cooks, cleans and raises the kids. Of course that isn't what actually happens in reality, but reality has never been something that crowd seems to care about.

[@heatherwilhelm3063]

My father had a heart transplant in '95. Back then, as a child, it seemed like some sort of miracle that saved our family and bought us another 7 years with our dad. With the news of how corrupt the whole system is, it's not that I'm exactly surprised, the older I get the more I pretty much expect it, but it definitely tarnishes the idea and memory of it a bit. My brothers and I, most of our family even, are organ donors in an idea to pay it forward. Someone being a donor gave my dad a second chance, I would want to do the same. But now the idea that I could be "harvested" for profit makes me sick.

[@inconsequential5504]

As someone who has worked warehouses recently it's kind of surreal when your work deals with computers and there is just an organ in a box sitting on a pallet for a week. Who do you even call for that when management says to not worry about it?

[@paigehansen8944]

Good god, a week?? So disappointing

[@shannonhensley2942]

I work in a very diffrent kind of ware house and even where I work just the amount of incompetence allowed at the beginning and end of the process is baffling. My job is in processing and we get hit with the most complaints even though the delivery teams you'll hear horror stores about their abilities to drive or even what drugs they are taking. We built a new office at the front of the building and the first day the paint is dry a driver drives directly into it. Still works at the company. Still gets to drive the vehicles. But packing is the issue.

[@totough1]

Hell yeah Olivia!!! I love that she has the GUTS to do that. Knowledge and resources are power. The morning after pill isn't the Abortion pill, and this moral panic is only hurting our nation.

[@liamroarke7991]

If you're opposed to birth control, you view daughters as a baby factories and nothing but.

[@ctg4818]

More people more taxes

[@speedy01247]

​@@ctg4818you can get a LOT more taxes by raising tax on the rich or just cutting all the tax loopholes that currently exist.

[@Beatlesfanish]

Phil summed up my own feelings about contraceptives beautifully. Inform kids, young adults, anybody about the risk of having unprotected sex and give them ressources to make sure that when they have a kid it's because they feel ready to welcome new life into the world. I love kids but I know that not everybody who Can have kids Should have kids. Also for all the screaming "Protect the kids", What about 14 or 15 yo girls who got pregnant? do their lives not matter? Why is the life of a not yet existing child more important than the life of a young teen, adult, whatever who may or may not have made a mistake And that's without going into the horrible circumstanes some of these pregenencies come about.

[@oldarmyplays]

as a father and I think i speak for most dads"there is nothing in this world would not do for my kid" so the fact he went to the kid and talked to him is what a dad would do at least. if it was me the hell i would bring my god

[@fuzzypenguinroxmysox]

That “tear” blooper is probably the best part of my week

[@CalmSanity]

Hearing about how awful the organ transplant industry is run has me in tears. After losing my sister we agreed to have her skin donated and it broke my mother to see the aftermath. The thought of it being used to make profits for a shitty organization has me absolutely furious.

[@cosycoffeee]

As a teen mom, I’m glad someone is trying to make a difference. Olivia is doing more work to prevent unplanned pregnancies than our own politicians/government. I asked for birth control and my parents said no. They thought abstinence would work. Obviously not as I got pregnant at 15. Then they wanted me to get an abortion when their bad parenting personally affected their lives. Education and contraceptives are what work. And if you have an issue with teens and women choosing to consensually have sex, then you only care about controlling them and shoving your personal beliefs down their throats.