what if there is no end? all we have is means.

A prominent US Republican senator has just been announced dead - and it's not the one you think

Mitch McConnell will die two weeks from today (8/31/23)

there is no need to charge or cast i just be Knowing

sorry for fucking up our conversation i had never had that one before

I do think "literally zero evidence indicates that gatekeeping medical transition does anything to prevent regret, but the harm done by gatekeeping is extensively documented" is a much stronger argument than "regret isn't real" cause there's always going to be some anecdote that puts you in a weak-looking rhetorical position for the latter, but the former is pretty unassailable.

You really need to approach this "debate" with an understanding that opponents of gender-affirming care are proposing treatments and methodologies backed by Jack Shit. "Gatekeep harder to prevent regret" has an equal amount of evidence backing it as "give them ivermectin to prevent regret" or "try to balance the humours?" or "try putting a scalpel in a glass of water then dilute that water at a 1:1000 ratio 40 times to make a homeopathic cure for the regret"