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[–] 62 points 1 year ago (9 children)

So something so ludicrously common that it basically can't be proved. Super.

Did you know that 97% of people killed in car accidents clean their teeth on a regular basis? I think we need to look into that.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

    100% of people who died drank water

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Oddly I don't think that can be a full 100% due to infant death during or shortly after birth.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    The mother ingested water. We're in a thread based on the host consuming things

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The host is a great description, going to have to start using that.... well maybe not.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    The way it lands would probably depend on context, including who the speaker is. Having a uterus and calling yourself a "potential host" is vastly different from someone else, for example RFK Jr, using the term to refer to others. One is a deliberate subversion of the expectation that anyone with a uterus is supposed to be pro "having babies." The other can be straight-up dehumanization (depending on how it's used.)

    Being on the internet, where the sex and gender of a speaker aren't always obvious, you're probably making a wise choice by avoiding the term.

    With all that said, as a uterus-haver, I still laughed when I read it. So... ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I for some reason though of it being used in the worst video dating reel. Think "lowered expectations" but with some modern "trad wife" wanting asshat.

    "Looking for an available female for the purpose of becoming the host of my son"

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