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Disclaimer: Member of the alphabet mafia here, this is not a hate post, just a rant on something I'm tired of in the advertising space. 

 

Is it just me or is all of this Pride Month advertising really annoying and patronizing? Like call me crazy but I just want to be left alone, I am who I am and as long as I'm not hurting anyone, who cares. It feels like every direction I turn another company has a pride flag on, idk about ya'll but I'm not sure I want to be associated with Activision Blizzard in any way! Lmao I sure as heck don't want to hear some dumb "we support equality and a friendly environment" nonsense from the company that has yet to recover from the stolen breast milk fiasco! XD For goodness sake Apple is in their pride month colors all the while children are making their devices in over seas sweat shops filled with toxic fumes. Maybe the kids in sweat shops are a bigger issue? lol Maybe I don't want to be associated with lifeless corporations?

 

I feel like when the lifeless corporations are removed from the picture Pride Month can be pretty chill, an acknowledgement of past societal errors, maybe a bit of drinking/celebrating progress and then call it a day, but their inclusion just makes me feel gross, I don't want to be associated with these lifeless corporations and I don't want them trying to associate with me or the communities I'm involved in. This isn't an issue with Pride Month itself, it's rather a symptom of a disease in our culture, the disease of consumerism. The hypocritical messaging, the constant begging of purchase, the "we're so moral and so great" all the while they're raping the environment to complete catastrophe and enslaving entire groups of people. Thats all.

 

I will say its quite ironic for me to post this here, a forum dedicated to the reviewing of products for the purposes of consumption, but its also a forum dedicated to the reviewing of corporate practices and this is a practice I despise. Just make quality stuff without hurting people and minimizing environmental impact to the highest degree possible. And stop trying to associate with me, or communities, or anyone else, it's cringe. 

 

Hope that makes sense, post questions if you have any. 

 

 

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I'm not part of the mafia (lol), which can make this hard for me to attempt to talk about online (without it being taken the wrong way) but I definitely find it to be extremely cringe, more often than not. 

 

Of course, my issue isn't the message, but just that you know it isn't sincere at all (talking about corps, specifically of course). 

 

In a similar vein, I'll never forgot a social media post I saw from Rogers (Canadian Telecommunications giant for those that don't know), for black history month. The headine was something like "We at rogers support our black team members", and there were 9 frames, brady bunch style, each with a pair a people. Every pic was the same, a white guy, posing with his arm around a black coworker. It literally made my skin crawl. It's relegating them to props, in my mind. 

 

Representation is fantastic, but you need to at least attempt to make it look organic. 

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2 minutes ago, Holmes108 said:

I'm not part of the mafia (lol), which can make this hard for me to attempt to talk about online (without it being taken the wrong way) but I definitely find it to be extremely cringe, more often than not. 

 

Of course, it's not about the message for me, but just that you know it isn't sincere at all. I'll never forgot a social media post I saw from Rogers (Canadian Telecommunications giant for those that don't know), for black history month. The heading was something like "We at rogers support our black team members", and there were 9 frames, brady bunch style, each with a pair a people. Every pic was the same, a white guy, posing with his arm around a black coworker. It literally made my skin crawl. It's relegating them to props, in my mind. 

 

Representation is fantastic, but you need to at least attempt to make it look organic. 

You're so right and lol, yeah tone gets lost on the internet and people go nuts. Makes little sense to me, life is too short to get butt hurt on the internet, but regardless I think you're right that it's the lack of sincerity, that checkbox style. I think it's called Tokenism which is pretty funny. And to be quite frank I'm not sure it's a good thing for corporations to be involved in cultural discussions at all. 

 

At the end of the day their whole goal is to make money, so anything they do is in the pursuit to make more money or lose less money. Genuine discussions about societal progress and rules should be had without the meddling of any financial institution regardless of intent or origin. Though to be frank that is my opinion, not inherently a fact.

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I guess since big corporations seek to ruthless exploit all people, be they customers or employees, to the absolute maximum they can get away with, regardless of sexual orientation or race, their equality claims are somewhat accurate. 

 

The fact that many big brands are comfortable flying the LGBTQ+ flag from their pole is an encouraging sign about society in general. But, small businesses aside, it feels so insincere.

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18 minutes ago, AngelaHornung said:

You're so right and lol, yeah tone gets lost on the internet and people go nuts. Makes little sense to me, life is too short to get butt hurt on the internet, but regardless I think you're right that it's the lack of sincerity, that checkbox style. I think it's called Tokenism which is pretty funny. And to be quite frank I'm not sure it's a good thing for corporations to be involved in cultural discussions at all. 

 

At the end of the day their whole goal is to make money, so anything they do is in the pursuit to make more money or lose less money. Genuine discussions about societal progress and rules should be had without the meddling of any financial institution regardless of intent or origin. Though to be frank that is my opinion, not inherently a fact.

 

Yes, they're damned if they do and damned if they don't in a lot of ways, because if they made no reference to X then there would be a contingent of people that would freak out on them over that too. 

 

So I'm not sure what the solution is. Try and ignore all advertising, I suppose lol.

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Capitalising off gay people. I don't know all the "alphabet" lingo so I'll just use gay as a generic term for this post. It's all made to... uhh... rainbow-wash? their corporate image and have gays buy their trash or use their services, because apparently they don't do that already... it's confusing.

Here's the thing, I'm pretty simple in my thinking, if someone's gay, straight, trans, queer, drag, a crossdresser, you name it. it has literally no impact in the relationship we can have as friends, coworkers or acquaintances. Some (especially my US e-friends) find that odd for some reason because of my background, I'm orthodox and live pretty much like a cloistress. Think a rural community that hasn't changed since the 1700s, sort of similar to the Amish, but with a sick workstation, and a fridge.

 

Same with the Black Lives Matter movement, apparently racism is still a serious issue in the US (?) and corporations shamelessly profit off that, it's awful when you see it from the outside.

 

You know what'd be great instead of all this crappy marketing? if they stopped making disposable crap that dies or becomes obsolete in less than 2 years so it ends up in a Latin American landfill and people have to buy another one, yeah that'd be great. 

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Yes, they're damned if they do and damned if they don't in a lot of ways, because if they made no reference to X then there would be a contingent of people that would freak out on them over that too. 

 

So I'm not sure what the solution is. Try and ignore all advertising, I suppose lol.

Perhaps I'm too optimistic but I genuinely feel that 99% of the "freaking out" on every topic is a small sad group of individuals who seem to have a much larger presence as their terminally online. I genuinely think that a majority of individuals are pretty reasonable and find this nonsense obnoxious too. 

 

Seems to be logical too, if you have no life then you're terminally online, which means you can much more quickly respond to things as they occur online and these companies might often get their public relations info from the internet. Though I haven't a clue and could be so off the mark its not funny, but to think that a majority of individuals freak out over the smallest of things is just sad, so I'll keep with my optimism and like you summed it up perfectly, ignore the advertising. 

Going to keep my adblockers going! XD

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39 minutes ago, Caroline said:

Capitalising off gay people. I don't know all the "alphabet" lingo so I'll just use gay as a generic term for this post. It's all made to... uhh... rainbow-wash? their corporate image and have gays buy their trash or use their services, because apparently they don't do that already... it's confusing.

Here's the thing, I'm pretty simple in my thinking, if someone's gay, straight, trans, queer, drag, a crossdresser, you name it. it has literally no impact in the relationship we can have as friends, coworkers or acquaintances. Some (especially my US e-friends) find that odd for some reason because of my background, I'm orthodox and live pretty much like a cloistress. Think a rural community that hasn't changed since the 1700s, sort of similar to the Amish, but with a sick workstation, and a fridge.

 

Same with the Black Lives Matter movement, apparently racism is still a serious issue in the US (?) and corporations shamelessly profit off that, it's awful when you see it from the outside.

 

You know what'd be great instead of all this crappy marketing? if they stopped making disposable crap that dies or becomes obsolete in less than 2 years so it ends up in a Latin American landfill and people have to buy another one, yeah that'd be great.

First that sounds like a lovely location to be, second thats awesome, believe it or not I'm Catholic and third you're right. It's gross, companies shouldn't be advertising and or profiting off of any type of social issue or disaster. Regardless of where one falls on any given issue, it is a gross and immoral practice to try and benefit from any group's ills or societal conflicts. 

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Perhaps I'm too optimistic but I genuinely feel that 99% of the "freaking out" on every topic is a small sad group of individuals who seem to have a much larger presence as their terminally online. I genuinely think that a majority of individuals are pretty reasonable and find this nonsense obnoxious too. 

 

Seems to be logical too, if you have no life then you're terminally online, which means you can much more quickly respond to things as they occur online and these companies might often get their public relations info from the internet. Though I haven't a clue and could be so off the mark its not funny, but to think that a majority of individuals freak out over the smallest of things is just sad, so I'll keep with my optimism and like you summed it up perfectly, ignore the advertising. 

Going to keep my adblockers going! XD

 

100%, I've always said that most of the crap we see online is the 5-10% crazies on both sides of the fence. The rest of us just want to go about our lives.

 

Sadly, sometimes that vocal minority can have impact on 'real life', but generally speaking, I think if you didn't go online, and just went out and watched the world, we'd find that this online outrage and bickering (no matter what the topic) isn't really real. At least for the most part. 

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Corporations just want your money. They don't actually care. Funny how all these corpors have their Western twitter accounts decked out in rainbows but their middle east twitter accounts are conspicuously rainbow-free. If they thought it was more profitable to be waving swastikas, they'd do it with gusto. Fuck em.

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My problem is that it's just one month and every company is trying to look like they care, when in fact they don't. They're just trying to get rich off a movement. But it's not just Pride Month, it's every "seasonal" thing. If they really care, they should include this stuff in their daily decisions, not one month a year.

 

I'm mostly of the "live and let live" mindset. I genuinely don't care about the race, gender or sexuality of the people I interact with. I'm not against diversity. I'm just against forced diversity.

 

Like you already said: As long as they're happier and don't physically hurt anybody, who cares?

If someone did not use reason to reach their conclusion in the first place, you cannot use reason to convince them otherwise.

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My problem is that it's just one month and every company is trying to look like they care, when in fact they don't. They're just trying to get rich off a movement. But it's not just Pride Month, it's every "seasonal" thing. If they really care, they should include this stuff in their daily decisions, not one month a year.

 

I'm mostly of the "live and let live" mindset. I genuinely don't care about the race, gender or sexuality of the people I interact with. I'm not against diversity. I'm just against forced diversity.

 

Like you already said: As long as they're happier and don't physically hurt anybody, who cares?

I bet nowadays 99% of the population (in the US anyway) don't care if someone is gay or not. And the 1% that are against gays and would harass them, probably don't change their mind because of pride month. Same goes for race (which doesn't even exist for humans) etc. 

 

Maybe 30 years ago that was different. But today all churches I drive by are all rainbow (and they officially discriminate against women). 

 

If they add 2 more letters, they probably have included literally every human being anyway. 

 

Instead of inclusion, those special days and months are excluding everyone else. If we all do the same things regardless of these unimportant differences, we get along better. Creating new in and out groups isn't helping. 

 

At my workplace they have all these gay, women, black, Latinx (WTH is that even?) workgroups. I find that highly offending and excluding. We all would appreciate each other better if we would mix up instead of creating these exclusive clubs.  Here we also have pride bike rides etc. Am I even allowed to participate? Is there a test required to  proof one belongs to that group (there should be a South Park episode about how to test being gay)? Does riding a bike have anything to do with sexual preference?  IMHO, this is a bad development. All humans are equal... except the people who are more equal 

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I feel like we're all on the same page which is fantastic! 🙂 We all agree that the core issue here is that companies are using social commentary and movements to advertise and profit off of and that it's gross. A company should not morally be doing this. Thats my exact issue with it. However expecting morals from a corporate entity is kind of a funny thing! XD 

Glad to know I'm not alone. Sometimes I felt like I was being a bit gross myself when I'd get notably frustrated or grossed out when companies did this, until I realized that the issue I had with it personally was the their attempt to profit off of it. 

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My company's "pride month" pandering was a bunch of forced pride wallpapers on everyone's desktop at work.

I can tell you. More than a few people were mad at it (mainly older conservative types). It got so bad they reverted it and simply gave a tool to let us change the wallpaper to whatever we wanted in less than day (within a choice of about 12 different wallpapers, 2 of which were pride month related).

It really is patronizing when a company who says nothing and does nothing 11 months per year and suddenly they are all for "pride" in the most meaningless ways....

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Would be wonderful if companies were actually supportive of the "alphabet mafia" as you so eloquently stated, rather than using pride month as an advertising tool. I would like articles of clothing which fit my trans body better, I really could not care less that my AA batteries and drain cleaners have rainbows on them. That said, living in an unsupportive area I find it nice to be acknowledged in any way whatsoever, but that gets old fast.

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But to Tom, it's all foolery. 

 

 

 

 

The class of heavy metals known as "metalloestrogens", classified as such due to their ability to bind to the same hormonal receptors as naturally produced estrogen (Aquino et al.), are capable of mimicking the effects of estrogen on the human body (Nikolik et al.). Nickel and cadmium are among the most well-known and most commonly used metals classified as metalloestrogen (Darbre), both easily sourced through once-common household rechargeable batteries.

Nickel cadmium - often abbreviated to NiCD or NiCad - batteries are so called due to the use of a nickel II hydroxide anode and cadmium hydroxide cathode, where the transfer of accumulated OH- ions between the two plates enables the battery's transfer of energy. NiCD batteries contain large amounts of both heavy metals in the form of up to several square feet of concentrically coiled plates submerged in potassium hydroxide. Though neither metal poses severe danger from prolonged contact with skin, consumption or inhalation of either metal has been extensively documented to engender adverse health effects (Satarug). 

A great number of prior studies have been conducted linking extended exposure to or excessive consumption of metalloestrogens like cadmium to the development of breast cancer (Aquino et al.) - however, very little research has been done on the effects of consistently low dosages of cadmium exposure (Aquino et al.). Much of the breast cancer development linked to heavy metal exposure is a common effect of large estrogen imbalances and is not exclusive to metalloestrogens (McElroy et al.). Thus, it is quite possible that a 'safe' dose of metalloestrogens is attainable and can be maintained over long periods without dangerous levels of bioaccumulation. 

Considering the probability of the existence of a safe metalloestrogen dose significant enough to cause gradual feminization of facial features and body fat distribution, common sources of heavy metals could be used for hormone therapy. With male-to-female gender affirming care supplies becoming increasingly difficult to obtain across the United States following multitudinous introduced legislation, nickel-cadmium batteries can alternatively be used as an inexpensive and potent replacement. 

 

Works Cited

      Aquino NB, Sevigny MB, Sabangan J, Louie MC. The role of cadmium and nickel in estrogen receptor signaling and breast cancer: metalloestrogens or not? J Environ Sci Health C Environ Carcinog Ecotoxicol Rev. 2012;30(3):189-224. doi: 10.1080/10590501.2012.705159. PMID: 22970719; PMCID: PMC3476837.

      Rollerova, E., Urbancikova, N. Intracellular estrogen receptors, their characterization and function (Review). https://www.sav.sk/journals/endo/full/er0400f.pdf.

      Nikolic J, Sokolovic D. Lespeflan, a bioflavonoid, and amidinotransferase interaction in mercury chloride intoxication. Ren Fail. 2004 Nov;26(6):607-11. doi: 10.1081/jdi-200037149. PMID: 15600250.

      Darbre PD. Metalloestrogens: an emerging class of inorganic xenoestrogens with potential to add to the oestrogenic burden of the human breast. J Appl Toxicol. 2006 May-Jun;26(3):191-7. doi: 10.1002/jat.1135. PMID: 16489580.

      Satarug S, Garrett SH, Sens MA, Sens DA. Cadmium, environmental exposure, and health outcomes. Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Feb;118(2):182-90. doi: 10.1289/ehp.0901234. PMID: 20123617; PMCID: PMC2831915.

      McElroy JA, Shafer MM, Trentham-Dietz A, Hampton JM, Newcomb PA. Cadmium exposure and breast cancer risk. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2006 Jun 21;98(12):869-73. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djj233. PMID: 16788160.

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They care about money that's why they advocate most leftist stuff, its all a political game if you ask me about it... To be fair if I had a multi million/billion dollar company I would do the same thing in this day and age. No offense. 

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They care about money that's why they advocate most leftist stuff, its all a political game if you ask me about it... To be fair if I had a multi million/billion dollar company I would do the same thing in this day and age. No offense. 

Here's a business strat for ya

-Make product

-Put rainbows on it

-Pay people to complain about your product online

-Three weeks later, release same product branded as "ANTI-WOKE" under different brand name

-price "ANTI WOKE" version at triple the cost to own the libs with good ol capitalism

What the horse considers play, the monkey considers business...

But to Tom, it's all foolery. 

 

 

 

 

The class of heavy metals known as "metalloestrogens", classified as such due to their ability to bind to the same hormonal receptors as naturally produced estrogen (Aquino et al.), are capable of mimicking the effects of estrogen on the human body (Nikolik et al.). Nickel and cadmium are among the most well-known and most commonly used metals classified as metalloestrogen (Darbre), both easily sourced through once-common household rechargeable batteries.

Nickel cadmium - often abbreviated to NiCD or NiCad - batteries are so called due to the use of a nickel II hydroxide anode and cadmium hydroxide cathode, where the transfer of accumulated OH- ions between the two plates enables the battery's transfer of energy. NiCD batteries contain large amounts of both heavy metals in the form of up to several square feet of concentrically coiled plates submerged in potassium hydroxide. Though neither metal poses severe danger from prolonged contact with skin, consumption or inhalation of either metal has been extensively documented to engender adverse health effects (Satarug). 

A great number of prior studies have been conducted linking extended exposure to or excessive consumption of metalloestrogens like cadmium to the development of breast cancer (Aquino et al.) - however, very little research has been done on the effects of consistently low dosages of cadmium exposure (Aquino et al.). Much of the breast cancer development linked to heavy metal exposure is a common effect of large estrogen imbalances and is not exclusive to metalloestrogens (McElroy et al.). Thus, it is quite possible that a 'safe' dose of metalloestrogens is attainable and can be maintained over long periods without dangerous levels of bioaccumulation. 

Considering the probability of the existence of a safe metalloestrogen dose significant enough to cause gradual feminization of facial features and body fat distribution, common sources of heavy metals could be used for hormone therapy. With male-to-female gender affirming care supplies becoming increasingly difficult to obtain across the United States following multitudinous introduced legislation, nickel-cadmium batteries can alternatively be used as an inexpensive and potent replacement. 

 

Works Cited

      Aquino NB, Sevigny MB, Sabangan J, Louie MC. The role of cadmium and nickel in estrogen receptor signaling and breast cancer: metalloestrogens or not? J Environ Sci Health C Environ Carcinog Ecotoxicol Rev. 2012;30(3):189-224. doi: 10.1080/10590501.2012.705159. PMID: 22970719; PMCID: PMC3476837.

      Rollerova, E., Urbancikova, N. Intracellular estrogen receptors, their characterization and function (Review). https://www.sav.sk/journals/endo/full/er0400f.pdf.

      Nikolic J, Sokolovic D. Lespeflan, a bioflavonoid, and amidinotransferase interaction in mercury chloride intoxication. Ren Fail. 2004 Nov;26(6):607-11. doi: 10.1081/jdi-200037149. PMID: 15600250.

      Darbre PD. Metalloestrogens: an emerging class of inorganic xenoestrogens with potential to add to the oestrogenic burden of the human breast. J Appl Toxicol. 2006 May-Jun;26(3):191-7. doi: 10.1002/jat.1135. PMID: 16489580.

      Satarug S, Garrett SH, Sens MA, Sens DA. Cadmium, environmental exposure, and health outcomes. Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Feb;118(2):182-90. doi: 10.1289/ehp.0901234. PMID: 20123617; PMCID: PMC2831915.

      McElroy JA, Shafer MM, Trentham-Dietz A, Hampton JM, Newcomb PA. Cadmium exposure and breast cancer risk. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2006 Jun 21;98(12):869-73. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djj233. PMID: 16788160.

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Here's a business strat for ya

-Make product

-Put rainbows on it

-Pay people to complain about your product online

-Three weeks later, release same product branded as "ANTI-WOKE" under different brand name

-price "ANTI WOKE" version at triple the cost to own the libs with good ol capitalism

Nice idea! Lets see what the product should be... OH ik a "pride colored gaming pc BOOM profit 💲💲💲"

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Nice idea! Lets see what the product should be... OH ik a "pride colored gaming pc BOOM profit 💲💲💲"

RGB. Why do you think it's so expensive?

I'm not actually trying to be as grumpy as it seems.

I will find your mentions of Ikea or Gnome and I will /s post. 

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What is woke at this point? the word has been abused so much it's used for literally anything.

 

On 6/21/2024 at 11:10 AM, Lurking said:

At my workplace they have all these gay, women, black, Latinx (WTH is that even?) workgroups. I find that highly offending and excluding.

Segregation 2: Electric Boogaloo.

 

Call me Latinx and I'll hit you. Oh and apparently it only applies to Mexicans? because Mexicans don't have a name already... yeah, BUT WAIT it gets better, I found out via Reddit I can't be part of the Latin club even though I literally live in fucking Latin America, apparently I'm "too white" lol, lmao even. 

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What is woke at this point? the word has been abused so much it's used for literally anything.

 

Segregation 2: Electric Boogaloo.

 

Call me Latinx and I'll hit you. Oh and apparently it only applies to Mexicans? because Mexicans don't have a name already... yeah, BUT WAIT it gets better, I found out via Reddit I can't be part of the Latin club even though I literally live in fucking Latin America, apparently I'm "too white" lol, lmao even.

Spend some time in the Sun and you will be allowed back in. Or just do it like Rachel Dolezal.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Dolezal

 

Wait till they find out we all are homo sapiens and all originate from Africa and there aren't meaningful genetic differences between people with different skin colors. All those DEI people then have to find something else to do.

 

I so far haven't seen any Latin people. The Romans spoke Latin. But only the original Romans from the Tiber regions were called Latin, not the entire empire. Later some people in the Church did speak Latin as a second language. But I can't think of any native Latin speakers. I have no idea what those Latinx are. French also is a Latin language. Are parts of Canada Latin America? Are Canadians LatinX? 

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The things that most people in the left advocate for not all ideas but most. Referring to USA politics here.

That's on the right track. Typically used to describe "Something I don't like". Used in a sentence: XPS M2010 is woke. 

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But to Tom, it's all foolery. 

 

 

 

 

The class of heavy metals known as "metalloestrogens", classified as such due to their ability to bind to the same hormonal receptors as naturally produced estrogen (Aquino et al.), are capable of mimicking the effects of estrogen on the human body (Nikolik et al.). Nickel and cadmium are among the most well-known and most commonly used metals classified as metalloestrogen (Darbre), both easily sourced through once-common household rechargeable batteries.

Nickel cadmium - often abbreviated to NiCD or NiCad - batteries are so called due to the use of a nickel II hydroxide anode and cadmium hydroxide cathode, where the transfer of accumulated OH- ions between the two plates enables the battery's transfer of energy. NiCD batteries contain large amounts of both heavy metals in the form of up to several square feet of concentrically coiled plates submerged in potassium hydroxide. Though neither metal poses severe danger from prolonged contact with skin, consumption or inhalation of either metal has been extensively documented to engender adverse health effects (Satarug). 

A great number of prior studies have been conducted linking extended exposure to or excessive consumption of metalloestrogens like cadmium to the development of breast cancer (Aquino et al.) - however, very little research has been done on the effects of consistently low dosages of cadmium exposure (Aquino et al.). Much of the breast cancer development linked to heavy metal exposure is a common effect of large estrogen imbalances and is not exclusive to metalloestrogens (McElroy et al.). Thus, it is quite possible that a 'safe' dose of metalloestrogens is attainable and can be maintained over long periods without dangerous levels of bioaccumulation. 

Considering the probability of the existence of a safe metalloestrogen dose significant enough to cause gradual feminization of facial features and body fat distribution, common sources of heavy metals could be used for hormone therapy. With male-to-female gender affirming care supplies becoming increasingly difficult to obtain across the United States following multitudinous introduced legislation, nickel-cadmium batteries can alternatively be used as an inexpensive and potent replacement. 

 

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