[FRIAM] Friday AM

[Marcus Daniels]

Whether it was the native Americans in New Mexico or the Ohlone in California, I've always found it a bit strange how some in assimilated cultures long for their ancestral identity.  I've never had this for reason below.  Perhaps it would be different if I had a different skin color from my parents.     

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From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of glen
Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2023 5:08 AM
To: friam at redfish.com
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Friday AM

Yeah, being adopted gives me yet another advantage over you breeder types. ⛧ I run into many situations where people talk about (dark) intra- and inter-generational patterns in their families. If/when they ask me, I get to bail on the whole conversation ... or participate with no skin in the game. I can't imagine surrendering that privilege by hunting down my birth parents. Yuck. It's my own personal version of the Rawlsian veil. What are the chances the situation on the other side of the veil is better than it is on this side? Low, low, low.


[⛧] As well as being wise enough *not* to send my DNA to services like Ancestry or 23andMe <https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/03/idaho-student-killings-suspect-dna-public-genealogy-databasehttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/03/idaho-student-killings-suspect-dna-public-genealogy-database>. Renee's toast, though, because her sisters did it! If/when she decides to murder some frat boys, they'll catch her for sure. Of course, the PI for the RCT I was on, and the drug company he worked for, have my biosample(s) buried at the back of some fridge somewhere. Can the cops get to it? Let's hope not, but prolly yes.


On 1/3/23 16:17, Steve Smith wrote:
> 
> My very limited experience with western medicine (professional and amateur) seems highly biased toward this (LCD).  Like smearing all the colors together from your big box of crayons just gives you mud...
>> [snip]
> 
> There is certainly no end of naive interpretation of statistics in our popular descriptions of just about anything...   unto superstition.  I know many people who very literally get very squirmy when they approach the age that their same-sex parent died... especially if it was some genetically influenced thing, but it could even have been a car-accident?!
> 

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