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> Kids and pregnant people should consume dark chocolate sparingly

I've never met kids that like dark chocolate. Pregnant "people" (IME they're usually women) famously have appetites for all kinds of interesting foods.

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I know lots of kids that like dark chocolate. In the States where the standard is Hershey's milk chocolate, it is easy to like anything else.

I moved to the US from Germany 30 years ago and over the years I've grown to love Hershey's milk chocolate, maybe a bit too weird for coddled Europeans!

you can just say pregnant women

In a comment section where people are (rightfully) arguing the interpretation of microgram differences and the merits of different visualization schemes, I think we can be nuanced here as well and use language that reflects the fact that transgender men and nonbinary people also get pregnant, even though most pregnant people are indeed women.

> transgender men and nonbinary people also get pregnant

The former are women pretending to be men. The latter are women if female.

Let's avoid language that perpetuates these identity delusions.

I don’t think HN is the place for arguing gender politics. Pregnant people is as or more accurate than pregnant women.

There is simply no place to discuss whether there is anything beside pregnant women, giving the space to this antiscientifical vocab in science is not a matter of discussion don't let the loonies run the asylum simple as

It may well not be the place, but the GP isn't the one who opened that door.

my 4yo mainly eat dark chocolate

I now consider myself better-informed!

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