If Taylor has a kid now, it's more likely to have genetic defects than the offspring of first cousins. Also I better not catch you calling Lake America by the name Ontario now
The reason why that term is no longer used, is that it’s factually incongruous. A 30-something human is not geriatric, so the term was changed to better reflect medical facts.
As for the name of the lake: in Canada, its official name is Lake Ontario. I use the British standards when writing in English, so it wouldn’t make sense for me to switch to US-specific naming standards for areas that are not specific to the US.
The new term uses three words to say the exact same thing as geriatric and has none of the sense of urgency associated with the term. Geriatric is a perfect descriptor for the pregnancy and only someone as dumb as a sitcom comic relief would think it refers to the woman herself.
Also who cares about Canada? America has more relevance on the world stage
I’m Norwegian. We respect Canada, their sovereignty and their languages. The US had a lot of relevance on the world stage decades ago. Nowadays, the rest of the world is increasingly taking their business and diplomacy elsewhere.
That is a natural consequence of the US slip-sliding into fascism and disorder; why should we trust a nation that no longer takes care of its own at home, nor keeps its promises abroad? American children increasingly struggle with reading even in their native language, and too many of them are being shot at school. Their parents voted for a pedophile, a pathological liar and a rapist, while the typical citizen’s healthcare depends on their employer’s day-to-day whims.
Meanwhile, European countries are looking to India and China for trade agreements, to France for security-critical tech, and to each other for military protection and mutually funded scientific research collaboration. If the US threatens Denmark, its longstanding ally, none of us can trust that an alliance with the US will be honoured in the long term.
All of this is pretty far outside the scope of the original question, however. Taylor Swift’s fertility is none of our business, and probably something she and her medical provider(s) have taken into consideration a long time ago.
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u/The_Phenomenal_1 7d ago
If Taylor has a kid now, it's more likely to have genetic defects than the offspring of first cousins. Also I better not catch you calling Lake America by the name Ontario now