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[mbenigni]

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Up to this very moment, I'd just assumed it couldn't be so.

Meanwhile, the dudes at Town Fair Tire look like they eat every meal off a coffee truck.

 

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Talk about not timely.

 

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Yeah, I'm happy to call folks whatever they want to be called, but this "they/them" business irks the shit out of me sometimes. It connotes plurality, which is enough to render a sentence incomprehensible roughly half of the time. (In other instances - like, in place of "he or she" - it's pretty much in line with previously existing language conventions. Yes, I'm kind of a nerd about this stuff.)

 

[Frodebro]

Yeah, I'm happy to call folks whatever they want to be called, but this "they/them" business irks the shit out of me sometimes. It connotes plurality, which is enough to render a sentence incomprehensible roughly half of the time. (In other instances - like, in place of "he or she" - it's pretty much in line with previously existing language conventions. Yes, I'm kind of a nerd about this stuff.)

Absolutely. I will address a person the way they prefer, but I draw the line at embracing their fantasies as if they were some virtuous reality deserving of parades and recognized holidays. We’re dealing with social misfits who have created their own exclusive club, and demand special treatment for it.

That’s not how a healthy society behaves. In a healthy society, people treat each other with equal respect regardless of their culture, gender, race, gear choices, or whatever. We coexist peacefully. We do not mistreat those who are different from us, but likewise we do not heap admiration on people for cutting off their own dicks.

 

[mercifulfuzziness]

Yeah, I'm happy to call folks whatever they want to be called, but this "they/them" business irks the shit out of me sometimes. It connotes plurality, which is enough to render a sentence incomprehensible roughly half of the time. (In other instances - like, in place of "he or she" - it's pretty much in line with previously existing language conventions. Yes, I'm kind of a nerd about this stuff.)

I am just to old for that stuff. You can identify with whatever, but I am getting into an age where I hear myself say “when I was younger you just had male / female , Heterosexual, homo and bi.”

I just think the internet has exploded all this stuff and I am not worried but I am sad that a lot of young people will do stuff with their bodies and will have a very confusion couple of decades.

 

[Frodebro]

I am just to old for that stuff. You can identify with whatever, but I am getting into an age where I hear myself say “when I was younger you just had male / female , Heterosexual, homo and bi.

I just think the internet has exploded all this stuff and I am not worried but I am sad that a lot of young people will do stuff with their bodies and will have a very confusion couple of decades.

That’s a very legitimate concern. When I was young, we expressed ourselves through our hairstyles, clothing, and the occasional pierced ear. All things that are super important when you’re at that age where you feel compelled to “fit in,” but nothing that permanently alters your body in ways you cannot undo when you get older and may have different thoughts on things. People nowadays are doing things to themselves that they will have to deal with for the rest of their lives, and far too many are not thinking long term about what they’re doing.

Another concern is how many people, who are depressed with their lives, think that making these radical changes will relieve them of their depression. But it doesn’t any more than developing an addiction to drink/drugs will, it just grants a temporary feeling of satisfaction that usually eventually disappears. That’s probably a large reason why the suicide rate is so high in the trans community, and that is really sad.

 

[mercifulfuzziness]

That’s a very legitimate concern. When I was young, we expressed ourselves through our hairstyles, clothing, and the occasional pierced ear. All things that are super important when you’re at that age where you feel compelled to “fit in,” but nothing that permanently alters your body in ways you cannot undo when you get older and may have different thoughts on things. People nowadays are doing things to themselves that they will have to deal with for the rest of their lives, and far too many are not thinking long term about what they’re doing.

Another concern is how many people, who are depressed with their lives, think that making these radical changes will relieve them of their depression. But it doesn’t any more than developing an addiction to drink/drugs will, it just grants a temporary feeling of satisfaction that usually eventually disappears. That’s probably a large reason why the suicide rate is so high in the trans community, and that is really sad.

The worst we could do was get a bad tattoo.

Giving young children in teenage years all those hormones is almost criminal.

It’s getting a bit too political now so let’s keep it at that. But it is scary.

 

[mercifulfuzziness]

The worst we could do was get a bad tattoo.

Giving young children in teenage years all those hormones is almost criminal.

It’s getting a bit too political now so let’s keep it at that. But it is scary.

 

[laxu]

That’s a very legitimate concern. When I was young, we expressed ourselves through our hairstyles, clothing, and the occasional pierced ear. All things that are super important when you’re at that age where you feel compelled to “fit in,” but nothing that permanently alters your body in ways you cannot undo when you get older and may have different thoughts on things. People nowadays are doing things to themselves that they will have to deal with for the rest of their lives, and far too many are not thinking long term about what they’re doing.

Another concern is how many people, who are depressed with their lives, think that making these radical changes will relieve them of their depression. But it doesn’t any more than developing an addiction to drink/drugs will, it just grants a temporary feeling of satisfaction that usually eventually disappears. That’s probably a large reason why the suicide rate is so high in the trans community, and that is really sad.

The way I see it, it's just another version of what it was like growing up in the 1980s and 1990s. If someone was gay, they had to stay in the closet because at that time, being gay was a very common insult, and you'd be at minimum a social pariah, at worst get beaten up or even killed if you came out as gay.

So now that being gay is acceptable, we've simply moved goalposts that being trans is not acceptable.

Those who are so up in arms about someone being trans are weirdly way too invested in what other people do, even though it has no effect in their lives. That's just stupid. Then there's the people that tries to pass laws to actively hurt trans people, and that's just straight up evil for no good reason. Again, not something that has any effect on their lives, they'd just rather be bigots.

A lot of trans people aren't getting gender reassignment surgery because it's well, very expensive and potentially risky. They end up in a place where they might not be accepted in society if they don't look traditionally masculine or feminine, while having issues with their self image. That's likely to be a bigger reason for depression and suicide rather than regretting their decisions.

 

[Frodebro]

The way I see it, it's just another version of what it was like growing up in the 1980s and 1990s. If someone was gay, they had to stay in the closet because at that time, being gay was a very common insult, and you'd be at minimum a social pariah, at worst get beaten up or even killed if you came out as gay.

So now that being gay is acceptable, we've simply moved goalposts that being trans is not acceptable.

Those who are so up in arms about someone being trans are weirdly way too invested in what other people do, even though it has no effect in their lives. That's just stupid. Then there's the people that tries to pass laws to actively hurt trans people, and that's just straight up evil for no good reason. Again, not something that has any effect on their lives, they'd just rather be bigots.

A lot of trans people aren't getting gender reassignment surgery because it's well, very expensive and potentially risky. They end up in a place where they might not be accepted in society if they don't look traditionally masculine or feminine, while having issues with their self image. That's likely to be a bigger reason for depression and suicide rather than regretting their decisions.

It’s not that being gay/trans/whatever is unacceptable, we as a society have moved long past that. The problem is when people shove their lifestyles down everybody else’s throats and demand to be praised for it. That’s not equal treatment, that is special treatment and when people become militant about it there is going to be pushback. Even much of the gay community is tired of the insanity that they are being unwittingly lumped in with.

 

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Wake me up when we’re able to change chromosomes.

Back on topic.

 

[Frodebro]

Wake me up when we’re able to change chromosomes.

Back on topic.

Trust the science!!!

 

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