FfaerieOxide

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

It is not "pointless nitpicking". It is very important holding fast against allowing very determined forces of hate any foothold whatever.

I argue 3 things:

  1. Irrespective the truth value of your claim you should not forward that position as there are forces of oppression who will latch onto any conceit of inherent differences between cis and trans people and claim that is the oh-so-important difference around which they claim the need to organize the oppression they are rabidly looking for excuses for
  2. Your claim is not true under the commonly understood nor scientific consensus of what "sex" is
  3. Even under your claim—which I consider simplistic and reductive—that sex is mere reproductive capability via sperm or eggs your assertion remains false

although it can be lost

No one "in casual conversation" considers someone "sexless" when they lose their gonads to cancer, nor do you know the "sex" of anyone to whose sex you have referred in going on high-90s percent of cases by your ridiculously narrow definition—I can't imagine in those cases where you find yourself considering using either term you jam the person with a needle or jerk them off into a cup and bust out a microscope to check motility.

Finally I'm not sure what you hope to gain by your pedantry—they're never gonna let you into the car.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Being trans myself, I will gladly tell you no one can change their biological sex yet

This is wrong.

"Sex" is determined by myriad inter-related physical and chemical factors which are absolutely capable of changing.

The view you are adding whatever credence being trans gives you to the discussion not only is incorrect it is adopted and propagated to back-justify oppression.

Do not do that.

A woman who was assigned female at birth and later lost her uterus to cancer wouldn't stop being referred to as "female, late 40s" when her chart is being filled out by EMTs. The distinction you are attempting to hold up is meaningless to how "sex" gets used socially and epidemiologically.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

I mean you have technically always needed a drivers license to drive

No you don't. They still work even if you don't have one.

Hell, the keys turn in the ignition even if you're drunk.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (18 children)

Do you need an mp3 player?

Power to you if you're doing it for giggles and shits, but can't you load VLC onto that Pixle of yours?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I was wondering who got paid from this and found out Cobain's daughter dated/is dating Tony Hawk's son.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Friend #3: "Do it; no balls!"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (6 children)

Clearly masculinity is a very elegantly culturally evolved trait for survival.

Sure it'll get you killed but like so many things which've evolved to kill us we can treat it now with pills.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Nobody deserves to die, friend.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I think it's appropriate to cut him some slack.

People are dead who would not have been had he not toured when he did.

Sure, his story is a sad one but he can fuck off.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago

I'd be willing to chalk a slurred "I'll fucking kill your whole family I swear to god." to his being an alcoholic, but I can't set aside his actually killing people by holding a show and saying "fuck that covid shit" in the middle of a plague.

Nazism is also a line that should never be crossed with any justification.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 10 months ago (10 children)

I don't judge him for his alcoholism, I judge him for being responsible for over 200 cases of covid.

...and also for seemingly throwing up nazi salutes at a show.

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