A Transgender Metalhead has won a seat in the House of Representatives in Virginia

[jaxadam]

Maybe you should try playing a new/different game? Capitalism/civilization failed me miserably but I became an expert minimalist and started using gift economy a few years ago and now have a community that loves me and free access to anything I'll ever need.

Oh, I'm happy with the game I play, it's just tiring!

I guess throwing a few kids into the mix didn't help with that, and I'm not sure the gift economy and a community that loves me will pay the bills and keep them happy, fed, daycare, clothes, birthday parties, miscellaneous shit here and there, doctor appointments, did I mention food?, toys, books, food, shoes, food, food...

 

[Ernesto]

Only the truest of anarchists can successfully navigate and benefit from capitalist driven economic systems. Burn down the system! (Once we're done profiting from it of course)



I, for one, welcome the forum's new pterodactyl overlord; decider of pronouns, defender of anarchy, pilferer of capitalism, blockerer of interesting forumers, and of course, shining beacon of pseudo-intellectualism in an ever crumbling society.

No doubt this pterodactyl will usher in a new era of condescension and pretension the likes of which have never been seen in the history of guitar forums.

You may lack reading comprehension skills and have some extensive mental issues but I still love you. That was hilarious.

 

[HUGH JAYNUS]

That’s one way to “stick it to the man”

 

[HUGH JAYNUS]

That’s one way to “stick it to the man”

 

[Curt]

You may have reading comprehension issues and some extensive mental issues but I still love you. That was hilarious.

Is it her reading comprehension that's lacking? Or your ability to put coherent thought into equally coherent word?

 

[Ernesto]

Is it her reading comprehension that's lacking? Or your ability to put coherent thought into equally coherent word?

Bad troll.

 

[tacotiklah]

You may lack reading comprehension skills and have some extensive mental issues but I still love you. That was hilarious.

Guilty as charged. The fact that more people on this forum are not bowing before you, oh mighty Lord REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, is driving me crazy.

But spread your wings and fly! Fly and save the world from transgender confusion by insisting they invent a pronoun that doesn't at all reflect their identity when there are existing pronouns that do! THY WILL BE DONE IN SSO, AS IT IS IN NECKBEARDLAND!

 

[Ernesto]

Guilty as charged. The fact that more people on this forum are not bowing before you, oh mighty Lord REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, is driving me crazy.

But spread your wings and fly! Fly and save the world from transgender confusion by insisting they invent a pronoun that doesn't at all reflect their identity when there are existing pronouns that do! THY WILL BE DONE IN SSO, AS IT IS IN NECKBEARDLAND!

Just be warned, if you decide to stop fighting the urge to become one of my concubines, and you find me and introduce yourself as a woman, when I find out the truth, I'm going to have to dump you and break your heart. It wouldn't necessarily be because we have incompatible naughty bits though, it would be because you were dishonest with me. I'd touch another wiener before I'd ever share my life with a liar/false advertiser. Be what you are and be proud of it, just don't call yourself a Strandberg when you're actually a Kiesel.

 

[MFB]

Just be warned, if you decide to stop fighting the urge to become one of my concubines, and you find me and introduce yourself as a woman, when I find out the truth, I'm going to have to dump you and break your heart. It wouldn't necessarily be because we have incompatible naughty bits though, it would be because you were dishonest with me. I'd touch another wiener before I'd ever share my life with a liar/false advertiser. Be what you are and be proud of it, just don't call yourself a Strandberg when you're actually a Kiesel.

Sex =/= gender

 

[narad]

don't call yourself a Strandberg when you're actually a Kiesel.

Harsh.

 

[Ernesto]

Sex =/= gender

Well, grey looks green to me so when I go to get my car painted and I ask for grey paint, it better come out green!

Gender:
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/gender?s=t

Sex:
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/sex?s=t

You better call the dictionary and tell it it's wrong!

 

[Ernesto]

Harsh.

It wasn't supposed to be harsh. They're both really nice guitars but totally different designs. Have I missed something?

 

[narad]

Well, grey looks green to me so when I go to get my car painted and I ask for grey paint, it better come out green!

Gender:
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/gender?s=t

Sex:
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/sex?s=t

You better call the dictionary and tell it it's wrong!

First Link (gender):
either the male or female division of a species, especially as differentiated by social and cultural roles and behavior:

Second Link (sex):
either the male or female division of a species, especially as differentiated with reference to the reproductive functions.

Where's that reading comprehension you were all on about a few posts back?

 

[Ernesto]

First Link (gender):
either the male or female division of a species, especially as differentiated by social and cultural roles and behavior:

Second Link (sex):
either the male or female division of a species, especially as differentiated with reference to the reproductive functions.

Where's that reading comprehension you were all on about a few posts back?

Ever heard of the term newspeak? Ever read 1984? Why can't we make up new words instead of adding definitions to new ones? (Rhetorical question)
Just think about it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspeak

Doublespeak applies even better.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doublespeak

 

[MFB]

Well, grey looks green to me so when I go to get my car painted and I ask for grey paint, it better come out green!

Gender:
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/gender?s=t

Sex:
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/sex?s=t

You better call the dictionary and tell it it's wrong!

And I'm sure that as the debate and discussion about these things continue, a definition about something that involves a part of the body we couldnt study nearly as well as we can today will probably be updated/amended to incorporate it.

The only reason it's currently as such is because we a society have always said "this is a male (because of his sex), so he must be a male in gender as well ...because why not?!" and its never changed. Until now.

 

[narad]

Ever heard of the term newspeak? Ever read 1984? Why can't we make up new words instead of adding definitions to new ones? (Rhetorical question)
Just think about it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspeak

The point is that the established definitions of sex and gender *are* different. Your mention of 1984 is a complete tangent to distract away from how you just tried to show that dictionary listed the two definitions as identical, only to show the exact opposite.

You literally tried refuting MFB's post only to prove it.

 

[StevenC]

Ever heard of the term newspeak? Ever read 1984? Why can't we make up new words instead of adding definitions to new ones? (Rhetorical question)
Just think about it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspeak

Doublespeak applies even better.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doublespeak

First of all, what's that got to do with your inability to proofread your own links well enough not to make an ass of yourself?

Second, great sneaky edit from Animal Farm to 1984 avoiding doing the same thing again.

Third, words often change and develop in definition as they become more or less useful. Maybe gender and sex used to have the same meaning, but today having two words to mean the same thing is redundant and one can be made more useful by adjusting it's definition.

Finally, r/iamverysmart

 

[Ernesto]

The point is that the established definitions of sex and gender *are* different. Your mention of 1984 is a complete tangent to distract away from how you just tried to show that dictionary listed the two definitions as identical, only to show the exact opposite.

You literally tried refuting MFB's post only to prove it.

The primary and traditional definitions are identical. In a world where words mean lots of different things, productive communication is impossible unless one also predefines which meaning of a word they're expressing, which degrades discussion to a dismal level of efficiency. It's beyond retarded (To avoid offending those with Down's Syndroms, I guess I should state that I'm using the first definition here- citation:http://www.dictionary.com/browse/retarded).

That's enough fun for one evening. You guys have fun!

 

[Ernesto]

First of all, wh........blabber, blabber, derp, derp.............
Finally, r/iamverysmart

Hey! At least I got the author right on the first try!

 

[narad]

The primary and traditional definitions are identical. In a world where words mean lots of different things, productive communication is impossible unless one also predefines which meaning of a word they're expressing, which degrades discussion to a dismal level of efficiency. It's beyond retarded (To avoid offending those with Down's Syndroms, I guess I should state that I'm using the first definition here- citation:http://www.dictionary.com/browse/retarded).

That's enough fun for one evening. You guys have fun!

The primary definitions are different. As quoted. You're retired -- I'm sure you can find the time to make it all the way through the sentence.