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[–]firebird 11 insightful - 5 fun11 insightful - 4 fun12 insightful - 5 fun -  (9 children)

I came across that thread as well yesterday, my favourite response was this one person who tried to give an example of 2+2=5 but ended up giving an example of 2.5+2.5=5.

[–]lefterfield 10 insightful - 4 fun10 insightful - 3 fun11 insightful - 4 fun -  (8 children)

Eh, I'm sure there's a modulus or definition or symbology that could be artificially constructed to enable 2+2 to equal 5. But going through the effort of finding one is very much missing the forest for the trees. If you have to redefine language and mathematical constructions to prove your point, you might be a TRA. And you are the party described in 1984.

[–]VioletRemi 19 insightful - 13 fun19 insightful - 12 fun20 insightful - 13 fun -  (7 children)

If we renamed "4" as "5", then 2+2 = 5. However, 2+3 = what now? "assigned 5 originally"?

[–]lefterfield 17 insightful - 11 fun17 insightful - 10 fun18 insightful - 11 fun -  (4 children)

Coercively assigned 5 at birth. :D

[–]VioletRemi 9 insightful - 6 fun9 insightful - 5 fun10 insightful - 6 fun -  (3 children)

Numbers are not being born, tho!

[–]Omina_Sentenziosa 10 insightful - 7 fun10 insightful - 6 fun11 insightful - 7 fun -  (0 children)

Violently assigned 5 at writing.

[–]lefterfield 8 insightful - 6 fun8 insightful - 5 fun9 insightful - 6 fun -  (0 children)

They are if they identify as being born!

[–]Complicated-Spirit 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Made me think of a tweet I once saw in which an absolutely brilliant TRA, who should totally be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for this genius thinking that has solved so many problems, declared that all children should not be given a name (since those are gendered) or “assigned a sex” at birth, but a number. They can then freely choose what they want to be later, when they’re older, without their parents.

Someone responded with, “But what if they’re assigned an even number and they identify as an odd one?”

[–]Dragonerne 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)