Being pressured to put pronouns in my bio

filbs111 · 2021-01-25T04:30:13+00:00

A good source of info: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=mumsnet+pronouns

filbs111 · 2021-01-21T19:40:45+00:00

If it's true that some states have completely different opinions about what role government should play in their lives, then the solution is either some light touch federal system where they can decide their own rules, or splitting up completely. If those in power at the state level force their way of life (or lack thereof) on those they despise without their consent, then option 1 isn't really on the table. Who in this situation is being unreasonable?

filbs111 · 2021-01-21T01:20:40+00:00

I put on my robe and wizard hat.

filbs111 · 2021-01-20T23:32:50+00:00

Reckon I've got another 5 years on top of that on account of what passes for living in Airstrip One.

"No, Winston, that is no use. You are lying. You still think that's a man."

filbs111 · 2021-01-20T23:27:12+00:00

I can only speak for us, but it's the smallest weave seen.

filbs111 · 2021-01-20T23:25:28+00:00

The stasi is just an idea.

filbs111 · 2021-01-20T23:24:02+00:00

It's like I can feel him stretching out his arms. Holding my shoulders. I can feel his nose on my neck.

filbs111 · 2021-01-20T18:48:20+00:00

It's a step up from selling Kias. Let the boy watch! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hPp4dgmrc8

filbs111 · 2021-01-20T10:58:22+00:00

Just say you identify.

filbs111 · 2021-01-20T10:56:57+00:00

Pretty lucky that last year's peaceful protesters don't have mobile phones.

filbs111 · 2021-01-20T10:54:21+00:00

They'll come for anything not enthusiastically on board the new one party system. Of course, it will be branded as something else.

filbs111 · 2021-01-19T02:06:07+00:00

Try Minds.

filbs111 · 2021-01-18T18:18:59+00:00

And to think we were worried about Jeremy Corbyn.

filbs111 · 2021-01-18T17:55:24+00:00

What a joke!

filbs111 · 2021-01-18T01:24:04+00:00

"sorry" is unrealistic.

filbs111 · 2021-01-17T03:58:09+00:00

Like is hate, citizen.

filbs111 · 2021-01-15T15:18:19+00:00

Almost as if it is no longer useful.

filbs111 · 2021-01-14T00:48:46+00:00

Epik seems informed and principled. Their statement is excellent (see bottom of atricle)

filbs111 · 2021-01-13T21:47:47+00:00

They do know the way.

filbs111 · 2021-01-13T21:44:29+00:00

Trump was right. Mexico is going to build a wall with their own money, to keep out the riff raff from the failed state next door!

filbs111 · 2021-01-13T21:41:53+00:00

That isn't the only plausible solution. If enough people are principled and informed, they will object to the actions of such companies and vote with their wallets. If there is no alternative, then absolutely yes this is an indictment of whatever passes for capitalism these days, and people should consider alternatives.

filbs111 · 2021-01-11T21:12:32+00:00

What's most annoying about is that they probably don't lose any sleep over it.

filbs111 · 2021-01-11T21:11:01+00:00

It's funny to notice when the media chooses to call someone a "security researcher", and when a "hacker". When a "resistance fighter" and when a "terrorist". There are a number of other examples.

filbs111 · 2021-01-10T02:05:34+00:00

Perhaps if people can identify as multiply trans, employers might have a chance at meeting their state mandated diversity statistics. I might choose to be, and have always been quadruply trans if it means a raise.

filbs111 · 2021-01-10T01:34:57+00:00

Presumably it's been on the hit list for a while, waiting for an opportunity.

filbs111 · 2021-01-09T22:39:17+00:00

She could buy a fast car with that money!

filbs111 · 2021-01-09T02:59:14+00:00

Upon reflection, people likely did that.

filbs111 · 2021-01-08T22:09:31+00:00

The objectionable thing is posting it to reddit for upvotes.

filbs111 · 2021-01-08T18:54:29+00:00

3. Do people have "gender identities"? Some will tell you they do, some will tell you they don't. I don't even know what it means. I do know that different people think it means different things.

I know what sex I am, because I've looked inside my pants. Similarly, I know what my face looks like and recognise it because I've seen myself in a mirror, photos etc. Would I otherwise? Doubt it.

filbs111 · 2021-01-07T21:34:21+00:00

Error 520.

Perhaps one of the listed drawbacks is connection issues.

filbs111 · 2021-01-07T19:57:03+00:00

Starting to wish I was less dismissive of the "ACAB" people. I'm at risk of becoming a hypocrite.

filbs111 · 2021-01-07T19:52:30+00:00

It may meet the definition of "sexual assault" (legalese or English). Generally people these days should in many cases grow a pair about such matters, but I'm not familiar with that scene. Certainly the word "rape" is being diluted. That said, If we define it as requiring forced penetration, a woman wishing to meet that definition might opt to do a man wrong by use of a finger.

filbs111 · 2021-01-07T19:42:44+00:00

I suspect the the anecdote may be in part fictional. I guess people like to hate on Schumer because they believe her to be overrated by others. She's not the funniest person in the world, but she's no Chris D'Elia.

filbs111 · 2021-01-07T01:27:38+00:00

Most relevant part to this sub begins at 5m55s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH3PK9Q79jc&t=5m55s

But you'll be missing out if you don't watch the whole set.

filbs111 · 2021-01-01T23:56:58+00:00

However, on a different day, I imagine such people would tell you that it's important to have character creation options so that people can make avatars that look like their real bodies, and that to make a character that looks any different is "appropriation".

I suppose the way the devs can win this game is to make their product disproportionately unpalateable to those fitting in the more popular pigeonholes.

filbs111 · 2020-12-26T00:55:52+00:00

I suspect there may be people within "urbandictionary" pruning top entries. It could also be that there are activist types outside of that company abusing the report system. I suspect that "urbandictionary" are vulnerable to attack by lawyers, maybe angling for a big buyout (i haven't looked into who owns them), and erring on the side of caution. It is concerning that a website ostensibly documenting the usage of language by the general population is, by such pruning, lying about it. I know the regular dictionary does it, but if anything this is more objectionable because the claim is that it is documented and voted for by non-expert users. It's sad that in future, people likely won't understand what our time was actually like. This is nothing new I suppose, but the hope was that we now had the technology to document our reality. Turns out technology can also be used to better fabricate lies!

filbs111 · 2020-12-25T14:39:35+00:00

By that logic, why have women's sports at all?

filbs111 · 2020-12-14T01:50:39+00:00

Are these powered? They look like unpowered springy legs, maybe with something to connect the weight of the pack more directly to the exoskeleton, bypassing the user's back, etc. That would be sensible. Besides EMPs, keeping an exoskeleton charged might be a pain.

filbs111 · 2020-12-09T19:23:48+00:00

Perhaps this person regurgitates their thousand word Slate article to the blokes at the pub and wonders why they aren't considered one of the guys. Generally speaking men do have a high tolerance, nay, desire, for information that isn't all that interesting, but not this. Watch some Joe Rogan videos. How much could a chimp bench press if it worked out? How would we live on Mars? What's the most efficient way to erect shelves, etc.

filbs111 · 2020-11-28T18:26:37+00:00

I'd say something edgy like murdering people is wrong, but I don't want to get put on a list!

filbs111 · 2020-11-23T21:25:51+00:00

I guess some people really like Python.

filbs111 · 2020-11-20T22:11:17+00:00

While the Occident continues to fall into disrepair, the Chinese built a bigger one. https://www.space.com/33357-china-largest-radio-telescope-alien-life.html

There is hope for mankind generally!

filbs111 · 2020-11-09T13:01:21+00:00

I imagine this is a joke.

filbs111 · 2020-11-08T18:20:08+00:00

depends what the actual distribution of the whole numbers (not just leading digit) looks like. The "Benford's Law" distribution for leading digits would be expected for distributions with uniformly distributed logarithm over some orders of magnitude. For more narrow distributions, it shouldn't hold.

In the event that these numbers are, say, the number of voters per geographic zone, and these zones are similar in number of total voters, and the voting habits in each zone don't vary a lot, it makes sense for the less popular candidates to more closely follow Benford's law, because the number of votes is smaller and proportionally more random. Errors add in quadrature etc.

Does anyone have the data that was used to produce this? I'd be interested to take a look!

filbs111 · 2020-11-08T13:39:08+00:00

I'm not phobic of anybody. I just love people different amounts. For some people, the value of my love takes zero or negative values.

filbs111 · 2020-11-07T09:56:12+00:00

using that definition, it's not permitted to suggest that hitting a pinata is fun.

filbs111 · 2020-11-07T09:34:27+00:00

Germany being Germany.

filbs111 · 2020-11-07T09:29:57+00:00

Dominion: 1. Control or the exercise of control;

Life is like a James Bond film. Those that do evil like to have fun with it.

filbs111 · 2020-11-07T09:27:05+00:00

It's plausible that the population of Michigan is older than average, if younger people migrate to other states etc.

filbs111 · 2020-11-07T09:22:07+00:00

Often there are rules against incitement to violence, and this seems quite reasonable, the idea being a third party might be motivated by the first party to commit an act of violence against the second, against the second party's consent.

However, inviting someone to kill themselves doesn't have the same problem. If someone kills themselves, it is done with their own consent.

filbs111 · 2020-10-29T23:14:37+00:00

No amount of taxpayer funded "for your own good" Jamie Oliver healthy eating public information campaigns can make me stop eating sugary foods. But it only takes one "yikes! yass queen" from corporate bluechecks. This is an example of the free market achieving what the government cannot.

filbs111 · 2020-10-26T04:40:35+00:00

Congrats! If you want to host a website from home etc, https://cheapskatesguide.org seems like a great resource.

I keep meaning to do something like this, but the TODO list has other things on it too...

filbs111 · 2020-10-16T09:47:19+00:00

For "Edge of Wonder", the channel that I'd previously heard of, "This account has been terminated due to multiple or severe violations of YouTube's policy prohibiting content designed to harass, bully or threaten." https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxC2RlwWGHnwXanvHNBmw2w

Seems like a bullshit reason to me. Why not just say the account is closed? AFAICT Youtube, like most sites, has terms of service that say they can close accounts for any or no reason at all.

filbs111 · 2020-10-16T09:13:03+00:00

There are properties of the brain that correlate with a person's sex, and where people can be sex atypical*. It wouldn't surprise me if some of such properties were influenced by, say, testosterone levels during brain development, and that the less-hairy men that make more convincing transvestites, and gay men, are by such measures, on average, more womanly than other men.

That said, it would be interesting to see whether members of "the community" would be willing to accept the negative test results of some of their number, as the price of affirmation for the rest. For the selfish, whether they'd be OK with this would be down to their individual diagnosis.

* for example volume. don't shoot the messenger. it's what you do with it that counts!

filbs111 · 2020-10-14T21:08:47+00:00

This is more complicated than I initially expected. IMO I'm well meaning, but think both sexual preference and genital preference terms makes sense, and there should be no shame in having such preferences. People should be able to refuse sex with others for any reason or no reason at all.

Regarding restaurants and food, I am offered two plates of food, plate A being my favourite food, and plate B contains something dreadful. To say "I prefer plate A over plate B" is factually correct, though misleading if said in response to the question "what do you want for dinner".

filbs111 · 2020-10-14T20:52:06+00:00

Finally, a kindred spirit! "orientation" makes some kind of sense if we plot lust for the opposite sex vs lust for the same sex on a 2d graph. (like political compass!). Straight people can be North, Gay people East, general misanthropes South West.

filbs111 · 2020-10-14T20:44:39+00:00

Yes the hearing thing is what prompted my question, but FWIW, I'm not really politically affiliated, not a US citizen, but do object to what appears to be a bizarre manipulation of language for partisan political ends.

What I appear to disagree with most people here (to my surprise!) is simply how to interpret the word "preference"!

filbs111 · 2020-10-14T20:10:54+00:00

Hmm. Perhaps this is a USA thing. In the UK at least, (AFAICT), sexual preference refers to who you prefer to have sexual relations with, and where, if you state a preference for a over b, doesn't mean you would necessarily appreciate b as a second choice. Example: I would prefer to win the lottery than to be flayed!

filbs111 · 2020-10-06T17:08:06+00:00

I gave you a like while realising the irony of this being posted in a sub about videogames.

filbs111 · 2020-10-06T05:23:46+00:00

great interview! confuses dodecahedron with icosohedron, but everyone makes mistakes.

filbs111 · 2020-09-30T16:40:41+00:00

things like badunitedkingdom are presumably placeholders for if (when) the reddit sub gets banned.

filbs111 · 2020-09-22T11:57:01+00:00

I suspect this is "CTR" : https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/correct-the-record

filbs111 · 2020-09-21T18:41:10+00:00

Conspiring to discuss whether other people are conspiring is to be made illegal. Unless you have political power.

filbs111 · 2020-09-19T14:56:10+00:00

I have no idea to what extent this is a good idea.

filbs111 · 2020-09-19T14:47:14+00:00

Seems like a bad thing to do.

filbs111 · 2020-09-19T14:43:27+00:00

I suspect this survey is finding what it wants to find, to justify funding, policy lobbying etc. It's unclear how the question in question was phrased, and what the multiple choice answers were, if any. Are they including "somewhat", "don't know"?

Do I think that "jews caused the holocaust"? It depends what you mean. This is a bit like the Bill Burr bit about hitting women. People shouldn't do it, but sometimes something leads up to it.

filbs111 · 2020-09-16T08:29:42+00:00

Where one entertainment industry begins and another ends isn't that clear. Using another awards organisation for film recommendations would be a start. There's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Spirit_Awards, or

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2020/02/no_author/rt-presents-the-alternative-oscars-based-on-artistic-achievement/

filbs111 · 2020-09-15T18:41:40+00:00

Haven't seen the film, but seems like a somewhat fair comment.

filbs111 · 2020-09-15T18:38:28+00:00

I've only seen the inside of my own mind, but I liked looking at ladies long before I was an adult. I'm led to believe that's somewhat normal.

filbs111 · 2020-09-06T07:49:49+00:00

"Sorry, couldn't find that."

filbs111 · 2020-09-05T23:40:25+00:00

Suspected this was something like that. Sounds sensible.

filbs111 · 2020-09-05T03:38:40+00:00

I figured maybe it was a ploy to get crowdfund charity. Expected it from the supposed landlord though. Not the tenant!

filbs111 · 2020-09-03T04:37:30+00:00

Thanks for at least providing an answer. Many sites don't.

filbs111 · 2020-09-02T19:47:21+00:00

didn't even have posts aside from posts for testing css

When you assume, etc.

Given the OP : "didn't even have posts aside from posts for testing css", it's not clear which rule was broken, and why.

filbs111 · 2020-09-02T17:11:51+00:00

Interesting. Some kind of transparency about which rules were broken would be an improvement over this situation.

filbs111 · 2020-09-02T02:56:01+00:00

This is all some ploy to put the Babylon Bee out of business.

filbs111 · 2020-08-31T20:54:27+00:00

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=mel+b+from+bo+selecta

filbs111 · 2020-08-31T20:47:20+00:00

Presumably has effectively won the lottery and never has to work again. Good for her.

filbs111 · 2020-08-31T20:43:51+00:00

I don't really have a problem with them supporting the sentence or central sentiment, but some of those charities? No.

filbs111 · 2020-08-31T20:41:17+00:00

Also she's recently culturally appropriated a rockin' bod from thinner people, and good for her.

Anyway, african americans culturally appropriated "bantu knots" from videogames. https://www.gamesdatabase.org//Media/SYSTEM/Commodore_64/Box/big/Blasteroids_-_1989_-_Image_Works.jpg

filbs111 · 2020-08-30T00:55:36+00:00

If you are already spending time on reddit, and you see posts from people who are having a hard time with the atmosphere on reddit and would have a better time of it here, try messaging them to let them know what the alternatives are. If you want to be more proactive, note that you can use removeddit to see deleted comments. This is a quick way to find messages from people who might want to hear! For example, https://www.removeddit.com/r/PCOS/comments/hmlhjc/rpcos_is_an_inclusive_community/

In a way it is "hiding away", but when the hiding place is a bustling and pleasant community, more people will find it by word of mouth etc. Many people only put up with toxic environments of reddit, twitter et al, because of the amount of traffic they receive.

filbs111 · 2020-08-24T18:57:01+00:00

Put it on LBRY

filbs111 · 2020-08-10T12:53:50+00:00

He should try harder.

filbs111 · 2020-08-07T16:33:16+00:00

Poorly phrased question. What is "expect" in this context? Do i expect to get run over if I cross the motorway blindfolded? Yes. Do I want to get run over? No. I expect tech companies to do political grandstanding. I don't want them to.

It could also be that tech people are more savvy about their wrongthink possibly being used against them and suspect their honesty might get them blacklisted.

filbs111 · 2020-08-07T13:27:55+00:00

"2070, gay men have actually developed reproductive organs inside of their… area… and a new generation of children are born from inside gay men."

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/body/health/a33020181/womb-transplant/

filbs111 · 2020-08-07T11:16:21+00:00

It's not about how big it is. It's what you do with it that counts!

filbs111 · 2020-08-07T11:00:17+00:00

The "are traps gay" question is funny though. It runs into the whole mess of "sexuality", sex and whatever "gender" is supposed to mean this week. It's probably true that a large fraction of "straight" men are attracted to the top 0.1% of traps. If you were to go to a "pride" rally and state that you were a "B" because you get a rise out of both women and particularly deceptive shemales, you'd get lynched, which makes it funny.

filbs111 · 2020-08-06T16:39:48+00:00

The answer to the question appears to be yes. Or at least, it was already toxic.

filbs111 · 2020-08-06T15:46:46+00:00

Another victory for representation!

filbs111 · 2020-08-05T22:39:38+00:00

Theirs is no poon.

filbs111 · 2020-08-05T16:54:55+00:00

This "gupi" guy seems like an douche, but being an douche these days can be good for business. For one thing, partisans with pronouns will support him because of this. The idea of blocking people from something you post to everyone else for free is nasty, but the idea that someone might want to control who their fans are, or at least, who they appear to be, has merit. If he's doing some music concert, people might want to go to meet people "like them". They might want to buy a T-shirt to signal that they like their brand. This is partly why people like Pewdiepie.

filbs111 · 2020-07-30T11:15:35+00:00

Presumably the electricity grid that they feed into has a surplus supply.

Maybe they should look into local energy storage. eg gravity, or pulling fuel out of the air. https://energypost.eu/extract-co2-from-our-air-use-it-to-create-synthetic-fuels/

filbs111 · 2020-07-26T10:22:51+00:00

What's wrong with vegan bodybuilding?

filbs111 · 2020-07-26T10:15:31+00:00

I see "gender critical" as meaning being critical of a lot of what's said in the name of "gender" these days. Do I support "gender critical radical feminism"? What exactly is it? Expect it depends who you ask.

filbs111 · 2020-07-26T09:57:40+00:00

Zero. I don't have a problem with it though.

filbs111 · 2020-07-26T09:53:00+00:00

I don't mind a bit of porn. I understand saidit, and many of the newer "free speech" platforms don't allow porn, which many see as hypocritical, but it's a pragmatic decision. For one thing, there are those that wish to see political speech shut down, and will use pornography as a tool to this end. I understand reddit's "Against Hate Subreddits" ("AHS") group has been known to post highly illegal pornography on reddit subs they didn't like, in order to get those subs shut down.

If a site has a policy that pornography is prohibited, and demonstrates enforcement of this policy, it's much harder to attack them using the media and law. If a site's policy is that porn is OK provided it's legal, this has a huge moderation cost, and then when someone posts illegal content, it's easier for those who wish to take the site down to claim that the site admins were turning a blind eye. Also, I suspect that much of the porn on sites like reddit is technically illegal (2257 regulations etc), but is tolerated because big orgs like reddit, mindgeek etc are "in bed with" the government...

In an ideal world, what would I want Saidit to be? Would I want to have porn and discussion in the same place? Sort of. This should be a goal of decentralised/federated services, and the internet as a whole. However, what is saidit as it stands? A bunch of subs, and a front page. Having porn on the same site would be handy because it might mean fewer logins. However, it's useful for a front page to be some sort of a "safe space" where people have informed expectations of what they're likely to see there. I like the idea that sex clubs exist, but also like the idea that a person should be able to walk down the street without seeing people fucking.

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