SaltSong

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the best way to respond to someone who says "transracial is just as valid as transgender"?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Some of this makes a bit of sense, but it still leans heavily on perception by others, rather than respecting what people know about themselves. This does not seem to be what many transgender persons want.

  I’ll think about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the best way to respond to someone who says "transracial is just as valid as transgender"?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  using ciswomen and transwomen makes you sound like a TERF.

  What would be a correct way to distinguish between the two?

  • “Woman” seems like it works refer to both, to be used in the majority of cases when the distinction is irrelevant.

  • I don’t want to say “natural” women, or “real” women, as even someone as thick as me can see that’s insulting.

  • It seems that using the prefix for both makes them equal.

  What do you think world be more appropriate?

  it’s impossible for Black people to not pass as Black because it’s been proven they experience racism based on an immutable characteristic.

  But they would suggest that as soon as we discover a way to change that characteristic, transrace world be valid.

  Further, while gender identity may not be based on appearance, the way one is treated is very much based on appearance. If I look male, I get treated as male. If I look female, I get treated as female. If I look like one, but insist I am the other, people tend to have disagreements between their deliberate and automatic behaviors. (Well, the same people do, anyway.)

  I can’t think of a good way to prove it, but I am legitimately curious about this topic. I’m never happy with the answer “because this one is right, and that one is wrong.” There needs to be reasons why.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the best way to respond to someone who says "transracial is just as valid as transgender"?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  maybe stop comparing race and gender then.

  Isn’t the entire premise of the post that someone is seeing parallels here, and would like to understand why the similarities are not meaningful? As I said, I agree that transracial people are being silly, but I haven’t seen an argument here that can’t be used against transgender people.

  trans women only pass because we’re women.

  But there are plenty of transwomen who don’t “pass” despite being women. But they should still be treated as women. Hell, there have been at least a few reports of ciswomen who couldn’t pass as women, at least to sufficiently assholish observers. On that basis, I don’t think we can use “passing” as a factor to determine people’s identity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the best way to respond to someone who says "transracial is just as valid as transgender"?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m advised that there is no scientific or genetic basis for race. I’m a little unclear on how “ethnicity” is different from “race.”

  All of them seem to be social constructs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the best way to respond to someone who says "transracial is just as valid as transgender"?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  So, as a white person, I cannot pass as black, so I can never expect people to treat me like I’m black?

  Don’t get me wrong, I think the idea is silly, but all the arguments I’ve seen in this thread are a word-swap away from being a bad argument against transgender people.

  What’s the essential difference?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the best way to respond to someone who says "transracial is just as valid as transgender"?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Problem is that “race” isn’t just cultural. How you will be treated definitely depends on how other people perceive your “race” and subsequently it will shape your life reality

  But surely how you will be treated definitely depends on how other people perceive your “gender” and subsequently it will shape your life reality?

  Everything you described up there sounds exactly like “cultural.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We like to protect people with OSHA laws in the workplace but not during a peaceful public protest⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, infuriating, certainly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We like to protect people with OSHA laws in the workplace but not during a peaceful public protest⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s amazing is it? That they (grudgingly) take care of us while we are doing what they want, and hurt us until we fall in line when we don’t?

  Seems a bar has been lowered while I wasn’t looking.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨VPN Registrations Increase by 1,000%, less than Hour After PornHub Blocked France From Accessing its Website.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll make an exception for uploaders.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨VPN Registrations Increase by 1,000%, less than Hour After PornHub Blocked France From Accessing its Website.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s because they banned the accounts.

  Anyone who has an account on pornhub deserves their ban.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Los Angeles Police Department shot an Australian reporter with a rubber bullet while she was live on TV. Zero provocation.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It actually comes from artillery, but it’s the same idea.

  I question the accuracy of this statement. Archers existed long before black-powder artillery. At the same time, though, I don’t know if anyone would have been concerned with that measurement, way back when.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Los Angeles Police Department shot an Australian reporter with a rubber bullet while she was live on TV. Zero provocation.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m sure that applies for some combination of bow, arrow, and archer. I’ll add it to the list of things 5e has done to irritate me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Los Angeles Police Department shot an Australian reporter with a rubber bullet while she was live on TV. Zero provocation.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The technical term comes from archery. In archery, the arrow rises when fired, so when shooting at very close targets, you actualy aim lower than the point you want to hit. At distant targets, of course, you aim higher, because the arrow will start to fall.

  “Point Blank” is the distance at which you aim directly at the target. Last time I did any shooting, it was about 22 feet, with my bow and my arrows.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Los Angeles Police Department shot an Australian reporter with a rubber bullet while she was live on TV. Zero provocation.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m curious to know what you think “point blank” means.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Front Brake Lights Could Drastically Diminish Road Accident Rates⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yea, that’s part of why I don’t know for sure if they make cars the way the guy at the top of this thread is describing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Front Brake Lights Could Drastically Diminish Road Accident Rates⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Can’t speak to “required.” But I know it used to be done.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Front Brake Lights Could Drastically Diminish Road Accident Rates⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think what he wants is the front turn signal to wrap around the front, so I can see the left signal from the right quarter.

  I’m not aware that this is not the case, but I don’t know that I would have noticed if it was not.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨IT’S THE FEDS!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting. Good to know.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨IT’S THE FEDS!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, interesting. Good to know.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨IT’S THE FEDS!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting.

  Not the answer I’m looking for, but still interesting. Thanks for the information!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨IT’S THE FEDS!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So, a moment of curiosity.

  If my theoretical pistol did get pulled into am MRI machine, stuck against it by the magnet, and I, for the purpose of scientific inquiry, pulled the trigger, should I expect the bullet to fire more or less as normal, to fire, but the bullet be pulled back to the machine, or for the bullet to not move, or not move more than an inch or so from the barrel?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tantrum & sulk seem to be a loop.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, I see. You are thinking about the properly structured flowchart, not the humorously true one.

  Yea, fair enough.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What games are just objective master pieces?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  chasing the dragon

  Huh. I guess it might be.

  Far from my first game, but my first perfect game. Yea, I guess that does track.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What games are just objective master pieces?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not a sequel. Just because it’s not Portal 1. The fact that it’s second is not the problem. The problem is that the first one was flawless.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What games are just objective master pieces?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Portal 1 was flawless. Portal 2 had a crucial flaw.

  Specifically, it was not Portal 1. Everything else was perfect.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tantrum & sulk seem to be a loop.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t see that as a problem. I can easily get caught in that loop.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tantrum & sulk seem to be a loop.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Other than that, it seems fairly accurate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US House Passes 10-Year Moratorium on State AI Laws⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Tenth Amendment, might apply here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨For the little guys.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We should be concerned about endangered moths. Hard enough to get people to care about other people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Italy was a constitutional monarchy under fascist rule.

  And the US is, theoretically, a democracy, and if we aren’t under fascist rule, we will be soon enough. Fascism can spring from any form of government.

  your second paragraph is something only ignorant bootlickers say

  So you feel that Obama-Trump-Biden-Trump was as stable as any government needs too be? No improvement to be made there?