Random Comments/Stream of Consciousness Thread

[Randall Flagg]

FYI, there are now 6 gender options on a member's profile. These include:


Blank

Male
Female
Transgender-Male
Transgender-Female
Non-Binary

[St. Troy]

FYI, there are now 6 gender options on a member's profile. These include:


Blank

Male
Female
Transgender-Male
Transgender-Female
Non-Binary

I'm no expert on this subject, but I'm pretty sure listing "transgender-male" as separate and distinct from "male" (and the same for the females) is a hate crime. Also, you didn't list all 75 genders.

[St. Troy]

The problem is that when one person wanted to celebrate a Holiday, you shit on it because not everybody has something to celebrate. I'm sorry you don't get to tell people that they can't be happy about something just because it doesn't bring joy to 100% of the people. Nothing ever will. You can't just discard all the good things that have come from this country (USA) just because there are also bad things. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

In these stressful times, please allow others to be happy and to wish others happiness as well.

Your first mistake was attempting to apply logic.

You can't talk sense to the senseless.

[herbertwest]

FYI, there are now 6 gender options on a member's profile. These include:


Blank

Male
Female
Transgender-Male
Transgender-Female
Non-Binary

What is transgender male? Someone born as a male but feeling /transitionning to a woman. Or the other way around?

[Joe315]

FYI, there are now 6 gender options on a member's profile. These include:


Blank

Male
Female
Transgender-Male
Transgender-Female
Non-Binary

What is transgender male? Someone born as a male but feeling /transitionning to a woman. Or the other way around?

Transmale is female to male and transfemale is male to female

[Randall Flagg]

FYI, there are now 6 gender options on a member's profile. These include:


Blank

Male
Female
Transgender-Male
Transgender-Female
Non-Binary

I'm no expert on this subject, but I'm pretty sure listing "transgender-male" as separate and distinct from "male" (and the same for the females) is a hate crime. Also, you didn't list all 75 genders.

Of course no good deed goes unpunished. I did consult with staff members who know a bit more about the subject than I do, and they were pleased with the added options.


As for 75 gender's, I wasn't aware there were that many. I know there are numerous sexual preferences.

[Dolan]

FYI, there are now 6 gender options on a member's profile. These include:


Blank

Male
Female
Transgender-Male
Transgender-Female
Non-Binary

I'm no expert on this subject, but I'm pretty sure listing "transgender-male" as separate and distinct from "male" (and the same for the females) is a hate crime. Also, you didn't list all 75 genders.

Of course no good deed goes unpunished. I did consult with staff members who know a bit more about the subject than I do, and they were pleased with the added options.

It's not a hate crime. But sourcing someone as trans suggests that they aren't of the gender they identify as. I know this can be confusing to people like St. Troy.

Male. Female. Non-Binary. Those would be the choices I would suggest. However, I applaud your effort of inclusivity.

[bdwyer19]

It's not a hate crime. But sourcing someone as trans suggests that they aren't of the gender they identify as. I know this can be confusing to people like St. Troy.

Male. Female. Non-Binary. Those would be the choices I would suggest. However, I applaud your effort of inclusivity.

“I know this cam be confusing to people like”. There’s that condescension again, just one day after apologizing for it. Life must be pretty grand on your pedestal.

[Dolan]

It's not a hate crime. But sourcing someone as trans suggests that they aren't of the gender they identify as. I know this can be confusing to people like St. Troy.

Male. Female. Non-Binary. Those would be the choices I would suggest. However, I applaud your effort of inclusivity.

“I know this cam be confusing to people like”. There’s that condescension again, just one day after apologizing for it. Life must be pretty grand on your pedestal.

I take back the apology when it comes to people mocking a large minority group. Apology recanted.

[mae]

For the record, a trans man is someone who was assigned female at birth and transitions or is transitioning/identifying (in whatever form that takes for them) to male. A trans woman is someone who was assigned male at birth, but is identifying as female.

Most trans people identify as specifically transgender male or female, there's nothing off about that. Trans people, unlike those that would deny their rights, fully understand the realities of biology all too well. Also, there are not specifically any extreme number of genders. Non-binary and transgender are actually umbrella terms or genders, and some people may identify under those umbrellas with language that feels more correct for them. And yes, there can be numerous variations or specific terms. That doesn't make their identity any less valid, no matter what the "XX number of genders" meme may say.

[Merlin1958]

FYI, there are now 6 gender options on a member's profile. These include:


Blank

Male
Female
Transgender-Male
Transgender-Female
Non-Binary

What, pray tell is "Non-Binary"? Come back in ten minutes I'm still studying the menu? Or do they identify as another species altogether? I mean I get and respect 2 thru 5, but isn't 1 and 6 redundant? If you're that confused just go with "Blank", no?

[Randall Flagg]

Bill, it's a complicated term. It might be best to do research on it.
It really isn't a gender that you would likely choose, so choose what you wish, and don't fret about what others use. After all, anyone who comes here is likely a book collector, and the rest really doesn't matter.

[M_O_O_N]

...anyone who comes here is likely a book collector, and the rest really doesn't matter.

You say true. I say thankya.

[mae]

What, pray tell is "Non-Binary"?

To briefly address this, traditionally gender had been seen as binary in society: male and female. But gender has always been a spectrum. Do you honestly feel "male" accurately and fully describes every single male on the planet, from the most hugest of the body-building bro-dude types to the prettiest of twinks full a-glitter? No. So some NB people feel they're somewhere on that spectrum between male and female but not in any hard-defined place, or they may feel they're outside that spectrum altogether, and neither traditionally masculine nor feminine gender traits really apply. It's honestly not that complicated if you think about it. I can post some educational videos if need be.

[Br!an]

I can post some educational videos if need be.

[Dolan]

What, pray tell is "Non-Binary"?

I can post some educational videos if need be.

God bless your patience.

[vincent]

Ari, I’m sorry to hear about your work situation and I hope things turn around for you quickly!


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[Iwritecode]

After all, anyone who comes here is likely a book collector, and the rest really doesn't matter.

I'm not a book collector. I'm just a book reader.

I've always felt a little bit odd that I only participate in like 25% of the site.

Nothing against those that do. I'll read some of the posts and look at some of the pictures of everyone's collection and how they acquire them but it's just not for me.

[St. Troy]

I love the negative rep.

“Facts are hate; don’t you know that yet?”



I owe no allegiance to your particular insanity.

[Randall Flagg]

103 degrees, 8% humidity.
Monday it might go down to 94.

[bdwyer19]

Weren’t you just saying a few days ago how beautiful the weather was? That is definitely a heat wave!

[Randall Flagg]

That was when I was in San Simeon on the pacific coast.
It was 69 degrees there. Didn't want to come home.

[Johnny007]

Sunday forecast -- Yuma 120 degrees, Phoenix 117 degrees. Ominous signs for the fire season in the west and southwest.

[bdwyer19]

That was when I was in San Simeon on the pacific coast.
It was 69 degrees there. Didn't want to come home.

Gotcha! 103? That seriously warm for the Bay Area!

[Sai Sheb]

103 degrees, 8% humidity.
Monday it might go down to 94.

And you're complaining... that to me sounds like heaven to me. I used to live in Spain, before I became shackled and that was our average summer's on the south coast.. I miss it so much.