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Thanks! I didn’t realize there were two different words.
Thanks! I didn’t realize there were two different words.
IANA trans person.
From what I’ve heard, a big factor is body dysmorphia. Do you look at your chest and think it’d feel more right with boobs on it? Does the idea of facial hair seem like it could never be “you”?
You don’t have to be all man all the time. You can like feminine things. That doesn’t mean you’re actually a woman. There’s plenty of shades of grey.
No. They’re apparently not profitable because they invest in smaller companies, hoping they’ll go huge, and those companies haven’t panned out.
If they would stop doing that, they’d be profitable.
Get your bottom in that elevator and take it up to the bar
If there’s so many Trans athletes, why don’t they just have a category of their own?
Because there aren’t, and this whole thing is much ado about nothing.
But hey, it keeps the morons distracted and voting, so that’s a plus.
If there’s no god, then what happens to you is more important, not less.
Of course. I ignored it for 39 years. Then I got properly diagnosed and medicated, and it’s a much less depressed existence.
In this scenario, I mean to “participate actively in society and fulfill their basic human needs”.
Though to your point, being in a coma is far from neurotypical.
Maybe they struggle with finances or situations or something. But no, normal people don’t struggle against their own mind to just exist.
Normal is when the crazy you have doesn’t impact your ability to function in society. So no. Not everyone struggles daily to exist.
Everyone else gave good advice. Also, if you have a group you support, like the ACLU or the EFF, they often have recommendations.
And then we can conquer them and turn them into a protectorate. We’ll swap in PR or DC as the fiftieth state, so we don’t need to update the flag.
I literally pitched this idea in an MBA course in 2009. It got shot down pretty hard. To think, with a little encouragement and seed funding, I too could have been a professional maniac.
People should grow up and take responsibility for their lives.
We SHOULD all get free unicorns too.
But if you actually want to fix the problem, as opposed to just should’ing it, that requires that we see these people as victims. And this means we don’t blame the victim, we help them with their situation.
The wonderful part about the train of thought that you’ve started, is that eventually you realize that people not only need to take responsibility for their own lives, but also need to take responsibility for the society they impose on other people’s lives. And if we’re unhappy with that society, we have to actively do something about it. That is our responsibility. Just as much as it’s our responsibility to fix ourselves.
Do people say that in restaurants? I’ve actually never heard it.
Do people say that in restaurants? I’ve actually never heard it.
Then what would we call someone who makes the dietary choice but none of the other lifestyle choices? How would they identify in a restaurant setting? The answer is “vegan”. In the same way that I’m vegetarian but don’t care if I wear leather shoes.
I’m not saying you’re wrong, I’m saying that English lacks the words that would let you be precise. We need a word for people who are vegan in diet, and don’t care to bother the rest of the world about it. That’s why OPs question keeps coming up.
I don’t know your experience, but parents have the moral obligation to keep their kids safe and healthy. That sometimes requires that you get your kids to do things they don’t want to do. You can either do this with manipulation or with force. There’s no third option because kids don’t have the proper coping mechanisms to suppress their emotions and do what they’re required to do, even when they don’t want to.
That isn’t to say your parents did the right thing or that they were trying to keep you safe. I don’t know you. Maybe they were abusive. My point is only that manipulation is often the better of two bad options.
Yep