B-Large Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 The cases we see, hear and read about here are almost always the same story: From the time Tommy learned how to pick things up, he always preferred dolls over baseball. He loved to put on his mom's make-up and dress up in her shoes. So we just encouraged him to be his own person until the age of three, when we asked him if he preferred to be called 'Tammy' and he said yes. Interestingly, I don't think I've ever heard the story reversed, because Tammy choosing baseball over dolls just makes her an athlete. It goes as far as assigning appropriate pronouns to be sensitive. I don't really even know what a pronoun is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 I don't really even know what a pronoun is. That's a noun that's lost its amateur standing ............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 That's a noun that's lost its amateur standing ............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 That's a noun that's lost its amateur standing ............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Large Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 That's a noun that's lost its amateur standing ............... Kids, don't do drugs.... or tune into politics... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 It goes as far as assigning appropriate pronouns to be sensitive. I don't really even know what a pronoun is. If you're not sure what to do, then read this article and follow the author's advice: treat your pets as gender neutral so you can figure out how to talk to your gender neutral friends. And yes...someone actually wrote this, and yes, someone else actually published it...because you WILL be made to care. And I began to get an infinitesimal taste of what transgender and gender-nonconforming people face. I’m not talking about the outright bigotry and hatred –something I can’t know without being in their shoes — but the complete cluelessness. Friends would come over, I’d introduce the cats and their pronouns, and some would ask, “But what ARE they?” Some would randomly use “he” and “she.” Some would stumble, unable to form a sentence when talking about one of the cats. Things got a little more real when Essence got sick. They were really sick. I took them to the vet and had to weigh the question: Do I explain their pronouns not only to the vet, but also the front-desk workers, the vet techs, and everyone else we interacted with? Before the illness was over, we saw five vets, two sets of front desk people, and countless vet techs. I chose to fall back on my cis-gender privilege (look it up) and used the singular pronoun for Essence. I understood that wouldn’t have been so easy if I were the patient — or if Essence were human. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Please God, tell me this person doesn't have children !! I have a serious reason for raising my cats gender-neutral https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2016/04/05/dont-laugh-i-have-a-serious-reason-for-raising-my-cats-gender-neutral/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Good grief, that's stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Please God, tell me this person doesn't have children !! I have a serious reason for raising my cats gender-neutral https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2016/04/05/dont-laugh-i-have-a-serious-reason-for-raising-my-cats-gender-neutral/ !@#$ing stupid navel-gazing bull ****. Cat's have gender. They're not gender-neutral, because they don't give a ****. They're just cats. "I have a serious reason for raising my cats as dogs" would make more sense in the context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Please God, tell me this person doesn't have children !! I have a serious reason for raising my cats gender-neutral https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2016/04/05/dont-laugh-i-have-a-serious-reason-for-raising-my-cats-gender-neutral/ It is confusing. We’ve had gender drilled into us as part of language since we first heard adults talking when we were infants – decades of “he” and “she No it's not confusing but you've decided to make it so. We did not have gender drilled into us. Jesus Christ. Smoke some weed you hippy freak and relax. They're !@#$ing cats and he, she, it, they, them, mother!@#$er are just words and if those words upset people they're the ones with the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbillievable Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 My Coworker went on a spa weekend with his wife and a few friends. One of the friends was a tranny. He refused to refer to him as anything but a "he." He warned his wife he would do it too. His wife made him go home after the first day. He played Xbox the rest of the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azalin Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 !@#$ing stupid navel-gazing bull ****. Cat's have gender. They're not gender-neutral, because they don't give a ****. They're just cats. "I have a serious reason for raising my cats as dogs" would make more sense in the context. I avoid all of it by calling my cats 'n#ggers'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DC Tom Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 I avoid all of it by calling my cats 'n#ggers'. I kind-of do the same thing with people..."idiot" is gender-neutral. I hope. Actually, no I don't. I don't give a **** if it's gender-neutral or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azalin Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 I kind-of do the same thing with people..."idiot" is gender-neutral. I hope. Actually, no I don't. I don't give a **** if it's gender-neutral or not. Oh, "idiot" is most definitely gender-neutral, but such frequent bestowal of the term risks diluting its negative connotation. I like to rotate its use with synonyms such as "moron", "dope", "dunce", "cretin", and "Gatorman". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Oh, "idiot" is most definitely gender-neutral, but such frequent bestowal of the term risks diluting its negative connotation. I like to rotate its use with synonyms such as "moron", "dope", "dunce", "cretin", and "Gatorman". That still has you punch above your weight! A bottom feeder like you looks up to idiots. Now go clean a toilet boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 That still has you punch above your weight! A bottom feeder like you looks up to idiots. Now go clean a toilet boy You forgot to call him a "minion," shitbird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 This was at a private school Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 This was at a private school And a "parent cooperative." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azalin Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 That still has you punch above your weight! A bottom feeder like you looks up to idiots. Now go clean a toilet boy Back to toilets again? Gee, that's a mighty impressive repertoire you draw your insults from, you blithering Gatorman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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