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[–]BrachialPreferred pronoun: Motherfucker 216 points217 points ago

I wouldn't even chase her down, I'd just laugh. Anyone who over reacts like that is just looking to start a fight or get attention. Who the hell uses the words 'retention or non retention' when talking about transsexuals? That's right, no body.

[–]HeartsureHomo neanderthalensis-kin 74 points75 points ago

I actually was in a similar situation, and when I explained it to the person they were still offended because science was apparently stealing 'our words and identities'.

like WHERE THE FUCK do you think the words 'cis' and 'trans' came from? Was it Tumblr? no real only feels.

[–]BrachialPreferred pronoun: Motherfucker 40 points41 points ago

Those shitlord Romans, appropriating our words and shit.

[–]SMZ72shitfedora necklord 14 points15 points ago

Damn Roman Patriarchy!

[–]s0beit 11 points12 points ago

If I ever run into these people IRL I might just end it all, legit.

How did our society get so retarded so quickly?

I hope you were all on or near college campuses or something, I like to think the idiocy that spawns from social sciences stays there to a large extent.

[–]machellocomputer cistems major 18 points19 points ago

How did our society get so retarded so quickly?

People today are no dumber than they ever were. They're just finding new ways to be dumb.

[–]HeartsureHomo neanderthalensis-kin 2 points3 points ago

Pretty much. I think the problem is that it's so much easier these days to find all the dumb people out there. Although, the thing I hate about this brand of dumbass is that it grows in places that are supposed to be 'educated' and 'intelligent'. At least dumbass inbreds can't really make much of a claim to be smart when they can't read, but these pseudo-intellectuals think that their ability to use fancy rhetoric deems them better than everybody else.

So yeah, this person I was talking about was a university student. Probably majoring in one of the wishy-washy social sciences like gender studies or sexual diversity.

[–]booninite 1 point2 points ago

They are finding new ways to display their stupidity

[–]tomjen 1 point2 points ago

Oh we have always been that stupid. It is just that while you once needed a newspaper column, something which has a relatively high barrier to entry, today all you need is blog which is a rather low barrier to entry.

It is worth it too, because there were a lot of good people who didn't pass the previous barrier but who are very much worth reading.

[–]RobotBuddha 3 points4 points ago

Near universities yes, but middle class suburbs are pretty bad too. And, racist as this might be, white middle class suburbs in particular. Housewife is a popular career path for a lot of majors which don't have very many real world prospects.

[–]TheActualAWdeVTrans-dnistrian cis-alpine poly-glot -1 points0 points ago

They certainly as shit didn't come from organic chemistry either, dingus. Kinda pre-dates all that rot and it's pretty awful to see you repeat proven stupidites and then follow it up with "no real only feels".

What you said isn't actually true either.

[–]HeartsureHomo neanderthalensis-kin -1 points0 points ago

No shit. When did I say they came from organic chemistry precisely? Perhaps my post was misleading, but I'm well aware that the terms cis and trans are prefixes that predate the study of organic chemistry. My point was to only say that the terms cis and trans are prefixes and not exclusive to the discussion of gender. They definitely did not come from tumblr. Additionally, their use in organic chemistry is more valid because they make sense in all cases used. Many 'transgender' individuals could be better described as 'intrasex' or something along those lines, since trans tends to mean across,beyond, or through in most applications. They're better off describing themselves as between genders, or not having a gender.

[–]TheActualAWdeVTrans-dnistrian cis-alpine poly-glot 0 points1 point ago


Well, here. That's kinda why I interpreted it as such.