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Wildlife rehabber, news junkie, leather crafter, systems engineer, philosopher. Basically, too many hobbies from "Wait, how do you..."
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When was the last time you got shot at by Homeland Security?
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You've been chosen as a spawn point on the Kitten Allocation Tracker system. They always happen near the nexus of food storage and compassionate humans.
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Follow the money. Musk's biggest asset is Tesla. With Tesla stocks in free-fall, his narcissistic business sense requires he attack Trump to soothe market concerns over his politics and possibly build sales again. It all depends on how committed #TeslaTakedown remains with Musk invested & in charge.
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You look at it like a hamster who isn't spinning their wheel. I look at it like a Cat 5 hurricane downgrading to a torrential thunderstorm and possible flooding. Relatively speaking, the weather is resting.
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This was a cute post for end of day mental meanderings.
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Tens of thousands of government job eliminations directly caused by Musk certainly don't deserve near the outrage as one Post-it on a Tesla. Up next: let me explain why the sight of face masks on others impedes my liberties to watch them die of communicable diseases.
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"You use semicolons properly in your texts. Impressive." Compliment while courting in the early cell phone era.
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Republican representatives sure like shitting on LGBTQ in public while having sex with them in private. Don't they.
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It's not until unwrapping that you realize there was a mixup with a Star Wars fan.
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Meanwhile, a number of people don't mind being baked for periods of time. As opposed to friends gently roasting each other. Typically, friendly roasting is better received after being half-baked.
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"Obama was so ineffective at creating death panels. Look at both of my Administrations. Millions of deaths in America and other countries. C'mon, people. America is healthier when all the sick people die."
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Kind of like a raccoon saying that the left henhouse is improper for a meeting, but the right henhouse is just fine.
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Trump may be irrational & rash, but those surrounding & taking advantage of his mental state are not. Look to stock portfolios, power maneuverings, & census/map engineering to see where their goals really lie. You don't need to destroy a system if you can pervert it enough to enrich yourself first.
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"You, young warrior. You shall fight the darkness in my place. Eternal slumber calls me. May your light... find... its way." An audible click is heard, and the room goes dark and still. A beat. Another click is heard, and the desk is lit anew.
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This is the same ICE that has tried to deport American citizens, or those who have standing court orders against deportation. Forgive me if I don't exactly trust them at their word or reading comprehension levels.
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Now he just needs to recreate his scene in Mac and Me.
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You can tell it's AI. Look at his hands. Far too big.
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Except most cosplayers have a better understanding and higher standards of human compassion than some members of the Court.
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On top of the huge benefits to women, HPV vaccines have been shown to prevent some cancers in men also. Actively choosing not to vax because "I'm a man, who cares?" is dismissing not only your health, but any partner you may have in the future.
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I said nothing about psychology.
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You haven't provided your definition of what that core biological basis is for gender being male or female, which makes it easy to continue to claim anything you like until that occurs. Is it DNA? Is it tissue being present? Is it outward appearance? Stop stalling and answer the question.
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"And ten pages of reference material." You're not even trying to hide how willfully ignorant you're choosing to be. 1933, the Magnus Hirschfeld book burning. 2024, New College of Florida. These books are continually destroyed or hidden. Yet they persist or are recreated for a scientific reason.
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C'mon. Stop stalling. What is the biological definition of gender, to you, such that it cannot be refuted by any biological examples already stated which shows gender can be only male or female and not degrees of both?
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There's no evidence that you want to accept, you mean. I suggest you look into the works of Anne Fausto-Sterling, among others. Her book, Sex/Gender: Biology in a Social World has ten pages of references to help expand your understanding of the evidence available that you still choose to ignore.
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Further avoidance of a simple yet damning question: what is your definition of the basis for human biological gender being only male and female? You continue to not provide one.
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"Biological genders are male or female" - in this current cultural society. Not in all societies. Not in all historical cultures. Just the ones you prefer to quote from. That's willful ignorance, not honest discourse. Your definition of defects is outlined by the culture norm you choose to sustain.
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"But Mooo-oommm..."
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You first argue that gender is biological. Then you argue it's societal. Then, when you realize that definition also isn't fully defensible, you return to a vague and circular "gender is gender" without defining gender itself. It's okay to admit when you're wrong and move on.
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What is your definition of biological gender? What core definition belies DNA variance, internal tissue existence or lack thereof, or outward appearance of being degrees of both male and female and not only one or the other? What biological definition refutes the biological evidence?
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But it does change when that culture doesn't have exclusively male and female roles, where their definitions aren't as finite as the ones you prefer. Is it really that hard to accept that societies can support more than two gender roles, or are you so stuck in tradition you won't accept otherwise?
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"Presenting as" is not what we're talking about. You continue to circle around an undefined biological definition that you insist proves humans are only male or female, when evidence consistently shows ample variations to this. Either admit you're talking culturally or stop trying to be scientific.
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...Except when occurrences are common enough to show they aren't health defects but fall under social defects. Again, a social construct, in a society that is changing its norms around you. Amazingly naive to believe that a doctor can decide a gender at birth & not be proven wrong later in life.
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Au contraire, mon ami. Gender roles have ebbed and flowed since the dawn of time. A history, by the way, that has been repeatedly burned and hidden in efforts to support the currently (but not only) held ideas of societal roles. Even then, our society is changing. You need to get used to that idea.
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Except humans aren't exclusively born as either male or female. It's the society that they're born into that decides that for them, rather than the science which states a spectrum of possibilities. There are tombs of peer-reviewed studies showing how humans can exhibit both male and female at birth.
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"The don't want to follow the social norms." So you are wanting to cast a cultural definition onto a biological discussion so as to negate the scientific evidence that has continued to prove you wrong. Even though the culture definition around that usage has been changing, as well. Good to know.
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It's not. You're attempting to say that "consists of two things" and "is exclusively one thing or another" are the same. They aren't. Especially when you are trying to say that people exhibiting male & female traits together can only be labeled as either male or female. That's cultural, not science.
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Let's go to the source. Hm. Binary is "a way of looking at something that divides it into just two different categories." Odd you skipped that Oxford primary definition. As if you're repeatedly skipping disliked evidence, such as that humans can exhibit aspects of male and female traits/organs/DNA.
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That's... not binary. Binary is an entity consisting exclusively of one thing or another. It cannot exhibit any percentage of the other option & still be called binary. As in cases where someone's genetic or physiological makeup exhibits both male & female traits - which is normal. It happens daily.
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Presented with biological evidence against gender being binary, you dismiss them as anomalies. Next, you rely on a vague claim of "biological definition" without offering said definition, which logically leaves your belief hollow. You then try to change the topic. It's okay to say you were wrong.
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What is the biological definition? If chromosomes, then is someone with Klinefelter's male or female? Müllerian's: a man that has a uterus? AIS: a fem that has testes? Which historic definition do you choose? Modern Christianity, or Native American, Maori, or Siberian? Binary humanity doesn't exist.
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Maybe people judge you more highly and worthy than depression allows you to see yourself. It's okay (hug). You are that talented and worthy.
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If appearances alone confuse you in gender identity, you're going to have a hell of a time with Androgynous Insensitivity Syndrome. Human sexuality isn't binary, despite what antiquated textbooks may say otherwise.
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It's not stupidity, unfortunately. His intended goal is to keep pushing bounds to see if you'll continue or abandon your belief. When you block or ignore out of boredom, he'll then claim victory due to "superior" debating skills. Even if the belief he's arguing against is that 1+1=2. Again, a troll.
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A hungry man can step away from a buffet, but if the food's still within arm's reach, he's still able to take what he wants. Musk's hunger for control and money far exceeds his ability to step away.
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So you're a troll. Good to know.
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A nice bonus to Alt text is the 2000 character limit compared to 300 for a post. You can hide loads of fun treats for people who need or want to use it.
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E-waste, metals, small trinkets to pawn. There's a lot of value that can be found in trash at times. That, and the spectrum of "value" starts to get really skewed the more chemically imbalanced you might be. Also, recoverable food.