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@pebbles@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Santa is working on those lists⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It is corn time. Squash is next, but we’ll have to wait until the current corn excitement dies down.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We're going backwards⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey airbnb’s have fine cum stains. Adequate even.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I fall for it every year. Every. Year.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey salt is flavor enough

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's not me, it's you.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  We have very different samples then lol. (I’m talking about the spitting part, I do not know any porn stars)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OnLy tWo eLemEnTs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That article seems to counter your above points about using secondary characteristics pretty directly.

  As well:

  However, the existence of such conditions does not undermine the binary nature of sex, because the sex binary does not entail that every individual can be unambiguously categorized as male or female.

  The article counters the claim that everyone can be placed into the binary.

  It seems that “sex is a binary” but we have to exclude folks that don’t fit into it. Looks like the meme we’re commenting on is still pretty applicable lol.

  So now to me it looks like like sex is a binary nested in the larger binary of unambiguous and ambiguous sex. Giving folks 3 places they could end up, one of those places (ambiguous sex) being a spectrum.

  It’s been fun taking the time to learn all of this. Thanks for all the links.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OnLy tWo eLemEnTs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So it seems like there isn’t a universal test that can be used on everyone? Especially since there is a whole category (though extremely rare) of folks who are literally made by male and female fertilized eggs combing.

  the body isn’t organized around producing no gametes.

  After looking some case reports it looks like a lot of folks with ovesterticular disorder have both sets of genetalia and neither can produce gametes. These folks tend to choose a gender (usually the one they grew up as pre-puberty) and get hormone therapy and such to affirm it.

  Since “sex is a binary” is a universal claim, it only takes one existential example to disprove it. I was pretty convinced by the case reports I read that the sex binary can’t include every person.

  I’d be convinced if ya presented a definition that could be used on everyone.

  But at this point I think we are splitting hairs. It seems obvious to me that there is a range of ways sex can exist in humans. At this point a definition for the binary would have to be pretty complex and people close to the boundary would likely be very similar despite getting opposite labels. It’d be like saying there is a binary of black and white and the line is at 127,127,127. I mean sure, but we both know we are just drawing a line in a spectrum.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OnLy tWo eLemEnTs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So, just how you can’t say that a rock on an even platform has failed to fall, I don’t think you can say that an intersex individual has failed to produce gametes. Since neither had intention. Therefore I feel like your binary definition is extraphysical. Given that, I think you’d understand why I wouldn’t accept such a religious adjacent idea.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OnLy tWo eLemEnTs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fair, I guess I only looked back two weeks or so. Would you respond to my above comment that talks about Ovotesticular syndrome and variation in müllerian duct development?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OnLy tWo eLemEnTs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn that post history do paint a pretty consistent picture. Seems there is only one thing for powerstruggle to talk about lol. Same talking point too with the “organized around producing certain gametes.”

  Thanks for pointing that out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OnLy tWo eLemEnTs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I see what you’re saying. Something like “there are two sets of characteristics and most folks grab from the majority of one or the other. Therefore we can place everyone into one sex or the other.”

  I feel like when I first read your comments I took issue with how black and white your words seemed. I still kinda feel that.

  Is there some structure that’s presense or lack there of definitely defines sex for every person? If so I think its fair to call sex a binary.

  I feel like I’d only be convinced if I could understand what makes the options only 0 or 1 yk? It doesn’t seem to be chromosomes, which is what I was taught growing up. X/Y Chromosomes have more that two ways of existing in humans.

  I’ll read through those wiki articles a bit. To me it seems like your saying that there is some kind of structure that has no middle ground in humans. It always only goes one way or the other. No variation. It’s hard for me to picture life doing that. If ya have any more info to point to I’d be down to look at it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OnLy tWo eLemEnTs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  organized around producing one or the other of two gamete sizes

  This implies that the organization can fail then? That is how we put the outliers in in the binary? That means that that kind of organization has an goal?

  That feels like common sense. Like in the culturally-rooted sense. Not necessarily a reflection of reality, but an easy idea to swallow. I don’t think human development has intention in that kind of way unless you are religious.

  I guess, what makes gamete production the goal of human development? What makes you confident that there is a goal to human development?

  To me it seems like it would be hard to answer those questions without anthropomorphizing human development.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OnLy tWo eLemEnTs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Would you care to explain yourself? Maybe explain how folks that would never produce either gamete fit into your binary based on gamete production? Or is that too advanced? I hear we are sticking to basic biology after all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OnLy tWo eLemEnTs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  huh? no, uncommon in terms of human biology.

  How do you differentiate this from the meme?

  they exist. they’re real. they’re just not the majority. and that’s ok. they don’t have to be.

  Like the elements in the meme? How do you differentiate this from the meme?

  I’m not sure what that has to do with elements on the periodic table.

  This post us explicitly about a meme comparing gender to elements.

  I am pretty sure you getting downvoted because it looks like you either forgot or are ignoring the post you are commenting on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OnLy tWo eLemEnTs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Kinda feels like you dodged the question. I think they were asking you to define what it means to “organize around producing a gamete”, how folks that were never going to produce either fit into that definition, and how you construct sex as a binary despite that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Silly goose⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If the appeal has a name on it then there could still be bias. Somewhat related: I heard job applications still got biased reviews with names redacted because the contents were culturally specific enough.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fuckin' PSYOP⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fun fact! If I recall correctly, calling them Arabic numerals is a eurocentric thing. The numbers were introduced to Greeks through Arabic folks but the ideas actually originated in India.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I Thought I Knew You⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Imagine how good water could evaporate in space!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨3-bean soup⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Black, green, oolong, white tea all come from the same plant. Its just processed differently. Everything that isnt from camellia sinensis isn’t a “true tea”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨bonding⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve never tried one, but all the pretty colors are very enticing to me. Can’t imagine thinking you’d make money off one though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Manic Stew⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Tired Soup

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fucking idiots⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  BUT THE FUEL

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you say motorcycle⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Motor-cycle

  Bi-sickle

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨soda⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I feel we have too adversarial of a mindset. Or maybe “too independent” like so independent that we don’t even consider how we are all connected and only have a society because we work together.

  It leads to people saying really silly phrases line “self made millionaire” which ignores all the people that gave that person money.

  Like money is inherently social. You can’t do anything with it on your own.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In this essay...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yk thats something some religious folks gotta understand.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨whats your dumb purchases?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol let’s go.

  Tea is easy to pretend it isn’t a vice. Just keep telling yourself its healthy. Even if it may be a bit more borderline at our levels lol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oof⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No, but I’ve not learned how to cope very well so each one sucks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨whats your dumb purchases?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It is fermented using a fungus that can leave gold spots on it. Often called “golden flowers”. I hear it taste a lot like puerh, but has its own uniqueness. Honesty I’m a little scared of it lol.

  But I’ve not seen a bad review for it. Though its good to consider that this tea category is obscure, so maybe only big tea nerds ever stumble upon it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨dream chat⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  To me none of that offsets the use of slave labor and their political presense. But I don’t think everyone should boycott. Everyone’s situation is different. Maybe you need McDonald’s.

  If ya want to look into the goals of the restraunt industry I’d look into the NRA (National Restraunt Association). McDonald’s is obviously a member.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨dream chat⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Note: McDonald’s uses the US slave labor (prison labor) system in the making of their food.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨whats your dumb purchases?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hell yeah lol. I hope you get some!

  Since we are a few comments in, and can be sure few others are reading: have you heard of fuzhuan? Its another fermented tea category and I’ve only see great reviews online. Near every review has a comment being like “shhhhh, if this gets as popular as puerh then prices will rise”.

  Its on my radar and I’m so curious about it. And tbh one of my favorite things is a big brick of tea. Fuzhuan often comes in 1kg bricks.