SaltSong

@SaltSong@startrek.website

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the best way to respond to someone who says "transracial is just as valid as transgender"?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Some of this makes a bit of sense, but it still leans heavily on perception by others, rather than respecting what people know about themselves. This does not seem to be what many transgender persons want.

  I’ll think about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the best way to respond to someone who says "transracial is just as valid as transgender"?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  using ciswomen and transwomen makes you sound like a TERF.

  What would be a correct way to distinguish between the two?

  • “Woman” seems like it works refer to both, to be used in the majority of cases when the distinction is irrelevant.

  • I don’t want to say “natural” women, or “real” women, as even someone as thick as me can see that’s insulting.

  • It seems that using the prefix for both makes them equal.

  What do you think world be more appropriate?

  it’s impossible for Black people to not pass as Black because it’s been proven they experience racism based on an immutable characteristic.

  But they would suggest that as soon as we discover a way to change that characteristic, transrace world be valid.

  Further, while gender identity may not be based on appearance, the way one is treated is very much based on appearance. If I look male, I get treated as male. If I look female, I get treated as female. If I look like one, but insist I am the other, people tend to have disagreements between their deliberate and automatic behaviors. (Well, the same people do, anyway.)

  I can’t think of a good way to prove it, but I am legitimately curious about this topic. I’m never happy with the answer “because this one is right, and that one is wrong.” There needs to be reasons why.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the best way to respond to someone who says "transracial is just as valid as transgender"?⁩ ⁨⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  maybe stop comparing race and gender then.

  Isn’t the entire premise of the post that someone is seeing parallels here, and would like to understand why the similarities are not meaningful? As I said, I agree that transracial people are being silly, but I haven’t seen an argument here that can’t be used against transgender people.

  trans women only pass because we’re women.

  But there are plenty of transwomen who don’t “pass” despite being women. But they should still be treated as women. Hell, there have been at least a few reports of ciswomen who couldn’t pass as women, at least to sufficiently assholish observers. On that basis, I don’t think we can use “passing” as a factor to determine people’s identity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the best way to respond to someone who says "transracial is just as valid as transgender"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m advised that there is no scientific or genetic basis for race. I’m a little unclear on how “ethnicity” is different from “race.”

  All of them seem to be social constructs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the best way to respond to someone who says "transracial is just as valid as transgender"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  So, as a white person, I cannot pass as black, so I can never expect people to treat me like I’m black?

  Don’t get me wrong, I think the idea is silly, but all the arguments I’ve seen in this thread are a word-swap away from being a bad argument against transgender people.

  What’s the essential difference?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the best way to respond to someone who says "transracial is just as valid as transgender"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Problem is that “race” isn’t just cultural. How you will be treated definitely depends on how other people perceive your “race” and subsequently it will shape your life reality

  But surely how you will be treated definitely depends on how other people perceive your “gender” and subsequently it will shape your life reality?

  Everything you described up there sounds exactly like “cultural.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Telegram is indistinguishable from an FSB honeypot⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If you were to use their network to take advantage of the features for anything that the “predator” behind doesn’t care, you’re fine.

  But what will the predator care about tomorrow? Or next year? And how confident are you that aggregate data is not what they want, for whatever reason?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Telegram is indistinguishable from an FSB honeypot⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  If you were to use their network to take advantage of the features for anything that the “predator” behind doesn’t care, you’re fine.

  But what will the predator care about tomorrow? Or next year? And how confident are you that aggregate data is not what they want, for whatever reason?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scientists created contact lenses that make farts visible⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Scientists were so caught up with weather they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Far Can We Degrade Our Hurricane Forecasting Before People End Up Dead?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Done people already end up dead most of the time? Our coverage is good, but it’s never gonna be that good.

  No reason to cut it back, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Sandman Showrunner on Decision to End Series, Neil Gaiman Factor⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Also a consideration, yes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Sandman Showrunner on Decision to End Series, Neil Gaiman Factor⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, Rowling is a shit, but as far as I know she’s never laid hands on anyone. She can cause a lot of harm with hateful words and her significant public exposure, but that’s a different kind of thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨IT’S THE FEDS!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting. Good to know.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨IT’S THE FEDS!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, interesting. Good to know.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨IT’S THE FEDS!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting.

  Not the answer I’m looking for, but still interesting. Thanks for the information!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨IT’S THE FEDS!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So, a moment of curiosity.

  If my theoretical pistol did get pulled into am MRI machine, stuck against it by the magnet, and I, for the purpose of scientific inquiry, pulled the trigger, should I expect the bullet to fire more or less as normal, to fire, but the bullet be pulled back to the machine, or for the bullet to not move, or not move more than an inch or so from the barrel?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tantrum & sulk seem to be a loop.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, I see. You are thinking about the properly structured flowchart, not the humorously true one.

  Yea, fair enough.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What games are just objective master pieces?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  chasing the dragon

  Huh. I guess it might be.

  Far from my first game, but my first perfect game. Yea, I guess that does track.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What games are just objective master pieces?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not a sequel. Just because it’s not Portal 1. The fact that it’s second is not the problem. The problem is that the first one was flawless.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What games are just objective master pieces?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Portal 1 was flawless. Portal 2 had a crucial flaw.

  Specifically, it was not Portal 1. Everything else was perfect.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tantrum & sulk seem to be a loop.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t see that as a problem. I can easily get caught in that loop.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tantrum & sulk seem to be a loop.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Other than that, it seems fairly accurate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon can't go on a field trip⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It wasn’t an American who wrote “Foot Heads Arms Body.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon can't go on a field trip⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Because “spied for,” and “spied with” are both options.

  “I spied them” is a legitimate sentence, but it doesn’t mean covert surveillance in that sentence, only to have seen then, generally through some difficulty.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨For the little guys.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We should be concerned about endangered moths. Hard enough to get people to care about other people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Italy was a constitutional monarchy under fascist rule.

  And the US is, theoretically, a democracy, and if we aren’t under fascist rule, we will be soon enough. Fascism can spring from any form of government.

  your second paragraph is something only ignorant bootlickers say

  So you feel that Obama-Trump-Biden-Trump was as stable as any government needs too be? No improvement to be made there?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The reason one has a constitutional monarchy is to try to split the difference, I think, and get the best parts of each system.

  But I’m with you. No kings.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let's put an end to the discussion; what is the best way?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Do none of you people have clothes pins? Or does that count as Neutral Good?

  Also, CG and CN need to be switched. There is no way the bottle hack counts as “good.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wouldn’t choose such a system, I think, but I can’t say that tete aren’t at least a few half decent arguments for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A constitutional monarch may have a wide range of powers, depending on the constitution. It doesn’t automatically mean “powerless figurehead.”

  Given the way the US has been recently, I’m willing to admit that there may be some benefit to having a leader in some position of power that had been there a long time, and has, more or less, been training for the responsibly since birth.

  Of course, there are plenty of arguments against such a leader, but the least of which is how much you have to stretch the word “training” to make it fit that sentence above.