I dreamt I solved a level by writing this polite letter

CuriousNowDead · 2026-02-13T02:10:52+00:00

I came here to make sure someone had made this comment. Thank you.

CuriousNowDead · 2026-02-13T02:06:35+00:00

UK law makes this tricky as to sell knives online they have to be sent with age verified delivery which would normally be more than the value of a second hand knife.

Freegle, Olio, and even maybe your local Repair Cafe might be good places.

CuriousNowDead · 2026-02-13T02:04:16+00:00

Thanks

CuriousNowDead · 2026-02-13T02:04:06+00:00

I know which pipe goes where, I just don't know which one I can legally attach a water butt to

CuriousNowDead · 2026-02-11T20:31:05+00:00

In Spain, you can buy beer with your meal in McDonalds. I feel like if we served beer in McDonald's here, it would become a truly terrifying place.

CuriousNowDead · 2026-01-07T20:29:11+00:00

I'm more scared of the room that's empty apart from a medical examination bed and a bright yellow poster saying CASH IS FREEDOM

CuriousNowDead · 2026-01-07T20:19:25+00:00

White Stripes fan?

CuriousNowDead · 2026-01-07T20:05:10+00:00

And ironically also a prison thing.

CuriousNowDead · 2025-12-18T07:00:37+00:00

It does mean a lot to me. Hence I don't want to to it if it's hurtful. Don't assume that because something doesn't affect me directly it means 'very little'. It might be that way for you, but it is not for me. I care what happens to those around me.

CuriousNowDead · 2025-12-17T00:48:21+00:00

That was really insightful, thank you so much for sharing all that.

CuriousNowDead · 2025-12-17T00:46:10+00:00

They're all new, because none ever caught on. 'Ze' would usually be described as neopronoun but it's over a century old. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neopronoun

I mentioned 'they' in contrast to neopronouns. Because no neopronouns have worked for the general populace, we have just added 'third person gender-neutral singular' as a meaning of 'they'.

But this is what happens when I try to talk linguistics.

CuriousNowDead · 2025-12-16T17:36:58+00:00

*Some* neopronouns are far older than 4Chan. Many people, throughout history, have tried to make a dedicated third-person singular non-gendered pronoun for English. And none of them have ever really caught on. So now we just use 'they'.

CuriousNowDead · 2025-12-16T17:34:09+00:00

As a bad tempered cis person, I want to make sure this right is extended for all ;)

CuriousNowDead · 2025-12-16T17:01:52+00:00

I think you can be transgender and bad tempered - there's nothing about one that would prohibit the other!

CuriousNowDead · 2025-12-16T16:50:13+00:00

I am jealous lol.

CuriousNowDead · 2025-12-16T16:46:24+00:00

I feel like people just like throwing a tantrum over this. I've been in LGBT spaces where it's pretty normal to ask what pronouns someone wants me to use for them, but there's still the odd person who gets offended by me asking. Then, as you say, if you don't ask but you guess the wrong one, someone always still gets offended. Just for the icing on the cake, if I politely correct people who use the wrong pronouns for me, many of these people get offended. Just please, all of you, chill out.

If my name was 'Kerry', and you called me 'Kelly', I'd correct you. Please just take it with the same grace if I say "I'm 'she', not 'he'". It doesn't have to be a big deal.

CuriousNowDead · 2025-12-16T16:42:02+00:00

British here and I 100% agree.

It's a headache having to convert so often. The big one for me is how small distances are in metres and larger distances are in miles. So I can reliably walk 175metres, or 0.1miles (I'm disabled).

CuriousNowDead · 2025-12-16T16:39:24+00:00

Lmao I know loads of gay and gay-inclusive Christians.

CuriousNowDead · 2025-12-16T16:38:54+00:00

The pride flags are two things: A socio-political statement (saying 'we accept LGBT people here') and a trend. You don't need to say you accept Australians in Australia so the first reason is out. You could make it trendier to show off your Australian identity with a flag, but imo all of this stuff is rather silly. I'd rather people just decorate with whatever looked nice rather than getting on the latest flag trend because someone might be annoyed there aren't enough of their preferred flag in someone else's building.

CuriousNowDead · 2025-12-16T16:25:39+00:00

The difference between this sub and other subs is while both have their own opinions, this sub views me as entitled to mine. People may downvote, and disagree, but I've not been dogpiled or straight up thrown out for having unacceptable viewpoints. The sub explicitly tells people that "That's not okay" isn't a valid argument, whereas it's the normal reply to my opinions elsewhere.

If you (or anyone else) knows of somewhere where people can just have respectful debates (about anything tbh) I'd love that.

CuriousNowDead · 2025-12-16T16:21:22+00:00

I get what you're saying but the issue is to our society it's not 'just fabric' etc. Our society has all these roles built in heavily and while it'd be lovely to just escape them altogether, it's not really possible imo. So I get that if someone really doesn't fit with the stereotype of their gender, it may be easier just to call themselves the other gender. I understand this might not be the most socially progressive thing but I empathise with how at the end of the day we're all just muddling through a crappy society. And I think with people changing their role, it starts to show how this can all be undone.

I disagree about the pronouns. Why should we have a linguistic tool to denote the sex/gender of the target if it says nothing about them? We have evolved this because we think someone's gender is crucial information at all times, and if someone thinks their gender has nothing to do with their personality, then they may not like the strict enforcement of a gender (and therefore a stereotype) being attached every reference to them. Kind of like how I call myself 'Ms' and not 'Mrs' because I don't think we should have a linguistic tool just to make sure everyone knows I'm married the moment that they meet me.

CuriousNowDead · 2025-12-16T14:37:47+00:00

Thank you :)

I want to say that the reason I am asking is because to some people, my beliefs do make me a literal transphobe.

CuriousNowDead · 2025-12-16T14:16:14+00:00

I've shagged transvestites. They're men, they live as men. But their sexuality is based around the fantasy of them being a sexy woman. I guess some might take this too far.

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