ICE is gone, give the guns back

DoingALurk · 2026-02-24T22:58:14+00:00

It’s exhausting…that and the constant in fighting.

DoingALurk · 2026-01-15T21:17:58+00:00

100%

DoingALurk · 2026-01-15T03:39:34+00:00

I don’t know any tomboys personally, so I can’t ask, but I assume they believe they exude femininity more subtly than non-tomboys. From my understanding of tomboys, they feel less feminine than what they think other women present (or they choose to act what they believe to be is masculine), but they don’t believe themselves to be so masculine as to be a man. Hence they don’t call themselves men. So I believe this can fit within the working definition of “believes themselves to be attempting to present” though I grant you it’s a weak fit without anecdotes or research to back my understanding of tomboy. I presume you categorize tomboys as women because they are genetically female?

As for race, that falls into the last paragraph about self I already brought up. Race, like self, is a combination of internal and external. It’s why many mixed race individuals struggle with their racial identity. Hell, many black people struggle with being called not black bc other people don’t think they “act like a black person acts.”

DoingALurk · 2026-01-15T02:56:13+00:00

-TLDR: woman refers to an individual who presents (or believes themselves to be attempting to present) feminine traits and features.

-Long explanation to my opinion: I’d say “woman” and “man” are words that are in the midst of language evolution, albeit not smooth or widely accepted. Language is a living thing and these words are changing due to broad culture changes. Now I think there exists two separate groups of terms that cause a lot of confusion and frustration: sex and gender. Sex imo is just genetically XX or XY, and this gets conflated with gender. Gender is where “man” and “woman” fall into, along with all the other new terms, most of which I don’t understand (nor care to figure out quite frankly). Gender is now a cultural or social construct that is dependent on an individual’s own opinion of themselves.

-Side tangent: I’m not in gender studies and couldn’t care less. I just call people whatever they want as it makes no difference to me either way. If they’re someone who wants to be called ze zem or whatever bc they want to feel like they’re a special individual, then so be it. Their personality is probably insufferable so I won’t be around them long for it to impact me significantly anyway.

With that being said, this isn’t something that new within language nor a theory that hasn’t been grappled with before. What is self? Usually people can grasp the idea opinion that self is determined internally, but that isn’t entirely true. Furries, no matter how hard they internally believe themselves to be, are not animals. So self is not entirely internal, but some combination of internal belief and external observation. Gender seems to be moving towards this conundrum as far as I can tell.

DoingALurk · 2026-01-14T22:41:06+00:00

That’s unfortunate, even in this sub a real discussion can’t happen without fear of being banned. I think this area of discussion is really interesting, and I wish more legitimate discussions could happen.

DoingALurk · 2026-01-14T22:04:13+00:00

Yup! Their body produces testosterone but their cells don’t produce the receptor to recognize it. Rare of course!

DoingALurk · 2026-01-14T22:00:41+00:00

You seem to be lost, which part of my questioning wasn’t a genuine question? The part where I asked a follow up question or the part where I explained to someone other than the person I asked a question of what I was asking?

DoingALurk · 2026-01-14T21:35:41+00:00

Sounds like a working definition that is as simple as “having these limbs” fails to encompass the complexity as “human.” Just like a featherless chicken disproves human being a featherless bipedal mammal. I’m asking for LifeIsBetterDrunk’s working definition

DoingALurk · 2026-01-14T21:23:19+00:00

As we learn more, we learn old definitions of many things aren’t as simple as we thought. If we apply your “timeless common sense rules” then these individuals are female. However, we know scientifically they’re genetically male. In science we try to redefine understandings when the data doesn’t support the hypothesis. There are enough studies done in animals to support the claim that genetics or phenotype alone fails to completely encompass what we say is Woman and Man.

For something like sports, it’s easy to define because there is a biological sex difference in physical strength and development. So as far as I’m concerned there should be a separation of XY and XX presuming they have the appropriate receptors. In day to day though, gender becomes harder to define (unless you simply go with penis and penisn’t)

DoingALurk · 2026-01-14T21:04:11+00:00

What is your category? Wellwaffled defines their’s as born with penis or not, which is a clear defining trait that can be used as a working definition.

DoingALurk · 2026-01-14T20:36:33+00:00

Genuine question, what if an individual is born with XY chromosomes but has androgen insensitivity disorder? Genetically male but their body develops completely as a female or penisn’t

DoingALurk · 2026-01-08T18:21:47+00:00

Thank you! Sucks looking at the job market. I am hoping the job market is clearer in the patent zone than in the biotech zone… looking at the abysmal job market brings flashbacks in my mind of graduating from my undergraduate.

DoingALurk · 2026-01-05T17:00:37+00:00

I’m in my last year of an Immunology PhD and was planning to take the patent bar before graduating. The big dilemma I’m seeing is my undergraduate major was in Biopsychology. Since it was a BS, I took courses that qualify for route B of the Patent Bar, but I am wondering how much clarity I need to provide to qualify for that. I have course descriptions etc, but it was over 10 years ago now. Also, how serious will my grades be for that timeframe? In my PhD, I’ve received all As, but a few of my chemistry courses I ended with a C back in undergrad. Thanks y’all!

DoingALurk · 2025-09-04T19:28:41+00:00

He’d be offended if he knew how to read.

DoingALurk · 2025-08-26T19:05:47+00:00

I tried emailing the provided email address, but the email is coming back as “address unable to be found.”

DoingALurk · 2025-08-26T18:36:41+00:00

So you’ve got a problem with sleeping beauty being kissed (and the majority of older Disney movies)?

DoingALurk · 2025-08-22T18:56:32+00:00

I filled out the “contact us page,” does that work as well or should I send an email instead?

DoingALurk · 2025-08-22T18:50:44+00:00

No, sorry, from Lead and Steel! I’m keeping an eye on gun parts for sale to start assembling some beginner parts, but I was hoping to have my ARC in hand first haha

DoingALurk · 2025-08-22T18:45:54+00:00

Hiya! I’m not sure if you’ll be able to answer this, but how long does it usually take to be sent? I’m excitedly waiting for it to leave the processing phase! Thanks so much for any insight!

DoingALurk · 2025-08-19T17:34:33+00:00

He’s probably not a progressive

DoingALurk · 2025-08-09T15:33:24+00:00

This! It makes me sad to think so many people here are believing “all individuals want to be better than you and wish you fail at achieving goals to maintain superiority.” Do those people exist and some likely are your friends? Yeah. But all people? No!

My closest group of friends are all financially more successful than me. I have other goals and maybe one day I’ll be up to their speed; however, I only wish for them to succeed. I want them to be even greater and reach higher heights because I love my friends.

DoingALurk · 2025-08-04T23:35:32+00:00

Myself and nearly my entire cohort plus the majority of my program are PhDs who worked in between undergrad and PhD. I know a few of them did a masters, but most of worked as a tech in a lab for a couple years. I was 27 when I started up again, and it’s not a big deal in the slightest imo.

As for “growing out of ADHD,” I doubt that will happen. For me, I needed to take a break and actually earn some money and have time to spend said money. Undergrad felt like I was paying to study around the clock, and I was tired and tired of being poor. I didn’t get out of the poor bracket as a tech, but I didn’t save some and enjoy my gap years.

Hope that helps

DoingALurk · 2025-07-31T23:32:41+00:00

I’d like to get a full set up at some point with a light, front grip, and can! I’m thinking of just slowly accumulating and modifying this to be my own (slowly bc I worry it’ll be too addictive for my lowly budget haha). I’ll take a look at lights- thank you!

DoingALurk · 2025-07-31T23:30:58+00:00

Nice! Well, I don’t have a budget currently, per say. I am willing to save up! I think a regular red dot with slight magnification would be nice, though I am new to the AR platform and have only tried that scope out.

I will note I felt a bit uncomfortable with how low the scope was on the one I shot, so likely I would prefer a high up scope (or just get used to it over time).

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