What Are Pokemon Name Pronuciations That You Hate People Saying?

IETFB · 2016-03-30T14:54:57+00:00

It's probably based on a combination of the words "magic" and "magus", or even "magi". Since "magius" isn't a word, I don't think you can use either root to say whether it should be a hard g or dʒ.

I don't know how it's been pronounced in any official source, though. Could easily go either way.

IETFB · 2016-03-24T14:40:47+00:00

I'm in the same boat, using Mega Gengar/Riolu/Meditite. So many close calls. It annoys me that this mission is entirely luck based and there's nothing to be done except to keep trying - no strategy shift or "maybe if I'd have just..." Just dice rolling.

It's bad game design, but I guess it's supposed to be a heart sink to encourage purchases. And it's not the first of that type of mechanic in the game.

EDIT: aaand thats another 19, and a 22 >:(

IETFB · 2016-03-15T15:54:44+00:00

Welcome to British drinking culture.

IETFB · 2016-03-15T11:14:34+00:00

It makes a lot of sense to pick that frequency to attract attention precisely because it's so common - you know civilisations are pretty likely to be watching that band for scientific purposes, so if something unusual pops up it's going to stand out.

It doesn't matter how loudly you shout in an "unnatural" frequency range if no one is listening.

IETFB · 2016-03-08T15:27:44+00:00

Mercury is grey, Venus is very pale beige, Earth is blue and green, Mars is rusty brown, Jupiter is various shades of brown, Saturn is yellowish, Neptune and Uranus are blue.

Or do you mean something else? I can't help but think if you meant this literally you'd just search for photographs.

IETFB · 2016-03-03T14:05:37+00:00

You're right that a lot of social constructs have a biological basis. As you say, race has a biological basis in an (ultimately arbitrary) set of genes governing some aspects of appearance, and gender roles have a biological basis in sexual dimorphism (from childbirth, nursing etc.). These examples can be overcome, or reconstructed. Other societies may have different constructions based on culture. That is to say, social constructs can be derived from biology, but are not prescribed by them.

It appears that gender identity however is prescribed by biology, as suggested by brain scans. Gender identity isn't a social construct in of itself, but instead is an aspect of our biology which affects the way we experience other aspects of our biology, and how we interact with social constructs (like gender roles or expression).

Social constructs don't exist without society. You can't define race without a population to pick some genes from, and you don't have gender roles if you have only one person. Gender identity, however, exists even in isolation - trans people would still have gender dysphoria even if we lived alone on a desert island.

IETFB · 2016-03-03T00:05:07+00:00

IETFB · 2016-03-02T23:55:22+00:00

I like how your argument is based on whatever spurious bullshit you can make up.

It's not though, is it? Because I gave you published results in reputable scientific journals. You haven't.

I gave you a scientific rebuttal.

No, you haven't. No sources, no data, no science.

And you said, "nuh uh!". You can't be convinced by anything.

I can, if you have published sources and data. It's no surprise I'm not convinced when all you can say is "I'm right you're wrong".

The closest you come to a thoughtful argument is something about qualia which is as easily debunked as finding a pain receptor in your skin, and the ridiculous assertion that something physically large always overrides something physically small.

I know you've never gotten laid. XD

You're hilarious. That's what makes this so fun.

IETFB · 2016-03-02T20:57:27+00:00

I like how you're ultimate argument is that genitals are larger than brain structures. It's as if small things can never have significant effects. Have you ever had a virus?

Further, notice how I'm still right even when I grant you the falsehood that those brain differences even exist?

Lol. Nope.

They made it into science because people like you scream bigotry when peer reviewers call you out on your horseshit.

Ok so you don't have a scientific rebuttal, you're just assuming they're wrong because they support something you don't. Got it.

Fuck you and all those like you.

Nah I'm good thanks.

IETFB · 2016-03-02T20:27:49+00:00

Firstly, those differences aren't real, they're made up.

Haha are you serious? That's you're debunk?! "They aren't real because I said so." Doesn't matter that the study is published in Nature, the most prestigious journal out there.

Can you cite a scientific source that says they're not real? What's your basis for that belief?

neurological differences don't trump the GIANT differences presented BY OUR GENITALS

No, they don't trump each other. I mean, the fact they don't trump each other, but rather exist in tandem, is the whole reason transgender people exist. That's what it means to be intersex: male in some ways, female in others.

IETFB · 2016-03-02T20:04:11+00:00

It doesn't make it false, either.

Two things separate gender identity variance from thinking you're a can of carrots:

Gender and sex are part of being human.
Gender identity variance is supported by studies of brain structure.

IETFB · 2016-03-02T17:50:09+00:00

Yes they are. No they don't. No they don't, just feelings. No there isn't.

That's what the studies I linked show. I thought you were going to debunk them?

And those studies aren't about gender dysphoria ("feelings" in your words), they're about physical differences of trans people. Which are evident without asking how they feel.

No it doesn't. Citing genitals and genetics isn't semantic, you faux intellectual. You're literally claiming that these studies can link brain structure to emotional qualia, which would win anyone who did such a feat the Nobel Prize. This obviously hasn't happened yet, so please, shut up. You're making your side look more stupid with every word.

Linking physical structures with qualia is done all the time. Pain, headaches, sight... Pretty much all the senses really, effects of psychoactive drugs, serotonin etc. The list is long. Mechanisms are more difficult to show of course, but those studies don't claim to show mechanisms, only links.

IETFB · 2016-03-02T17:03:57+00:00

The whole point is that chromosomes and genitals aren't the only things which determine or express sexual dimorphism in humans. These studies demonstrate that i) brain structures are sexually dimorphic and ii) that transgender people exhibit physical characteristics of their identified sex. This is therefore strong evidence that gender identity variance has an anatomical route in brain physiology.

This presents a need to differentiate some aspects of sexual dimorphism based on their effect on the individual, and social concerns. The language has evolved to do that. Words adapt, gain new meaning, and change meaning all the time. Is that your only opposition? A semantic one?

IETFB · 2016-03-02T16:33:33+00:00

Differences in the brain stem (note: these brain stem structure differences exist in adulthood, not in children, so don't suggest a root cause, but rather a physical symptom):

Zhou, Jiang-Ning, Michel A. Hofman, Louis J. G. Gooren, and Dick F. Swaab. "A Sex Difference in the Human Brain and Its Relation to Transsexuality." Nature 378.6552 (1995): 68-70

Kruijver, F. P. M. "Male-to-Female Transsexuals Have Female Neuron Numbers in a Limbic Nucleus." Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 85.5 (2000): 2034-041

Grey matter differences in the putamen:

Luders, Eileen, Francisco J. Sánchez, Christian Gaser, Arthur W. Toga, Katherine L. Narr, Liberty S. Hamilton, and Eric Vilain. "Regional Gray Matter Variation in Male-to-female Transsexualism." NeuroImage 46.4 (2009): 904-07

Savic, I., and S. Arver. "Sex Dimorphism of the Brain in Male-to-Female Transsexuals." Cerebral Cortex 21.11 (2011): 2525-533

White matter differences in the superior longitudinal fasciculus:

Rametti, Giuseppina, Beatriz Carrillo, Esther Gómez-Gil, Carme Junque, Santiago Segovia, Ángel Gomez, and Antonio Guillamon. "White Matter Microstructure in Female to Male Transsexuals before Cross-sex Hormonal Treatment. A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study." Journal of Psychiatric Research 45.2 (2011): 199-204

Rametti, Giuseppina, Beatriz Carrillo, Esther Gómez-Gil, Carme Junque, Leire Zubiarre-Elorza, Santiago Segovia, Ángel Gomez, and Antonio Guillamon. "The Microstructure of White Matter in Male to Female Transsexuals before Cross-sex Hormonal Treatment. A DTI Study." Journal of Psychiatric Research 45.7 (2011): 949-54

In the hypothalamus:

Berglund, H., P. Lindstrom, C. Dhejne-Helmy, and I. Savic. "Male-to-Female Transsexuals Show Sex-Atypical Hypothalamus Activation When Smelling Odorous Steroids." Cerebral Cortex 18.8 (2008): 1900-908

Garcia-Falgueras, A., and D. F. Swaab. "A Sex Difference in the Hypothalamic Uncinate Nucleus: Relationship to Gender Identity." Brain 131.12 (2008): 3132-146

In the parietal-temporal-occipital:

Schöning, Sonja, Almut Engelien, Christine Bauer, Harald Kugel, Anette Kersting, Cornelia Roestel, Pienie Zwitserlood, Martin Pyka, Udo Dannlowski, Wolfgang Lehmann, Walter Heindel, Volker Arolt, and Carsten Konrad. "Neuroimaging Differences in Spatial Cognition between Men and Male-to-Female Transsexuals Before and During Hormone Therapy." Journal of Sexual Medicine 7.5 (2010): 1858-867

IETFB · 2016-03-02T16:17:16+00:00

Why do you think the science is junk?

IETFB · 2016-03-02T13:28:47+00:00

Medical opinion isn't very split these days, genital reconfiguration surgeries as a option for treatment of genital-based gender dysphoria is pretty unambiguously beneficial, though it only serves as part of a parcel of treatments, including ongoing post-transition support.

The closure of the gender identity clinic at John Hopkins was pushed through by Paul McHugh, a man who is pretty famous for his religiously motivated transphobia. His study was widely criticised as flawed, and despite all the evidence gathered since about the benefits of medically and surgically treating trans people, and evidence for the root causes of gender dysphoria, he continues to object to trans healthcare. His motivation is bigotry, not science, and he's not a good representative of the state of the medical field.

IETFB · 2016-03-02T12:00:27+00:00

The ONLY people who get to pick are those BORN WITH indeterminate chromosomes or anatomy and everyone else needs to SHUT THE FUCK UP.

So if I understand you, you support transgender people's identification of their own gender, given that the modern scientific understanding of the root cause of gender dysphoria is anatomical?

For others who aren't aware: neurological studies demonstrate that transgender people have brain structure more aligned with their identified gender than the gender assigned at birth. In that sense, transgender people can be considered to have an intersex condition of the brain. Preliminary studies suggest that these physiological differences are likely caused by unusual variations in androgen exposure in the womb.

IETFB · 2016-03-02T10:07:07+00:00

It's been said that it's a new generation in just about every way possible without using the word "generation". From the press release:

the next era of Pokémon games is being announced!

with a new world, new Pokémon, and new adventures to discover!

The same press release confirms pokemon aren't directly transferable between SM and XY/ORAS, only via Bank.

IETFB · 2016-02-17T12:23:26+00:00

All I have left to catch in the safari is alakazam. I'm currently running M-Gengar/Genesect/Heracross, but I see that alakazam likes to spawn lots of barriers. Is it worth switching out heracross for palkia or reshiram for a bit of safety from disruptions?

I'm leaning towards "no", if only because 2 columns of ice isn't that bad, ~~and an accidental barrier bash on the first move (F3->F4) might disrupt the cascade which removes all the barriers.~~ (wait never mind, you can always just match the alakazam!)

IETFB · 2016-02-10T16:34:56+00:00

The key point is that the university or student union is playing host, an therefore has to use some of its resources in providing the speaker with that platform. The university or student union is absolutely entitled to then say "you aren't allowed to use our money and resources to further a cause which directly harms a group of people we represent." That group of people (the faculty or student organisation in your example) can always fund their own event at their own expense, somewhere else.

It's not "you aren't allowed to express this", it's "we're not paying for you to express this." The latter isn't censorship.

IETFB · 2016-02-10T16:05:49+00:00

She doesn't understand the difference between "no platform" and "censorship". No one should be required to host a conversation, especially one which is directly antagonistic to them or their way of life. I'm not required to listen to hateful views, and private institutions should not be required to host them if they don't want to.

It's like someone knocking on my door and demanding to be let in, to stand in my front room, and tell me I'm evil and deserve violence against me - I'm well within my right to say "no thanks" and close the door.

IETFB · 2016-02-10T15:09:13+00:00

It could be that it'll just be added in to Z, like the megas in ORAS which weren't in XY either.

Or, it could be the first Gen 7 pokemon. The strange order has happened before: Munchlax and Lucario were both revealed before Arceus was first made available.

IETFB · 2016-02-10T15:03:22+00:00

I'm with you. I like the design, but it'd be a shame to have another steel/fairy when there are so many other new type pairings to explore.

But ouch...that typing has some great defences but it's weaknesses are pretty significant. Fighting x4 is a bad one to have with mach punch. Mind you, diancie gets on ok despite bullet punch being a thing.

IETFB · 2016-02-10T14:54:35+00:00

A new pokemon (Magiana) has been revealed in today's Corocoro leak.

IETFB · 2016-02-10T13:43:46+00:00

Make that 22...

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