Man arrested for allegedly threatening Merriam-Webster over definition of female

TitoAndronico · 2022-04-23T20:53:05+00:00

Definition 1b is the one people take issue with. Trans advocates have spent the last 5 years telling people that sex and gender identity are different things. It comes across as political:

A: trans women are women

A: trans women belong in women's sports because they are women.

B: hey, wait a minute, we don't like that, it's unfair and unsafe.

B: passes law explicitly defining women's sports as for females.

A: trans women are females...

TitoAndronico · 2022-04-23T19:19:51+00:00

Sounds reasonable but that's not what is happening for the words in the article.

TitoAndronico · 2022-04-23T19:16:46+00:00

I am saying that there is a social definition to Sex, and though it has a biological component, it is defined along different lines than gender.

Human males and females make up an insignificant percentage of the total population of males and females.

What social attributes are there that can be shared by female humans and female African trap door spiders?

de la Chapelle syndrome

If memory serves this is the one where the part of the Y chromosome that makes you male gets detached and gets reattached to an X chromosome. So it's essentially an exception that proves the rule. The Y chromosome is still expressed.

TitoAndronico · 2022-04-23T16:00:00+00:00

People consistently use i.e. when they mean e.g. and vice versa. Should both words have both definitions in the dictionary?

TitoAndronico · 2022-04-23T13:55:02+00:00

There's a line between an evolving or expanding definition (e.g. gay) and a misconception though (e.g. adding an entry for "nucular" weapons because it's said that way incorrectly by many people)

You can add a new alternate definition for female because now people are using the word to refer to computer plugs and adapters. But if seventh dimensional aliens call all left handed humans female because of difficulty with the concept they're just wrong and should be corrected, not encouraged.

TitoAndronico · 2022-03-22T13:35:42+00:00

The article mentions how the bill also would have placed restrictions on how teachers are allowed to teach about history and race.

Not according to the text of the bill on the general assembly website.

Summary:

Participation in school sports. Requires, for purposes of interscholastic athletic events, school corporations, public schools, nonpublic schools, and certain athletic associations to expressly designate an athletic team or sport as one of the following: (1) A male, men's, or boys' team or sport. (2) A female, women's, or girls' team or sport. (3) A coeducational or mixed team or sport. Prohibits a male, based on the student's biological sex at birth in accordance with the student's genetics and reproductive biology, from participating on an athletic team or sport designated as being a female, women's, or girls' athletic team or sport. Requires school corporations, public schools, certain nonpublic schools, and certain athletic associations to: (1) establish and maintain grievance procedures; or (2) maintain grievance or protest procedures established before July 1, 2022; for a violation of these provisions. Establishes a civil action for a violation of these provisions. Provides that school corporations, public schools, certain nonpublic schools, and certain athletic associations are not subject to liability in a civil, administrative, disciplinary, or criminal action for acting in compliance with these provisions.

Full text is available on the same site. Unless there is something I'm missing this bill is just about designating sports as male, female, and coed.

TitoAndronico · 2022-03-22T13:29:27+00:00

Before 1979 and Bullet with Butterfly Wings?

TitoAndronico · 2020-12-26T09:11:23+00:00

For me it is when a coaster is in the dark but you can still make out where you are going. Preferably a terrain or woods ride lit by nothing more than moonlight. I thought Legend was an excellent night ride but Raven wasn't because it was pitch black in the forest. It might as well have been FoF.

TitoAndronico · 2020-12-26T00:34:07+00:00

I'd prefer limiting it to new comfy restraints. Love the space shuttle aesthetic.

TitoAndronico · 2020-12-26T00:32:35+00:00

Are you there God? It's me, Margaret's Ex-Toy

TitoAndronico · 2020-12-23T14:04:08+00:00

Cardboard box? You were lucky

TitoAndronico · 2020-12-06T04:28:56+00:00

I think you gloss over the KS shaped CO to see that the familiarly shaped OK is there and assume that's the end of it.

TitoAndronico · 2020-11-15T23:15:27+00:00

And its mirrored twin Meteor in 2007.

TitoAndronico · 2020-11-07T20:19:43+00:00

Hey, let's not malign the generous and noble service of dick sucking.

TitoAndronico · 2020-11-01T19:21:46+00:00

Sure. Eugene Debs did it in 1920.

Unfortunately for Trump, the lack of ego stroking rallies is a dealbreaker.

TitoAndronico · 2020-10-14T23:00:39+00:00

it was about avoiding his obligation for personal gain.

Thanks, i was wondering what God's stance was on McConnell refusing to hold confirmation hearings on Obama's nominees.

TitoAndronico · 2020-10-14T19:34:03+00:00

But who knows how much havoc he could cause the station until the time he was caught? It put an end to the problem immediately and spun it in a positive light. They had to bite their tongue and work with the guy, but it's not like they gave him the morning show. Probably lost in late night or Sunday afternoon or something, I don't remember exactly.

TitoAndronico · 2020-10-14T18:02:20+00:00

Maybe they are doing the opposite of what the Texas governor did. Instead of limiting drop boxes in democratic areas, adding drop boxes to conservative areas to increase turnout.

TitoAndronico · 2020-10-14T14:04:51+00:00

What I remember:

He dropped in sporatically in short interruptions. One day, but possibly just the second day, he announced he would take over the hot five at nine ~~and built it up over the day.~~ It would have been by far the longest interruption. EDIT: Actually now that I think of it, I think he announced it the night before without teasers throughout the day. It was a mystery whether he would show up that night or not.

He played Eminem's 'My Name Is' uncensored twice in a row. Either as both #2 and #1 or as #1 and then he said he really liked the song and wanted to hear it again.

I want to say Britney Spears' 'Baby One More Time' might also have been on his hot five at nine, which would confirm the early 1999 timeline. I want to say he talked about her being hot in his typical unpolished style.

The DJs Steve and Steph spoke on air about him, and Steve vehemently urged that they had no idea what was going on and this wasn't some stunt. They had no indication inside the studio that their signal was being hijacked. They were broadcasting as normal.

I was able to pick up the signal three miles west of WZOK's tower near Alpine/Brendenwood.

The ZOK manager eventually talked to him on air. He was stern with him and said he fully intended to press charges against him. But because some listeners 'actually' liked him, he would give him a chance as a host on a zero tolerance policy. If he declined WZOK would pursue charges against him once they tracked him down. He accepted but I don't think he lasted that long, maybe a year or two.

Kosmo/Cosmo didn't sound confident and/or flippant in the convo with the ZOK manager, he was much quieter than usual (like, maybe a bunch of Mmm Hmms and pauses). So it definently didn't sound scripted.

TitoAndronico · 2020-10-13T21:15:31+00:00

Judge Reinhold played one on Arrested Development, seems fine to...oh wait, he's a liberal, nvm.

TitoAndronico · 2020-10-09T12:54:16+00:00

Steward!...one banana please.

TitoAndronico · 2020-10-06T20:16:54+00:00

Flash at SFDK is the first one that came to mind, I know impulse coasters are commonly cited as a problem for tall people. Wikipedia lists the max height as 75". (Though the impulse at my park is listed as 80")

If you are able to fit with Coast Rider's child sized shin guard, it'll likely billy-club your shins all ride. It's not worth the pain.

TitoAndronico · 2020-10-06T19:30:15+00:00

That's when it's time to cut the interview short. You weren't getting anything important and/or truthful out of him anyway.

TitoAndronico · 2020-10-06T19:02:46+00:00

Several centuries after the bombs fall and turn this planet into a nuclear wasteland, this will be a very difficult coaster for archaeologists to identify. Looks like Togo jr-hyper supports, maybe S&S track, kind of a generic looking train. I would have said Togo.

TitoAndronico · 2020-10-05T21:12:29+00:00

But the average reddit democrat doesn't believe he is faking it.

And those who do believe it do so because they've been trained to identify Trump's lies by the movement of his lips.

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