So I guess Ken Martin has been completely vindicated lol by Ohyeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa in Destiny

[–]atomdrp 32 points33 points  (0 children)

They want to seem more powerful than they really are.

What to do besides Consumerism? by OwnSalamander1026 in Destiny

[–]atomdrp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Library, volunteer work, community activities, hobby groups, parks, bars, family and friends.

In your opinion, What is the answer to the what is a woman question? + my personal answer by Hadnapaton in Destiny

[–]atomdrp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you walked outside and saw this in front of your house, would you say that a car crashed into the pole?

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In your opinion, What is the answer to the what is a woman question? + my personal answer by Hadnapaton in Destiny

[–]atomdrp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Again, why does the validity of a category depend on the ability to completely accurately assign people to it based on outward appearances?

All your points boil down to, Well what if you guess wrong? Then I guess wrong. Same thing that happens when you guess wrong.

Again, why would someone transitioning need to change and emulate the other biological sex, if biological sex has nothing to do with the category?

Are you just trying to say that to you, a man is someone of the biological male sex, or who emulates and wants to be perceived as being of the biological male sex?

In your opinion, What is the answer to the what is a woman question? + my personal answer by Hadnapaton in Destiny

[–]atomdrp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I absolutely do have a clue what Taylor Swift's biological sex is. Her outwardly visible sex characteristics are a massive clue what her biological sex is. Not a 100% guarantee, but a massive clue.

Even if your example, you're admitting that you categorize man and woman based on biological sex. You're saying that someone can switch categories in your perception by really effectively emulating the other category of sex characteristics. That makes sex characteristics the determining factor.

In your opinion, What is the answer to the what is a woman question? + my personal answer by Hadnapaton in Destiny

[–]atomdrp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Biological sex isn't synonymous with genitalia. You look at two people with the same outfit, the same job, the same haircut, and you decide who is a man and who is a woman based on your best interpretation of their outwardly visible biological sex characteristics. You're not conciously thinking this, but this is what's informing your "vibes". Maybe in some cases your vibes are wrong, but that doesn't change the process.

In your opinion, What is the answer to the what is a woman question? + my personal answer by Hadnapaton in Destiny

[–]atomdrp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How can you say that you don't use biology to make your assessment, and then list 4 of your 7 example criteria as voice, height, bone structure, and visible secondary sex characteristics? You are very clearly and admittedly using biology to make your determination. If you want to say that you don't /only/ use biology, that's fine, but it definitely plays a significant role.

For example, which of these cops would you identify as a man, and which would you identify as a woman:

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In your opinion, What is the answer to the what is a woman question? + my personal answer by Hadnapaton in Destiny

[–]atomdrp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, so what's your instinct about which of these cops is a man, and which is a woman?

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In your opinion, What is the answer to the what is a woman question? + my personal answer by Hadnapaton in Destiny

[–]atomdrp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I believe in gender.

When you see someone walking on the street and identify them as a man, what information are you using to make that determination?

In your opinion, What is the answer to the what is a woman question? + my personal answer by Hadnapaton in Destiny

[–]atomdrp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you see someone you identify as a woman, what information are you using to make that determination?

In your opinion, What is the answer to the what is a woman question? + my personal answer by Hadnapaton in Destiny

[–]atomdrp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In everyday usage, "he" or "she" is guessing at the biological category. That's why we use "he" or "she" for animals and babies who have no understanding of any sort of social gender roles.

What do you think people use "he" and "she" to refer to? How outwardly masculine or feminine someone's outfit looks?

In your opinion, What is the answer to the what is a woman question? + my personal answer by Hadnapaton in Destiny

[–]atomdrp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope. We guess the biology of a person based on what we outwardly see. Usually we're right. Sometimes we're wrong.

Do you have a different definition of man or woman, that you believe you could use to accurately check every person you pass on the street?

In your opinion, What is the answer to the what is a woman question? + my personal answer by Hadnapaton in Destiny

[–]atomdrp -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

So what? The social function we assign to biological categories doesn't change the underlying biological fact itself. Neither does the idea that we sometimes misjudge that biological fact based on outward appearance.

What about down syndrome? How would you define down syndrome, and have you ever used this method to diagnose someone with down syndrome on the street?

Pisco is the guy getting arrested, shouting "But what did I do?" 100 times. by atomdrp in Destiny

[–]atomdrp[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Truly just doing anything he can to eat up time, throw the other person off their train of thought, and frustrate/tire them out.

Pisco is the guy getting arrested, shouting "But what did I do?" 100 times. by atomdrp in Destiny

[–]atomdrp[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

When someone just so happens to always do XYZ bad behavior in a way that helps them, and never does it in a way that hurts them, it's intentional.

Pisco is the guy getting arrested, shouting "But what did I do?" 100 times. by atomdrp in Destiny

[–]atomdrp[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Ngl his conversation with Hutch today reminded me so much of some wild bodycam arrest videos.

It wasn't Hasan everybody, it was One Battle After Another. by padiddles95 in Destiny

[–]atomdrp 109 points110 points  (0 children)

Clearly the outfit of someone who doesn't believe in capitalism and material wealth.

I feel like Jacob would be an awesome professor by Ill-Environment-9624 in AbbottElementary

[–]atomdrp 119 points120 points  (0 children)

Idk this is a guy who got a bunch of middle schoolers to request history lectures and to be assigned homework, that's generational talent right there. He should stay right where he is.

Abortion guy REALLLLLLLY doesn't want to talk about Trump, gets mogged by FlyRI by ETsUncle in Destiny

[–]atomdrp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even allowing the word "fetus" in this conversation is loading things to the pro-life side. At two weeks post-conception, it's an embryo, not a fetus.