Quizzes

GuD · 06-02-2015, 02:49 AM

Yes I can.

"Hey do you know where Sarah is?"
"Yeah, they went to the grocery store."

Ta-da. I might not be as eloquent or literate as Shakespeare but I'll be damned if someone's gonna tell me what I can and can't do with a word.

The Batlord · 06-02-2015, 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by WhateverDude

Yes I can.

"Hey do you know where Sarah is?"
"Yeah, they went to the grocery store."

Ta-da. I might not be as eloquent or literate as Shakespeare but I'll be damned if someone's gonna tell me what I can and can't do with a word.

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

If I'm checking some fly honey out, and I turn to my homies to ask who the person is, and she's standing in a group of people, is it gonna make sense to point to her in the group and ask, "Who are they?"

Third-person singular ≠ third-person plural

**Frownland** · 06-02-2015, 02:55 AM

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Originally Posted by WhateverDude

I editted my post because I wasn't sure what I was trying to say throughout most of it- I've been mentally out of shape for the past few days and wasn't making much sense. If there's anything to take away from this discussion it's that using they is better than using s/he because some people don't like being called she or he.

Is it that hard to consider that some people don't consider the feelings of everyone who hears/reads their thoughts before making them? If you've become so incredibly self aware to identify with a non-binary gender, you should know that your feelings might not be immediately addressed whenever anyone around you mention someone in the third person. I understand where you're coming from because accepting people as who they are is generally a good idea, but it's also generally a good idea to speak/type in a manner that makes sense since that's how communication tends to work.

GuD · 06-02-2015, 04:37 AM

It's not hard to consider that at all, if that's the point you're making I obviously missed it. The point I was making was that people should immediately address my and/or anyone else's gender because that's just the right thing to do. Anything else is marginalizing, perhaps especially excuses. They is better than s/he and that's the end of that. I'm having trouble enough staying lucid. If I'm out of line or missing a point it's because I've barely been able to function for about a week or multiple years or whatever.

GuD · 06-02-2015, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Third-person singular ≠ third-person plural

who is they?

Trollheart · 06-02-2015, 06:49 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

So you're prejudiced against appliances now? Toasters are people too.

You were high?

Batty, if this were in a journal it would be a shoe-in for Post of the Week, even Month (Hey....) ****ing brilliant!

Whateverdude, I don't wish to be flippant but if you have a problem with gender identity shouldn't you change your username to something more neutral? That's not meant to be a joke, but anyone who does not know you here is going to naturally assume you're a guy, and if you have a problem with people identifying you as a guy, maybe that's a good place to start?

ETA: Oh and I'd just like to point out the obvious, that a thread about quizzes has suddenly gone wildly off-topic and should, possibly, have its recent content dropped into a new thread perhaps labelled "Gender Identity issues" or something. Just a suggestion...

The Batlord · 06-02-2015, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

ETA: Oh and I'd just like to point out the obvious, that a thread about quizzes has suddenly gone wildly off-topic and should, possibly, have its recent content dropped into a new thread perhaps labelled "Gender Identity issues" or something. Just a suggestion...

This is in the "Games, Lists, Jokes and Polls" section. I think we're good.

Overcast · 06-02-2015, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by WhateverDude

This thread was fun, I miss it.

I was inspired by CM and the Bat to look around and see if something like this existed-- it does! Checkit:
Online Alignment Test

I got...

I got Neutral. Makes sense.

DwnWthVwls · 06-02-2015, 08:23 AM

I got neutral. The answers for the questions to that test were awful.

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Did you ignore my question because it destroys your argument? Not everything is about gender. Even people with dsyphoria acknowledge that scientifically there are still only two sexes aside from people born asexual.

Also, a customer the other day said "Yes, mam" in a completely serious, unjoking manner (they were old and whatever else)... I still felt like myself because I'm comfortable with and know who I am. Maybe when you get there it won't be such a big deal.

The Batlord · 06-02-2015, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

Also, a customer the other day said "Yes, mam" in a completely serious, unjoking manner (they were old and whatever else)... I still felt like myself because I'm comfortable with and know who I am. Maybe when you get there it won't be such a big deal.

I'm sure it was also a comfort to know she was blind as well.

06-02-2015, 04:37 AM	#194 (permalink)
GuD Dude... What? Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,322	It's not hard to consider that at all, if that's the point you're making I obviously missed it. The point I was making was that people should immediately address my and/or anyone else's gender because that's just the right thing to do. Anything else is marginalizing, perhaps especially excuses. They is better than s/he and that's the end of that. I'm having trouble enough staying lucid. If I'm out of line or missing a point it's because I've barely been able to function for about a week or multiple years or whatever. Last edited by GuD; 06-02-2015 at 04:43 AM.

06-02-2015, 02:49 AM	#191 (permalink)
GuD Dude... What? Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,322	Yes I can. "Hey do you know where Sarah is?" "Yeah, they went to the grocery store." Ta-da. I might not be as eloquent or literate as Shakespeare but I'll be damned if someone's gonna tell me what I can and can't do with a word.