Quote from: Jessica Merriman on February 12, 2014, 11:44:21 PM
Are you trying to tell me their are newer games out than this?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Pong.png/220px-Pong.png

I had Pong AND an Atari 2600 back in the day. It was the shizzzle (for 1983, anyway).

Well, after getting over my reaction to the doll clothes screw up, I sat down and thought: "How can I make this work?"



Here's how: I used the clothes on the two figurines that are on my desk. So now, we no longer have Dotty and Portia flanking the speakers, we have Doris and Patricia. 

Someone educated me today on how to relate to transgender people. lol...I can't help but get paranoid when that happens though, because I'm like "and why exactly did you bring up this topic"

Also, JFC the new Facebook genders are ridiculous. I get the options for non-binary but beyond that, please. What cisgender person, outside of the occasional SJ warrior, is going to put "Cisgender Male" or "Cisgender Female" as their gender on FB?

Also, since when was Intersex a gender? -_-

Quote from: birkin on February 13, 2014, 05:36:30 PM
Also, JFC the new Facebook genders are ridiculous. I get the options for non-binary but beyond that, please. What cisgender person, outside of the occasional SJ warrior, is going to put "Cisgender Male" or "Cisgender Female" as their gender on FB?

Also, since when was Intersex a gender? -_-

That bugs me too. I've also come across a few things that list transgender as a gender. Transgender is not a gender.

Quote from: alabamagirl on February 13, 2014, 06:45:46 PM
Why did they think you needed to be educated on how to relate to transgender people, anyway? I relate to trans people the exact same way I relate to cis people. Either our personalities click and we get along, or we don't. That's really all there is to it. I would think the only people who need to be educated on how to relate are the people who have some sort of bigoted view of trans people, and I'm pretty sure you're not one of those types, lol.

How did this person introduce a conversation like that, anyway?

I was complaining about online social justice (because we were talking about approaches to research and debate), and she used transgender as an example. I then said that they were the SJ warriors that I found the most troublesome. I figure she either used transgender because she assumed I was transgender and thought I could relate, or it was just an example of a community she was trying to learn about.

Quote from: Edge on February 13, 2014, 07:19:55 PM
That bugs me too. I've also come across a few things that list transgender as a gender. Transgender is not a gender.

I know!! Exactly. I mean again, I totally support a 'neutral'/non-binary option, but why does it matter if someone is a cis man or a trans man? A man is a man.

I understand that some people feel it is being deceitful not to be upfront about being transgender and having that option for a gender on Facebook allows them to feel better about it.  Having cisgender as an option is, frankly, pretty offensive.  Why would someone feel the need to specify that they are not trans unless they had a problem with trans people?

It's a flawed implementation, but still a step in the right direction.

The semantics can always be tweaked later. 

It has been so HOT in here all friggin' day! I swear, the neighbors downstairs must have their heater on 100 degrees.

Quote from: alabamagirl on February 13, 2014, 11:14:41 PM
I can't see why randomly announcing on Facebook that you are trans is fine, but randomly announcing that you're cis isn't. They both seem silly to me, honestly. I thought the whole idea here was to be seen as the same as any cis man or woman. If someone asks me, or it's pertinent to bring up, I will, but otherwise, I figure it's no one's business whether I'm trans or cis. Now, I can understand people's reasoning in being upfront about it if you're getting involved with someone romantically, but otherwise, I don't see where the deceit comes in.

I don't see where the deceit comes in either, I was just saying that some people do feel that way.  I'm more accepting of a trans person feeling that way and being open about it than a cisperson feeling that way and being open about being cis.  That's all.

So, it's again that day designed to make singles feel miserable. Do I have a plan for today? Yes I do:

- Study
- Iron My Hair
- Make a Hamburguer
- Tweece my eyebrows with a cup of tea
- Shave my legs
- Clean the full house
- Dinner
- Go out, get drunk alone, swat man-flies (I hope), go back home at 2:00

And at the next day, have the worst hangover since New Year's Eve 2012. But I need it.

Why are my hands ichy?

Quote from: Emo on February 14, 2014, 04:36:51 AM
Why are my hands ichy?

Maybe that means you're coming into a lot of money which means we will be best friends! 

Trying to get back in contact with someone who helped me through some difficult times but i somehow lost contact with.

I like the option for a custom gender. I just now put on Facebook that I am a trans male.

I think I'm going to make a super rockin lasagna. I just have to fight the snow to get what I need. BRING IT ON!!

If someone could read your mind and knew everything that you knew, would they also be you?

the more humans i meet, the more i prefer dogs. (personality-wise of course)

Quote from: Falconer on February 14, 2014, 02:05:59 PM
If someone could read your mind and knew everything that you knew, would they also be you?

Nope, because I assume they would also know everything that they themselves knew and could read their own mind as well.

Debating if I want Chinese or some beef ramen.

I want people to do a remake of Chakan The Forever Man.