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If the Earth isn't round how can I be here? I have left home going west and returned still going west. Twice.
If the Earth isn't round how can I be here? I have left home going west and returned still going west. Twice.
I rarely ever see so many words used to say so little. In fact, I think I can say this is the first time I've ever seen a post masturbate itself.
The truth of the matter is, I employed the scantiest of verbiage to express my perspective.
The truth of the matter is, I employed the scantiest of verbiage to express my perspective.
Honestly very little of it is funny, seeing as how Texas is already abducting trans kids from their parents for being allowed to voluntarily take a pill to postpone puberty, because "they aren't old enough to make that decision yet".
Think of all the kids who are forced to go to school. If they already know their true gender at age eight, surely they should be able to make irrevocable life decisions about their education at the same time? Compulsory school is slavery. And if a boy or girl says they’re a superhero, we should affirm their superpowers. Go ahead, Timmy, jump off the roof and fly. We believe in you. Gravity is a social construct.Even if they are old enough to have A decision forced upon them?
It’s a social contagen.This is perhaps a little bit off topic but I'm curious about other people's thoughts and also if they have sources that discuss this:
Is it me, or does it seem that there are many more trans individuals than there were say, 50-100 years ago? Is it mostly a case that society has changed and now it is possible to discuss this?
I am aware that many cultures today and in the past have recognized more genders than two.
Indeed, I remember getting hammered down in Engineering classes for writing untechnically. There are different types of writing. Technical, minimalist, creative, and for some thesaurus diarrhea. I'm just imagining the worst way to Hello World in code.It's kind of funny insofar as many here (including me) are professionals at software engineering: the art of identifying necessary and unnecessary verbiage, and packaging that verbiage in the most succinct and efficient way.
Jebus... you make it sound like it is a brand of sneakers or jeans that children just have to have to be cool. I don't think anyone on the planet WANTS to be transgendered.It’s a social contagen.This is perhaps a little bit off topic but I'm curious about other people's thoughts and also if they have sources that discuss this:
Is it me, or does it seem that there are many more trans individuals than there were say, 50-100 years ago? Is it mostly a case that society has changed and now it is possible to discuss this?
I am aware that many cultures today and in the past have recognized more genders than two.
Parent reports of adolescents and young adults perceived to show signs of a rapid onset of gender dysphoria
Purpose In on-line forums, parents have reported that their children seemed to experience a sudden or rapid onset of gender dysphoria, appearing for the first time during puberty or even after its completion. Parents describe that the onset of gender dysphoria seemed to occur in the context of...journals.plos.org
And the media pressure to affirm gender ideology; trans flags in classrooms; adults lying to children that they can change their sex; etc.Of course there is also the issue of trans existing and you being aware they existed.
Have you just forgotten what it’s like being an adolescent?Jebus... you make it sound like it is a brand of sneakers or jeans that children just have to have to be cool. I don't think anyone on the planet WANTS to be transgendered.It’s a social contagen.This is perhaps a little bit off topic but I'm curious about other people's thoughts and also if they have sources that discuss this:
Is it me, or does it seem that there are many more trans individuals than there were say, 50-100 years ago? Is it mostly a case that society has changed and now it is possible to discuss this?
I am aware that many cultures today and in the past have recognized more genders than two.
Parent reports of adolescents and young adults perceived to show signs of a rapid onset of gender dysphoria
Purpose In on-line forums, parents have reported that their children seemed to experience a sudden or rapid onset of gender dysphoria, appearing for the first time during puberty or even after its completion. Parents describe that the onset of gender dysphoria seemed to occur in the context of...journals.plos.org
You are making the fallacy of treating not acting as not being a decision.Being a skeptic of something where the evidence is overwhelming is simply a fancy way of being a denier.My dear, the term 'denier' reeks of religious connotations, whereas I am but a sceptic. To deny suggests an assertive rejection, whereas my stance is one of withholding belief in the declarations of two opposing factions. In essence, my position cannot be accurately described as one of denial, but rather a cautious reservation of judgment.
If my travels had been confined to northerly latitudes you would be correct. However, the southernmost points of the second trip were Sydney and Johannesburg--far enough south that I would most certainly have noticed the difference in flight times. Hint: Jetliners normally all fly at the same speed on long overwater flights. (This is a safety measure as such flights are outside radar coverage. The rules ensure that other planes you might encounter will be moving slowly relative to you.)If the Earth isn't round how can I be here? I have left home going west and returned still going west. Twice.For aught I know to the contrary, our earth may well be a sphere of magnitudes vastly grander than anyone has ever dared to conceive, or perhaps it bears no discernible shape or foundation whatever, and could be likened to a holographic projection, as a natural phenomenon that defies conventional understanding. It could even be the 'basement' of the universe, for lack of a better term, with you circumnavigating the North Pole in a big circle which would be indistinguishible from a straight line, a phenomenon that would hold true on both a spherical and flat plane, by the way. Alas, the example you provide does not favour one model over the other. In truth, neither you nor I can profess to be in possession of any certitude regarding the nature of our earth. Those who claim to have unshakable knowledge on such enigmatic matters are merely indulging in the sweet deception of self-delusion
On the left we have an elephant. On the right we have nothing. To say you are unsure of the position of the scale makes you a denier.Except you haven't cited any evidence against a round Earth or for a flat Earth.One need not present evidence for this or that stance when one adheres to neither. The absence of compelling evidence for either side only serves to fuel my scepticism towards both positions. What meets the eye, it seems, is either a web of deceit spun by the proponents of each view or a collection of observations compatible with an array of models, encompassing the globe and flat earth theories among others. Truly, the situation presents itself as a bewildering muddle.
I don't think anyone on the planet WANTS to be transgendered.
Yup, I've done that more than once. The second time took careful computation because the dish had to look through a gap that would be only several degrees wide--the mounting had to be done correctly, there was very little adjusting that was possible.The fact that someone hasn't a strong position on, say, the shape of the earth, is kind of laughable.
It's basic geometry, and I can think back on my life to multiple times where I had to directly rely on the shape of the earth being spherical to accomplish some task, mostly with aligning satellite dishes to geosynchronous orbit.