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MangoMan wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 4:42 pm

dualstow wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 9:57 am The latter. Latin-ex. I had wondered myself until yesterday, only having seen this aberration in written form.

And what exactly is the meaning of Latinx vs Latino? And why can't you say Latino? Is that now the "L" word or something? Jeez, I can't keep up with all of the PC nonsense.

Anyone care to guess? Try to think crazy.

dualstow wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 6:11 pm

MangoMan wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 4:42 pm

dualstow wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2019 9:57 am The latter. Latin-ex. I had wondered myself until yesterday, only having seen this aberration in written form.

And what exactly is the meaning of Latinx vs Latino? And why can't you say Latino? Is that now the "L" word or something? Jeez, I can't keep up with all of the PC nonsense.

Anyone care to guess? Try to think crazy.

Oh, that's easy. "Latino" is obviously sexist.

Techno gets a cigar

(In the original Spanish, it is still kosher. In English, sexist).

In Spanish and other Latin-derived languages, an "-a" suffix indicates the feminine. A group consisting entirely of Hispanic women are said to be "Latina".

When there's at least one man in a group, it goes to the default "Latino".

This means that there isn't a way to describe a group entirely comprised of men, but there is for women. However, this is cast as sexism in that a single man changes the sex of the entire group to the masculine.

"Latinx" apparently is the PC way to say "Latin of any sex".

Xan wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2019 12:06 pm In Spanish and other Latin-derived languages, an "-a" suffix indicates the feminine. A group consisting entirely of Hispanic women are said to be "Latina".

When there's at least one man in a group, it goes to the default "Latino".

This means that there isn't a way to describe a group entirely comprised of men, but there is for women. However, this is cast as sexism in that a single man changes the sex of the entire group to the masculine.

"Latinx" apparently is the PC way to say "Latin of any sex".

All that to avoid having to say the word "Mexican."

A Mexicanx would be a Mexican of either race.

I could be wrong, but I think the Latinx thing is also considered useful for the growing number of people who don't know whether they are male or female, or whose conception thereof may change frequently, perhaps even daily or less. Speaking of tripe.

stuper1 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2019 1:22 pm I could be wrong, but I think the Latinx thing is also considered useful for the growing number of people who don't know whether they are male or female,

Sometimes the truth lies somewhere between




and that's where they should peek.

Seriously, everyone is now afraid to assign gender to a person based on appearance. We got a "sensitivity" training where something like that is a reportable offense (which could result in fines or even firing), if the person referred to disagrees with their gender assignment. Scary stuff. We all now have to be careful to use words like "they" or "their" to refer to one person.

It's kind of funny that this is going on even while NIH is trying to push sex as a biological variable, e.g. you now have to replicate all experiments done with male mice with female mice. And, it's well known that there IS some gender specificity in risk factors to certain diseases, clinical course, response to treatments etc, so we are supposed to record gender in notes. Typically, we do this without asking patients because, well, it's kind of obvious. I wonder how long it will be before there's a misguided lawsuit or government regulation about this.

sophie wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2019 9:11 am ...
It's kind of funny that this is going on even while NIH is trying to push sex as a biological variable, e.g. you now have to replicate all experiments done with male mice with female mice. And, it's well known that there IS some gender specificity in risk factors to certain diseases, clinical course, response to treatments etc, so we are supposed to record gender in notes.
...

tsk tsk tsk. Who is standing up for trans and non-binary mice?!

Btw, there is a flood of genderless emoji out now for roles like policeperson. Fine, but...it constitutes most of the new emoji.

dualstow wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2019 9:17 am ...it constitutes most of the new emoji.

Moral of the story: stick with IRC and text-based web browsers! (and no emojis)

On topic: trying to remember from first-aid training...aren't heart-attack symptoms(where pain manifests) different in men and women? If the Red Cross starts telling me I need to ask someone their gender identity before triaging whether someone is having a heart-attack or just having gas from the Chicago-style deep-dish pizza they had for lunch, I think I may have to volunteer for one of the first manned missions to Mars. Or not to Mars - just anywhere but here.

drumminj wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2019 10:11 pm

dualstow wrote: ↑Fri Dec 06, 2019 9:17 am ...it constitutes most of the new emoji.

Moral of the story: stick with IRC and text-based web browsers! (and no emojis)
...(on-topic stuff)...

Moral of the story? No, LOL, that’s throwing out the baby with the bathwater.

Not ‘The Onion’, tech:

https://twitter.com/peterboghossian/sta ... 45248?s=20

dualstow wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 4:44 pm Not ‘The Onion’, tech:

https://twitter.com/peterboghossian/sta ... 45248?s=20

IIRC that guy is the one who got the fake studies published by academia.

And even knowing that... I can't tell if that's a fake poster or a real one

Lisa Weasel is quite real, and if he faked it, I doubt he would put her name on it. That would be crossing a line.
https://www.pdx.edu/ws/lisa-weasel

My guess is that she was an inspiration for some of those awesome fake proposals.

Kriegsspiel wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 5:52 pm

dualstow wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 4:44 pm Not ‘The Onion’, tech:

https://twitter.com/peterboghossian/sta ... 45248?s=20

IIRC that guy is the one who got the fake studies published by academia.

Kriegsspiel wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 5:53 pm And even knowing that... I can't tell if that's a fake poster or a real one

And oh look, here’s a similarly titled book from 2010-

https://www.amazon.com/Queer-Ecologies- ... 0253222036

Bonus: the author has a hyphenated name: (Edit: although it's not hyphenated in the page below)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catriona_Sandilands

dualstow wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 4:44 pm Not ‘The Onion’, tech:

https://twitter.com/peterboghossian/sta ... 45248?s=20

I'm sure glad I'm not a satirist.

This *is* the Onion. Or rather, Babylon Bee. I’m on the lib/left side of climate change, but I love this:

Poll Finds Most People Would Rather Be Annihilated By Giant Tidal Wave Than Continue To Be Lectured By Climate Change Activists

https://babylonbee.com/news/poll-finds- ... -activists

dualstow wrote: ↑Fri Dec 13, 2019 6:42 am This *is* the Onion. Or rather, Babylon Bee. I’m on the lib/left side of climate change, but I love this:

Poll Finds Most People Would Rather Be Annihilated By Giant Tidal Wave Than Continue To Be Lectured By Climate Change Activists

https://babylonbee.com/news/poll-finds- ... -activists

Big if true!

Andrew Sullivan -
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/amp/2019 ... rmula.html

Not the Onion, but as Steven Pinker says, it sure sounds like it.

https://twitter.com/sapinker/status/120 ... 25472?s=20

dualstow wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2019 8:11 am Not the Onion, but as Steven Pinker says, it sure sounds like it.

https://twitter.com/sapinker/status/120 ... 25472?s=20

LOL!

Kriegsspiel wrote: ↑Thu Oct 03, 2019 5:46 pm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU4AbJrsZwU

Some family & USA Today got some kid fired for playing the circle game:



By saying he was flashing a white power hand sign. That the ADL decided was a hate symbol. Months after the picture was taken. The ADL's website actually uses the diagram from 4chan to explain how it means white power. Also the kid wasn't even doing the hand gesture.

I saw that headline and had to chuckle a bit. I figured Tim was going to get after it. Poor guy could probably sue for wrongful termination and defamation or whatever.

They tried to perpetrate their faggotry on cadets and midshipmen during the Army-Navy game recently. A quick investigation revealed that, of course, they were playing the circle game and not flashing gang signs while in uniform on a national televised football game attended by the commander in chief. The circle game is un-profesh so they'll probably be walking the area for a while.

link

One would think when non-white people do it, it’s pretty obvious that it’s still the circle game, 4chan’s pranks notwithstanding.

Mall Santa 'replaced' for wearing a MAGA hat on his Facebook page.

When will people learn that the system wants to own you. You and Santa have NO RIGHT to act without approval.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/ingraham- ... a-maga-hat