GenuinelyCrooked's recent activity
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
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Comment on Asmongold's Twitch channel temporarily banned following racist rant about Palestinians in ~games
GenuinelyCrooked Link ParentI want to agree with you more than the person that you replied to, but after all of this education, then what? I ask because I do go looking for this information, and I get very sad about the...I want to agree with you more than the person that you replied to, but after all of this education, then what? I ask because I do go looking for this information, and I get very sad about the atrocities that are happening, but then what should I do with that information? As an American living abroad, I can't show up to a campus protest. I can vote, but there are currently no candidates running who intend to stop or even curtail America's participation in this genocide. Am I learning just so that I can carry those horrors with me? Is there some benefit to that?
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Comment on Donald Trump wants the US military used against Americans who don't support him in ~misc
GenuinelyCrooked Link ParentMaybe slapping a removable sticker on them that does that same thing would work better. The sign isn't stolen or destroyed, given them something to rally against, but the message is still sent.Maybe slapping a removable sticker on them that does that same thing would work better. The sign isn't stolen or destroyed, given them something to rally against, but the message is still sent.
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Comment on The insidious legal theory behind the US abortion rights rollback in ~health
GenuinelyCrooked Link ParentThe state and society at large are absolutely fine with inducing at 39 weeks, which restores the bodily integrity of the person experiencing the pregnancy as much as anything can at that point.The state and society at large are absolutely fine with inducing at 39 weeks, which restores the bodily integrity of the person experiencing the pregnancy as much as anything can at that point.
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Comment on Podcast "Oh No Ross and Carrie" ending after thirteen years in ~misc
GenuinelyCrooked LinkThis feels so abrupt. I hope that Carrie is able to heal from whatever has happened.This feels so abrupt. I hope that Carrie is able to heal from whatever has happened.
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Podcast "Oh No Ross and Carrie" ending after thirteen years
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Comment on I teach a student with Reactive Attachment Disorder and I need help in ~health.mental
GenuinelyCrooked Link ParentWhen I was in school, "special education" was a very wide net and did not just include kids with learning disabilities. It included kids with physical disabilities (hearing difficulties, mobility...When I was in school, "special education" was a very wide net and did not just include kids with learning disabilities. It included kids with physical disabilities (hearing difficulties, mobility issues) kids with emotional regulation issues, and even the "gifted program" was considered special education. Not all necessarily in the same class, but all with "special education" teachers. It's possible this kid is not in class with the slower kids.
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Comment on I teach a student with Reactive Attachment Disorder and I need help in ~health.mental
GenuinelyCrooked Link ParentYou mentioned hoping to get responses from parents and teachers, but have you gone looking for resources made by people with Reactive Attachment Disorder? It sounds like that's the perspective...You mentioned hoping to get responses from parents and teachers, but have you gone looking for resources made by people with Reactive Attachment Disorder? It sounds like that's the perspective that's missing here, and Jake seems loath to offer it. I'm not sure if resources like that exist, or if you would have access to them, it's just a thought.
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Comment on Why are hundreds of criminal cases being dismissed in Anchorage? in ~news
GenuinelyCrooked LinkThis is not what we mean by defund the police! There need to be restorative and preventative systems in place before you take away the current system of consequences for violence and anti-social...This is not what we mean by defund the police! There need to be restorative and preventative systems in place before you take away the current system of consequences for violence and anti-social behavior.
I would say this could be a great opportunity to start building those systems and see if the need for prosecutors is reduced, as I expect it would be, but that requires resources that don't seem to be available here.
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Comment on Trans activists release 6,000 crickets on transphobic LGB Alliance conference in ~lgbt
GenuinelyCrooked Link ParentI'd just love it if comments about protests not working had to include a little note about how invested the commenter is in whether or not they will work - especially if they're invested in them...I'd just love it if comments about protests not working had to include a little note about how invested the commenter is in whether or not they will work - especially if they're invested in them not working.
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Comment on Trans activists release 6,000 crickets on transphobic LGB Alliance conference in ~lgbt
GenuinelyCrooked Link ParentWhat's the alternative, though? This group has had a lot pf successes in making life significantly and unnecessarily harder for trans people.What's the alternative, though? This group has had a lot pf successes in making life significantly and unnecessarily harder for trans people.
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Comment on Trans activists release 6,000 crickets on transphobic LGB Alliance conference in ~lgbt
GenuinelyCrooked Link ParentThis is probably the crux of the issue. Because you did not know about the group, you assumed good-faith. You assumed they would talk about real dangers. Therefore, when the article dismissed the...the way the article dismissed transition dangers.
This is probably the crux of the issue. Because you did not know about the group, you assumed good-faith. You assumed they would talk about real dangers. Therefore, when the article dismissed the dangers they planned to talk about, you assumed the article was dismissing real dangers. This group does not act in good faith. They were never going to talk about real dangers, they were going to talk about fake ones. The article treated those dangers with exactly the gravity that they are due, which is none.
Because you believed real dangers were being dismissed, you had reasonable concerns. Even a horrible group should be allowed to talk about real danger, right? You wouldn't walk into a burning building just because the person who pulled the fire alarm is a Nazi. But since no real danger was goi g ti be discussed, nothing of value was lost by this disruption, so your entire comment was just, I'm sorry to be blunt, wrong. It was missing critical context.
The issue is not that you didn't explicitly denounce them, its that you did explicitly say that they had something worthwhile to say, which they do not.
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Comment on Trans activists release 6,000 crickets on transphobic LGB Alliance conference in ~lgbt
GenuinelyCrooked Link ParentWhat if they are exclusively spreading misinformation about the very important topic? The article did not do that. It only appeared that way to you because of your unfamiliarity with this group....especially regarding a very important topic.
What if they are exclusively spreading misinformation about the very important topic?
the article handwaved the dangers of medically transitioning.
The article did not do that. It only appeared that way to you because of your unfamiliarity with this group. They were not at all referring to the dangers inherent in any medical treatment that should be considered and mitigated where possible, as those would not be discussed at that conference. They were referring to non-existent dangers that LGB Alliance believes are good reason to ban medical transition entirely.
It's like if someone was making fun of the "dangers" that Flat Earthers tout when speaking about sailing around the world. The joker isn't saying that sailing around the world isn't dangerous, they're saying that the idea of falling off the side is funny and can be dismissed without comment due to an extreme and easily apparent lack of evidence.
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Comment on Trans activists release 6,000 crickets on transphobic LGB Alliance conference in ~lgbt
GenuinelyCrooked (edited )Link ParentNo, for the same reason that black teens disteupting a KKK meeting would not be covered in the same light as a meeting of the NAACP being disrupted by racist white teens. This group's positions...Would an article titled "anti-trans activists release 6,000 crickets at trans conference" be written in the same positive light? No, it would be rightfully condemned - as should also be done in this case.
No, for the same reason that black teens disteupting a KKK meeting would not be covered in the same light as a meeting of the NAACP being disrupted by racist white teens. This group's positions are abhorrent.
This group is not talking about the dangers that you're talking about. They aren't discussing the bwst ways to find good doctors or what methods are safest. The reason "dangers" is in quotes is because the dangers they are talking about are not real. That is not to say that there aren't real dangers - those exist with any surgery - but the ones they are talking about are not real. Dangers like girls being forced to transition because they act a little tomboyish. They don't want affirming surgeries to be safer, they want them to stop happening.
It really seems like you are just extremely unfamiliar with this group. They are called the "LGB Alliance" because they want to "drop the T". They don't believe that being trans is real or that trans people should be able to participate in society. They are not interested in helping trans people.
Caelan Conrad has a pretty inflammatory channel generally but this is one of their more serious and to the point videos, if you'd like to know more about this group.
Edit: The video starts with an examination of the role that trans people have played in the pursuit of gay rights over the past century and the importance of liberation versus assimilation. It's interesting but not directly relevant to the group being discussed. If you don't want the history and just want to learn about LGB Alliance, skip to 1:27:50. There's a lot more information about the group in their 3 part series on the Gender Critical movement, but that's really long and extremely heartbreaking.
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Comment on Trans activists release 6,000 crickets on transphobic LGB Alliance conference in ~lgbt
GenuinelyCrooked LinkSuch brave kids. What an amazing thing to do! I hope it had the desired effect, although I'm sure the bigots will find some way to spin it. I can't ever comment on anything related to this hate...Such brave kids. What an amazing thing to do! I hope it had the desired effect, although I'm sure the bigots will find some way to spin it.
I can't ever comment on anything related to this hate group without mentioning that I am bisexual and they do not represent me. Their name is basically slander.
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Comment on Community Check-In: How is everyone doing? in ~life
GenuinelyCrooked Link ParentYour parent and their doctor are the only people whose opinions matter in terms of whether need someone living with them to take care of them. If they don't think that, screw what anyone else...Your parent and their doctor are the only people whose opinions matter in terms of whether need someone living with them to take care of them. If they don't think that, screw what anyone else thinks. If your parent or their doctor do think your parent needs care, then you still wouldn't need to be that person, though it would be kind of you to help arrange it.
You've got to take care of yourself.
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Comment on Community Check-In: How is everyone doing? in ~life
GenuinelyCrooked Link ParentYep! My absolutely-not-a-scientist thought about that is that a mask would help a lot with that considering how warm they keep your lower face.Yep! My absolutely-not-a-scientist thought about that is that a mask would help a lot with that considering how warm they keep your lower face.
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Comment on Community Check-In: How is everyone doing? in ~life
GenuinelyCrooked Link ParentThe cause is the pathogens, not the cold temperature, but the cold temperature can make you more susceptible to the pathogens.The cause is the pathogens, not the cold temperature, but the cold temperature can make you more susceptible to the pathogens.
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Comment on Advice for dealing with racist/pro-Donald Trump family? in ~health.mental
GenuinelyCrooked Link ParentI think the problem is that we tend to think of gender as one thing, when it's actually countless things that often correlate. To go back to biological sex, it's not really one thing. It's whether...I think the problem is that we tend to think of gender as one thing, when it's actually countless things that often correlate.
To go back to biological sex, it's not really one thing. It's whether you produce ova or sperm or neither. It's whether you have xx chromosomes, xy chromosomes, xxy chromosomes, xxx chromosomes, or something else. It's your genital and reproductive structural configuration, which can be clear in at least two ways or ambiguous in many different ways. It's your hormone levels, which can be all over the map. Many of these things are decided at conception, some in the womb, and others can be influenced by your environment.
If all of those things go one way unambiguously but one of them is ambiguous or goes the other way, we tend to "round up" to the nearest sex and treat Your Sex as one thing, when it's actually several.
Gender is like that, but way more complicated because of the social structures that we've built around it, and because most of it happens in our brains which we don't understand all that well. Some aspects of it are probably innate to you, and you'd still feel it if you never met another person. Some aspects are probably influenced by the society around you. Which are which is impossible to say and probably differs from person to person.
I have concerns about the phrase "a woman in a man's body" too, but these are people that have been marginalized by the gender binary and they're trying to explain the experience of that. They didn't create that binary, they don't benefit from it, and I can't police their language to tell them not to reinforce it. It's an imperfect way for them to explain how all of the different parts of them align or don't, after they've done their best to "round up" in the way that's expected of them.
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Comment on Washington state woman calls 911 after being hounded by up to 100 raccoons in ~life.pets
GenuinelyCrooked Link ParentI'm im Sweden, but I'll check the facebook marketplace here, thanks for the tip! One of mine pukes if he eats too fast and is constantly trying to eat too fast, one of them gets UTIs if she gets...I'm im Sweden, but I'll check the facebook marketplace here, thanks for the tip!
One of mine pukes if he eats too fast and is constantly trying to eat too fast, one of them gets UTIs if she gets too stressed, and she's afraid of everything, and one of them is perfectly healthy but not remotely food motivated and will happily skip a meal to watch a moth crawl around the window. I love them but there is no easy way to get them all fed right.
After a week I'm about ten pages in to Män som Hatar Kvinnor, The original Swedish version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I borrowed it from the library thinking reading a book in Swedish would be a good way to practoce the language, but I think that I've bitten off more than I can chew in terms of reading level. I've read it in English and seen the Swedish movies so it's not tough to figure out what's going on, but I don't know how much that's actually doing for my reading comprehension.