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Comment on New York ends religious exemptions for required vaccines in ~health
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Comment on Make a statement about yourself, run it through Google translate 1 or more times and translate back into English. Post the final result. in ~talk
shukanimator LinkI'm afraid of the dark, but only when I'm in bed or a basement....I'm afraid of the dark, but only when I'm in bed or a basement.
english-->chinese-->spanish-->esperanto-->yoruba-->pashto-->frisian-->filipino-->igbo-->korean-->basque-->portuguese-->icelandic-->english
I was afraid of the stars, only when I was on my bed or in my mouth.
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Comment on KFC taps former 'Seinfeld' star Jason Alexander as new Colonel Sanders in ~tv
shukanimator LinkThat was refreshing. I'm glad they didn't hold back much.That was refreshing. I'm glad they didn't hold back much.
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Comment on In ruling against Planet Fitness, Michigan court concludes trans women aren’t women in ~lgbt
shukanimator Link ParentThe problem is that gender identity really is complicated. I'm a little more optimistic about people being able to be better. I think the first step is having the conversation and introducing the...The problem is that gender identity really is complicated. I'm a little more optimistic about people being able to be better. I think the first step is having the conversation and introducing the previously unknown to those who just don't know anything about it.
I say this as a person who has been learning a lot about gender identity over the last few years. Don't assume that everyone is coming from a place of close-minded bigotry. Some of us are a little afraid of the unknown and we just aren't familiar enough with what transgender people are going through.
Educate us. Dispel the myths. Turn on the lights because we're all a little afraid of the dark.
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Comment on In ruling against Planet Fitness, Michigan court concludes trans women aren’t women in ~lgbt
shukanimator (edited )Link ParentYeah, the dangers of using tests for transness remind me of Gattaca (the 1997 movie) where society decided to use genes to determine everything about who and what a person can be. Early tests...Yeah, the dangers of using tests for transness remind me of Gattaca (the 1997 movie) where society decided to use genes to determine everything about who and what a person can be. Early tests could easily limit the understanding of gender instead of being enlightening. Also, I suspect the genetics of gender are a lot more complicated than the genes for hair color, for instance.
That said, even a limited test that showed that it's biological could really stick it to the people who think that transgender is a choice.
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Comment on <deleted topic> in ~talk
shukanimator LinkI was just watching the documentary California Typewriter and I was really surprised to learn that QWERTY was the layout used on the first mass-produced typewriter. I always wondered why such an...I was just watching the documentary California Typewriter and I was really surprised to learn that QWERTY was the layout used on the first mass-produced typewriter.
I always wondered why such an inefficient layout became the norm, and now I know it's because everyone was just too excited about how much better typing was than handwriting. By the time anyone got around to re-thinking the layout the train had long since left the station.
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Comment on In ruling against Planet Fitness, Michigan court concludes trans women aren’t women in ~lgbt
shukanimator (edited )LinkThe way to make the legal challenge go away would be to find a definitive physiological pattern (in the brain, I assume) that shows that people who are trans are born that way; That they are...The way to make the legal challenge go away would be to find a definitive physiological pattern (in the brain, I assume) that shows that people who are trans are born that way; That they are biologically different than people who identify their gender as their birth sex (I hope I'm getting this wording right, I'm still learning). The problem is that gender might not be binary so it may never be clear enough.
edited to make less didactic
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Comment on What do you plan on knocking off of your to-do list this week? in ~life
shukanimator Link ParentCan I add this to my to do list or is it already taken?Can I add this to my to do list or is it already taken?
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Comment on Is there a net benefit to social media? in ~talk
shukanimator Link ParentI think the dislike button is when you post something and not many people like it. As an artist trying to get better and using social media to help, the one benefit I really see is the...I think the dislike button is when you post something and not many people like it.
As an artist trying to get better and using social media to help, the one benefit I really see is the accountability of having to post something every day. If I don't post something every day then I'm not practicing enough and if I try really hard to make something that I like that also gets likes then I'm going to put more effort into my work and if I put more effort into my artwork I'm definitely going to get better.
I'm not sure if anyone else sees it this way, but it really has made me a better artist in the last year or two since I started doing this.
Btw, I started posting on Tumblr and really didn't care if anyone followed me - it really was all about posting stuff to prove to myself that I was working on my skills. Then, a little over a month ago I felt confident enough to start an Instagram and let potentially more people see my practice work.
I'm really wondering how my rabid anti-vaccine neighbor is feeling. She has three kids who haven't been vaccinated because she believes pretty much all the myths. I'd ask her if she's planning on moving, but she hasn't been talking to me ever since we got into an argument about the science of vaccination.