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WCDT 4185-4189 (27th - 31st, January 2020)
thedevilissix:
--- Quote from: Penquin47 on 30 Jan 2020, 08:45 ---As far as we know, Faye still identifies as cis. And, unfortunately, it's quite possible to be both LGB+ and transphobic.
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Yup, I can unfortunately believe that. If there are some LGB+ people in the U.K. who view the Conservative party for instance in a positive light, considering they brought into law Section 28 (a law prohibiting teaching about homosexuality and bisexuality in schools in the U.K. between 1988-2003, Scotland repealed it first though in 2000) - a law that literally influenced a culture in school where they couldn’t be themselves....I can believe anything approaching that too, sadly. Maybe there’s been something in their own background that hasn’t been a great influence for them to think and act in that ignorant a manner, I feel sad for anyone who is transphobic really.
DSL:
--- Quote from: awkwardness on 29 Jan 2020, 22:33 ---
--- Quote from: Gyrre on 29 Jan 2020, 21:27 ---
--- Quote from: Tova on 29 Jan 2020, 21:03 ---References to opossums as possums are confusing as heck to this Australian. :psyduck:
They are not the same.
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But they are both marsupials
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Distant cousins, differing thanks to continental drift...but still related and the reason why they were called "possum" by settlers in Australia- yes, they are named after their distant American counterparts
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Both words are used for the same animal in NorthAm. "Possum" among friends on a Saturday night, "Opossum" on the driver's license and other formal documents.
BenRG:
Wow! I haven't seen naivete that bad since Leonard of Quirm said that "no government would allow such madness" on the subject of using bomber aircraft to destroy enemy cities in Terry Pratchett's The Last Hero!
Seriously, it's interesting to pick apart just what May is doing now. She clearly feels that she's potentially someone whose problems could lead to real change for many people and doesn't want to mess up this process. She doesn't come out and say it explicitly but she clearly feels that her own problems are worth it if she can change things for everyone. That said, I do think that she's overestimating the average politician's ability to empathise. Roko is more likely to get a lecture on why things are just fine the way they are and why May would be worse off with a body that works properly.
Setting this aside, though, whilst I understand May not wanting to be 'a charity case', I do feel that she's approaching what Momo and Winslow are saying from the wrong mindset. Don't think about it as being a 'charity case'. Instead, think of it as your friends wanting to help you in any way they can.
Mr_Rose:
Eh. Leonard went from zero to harmonica rifle in one easy step (not even John Moses Browning managed that kinda leap) so I get that his brain isn’t quite in sync with the rest of the universe. These guys seem so normal most of the time though…
traroth:
Wouldn't be getting a functional body or change broken bodyparts the AI equivalent of a decent healthcare for humans? Maybe things are working better in other countries? The US never seemed to be on part in that aspect...
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