“My pronoun: spring. But I might transition to summer.”
  • Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de
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    6 months ago

    Hey guys, we know one of ours is batshit crazy and blasting dogs and goats for no reason. So, what is our craziest ol faithful hate? Steve? Trans kids identify has fall.

    Wow, look at that idiot! Sir, that’s the head of the company! “Tonight! Are your kids identifying as seasons?”

  • WhyDoYouPersist@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    People working at Fox News are probably still taking/passing around Buzzfeed quizzes to find out which season they are

  • Dvixen@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I think he got his mom’s color palettes mixed in with his derp.

    (Mostly older) People have been claiming they were a summer or autumn for decades.

  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I didn’t even know that was an option…

    I’m identifying as paprika. But smoked paprika, not that basic ass egg flavoring.

  • elvith@feddit.de
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    6 months ago

    'Tis the season to be jolly
    Fa la la la la fa la la la
    Don’t they know bear the gay apparel appearance
    Faaa Fa la la la la la
    Tilt the all time right wing audience
    Fa la la fa la la la laaaaaaa!

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Oh my god, so what if they were? Why do they care? Let people be who they want to be. If you tell me, “I’m not a woman, I’m an autumn,” I might think that’s silly, but if that’s what you want me to call you, fine. It doesn’t hurt anyone, it doesn’t exploit anyone, there’s no harm in it at all.

    • theherk@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Why categorize anything at all or even have adjectives? The point is that we categorize things for the sake of clarity. I’m or course not mad about miscategorization, but it can have an impact on understanding. Something isn’t true just by saying it.

      The case of gender identity isn’t a matter of letting them be what they want to be; it is letting them be what the are.

      Of course nothing is really happening here, but even if it were, it would be fine to complain about people identifying as something absurd. Those people are usually mocking gender non-conformity so fuck that.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        If people misunderstand how you identify yourself, it’s not hard to correct them. If they keep doing it intentionally, they’re being malicious.

        It’s funny that you ask “why categorize anything at all or even have adjectives” over people putting themselves in a certain category. I don’t understand the question.

        • theherk@lemmy.world
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          6 months ago

          You asked why do they care? I’m saying, if it were true, people might care because categorization depends on some degree of truth. So it is reasonable to care if people are categorizing truthfully. Conflating flippant categorization and actual identity I don’t think is helpful.

          Again, this case is bullshit, but it smacks of the “attack helicopter” garbage where the implication is that trans individuals are just claiming to be something they aren’t, which isn’t true. And when somebody says “who cares if somebody identifies as a park bench” or similar, it doesn’t help. We care because one situation isn’t the truth, and the other is an honest telling of one’s identity.

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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            6 months ago

            categorization depends on some degree of truth

            Since when? People categorize themselves in ways that aren’t true all the time. Like people insisting they aren’t fat when they are.

            • theherk@lemmy.world
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              6 months ago

              I am concerned I’m getting wrapped into a discussion not in good faith, but this can’t be a serious question. If your friend tells you to come over. “It’s the blue 2 story house on the corner. Come on in.” But they really live in the brownstone next door… do you see the value of speaking the truth to one another?

              Upon entering a hospital to see a loved one with very little time remaining you recall the text from your brother said “you need to talk to the tall doctor with brown spiky hair. I can’t recall his name.”

              Can it be harmless, like me claiming to be slim and handsome? Yeah, but that doesn’t change that it would be better, in my view, to be candid and clear.

              And also I’ll add, not to imply that claiming one is a season is somehow on equal footing as somebody correctly identifying their own gender.

              • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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                6 months ago

                But if someone really believes that they identify as autumn, don’t they think they are being candid and clear? Who are you to say they aren’t?

                • theherk@lemmy.world
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                  6 months ago

                  Then they are mistaken, and I am a caring companion letting them know they should reevaluate their assessment and maybe see somebody. It really undercuts the message of the trans community to imply that identify ones gender is the same as stating something categorically false.

                  Self identity doesn’t make truth, it only asserts it.

    • SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      6 months ago

      I’d love to know if anyone who actually cares about this feels similarly about horoscopes or Meyers-Briggs assessments, two other completely fabricated ways of classifying people.

      My Trumper father used to complain about things like choosing your gender being made up. It’s all made up, dad! We literally make everything up, just some dipshits gatekeep what make believe is acceptable or not.

        • SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          6 months ago

          Was it ever really common, though? I grew up in a pretty conservative state and the only people who received common courtesy are those who were in the in group, specifically white, heterosexual, social norm abiding Christians. I happened to either not be one of those or questionable as to which I belonged, so I wasn’t the recipient of common courtesy until I moved somewhere more progressive.

  • riodoro1@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Why the fuck would people even have a problem with that? The lead poisoned generation which believes in jesus the crucified zombie telling everyone that THEY have a mental illness. I just wish conservatives would disappear.

  • Underwaterbob@lemm.eeEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Identifying as a season? That’s almost as ridiculous as identifying as the position of the stars and planets at your birth! You know, that thing that apparently millions of people actually do do. Maybe Fox should go after astrology. That might be a cause worth pursuing.

    Heheheh. I said “do do”.

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Summer and Autumn get used as girl’s names ~1,200 per million and ~2,000 per million per year since the 1970s or so. “Fall” is only about 3 per million, “Winter” takes off with Game of Thrones TV show around 2011 leading to 600 per million, but was in use since the 70s to the tune of about 70-100 per mil.

    (source: babycenter, but I’m not linking that ad-riddled excuse for a website)

    Parents have been identifying their kids as seasons for decades.

  • anhydrous@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    My dad was tricked with the “cat litter box” made-up moral panic. SMN has an episode on it (can’t remember which one), but some people are too far gone to admit they’ve been deceived by made-up fox news.