You remind me of my mother-in-law. She came out as lesbian about a decade ago and I can’t even imagine the struggles she’s been through in her life. She married a man and raised two amazing daughters while grappling with her own sexual orientation, identity, and society’s expectations of her.

Today, she complains about trans activists and Pride participants “drawing too much attention and making the rest of us look bad when I just want to feel normal.” She’s concerned about the backlash, just like you. But the thing is, her second marriage wouldn’t have been possible if it weren’t for loud, visible, robust activism.

At one point in time, the policy demands of outspoken gay activists were probably viewed by more conservative members of the gay community as “overreaching.” But their efforts uplifted the gay community and, by extension, the entire human race.

The fight for trans and genderqueer rights is the fight for human rights. This is my position.

Now, if there are specific policy demands that you’d like to point out as truly unreasonable and harmful to the LGBT+ community, or if you feel like I’ve made a fallacious argument, I invite you to let me know and tell me why. Until then, I take issue with the assertion that our trans brothers and sisters are making things worse for the rest of us, when they just want to be safe and comfortable to be open about their identity.

Poor monkey :( I hope it lost consciousness instantaneously

Probably because it feels incredible. I love the feeling of my spouse’s hand gently restricting my airway during sex. It’s worth noting that she’s never ever cut off my air supply or caused bruising - and that we communicate really well - but I can easily imagine how someone would get carried away.

Yeah makes sense, I know a Dutch couple who live in the U.S. and have to get some forms notarized once per year for proof of life for their retirement benefits.

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I didn’t know about that community, thanks for the rec

*Everyone who inserts non-sequiturs about “perverts hanging out in women’s restrooms” into completely unrelated conversations, because trans restroom bans are a hot-button topic, is transphobic.

ftfy

Huh, I never would have imagined that. What a quirky hobby. How fun!

Yeah exactly, some pizza places offer bbq chicken pizzas etc. with bbq sauce as the base instead of tomato sauce. Now I’m vegetarian so I don’t eat bbq chicken, but I’ll occasionally treat myself to a bbq pizza with onions, peppers, &/or pineapple.

Regardless of sweetness, it’s the garlic, tomato, and Italian herbs in the sauce that clash with the pineapple in my opinion.

Besides, I make my own pizza sauce without added sugar, and I don’t like the sweeter pizza sauces at certain chains like Pizza Hut.

I like pineapple on a bbq pizza. But a pizza with tomato sauce? I just can’t do it. Those flavors clash.

The point of this experiment is the long-term preservation and storage of genetic material, not to answer whether or not we can reproduce in zero gravity. You’re familiar with the concept of a seed vault? It’s the same idea, just a different kind of seed.

That being said, who wants to bear the risk of medical complications from pregnancy 250 miles above the ground? It would not be an ethical experiment to intentionally do this. That being said, if it happened anyways despite protocol, you can bet your ass they’ll collect as much data about the pregnancy as possible.

This and c/nottheonion are the only news communities I’m subbed to anymore, so I had to do a double take

*Arthur

In the phrase “clown school,” “clown” is an attributive noun, also sometimes called an adjectival noun. It is a noun that is used as an adjective in order to modify another noun. Clown school is a school where you learn how to be a clown.

What does ESH mean?

Thanks. I hadn’t heard of it. Looks like it’s a paid subscription for the search engine. Would you recommend it as a general search engine for everyday use?

What does kagis mean? Google isn’t helping me

Yeah I’m on the cusp between Millennial/Gen Z; I think I was about nine when I started walking around my small town unsupervised for trips to the grocery store or public library. Might have even started walking myself to school younger than that.