Ace-Garageguy Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Gender "neutral" language. Geeze Louise. Pleeeeez.http://www.salon.com/2015/12/05/lets_call_everyone_they_gender_neutral_language_should_be_the_norm_not_the_exception/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blunc Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Any idea on how to pronounce the "Mx." they are espousing as a replacement honorific?In the future are we to refer to the US president as "Mx. President" instead of Mister (or Madam) President? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelo7 Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Let's just call them "it". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggon Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Poor old Mx. Mxyzptlyk, he/she/it's going to be real confused. Can I change my moniker to "king"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 According to certain people, gender itself is no longer a valid concept. You are what you "identify" as, not what your plumbing tells you you are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blunc Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Poor old Mx. Mxyzptlyk, he/she/it's going to be real confused. Can I change my moniker to "king"? Actually, I think "king" would not be allowed due to that title implying a gender. I think you'll have to use "monarch". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blunc Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 According to certain people, gender itself is no longer a valid concept. You are what you "identify" as, not what your plumbing tells you you are. So...I guess they will no longer be known as a male or female of a species, and will be referred to an "it" of the species. Oh, the huge manatee. (totally pointless IMHO) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Here in a nearby NW suburb of Chicago, the other day there was a story about how this "trans-gender" high school guy who "identifies" as female was causing all sorts of problems because he and his family (and their lawyer, no doubt) were demanding that he/she have access to the girl's locker room. The school's compromise idea was to put up a sort of "privacy curtain" in the girl's locker room for him, but apparently that wasn't good enough. Not sure exactly how the story ended (or if it's still being litigated), but man oh man, what kind of crazy society have we become lately where some teenage guy can claim he's a "she" and demand access to the girl's locker room... and the rest of us have to actually agree to that nonsense???!!! Sheesh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted December 8, 2015 Author Share Posted December 8, 2015 ... man oh man, what kind of crazy society have we become lately where some teenage guy can claim he's a "she" and demand access to the girl's locker room... and the rest of us have to actually agree to that nonsense???!!! Sheesh... "Man oh man" ??? Really ?? Are you intentionally mocking the seriousness of this, the single most important issue confronting mankind...er, humankind...er, peoplekind ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Oops. My humblest apologies. Of course I meant "person oh person"... Dang! This brave new world of political correctness is gonna take some getting used to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blunc Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 I guess there will be no more "manning up"or "growing a pair"or having "big brass ones..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 And I guess we'll have to retire this phrase... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie8575 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Our world has gone insane.I really think that as much as we needed mental health reform all those years ago (and still do,) we let too many crazies out of the asylum and we're now seeing the results.Charlie Larkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 I guess there will be no more "manning up" or "growing a pair" or having "big brass ones..." While it is not really on-topic, the above made me post this picture: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blunc Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 And I guess we'll have to retire this phrase... I think you can still use that comment as long as you're prepared to get clobbered by some gender nonspecific entity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent G Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Betty White rocks!G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 "Man oh man" ??? Really ?? Are you intentionally mocking the seriousness of this, the single most important issue confronting mankind...er, humankind...er, peoplekind ?? Get it right! Itkind. PS: Political Correctness is destroying our way of life and our lives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 I think you just committed a micro-aggression... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Probably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quick GMC Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 (edited) There are people out there that really struggle with identity crisis, and a lot of legitimate cases of men transitioning to women, and women transitioning to men. It's a serious decision some people have to live with. There is a time and a place to be more accepting, but it has gone completely out of control with the social justice warriors in the last 5-10 years that nobody can take it seriously anymore. Edited December 12, 2015 by Quick GMC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Makes getting old NOT look so bad!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
426-Hemi Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 While it is not really on-topic, the above made me post this picture: OMG....... LMAO, your killing me here!!!! So then its gonna be "Mangina" instead for this kid in school? (Sorry guys I could NOT resists!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 (edited) OMG....... LMAO, your killing me here!!!! So then its gonna be "Mangina" instead for this kid in school? (Sorry guys I could NOT resists!) Now you reminded me of that Jerry Seinfeld episode featuring a manssiere or a "bro"! Then there was Jerry's GF name rhyming with a female body part -- Dolores? Mulva? Happy Festivus everyone! A non-denominational HoHoHo! Edited December 14, 2015 by peteski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
426-Hemi Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie8575 Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 PS: Political Correctness is destroying our way of life and our lives. ^ This. Charlie Larkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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