what_is_a_name @ what_is_a_name @lemmy.world

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I think you’re close to understanding WHY then the trans community is such a stickler about pronouns

Let me give you an example that may further close the understanding loop for you.

I moved from US to Scandinavia. This place, despite being always described as heaven for the queer community … is, on the surface, entirely devoid of them. You hardly ever notice. There is hardly ever any discussion, politics, or fuss. You struggle to spot queer couples on the street. There just isn’t a loud community shouting about queer and trans issues on the street. When you spot queer or trans folks they are just people doing their daily life.

Why? Because they are not under attack. When a community is being attacked it becomes tighter, builds rituals and ways of living that identifies members of the group. It becomes louder and with a uniform voice on the political scene. Because the coordination and loudness is necessary for their political goals- of not being attacked.

(I guess groups not on the defensive but on the offensive would do the same. I guess you have to look at the goals to understand which is which.)

But here’s my point - in conditions where the trans community is treated with respect, they again become free to NOT make their life about bathrooms and pronouns.

And thus - I argue pronouns are such a hot topic because trans folks are being deliberately misgendred as an attack by their political opponents.

Can you expand? So what should be done in your world view?

You clearly never been to the Netherlands.

Science says we’re all blended into Homo Sapiens now.

But as a spouse to a biologist my understanding is there is no agreement in science what is a species. Defining species is more art than science and often political.

That said. In such cases, whether or not two communities are different sources i or just Su populations of one species - matters little in practical sense. It’s just naming exercise.

It’s not unusual. The joke is the political spectrum is a circle. You go far enough to the left - you meet the far right.

In the end both Bernie and Trump are populists (in both senses: offering solutions that people want and proposing simplified solutions that are unrealistic)

During Covid in Germany the anti vaccine protest coalition was made up of fascists and hippies.

Re: JetBrains - isn’t VS Code oss?

No. School is “work” in that statistic.

Or they wanted the headlines for people who will never read the update.

Uh oh. Quick. Be nice to them:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_with_the_Newts?wprov=sfti1

I think the point of the question is that the producers get greedy midway. And stop the progress so they can go indefinitely. Then when the show is cancelled the finish the story arcs in the final season.

There are also conscious efforts to weed out bots and other measures that try to remove potential cancer from spreading.

There was a post recently that outlined bot weeding efforts on a couple dozen instances that tanked user number by something like 1/5 - clearly visible on graphs.

Lemmy’s doing great. Even if plenty small communities are still not big enough here.

The problem for me is that Musk is an unreliable partner to any government. He is for sale to the highest bidder that strokes his ego.

But I guess that is a risk the feds will have to deal with in due time.

Honestly I waiting for the moment when one of Musk’s stunts gets Space X banned from government contracts until the boot the Muppet.

Edit: grammar

To be honest. If you’re online you should expect to be compromised. If you want to be privacy obsessed- focus on countries that allow you to be offline. That is an aspect Germany and Switzerland are a bit unique.

By comparison Scandinavia has a high degree of trust in government and everything is online and connected. It’s convenient but also - if you do not trust your data on the government’s hands - you’re not gonna like it here.

Germany allows you to be more … disconnected.

I only know western countries but from those I’d say Germany and Switzerland.

It’s highly respected in Germany to have a low online profile - pay in cash, stay off online systems.

I feel it’s similar in Switzerland - just with military training, more guns, mined bridges and nazi gold.

The point is not to have sick people jumping through hoops and shopping around. The point is to stop exploitation in healthcare.

If we accept the most likely angle - that it’s Putin and/or Wagner tut have been driving these Sahel coups - then cutting off Exports to France is a very logical step for the coupists - and it’s easy to see these coups as just one of many steps in Russia’s hybrid war against the western structure.

There is nearly no benefit of being on the largest instance. In fact many would benefit from a smaller instance.

Definitely not a “never” .

In fact I hail from a European culture where the traditional grab has men proudly showing ( a lot of) midriff. (Detva region in Slovakia)

https://imgur.com/a/oSPdcxI

As others mentioned western/American fashion had sporty types wear crop tops in the 70s-90s

Here is Will Smith wearing a crop top in Fresh Prince From Bel Aire https://imgur.com/a/0OAZRpi

And yes - if you hang in certain circles men wearing crop tops is still perfectly acceptable. But currently it’s usually associated with femme-presenting queer men of other wise gender noncomforming people.

Straight men seem to have have shunned the look (as they tend to) when it became associated with queerness.

And. Of course all of this is US centric. Plenty other cultures and fashions out there.

Ps: Yahoo seems to think it’s time to bring the crop top back. So hey - you can be a pioneer: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/return-men-crop-tops-why-210039991.html

The books that get various complex cultures right, have friends/advisors that are native to those cultures to explain nuances - read drafts and offer edits.

If WebKit and Mozilla put up enough fight. It will not be the standard.