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Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 27th July 2023, 03:11 AM
Replies: 350
Views: 19,132
Posted By Sideroxylon
What an utter embarrassment these House hearings...

What an utter embarrassment these House hearings are. America is cooked.
Forum: Trials and Errors 2nd March 2023, 08:21 PM
Replies: 1,609
Views: 39,398
Posted By Sideroxylon
You want talk about the number of options for the...

You want talk about the number of options for the cyclist but frame the pedestrian’s alternative as “jumping” out of the path of the cyclist.

How about instead of holding ground in the middle of...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 7th June 2022, 06:09 PM
Replies: 2,767
Views: 113,583
Posted By Sideroxylon
Nothing can be done. The Senate won’t allow it....

Nothing can be done. The Senate won’t allow it. The government is owned by lobbyists.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 7th June 2022, 04:38 PM
Replies: 320
Views: 21,987
Posted By Sideroxylon
Murica! **** yeah!

Murica! **** yeah!
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th June 2022, 03:59 PM
Replies: 72
Views: 1,622
Posted By Sideroxylon
Its not an adjective.

Its not an adjective.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 5th June 2022, 03:45 AM
Replies: 2,767
Views: 113,583
Posted By Sideroxylon
The issue is poverty. Something else that...

The issue is poverty. Something else that American politicians are going to do nothing anout.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 4th June 2022, 06:23 PM
Replies: 2,767
Views: 113,583
Posted By Sideroxylon
They are busy trying to keep the quiet stuff...

They are busy trying to keep the quiet stuff quiet.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 4th June 2022, 12:26 AM
Replies: 72
Views: 1,622
Posted By Sideroxylon
Most? Got some data?

Most? Got some data?
Forum: USA Politics 3rd June 2022, 06:48 PM
Replies: 209
Views: 17,748
Posted By Sideroxylon
If they think it will own the Libs and get some...

If they think it will own the Libs and get some more judges in they will back Satan, Lord of Darkness.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd June 2022, 05:23 PM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,665
Posted By Sideroxylon
Return for effort equation drops below zero the...

Return for effort equation drops below zero the threshold.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd June 2022, 05:22 PM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,665
Posted By Sideroxylon
Stop fopping around on your high horse. I merely...

Stop fopping around on your high horse. I merely responded in kind.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd June 2022, 03:20 PM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,665
Posted By Sideroxylon
* Tend not to be naive realists about language.

* Tend not to be naive realists about language.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd June 2022, 03:13 PM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,665
Posted By Sideroxylon
Was the 90% the last stat you had keistered?

Was the 90% the last stat you had keistered?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd June 2022, 02:45 PM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,665
Posted By Sideroxylon
There is much less nuance with the way trans...

There is much less nuance with the way trans people are branded as mentally ill. How many people here see the treatment as the wrong treatment and the very expression of identity as mental illness?...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd June 2022, 01:59 PM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,665
Posted By Sideroxylon
What part of the concept “post treatment” are you...

What part of the concept “post treatment” are you struggling with? Strike that. Its totally incorrect on my part. There is just no post.

The issue here is that people here are in disagreement...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd June 2022, 01:43 PM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,665
Posted By Sideroxylon
Read the treatment part. There are people...

Read the treatment part.

There are people who would have that a happy individual post treatment is mentally ill. Show of hands here?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd June 2022, 01:23 PM
Replies: 72
Views: 1,622
Posted By Sideroxylon
Yes, the majority will but that majority will...

Yes, the majority will but that majority will dwindle over time and be replaced by kids who learn the new name in geography class and from media presenters.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd June 2022, 01:17 PM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,665
Posted By Sideroxylon
Technically a strawman. Put that trope away with...

Technically a strawman. Put that trope away with your analogy one and try for a charitable take. Just a suggestion.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd June 2022, 01:14 PM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,665
Posted By Sideroxylon
The “ought to treat” is built into the...

The “ought to treat” is built into the subjectiveness of harmful. Is being a homosexual harmful? That is an argument that has been made. According to who?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd June 2022, 11:55 AM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,665
Posted By Sideroxylon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_constructioni...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_constructionism

The root of the concept of mental illness (and illness in general) seems to be “that which we ought to treat” and the ought part is no more...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd June 2022, 11:37 AM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,665
Posted By Sideroxylon
That’s accurate.

That’s accurate.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd June 2022, 11:35 AM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,665
Posted By Sideroxylon
Because you are clueless of what the concept...

Because you are clueless of what the concept “socially constructed” entails? Fair.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd June 2022, 11:25 AM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,665
Posted By Sideroxylon
I said the interpretation was dense. It was a...

I said the interpretation was dense. It was a ludicrous unaware straw man of what the concept means. What I am going to say? Nothing would probably be the best but I could not help myself after such...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd June 2022, 11:17 AM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,665
Posted By Sideroxylon
That is some bull crap take right there.

That is some bull crap take right there.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd June 2022, 10:32 AM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,665
Posted By Sideroxylon
Wow.

Wow.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd June 2022, 03:51 AM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,665
Posted By Sideroxylon
Unhappy Yes, it is.

Yes, it is.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd June 2022, 03:50 AM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,665
Posted By Sideroxylon
That is a pretty dense take on what it means for...

That is a pretty dense take on what it means for something to be socially constructed.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd June 2022, 03:27 AM
Replies: 72
Views: 1,622
Posted By Sideroxylon
My Turkish is still fairly decent after more than...

My Turkish is still fairly decent after more than a decade there.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd June 2022, 03:21 AM
Replies: 72
Views: 1,622
Posted By Sideroxylon
Hindistan actually. ...

Hindistan actually.
https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindistan
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd June 2022, 02:02 AM
Replies: 72
Views: 1,622
Posted By Sideroxylon
I have been doing the same for a while because I...

I have been doing the same for a while because I know they are over the bird jokes.

Although the Turkish word for turkey is hindi and India is Hindistan.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 2nd June 2022, 09:45 PM
Replies: 2,767
Views: 113,583
Posted By Sideroxylon
“Not available in your country.” AU

“Not available in your country.” AU
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 2nd June 2022, 08:49 PM
Replies: 2,312
Views: 65,052
Posted By Sideroxylon
Look forward to hearing NT Senator Jacinta Price...

Look forward to hearing NT Senator Jacinta Price on this and any back and forth with the mob lodging the claim.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 31st May 2022, 09:00 PM
Replies: 2,312
Views: 65,052
Posted By Sideroxylon
It is all so on point but this is especially...

It is all so on point but this is especially good.

As I’ve always said, ‘Judge a man on his carefully crafted persona when he’s vying to be Prime Minister, not on the words he’s said, the things...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 30th May 2022, 08:36 PM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,665
Posted By Sideroxylon
Well that’s that then.

Well that’s that then.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 30th May 2022, 08:26 PM
Replies: 2,312
Views: 65,052
Posted By Sideroxylon
Nm

Nm
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 30th May 2022, 08:19 PM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,665
Posted By Sideroxylon
You are doing it. Making the assumption and...

You are doing it. Making the assumption and assertion that this is merely performance. Some others here have not been coy on that.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 30th May 2022, 07:57 PM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,665
Posted By Sideroxylon
What a silly I am. Cheers for clarity.

What a silly I am. Cheers for clarity.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 30th May 2022, 07:55 PM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,665
Posted By Sideroxylon
Sciencey!

Sciencey!
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 30th May 2022, 07:29 PM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,665
Posted By Sideroxylon
It all comes back to this. Not being a bastard in...

It all comes back to this. Not being a bastard in this context is the hill I die on start being rude from as it is too fundamental to my personal moral aesthetic and empathy.

This a cruel and...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 30th May 2022, 06:31 PM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,665
Posted By Sideroxylon
Can girls* who sexualise the context or fail to...

Can girls* who sexualise the context or fail to respect the modesty of others use the space?

“great” And why is it that we move so swiftly away from not being a bastard?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 30th May 2022, 06:23 PM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,665
Posted By Sideroxylon
Mental illness is a socially constructed concept...

Mental illness is a socially constructed concept with an interesting history and and used with, nuance, prudence and pragmatic definitions with aware compassionate utility in the field of mental...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 30th May 2022, 06:10 PM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,665
Posted By Sideroxylon
For me, I would rather not be a bastard and tell...

For me, I would rather not be a bastard and tell people they are mentally ill or pretending in how they express fundamentals of their self identity. Life is too short and too ambiguous to be a nasty...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 30th May 2022, 02:51 PM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,665
Posted By Sideroxylon
Analogies ay.

Analogies ay.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 30th May 2022, 02:48 AM
Replies: 116
Views: 3,620
Posted By Sideroxylon
They also suggest that they hold the moral key. ...

They also suggest that they hold the moral key.

This kind of thing is a trope from the same evangelical crowd:

"We teach kids in school, 'God's dead. He's not real. Evolution is true. You're...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 30th May 2022, 01:36 AM
Replies: 116
Views: 3,620
Posted By Sideroxylon
Even those with a divine-gifted moral compass...

Even those with a divine-gifted moral compass cant avoid abusing kids and covering it up.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 28th May 2022, 10:32 PM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,665
Posted By Sideroxylon
Your bald and sweeping assertion about an innate...

Your bald and sweeping assertion about an innate nature of modesty (and sloppily applied with any nuance here) is not simply borne out by cultural observation.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 28th May 2022, 09:40 AM
Replies: 2,767
Views: 113,583
Posted By Sideroxylon
This guy right here, officer.

This guy right here, officer.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 28th May 2022, 09:08 AM
Replies: 2,767
Views: 113,583
Posted By Sideroxylon
The NRA must be loving that most media attention...

The NRA must be loving that most media attention has been and will be on the police response and not as it would otherwise be on political action.
Forum: USA Politics 28th May 2022, 04:50 AM
Replies: 65
Views: 2,988
Posted By Sideroxylon
Gold!

Gold!
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 28th May 2022, 02:16 AM
Replies: 177
Views: 4,779
Posted By Sideroxylon
Billionaire tech bros, mining magnates, property...

Billionaire tech bros, mining magnates, property developers, capitalist royalty born to power, senators, and some celebrities to hang with and entertain.
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