i’ve never understood the argument “I just can’t use they/them for a singular person, it’s grammatically incorrect.” first of all that’s not even factually correct, it’s grammatically correct. second of all, why do you care more about grammar than the mental health and well-being of other people? grammar is fake, we made it up. other people and their feelings are real. reconsider your priorities
Even better, the comments to this Twitter post were an absolute FIRESTORM of mostly dudes explaining to her that dials can’t only have 2 positions (not true) and that it wasn’t a very good piece (not true) that she was being disrespectful to her teacher (don’t care) and that it was a sign of her stupidity/rabid feminism/intellectual laziness/misandry/etc. that she couldn’t see any “middle ground.”
It became, in its way, a performance piece. I was absolutely mesmerised, even as I wished I could cock-punch people through the internet.
Personally I hope that knob goes to 11 and stays there.
“Dials can’t have only 2 positions” is also missing the point. Even if it doesn’t have only 2 positions, the point stands that getting less of/farther away from “raging feminist” requires getting more of/closer to “complicit in my own dehumanization.” You should always be at 0% having to be complicit in your own dehumanization.
Also, the point that it has two positions is IRRELEVANT, because this isn’t an on/off either/or mechanism. The meaning is obviously clear. A line indicating a level that can fluctuate between two points.
Also, here’s the thing about art. It’s hoping it’s audience has some basic fucking comprehension, but even if they do they’ll feign ignorance so they can further complain about something they didn’t like in the first place.
Doctors are like HERE is your APPOINTMENT if you are late I WILL PERSONALLY kill YOU but when you show up on time they are like I; am so so sor..ry.. Theree, will bbe abt housand yeaars, delayy
This post is so funny bc people are like “that’s bc of all the other people before you who ran late or had a problem that took too long (more than 15 min)” wow that’s crazy, it’s almost like there’s an industry-wide problem with overbooking doctors based on the deranged idea that somehow healthcare will be able to be squeezed into the time it takes to microwave a tv dinner and every patient will never have any issues with travel time and that problem is passed onto doctors and patients. It’s almost like it’s a really bad quality of care to expect someone to cancel their entire days activities to see a healthcare professional once every one to six months for 15 minutes.
Was walking alone through the alley behind my apartment and saw a weird guy so I checked that I had my pepper spray and I guess the guy saw me do that because he said “Don’t worry, I’m more scared of you than you are of me” and I said “Ok” and he said “I’m terrified of women”
Happy International Women’s Day to this dude, wherever he is now
