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  • LwL@lemmy.worldto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneelectruleician
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    9 days ago

    It really isn’t, it’s the scientific term for a feature in a whole bunch of animals…

    Like holy shit context matters, and I don’t mean that in a “it’s fine if it’s not meant as an insult” way, because people have a right to ask to not be referred to a certain way regardless of intent.

    But also the tumblr links ask me to log in so I can’t tell if they would reveal this as sarcasm or they have an actually convincing argument.


  • LwL@lemmy.worldto196@lemmy.blahaj.zonerule
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    1 month ago

    It’s kind of the other way around, we’ve always had AI, it used to just basically mean a computer making some decision based on data. Like a thermostat changing the heating in response to a temperature change.

    Then we got LLMs and because they are good at pretending to have complex reasoning ability, AI as a term started to always mean “computer with near human level intelligence” which of course they are absolutely not.



  • LwL@lemmy.worldto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneTrans athletes rule
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    3 months ago

    It does seem sensible to require some proof of some set time of hrt for trans athletes in top level competition, and that’s about it. Once you’ve been on E for a while all studies I’m aware of show there really isn’t any inherent advantage to being AMAB.

    And for any lower competition levels it doesn’t really matter anyway since you can likely find cis women that are better than the men anyway, so who cares if some trans girl has some physical advantage while she waits for hrt to start or whatever.


  • LwL@lemmy.worldtoAnimemes@ani.socialWhy all Parents do this XD
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    3 months ago

    Yea I think if my parents did this I’d instantly have lost all trust in them after it came off (well at least if they didnt tell me right after that they were joking). I never was quite that sensitive to dirt on me, but in general what apparently worked best is just explaining the why, which is probably pretty common for autistic kids.

    Anyway I just wanted to say as someone whos also on the spectrum I appreciate you actually respecting your sons issues as valid instead of thinking the reaction is unreasonable and he should suck it up, which is sadly all too common.

    (Which isn’t to say that the panel isn’t funny, messing with kids a bit is totally fine, just need to know them well enough to not actually hurt them. Same as adults really.)


  • LwL@lemmy.worldto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneJesus saves rule
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    3 months ago

    For gender dysphoria there have been studies suggesting that prenatal hormone exposure plays a role. Many also experience dysphoria specifically about their genitals, so it’s likely about more than just social gender constructs (probably also depends on the individual though), with at least some contributing factors already decided at birth.

    But yea, both gender and sexuality are very complex and there are bound to be environmental factors for both.



  • “Bro” is gender neutral for me. Though I still try to avoid it with transfems I don’t know very well (which is… all except one) since I can’t know if they’d tell me if it makes then uncomfortable. Since even if you know how it’s meant it can still feel bad.

    One of the very few things where I’ll change how I interact with a transfem vs a ciswoman




  • LwL@lemmy.worldto196@lemmy.blahaj.zonerule
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    9 months ago

    Ah yea I’m the opposite, I’m always too warm to the point where I’ll often be out in a t shirt while most people are wearing jackets over a sweatshirt, so skirts would just be optimal.

    It’s not even as much of a safety issue for me (since while I’m actually super weak I do not look that way at all), but my social anxiety just won’t allow that.

    All the best to you to, may you continue to be comfy.





  • LwL@lemmy.worldto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneADHD rule
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    1 year ago

    It makes me go from “oh god i have to do this and aaaaah ok ok i will manage the next step and oh shit i did 3 clicks in a row go me. Ok now again… nah in 2 minutes i need a break <random thought> ok time to focus on random thing for a minute and ohhh godddddddd i don’t wanna go back to being productive” to “meh gotta do this i guess, click click click, ok again, click click click <random thought>, do random thing for a minute, ok continue being productive, click click click…”




  • Gatekeeping really is not either of these things, but people can wear whatever they like. I can’t say I get why someone would do it at all, but not my problem.

    There’s a huge difference between using it as a conversation starter and asking about their favorite songs or whatever, since it’s reasonable to assume they know and like the band, and going “name 3 songs” because you assume they don’t listen to the band and also somehow care about that.