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Washington state gets rid of "sexist" language
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By Valefor.Applebottoms 2013-07-12 14:54:56
Welp I've had fun, but it's already almost 3 and I gotta get dishes and lunch started soon for when my boyfriend comes home.
So afk a little while, while I go wallow in my self pity thinking the only reason why someone could love me at all is because they can't do any better.
But hey, it's better than being alone and bitter, right? ;)
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By Fenrir.Schutz 2013-07-12 14:55:14
A simple fact of life is that being morbidly obese is unhealthy and not attractive
dude, that's not a fact, that's like, your opinion, man.
That is fact. I'm not speaking about the rational part of the brain here, I'm talking about the 6~20 million year old primate. Sexual attraction (within 10s) is all about health and determining the best for mating. Primates would beat each other up to determine which males were the strongest and most fit. Females would then try to attract the strongest of those primates by appearing more healthy and feminine (read: better able to have kids) then the others.
There is no way anyone can rationalize away 280lb morbidly obese unhealthy as being "attractive". That's just that politically correct bullsh!t that's been drilled into people's brains.
It's very tricky to make gross generalisations like that no? ;_;
The Venus of Willendorf and the works of Sandro Botticelli and Peter Paul Rubens spring to mind as examples of different views of beauty no? :p
Those examples might not span exactly 20 million years, but that's a lot of time for a wide range of what is 'attractive' in a heterosexual mate. :p
EDIT: As always, I'm too slow to keep up with these fast-paced threads. By the time I respond back the subject will be about genital mutilation again, or maybe sandwich-making, by then. ;_; I think I'll quit while I am behind. :p
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By Lakshmi.Sparthosx 2013-07-12 14:58:56
Lakshmi.Sparthosx said: »Lakshmi.Sparthosx said: »smokers lie
I am truly appauled.
Why? lol
I'm a smoker, so jokingly lied about being appauled, sry, you don't know me well enough to catch it, nor does anyone else here, probably.
my fault.
I figured it was faux outrage lol.
I have enough friends bullshitting me about how smoking isn't that bad. I'm like guys, you don't have to lie to me, just enjoy your smokes the same way I enjoy some beers, a cocktail or wine.
Everything has risk and your tolerance for risk is your own.
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By Lakshmi.Saevel 2013-07-12 15:01:38
A simple fact of life is that being morbidly obese is unhealthy and not attractive
dude, that's not a fact, that's like, your opinion, man.
That is fact. I'm not speaking about the rational part of the brain here, I'm talking about the 6~20 million year old primate. Sexual attraction (within 10s) is all about health and determining the best for mating. Primates would beat each other up to determine which males were the strongest and most fit. Females would then try to attract the strongest of those primates by appearing more healthy and feminine (read: better able to have kids) then the others.
There is no way anyone can rationalize away 280lb morbidly obese unhealthy as being "attractive". That's just that politically correct bullsh!t that's been drilled into people's brains.
It's very tricky to make gross generalisations like that no? ;_;
The Venus of Willendorf and the works of Sandro Botticelli and Peter Paul Rubens spring to mind as examples of different views of beauty no? :p
Those examples might not span exactly 20 million years, but that's a lot of time for a wide range of what is 'attractive' in a heterosexual mate. :p
I'm not speaking of beauty, only animal ability to bear healthy children. This is a proven thing in the animal kingdom. A kingdom that we are for the most part a member of.
The Venus is ugly as hell. Botticelli didn't paint fat women, those are actually perfect examples of "healthy" with wide hips. Rubens was a bit of a whaler yet the ones that depicted young fertile women always showed them we thick but not obese. All these women are depicted as bright and healthy, prime for having children which only further proves my point.
We're not talking a 150 or 160lbs girl, we're talking 280lbs at 5'4". That's someone who is as wide as they are tall, might as well glue on a beard and call her a dwarf.
Of course the typical argument is via absurdity.
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By Lakshmi.Sparthosx 2013-07-12 15:03:37
If it isn't your opinion, its a liberal circle jerk! Just delete those facts that people in this thread haven't all agreed on points and present an argument to yourself that people are slinging ad hominems and sidetracking the discussion because they can't dispute your points.
We might as well go full-tilt eugenics, we're already well on our way there.
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By Siren.Mosin 2013-07-12 15:03:42
But to these people none of that matters. I'm insulting the delicate flower by telling her that she's overweight. I'm probably also insulting many of them who are most likely overweight themselves. I don't care, the truth is something people shouldn't be afraid to hear.
Saev, no, just no.
just because I disagree with a point you make, does not mean I'm "white-knighting" for anyone. it simply means I can see that my opinion of beauty isn't the only opinion.
6' 185-190 here, so wrong again, just because I disagree with you, does not automactically make me a big fatty.
for the record, I couldn't ever be too insulted by a wierdo on the internet.
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By Siren.Mosin 2013-07-12 15:05:00
Lakshmi.Sparthosx said: »I have enough friends bullshitting me about how smoking isn't that bad
I'm more realistic. my latest line is:
"hey! you have your retirement plan, & I have mine, now *** off"
lol
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By Lakshmi.Saevel 2013-07-12 15:11:59
Ok guy while it's been fun I gotta hit the bed. 5:11am and I got a dinner + movie date later tonight (girl cooking for me).
Have fun and leave your harpoon's at home.
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By Siren.Mosin 2013-07-12 15:13:50
Have fun and leave your harpoon's at home.
***. that.
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By Lakshmi.Sparthosx 2013-07-12 15:14:05
Ok guy while it's been fun I gotta hit the bed. 5:11am and I got a dinner + movie date later tonight (girl cooking for me).
Have fun and leave your harpoon's at home.
I sure hope she isn't one of those vampires you were talking about earlier consuming your resources.
Later dood.
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By Blazed1979 2013-07-12 15:16:15
Lakshmi.Sparthosx said: »Ok guy while it's been fun I gotta hit the bed. 5:11am and I got a dinner + movie date later tonight (girl cooking for me).
Have fun and leave your harpoon's at home.
I sure hope she isn't one of those vampires you were talking about earlier consuming your resources.
Later dood. she's cooking for him, so its alchemy- equal trade
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By Siren.Flavin 2013-07-12 15:17:03
It isn't... remember he is out with his buddies getting more traditional women from the east... that why he mentions the girl is actually cooking dinner for him... he wants to make sure you know that she is healthy and subservient!
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By Valefor.Applebottoms 2013-07-12 15:21:09
We're not talking a 150 or 160lbs girl, we're talking 280lbs at 5'4". That's someone who is as wide as they are tall, might as well glue on a beard and call her a dwarf. Anyhow the others have pretty much given up any pretense of debate and are just attacking by ganging up and slinging insults. I disturbed their worldview too much. For someone who seemed to get offended by people slinging insults at him and not debating, you've done quite a number to ruin your reputation further on here by contradicting yourself. Pot calling the kettle black much? And I'm no "delicate flower", I just was being nice not to tell you to *** off completely. I like opinions, but personal attacks are another thing.
Thing is I might be overweight/obese, but people still like me and support me and talk to me.
I do wish you luck on your date however. For as long a climb as that woman had to make, I don't think the trip was worth it.
WHOOPS! Opinion! Means I stated Fact, doesn't it?
Ok, ok, back to dishes. Couldn't let this opportunity pass.
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By Siren.Mosin 2013-07-12 15:22:12
My brother was stationed in japan as a marine for a while, he gets super angry and goes into tirades whenever people bring up how asian women are hot (or anything to that effect) the back story is funny, but wildly inappropriate.
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By Lakshmi.Aelius 2013-07-12 15:23:49
Yeah, this thread has run it's course.
Time for this thread to simply...
Valefor.Applebottoms said: »*** off completely.
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Washington state gets rid of "sexist language"Quote: In Washington state, the word "freshman" is out. And "first-year student" is in. In total, 40,000 words have been changed as part of an effort to rid state statutes of gender-biased language.
The bill, signed into law earlier in the year by Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee, went into effect this week.
And it was no small task. "This was a much larger effort than I had envisioned. Mankind means man and woman," Democratic state Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles of Seattle told Reuters.
"Fisherman" is now a "fisher." "Penmanship" is called "handwriting." And "manhole cover" is, well, still "manhole cover." Some words don’t have an easy replacement.
Others do: "His" is now “his and hers.” "Clergyman" is now "clergy." "Journeyman plumber" is now “journey-level plumber,” according to the Daily Mail.
According to Reuters, Washington is the fourth state to officially remove gender-biased language from the law. Others are Florida, North Carolina and Illinois. Nine other states are considering similar gender-neutral laws.
"Words matter," Liz Watson, a National Women's Law Center senior adviser, told Reuters. "This is important in changing hearts and minds."
France recently officially banned the term "mademoiselle" from official documents. The Gallic term means "miss," and French officials contended it forced women to acknowledge their marital status.
The French also bid adieu to "maiden name," which they dismissed as "archaic." They should know: Paris only recently got rid of a law that banned women from wearing pants. an awesome read about about a policy that is as idiotic as it is harmful. But what do you expect in a country where the president - the sole personification of elected authority- claims to be a feminist?`
I guess they just forgot to write the VAWA law and all the other domestic violence shelter rules in gender neutral language. Must've slipped through the cracks
Also, words only seem to matter to these c*nts when they are directed toward women, but when men are the targets, they have no problem making posters, billboards and all kinds of ads accusing MALES of being rapist, perverts, wife beaters, abusers, etc
but in the end i wonder:
Will menstruation now be personstruation?
Also will they outlaw ladies night at the local bar?
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