Steve Dustcircle
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Unseen replied to the topic Trans women in sports. What's fair? in the forum Small Talk 1 year ago
When someone expresses the belief that they are not the gender biology gave them, like most beliefs, it is either true or false is it not? Maybe the best approach is to offer these folks therapy. How far do we give in to this “I identify as” phenomenon. For example, do you remember Rachel Dolezal, the white woman who identified as black to such…[Read more]
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_Robert_ replied to the topic Trans women in sports. What's fair? in the forum Small Talk 1 year ago
_Robert_ wrote:
Frankly, fuck the trajectory of sports. The commercialization, and the “win at any cost” and constant effort at cheating.Right now, the main controversy isn’t at the pro level. It’s at the high school and college level. My daughter didn’t want to go pro (as a swimmer? pretty much not a “thing”). She just wanted a…
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Unseen replied to the topic Trans women in sports. What's fair? in the forum Small Talk 1 year ago
_Robert_ wrote:
Frankly, fuck the trajectory of sports. The commercialization, and the “win at any cost” and constant effort at cheating.Right now, the main controversy isn’t at the pro level. It’s at the high school and college level.
My daughter didn’t want to go pro (as a swimmer? pretty much not a “thing”). She just wanted a scholarship and…[Read more]
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_Robert_ replied to the topic Trans women in sports. What's fair? in the forum Small Talk 1 year ago
I remember when Lance Armstrong was dominating bike racing, our CEO came out wearing a little bike racing outfit and gave a video speech to his thousands of employees about being a winner like him.
Two weeks later Armstrong was found to be cheating with steroids.
Frankly, fuck the trajectory of sports. The commercialization, and the “win at any…[Read more]
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Simon Paynton replied to the topic Trans women in sports. What's fair? in the forum Small Talk 1 year ago
We’re all sympathetic with trans people, but it’s a difficult dilemma to resolve satisfactorily. In the UK it’s just been decided legally that for some purposes, such as women’s safe spaces, a person’s biological sex is what matters and not their social and psychological gender. So, in effect, we’ve decided that for some purposes, you can’t c…[Read more]
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Unseen started the topic Trans women in sports. What's fair? in the forum Small Talk 1 year ago
Before I begin, I recognize that Trump and MAGA come at this issue from a either a hate- or religion-based angle. Let’s set that aside and realize that it’s a real issue that would eventually come up without them.
How seriously to take gender identity is becoming impossible to sidestep in the world of…[Read more]
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Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School May 25th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 1 year agoTheEncogitationer wrote:
If Anti-Israel protesters have other accusations, I am open to hearing them.Problems of sufficiency, distribution, and security of aid would not be problems if Israel were genocidal, because a genocidal Israel wouldn’t even bother with sending or allowing aid. And the UN has never been an i…
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Nobody saw this coming in the forum Small Talk 1 year ago
Unseen wrote:
Comments, additions, etc. welcome, especially from Pope Beanie.I try my best to keep my FYIs to reactors short, but it’s really difficult! I could recommend dozens of songs, because there are almost no bad songs. I try to include links when I recommend something, which takes time to fetch and include, and recently I focus on…[Read more]
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Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School May 25th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 1 year ago@Enco
Feeding Gazan civilians you say? WTH are you talking about?
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School June 1st 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 1 year ago@_Robert_ JP can’t say he is a Christian because he is just smart enough not to be one. Unfortunately, he is intellectually dishonest enough the placate his incel, right wing, manosphere of fan boys, who love to talk-up the bible’s subservient status of women.
Perfectly explained. His followers are not smart enough or have enough experience of…[Read more]
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School June 1st 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 1 year agoAgain again, Bullwinkle? I’m detecting a pattern here.
I was waiting for that 🙂
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_Robert_ replied to the topic Sunday School June 1st 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 1 year agoJP can’t say he is a Christian because he is just smart enough not to be one. Unfortunately, he is intellectually dishonest enough the placate his incel, right wing, manosphere of fan boys, who love to talk-up the bible’s subservient status of women.
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School June 1st 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 1 year ago@Enco – Coincidentally, I was reading this Quillette article yesterday. I agree with what you say.
I was very deliberate and careful in my wording of the post 🙂
New knowledge make things better if understood and used right.
Yes, but what is common sense to one person is often seen as special knowledge to another.
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School June 1st 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 1 year agoThanks Strega, someone is paying attention in school 🙂 The problem is Sunday School follows Saturday night! I feel younger already.
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Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School May 25th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 1 year agoActively seeking pariah state status!
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Unseen replied to the topic Sunday School May 25th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 1 year agoTheEncogitationer wrote:
The Anti-Israel protestors are alleging all three.The fallacy of composition is a logical fallacy that occurs when one incorrectly assumes that what is true for the parts of a whole must also be true for the whole itself. In other words, it’s the mistake of attributing a characteristic of individual members or parts to…[Read more]
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Strega replied to the topic Sunday School July 1st 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 1 year agoJune already? Why, looking at your heading for today, Reg, we’ve gone and hit July 🙂
also, thank you for Sunday School 🙂
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Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic Sunday School July 1st 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 1 year agoI seldom spend time in the Southern States during the summer months. I can handle 80F – 85F in many countries as I tend to spend a lot of time outside. The humidity gets to me and I find it very unpleasant especially if I want to go for a run. I also don’t like the atmosphere created by air con units unless they are properly maintained. I spent 2…[Read more]
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_Robert_ replied to the topic Sunday School July 1st 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 1 year agoReg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
June already! How dat happen? Have a great week!Yeah, I hope summer goes by fast in my frame of reference. I have started thinking about Halloween already. Just can’t enjoy nature for more than a few minutes in this heat and humidity.
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_Robert_ replied to the topic Sunday School May 25th 2025 in the forum
Sunday School 1 year agoAnd just like the Jews and Arabs fighting over a sandbox patch under scorching sun, billions of Indians and Pakistanis are divided by imaginary gods and religion.
We just can’t rise above it, can we? The entire bell curve is not centered at reality. The median value is close to “moronic delusions”. No way to hit reset, clean out the cobwebs of…[Read more]
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