Retards are why we cannot have good things

[Althea]

Poor Debbie/Bill. Cannot even imagine. Why did he turn violent towards women, do you think it was envy and frustration?

We have a trans person in our family. She has gone through literal hell in her short life (she is in her 40s now). People who dish on the trans folks have no idea what their lives are like. None. To me it's not a choice thing, it's how they were born. As is true of the others in the LGBTQ community, few of us would willingly choose to be scorned, mocked, beat up, denied a job, feared, hated, and lonely.

No, it's not a choice any more than being heterosexual is a choice. I wasn't in touch with Bill enough to know if he was more comfortable after transitioning. When I speak with people who knew him better, they told me about his bar room antics. I believe he was from a college town with a huge gay contingent. It's possible that as an obvious trans person he was shunned by the lesbian community? This was decades ago, and times have changed now. Everyone in the community seems to support others.

[Althea]

I don't know, some kind of diarrhea of the keyboard, Forum Tourettes? I'll often get 7-8 notifications, for instance, from Into the Night. Have had him on ignore for years, but he still replies to my posts, often in a mass fashion. They knock the posts that you *want* to see and respond to off the list, to be forever lost unless you stumble across one or can remember the threads you last posted in.

Yes. And he's the one who fills up my list too. Maybe they do it on purpose?

[Althea]

I wonder if the forum software allows you to change how many to display, like it does with posts per page?

I've been checking, but I don't see any

[Doc Dutch]

Isn't it funny when a low-level school employee, who pretends to be educated and credentialed, tries to put down someone else's actual career? Not ha-ha funny though.

Maybe it's years of alcohol or meth? 40 years of that shit would fry any brain. LOL

She's either a 100% fantasist or she had something at one time then fried her own brain. Regardless, I agree something is amiss.

[AProudLefty]

"Monkeypox" is a cool word and it's still being used in general usage. The word won't disappear. It will just be replaced in future scientific journals and reports within and after one year. People are free to search the term, "monkeypox", on those scientific journal sites for historical references.

[ThatOwlWoman]

No, it's not a choice any more than being heterosexual is a choice. I wasn't in touch with Bill enough to know if he was more comfortable after transitioning. When I speak with people who knew him better, they told me about his bar room antics. I believe he was from a college town with a huge gay contingent. It's possible that as an obvious trans person he was shunned by the lesbian community? This was decades ago, and times have changed now. Everyone in the community seems to support others.

I'm glad you feel understanding towards your former friend.

There is more support now within the community but humans are in the end still human and we tend to self-segregate and push away those who we don't think are like us. In a really cloistered society that the outside world fears, hates, and shuns it can get tense. I've seen it in the pagan community for decades now.

[ThatOwlWoman]

Yes. And he's the one who fills up my list too. Maybe they do it on purpose?

I guess that they could interested in messing up a forum that isn't worth the time to check in daily and engage in actual conversations. They're just dumbass trolls.

[ThatOwlWoman]

Maybe it's years of alcohol or meth? 40 years of that shit would fry any brain. LOL

She's either a 100% fantasist or she had something at one time then fried her own brain. Regardless, I agree something is amiss.

I don't think Toxic has physical brain damage. She has mental/emotional/psychology brain damage which she tries to treat with alcohol. Her soul is sick. There is no cure, unless she sees the light, amends her thoughts, and joins the good people of JPP's biggest, kindest, and best chit-chat thread. Our door is open and only trolls aren't welcome!

[ThatOwlWoman]

"Monkeypox" is a cool word and it's still being used in general usage. The word won't disappear. It will just be replaced in future scientific journals and reports within and after one year. People are free to search the term, "monkeypox", on those scientific journal sites for historical references.

Non-science ppl are also free to keep using the term, as is the media, at least when quoting. It would be preferred, though, if the real media from now on use the medical term (and explain why the change). By preferred I don't mean by me, but by science and responsible media.

[Althea]

I'm glad you feel understanding towards your former friend.

There is more support now within the community but humans are in the end still human and we tend to self-segregate and push away those who we don't think are like us. In a really cloistered society that the outside world fears, hates, and shuns it can get tense. I've seen it in the pagan community for decades now.

This nation has hated newcomers since its inception.

Or should I say, the European invaders hated all who came after themselves. Initially, it was perceived competition for jobs from new immigrants.

Centuries later, our politicians realize that encouraging hatred is good for donations.

There is increased hatred of ultra religious Jews, Asians, and everyone in the non straight community. You can't legislate away hatred, but denying jobs, access to healthcare, etc. because of sexuality should be illegal. Slowly, the SC is making it legal.

That said, I always did, and always will draw the line at biology. Psych issues should be understood, but those who identify as another sex should have no problem competing against their biological sex if they insist upon competing in sports.

[AProudLefty]

Non-science ppl are also free to keep using the term, as is the media, at least when quoting. It would be preferred, though, if the real media from now on use the medical term (and explain why the change). By preferred I don't mean by me, but by science and responsible media.

Exactly. I have no clue why they think they are being stopped from using the term. They're still free to use it.

Changing "monkeypox" to "mpox" has nothing to do with "monkey" being racist and offensive word.

It's just a siren song.

[Althea]

I'm glad you feel understanding towards your former friend.

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Back then it wasn't mainstream. I understood that there must have been an issue if an older married man was going to throw away one life for another.

Psych issues are psych issues. People with green/purple hair are screaming for attention. Or, they're just trying to fit in with others who have psych issues, and jump in due to peer pressure. Either way, they're trying desperately to fill a need. Face piercings, body mutilation etc. are all coping mechanisms.

For some, the pronoun thing is similar. Some people understand that every human has both male/female traits. Yin/Yang.

Claiming that you actually ARE both sexes is not realistic.

Neither is going through life with large piercings all over your face.

I don't have to understand it, just as I didn't have to understand Bill/Billy/Debbie.

I'm entitled to think it's ridiculous, though.

[Doc Dutch]

I don't think Toxic has physical brain damage. She has mental/emotional/psychology brain damage which she tries to treat with alcohol. Her soul is sick. There is no cure, unless she sees the light, amends her thoughts, and joins the good people of JPP's biggest, kindest, and best chit-chat thread. Our door is open and only trolls aren't welcome!

William Holden, star of one of my favorite movies, "The Wild Bunch", died in a drunken slip and hitting his head on furniture. C'est la vie, but how many slipped and ended up surviving as brain-damaged goats and hags on the Internet?

https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Holden

Holden’s death was especially unfortunate and probably quite unnecessary. Evidence suggests that after an evening of drinking, Holden slipped and fell, suffering a severe laceration to his forehead. He remained conscious for at least half an hour after the accident but did not realize the severity of his injury and did not make the phone call that would surely have saved his life. He subsequently passed out and bled to death; his body was discovered some four days later.

[Lionfish]

Phanty, if my thread title is no good, you are free to change it and warn me in PM.

"Mpox is better than monkeypox because it still contains 'pox', which speaks to the physical nature of the disease," Nsofor told NPR on Monday. "Removing 'monkey' removes the stigma that monkeypox comes with and deals with the possible misinformation" about how it's transmitted, he added, as it might falsely suggest monkeys are the main source of spreading the virus to humans.

So clearly they did not say the name was racist. Only racists would say that.

What say you, racists? Yes I am talking to you.

Cope.

[AProudLefty]

Cope.

Seethe.