Now they want to erase gender altogether
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CommanderJameson said:
Pothole said:
CommanderJameson said:
Pothole said:
You must mean legally changed their name, I guess, as Madonna would no doubt be recognisable to far more people than Teller.
I believe she's "Madonna Louise Ciccone", legally speaking. What with that being her name, an' that.I said:
You must mean legally changed their name, I guess, as Madonna would no doubt be recognisable to far more people than Teller.
I said:
You must mean legally changed their name, I guess, as Madonna would no doubt be recognisable to far more people than Teller.
("but she hasn't" taken as read?!?!?!?)I KNOW SHE HASN'T LEGALLY CHANGED HER NAME TO MADONNA, HENCE THE BOLDED WORDS!!!
thinfourth2 said:
No doubt the next step will be to remove names and we can just have a number which can be tattooed onto our foreheads
Retrograde step, although the forehead is a new twist. A certain Herr Hitler has already trialled such a system. Being a politician, and a psychopath, he reckoned it was a success. YMMV.doogz said:
"Steph Scott, an LGBT activist who defines herself as ‘genderqueer’ – neither male nor female – described the titles Mr and Mrs as “extremely outdated”.
She said: “Being called Mr or Mrs forces me to choose between genders."
It's difficult keeping up with changes to the meanings of words. So 'extremely outdated' now means 'doesn't suit me'. Ok, fine.She said: “Being called Mr or Mrs forces me to choose between genders."
CommanderJameson said:
Whilst I don't particularly agree with this, I do think that there's a case for debating the whole "names" thing.
There are folk who have changed their name to a single word. A bit nutty, true, but so what? The world's better for having a few eccentrics in it. The most famous person is probably Teller, from Penn & Teller. Oh, and Prince - but he's not that famous any more, and I don't like his weedy, squeaky tunes, so he doesn't count.
But they have a hell of a time with systems that demand at least a forename and a surname. "Computer says no", writ large.
They should have one field, of arbitrary length, called "Name", and in it, I should be able to put either "Sir Lionel Calcium Knight Commander Of The Bar Jameson Esquire plc", or "pob", with equal aplomb.
I agree, especially about the eccentrics. It reminds me of the long quote about rule breakers and eccentrics but I can't quite recall it now.There are folk who have changed their name to a single word. A bit nutty, true, but so what? The world's better for having a few eccentrics in it. The most famous person is probably Teller, from Penn & Teller. Oh, and Prince - but he's not that famous any more, and I don't like his weedy, squeaky tunes, so he doesn't count.
But they have a hell of a time with systems that demand at least a forename and a surname. "Computer says no", writ large.
They should have one field, of arbitrary length, called "Name", and in it, I should be able to put either "Sir Lionel Calcium Knight Commander Of The Bar Jameson Esquire plc", or "pob", with equal aplomb.
Halb.
doogz said:
"Steph Scott, an LGBT activist who defines herself as ‘genderqueer’ – neither male nor female – described the titles Mr and Mrs as “extremely outdated”.
She said: “Being called Mr or Mrs forces me to choose between genders."
Well, firstly, it says "She", and secondly, you're not forced to choose between genders. You are (for 99.9% of the population) born with one. It's not a choice, it's to do with what reproductive organs you were both with.
Probably safe on PH, but say that on reddit or somewhere else with a wider audience and witness the mental's purest form She said: “Being called Mr or Mrs forces me to choose between genders."
Well, firstly, it says "She", and secondly, you're not forced to choose between genders. You are (for 99.9% of the population) born with one. It's not a choice, it's to do with what reproductive organs you were both with.
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