Those "rare genetic anomalies" can be up to 1.7% of the population who are born with intersex trait

You're saying that 1.7% of the population is hermaphrodite?

I seriously doubt that....

I've known women and men...most were straight, some were homosexual....

I've yet to meet someone that was not readily categorized as "dick" or "no dick".....that I've ever known.

Gender is a sociocultural construction. Usually it aligns with one's biological sex, but not always. It's certainly more than a feeling.

This is something being pushed in the past 5-maybe 10 years....and it's bullshit.

Anyone old enough to to remember back as far as the 2000's and before knows that this wasn't a thing in society....sure, we knew there were outliers as with everything. It used to be listed in the books as an official mental disorder....it still should be.

Aside from rare genetic anomalies you are a boy or a girl.....depending on where you have a dick or not.

Geez, life was SO much more simple a decade or so ago.....

...but their megaphones are drowning out reasoned discussion and making it all but impossible.

And recently...BULLETs have drowned out reasoned discussion.....

Hard to discuss when you assassinate people trying to openly discuss differences...

I was actually wondering how many close friends people typically had before social media.

I have never done social media and was around LONG before prevalence of SM and even the internet itself.

I''ve pretty much always had the same group of about 10-11 ( 1 passed a couple years ago )....very close friends I stay in touch with on a very regular basis. I live around many of them and those outside of my state...I"m on group text chats, and we *GASP* actually call each other and talk too!!

I've never found lack of social media accounts or interactions to inhibit my love for and interactions with my long term close friends.

Do most people not have real life friends numbering more than say 5+?

What about before the internet?

Remember the old saying goes:

"Friends help you move.....

........REAL friends help you move bodies...."

I find paddle shifters to be much more fun than a clutch and stick setup for manual shifting (even if its just telling an auto gearbox what gear to use). But i've always had a disconnect between what my feet, and what my hands, are doing. Driving a two pedal car is already a lot of focus and strain in auto D.

I've tried paddle shifters....and just doesn't work for me...

I mean, how do you down or upshift while turning the wheel...? When turning the wheel hand over hand I can't keep up with which paddle is which...

I've always had manual transmission cars all my life so far...stick on the floor.

Sadly, that's getting harder to find these days....not sure what I"ll get when the current car goes out to pasture...

Frankly I dont want Google anywhere near my fucking car....period.

And, this means you're going to have to pay another internet/satellite connection for your car, even tho you have a perfectly good phone you pay for?

I guess my current 2022 corvette will be my last one. I will not buy a car without CarPlay. That they already talk about "monetizing" this, confirms to me the correctness of my choice.

Same with me....motorcycle or car,I have my Quad Lock holders with MAG recharging....couldn't be happier....

I guess my current 2022 corvette will be my last one. I will not buy a car without CarPlay. That they already talk about "monetizing" this, confirms to me the correctness of my choice.

When they came out with a Corvette without a manual transmission option...THAT ended all my considerations for future Vettes.

To me a sports car you can't shift...is a waste.

I dont care if it gets better performance....shifting a fast car is FUN to me and I buy cars to have fun.

Thank you.

email is simple....I don't need something to Auto sort or manipulate my incoming or outgoing emails.

I don't like a fucking web interface...never as clean and snappy as the local app based version.

I don't need Clippy or Copilot helping me with it....

Good ones like at Nick's Boots are going to cost you a pretty penny...

But they'll last forever and can be resoled as needed....

Why would anyone want to remove the punctuation keys to begin with???

My country is about to destroy what we call the voting rights act

You are NOT AN AMERICAN and do not even live here in the US.

Please quit trying to portray yourself as such....JFC.....this gets old.

You have no say in how we run ourselves....

Same here...I don't watch them and they clutter up my subscriptions tab...

I want a way to TURN THEM OFF completely.....

Hell my first thought was "SMART BED....is this really a thing?"

I had to double check to make sure it wasn't April 1st.

Seriously, WTF would anyone need a bed hooked to the fucking internet?!?!?

Maybe the US needs to start electing adults to fix things. Although you may no longer have that option.

Govt. Ineptness is NOT a new thing in the US....it's been around since I was born.

And seriously, you can drop the stupid "kings, no more elections " thing....it's getting old and it's just not even a concern.

If it were the case, it's the worst attempt at a dictator ship I've ever seen.....this administration is freeing up oppressive gun legislation the libs have been pushing for years.....protests are still allowed (except when they turn violent).....and I see no suppression of speech, unlike the previous admin.

If for some reason Trump was trying to overtake the govt....he really isn't doing the first things you'd need to do for that end goal.