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It can be quite painful for the person on the receiving end if you don't get it in the right spot.

Ah, but consider the following scenario: you're returning from the grocery store with a bag of bachelor chow and a twelve pack of Low Brau, and you need to press the elevator button. With the stick, you'd need to set one of them down first. The Finglonger, on the other hand, has no such drawback.

Might be safer to get in the windowless van with the guy promising candy.

Relevant:

I normally don't go for two-tone cabinets, but you've brought this together really well--the vent area wood tying in with the countertops is great, and the colors all compliment each other well. I'm hoping to redo my kitchen soon, and if mine ends up half as nice as this, I'll be content. Great work, enjoy it!

Yeah, that's the "put down and exclude" part. The thing is, though, is that the transphobes don't believe it's because they want to ruin trans folks' lives. In fact, they believe they're doing the Right Thing™. Pressuring people to stay closeted is something they're definitely attempting to do, but they genuinely believe it's for everyone's benefit, even the trans folks (again, this is irrational). They don't take pleasure from the pain and discomfort they cause (at least not consciously), they take pleasure from feeling righteous.

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A few of them might be, but politics are like fines--inconsequential to the super rich. The disgustingly wealthy can just bail when things get bad. And if sabotaging an entire nation gets them more money in the next quarter, they'll do it.

No. They should be considering this, given that plenty of trans men look like large and intimidating men (because they are), and they'll be forced to use womens' restrooms if the TERFs had their way.

Ultimately, the restroom issue is only superficial. TERFs (and other bigots) will pick issues like this, but they don't actually care about the issues they're yelling about. What they really care about is keeping their privilege and their sense of superiority. And that requires having a "them" group to put down and exclude, to clutch their pearls around.

So when you see irrational takes like the restroom thing, remember that it's irrational because it's not actually important to them (though they themselves likely don't realize that).

For an extra charge, the employee will give you the authentic smell by wiping their ass with one of the slices of bread.

I don't know that it was ever as much like that--I think the earlier adopters of those technologies were more like that, and as the general public gained interest and increased usage, the trend swung the other way. Remember in 2005 when owning a mac device basically initiated you into a cult? Apple stores were set up like sanctuaries where people came to worship.

It's been mostly 3, but I'm done with work for today so I expect to be moving into a 1.