I’m not suggesting anything at all except that sports are not so sacred that we need to literally legislate the issue at a government level for the same reason we don’t have laws about Candyland.

I guess I just don’t understand why the biological difference between Muggsy Bogues and Shaq aren’t a problem and they can play in the same league but the difference between Joe and Mary are a problem. I see your viewpoint, it’s just that the way I see it sports have always been about biological differences - some sports already deal with this with things like weight classes, but for those that don’t, how can you justify Muggsy and Shaq in the same league while talking about unfair biological differences?

Obviously trans people should have full rights and opportunities to participate in society in any way the rest of us can.

But beyond and aside from that, I will never understand why we have to act like sports are some sacred thing whose purity must be protected. It’s people playing with a ball. I genuinely can’t imagine why this issue has ever been anything other than “yes let whoever wants to play with the ball play with the ball.”

It is truly weird to me how we not only accept the sports cult, but literally never even scrutinize the field. It’s grown-ups playing children games; it’s definitely not that serious

Ah yes, bury your head in the sand and all the ills of the world will disappear.

No unfortunately even if I don’t watch the news, the news is still happening all around me.

Sure makes you gross though 🤷

I think we get into problems like this when we start trying to quantitate privilege like this.

They have different privilege.

Almost everyone benefits from some kind of privilege. Yes, some are more profound than others, but thinking of it in simple terms of quantity accomplishes nothing for anyone.

We benefit from learning to recognize and acknowledge the specific privileges from which we benefit, not from carrying guilt or burden over the concept of privilege itself.

Explaining to a poor white man that they have privilege just because they do teaches them nothing. Explaining to them that they dont have the privilege of wealth to shield them from certain circumstances, but do have the specific privilege of not having systemic racism as an additional hurdle to their already real existing problems allows them the space to feel seen and acknowledge while still having the distance to see the point.

Wow looking at this dude’s posts, how did this slug even find themselves in the Fediverse?

Well that’s a block

Me chugging along with my GTX 1080Ti

I hope you responded by cancelling your order and sending them an email/message explaining your cancellation due to unacceptable business practices.

It’s another case where there’s no joke to get except “recognize this pop culture reference???!?”

Buc-ee’s ain’t nothing but a tacky 30 year too late knock-off of Sheetz but with worse ownership.

I think Jackman Wolverine is a very strong casting choice as evidenced by his success.

But I think Simmons as J. Jonah is one in a lifetime, peak casting.

Other people could play a comparably great Wolverine; I don’t think anyone is ever gonna top Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson

I know this is a meme, but for the record math is one of the things LLMs are famously worst at