My favorite: 2 awesome lungs.

Anecdotal evidence is in no way definitive, but gotta admit they have a point.

Why do you follow people on Tumblr?  Because let’s be honest, we never talk to most of the people we follow.  And it’s even rarer that we actually date them.  Yet being attractive can earn you a lot more followers.

Follow people on Tumblr because you enjoy their posts enough to deal with the extra congestion on your dash.  Or perhaps because you find them interesting, or you want to befriend them.  Because that’s usually the only value you can get out of following someone.

But following someone only because they’re a hot piece of ass just seems stupid to me.  If you’re not even going to try to date them, why does it matter?  Just to look at their face in their “about me” section or see a very occasional picture of someone hot on your dash?

Come on, Tumblr.  We encounter enough superficiality in real life.  You can do better.

This whole “cis scum” shit is beyond stupid.  Now, for those of you who didn’t know, cisgender refers to your conventional gender identities: vagina = female, penis = male.

The big complaint about said “cis scum” is that they’re showing disrespect towards the trans community for their gender identities.  They’re trashing transexuals merely because of their personal lifestyle, which has no effect on them whatsoever.

Okay, so please remind me how that is not exactly what you’re doing when you start trashing cisgender people because of their “conventional” gender identities.

Cisgenders aren’t cisgender because they’re close-minded, spoiled, or ignorant.  They’re cisgender because they’re cisgender, just like a white person is white because they’re fucking white.

Being a part of an oppressed minority does not excuse hypocrisy.

Hell yeah.

This was not what I expected it to be.

Studies by whom and funded by whom?  Conducted when, where, and how?  What are the study limitations and the sample size?

Just basic questions anyone should ask before blindly believing whatever suits their purpose with a sense of superiority because it’s “proven.”

artoftransliness:

theotheropinion:

Story time.

I know someone who frequently switches their preferred pronouns and their gender identity. They have gone from a girl, to genderqueer, to a trans man, to a genderfuck, to partially male but partially female, and the list continues. She told me that she asks everyone she meets about their preferred pronouns. Everyone. Even if they are presenting as a male, or as a female. She insists that it is rude not to ask.

Well, it is rude to not ask. We wish more people got in a habit of this!

I actually agree with OP.  If you’re always flip-flopping your identity, expect some confusion.  I think everyone has the right to change their mind (within reason) and still be taken seriously.  Uncertainty is understandable, because gender identity can really be confusing.  I’ll try to get it right, and if I get it wrong, I’ll apologize and make an attempt for the future.

But if you’re switching identities like days of the week, and you insist we be 100% current on your whims, then I think you become the obnoxious one for requesting that much mental energy.  You’re not the only one I got to remember crap about.

And I don’t think we should be expected to ask every single person we meet what gender they identify with just to avoid the very off-chance that we will eventually offend someone (and in doing so probably offend quite a few more).

Not really.

But I see people going around, offended about something new every day.  Doesn’t that  get uncomfortable?  I mean some of us seem to think that we’re the world’s social justice police force.

To an extent, being offended is healthy.  We’re all offended sometimes, just like we’re all sad sometimes, all mad sometimes, and so forth.  And sometimes great things come from someone being offended by an injustice and rallying behind their beliefs.

But there is always something to be offended about if you look for it, just like there’s always something to be mad or sad about.  It’s a matter of balance, and how much you wanna stress yourself and others out about every little thing that might not be said exactly how you would say it.  And it’s also a matter of how many people will put up with you when you’ve become an easily offended, pedantic, and pontificating douchecanoe.

At a certain point, enough is enough.

To be truthfully honest, if there were 100% acceptance for tattoos in the workplace, I’d probably have a pretty badass sleeve.  I only have one tattoo, and it’s high on my upper arm.  It’s fairly easy to hide.

I believe that tattoos, piercings, and so forth have no bearing on how well you do your job.  Theoretically, none of us should give a damn.  It’s simply a manner of personal expression.

I understand why a business would not allow visible tattoos on employees working with customers or business partners.  In this case, having visible tattoos could harm the company’s working relationship with these outside parties in a way that the company cannot control.  It just doesn’t make good business sense.  Companies could ask employees to hide the tattoos during such interactions.

There’s also a big difference between a neutral tattoo and something offensive (say, a naked woman or a decaying corpse).  If you’re not allowed to wear it on a shirt, why would you be allowed to wear it on your skin?  Whether or not it’s on your body makes no difference.

However, visible, neutral tattoos on people who are not working with outside parties…  I really believe there should be 100% acceptance.  As tattoos become more mainstream, the trend towards acceptance will hopefully continue.

Hell yeah, my dispensary’s on Youtube.  If you’re in Frisco, definitely hit up The Green Cross.  Just remember to e-mail/text them photocopies of your paperwork.
Their edible selection really is out of this world. 

This video isn’t a complete argument for medicinal pot.  Nonetheless, it has some interesting info.  (Granted, I don’t get the “racism” comment, but whatev.)

They’re right that medicinal marijuana has become a total joke.  I do actually use it sometimes for medicinal reasons, since I have stomach problems (gastroparesis) and have trouble eating due to nausea.  But honestly, the “stubbed toe” remark is only a slight exaggeration.

Preach it.