Universal Chat Thread

[ShiraNoMai]

It's an amendment to an existing bill, so it's written in a format that showcases the changes they've implemented.

This is the part that was like absolutely wild to me:

If sex, gender, gender identity, or gender expression is contested, determination is
established by the individual's deoxyribonucleic acid.

into

Any person that violates this section must be assessed a fee of one thousand five
hundred dollars.

like, imagine getting FORCIBLY DNA tested or else pay a fucking thousand-dollar fee because oh no, you want to be called "they" instead of "she"

[Moonface]

I read it again and got a slightly better idea of what it wants, and ignoring the penalties and requirements I'm just questioning why does it all even matter to begin with? It reads like a paper looking for a fight where one wouldn't necessarily happen in a given case otherwise.

[ShiraNoMai]

Precisely the issue. They just hate gender-nonconforming or trans folk so much they're willing to fine you for it when you contest them for it. It's wild how far hate goes.

[Maniakkid25]

I just have the questions that I will never get the answer to: why? For what reason is this a thing you have to do? Who is it hurting when people say "I might have been born X, but I feel Y"? I'm not even angry at this point; I've just given up.

[Moonface]

I just have the questions that I will never get the answer to: why? For what reason is this a thing you have to do? Who is it hurting when people say "I might have been born X, but I feel Y"? I'm not even angry at this point; I've just given up.

Yeah, that's exactly my take too. If what someone is doing isn't hurting or causing harm to others just leave it alone. Go make a big deal out of something else that actually needs to be addressed, like corporate lobbying in politics or something. 

[Nebulous]

Did you do anything @Nebulous?

Ate Chinese food and watched TV

Hello 

Whats up Aaron.  Good to see you here. 

[Moonface]

Holy smokes I can't believe how useless Amazon can be with sending books when that was their original thing! I've ordered the same sketchbook from them twice now and both came damaged because for whatever reason they want to ship books in plastic bags that can't protect the pages.

[Mr EliteL]

Any person that violates this section must be assessed a fee of one thousand five
hundred dollars.

like, imagine getting FORCIBLY DNA tested or else pay a fucking thousand-dollar fee because oh no, you want to be called "they" instead of "she"

Didn't read the article from last page about it because I knew I wouldn't like it, but from the posts since then and this is enough, absolutely FOOK that.
Thank you to the stupid 6 people backing it and whoever came up with it in this first place, scummy pricks.

*ahem*

Amazon are shipping books in bags now, wtf? Or they do in US anyway? I haven't ordered a book from mine for a while, but usually arrive fine and in a cardboard package.

[Moonface]

Amazon are shipping books in bags now, wtf? Or they do in US anyway? I haven't ordered a book from mine for a while, but usually arrive fine and in a cardboard package.

I think they try to ship almost anything they can get away with in a bag these days, which is fine until the delivery driver opts to throw the book onto the front patio which either dents it or scrapes it against the paving. I ended up making Amazon refund me the money without having to send the sketchbook back because I'm not going to keep playing this back and forth game with them. I'll just remove the usable pages from both banged up books and then give them back the one of the two I have to return filled with all the absolutely crumpled pages all now in loose leaf because screw 'em.


Anyway, how is everyone doing?
I went out to a pho place last night for dinner and I think it didn't sit well with me because I've had stomach issues all day today. x.x

[ShiraNoMai]

Ughhhhhhhhhhhhh that pho was so GOOD   I love eating there every once in a while. You really get your money's worth out of that place. Sorry your belly thought it was too rich, even if you had stir-fry.

I got great confirmations today from my doctor--finally went over my bloodwork from July (lol) and determined I'm doing very well! I was concerned about my HDL/LDL cholesterol levels because they were teetering on the edge of being bad, but the doc said it was more than likely a genetic thing considering my "total" cholesterol was fine and my triglycerides were stellar (which are an indicator of eating fatty foods). Very good health otherwise!
Also, I thought I had herniated my stomach from ab workouts (I have temporarily stopped them out of concern); turns out no, it's not that; I just have visible ab definition coming in on just one side more than the other

W's all around in the health department baby let's gooooooo

[Moonface]

...finally went over my bloodwork from July (lol)...

ermahgerd wut iz dis the nhs or sumthin?!
That hurt my soul to write that...

Also nothing like having an uneventful day only to get an email from my university president issuing a statement about some imbecile who set up a table on campus with antisemitic messages on it. I'm getting the impression whoever did it tried using the 1A as a defense since it had to be clarified in the statement that it isn't a get out of jail card.

[Nebulous]

Hey all, whats going on today? Hope you have a great week!

[ShiraNoMai]

I spent a good portion of my shift at work today setting up my new computer build that I was given! The first of its kind in my 7 year tenure at this job All my builds up until now have been just Frankenstein-ed bits and pieces of other machines around the office. My processor was mostly the issue that finally got them to really consider a fresh build; it was a 4000 series Intel (2012-2013 era?) that was just about on its way out. Now, I got a Ryzen 7 5600G with 64GB of RAM I don't know why I need all that RAM, but I'm not complaining

[Moonface]

Hey all, whats going on today?  Hope you have a great week!

Besides work and school, my main focus recently has been just trying to get myself into some state of organization because the tasks I need to do on a weekly basis lack any form of structure that allows me to get them done in a timely manner. How are you doing?

I spent a good portion of my shift at work today setting up my new computer build that I was given! The first of its kind in my 7 year tenure at this job All my builds up until now have been just Frankenstein-ed bits and pieces of other machines around the office. My processor was mostly the issue that finally got them to really consider a fresh build; it was a 4000 series Intel (2012-2013 era?) that was just about on its way out. Now, I got a Ryzen 7 5600G with 64GB of RAM I don't know why I need all that RAM, but I'm not complaining

To be fair weren't you supposed to get a new PC back in like 2021 but the lack of parts due to chip shortages meant it had to be postponed? Or am I thinking of something else?

[ShiraNoMai]

I...completely forgot that was the case, but it explains why they're like "it's long overdue" so
Though even now, they still had to settle for a GTX 1650 cuz graphics cards are still out of hand. This one's only worth like not even $200 though so