Mrebo

I think that’s basically right, flametitan. Journalists often flub issues that concern law, science, and other areas of specialized knowledge. Frustrating they didn’t link the memo itself. I’m no expert on Title IX but as it prohibits discrimination “on the basis of sex,” but not gender, it appears that is what the fight is about. For obvious reasons, not least of which it’s not the best use of your thread, I’m not going to dwell on that. It does however bear upon my questions about people confusing what they’re talking about and getting people to understand each other and engage in productive dialogue. I’ve enjoyed your answers.

Neglify, nice to see you in this gin joint.

John_ said:

Taking a break from this site. Too much hostility around here.

You’re supposed to be a myth. Please don’t go. We need you when things settle.

DuracellEnergizer said:

This past year has seen this forum turn to ass.

So…you like it?

Possessed said:

Mrebo said:

Wearing only pants should be a rule.

Ftfy

It is a worthy amendment and doesn’t contradict anything I wrote but maybe we can clarify that there is only pants for half of us, so we can have shirts and skins?

Wearing pants should be a rule.

“Canadian bacon.”

dahmage said:

Frink’s is perfect.

Valentine McGillycuddy

Dr. McGillycuddy was a controversial pioneer of the effort to build a sustainable relationship between the United States and the Native American Indian people. He traveled to Washington to protest inhumane treatment of the Indians at Camp Robinson, the Red Cloud Agency, and blow the whistle on Indian agents and military that were exploiting Indians on western reservations. His sincerity and constructive ideas for dealing with the native people so impressed authorities he was offered the Indian Agent post at Pine Ridge, the nation’s largest reservation, a challenging assignment for a 30-year-old.

When Grover Cleveland’s Democratic administration took over the White House and ordered the Pine Ridge agent to replace his efficient Republican clerk with a Democratic appointee, McGillycuddy refused to comply and was dismissed, despite protests from both races that attested to his “effective, intelligent and just administration.”

The Doctor was fed up with “government buncombe and red tape,” He had fallen victim of Washington politics, and was escorted off of the reservation with his wife and their pair of pet buffalo.

When the Ghost Dance began appearing on Pine Ridge, the man who had replaced McGillycuddy as Pine Ridge Agent called in the U.S. Army. To this, McGillycuddy responded:

“If the Seventh-day Adventists got up on the roofs of their houses in their ascension robes to welcome the Second Coming of Christ, the whole U.S. Army is not rushed into motion.”

If I’m responding to you, I’m joking.

Edit: Also there is reason to think you have a horde of merch. You get the fan newsletter you said. And there were those other inside jokes we shared.

DominicCobb said:

dahmage said:

Mrebo said:

dahmage said:

Mrebo said:

TV’s Frink said:

Mrebo said:

dahmage said:

TV’s Frink said:

dahmage said:

Mrebo said:

dahmage said:

Frank your Majesty said:

Speaking of refunds, what about the 200 Frink coins I bought? You promised there would be an online shop where I could use them to buy Frink shirts, Frink hats and Frink mugs, but there is nothing. I’m thinking about cancelling my subscription.

ALLOL

Your hoard of Frink merch isn’t that funny.

your comment makes no sense to me, but that is OK.

Filed under: Mrebo

we’re gonna need a bigger file.

I’d explain it to you but it’s not worth it.

Try harder.

You got it covered.

I can tell that you are trying to throw a fit but it doesn’t quite seem to be working.

Interesting theory.

What’s your theory then? and for the record I actually want to know what it is that you’re getting at.

Filed under: Mrebo

Provisionally filed under: Dom

dahmage said:

Mrebo said:

dahmage said:

Mrebo said:

TV’s Frink said:

Mrebo said:

dahmage said:

TV’s Frink said:

dahmage said:

Mrebo said:

dahmage said:

Frank your Majesty said:

Speaking of refunds, what about the 200 Frink coins I bought? You promised there would be an online shop where I could use them to buy Frink shirts, Frink hats and Frink mugs, but there is nothing. I’m thinking about cancelling my subscription.

ALLOL

Your hoard of Frink merch isn’t that funny.

your comment makes no sense to me, but that is OK.

Filed under: Mrebo

we’re gonna need a bigger file.

I’d explain it to you but it’s not worth it.

Try harder.

You got it covered.

I can tell that you are trying to throw a fit but it doesn’t quite seem to be working.

Interesting theory.

What’s your theory then? and for the record I actually want to know what it is that you’re getting at.

That’s what makes your responses so strange. I was making a joke about there being no website of Frink merch because you have it all. Thus you were laughing at Frank as a way of gloating. It was pretty obvious, I think. Guess this falls under sandpaper-as-toilet paper time.

Don’t know what Frink is on about. I just want a coffee mug with his mug on it.

dahmage said:

Mrebo said:

TV’s Frink said:

Mrebo said:

dahmage said:

TV’s Frink said:

dahmage said:

Mrebo said:

dahmage said:

Frank your Majesty said:

Speaking of refunds, what about the 200 Frink coins I bought? You promised there would be an online shop where I could use them to buy Frink shirts, Frink hats and Frink mugs, but there is nothing. I’m thinking about cancelling my subscription.

ALLOL

Your hoard of Frink merch isn’t that funny.

your comment makes no sense to me, but that is OK.

Filed under: Mrebo

we’re gonna need a bigger file.

I’d explain it to you but it’s not worth it.

Try harder.

You got it covered.

I can tell that you are trying to throw a fit but it doesn’t quite seem to be working.

Interesting theory.

TV’s Frink said:

Mrebo said:

dahmage said:

TV’s Frink said:

dahmage said:

Mrebo said:

dahmage said:

Frank your Majesty said:

Speaking of refunds, what about the 200 Frink coins I bought? You promised there would be an online shop where I could use them to buy Frink shirts, Frink hats and Frink mugs, but there is nothing. I’m thinking about cancelling my subscription.

ALLOL

Your hoard of Frink merch isn’t that funny.

your comment makes no sense to me, but that is OK.

Filed under: Mrebo

we’re gonna need a bigger file.

I’d explain it to you but it’s not worth it.

Try harder.

You got it covered.

TV’s Frink said:

dahmage said:

Mrebo said:

You really have to be paying poor attention to do this

also, what a pointless article. this isn’t exactly something worth having been reported on.

Filed under: Daily Caller

i like to think Hillary was driving but it’s a silly little story and since we can’t discuss serious politics any more I posted it on here

dahmage said:

TV’s Frink said:

dahmage said:

Mrebo said:

dahmage said:

Frank your Majesty said:

Speaking of refunds, what about the 200 Frink coins I bought? You promised there would be an online shop where I could use them to buy Frink shirts, Frink hats and Frink mugs, but there is nothing. I’m thinking about cancelling my subscription.

ALLOL

Your hoard of Frink merch isn’t that funny.

your comment makes no sense to me, but that is OK.

Filed under: Mrebo

we’re gonna need a bigger file.

I’d explain it to you but it’s not worth it.

You really have to be paying poor attention to do this

dahmage said:

Frank your Majesty said:

Speaking of refunds, what about the 200 Frink coins I bought? You promised there would be an online shop where I could use them to buy Frink shirts, Frink hats and Frink mugs, but there is nothing. I’m thinking about cancelling my subscription.

ALLOL

Your hoard of Frink merch isn’t that funny.

TV’s Frink said:

Actually I was trying to imply I had some secret reason that I couldn’t reveal. But truth is I was reading through a couple of old threads because of recent events here (Hi Jay!) and just clicked on his profile for the hell of it to see if he had been back any time recently.

I’m a lot of things but being embarrassed about wasting my time here is certainly not one of them.

I look forward to hearing what you found out!

Postmodern Jukebox is good. No idea what Socialist Jukebox would play.

snooker said:

Is YouTube down?

Most of it is for me.

flametitan said:

Mrebo said:

What I’ve seen of the public debate over transgender issues, one side is talking about sex while the other is talking about gender identity.

You made a remark about the difference between gender identity and gender expression and I think that goes to the point that we’re not just talking gender as that term has been generally used, but rather this compound term gender identity.

Do you agree? Do you think there’s a way to bridge the gap so people are not talking past each other?

You’re not entirely wrong about there being conflation between physical sex and gender identity; however, I feel like I’m missing something in this statement. Like, I think I get what your saying, but I can’t quite grasp it as firmly as I’d like to. Maybe some examples of what you mean might help.

As far as trying to bridge the gap so that people aren’t talking past one another, the important thing is to listen. Listen to those affected, listen to the concerns of others so that they may be properly addressed…

I hope to better grasp it myself. It seems to me that there is physical sex, there is gender, and there is gender identity. As I understand it, gender identity can manifest in any number of ways and does not depend on making physical changes nor adopting any particular gender traits. But for all of these separate concepts, we use similar or the same terminology.

As an example of what I’m getting at, today in the news is the transgender cyclist’s win. And there are many comments that the win is unfair, that males are naturally stronger, etc. On its face this denies the gender identity of an athlete. But the objectors are speaking in terms of physical sex while the cyclist and allies are speaking in terms of gender identity. Neither side wants to recognize what they other is saying, it seems to me.

Better than a trowel.

What I’ve seen of the public debate over transgender issues, one side is talking about sex while the other is talking about gender identity.

You made a remark about the difference between gender identity and gender expression and I think that goes to the point that we’re not just talking gender as that term has been generally used, but rather this compound term gender identity.

Do you agree? Do you think there’s a way to bridge the gap so people are not talking past each other?