Midnight In The Desert

[Nobody]

Recently there was a news snippet regarding a mother who said her 5 year old son will identify as a girl because he seems to like playing with dolls

Good thing Spaceballs was made in 1987. 

[albrecht]

I know a chick that's taking her 8 year old to a psychologist to determine if he's transgender. She's all trendy and a hipster, so I often wonder if it's more about her than the kid. Kid seems normal to me.

Sad. Yeah, it is all about the parents desire to be able to tweet or facebook their tolerance or weirdness. Skinner even was better putting them in a box.

[Dr_Blue]

[trostol]

I know a chick that's taking her 8 year old to a psychologist to determine if he's transgender. She's all trendy and a hipster, so I often wonder if it's more about her than the kid. Kid seems normal to me.

it is more about her than the kid..she can be like.."Ohhh ave a precious adorable trans kid" ...i think that, while people should be equal..perhaps a bit TOO much is being made about all this and i wonder how many really want to be.."outed" as such and not just be left alone to live their lives

[Ghost Nutter]

As far as gender identify public bathroom use goes...I  just feel bad for the 85 year old lady that isn't  going to understand

[trostol]

You can still order a pizza!  I'll be over.

lol sounds good

[BelgianCarbonFibre]

Kids "identify" as all sorts of stupid shit.

[trostol]

As far as gender identify public bathroom use goes...I  just feel bad for the 85 year old lady that isn't  going to understand

there really i no solution to this that will be well met...people do not want ot let them in to the identifying bathroom and ya give them their own and people will look at them funny

[Dr_Blue]

[Dr. MD MD]

Or army figures and cowboys and indians etc. Force the military aspect and conquering stuff. So say, the apologists. Some of those olds ones go for good money on ebay and shops!

I have lots of good memories of playing pretend war of one type or another. There were so many kids in my neighborhood growing up that we would have games roaming across a block or two of houses. Bang! Bang! Got ya! No you didn't! Did too! 

[Dr_Blue]

[ShayP]

I know a chick that's taking her 8 year old to a psychologist to determine if he's transgender. She's all trendy and a hipster, so I often wonder if it's more about her than the kid. Kid seems normal to me.

You're probably right.  Don't you find it sad?

[SciFiAuthor]

it is more about her than the kid..she can be like.."Ohhh ave a precious adorable trans kid" ...i think that, while people should be equal..perhaps a bit TOO much is being made about all this and i wonder how many really want to be.."outed" as such and not just be left alone to live their lives

I think you're right. It's something best left to the kid when they become an adult and figure their shit out. It shouldn't be done for them.

[Dr_Blue]

[ShayP]

lol sounds good

Give me about 4 hours. LOL!

[Dr_Blue]

[trostol]

I think you're right. It's something best left to the kid when they become an adult and figure their shit out. It shouldn't be done for them.

not just when they are an adult...when they are able to handle itr..but it has to be up to them with no goading from others

in other news i have moved on to

[SciFiAuthor]

Sad. Yeah, it is all about the parents desire to be able to tweet or facebook their tolerance or weirdness. Skinner even was better putting them in a box.

Yes, it's really just due to the modern ability to indulge and project ego on social media. Personally, I think such people should not have had children at all.

[Dr_Blue]

[Roswells, Art]

Yes, it's really just due to the modern ability to indulge and project ego on social media. Personally, I think such people should not have had children at all.

project ego...you're so lame. I agree with you about children.

[Dr_Blue]

not just when they are an adult...when they are able to handle itr..but it has to be up to them with no goading from others

in other news i have moved on to

"Communication Breakdown........."

[albrecht]

I have lots of good memories of playing pretend war of one type or another. There were so many kids in my neighborhood growing up that we would have games roaming across a block or two of houses. Bang! Bang! Got ya! No you didn't! Did too! 

I'm of the day where we would make forts and throw rocks and shoot bb guns (one pump only!) and fireworks at each other. No parents minded and nobody got hurt. (not sure if they knew.) Though there was an issue with the cops, once, during an odd snow storm and we did it and some bottle rockets got shot at a cop- unintended even, already lit at 'enemy.' Ouch, cop was cool. But back home wasn't.

[Dr_Blue]

[trostol]

"Communication Breakdown........."

that is one of the songs i am not so fond of...and they have several..simply due to over playing by radio

[WildCard]

My car is actually red.  Synchronicity?

That was in response to her wanting to haul ass in a bad ass car out in the desert, but wow!

[SciFiAuthor]

not just when they are an adult...when they are able to handle itr..but it has to be up to them with no goading from others

I'm not sure people with gender issues ever really are able to handle it. The reason I say that is because it's a lot like homosexuality where it often becomes the defining feature of that person's life. They are defined by being transgender or gay, rather than as an artist, or writer or whatever it is that they do in a lot of cases. For some that's not the case, but those are the ones that little was known about their sexuality during their lifetimes like Arthur C. Clarke.

[Ghost Nutter]

Winger the band..As if they needed more grief lol

[SciFiAuthor]

project ego...you're so lame. I agree with you about children.

Stop crushing my ego!

[Dr. MD MD]

I'm of the day where we would make forts and throw rocks and shoot bb guns (one pump only!) and fireworks at each other. No parents minded and nobody got hurt. (not sure if they knew.) Though there was an issue with the cops, once, during an odd snow storm and we did it and some bottle rockets got shot at a cop- unintended even, already lit at 'enemy.' Ouch, cop was cool. But back home wasn't.

Your neighborhood sounds like it was rougher than mine.   

[BelgianCarbonFibre]

I'm not sure people with gender issues ever really are able to handle it. The reason I say that is because it's a lot like homosexuality where it often becomes the defining feature of that person's life. They are defined by being transgender or gay, rather than as an artist, or writer or whatever it is that they do in a lot of cases. For some that's not the case, but those are the ones that little was known about their sexuality during their lifetimes like Arthur C. Clarke.

As group, they can't handle it. The suicide rate is depressingly high, let alone attempts made. That's what I find so damn sad about this whole trans thing.