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So are you saying that the information relayed in the video is untrue? Because there's a difference between "this person has a bias that I disagree with" and "this person is objectively incorrect". If the person is objectively incorrect (the only thing I care about), then I'll dig deeper.

True. I'm having a look at these papers in the comments. Am I correct with this one that it suggests that bone mass and density is preserved in the first 1-2 years of transitioning?

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25377496/

Anyway, my takeaway here is that if transitioning after X amount of time removes any perceived "male" performance advantage, then there's no argument anymore to be had. That amount of time (X) would be the marker that should be where MTF athletes compete in the female category, in my view. I just don't think self-ID alone works for sport.

I don't think there's any risk of MTF athletes dominating womens sport. Nor do I think there even will be many. Nor do I think that people are transitioning for the purpose of winning medals, that one is the most ridiculous of the lot.

But I do think it's very reasonable to consider that at the top level of sport elite athletes (you know, those guys who cheat all the damn time) could easily abuse a well-meaning policy if its not carefully constructed. If elite athletes will risk their health and their credibility to take performance enhancing drugs to win medals, I don't think it's unfeasible that they would abuse a system like this to do so. I.e. a cis athlete could use a loose policy guideline to win in a category they have a better chance in.

And I also think if sports have a welfare concern (like rugby seems to), they need to be very, very sure.

It should just be enough to say "this study is wrong because X". I kind of have a problem with the circular reasoning that terf gets thrown around with now. It's used as a hammer to smash the research and not the other way around.

Another source might be Ross Tucker as above.

And I wish this sort of skepticism was applied to the study that Joanna Harper did on distance runners that is quoted every time this thread comes up, but it's not.

without watching it, is that RT vid seriously using Mack Beggs to argue against trans people in sports?

the Mack Beggs who is a trans man?
the Mack Beggs who wants to wrestle against other men?
the Mack Beggs who was denied that request by the state of Texas?

seriously? we're sitting here using the example of a man being forced to compete against women as the example of why we can't allow trans women to compete against women?

fuck. that.

And here's the nail in the coffin...sorry folks, but some things just are what they are. Our idea of morals mean nothing to nature.

https://youtu.be/Ntjo67kjBrA

Because they spent 9 fucking seasons building up to Ted finally dating Tracy, only to reveal that she died six years before Ted started telling this story. It was basically the most long winded possible way for Ted to admit to his kids that he wanted to start dating "Aunt Robin"

You watch your fucking mouth, those movies are the backbone of this nation.

Im a man and I've never seen this before in my life. I bet most men haven't, so I don't think they should bunch the whole sex up like that.

She's been attacked by losers since day one. What do you think you are proving here? Literally nothing new for these garbage wastes of life.

Members of the Republicans were working with domestic terrorists to try and hurt democrats. I'm sick and tired of the Democrats being the ones who have to be respectful of horrifying monsters because of... I dunno, feelings?

Fuck Ted Cruz, fuck domestic terrorists. AOC being mad is not just totally justified but honestly refreshing.

Hedge fund banked on GME stocks tanking and making huge $$$ as a result
Redditors found out, banded together and bought a bunch of GME stocks, driving the price up and bankrupting the hedge fund
Wall Street people like Robinhood freak out, block the sale/trade of GME stocks, Redditors cry foul

It is pretty amusing that a bunch of regular ass people were able to move the market in a way that has hedge funds going "wait a minute"

Collective action works

Was it a cop?

This is about the extended universe. Everyone besides Ani and Luke have been no bodies. Being a Jedi has never been a blood thing pass down by just the right family . That happened once. This is like watching the X-men and having it be a big reveal that oh this mutant parents were nobodies. That isn't anything new. The reason we assumed Rey's parent were someone besides then writers literally giving up that idea is because of her ungodly powers and the fact that Luke's weapon was calling to her. That normally doesn't happen to any normal Jedi.

You want a story about nobody becoming a hero. You have Finn right there but he was too black for RJ

Luke lost fight after fight

And speaking about Finn making a Choice. In 7 he made the choice to stop running and fight. He put down the shields because saving Rey. So even in 7 he was thinking about the bigger picture.

I just remember watching a few lit af and laughing at the lip syncing. Godzilla is fun no matter what...except ferris beulers godzilla.

Rose Tico is off the team, and she farts around base camp in this movie. It turns out Rey IS special after all, just for the wrong reasons. Her and Kylo DO have a force bond, and their connection is so strong that they kiss at the end of the movie.

Here are some other details that might be of interest to you, with MASSIVE SPOILERS. As in, I spoil an entire plot thread. Don't click here if you don't want like half of the movie to be spoiled, including some ending stuff.

The Leia performance they rigged up with CG and cut footage is stilted, baffling and about as respectful as shoving a hand up her ass and making her sing showtunes. Rey has a force move that lets her heal others using her own life force out of nowhere - it feels like the laziest deus ex machina ever, even considering dumb bullshit like the Jedi mind trick. There's a pointless, time-wasting plot about a spy in the First Order. It's Hux, and he dies 5 minutes after revealing his treachery. Rey uses force lightning and supposedly kills Chewbacca, but he shows up less than 5 minutes later because she blew up the wrong spaceship. Palpatine does fuck-all except for executing a pathetic, barely coherent Batman gambit at the end, he's only there to put butts in seats.

this is hardly a comprehensive list, but these are some of my nitpicks with the movie.

• Rose isn't just off the team, she's been demoted to basically a background character best known for being literally the only rebel outside our main characters with a line
• Hux being so frustrated with Kylo he'd **** over his own team just to beat him makes perfect sense for Hux but it doesn't get to go anywhere and is basically just an attempt to get him out of the story and replace him with a more generic "evil guy"
• I'm going to defend the Jedi-heal trick though. It was introduced early in the movie and came back later on, showed Rey doing some cool training in the beginning, There's not much else they could have done to get the idea over

• Kylo Ren triples down on being a villain and is now the leader of the Dark Order? lol NOPE he gets an undeserved redemption because he shouldn't face consequences for his self-destructive behaviour
• Kylo Ren and Rey have a completely undeserved kiss at the end that is somehow the most awkward kiss in the series
• Completely ignoring all the development Finn and Poe had so they can just like, tag along with Rey so they don't have to write 3 characters. Then the get real awkward "no-homo" girlfriends for no real reason

No one asked for TRoS. No one at all. This isn't anything close to what anyone wanted. The movie was a perfect example of what nobody actually wanted.

People need to stop acting like TRoS is what TLJ haters wanted. It's such an overly simplistic evaluation.

Whenever I see someone hating on TRoS after spending years bitching about TLJ all I can think is "you get what you fucking deserve"

Fans of this franchise demand endless slideshows of nostalgia and their favorite hits from previous entries.

They want easy, safe bullshit and TRoS is a perfect representation of that.

did digital games kill gamestop or was it amazon?

7 is the worst imo. It had some good points, including most of the new pokemon being good, but I've never felt less compelled to replay a pokemon game. I also haven't played enough of sword to judge.

I'd probably say 4>2>3>1>6>5>7.

I would need to think on it some though.

Can DC Residents vote for President if they go to other States to vote?

Places don't determine how people vote. California was reliably red before 92. Flips happen all the time. Maybe Republicans need to shift their party priorities to target the majority of the country if they want to be competitive. Certainly the failed "MAGA" experiment should not be repeated

Good thing he's just reversing Trump's dictatorial pseudo legislation and working with congress

False. The first chapter of Naruto was released in August 18 1997, 2 months after Harry Potter which came out on June 26th of the same year.

I'm OK with Kong winning and that let's Godzilla go back to normal and they can then take on the real enemy together or whatever.

But if Kong actually kills Godzilla? Nah fuck that, movie will be a failure in my eyes.

and she knew he wanted more. She knew she didnt want that and kept going along with him.