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When uploaded to Netflix, an episode of the educational children's show "Bill Nye the Science Guy" cut out a segment saying that chromosomes determine one's gender.
[...] While noncontroversial at the time, the 1996 segment appears to contradict Netflix's new series "Bill Nye Saves the World."
The new show endorses a socially liberal understanding of gender, under which gender is defined by self-identification rather than genetics and there are more than just the two traditional genders.
People, people, people... Say it with me: The Internet Never Forgets.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday May 05 2017, @02:51PM (8 children)
I don't personally care about what science has to say about how people choose to view themselves, because I don't care how people choose to view themselves. What I'm saying is pick a different word, you can't have this one; it's already in use.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Funny) by NotSanguine on Friday May 05 2017, @03:04PM (1 child)
Gender on rye, with swiss cheese and mustard.
That was a helluva gender last night, wasn't it?
I've been gendering about that for weeks!
So many genders, so little time.
If you get a gender, you should make sure you really want it. They're hard to remove.
Have a great gender, Buzzard!
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday May 05 2017, @06:46PM
That could work if 22nd century technology allows "transhumans" to change gender daily.
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(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Friday May 05 2017, @04:40PM
I don't personally care about what science has to say
Uh oh! I think I've heard that before. Anyway, it has become a disturbing trend
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 3, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Friday May 05 2017, @05:01PM (2 children)
I don't personally care about what science has to say...
You don't care what the science says.
You don't care what the dictionary says.
Yet, you accuse others of playing fast-and-loose with definitions.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 05 2017, @05:35PM
The dictionary is biased and liberal. It does not reflect the modern understanding of the word.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 06 2017, @03:58PM
He is a turd, the remains of dead animals eaten by an ugly bird. He is a mighty piece of crap!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 06 2017, @01:03AM (1 child)
What I'm saying is pick a different word, you can't have this one; it's already in use.
Who made you the word police?
You obviously care, very, very much.
Why?
What is it to you if other people use a word in a way that has nothing to do with you?
As an individualist above all else, you seem to be oddly over-invested in the collective usage of a word.
Why are you unable to say, "fine, have your stupid definition" and then go on living your life never using the definition that you find so offensive?
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday May 08 2017, @02:44AM
Hi, you must be new here. Let me fill you in on something important to know about me. I like to argue.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.