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posted by Fnord666 on Friday May 05 2017, @09:53AM   Printer-friendly
from the language-evolves-too dept.

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

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.

Source: http://freebeacon.com/culture/netflix-edits-bill-nye-episode-remove-segment-chromosomes-determine-gender/


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  • (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.

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  • (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!

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  • (Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Friday May 05 2017, @04:40PM

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Friday May 05 2017, @04:40PM (#504985) Journal

    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

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Friday May 05 2017, @05:01PM (2 children)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Friday May 05 2017, @05:01PM (#505001) Journal

    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

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 05 2017, @05:35PM (#505025)

      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

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 06 2017, @03:58PM (#505450)

      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)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 06 2017, @01:03AM (#505245)

    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?