Posted on 06/24/2014 8:16:23 AM PDT by Lazamataz
As a very young man, your humble author thought to experiment around with psychedelic drugs. The utter lack of connection to reality was very profound, and very scary. However, when the drugs wore off, reality returned.
These days, American reality is so bizarre as to be similar to the psychedelic unreality experienced so many decades ago. In many ways, it is very similar to Alice in Wonderland, and her journey down the rabbit hole. "Curiouser and curiouser," we observe, as America spirals into a state of being in full flight from reality.
The example I am focusing on, today, is the utterly bizarre decision of Facebook to change the gender self-identification from the choices of male, female, or other (which is a little odd, itself) to FIFTY-ONE, count them, FIFTY-ONE gender choices. The list includes: Agender, Androgyne, Androgynous, Bigender, Cis, Cisgender, Cis Female, Cis Male, Cis Man, Cis Woman, Cisgender Female, Cisgender Male, Cisgender Man, Cisgender Woman, Female to Male, FTM, Gender Fluid, Gender Nonconforming, Gender Questioning, Gender Variant, Genderqueer, Intersex, Male to Female, MTF, Neither, Neutrois, Non-binary, Other, Pangender, Trans, Trans*, Trans Female, Trans* Female, Trans Male, Trans* Male, Trans Man, Trans* Man, Trans Person, Trans* Person, Trans Woman, Trans* Woman, Transfeminine. Transgender, Transgender Female, Transgender Male, Transgender Man, Transgender Person, Transgender Woman, Transmasculine, Transsexual, Transsexual Female, Transsexual Male, Transsexual Man, Transsexual Person, Transsexual Woman, and Two-Spirit.
This is insane. There are more flavors of gender, according to Facebook, then there are flavors of ice cream at Baskin-Robbins. To my mind, there should be exactly three gender options:
America is alone in the world with this new, strange, 1960's-Radical-driven divorce with reality. The world must look at us in a semi-stunned disbelieving awe, questioning to themselves: "How did our rich uncle lost his mind?"
I feel that the best way to demonstrate to an insane person (or in our case, culture) that they are insane, is to dive deeper into their insanity and one-up them. In that vein, I offer Facebook a new gender label, that of Quantum Gender with Nanosecond Variability. I will define Quantum Gender with Nanosecond Variability thus:
A person is neither male, nor female, but is in a quantum 'probability state' of maleness or femaleness, until the gender is actually observed. At that time the quantum field collapses into a true gender of male or female. However, the quantum field state returns every nanosecond, so one can never quite be sure of the gender from nanosecond to nanosecond. Be aware that -- like Schrodinger's Cat -- the act of observing the person's gender influences the outcome of their gender.
My gender is hereby declared to be 'Quantum Gender with Nanosecond Variability', and if Facebook does not recognize me, they are discriminating against me. OFF MY BACK, OPPRESSOR!
Jeepers. Thanks for the ping!
“This gender drama is a construct.”
Well-said, Chickensoup.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GreaN1ljqGY
And BS&T was one of my favorite groups in my youth!
After reading your excellent paper on Quantum gender, I now understand why I so relish being the first to dip a utensil into a newly opened jar of pea-nut butter!
PS: I’m glad you’re out of the dog house!
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