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>pretending you don't know the word "trap" I'm not pretending to not know the word; it made sense on sight to me as "someone who fools you". Easiest term aroun

by ygaf 9y ago

>pretending you don't know the word "trap" I'm not pretending to not know the word; it made sense on sight to me as "someone who fools you". Easiest term around. And that is clearly a concept of its own not a synonym for transsexuals, hence my confusion when a poster gets flagged for an affront to them. You have actually been helpful now though, despite thinking you're slamdunking me. Passing is a bad word now too? I think I'm getting the idea; transsexuals are their own sex. But then isn't the 'trans' in the word misleading?

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pennaMan 9y ago
Am I in the South Park version of hn?
DonHopkins 9y ago
Next you're going explain to me that you're not a "homophobe" because you're not literally "afraid" of homosexuals, you just hate them without fearing them. That's not the way language works, and I've heard all of your arguments before. You have nothing to contribute to the conversation.
- sctb 9y ago
  All of you: please stop this now.
  - msla 9y ago
    Would you please un-kill this comment? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15753759 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15753759
    - ygaf 9y ago
      (sctb's request acknowledged, replying to a separate poster) Why vouch for a post demonstrating such creepiness? And making a strange ad-hom. Nothing worth resurrecting as a HN post. I'm not even one who had flagged it.
      - msla 9y ago
        I'm asking to un-kill a comment calling out the creep.
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        ygaf 9y ago
        Sigh. Disingenuity aside, you don't need a visible post calling out an invisible one.
- ygaf 9y ago
  (non-combative post) Traps were originally a feature of 4chan; something you had to look out for. I'm sure the word existed in real life too, but 4chan is how most people find it. If anything, traps existed before trans-words entered people's vocab. There was hostility but no intended snark when I say "I'm getting the idea; transsexuals are their own sex", I was trying to rationalize why even 'passing' was unacceptable, but at a stretch I can see that passing is part of the same theme of fooling and deceiving. So trans men do strive to be women.

by ygaf 9y ago

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pennaMan 9y ago

Am I in the South Park version of hn?

DonHopkins 9y ago

Next you're going explain to me that you're not a "homophobe" because you're not literally "afraid" of homosexuals, you just hate them without fearing them. That's not the way language works, and I've heard all of your arguments before. You have nothing to contribute to the conversation.

sctb 9y ago
All of you: please stop this now.
- msla 9y ago
  Would you please un-kill this comment? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15753759 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15753759
  - ygaf 9y ago
    (sctb's request acknowledged, replying to a separate poster) Why vouch for a post demonstrating such creepiness? And making a strange ad-hom. Nothing worth resurrecting as a HN post. I'm not even one who had flagged it.
    - msla 9y ago
      I'm asking to un-kill a comment calling out the creep.
      - deleted 9y ago
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      - ygaf 9y ago
        Sigh. Disingenuity aside, you don't need a visible post calling out an invisible one.
ygaf 9y ago
(non-combative post) Traps were originally a feature of 4chan; something you had to look out for. I'm sure the word existed in real life too, but 4chan is how most people find it. If anything, traps existed before trans-words entered people's vocab. There was hostility but no intended snark when I say "I'm getting the idea; transsexuals are their own sex", I was trying to rationalize why even 'passing' was unacceptable, but at a stretch I can see that passing is part of the same theme of fooling and deceiving. So trans men do strive to be women.