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The reason I don't move to the USA is because of woke people, scary numbers of mental health and crime. The reason I moved country is because woke politics is

The reason I don't move to the USA is because of woke people, scary numbers of mental health and crime. The reason I moved country is because woke politics is making life worse. Crime is through the roof, kids can't go out in the cities by themselves because it's too dangerous. They started doing mandatory "gender identity" education in school, teaching crap to my kids. I'm still in Europe and observing a progressive decline so I'm ready to move to Asia, the Caribbean, South America (Argentina maybe?) or maybe switch to the enemy and go to Russia or China, depending on how the situation evolves. Dictatorship for dictatorship, I just want a low tax, safe place and governments to bother me as little as possible.

johnisgood 2y ago
Some countries in Eastern Europe actively opposes gender stuff (it is banned in education). I do not know why "gender" is being asked in the first place, it should be "sex", and that is biological. Why do we ask for gender on websites, for example? What is the purpose of it, really?
- ben_w 2y ago
  > Why do we ask for gender on websites, for example? What is the purpose of it, really? I can only think of two reasons: 1) Localised messages to and from the user. Not every language supports gender-neutral singular "you/they". 2) Demographic tracking e.g. for advertising: I've been given unskippable ads on YouTube for sanitary pads, and have forgotten which ad network presented me with one for dick pills.
  - johnisgood 2y ago
    Hmm, are you sure about the localized messages? They typically use 'you' instead of third-person pronouns like 'he' or 'she.'
    - ben_w 2y ago
      85% sure: the claim here was that there are some languages where "you" itself comes in masculine and feminine forms. I'm told this applies to Hebrew and Arabic — אתה and את — but my ability to confirm this is limited to googling wiktionary. 85% is mainly how much I trust the sources: my experience has been kind of factoid is often true, but sometimes turns out to be "this source sounds like it means X, but actually it means Y" or worse "we made it up and you'll never check". That said, I ought to have written "I can only think of two *good* reasons", because the third reason is "whenever anyone makes a database of people, we automatically add gender without even thinking about it".
      - johnisgood 2y ago
        Wouldn't asking for "sex" suffice though? What happens when someone picks "none of the above" or "prefer not to answer"?
OfficeChad 2y ago
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johnisgood 2y ago

Some countries in Eastern Europe actively opposes gender stuff (it is banned in education). I do not know why "gender" is being asked in the first place, it should be "sex", and that is biological. Why do we ask for gender on websites, for example? What is the purpose of it, really?

ben_w 2y ago
> Why do we ask for gender on websites, for example? What is the purpose of it, really? I can only think of two reasons: 1) Localised messages to and from the user. Not every language supports gender-neutral singular "you/they". 2) Demographic tracking e.g. for advertising: I've been given unskippable ads on YouTube for sanitary pads, and have forgotten which ad network presented me with one for dick pills.
- johnisgood 2y ago
  Hmm, are you sure about the localized messages? They typically use 'you' instead of third-person pronouns like 'he' or 'she.'
  - ben_w 2y ago
    85% sure: the claim here was that there are some languages where "you" itself comes in masculine and feminine forms. I'm told this applies to Hebrew and Arabic — אתה and את — but my ability to confirm this is limited to googling wiktionary. 85% is mainly how much I trust the sources: my experience has been kind of factoid is often true, but sometimes turns out to be "this source sounds like it means X, but actually it means Y" or worse "we made it up and you'll never check". That said, I ought to have written "I can only think of two *good* reasons", because the third reason is "whenever anyone makes a database of people, we automatically add gender without even thinking about it".
    - johnisgood 2y ago
      Wouldn't asking for "sex" suffice though? What happens when someone picks "none of the above" or "prefer not to answer"?

OfficeChad 2y ago

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