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Man (69) attempts to legally reduce his age

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭Zorya


    wexie wrote: »
    Had a quick browse through that, regardless the leanings of the publisher that reads like pure blackmail. Sounds like these women have a legitimate reason for not providing the service but it's more of a 'pay up or I'll send the court and Twitterati after you'.

    Likely the only reason that such happenings get covered in the ''right'' leaning press is that they do not fit the scriptural doctrines of the ''left'' leaning press, etc. And there are plenty more tossers than this person going round doing idiotic identity politics things, it just doesn't get covered.
    What struck me about that case, which only barely glanced off my attention to be honest, as it is more amusing and pathetic than anything, was that the women being sued found it extremely difficult to get legal representation in Vancouver, because of the nature of the case.
    That is where the specific gets universalised - that is where PC has gone mainstream. It's not just about one blithering gobshyte going around trying to force 16 different women to handle his c0ck, despite said gobdaw knowing there are plenty of places in Vancouver that will wax girl dicks (or whatever). The equipment needed is different for a start. The ''plaintiff'' was lucky he didn't meet a bolshie women with a strong grip who would have told him to hop up there on the table and we'll see what we can do for ya.

    Anyways, the madness will blossom and thrive, no doubt.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,118 ✭✭✭Lackey


    Do not regret getting older
    Its a privilege denied to many


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,737 ✭✭✭Yer Da sells Avon


    Zorya wrote: »
    And?

    And here we are.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭Zorya


    And here we are.

    We could talk about the weather :) I find it unexpectedly cold today. Bbrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    NIMAN wrote: »

    If you're 69, you're 69
    If you have a penis, you're a man
    If you have a vagina, you're a woman

    Now class, can anyone use the words, 69, penis and vagina in sentence. Take your time it's quite a mouthfull:D


  • Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,591 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    D3V!L wrote: »
    I'm going to start identifying as a 17 year old girl

    PM sent!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,480 ✭✭✭wexie


    Zorya wrote: »
    What struck me about that case, which only barely glanced off my attention to be honest, as it is more amusing and pathetic than anything, was that the women being sued found it extremely difficult to get legal representation in Vancouver, because of the nature of the case.

    I don't that's much to do with lawfirms not thinking there's a case to be defended there though. Probably much more to do with not wanting the headache of being harassed in real life and online by a bunch of purple haired lunatics foaming at the mouth.

    And while I don't think that's particularly right I can't really blame anyone for wanting to spare their business that kind of attention.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,106 ✭✭✭PlaneSpeeking


    Can I identify as a 24 year old fit blonde with Matthew McConaughey on speed dial and Jamie Dornan locked in my bedroom ????


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭Zorya


    wexie wrote: »
    I don't that's much to do with lawfirms not thinking there's a case to be defended there though. Probably much more to do with not wanting the headache of being harassed in real life and online by a bunch of purple haired lunatics foaming at the mouth.

    And while I don't think that's particularly right I can't really blame anyone for wanting to spare their business that kind of attention.

    Yes, for that reason. It's a bit like the gay cake thing.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,862 ✭✭✭✭inforfun


    I ll let Emile Ratelband know he is now gone from famous to gay cake.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,704 ✭✭✭✭RayCun


    Zorya wrote: »
    What struck me about that case, which only barely glanced off my attention to be honest, as it is more amusing and pathetic than anything, was that the women being sued found it extremely difficult to get legal representation in Vancouver, because of the nature of the case.

    "All of which cited lack of expertise in human rights proceedings, or fear of offending the transgender lobby, or both"

    A sentence which is true if all of the firms cited lack of expertise in human rights proceedings.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,586 ✭✭✭4068ac1elhodqr


    His argument is that his 'biological age' is much younger than his on-paper age.

    If you know someone that smokes 20 per day, frequents donought shops frequently, only drinks coffee, only exercises one arm etc
    You could in all fairness, add 10yrs to their age, or similararly remove 10yrs from their date of expiry.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    lets say this man was diagnosed with a narcissistic personality disorder and the only way for him to feel good and happy in himself was if the rest of the world viewed him as a younger version of himself, in that circumstance, I can't see a valid argument against him being allowed to legally change his age.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭Zorya


    RayCun wrote: »
    "All of which cited lack of expertise in human rights proceedings, or fear of offending the transgender lobby, or both"

    A sentence which is true if all of the firms cited lack of expertise in human rights proceedings.

    Yeah, I'd say it was their lack of expertise in human rights proceedings alright. Because that's what lots of law firms in major cities do - they stay inexpert at certain aspects of legal proceedings. :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,704 ✭✭✭✭RayCun


    Zorya wrote: »
    Yeah, I'd say it was their lack of expertise in human rights proceedings alright. Because that's what lots of law firms in major cities do - they stay inexpert at certain aspects of legal proceedings. :rolleyes:

    er, yes, that is what a lot of firms do, they specialise in criminal law, or property law, or ...

    But I'm sure the Post Millenial is providing fair and balanced reporting here. They have a brand to protect, after all.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,480 ✭✭✭wexie


    RayCun wrote: »
    er, yes, that is what a lot of firms do, they specialise in criminal law, or property law, or ...

    But I'm sure the Post Millenial is providing fair and balanced reporting here. They have a brand to protect, after all.

    While you're absolutely right in saying that is exactly what a lot of firms do, I don't think you can deny that more likely than not a good number of the firms contacted simply just didn't want the case because of the hassle and negative publicity that would no doubt follow.

    I'd say for cases like these the best bet would be some non-profit organisation, similarly to what happened with the gay cake nonsense.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,555 ✭✭✭Roger Hassenforder


    antodeco wrote: »
    PM sent!

    Disappoint level 10 coming up.

    ...Sends dickpic, gets one back...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    Meh we can’t discriminate against what people identify as. If we acknowledge the wrong gender we should acknowledge the wrong age


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,480 ✭✭✭wexie


    Disappoint level 10 coming up.

    ...Sends dickpic, gets one back...

    well....apparently being a 17 year old girl doesn't necessarily exclude one from having a dick....

    Or so I'm told.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,555 ✭✭✭Roger Hassenforder


    Meh we can’t discriminate against what people identify as. If we acknowledge the wrong gender we should acknowledge the wrong age


    Height/ size will be next.

    5" Stumpy lads rejected from the Gardai, can start identifying as a 6'4" Kerry yokel and march straight into Templemore.
    Their trousers might have to be turned up a bit


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,480 ✭✭✭wexie


    Meh we can’t discriminate against what people identify as. If we acknowledge the wrong gender we should acknowledge the wrong age

    Yeah but age can be clearly established by counting the amount of time elapsed between birth and now!!!

    :pac:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭Zorya


    RayCun wrote: »

    But I'm sure the Post Millenial is providing fair and balanced reporting here. They have a brand to protect, after all.

    The Economist - Least Biased
    https://www.economist.com/briefing/2018/10/27/when-one-persons-right-is-anothers-obligation


    Vancouver Sun - Left Centre Bias
    https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/b-c-transgender-woman-denied-brazilian-wax-job-withdraws-human-rights-complaint

    Damn. Everyone's a Nazi now :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭Zorya


    wexie wrote: »
    Yeah but age can be clearly established by counting the amount of time elapsed between birth and now!!!

    :pac:

    What is this ''time'' you speak of? Is it not a white patriarchal construct whereby calendar date has been calculated oppressively from the birth of an arbitrary prophet and IMPOSED upon the rest of civilisation? You torment me with your concept of ''time'', tyrant, and as for your use of the autocratic word amount...who gets to define amount?! You? White man? Pah! :mad:


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,106 ✭✭✭PlaneSpeeking


    Zorya wrote: »

    That first one is chilling.

    I don't care what you "identify" as - a naked bloke with tackle out asking a ten year old girl about using a tampon is NOT okay!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    wexie wrote: »
    Yeah but age can be clearly established by counting the amount of time elapsed between birth and now!!!

    :pac:
    Not being funny but sex can be determined by looking at what’s between your legs. You’re physically either man or woman. Emotionally/mentally that may differ and I have no issue whatsoever with that, but the same goes for age.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,480 ✭✭✭wexie


    Not being funny but sex can be determined by looking at what’s between your legs. You’re physically either man or woman. Emotionally/mentally that may differ and I have no issue whatsoever with that, but the same goes for age.

    Do I need to go back and add sarcasm tags?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    wexie wrote: »
    Do I need to go back and add sarcasm tags?
    :D sorry


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,480 ✭✭✭wexie


    That first one is chilling.

    I don't care what you "identify" as - a naked bloke with tackle out asking a ten year old girl about using a tampon is NOT okay!

    that is very disturbing indeed :(


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,106 ✭✭✭PlaneSpeeking


    wexie wrote: »
    that is very disturbing indeed :(

    Very. I read not long back about a young girl who endured a very serious sexual assault and was referred to counselling.

    Her parents wanted a female counsellor as she was so scared to be around men, even family members. She was assigned a "self identified transwoman" - 6 foot plus, tattoos and brick sh**house build. She was terrified.

    This was in the UK - horrifying.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,480 ✭✭✭wexie


    Very. I read not long back about a young girl who ensured a very serious sexual assault and was referred to counselling.

    Her parents wanted a female counsellor as she was so scared to be around men, even family members. She was assigned a "self identified transwoman" - 6 foot plus, tattoos and brick sh**house build. She was terrified.

    This was in the UK - horrifying.

    .....And then the parents could flip the lid and end up facing a potential lawsuit for discrimination....

    Madness, I'm all for letting people live their lives the way they want and if some man feels that he should have been a woman I'll quite happily try to be polite about it.

    But a law that flatout states they become women for all intents and purposes and questioning this leaves you open to sanctions for discrimination is (in my humble opinion) very very wrong and is going to lead to (more) serious issues.


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,106 ✭✭✭PlaneSpeeking


    wexie wrote: »
    .....And then the parents could flip the lid and end up facing a potential lawsuit for discrimination....

    Madness, I'm all for letting people live their lives the way they want and if some man feels that he should have been a woman I'll quite happily try to be polite about it.

    But a law that flatout states they become women for all intents and purposes and questioning this leaves you open to sanctions for discrimination is (in my humble opinion) very very wrong and is going to lead to (more) serious issues.

    It's already happened - a male prisoner identifies as a woman, goes to a women's prison and assaults inmates. It will get worse.

    I am a staunch ally of the LGBT community, and genuinely trans people are in my reckoning, horrified by the crap they are seeing around gender. People who have gone through surgeries, medical and psychiatric treatment etc to become the sex they should have been born - lumped in with some lunatic sort who believes there are 73 genders and you can swop from one to t'other daily!

    It's insanity. Now there's the white UK writer who got a 400k award meant for "black writers" because he "feels black" and this fruit loop who wants to legally be younger! When will someone say "ENOUGH!!!" ???


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭imme


    This head case is seeking attention.
    He was born in 1949.

    That this is news across the world makes me sad.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    imme wrote: »
    This head case is seeking attention.
    He was born in 1949.

    That this is news across the world makes me sad.
    is it the blatant hypocrisy that makes you sad?


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,106 ✭✭✭PlaneSpeeking


    is it the blatant hypocrisy that makes you sad?

    Where's the hypocrisy ?????


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,365 ✭✭✭ceadaoin.


    wexie wrote: »
    .....And then the parents could flip the lid and end up facing a potential lawsuit for discrimination....

    Madness, I'm all for letting people live their lives the way they want and if some man feels that he should have been a woman I'll quite happily try to be polite about it.

    But a law that flatout states they become women for all intents and purposes and questioning this leaves you open to sanctions for discrimination is (in my humble opinion) very very wrong and is going to lead to (more) serious issues.

    There is already a trans woman in Canada who has been on a years long legal vendetta against a rape crisis center who declined to hire them as a counselor citing the needs of their female patients for female only caregivers. I mean, the center and the women who use it are respectfully saying no but they feel entitled to bulldoze their way in there anyway. Where does this mentality come from?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    Meh we can’t discriminate against what people identify as. If we acknowledge the wrong gender we should acknowledge the wrong age

    Remember this lady identified as black. There was a thread on it a while ago and a mod come in and said she's suffering from a)mental illness or b) she's a con artist. End of story. Then shut the thing down because people had the audacity to question that and bring up the obvious question of if a man can identify as a woman, then what's to say this white woman can't identify as a black woman.

    150612092018-rachel-dolezal-split-exlarge-169.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,365 ✭✭✭ceadaoin.


    Omackeral wrote: »
    Remember this lady identified as black. There was a thread on it a while ago and a mod come in and said she's suffering from a)mental illness or b) she's a con artist. End of story. Then shut the thing down because people had the audacity to question that and bring up the obvious question of if a man can identify as a woman, then what's to say this white woman can't identify as a black woman.

    150612092018-rachel-dolezal-split-exlarge-169.jpg

    There's been another guy in the news this week for this too. His parents are Irish in fact but he identifies as black and has even take roles and places intended for black men (he's an actor)


    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/04/white-actor-identifies-black-criticised-winning-place-scheme/


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,106 ✭✭✭PlaneSpeeking


    ceadaoin. wrote: »
    There's been another guy in the news this week for this too. His parents are Irish in fact but he identifies as black and has even take roles and spots on panels intended for black men (he's an actor)


    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/04/white-actor-identifies-black-criticised-winning-place-scheme/

    Read that the other day - utterly bat crap crazy.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,480 ✭✭✭wexie


    ceadaoin. wrote: »
    I mean, the center and the women who use it are respectfully saying no but they feel entitled to bulldoze their way in there anyway. Where does this mentality come from?

    Because the law says they can....
    ceadaoin. wrote: »
    Where does this mentality come from?

    Yeah I don't understand either, it's very very odd.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭Zorya


    wexie wrote: »



    Yeah I don't understand either, it's very very odd.

    Just passing thoughts on why, not wanting to be lambasted for having them - but there is significant co-morbidity between transgenderism (and likely other trans things like trans-ageism etc) and mental health issues, so some of this bullying - because that is effectively what it is - may be related to general mental health problems.
    Some of it may be vexatious cranks looking for notoriety, like this Tinder Man wanting to be declared younger.
    And some of it may be a new form of strange misogyny. It's coming largely from biological males after all. This Tinder chap, with his attitudes towards women, wouldn't rank very highly either on any noble, gentlemanly scale.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,070 ✭✭✭Franz Von Peppercorn


    Zorya wrote: »
    Just passing thoughts on why, not wanting to be lambasted for having them - but there is significant co-morbidity between transgenderism (and likely other trans things like trans-ageism etc) and mental health issues, so some of this bullying - because that is effectively what it is - may be related to general mental health problems.
    Some of it may be vexatious cranks looking for notoriety, like this Tinder Man wanting to be declared younger.
    And some of it may be a new form of strange misogyny. It's coming largely from biological males after all. This Tinder chap, with his attitudes towards women, wouldn't rank very highly either on any noble, gentlemanly scale.

    I wonder if possibly some forms of gender dysphoria come with a dislike or irrational hatred of biological women.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭Zorya


    I wonder if possibly some forms of gender dysphoria come with a dislike or irrational hater of biological women.

    I don't know. Gender dysphoria cannot be critically studied at the moment as it is a hot potato no one wants to handle. Irrational hatred may be as likely as a proposed theory of autogynophelia. The whole area is impossible to study now as it is forbidden to think of the condition as in any way pathological. Which has caused some problems in itself...if something is not pathological why should related medical procedures be subsidised by the state? It's indeed a fine line the ideologues walk.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,555 ✭✭✭Roger Hassenforder


    imme wrote: »
    This head case is seeking attention.
    He was born in 1949.

    That this is news across the world makes me sad.

    Go away with your preconceived bigotry.

    1949 is literally, an arbitrarily assigned value by the patriarchy to describe an eccentric prograde trajectory around our local heavy ball of plasma.

    Its a cry for help.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,741 ✭✭✭✭TheValeyard


    I self identify as a 65 year old, public servant. Where's my pension?

    Fcuking love it.

    I wish to subscribe to your newsletter

    All eyes on Kursk. Slava Ukraini.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,741 ✭✭✭✭TheValeyard


    It's insanity. Now there's the white UK writer who got a 400k award meant for "black writers" because he "feels black" and this fruit loop who wants to legally be younger! When will someone say "ENOUGH!!!" ???

    It's far too late for that. The crazy genie is well and truly out of the lamp.

    All eyes on Kursk. Slava Ukraini.



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  • Registered Users Posts: 4,591 ✭✭✭blue note


    Q. How long have you identified as a 49 year old?

    A. Well that's subjective!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,741 ✭✭✭✭TheValeyard


    blue note wrote: »
    Q. How long have you identified as a 49 year old?

    A. Well that's subjective!

    About three fiddy years

    All eyes on Kursk. Slava Ukraini.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,229 ✭✭✭mvl


    thinking that having an accessible anti-aging pill would get this type of requests to be common norm.

    ahhh - the future of all of us !


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭Zorya


    mvl wrote: »
    thinking that having an accessible anti-aging pill would get this type of requests to be common norm.

    ahhh - the future of all of us !

    Yes, it's all under the umbrella of transhumanism, towards which we fly like idiot stooges, mesmerised and unconscious.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,186 ✭✭✭✭jmayo


    I think this guy has as much right to claim whatever age he wants if someone can make a decision what gender they want to be on any given day.
    And then what makey up gender they are.

    Fair enough someone is born with wrong genitalia or someone has a real life long case of gender dysphoria, but the cr** like with that kid (I think ???) in UK who complained the school didn't call him by the right pronoun on any given day because he/she couldn't make up their mind what they were.

    It is the ar**holing around ala facefook and their 50 genders that is giving all this cr** oxygen.

    Look at this for a list.

    Asexual, Female to male trans man, Female to male transgender man, Female to male transsexual man, F2M, Gender neutral, Hermaphrodite, Intersex man, Intersex person, Intersex woman, Male to female trans woman, Male to female transgender woman, Male to female transsexual Woman, Man, M2F, Polygender, T* man, T* woman, Two* person, Two-spirit person, Woman, Agender, Androgyne, Androgynes, Androgynous, Bigender, Cis, Cis Female, Cis Male, Cis Man, Cis Woman, Cisgender, 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 Female, Trans Male, Trans Man, Trans Person, Trans*Female, Trans*Male, Trans*Man, Trans*Person, Trans*Woman, Transexual, Transexual Female, Transexual Male, Transexual Man, Transexual Person, Transexual Woman, Transgender Female, Transgender Person, Transmasculine, Two-spirit

    WTF ?

    How many trans can there be ?

    What about "transformer" and "trans-it"

    Hell I am going to add in a few:
    AC-DC, poteen-spirit-lad, two-sheets.

    I am not allowed discuss …



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