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Old 03-26-2021, 10:08   #31
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Dear sweet eight pound six ounce newborn baby jesus - did you seriously just type "Heil" as a reply?

Seriously?
Wow.

The senate is NEVER going to let you stand up and pull a talking filibuster with a potty mouth like that...
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Old 03-26-2021, 10:16   #32
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Mmm... when it comes to naming, I always consult "The Peoples Cube" for "Purity!!"

https://www.thepeoplescube.com/Rhetoric/index.php

Box:

Box, you are a genocidal capitalist whore because you're a heterosexual male who prefers women with shaved legs and armpits!
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Old 03-26-2021, 20:14   #33
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-There cannot be a third person pronoun since there is only one of me but if there were two of us, we would be referred to as "Boxen"
Ja! Ausgezeichnet!

Und anything other than Male Boxen sind Verboten!
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Old 03-27-2021, 05:45   #34
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I have not "retired" - I have transitioned out of the military.
Transitioned - remember that word, I'm going to "circle back" to it.

Late in my career the alphabet of genders (yes, there are now more genders than there are letters in the alphabet - Google it and see for yourself) had broken through the glass ceiling but many of the toxic, cis-gendered white privileged, misogynistic, nationalistic, wrong thinking people that I worked with frowned upon free thinking so I cowered in fear - knowing if I ever revealed my true self there would be hell to pay. The people I worked with are still clinging to their guns and their religion and their antipathy towards others that don't look like them. Some of them even CONTINUE to follow professional sportsball.

When I transitioned - it wasn't just from active duty to "private" contractor. I transitioned from "male" to what I like to refer to as "Box"
There are no acceptable pronouns that can properly encompass the essence of my gender but you can use the following guidelines without offending me...
-My first person pronouns are me-my-MINE.
-My second person pronouns are you-your-yours.
-There cannot be a third person pronoun since there is only one of me but if there were two of us, we would be referred to as "Boxen"

That right - Box is now a gender - my transition is complete. In your faces. Suck it.
I'm Box and I'm PROUD



...and your apology is accepted.
Is your box open or closed ? If open you would be five sided, If closed you would be six sided. My apologies if this offends your sense of self and dignity.
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Old 03-27-2021, 18:24   #35
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Is your box open or closed ? If open you would be five sided, If closed you would be six sided. My apologies if this offends your sense of self and dignity.
No apology needed - however, I feel like you are assuming my dimension.

The boxes you are describing are physical - Box as a gender transcends the existential limits of dimensional and social constructs.

No harm - it's a common mistake.
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Old 03-28-2021, 07:46   #36
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No apology needed - however, I feel like you are assuming my dimension.

The boxes you are describing are physical - Box as a gender transcends the existential limits of dimensional and social constructs.

No harm - it's a common mistake.
Aww now I understand no dimensional constraints or limited scale, except propagation of new boxed.
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Old 03-30-2021, 13:45   #37
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BOX! Here, Here!

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