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CornucopianSocialist

Maybe gender as social construct could be useful for transpolitics. But for the most part they rely on essentialist theories for support.

RedEyedAbyss

^^^It's a moot point, since the study of engineering doesn't involve money (unless it's the subject that overlaps with business).

^^Okay, I think I get it now (or not). It leads to questions of the real value of money and such.

MillerCross

My point is that it seems a tad silly to say that the humanities don't have any use in real life, considering we base our socity first and foremost in law and civilian concepts. 

you know, humanities stuff. 

Crimson

^When they mean "they're useless", they mean "it won't make you money".

But that's simply due to demand and barrier to entry more than anything.

RedEyedAbyss

Yeah, I see your point. I apologize for my belligerence.

I really ought to think twice before posting in a bad mood.

^Apparently, it's more that if you're majoring in say, English, you have to put more effort into explaining how this is actually useful to the company. I imagine clever people can do this with any degree since there are some common life skills involved in each.

CornucopianSocialist

But humanities sound fun though, and everything else sounds boring.

MillerCross

Meh, it didn't seem particularly belligerent to me. Just a bit....ignorant, to be frank.

^I actually agree with this. Although of course, I'd never extrapolate my position to others because I understand that my liking of humanities and art is mostly because that kinda thing has always drawn my attention more than science.

RedEyedAbyss

Looking back, I should have known better because I actually have taken and enjoyed a philosophy class. Somehow, the whole "arguing with parents" aspect overrode any semblance of logic.

I have no idea why that touches a sensitive nerve.

ClockworkUniverse

Lots of mathematical and scientific stuff interests me, but having a job in those fields would probably not involve the stuff that interests me.

CornucopianSocialist

I'm interesting psychology and sociology too.

MillerCross

Yeah, science interests me in a purely trivial level, to be honest. Like knowing just enough to be a functional human being and trivia to spice it up.

CornucopianSocialist

Carl Sagan said, "Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact.
"

MadassAlex

My knowledge of metallurgy is limited, although I'm quite interested in the subject.

If I were to achieve the rank of 'free scholar' at my fightschool and become learned in metal chemistry, might I be considered a 'sword scholar alchemist'? <_<

Forzare

I'm properly in the Christmas spirit now.

CornucopianSocialist

Replace your right arm with a metal prosthesis!

Icalasari

^^^ Is that some sort of Full Metal Alchemist joke?

ninjaclown

After a year, I finally found this song that I've gotten stuck in my head for months.

Malkavian

Is it wrong that I think people who cannot use proper grammar or enunciate properly have no right to complain about people who don't speak english?

CornucopianSocialist

Music you found?







This is hypnotic...

MadassAlex

Replace your right arm with a metal prosthesis!

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Superior example.

IanExMachina

Just graft a sword to your stump instead!

All Nines

"Is it wrong that I think people who cannot use proper grammar or enunciate properly have no right to complain about people who don't speak english"

Not at all.

InsanityAddict

http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2454

Bro posted this to my wall, rest of Facebook agrees this is me. Not sure whether it implies they think I'm pedestalling relationships, am being too picky or see cynicism as a synonym for emotude. Probably all three.

^They have every right to do so if people can't make themselves understood enough to function. Save for refugees or scammed illegals, there's plenty of ways to make yourself understood, such as a PDA with a translation program(yeah, again not for the economically disadvantaged) or having someone who does speak the language write down what you want to say on a note beforehand.

All Nines

I forgot that v-necks are hipster apparel now. But that simply lends further support to my opinion that hipsters get the best clothes.

Forzare

Don't do it, Evermod. Down that road lies only madness.

All Nines

Well, I already have the v-neck (and it's like my favorite shirt). My glasses don't count, though, since I actually need those. And then there's the thing with wanting skinny jeans. And a scarf. And a pennycoat.

Maybe it helps that there are a lot of people at my school who dress like hipsters, but are incredibly nice.

MillerCross

>Implying that being a hipster means that you can't be nice.

really, it's like the people who think that punks always have to be anarchic assholes. 

All Nines

The word is, nowadays, generally used to generalize people with certain tastes as assholes. It's wrong, but that's how it's generally used, and how I meant it in my post, if that makes sense.

nohaynicklibre

I GOT SKYWARD SWORD

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Also, surprisingly it works very well with the left hand

Saigyouji

I do see value in analyzing gender as a social construct since it's
meant to help change the discriminatory way transpeople, and hell, even
women are treated.

The problem when it comes to "gender is a social construct" in relation to transpeople, is that it's an extremely common argument used against transsexuality. As in "Gender is a social construct, so why do you need to change your sex?" arguments.