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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 08:56 AM Original message |
Stop whining about the goddamned acronym. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. But it's a fucking outrage that someone has to type |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Especially that Q! |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Goddam right. You not only have to type the 'Q' but |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:06 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. If ever a situation called for CAPS LOCK, this is it! |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:07 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. it starts with shift-q and ends in box turtle marriages |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 12:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
85. FTW. nt |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Not only that..... |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:02 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Wait... you hit the Q key with your pecker? |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Yeah, It's prehensile..... |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
3. And yet I'm sure they're happy to spell out "African-American" or "physically challenged" |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
6. What do Q and I stand for? |
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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:02 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Queer/Questioning and Intersex. |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:13 AM Response to Reply #7 |
22. Intersex? ok that one has me stumped |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:24 AM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Intersex replaces the old term hermaphrodite. |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #32 |
78. thank you. |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. You're welcome. I know it gets confusing sometimes. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
9. Sincere question -- when and where from did the QI appear? It's only been |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 04:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
83. The first time I heard it used was in 2006 at a Lynne Breedlove |
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sailor65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
10. I've seen a lot of people asking questions |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
11. It's not an acronym |
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sailor65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:06 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. That's not actually true |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:08 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. it's an abbreviation |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:17 AM Response to Reply #17 |
26. No abreviations are shortened words... |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:23 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. they're all abbreviations |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:28 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Nope. |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:32 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. I'm honestly not sure either way but... |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:34 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. BURN. You got me and w/ my own link. Double Plus Good. |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:38 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. I understood that |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 10:48 AM Response to Reply #43 |
69. So..... |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:40 AM Response to Reply #33 |
44. "though all three are connoted by the term 'abbreviation' in loose parlance" |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:42 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Yeah I concede the point. FAIL on me. n/t |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:14 AM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Yes it does. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:21 AM Response to Reply #14 |
28. But it helps when it is |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 10:23 AM Response to Reply #11 |
57. Only on DU would a totally unrelated topic include |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #57 |
86. How true! |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
12. I dont understand the Q for queer? How is it different from L or G? |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:32 AM Response to Reply #12 |
37. The Q stands for Questioning or sometimes Queer. Queer is an attempt to take back the slur |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 10:08 AM Response to Reply #37 |
53. Why is hermaphrodite now unacceptable? |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 10:28 AM Response to Reply #53 |
63. Intersex is actually the more clinical term, adopted by researchers in the 20th century. |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 10:30 AM Response to Reply #53 |
64. Intersex has many dimensions so the old term is arcane and rather limiting. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
16. First person to correctly answer what SDP stands for |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:11 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Society of Decorative Painters |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:12 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Sarah "Dumbass" Palin? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 10:26 AM Response to Reply #21 |
61. rofl |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:19 AM Response to Reply #16 |
27. It has many meanings.... |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:30 AM Response to Reply #27 |
34. With the technicality, for a win |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:32 AM Response to Reply #34 |
39. I am curious which SDP snooper was refering to though. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 10:48 AM Response to Reply #39 |
68. Session Description Protocol RFC 2327 |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 10:54 AM Response to Reply #68 |
72. From the MFS (Museum of Fossilized Specifications)? |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #72 |
74. You would be suprised at the age of protocol specs and various RFC |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 12:00 PM Response to Reply #74 |
77. Not familiar with that one |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 10:51 AM Response to Reply #27 |
70. I should have said no intertubes allowed :) |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
80. Secondary DACS Port. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
19. We're just so damned inconvenient. Nt |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
23. We're all ACGT-Americans anyway. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
24. You mean stop whining about the initialism. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:23 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Right |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
29. This is not a very inviting thread |
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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:31 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. You believe in equality for everyone, |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:53 AM Response to Reply #35 |
46. Being gay or intersex is being "trans"? |
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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:58 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. No, |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 12:13 PM Response to Reply #35 |
84. You don't know me obviously |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:33 AM Response to Reply #29 |
40. You're excluding SWWITMSFC |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 10:08 AM Response to Reply #40 |
52. lol. l&sfc (lightingandshadow from canada) is damn forceful. gotta give her that |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
36. It isn't an acronym; it's a string of unpronounceable letters. |
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TonyMontana (237 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
42. You have to admit it's getting a little long |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 10:24 AM Response to Reply #42 |
59. Keep complaining |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 11:37 AM Response to Reply #42 |
73. Try Welsh sometime ...! |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
47. Oh come on. Really? |
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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 10:02 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Do you really think the oppression of trans people is equal to the erasure of asexuals? |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 10:20 AM Response to Reply #49 |
55. I really think that there's no justification for including one and excluding another. |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 12:20 PM Response to Reply #55 |
87. Well said! |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 10:25 AM Response to Reply #47 |
60. +1000 |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #47 |
66. excellent post....ty! n/t |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
50. I think it needs a "P" in there somewhere, you know, for Pony...n/t |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 10:27 AM Response to Reply #50 |
62. I'm just happy when they are not calling us |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 10:34 AM Response to Reply #62 |
67. As a kid I LOVED BLT's...it was like a treat! |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
51. What happened? |
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Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
54. Why do the letters keep getting changed around? |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 10:22 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Queer Nation made a point to take back the word so that bigots |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
58. Could there be at least a moratorium or grace period on people who |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
65. I don't even call myself a lesbian. |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
71. Your attitude is unrealistic and counterproductive to your cause. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
75. I don't see any whining. I see people advising they see it as not helpful. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
76. OPs like this are nothing more than craven attempts for street cred. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
79. What's a cisgender? |
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TriMera (885 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-15-10 04:12 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. It means not transgender... |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
88. I vote to change the acronym to ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
89. Look, you can use any initials you like, but don't call it bigotry when |
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