Sunday, 22 April 2007

Well, obviously I'm not advocating sexual acts with juvenile trees

So I've just found one of the most amusing forum threads I've seen in a long time. If you're not on Facebook I imagine you won't be able to read it, but if you are then it can be found here.

Basically the debate (as it were) centres around the fact that some members of Facebook aren't happy with the changes that have been made to the site. They would in fact, like some extra options added to 'Gender', 'Relationship status' and 'Interested in' to incorporate their twisted lives.

Watching these people defend themselves against some brilliant sarcasm, and just seeing the unbelievable stuff they come up with is an exquisite exercise in amusement, highly worth a read if you've got the time.

Here's a few choice quotes from the discussion:
"Um, will someone please enlighten me as to why "male" and "female" is not sufficient for gender? WHat else can you be?"
"Androgyne, genderqueer, third, fourth, fluid, agender, bigender."

"Furthermore, hermaphrodite is considered an offensive word, and it's not even an accurate description. The correct term (not necessarily politically, but by definition) is intersex."

"The fact of the matter is, your gender is determined by what's between your legs. If you're not content with that, select the opposite gender. There are only 2 genders."

"Androgyne is in-between male and female. It combines elements of both. Fluid is the ability to change one's gender to a certain extent, which some people can do."
"I think by "change," she just means "dress like." That's the only response I've got."

"wait, the 'interested in' category doesn't allow for dendrophilia. What about people who get turned on by trees, has anyone considered their feelings?"
"Trees are not consenting adults."
"Well, obviously I'm not advocating sexual acts with juvenile trees. That would be wrong, and probably illegal in all states. (except Vermont, obviously). But if it's an *adult* tree, like the mighty redwood... i don't see a problem with it being a Facebook option."


And on, and on, and on. Brilliant.

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