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Re:Rust went from side project to world’s fastest growing la... by pasabagi on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @01:58PM (#34794211)
I was actually punning a bit on the word 'queer'. The point is, 'normal', as in straight, able-bodied, male, white, neurotypical, etc, is a minority - except in terms of representation, political or otherwise. This becomes a majority by creative coaltion building (white people, male people, neurotypical people, non-disabled, etc). You the turn around to the parts of the venn diagram that don't carry all of these treats, then treat them as a group who's concerns are marginal and not generally relevant.
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Re:Rust went from side project to world’s fastest growing la... by peoplefromibiza on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @02:54AM (#34801192)
the majority is straight , etherosexual and neurotypical globally

that's what everybody consider normal as in "it's the most typical and probable situation"

queer people are the 0.1% globally

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Re:Rust went from side project to world’s fastest growing la... by fidgewidge on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @10:42AM (#34805274)
This is just woke gibberish. Nobody defines normal as meaning specifically male, women are the majority of the population.
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Re:Rust went from side project to world’s fastest growing la... by kerkeslager on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @12:05PM (#34806952)
My guy, two posts ago you were telling me what pasabagi meant by "normal", and then when pasabagi themself comes to tell you what they meant by "normal", you're still fighting them on it?

If you just want to have an argument with someone, why don't you start an argument with someone who isn't trying to represent the underrepresented?

> Nobody defines normal as meaning specifically male, women are the majority of the population.

Not explicitly, but there are a lot of cases where female interests are treated as deviations from the norm.

I thought you said "normalness isn't defined mathematically". Which is it: do we define normal based on numbers (i.e. the majority) or not? Or does the defintion of normal just shift in whatever way is convenient for you to pretend your viewpoint is the majority viewpoint?

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Re:Rust went from side project to world’s fastest growing la... by pasabagi on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @06:18PM (#34812393)
Eh, I honestly thought it was common sense. Everybody gets disabled at some point in their lives, yet we treat disabled people as a special edge case. Women's health problems don't get as much funding or attention, because they're also treated as a special case. 'Normal' is and always has been a political category, not a physical one.
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