Gender Pronouns. They exist. Get used to them. All of them.

       

 

    So, you're saying you can only speak "English"?

    Too tired to learn new words?
  
    Too stupid to learn now concepts (I'm not calling you stupid, but I am suggesting that the idea is stupid).

    Too lazy to learn new pronunciations in addition to Pronouns?

     I mean, I can conjugate in French and German in addition to English. It is nothing special in today's multicultural world. You just got to remember;

 → Differing languages mean memorizing new words to many folks.
→Just got to learn them, then use them when appropriate.

    Even YOU probably know the Pronoun "Ms", pronounced "Mizz", to indicate you are not sure if the woman is married or not, so not to insult them, utilize "Ms" to indicate that you understand their gender, but not their married status.
 

    A very handy Pronoun to utilize. And feedback I've received indicates that they appreciated my faux-pas avoidance.

    Whoa, was I triggered or what? LOL.
Big Whup.../s

Perhaps in future, the type of Pronouns a person wishes to be identified can sport a "flag tattoo" on their foreheads. I mean, not every one can read the minds of folks they are talking to/with.
Each flag design can relate to a certain "Pronoun Preference", kind of like what Ships at sea use to signal their requirements/warnings/condition. 

He/Him, She/Her, They/Them, ey/em/eirs, zi/zir/zirs are the most popular "NeoPronouns.

I have found a list of most common Gender Pronouns, and will put that list at the bottom of this post.

So getting back on topic; Millions have learned Ship-Flag nomenclature, so with time, perhaps this will be a least-invasive/obtrusive/intrusive/rude/polite manner of pronoun identification. Hey, I said it first here!

I mean, a goodly percentage of other-pronoun'd already sport tattoo's of one variety or another.

    C'mon folks, start designing some kind of standardized design spreadsheet with pronoun options.

    That would be a much better idea than Sexuality Identification Tattoo's - too many folks are too tightly clasped to their fake-christian-bibles and trying to use absolutely no references to abuse those not the same as them. The Christian Right would like nothing better than to tattoo serial numbers on forearms as it seemed to "work in the past".

Sick Fucks!

THEY are the sicko's, not the rainbow coalition members.

    And extending this thought-turd, perhaps tattoo's can also advise others of one's "Furry" preference, with an open mouth to signify "capable of talking", or a diaper to signify "incapable of taking care of one's self" LOL.

    Who knows, weirder things have happened in the USA, eh? 
A statutory rapist as the head of the entire Legal Apparatus in the country?
Con-man and Fraudster convict as President?
Conspiracy Theorist Dr. in charge of Healthcare.
Junior Lawyer that could not afford to quit Trumps legal team (she had bills, apparently) will become the next Attorney General of the USA. Oh, yes, she "really" can think for herself, right? *wink* *wink*,

    Yeah, not such a stupid idea after all, eh? Just need someone with access to Photoshop to design pronoun/sexuality specific tattoo's that are small, mostly unobtrusive (you would want to be polite, right?) and simple in shape/colour.

    Perhaps start with a standard "outer perimeter shape", like Oval, Star, Rectangular, or even a colourized character design, like a capital "P" with the colour-combination detailing which Pronoun to be utilized.

    In the same manner, sexuality can be similarly "advised".
A "missionary position" icon to indicate Catholic.
A "missionary position with beer" to indicate Protestant.
A "Missionary position + superimposed seated position" to indicate swinger both ways.
    And so on. (No, I'm not suggesting Anglican. That'd piss off an entire nation of nose-punchers below Scotland.)

     A Brown Cross to signify Christianity (being brown, and not white), or white, to signify Religious-Right morons who have totally co-opted and mostly re-wrote the bible with ridiculous interpretations of already well-identified passages.

    "Jehovah's Witnesses" can use the number "144k" to indicate that in their re-written version of the Bible, only 144,000 Witnesses will be allowed to ascend into Heaven.
The rest? I dunno. Tough Luck, I guess...

Muslims → Star of Islam (Crescent moon +5-pointed star)

And on and on.

    No need to be so high and mighty about folks with different preferences, likes, dislikes, foods, languages, habits and much more. To even dislike a anothers preferences, no matter what language or nationality, is bigoted, misogynistic, and base-disgusting because of the sickness of such a position. I mean - those folks literally make me ill!
    It's like the opposite of a Possum. Instead of automatically feigning death when scared, a bigot will automatically turn violent (physically OR verbally) upon being "scared" by folks other than them. Or their customs, languages, foods, clothing, and more. They always seem to have a handbook with slurs and excuses nearby as reference.

But ask them to list one true "fact" - that cheat-book is worthless because they don't know, or are afraid to think for themselves.

If a person has issues with even ONE feature (which includes all subcategories mentioned above!) of another person, they need to stop and have a long think about their morals, ethics and honestly, their lives up to that point.
    I mean, since when is what another person does any of YOUR business? Unless it impacts the quality of YOUR life, Shut the Hell Up!

At Biden says, "Listen..." Anyone can be a Dick. But why?

My suggestion is simply laziness.

→Too lazy to learn about the others.
→Too lazy to learn that what they are told are lies, even though they suspect it.
→Too lazy to stand up and speak the truth.
→Too lazy to find good friends, and not other lazy folks with likely low standards and poor educations.

Whoa, was I triggered or what? LOL.
Big Whup.../

 

Here is the list - I could not copy/paste, so had to grab a screenshot. There is a ton of info on if you want to read more about these folks. 

 

Peace,
.- .-. 

 

 

 

Using GPS eroding memories of how to use Map and Compass. Along with usually well developed Sense of Direction or even Situational Awareness. This could be bad.

The Dean of the Academic Board-West Point - put out a video discussing Habitual GPS users and loss of map and compass skills and especially Situational Awareness!

Quite the eye opener, and honestly, it hit home with me. 

I have noticed the loss of some map reading skills - mostly that I don't use them much any more as I do have a cell phone always with me, but mostly for looking up shit, and not really communicating. My fingers are to friggin' big to tippy-tap at any cogent speed. 

 

(HINT) I often use the voice-to-text feature in WhatsApp to chat with my wife. I'm at home alone, and she's at work with others, so she will type her replies.

(Click on the word bar as if you were going to type something in there, then click on the small black microphone BELOW the word bar, and a recording screen. It will start recording immediately, but you can pause it to sort your shit out before you talk. Talk normally, not too fast, and a tiny bit of annunciation on some words may be required, but I find it about 98% accurate to what I say.)

The point the video makes is that the more you use a GPS, and even though you may have had, and used, standard map and compass training, consistent use of a GPS may very well erode your memory of how to use map and compass.

This is often a complaint of many who don't believe their GPS for one reason or another, and cannot find a good map any more, or even a decent, accurate and sturdy alcohol compass!
but when they finally get the hardware together, it takes a long time to remember the skills and mind-visualization required to properly read and assess a route/location on a Topographical map.

That, unfortunately is about the ONLY style of map that can accurately depict information for map users that everyone understands. In Edmonton, AB, MapTown, downtown used to be the source for many agencies for good Topographical Maps of various kinds.

I suppose mostly Hunters or Resource search agencies would still use these types of maps. I'd trust them over a GPS signal, and would hope the two would offer the same answer confirming each other.

 Listen, I have long loved map and compass exercises, and even a couple of long(er) Orienteering "contests". Canadian Army Sgt (ret'd). Loved to teach Map and Compass as well. I still have several (unclassified) Topo Maps from when I taught that subject, and hold onto them simply because they have pretty decent information laid out in an understandable fashion to anyone with the appropriate training.

Blackout Driving Orienteering. That's when you have the map in the passenger seat, some rookie Private in the operator's seat, and down the lane you go. Would you like to know the most commonly heard phrase from the passenger seat?

"Ah, fukkit, turn around, we musta missed a side-track". Yeah, blackout lights don't really offer any view to the sides. Sure made life interesting - and nights super long.

Modern HUD's can offer pin-point location information, with Military Dithering removed, right down to the centimeter level. Daylight-level night-vision is available on the Civilian market - Pin Camera's from AliBaba.com have amazing resolution (so they claim), and their night-vision security camera's offer amazing night-time visibility - enough to even "colourize" the image.
Holy Cow!

The stuff we have in our cell phones can, at best, get us locked to 3-5 metres. Perhaps better in open cities with more cell towers as well.

 Loved it.

Unfortunately, I'm also a Nerd, so I was into GPS when I took my PLGGR Instructor course way back when. (It was winter, and often location spikes were buried 3' under the snow...at minus 23°C. Arrrmy Training, SIR! LOL). However, we usually were within a few CM of the target pin, so our minds were totally blown on this course!

Then I bought the first B&W GPS device (Garmin?). I even had a small device I kept in my backpack to plug into my GPS-Less cell phone. The small device was the GPS Receiver, USB cable to my phone which used its processor to do the math and display onto an Map App, where I download maps from Google, and then I could track my own location/trace the track, and I think set some waypoints. Fairly basic - but for the time, it was groundbreaking for the civilian market.

But since I retired, I've been relying more and more on my cell phone's GPS App for getting around, even though I often know damned well where we are going.

I keep it up on my screen because
a. I can see the destination,
b. I can see road conditions, 
c. I can see user input to police activity/roadblocks/speed traps/speed camera's, and
d. I can record and archive each trip for historical reference. (Free App)

If you are using Google Maps, you can opt to get a monthly report on your "travels", including names of places you have stopped at.

(Some folks are Data-Shy, and don't like having a big-bro keeping track. That's fine. Free Choice, and all that stuff.)

I can keep track of how far I have driven each month/year. Additionally, you must know that I use my mobility scooter for over 95% of my trips, so it is handy as a tracker in case I have medical issues, my wife knows where I am. No extra cost. And yes, it's on my Android.

Admittedly, a few times I got confused between my brain and what the GPS is telling me, but it's only a matter of a bit of concentration to sort out reality LOL.

I do miss orienteering. But too old, too broken. 

 

Great Memories tho'!