MaxRide

well there are kind of dinosaur bones in the ground/that have been dug up out of the ground :| EDIT: also, I'm not trying to spark a debate here, but doesn't Genesis also basically give a starting of date around 3000 BC? :thinking: I mean, you can't take everything literally. :shrug:

Well, if you want to be really technical about it, the egg came first. Dinosaurs laid eggs before chickens did. :P

It's a contest that Dan and Phil are having; they're basically giving everyone a chance to design a new T-shirt (and poster) with both of them on it. :wacko:

~I made T-shirt and poster designs for the contest~ /not sure if you know about that but it's worth a shot :P

At this point, there are times when I care, and other times when I don't. With my family/friends/other people that I talk to all the time, I care quite a bit about what they call me (but, then again, I have to speak/interact with them all of the time, so that's more of an issue), while at school, I don't mind as much. To be honest, I wish my health teacher would actually say something about the difference between biological sex and gender, but she seems to be pretty unaware of the difference herself...I don't know, I might email her or something if the topic is discussed in class. Basically, I have mixed feelings towards the whole issue. Until most of society actually knows that biological sex =/= gender, I can deal with some gendering by absolute strangers and people who I am not very close with. I'm taking this from neutrois.com, but it's pretty much true for me [replace "a lot of people" with "I']: "A lot of people would ideally opt to have neutrois recognized as their gender and not be forced to make a decision between male and female only." In other words, I'll deal with being gendered for now, but I wish that I could actually choose the word that really fits how I feel. As for the whole 'being comfortable' thing, though, I really have no idea about how I'll feel about it in the future. Micah is about the only person I've heard of who identifies as neutrois themselves, and they're in their twenties. It's a fairly new identity, though, so it's not exactly easy to find [older] people who identify as neutral gendered/neutrois. :shrug: I appreciate that you're making the effort a lot. :hug: also, this is completely unrelated, but what do people think of the name Avery? I know that there are men who are named Anna, but I just don't really like the sound of it. :P It doesn't bother me to go by my birth name, so I might just stick with it, but I've always loved the name Avery, and it's kind of gender-neutral at this point. (I know a girl named Avery, but I've heard that it was originally a traditionally masculine name...either way, I love the way it sounds) EDIT: I mean, half the time I really like it, and the other half of the time I could care less. :shrug: I don't really want to change anything, though...idk, it's just an idea. :shrug: I probably won't do anything about it.

lisset hi

well hi

and my dad still isn't even trying to appear accepting of it even though the rest of my family (my mom and my two half brothers, I mean) have been completely awesome about the whole situation ._. Ah, well, I wasn't really expecting much understanding from him anyway Oh, don't worry, I'm not [very...okay, I am somewhat, but not really because of your comments specifically] upset about this. I just felt like some people (not you) were turning it into more than just a debate, if that makes any sense. Well, considering how socially awkward I am, I can't really live my life as "normal." :P I can completely understand if people don't understand this whole gender thing themselves; heck, before this summer, I didn't even know that there was a difference between sex and gender. It took me a while to learn everything myself, so I don't immediately expect everyone to understand if/when I explain that there are genders other than male or female. Believe me, I didn't get it either. -that was kind of a general note to any reader of this thread- If it's unnecessary for the situation, I probably won't say anything. :shrug: I almost certainly won't at school, at any rate. actually, I take that back. health teacher I'm looking at you Well, I'm trying to teach people (and other people are teaching me - it's not a one-way street here) in a way...so I guess that's the point of the debate. /probably wrong as usual

yep that's why it was a terrible reference

good preserve your sanity

yeah, I already know that just WHY

why do you have a random group

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSBq8geuJk0]Nicole Westbrook - It's Thanksgiving (Official Video) - YouTube[/ame] watch at your own risk

when did she get that job, Cel? :thinking:

taameen**sparks** :| AKA one of my three actual friends

No, I'm referencing a really terrible music video. xD

Also, Taameen has almost as many posts as I do now. :uhoh2:

SPAMMM

nobody gets the thanksgiving reference okay

also, the end of this video [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LQOZwZc4Hg]The Breakup - YouTube[/ame] IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRI-

thanksgiving /slightly obscure reference

I spammed a lot in the beginning. :p

well, I wasn't here for three weeks because of ~nerd camp~, but that's really it

I've been here for more than a year now. :|

also thank you for reminding me that I still have to make a card for my secret santa person