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 > I like how you disclaimed the need for trigger/content warnings in discussions of anything regarding sex/gender/the intersection, then put a 'tw school' on your latest post -- it's not _wrong_, per se, but it's _fascinating_
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+/u/ralf_ (https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/787dqd/culture_war_roundup_for_the_week_of_october_23/dozclsu/)—
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+> I am still sometimes baffled by you folks. You are clearly clever, can write essays about arcane topics and put a lot of thought and energy in a consistent world view, cite academic sources pro and contra to it, and take on a whim for half a year sex hormones, even though it can make you sterile and messes with your body, just to see how it makes you feel. (Fricking Hormones!)
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+> And then in the middle I read a sentence which brings me right back to Earth after being among aliens:
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+>     (I am still a virgin, due to—performance difficulties on my part.)
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+> Excelling on a higher order, even daring to defy everything sacred and even nature itself, and then totally sucking at a basic human experience.... That may seem harsh, it is not meant that way, but ... dude. Dude! How can one undertake complicated research project to fullfill vain ideas about autogynophilia, instead of working a plan out to get laid?