...I have a wallet. I use the school bag if I need to take my MacBook with me, but I almost never do unless it’s for like union meetings. So wallet and phone and keys in pockets. I don’t carry make up, I don’t carry sanitary napkins, I don’t carry change (I throw it in plastic bottles and at the end of the year, it… Read more

Oh, you’re offering to buy me a DSLR? Thanks, buddy! You’re so generous. Read more

1) Transgender is an adjective, not a noun. At least in terms of most of the world. South Asia, specifically the Indian subcontinent and its grouping of nations, has a transgender population which uses it as noun for themselves. However, elsewhere in the world, it’s an adjective and using it as a noun is considered… Read more

...I think that was the point. We don’t want “women friendly” cars. We want fun, cool cars. Read more

You’re the second person to suggest this is a front so the Chinese can copy Japanese makers. That’s a serious accusation. Perhaps I need to investigate this... Read more

I promise you, my intent was very different than the one you have accused me of before. So this is progress. It was not a threat, in the sense it was not intended to be threatening. It was intended to be literally the opposite. However, I accept that some might have perceived it to be threatening, and for contributing… Read more

I’ll take it from your specificity that my condition would not be one you would accept, and I’m thankful that my doctors and my governments have disagreed with you stringently about how I should be defined, and that there was no arguments about my gender marker being F. I’ll also assume you make it clear to any… Read more

That’s a good question, but I think I answered it already. Read more

Refusal to tolerate bigotry isn’t itself bigotry. That’s one of the phoniest excuses for being a mean person out there. “Let me do and say all these things that marginalise you and erase your existence. And don’t you dare criticise me for it! How dare you be intolerant of my intolerance?!” Read more

I am familiar, yes, sir. I am VERY familiar with the DoD progress on this matter. We’re not DoD. We can use the correct pronouns, and we should, because it’s the respectful thing to do. Golden rule, and even more, the platinum rule. Read more

Nope. No threats. I promised not to use the stick, and I will keep that promise. Does it look like I have removed any of these terribly offensive comments? I have not. And I rarely have, except in the most extreme of circumstances. But I certainly should have equal opportunity to counter these offensive comments. The… Read more

Well, it’s more than just that, though. All of the other booths were unshared. Each company had a booth the same size or bigger than this entire “China Parts Area.” So in comparison, it seemed not just empty, but also pathetic to have like five different companies in a space smaller than most other single Japanese… Read more

Done. Read more

That’s because it’s not sushi, and the quality isn’t questionable, it’s just poor. Read more

It already has come. I’m not misrepresenting how language works, we are agreeing. It’s the misgendering folks that are on the outs. There doesn’t need to be any coercion. They’ve already lost. Read more

That wasn’t a threat at all. The opposite, in fact. I have not and will not use them in that particular comment section. I am very, VERY reticent to use them in general, even when I object strongly. My point was that, as I said, I chose to make a comment in order to try to suggest reason, and yes human decency,… Read more

I profoundly disagree with this. Pronouns are gendered. Some languages have more options. Some have words for genders but no pronouns at all. Pronouns, especially personal pronouns, talk about social identity. Chelsea is a she because she identifies as a she. And as for the fact of her sex, which is not gender, even… Read more

I have admin powers on Foxtrot Alpha. I could ban you and every other misgendering commenter. Including the responses so far to my comment. And make it a “safe space.” Read more

I don’t carry a purse. I carry your standard navy blue Japanese school bag for work. But I found out years ago that despite what society tells me I should do I’m just not a... *sunglasses* Read more

Too much misgendering in the comment section. Stop that. Read more