People play real fast and loose with these terms.

My advice is to do what you’re doing here, which is learn… But to remember to meet people where they’re at.

By these definitions, with sex relating to biological things, you might be tempted to tell someone they can’t just “decide” their sex, by this definition. Don’t do it.

Not saying you would, but resist the urge to get into a semantic argument. Just ask the specific people what they mean by these words when they say them, and roll with it. Prioritize understanding over being understood.

This advice goes for anything, but this is a particularly spicy meatball.

Makes a good litmus test

You can be upset about 2 things: where things are, and where things are going.

It’s become very fashionable to ignore a trajectory. “Build 3 more prisons in El Salvador”.

The issue isn’t that at this moment I can opt-out. The issue is that the infrastructure inevitably demands usage.

If you’re not upset you’re a collaborator.

Forget the “bloat”. Windows has an advertisements engine. I’m not talking about some stupid OEM bullshit bundled thing… I’m saying the operating system itself.

My OS (that I fucking paid for, no less) shouldn’t be piping me advertisements and it sure as shit shouldn’t be harvesting screenshots to train an AI model.

now that is a well-boiled frog

This “I’m not a resident” was annoying and stupid but would at worst get you jailed.

Now? Some stupid asshole is going to end up in an El Salvadorian prison.