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To appease a Steam user's demands for straight representation, Webfishing added a 'Straight' title that costs 9,999 fish bucks (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

normal /nôr′məl/

adjective

Conforming with, adhering to, or constituting a norm, standard, pattern, level, or type; typical. "normal room temperature; one's normal weight; normal diplomatic relations."

Functioning or occurring in a natural way; lacking observable abnormalities or deficiencies. Relating to or designating the normality of a solution.

definition 3 is not relevant, but i assume you’d agree that none of those definitions that were listed have specific statistical meanings

normal is not a useful statistical term: it does not mean average in any way - mean, median, mode, etc… normal is, in a social context, more likely to be interpreted to mean “Functioning or occurring in a natural way; lacking observable abnormalities or deficiencies”, so i think you’d have to admit being described as “not normal” would piss some people off

please adjust your language

[+] [email protected] -10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Conforming with, adhering to, or constituting a norm, standard, pattern, level, or type; typical. "normal room temperature; one's normal weight; normal diplomatic relations."

What is a standard by your definition? What is a pattern? A norm? How are they defined?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

What is a standard by your definition?

Human beings don't come in 'standards.' 105 men are born for every 100 women, does that mean women aren't 'standard' or 'normal'? You're using an appeal to definition, still. That isn't how we talk about people. There are more common things, but there is no 'normal,' 'standard,' etc. We have imposed standards, through a patriarchal system, which I feel Ursula K. Le Guin can explain far better than I.

So when I was born, there actually were only men. People were men. They all had one pronoun, his pronoun; so that’s who I am. I am the generic he, as in, “If anybody needs an abortion he will have to go to another state,” or “A writer knows which side his bread is buttered on.” That’s me, the writer, him. I am a man.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 days ago

i like how you call a dictionary definition simply “my” definition… if you’d like to learn more about the english language, i suggest you use a freely available dictionary website