Facebook adds 50 new gender options

[Tonkka²]

ugh i hate memes

Memes can be great if they are used correctly. In wrong hands they're the worst kind of cancer: cancer that thinks its cool.

imo Foul Bachelor Frog memes are the best thing ever.

[Ad Bot]

[Char]

The problem is that words like "abnormal" and "mental illness" are taken as insults when really they don't have to be.

the problem is that homoloveuality isn't a mental illness
the thing about sickle-cell anemia was to show that "abnormal" was being used weirdly
and what's abnormal about loveual orientation, anyway?

It certainly does affect their ability to live, what. Try asking any gay fella how his life was a hell of indecision and confusion for weeks to months after realizing he likes richards.

Therefore, growing up is a mental illness.

[Aces]

It certainly does affect their ability to live, what. Try asking any gay fella how his life was a hell of indecision and confusion for weeks to months after realizing he likes richards.

There'd be less stress about a boy realizing he was gay if he would still be liked and respected for being gay.

[Anal Blaze]

Therefore, growing up is a mental illness.

Biologically speaking, yeah, to some degree. The brain is still developing, thus its function is hampered. It wouldn't be inaccurate at all to say that growing up is just a state of inherent mental illness, and that the entire childhood to adolescence is the recovery period.

There'd be less stress about a boy realizing he was gay if he would still be liked and respected for being gay.

Too bad that's not how the world works.

[Cool Boi]

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it should be obvious, really.

[Aces]

Too bad that's not how the world works.

That is literally how the world works.

If people you regularly associate with are more accepting of homoloveuality, coming out as homoloveual will be less stressful for you.

That is absolutely all there is to it.

[Swampivorous]

What the actual forget.

I can't...I can't.  Even.

[DrenDran]

the problem is that homoloveuality isn't a mental illness
the thing about sickle-cell anemia was to show that "abnormal" was being used weirdly
and what's abnormal about loveual orientation, anyway?

I never said homoloveuality was an illness.
Gender Identity Disorder is, however, because even without social factors such as discrimination and prosecution people with it still can be tormented by the disparity between their gender and love.

The point is homoloveuality is still a small minority.

Though, studies from various nations, including the U.S., covering varying time periods and age groupings have produced a consistent range 1.20–5.60% of the adult population

Homoloveuality is abnormal, it is a minority.
This doesn't make it wrong but at the same time when one person meets another the assumption is that they're both heteroloveual until proven otherwise.

[Muslim]

everything brown town blaze has posted kind of makes me cringe a bit

[Fezbot]

I'm really glad they did this
one of the only really good things facebook has done

[Aces]

everything brown town blaze has posted kind of makes me cringe a bit

someone doesn't know the difference between the things you can't help in the world and basic human mindsets that change with more information

[Harm94]

everything brown town blaze has posted kind of makes me cringe a bit

Taboo*

[Muslim]

Taboo*

yes i know but i always try to use the most up-to-date alt name

[Reficul]

i had no idea brown town blaze was taboo until now

[Kingdaro]

That's a hell of a lot of options but damn, kudos to you Facebook.