Miscellaneous Stuff

[STL_XUfan]

No one's against that other than the use of that stupid word assigned that no normal person would have ever used about 5 years ago. You are or you are not. Noticed would be a better word for what is done at birth.

That is what is going on here. Algerian boxer born with a vagina, listed as a woman on her birth certificate, raised a woman, competed as a woman. Based on an unconfirmed report of a rare genetic anomaly, people are claiming she is a man and cannot compete.

[MHettel]

I couldnt read the article. How rare is that “condition”?

Like “one in how many people” have it?

Also “one in how many people” win a gold medal?

Let’s do some math…

For demonstration purposes, assume each is 1000 to 1 odds.

Then being the 1 in a thousand for both would be “1 in a million”

But being a gold medal winner is far more rare than 1 in 1000. Assume the there 500 gold medal winners in the world. And assume just 15% of the world population (of 7B) is of an age to realistically compete for a gold. The odds therefore are 500 in 1,050,000,000. That’s .000048%.

So .000048% of people win a gold and let’s just keep the assumption that 1 in 1000 people have that gender abnormality.

Now we’re at .000048 *(1/1000) = 1 in gazillion.

So either these are independent variables and a 1 in gazillion event happened, or there is a cause and effect going on.

[xu82]

That is what is going on here. Algerian boxer born with a vagina, listed as a woman on her birth certificate, raised a woman, competed as a woman. Based on an unconfirmed report of a rare genetic anomaly, people are claiming she is a man and cannot compete.

That sounds like an awkward first date.

[noteggs]

https://scontent-lga3-2.xx.fbcdn.net...AQ&oe=66B690E7

Now that’s funny!

[paulxu]

Men's and women's basketball Olympic finals were some fun to watch.

[GoMuskies]

I think it's time for the U.S. to dissolve.

https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/summer...hp_featst_pos5

[94GRAD]

I think it's time for the U.S. to dissolve.

https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/summer...hp_featst_pos5

I thought Color Wars was going to be something different.

[GoMuskies]

I thought Color Wars was going to be something different.

Just don't get too enthusiastic about your chants if you're on the white team!

[paulxu]

If you ever get a chance to do SimSoc (Simulated Society) exercise, you’d learn how easy it is for factions to develop and society to disintegrate.
Blue, green, yellow and red teams.

[xu82]

If you ever get a chance to do SimSoc (Simulated Society) exercise, you’d learn how easy it is for factions to develop and society to disintegrate.
Blue, green, yellow and red teams.

I was a “Have Not”, so I spent most of my day sitting on a floor in a room at a hotel. Pretty boring until someone snuck out the window and went for beer. Things looked up from there.