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Zozano

@ Zozano @aussie.zone

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  • Transgender women athletes banned from women’s Olympic events by new IOC policy

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  • Why are you demanding that someone proves no advantage exists?

    I'm not. I'm simply stating that there is a difference, it isn't a matter of debate. It's like saying Kenyans are better at sprinting than white people in general.

    I believe that respecting trans people means being honest about the facts, and promoting equality. Both can be true.

    You are suggesting that trans women and girls be completely cut off from competitive sports in any form.

    You're arguing for trans women to be completely excluded from any form of sports whatsoever

    that trans women have some massive advantage over cis women

    None of these are claims I've made.

    You're hurting real people here.

    The only thing I'm hurting is the brains of the people who are jumping on the slippery slope, all the way to the strawman.

  • I vow to never tell a deliberate lie.

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  • You still haven't answered the question. I didn't ask what evidence exists for your position, I asked what evidence would count against it.

    Those are different questions.

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  • I'm going to plagiarise myself:

    This systematic review aligns with previous ones in highlighting critical research limitations. This includes the typically short study durations (<3 years) and a lack of data on elite athletes.

    So we aren't talking about Olympic tier athletes.

    Also, the authors themselves acknowledge the evidence quality sits between very low and low

  • I vow to never tell a deliberate lie.

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  • You've said delusion is always bad. But you've also set up your position so that nothing could ever count as evidence against it. if Coyote acts, he's real; if he doesn't, he just hasn't yet.

    That's not the absence of delusion, that's the definition of an unfalsifiable belief.

    I'm not asking you to abandon your practice. I'm asking: what would it take to convince you that you were wrong? If the answer is "nothing," then by your own standard, you're in moha.

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  • Then why the fuck are you even in this discussion?

    Because I believe what I'm saying is important?

    Whatever point you think I'm making, I'm not. I absolutely believe trans athletes should be capable of competing in whatever gender sports category they want, provided they are within range of their fellow athletes.

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  • Here's the issue though:

    I don’t claim “either you like hurting cows, or you’ve been duped by people who hate animals”

    The claim itself is a strawman, the fact that you are willing to accept it means your epistemology is bad.

  • I would have also accepted "crystals"

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  • Woooosh

  • I would have also accepted "crystals"

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  • Jokes on you, literally every game has time travel.

    If you consider that we are all traveling through time, at the speed of regular time.

    #timetravelfacebag

  • I vow to never tell a deliberate lie.

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  • It's actually a delusion believing angels - moreso, deities - don't exist.

    You lost me.

    Can you prove they exist? How can you be sure they aren't delusions if people only see them in conditions where brains reliably hallucinate?

  • I would have also accepted "crystals"

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  • So wait, why did Sin then attack Zanarkand?

    Did Jehct pull a fast one when Yu Yevon was having a nap?

    Also how the hell did Jehct leave in the first place?

    Did Dream Zanarkand stop existing after Sins attack?

    Or was it still there, licking its wounds while Tidua played blitzball with the country folk?

  • Transgender women athletes banned from women’s Olympic events by new IOC policy

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  • This systematic review aligns with previous ones in highlighting critical research limitations. This includes the typically short study durations (<3 years) and a lack of data on elite athletes.

    So we aren't talking about Olympic tier athletes.

    Also, the authors themselves acknowledge the evidence quality sits between very low and low

    For what it's worth, I don't give a shit about "fairness" in sports. What I am pushing back on is the insinuation that people are either malicious or manipulated if they don't accept the assertion that trans women do not have a competitive advantage.

    At best, it's uncharitable, and at worst, it a litmus test.

  • I would have also accepted "crystals"

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  • What's wild to consider is that Dream Zanarkand existed as an island somewhere on Spira.

    Though this begs more questions...

    How long has it existed?

    I think it's safe to say that the flashbacks Tidus has are not implanted, since Jecht also existed and they sent Jecht first.

    So it has probably been there since Jecht was born?

    This whole-ass city is just floating around out there somewhere, Sin has ignored it for decades, and it has modern day tech.

    You're telling me they couldn't have dreamt of some fucking nukes or something?

    "Tidus is the nuke"

    TIDUS IS A WHINGY CRYBABY TWINK

  • I would have also accepted "crystals"

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  • Name 7 plot points? I've got this:

    • this religion is a cult! Let's kill God!
    • "fuck you dad!"
    • main cast commit terrorism
    • manmade horrors beyond comprehension
    • the villain was kinda right?
    • beware men with unnatural hair colours
    • memory loss

  • If you're sexually frustrated & can rarely find a mate & decide to live a life of "nofap," what are the effects that buildup of sexual frustration has?

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  • Covid era proved this true, the risk didn't stop them.

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  • Cool, I'll check it out, but the claim is still a strawman.

    I'm a vegan. When i see people eating beef, I don't claim "either you like hurting cows, or you've been duped by people who hate animals".

    The claim itself is stupid and needlessly inflammatory.

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  • That's a strawman.

    You are saying that people do not reach that conclusion on their own.

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  • You're arguing in bad faith?

    You are creating a strawman by claiming anyone who cares about gender in sports is a bigot who is trying to hurt trams people.

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  • Sex assigned at birth should not matter at all.

    It shouldn't, but it does. As a matter of what is statistically relevant about the dichotomy between males and females.

  • If you're sexually frustrated & can rarely find a mate & decide to live a life of "nofap," what are the effects that buildup of sexual frustration has?

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  • You do you, if you feel energetically stronger, that's almost certainly due to your personality.

    Research has been done to discern whether athletes should refrain from sex before sports. The results showed that there was no meaningful performance difference is clarity, concentration, or energy levels.

  • I vow to never tell a deliberate lie.

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  • How far will you take it OP?

    Is withholding information a lie by omission?

    If your friend is being annoying, will you do the honest thing and tell them that their voice is beginning to become grating?

    What about when a loved one is dying, and they say they can see angels, will you tell them their brain is deprived of oxygen and they're hallucinating?