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EhipassikoParami t1_j1ddr2m wrote

Reply to comment by Firstpoet in Scotland passes legislation allowing people to change their gender easier. by Ohnoitsewan

> So words are actual physically objective social constructs. Really?

They are if you write them down.
Also, since when is gender "physically objective"? Considering the dictionary definition of gender, which you are free to look up for yourself.

I don't think you think very deeply. All you do is grind your axe, and that axe is based solely on emotion.

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Firstpoet t1_j1dxa68 wrote

Alice in Wonderland: "When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less." "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."

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