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shellshocktm t1_iye31xr wrote
Are they not teaching this stuff in school anymore? I don't mean to be snarky, just curious.
shellshocktm t1_iy8i8m4 wrote
Reply to ELI5. Why do active noise cancelling headphones/earbuds not protect your hearing? by mostofit
Don't know what everyone is saying here because ANC was actually developed for the aviation industry specifically to protect pilots' hearing. The ones that are commercially available just aren't good enough to be protective to that degree. A good pair will be expensive and work well to block out noises and reduce the exterior loudness.
shellshocktm t1_iy2iooz wrote
Reply to comment by geek_fire in Eli5 - What is the real meaning of being queer? by confusedsoul95
They're both ideologies and thus necessitate belief. Either one of them may be closer to the objective truth but that hasn't been explored adequately. I used that framing as a working definition rather than something concrete.
shellshocktm t1_iy2fv6r wrote
Reply to comment by geek_fire in Eli5 - What is the real meaning of being queer? by confusedsoul95
You're misunderstanding me. I'm not saying not being queer means believing the heteronormative ideology. I'm saying anyone who doesn't meet the criteria set by heteronormativity is definitionally queer. It just helps with categorisation.
shellshocktm t1_ixyhc1g wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Eli5 - What is the real meaning of being queer? by confusedsoul95
There's no need to be hostile. Heteronormative simply means the belief that there are just two sexes/genders that are immutable and that sexual orientation is immutable as well and naturally only directed towards the opposite sex/gender. Anything outside of this both in terms of sex and sexual orientation including intersex is not considered a separate category but is seen as simply being born out of a biological anomaly. So anyone who identifies as not being within the heteronormative frame may refer to themselves as queer as an umbrella term.
shellshocktm t1_ixydw7r wrote
The people who advocate for queerness haven't come to a consensus yet because it's a nebulous term that doesn't really mean anything. The simplest explanation is queer = anything that isn't heteronormative.
shellshocktm t1_iucb748 wrote
Reply to [OC] my bird looks like a villain by pro-shitter
The clock is ticking, Mr. Bond.
shellshocktm t1_iyuebnp wrote
Reply to Orion Nebula shot in my backyard by careless25
How did you fit an entire nebula in your backyard?