Chili didn’t even have meat to begin with, hence chili con carne. Black beans are in the original version

I recommend adding garbanzo beans (chickpeas) and squash as well

And why was this war started, again?

Renewable energy would remedy much of this situation, but some CEOs somewhere might not be able to afford a fifth superyacht

Why is Houston “hew-stown” while Houston is “house-ton”

My best pair of sunglasses are a pair of dark lenses with a snake motif that I got at a thrift shop for like $15. Keep them in a glasses case and they won’t get scratched.

Fwiw, if I see someone wearing fancy looking thick black rectangular lenses nowadays I assume they’re a predator thanks to Meta

I plan to book/get a tattoo that reads “I outlived the clown” under a cute clown face. I’m a circus performer so it’ll be a fun talking point

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My first language is Spanish, and I also speak French. Both are gendered heavily. I hate gendered languages but it is what it is. You can call a car “une voiture” (f) or “un char” (m). Hell, you can call a thing “une chose” (f) or “un truc” (m). I do love language studies though and find them fascinating

Unironically, good chat.

It’s not as simple as that, at least for humans.

Firstly, you’re not generally going around looking at people’s genitals, and even if you were you wouldn’t be able to tell if someone’s had surgery. A lot of trans folk pass well enough that you wouldn’t be able to tell we were trans unless we told you, at which point you look crazy insisting that a guy with a full beard and pecs is a woman.

Secondly, while sex and gender are separate, the distinction is often brought up without nuance. Sex is not a simple concept, and it’s impossible to define generally in a way that doesn’t misrepresent some class of cis folk. A trans woman has neither the hormonal levels, body fat distribution, strength, brain mapping, medical risks, nor (necessarily) sexual function of a cis man. Defining it fully by some metric such as chromosomes or the ability to reproduce erases all sorts of human experiences, like intersexuality or menopause.

We assign pets genders because of our human experience, but they almost certainly lack the concept. A dog doesn’t care what you call it. Hell, a dog rarely cares what it’s fucking.

Thanks for asking! Getting misgendered is different for everyone and heavily influenced by factors like age, weight, how far into transition someone is, how much they pass, etc. I’ve been trans for a long time I’m in a pretty comfortable place, but I still get misgendered on occasion.

How “bad” it is mainly depends on whether there is malice behind the misgendering. An honest mistake is excusable (until it becomes a pattern), an asshole is not. In fact, I unintentionally get misgendered the most by allies (ironically) but it’s never out of malice. I’d say overall it’s similar to your example of misnaming someone, especially since the two often go hand in hand. If it happens once or twice it’s not an issue, but if someone purposefully calls you by a different name (presumably one of the opposite gender) then there’s a problem. In some states your name and gender are protected, in other states it’s legally mandated to be a complete and utter asshole.

Regarding my original comment, it’s mainly frustration at the hypocrisy some people have who make every excuse to avoid using someone’s preferred name or pronouns, but then have no problem switching when it’s someone else’s pet.

There’s also this meme:

While I have you here: this is tough to hear but please believe us when we say the US is trying to genocide us. The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention has already issued its third warning , but getting people to pay attention has been a huge struggle for us. We’re literally just regular people trying to live regular lives.

It’s more obvious with some breeds than others. Female shibas tend to be slightly smaller and slimmer, for instance. But it’s rarely obvious unless a dog turns its butt to you. That said, people have never struggled to switch pronouns with a dog. It generally goes like this:

“Oh he’s so cute!”

“Thanks, she’s x years old”

“Oh she’s a girl? She’s lovely, can I pet her”

(As a trans person, I have more to say on how easily people pronoun switch for animals but that’s a different topic for another time)

Assister in French means to attend in English

They specifically don’t require a free hand

Instead of using a weapon to make a melee attack, you can use a punch, kick, headbutt, or similar forceful blow. In game terms, this is an Unarmed Strike

D&D isn’t a real world simulator. It values them all equally.

An Unarmed Strike without modifier would also be literally 1 point of damage, barring Monk or Unarmed Fighting Style

So there’s a few issues here:

• Unarmed Strikes do not require an open hand. Punches, kicks, and slams all count as the same Unarmed Strike
• If you were to allow this, there would be no reason to allow someone with two Shortswords or a Greataxe to do a BA strike
• …which would then render the BA attack from Polearm Master moot since they no longer need a feat to do that
• I’ll also note that the fighter with a sword in one hand and nothing in the other is likely using the Duelist fighting style, so that sword attack is effectively two die sizes larger. A Duelist Longsword is roughly equivalent to a Greatsword to put it in perspective

At the end of the day, allowing martials to perform a BA Unarmed Strike wouldn’t be game breaking, but it needs to be applied universally which has secondary implications

There are other games with fewer mechanical rules where you can go crazy with this kinda stuff. D&D is one of the most mechanically crunchy ones out there

Unarmed Strikes are not just punches, they have nothing to do with how many hands you have. You can even Unarmed Strike with a weapon in each hand. If you want to “dual wield” Unarmed Strikes, go Monk.

Because the car and air industries are so powerful they can effectively pay to suppress all other forms of transportation

Very frequently, across two countries even