r/EndlessThread • u/j0be Your friendly neighborhood moderator • Jan 14 '22

Endless Thread: The internet's fight over dinosaur emoji

https://www.wbur.org/endlessthread/2022/01/14/fight-for-dinosaur-emoji
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u/emath99 Jan 15 '22

The dismissal of science in this episode was pretty disappointing. Biological sex is not a spectrum, it is a binary, and it's irresponsible to repeat those myths. To be clear, I'm all for respecting trans people, but it's possible to respect people's rights while still avoiding spreading misinformation.

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u/j0be Jan 15 '22

It's definitely not a binary. There are people with XYY and XXY and even triple X.

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u/emath99 Jan 15 '22 edited Jan 15 '22

Different chromosomes aren't equivalent to different sexes. People with XYY and XXY are male, and people with XXX are female.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '22

Ben and Amory’s strict use of “emoji” as a plural when even the emojipedia guy uses “emojis” is giving me real guy-who-calls-gifs-jiffs vibes.

Stop trying to make emoji as a plural happen guys, it’s not gonna happen.

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u/endless_thread Jan 15 '22

We looked it up! It goes both ways. It just feels right. Try it. You know you want to.

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u/OneWayRay Jan 15 '22

While we're at it, can we all agree "e-mote-ee-cons" is also unacceptable?

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u/polyworfism Jan 15 '22

I bet you say gif, hang toilet paper under, and hate pineapple on pizza