Not relevant. I was just trying to say that you have to be very gullible to take a company’s word at face value.

You read the leaflet. Nice.

I’m neither and I got it. It’s a well known meme.

I don’t think that terms that can get you banned would do so in any context. You’d have to use it and then someone else would have to report you. Might be wrong though.

I have never been excluded from truth seeking conversations because I am cis.

Congrats. Unfortunately, it has not been my experience.

if you are being met with hostility, it’s because you are projecting it.

I honestly don’t think I am but it is something that I could ask if it happens again.

In my past experiences where my questions or disagreements, etc have been met with hostility, the reason seems to be that if I don’t 100% agree with what the other person is saying, it’s simply because I’m a straight white man and don’t know any better. Which, as you may guess, doesn’t lead to a very productive discussion.

By “post” do you mean the comment I replied to or the actual OP? Because I believe that the intent behind classifying “cis” as an insult is more aligned with my interpretation.

I think “slur” is not the right word but in some cases it can be used ina a derogartory or dimissive way.

You misunderstood my point. Context is important and, in this case, the context is using these terms in a platform for discussion (which are usually not very friendly). In my comment, I was thinking of why calling someone “cis” or “trans” or any other thing in a conversation can often be to insult or discredit the other person and why that’s wrong.

they take it personally because to them, they’re just normal.

Maybe they (including myself) might take it personally because to them you ARE normal. Regardless of your gender, skin colour or sexual orientation.

So, if I’m treating everyone the same, why is it wrong to ask for other people to do it as well? For example, if I’m trying to talk about a certain topic and your opinion is discarded simply because “you’re cis” then yeah, I have every right to be offended. Just because I’m white and a man it doesn’t mean that I’m necessarily part of the problem.

And no, I wouldn’t presume to know how if feels to be part of a minority that has to face constant violence and discrimination but that’s precisely why I want to have the conversation, I want to better understand what other people are going through. Although, that doesn’t mean that I will (or should) agree with everything the other person says. Being part of a minority doesn’t magically make you right about everything. Just like I might be biased due to my personal context, you can be biased because of yours.

You’re right, they’re not happy, they’re dead. And delicious.

A christian asking for facts. Lol.

For example? I mean, it is expensive but there are literally no other phones with the same chipset, an sd card slot and a headphone jack. Vote with your wallet, etc.

Tbf, I also got it for about $600 so in my case it wasn’t that expensive.

Sony Xperia 5V?

Don’t know about that camera stuff but mobile banking doesn’t have any issues. I have the Sony phone I mentioned above, I rooted it and it has the grand total of 0 issues.

Yeah, that has a locked bootloader and even though they promised you’d be able to unlock it, they never provided a way to do so. There’s at least 1 case in which a user sued them over it and asus had to reimburse them.

Not to mention all of the issues with their pc hardware. They’re a shit company and everyone should avoid them.

They’re also from asus. Big no-no

They should also have a wired option. But I guess that they removed the headphone jack from their latest phone for a reason.

Asus respects you as a customer? That’s why they just lost a lawsuit because they wouldn’t provide a bootloader unlocking method?

This is a meme. If you actually tried to use the severed finger, it wouldn’t work.

Aerosmith comes to mind.

Yeah and killing other people? Sure thing buddy.