• @Katana314
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      201 year ago

      Aha! See, parents have begun to anticipate that! Now, the reveal is executed by the color of sulphuric acid that’s unleashed from a set of industrial containers.

      • @[email protected]
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        211 months ago

        Look, if you can somehow find or synthesise a cyan or pink dye that’s stable in sulfuric acid, you can do whatever you want with it.

    • @grue
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      191 year ago

      Unironically not a bad gift for new parents, TBH.

      • @[email protected]
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        81 year ago

        Not a bad gift for anyone, if a tad impersonal. But a fire extinguisher is something that everyone should own.

  • Mario_Dies.wav
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    541 year ago

    “Glad we cleared that up, son. Don’t worry, I’ll be sure to practice safe sex during the celebratory orgy.”

  • @Emerald
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    521 year ago

    I guess technically sex reveal would be more accurate lmao

  • JackGreenEarth
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    421 year ago

    Unless it’s a coming out party, it’s not a gender reveal, it’s a sex reveal. Which is stupid as I thought we were moving away from sex stereotypes.

    • @WhiskyTangoFoxtrot
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      291 year ago

      When I first heard about “gender reveal parties” I thought they were coming-out parties for trans people.

    • @Sylvartas
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      211 year ago

      Gender reveals are fucking weird, man. Does anyone do that other than Americans ?

    • @tamal3
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      151 year ago

      I think some of us are moving away from such stereotypes, and the conservative backlash is moving full speed in a weird direction. As always.

    • @zik
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      31 year ago

      The Oxford Dictionary says:

      Sex is the biological category, whereas gender is the culturally shaped expression of sexual difference: the masculine way in which men should behave and the feminine way in which women should behave.

      So since it’s people talking about the biological male/femaleness they’re literally imposing cultural values on it right there, which I think qualifies as gendering.

      • @[email protected]
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        culturally shaped expression of sexual difference: the masculine way in which men should behave and the feminine way in which women should behave

        (Emphasis mine) This is where I struggle with the difference between sex and gender. I was raised to believe that there is no “should” here. Some biological male people were effeminate; some biological female people, masculine;* and most are a mix, and there’s nothing wrong with that. I’ve always believed that it was a cultural observation, not a cultural obligation that the majority of males were masculine and females feminine.

        • I struggle with proper semicolon usage, too.
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        -21 year ago

        You’re not able to gender someone else though, if someone says they’re female, you can’t go ‘No, you’re male’

    • @[email protected]
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      51 year ago

      Do you know many people that would throw a gender reveal party and dress the child in purely unisex clothing until they’re ready to choose for themselves?

      • Ms. ArmoredThirteen
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        211 months ago

        This is interesting because I’m trans and totally the other trans people I hang out with would do the unisex part, but all of us think reveal parties are dumb

  • @renrenPDX
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    251 year ago

    Ah yes. Many moons ago, my grandmother would insist on calling my friend that happens to be male, my boyfriend. “Your boyfriend is here!” Thanks grandma. I’m a guy.

  • @NOT_RICK
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    231 year ago

    Reminds me of older people not realizing what “Netflix and Chill” means. A manager at work once mentioned it when talking about fun weekend activities in a department meeting. Had to bite my tongue after that

    • @jettrscga
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      71 year ago

      It seems like Lemmy’s more about that “Plunder and chill”.

      • @RedAggroBest
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        31 year ago

        It’s Lemmy. It’s got the same vibe as early reddit. The number of people doing any “chilling” is going to be low, I guarantee it.

    • @Apeman42
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      71 year ago

      As long as she brings Grandpa Richard too. Can’t have a lemon party without old Dick.

      • @edgemaster72
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        21 year ago

        If I had a nickel for every comment thread of lemon party/old dick jokes in the last 2 days, I’d have 2 nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it’s happened two days in a row.

  • @fne8w2ah
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    141 year ago

    #TechnicallyTheTruth?

  • squiblet
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    111 year ago

    A sex party would be way better than a stupid “gender reveal”. That’s definitely one of the trends of the 2010s I can connect with the least.

  • @Emerald
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    91 year ago

    Image Transcription: Twitter Post


    Balm Threat, @balmthreat

    My 72 year-old mother just informed me she is going to her first “sex party” and doesn’t know what to bring.

    After some delicate questioning, “Gender Reveal, Mom. It’s called a Gender Reveal.”

  • tygerprints
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    61 year ago

    Maybe it’s a gender reveal party that will turn into a geriatric sex party. And she’s just not telling you that part yet.

  • @[email protected]
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    61 year ago

    “Yes, mom, it’s just a gender reveal party, nothing to worry about.”

    I will remember this for my next sex gender reveal party 😏

  • @x4740N
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    61 year ago

    “Sex Reveal Party” is still open to ambiguity

  • Drusas
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    61 year ago

    Surely people don’t actually bring gifts to those things.