• @[email protected]
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    923 months ago

    “Beryl? Even our Hurricanes are gender non-binary now.”

    That’s what he said in response to the National Hurricane Center posting the latest satellite image of the storm.

    It’s not nonsense. It’s a sustained attack on both people and science. This kind of message brings the science deniers and bigots closer together, helping to shore up that base and give it common ground.

    • @disguy_ovahea
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      133 months ago

      It gives them a new point of focus rather than the record-breaking severity of Beryl this early in the year.

  • Chozo
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    703 months ago

    I kinda want to start a fake movement to rename hurricanes as “themicanes”, just to piss off dipshit goobers like this.

    • @grue
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      33 months ago

      Why fake?

    • @dogslayeggs
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      33 months ago

      This made me chuckle. Thanks.

      Related: my buddy was wearing a romphim the other day at a party. It’s like a romper but for men.

  • @inb4_FoundTheVegan
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    443 months ago

    People with “Jr” in their name don’t get to make fun of other names.

    • @Lost_My_Mind
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      233 months ago

      Especially when their dad doesn’t even love them.

  • Flying Squid
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    393 months ago

    A couple of things:

    1. I’ve only ever heard Beryl as a woman’s name, although I don’t see a problem with a man or a nonbinary person using it. It’s a bizarre claim though. It’s like saying Mary is a ‘nonbinary name.’ Technically true because Donald is also a nonbinary name for the same reason.

    More importantly though…

    1. Hurricanes don’t have a fucking gender.
    • @FarmTaco
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      173 months ago

      I’ve heard some of them self identify as typhoons

    • @neclimdul
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      83 months ago

      I see, We really should check if they see themselves as agender or nonbinary then.

  • @Lost_My_Mind
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    213 months ago

    “Donald Trump Jr claims…”

    Sorry, I stopped paying attention. But also, I’m not sorry.

  • @RestrictedAccount
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    203 months ago

    DON’T FEED THE TROLLS

    I usually say this about the comments, but this is about the article itself.

    • Flying Squid
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      83 months ago

      I would not say the most prominent LGBT+ news outlet is trolling. They report on bigotry. It’s part of their job.

        • Flying Squid
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          83 months ago

          They already have power and queer people need to know when that power is wielded against them. That nonbinary people are becoming as big a target as trans people is something that people, especially nonbinary people, need to stay informed about.

            • Flying Squid
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              03 months ago

              You do realize he’s complaining about nonbinary people’s names, right?

      • @[email protected]
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        03 months ago

        And this guy saying he thinks Beryl is a non-binary name isn’t bigotry. Perhaps they’re targeting him for something else that he did that was bigoted? Did he do something else like that?

        • Flying Squid
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          13 months ago

          This is the sort of thing that a non-queer person coming from a position of privilege would say.

  • @[email protected]
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    133 months ago

    But is it weird? Beryl is a decidedly androgynous name.

    What’s weird is that his saying this turned into a news story.

    • @tacosplease
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      33 months ago

      There is a judge - Beryl Howell - who has given some (correctly) unfavorable rulings in Trump cases. Can’t help but think he’s talking about the name because of her.

    • @jeffwOPM
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      13 months ago

      What’s weird is that he’s complaining about androgynous names. Was he born yesterday?

    • 🔰Hurling⚜️Durling🔱
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      63 months ago

      Exactly. Sorry OP but I’m downvoting this post because this turd sandwich does not need any clout.

    • macniel
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      Wouldn’t their title be Monarch Beryl then? Also it would kinda fit in Sailor Moon since we had Uranus and Neptune being roommates together.

      • @[email protected]
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        33 months ago

        Yeah, I’m just assuming “Queen” is their first name since that’s how they’re referred to.

    • @grue
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      143 months ago

      [angry high-frequency noises]

    • @[email protected]
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      33 months ago

      Coercive human gender norms are to be consigned to the dustbin of history, either through progress or via the self-extinction of humanity. Whichever comes first.

  • @cabron_offsets
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    73 months ago

    I never seen a hurricane with a dick or a minge, so…

    • @jeffwOPM
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      23 months ago

      The list repeats until a name is “retired,” as this one probably will be