clown world is officially here

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AHEM...if we weren't already in clown world (psst...we were along time ago)
then it is official now...

Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) highlights the vital work that Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is doing to ensure that "female dummies" are used in vehicle crash testing "to fight the gender inequity among...crash victims."
https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1649054160380399619

This is Dio's proverbial "Ship of Fools." 

We're living in a huge Monty Python skit.

Maranatha!

BaleMaster wrote:This is Dio's proverbial "Ship of Fools." 

"See?? This is all Dio's doing!!" - Krich probably

"We demand equal pay too!  As well as 12 weeks paid family leave."

- Union of Female Crash Victim Dummies

Constantine wrote:"We demand equal pay too!  As well as 12 weeks paid family leave."

- Union of Female Crash Victim Dummies

"...a UFCVD spokesperson tells us that 'the female crash test dummies were found to have been crashed at speeds significantly less than their male counterparts.'"

"We still have such a long way to go in the fight for equality, inclusiveness, and whatever else we can dream up to keep us relevant", the spokesperson continued.

"Transportation Secretary Buttigieg, we want to make sure the right crash test dummies are hired.  Can you provide a definition for the word ‘female’?”

Pete:  "Yes, well remember that systemic racism and inequality is something that diminishes all of us. Of course its worst effects are for its victims, but our entire country is held back through the inequality and the mistrust that it creates.  That said, I am not a biologist, but I trust a female person to draw the line at where they / them choose to begin and end."

one comment I saw said something like

"why don't the male crash test dummies just identify as female?"

Using female dummies for crash testing is misogynistic

But aren't there like 176 genders?  Then wouldn't having only two be bigoted?  I'm so confused...  

I don't know anything about this, or the world of crash testing. But if I think "is there some legitimate way this could make sense?" it's not hard to find a plausible explanation. Obviously dummies don't have a sex or gender, I get how that wording could sound absurd, but nearly as obvious is that on average men tend to be larger than women. Perhaps crash test dummies have been exclusively more typically male size, and perhaps that results in test results and therefore safety features that aren't as effective for an average sized female as for an average sized male. Maybe that's not what this is about, but it could make perfectly good sense.

I also recognize that looking for the truth and legitimacy of what an opposing political side would propose has been long abandoned by basically all political anything.

The secretary should volunteer his services. He's not useful for much of anything else.

Grindboy wrote:I don't know anything about this, or the world of crash testing. But if I think "is there some legitimate way this could make sense?" it's not hard to find a plausible explanation. Obviously dummies don't have a sex or gender, I get how that wording could sound absurd, but nearly as obvious is that on average men tend to be larger than women. Perhaps crash test dummies have been exclusively more typically male size, and perhaps that results in test results and therefore safety features that aren't as effective for an average sized female as for an average sized male. Maybe that's not what this is about, but it could make perfectly good sense.

I also recognize that looking for the truth and legitimacy of what an opposing political side would propose has been long abandoned by basically all political anything.

Crash test dummies are genderless and take human averages in their testing. The bigger point is, we keep getting told there's no difference between men and women then they fight about this. The west is a circus led by weak men and we're going to face the hard times they create.

Black Rider wrote:

Grindboy wrote:I don't know anything about this, or the world of crash testing. But if I think "is there some legitimate way this could make sense?" it's not hard to find a plausible explanation. Obviously dummies don't have a sex or gender, I get how that wording could sound absurd, but nearly as obvious is that on average men tend to be larger than women. Perhaps crash test dummies have been exclusively more typically male size, and perhaps that results in test results and therefore safety features that aren't as effective for an average sized female as for an average sized male. Maybe that's not what this is about, but it could make perfectly good sense.

I also recognize that looking for the truth and legitimacy of what an opposing political side would propose has been long abandoned by basically all political anything.

Crash test dummies are genderless and take human averages in their testing. The bigger point is, we keep getting told there's no difference between men and women then they fight about this. The west is a circus led by weak men and we're going to face the hard times they create.

Wow, you actually DO know about crash test dummies!

As for the bigger point, clearly politics gonna politic.

Fear not, the pulpits will continue to go along to get along.

Superjuice wrote:Fear not, the pulpits will continue to go along to get along.

I don't understand who or what this is about, to the most recent post (mine)? To the OP?

Grindboy wrote:

Superjuice wrote:Fear not, the pulpits will continue to go along to get along.

I don't understand who or what this is about, to the most recent post (mine)? To the OP?

The Western religious world has unfortunately followed suit and joined in this Woke madness.

My mama always told me, "Stupid is as stupid does."

I read a humorous story last night online.  Most likely concocted or wishful thinking, but it made sense to me and I enjoyed it.  A nutshell summary of it:

Daughter in 9th grade tells her dad she's trans.  Dad's first thought to himself is "Oh no, what do I do?".  Dad's response to daughter is, "I'm trans too.  We can go through this together."  Daughter tells her dad he is not trans, dad tells her daughter to stop being a transphobic bigot.  

Dad drives daughter to school in full wig, gown, pantyhose, heels and makeup job worthy of making Mimi Bobeck on the Drew Carey show cringe.  Daughter: "Dad!  You're embarrassing me!".  Dad: "Daughter!  I didn't raise you to be a transphobic bigot.  Please stop that."  Mother/wife is falling apart at the seams with laughter the entire time.

Shortly after, daughter is convinced she's not trans afterall.  Dad has an inner sigh of relief and stops his act as well.  

How I understood the moral of the story, there's a parallel to goth in the 90's.  Coolest thing ever for some people, unless your parents try to do it too, then there's nothing uncooler.

^I'm laughing now but with four daughters, the chance that I will have to act similarly in the future sadly isn't zero.