Canada and it's new Tampon Rule.................... (Page 4/5)
ls3mach JAN 09, 11:20 PM
Last year I walked into an Amazon site I hadn't been to in a while. Threw me off, I thought I went into the wrong restroom. It's at all their sites now and has been.

Not super surprising either instance.
Cliff Pennock JAN 10, 06:52 AM

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Originally posted by PhatMax:

Doesn’t bother me….but it is a mental illness … just plain stupid.



Thinking transgenders are suffering from a mental illness implies a potential lack of education. A fundamental aspect taught in middle school biology is the embryonic development of gender, highlighting how deviations can occur during this phase, leading to being born in a body that does not align with one's gender identity. This biological perspective is exemplified by hermaphrodites, who possess both male and female sexual characteristics. Are they mentally ill as well? Of course not. But here you can visibly see something went wrong as where with transgenders, it's not as easy.

Contrastingly, identifying oneself as a cat lacks a corresponding biological basis. Unlike gender incongruence, there is no established biological pathway resulting in the accidental birth of a human with a feline identity. If you want to call this a mental illness, then you would probably be correct although I suspect it's more the fault of these people's environments where such behavior is actually encouraged.
maryjane JAN 10, 10:26 AM

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Originally posted by Cliff Pennock:
Contrastingly, identifying oneself as a cat lacks a corresponding biological basis. Unlike gender incongruence, there is no established biological pathway resulting in the accidental birth of a human with a feline identity. If you want to call this a mental illness, then you would probably be correct although I suspect it's more the fault of these people's environments where such behavior is actually encouraged.


You've probably not watched the documentary called Red Dwarf, which explains how a cat stuck on a vessel for an extended amount of time, the inbred offspring of the original pregnant cat, genetically evolved into a race of cat/human species.




In a galaxy far, far away on board a mining ship 5 miles long Dave Lister, a lowly technician, fed his cat Frankenstein for probably the last time. He was about to go into stasis for bringing an un-quarantined animal on board. Not only was she un-quarantined, she was also pregnant!

For 3 million years the cats bred, became educated and retold half forgotten stories about their God, Cloister the Stupid, who was frozen in time but would return and lead them all to Fuchal, the Promised Land.

During this time the Cat race evolved to a point where they needed religious laws to keep themselves in order and Cat priests were responsible for enforcing these laws.

Cloister gave the Cats 7 sacred commandments that they were bound to uphold; they were…[

THOU SHALT NOT BE COOL

• THOU SHALT NOT BE IN VAIN

• THOU SHALT NOT HAVE MORE THAN TEN SUITS

• THOU SHALT NOT PARTAKE OF CARNAL KNOWLEDGE WITH MORE THAN FOUR MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX AT ANY ONE SESSION

• THOU SHALT NOT SLINK

• THOU SHALT NOT HOG THE BATHROOM

• THOU SHALT NOT STEAL ANOTHER'S HAIR GEL
Patrick JAN 10, 02:17 PM

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Originally posted by maryjane:

You've probably not watched the documentary called Red Dwarf...



"documentary"
Cliff Pennock JAN 10, 04:30 PM

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Originally posted by maryjane:

You've probably not watched the documentary called Red Dwarf



😄 That was probably one of the weirdest SciFi shows I had ever seen!
maryjane JAN 10, 11:27 PM

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Originally posted by Cliff Pennock:


😄 That was probably one of the weirdest SciFi shows I had ever seen!


that's what made it so good!

Kryten: Oh, it's not the end for me, sir, it's just the beginning. I have served my human masters, now I can look forward to my reward in Silicon Heaven.
Lister: [Stunned pause] Silicon WHAT?
Kryten: Surely you've heard of Silicon Heaven?
Lister: Has it got anything to do with being stuck opposite Brigitte Nielsen in a packed lift?
Kryten: No, sir. It's the electronic afterlife. It's the gathering place for the souls of all electronic equipment. Robots, toasters, calculators. It's our final resting place.
Lister: I don't mean to say anything out of place here, Kryten, but that is completely whacko Jacko. There is no such thing as 'Silicon Heaven'.
Kryten: Then where do all the calculators go?
Lister: They don't go anywhere. They just die.
Kryten: Surely you believe that God is in all things? Aren't you a pantheist?
Lister: Yeah, but I just don't think it applies to kitchen utensils.I'm not a FRYING pantheist. Machines do not have souls. Computers and calculators do not have an afterlife. You don't get hairdryers with tiny little wings, sitting on clouds and playing harps.
Kryten: But of course you do. For is it not written in the Electronic Bible, "The Iron shall lie down with the Lamp".


I watched a lot of episodes of Death in Paradise before I realized the same actor that played Officer Dwayne Myers was the same one that had earlier played Cat in Red Dwarf.

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MarkS JAN 11, 11:15 AM
"Machine Manitou"
fierosound JAN 11, 01:24 PM

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Originally posted by Mickey_Moose:

As I stated, I can confirm this is NOT a hoax (with reference to the tampons/pads) as I work in a Canadian government building and they are indeed in place in the washrooms.



The Russia/Ukraine war and Middle East could explode into WW3 and this is the "crisis" Justin Trudeau's government needed to solve...

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rinselberg JAN 11, 02:54 PM

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Originally posted by fierosound:
The Russia/Ukraine war and Middle East could explode into WW3 and this is the "crisis" Justin Trudeau's government needed to solve...


Maybe the Tampon Rule is a step forward, or maybe it isn't, but you can always make this kind of remark. Regardless of whatever issue or measure that's just been decided, there's always going to be something that would seem to be a higher national priority. So remarks of this kind should not be accorded any value. Especially when you can't say anything specific about how this Tampon Rule and how the previous deliberations about it actually interfered in some tangible way with the Canadian government's national security responsibilities.

It's an empty remark.

Maybe the only exception would be if the Canadian (or any other) government had just announced an Emergency Declaration about a giant asteroid that was on the verge of destroying the planet... authorization to undertake some civilization-saving space mission to stop it from happening.

I guess it would be hard to diss it, sarcastically, with "this is the 'crisis' that the government needs to address," because then it would literally be "THE crisis that the government needs to address."

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Patrick JAN 11, 05:37 PM

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Originally posted by fierosound:

...and this is the "crisis" Justin Trudeau's government needed to solve...



Tony, PFF has a whole section dedicated to this kind of stuff... so as to keep it from dragging O/T down.