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Post by NoNamePerson on Nov 4, 2015 21:08:48 GMT -5
Dang, and they are available at Sports Academy. Guess where I'm headed tomorrow.
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Post by Tennesseer on Nov 4, 2015 21:15:52 GMT -5
You can use that at the urinal with guys peeing by your side with no problem. The Urinal Code is no one looks down or sideways at the other pee-ers beside or near you. Eyes forward and slightly raised up toward the ceiling. Shake it gently when done-the accidental tapping of the plastic on the urinal may give you away.
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Post by Tennesseer on Nov 4, 2015 21:17:08 GMT -5
One more thing-NO EYE CONTACT.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2015 21:47:55 GMT -5
They never were (I understand that some women can successfully use a "standard" urinal without any "helpful device")
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Post by Malarky on Nov 4, 2015 21:53:02 GMT -5
I skimmed this thread, I'm in my.phone. but the first question I need to ask is this - what were the circumstances that allowed this child to be eligible for the girls sports team? why do those requirements differ from whatever gets you tye locker room of your choosing? sent from my electronic distraction I think it's a fair question because even if a male identifies as female, it doesn't mean all the male characteristics go away; and I have to wonder how other teams feel about that situation as well. It's all well and good if there is no competitive advantage, but it's another thing if the team is winning more games because of it. Even if people have no issue with people who are transgender, there are certain realities to the situation that need to be taken into consideration. Generally speaking-and I know there are exceptions, so please refrain from pointing them out-males have a larger muscle mass than females. A person born male generally has a physical advantage over a person born female. Removing your dangly bits doesn't change that. And transgenders are such a small percentage of the population that I don't feel it unreasonable to expect them to use a different bathroom from male or female. i do think it's unreasonable to make the majority uncomfortable.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Nov 5, 2015 5:33:36 GMT -5
If we did away with urinals, I really don't think unisex bathrooms would be an issue. It would stop the inevitable group of females standing around chatting while the rest of us are trying to wash our hands and get out. But changing areas? Nope.
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Post by mroped on Nov 5, 2015 12:47:12 GMT -5
In Reykjavik airport I haven't seen any urinals. All stalls were a half bath on their own: toilet and sink. Not crammed either! I don't recall if they still had "men" and "women" separate bathrooms
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Nov 5, 2015 12:53:05 GMT -5
One more thing-NO EYE CONTACT. I'd think eye contact would be better than someone staring at your junk! What are you supposed to look at in there?
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Post by Tennesseer on Nov 5, 2015 12:57:07 GMT -5
One more thing-NO EYE CONTACT. I'd think eye contact would be better than someone staring at your junk! What are you supposed to look at in there? Eye contact bad-means you might want to 'hook up' or challenging them to a who can pee the fastest contest. Not good. Looking straight up and counting the little holes in the tile ceiling is best.
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Post by buystoys on Nov 5, 2015 12:58:06 GMT -5
One more thing-NO EYE CONTACT. I'd think eye contact would be better than someone staring at your junk! What are you supposed to look at in there? 8675309.... Phone numbers.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Nov 5, 2015 13:19:15 GMT -5
or you could look at what you're dong to make sure the pee is going in the right direction.
LMAO @ peeing contests! Does that happen?
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Nov 5, 2015 13:20:09 GMT -5
I'd think eye contact would be better than someone staring at your junk! What are you supposed to look at in there? Eye contact bad-means you might want to 'hook up' or challenging them to a who can pee the fastest contest. Not good. Looking straight up and counting the little holes in the tile ceiling is best. LOL! Ok....but doesn't looking up make you pee on the floor?
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Post by The Captain on Nov 5, 2015 13:36:35 GMT -5
I'd think eye contact would be better than someone staring at your junk! What are you supposed to look at in there? Eye contact bad-means you might want to 'hook up' or challenging them to a who can pee the fastest contest. Not good. Looking straight up and counting the little holes in the tile ceiling is best. *Snort!* Seriously?!? Guys think like this!!! (No wonder I will never, ever, be able to understand DH)
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Post by frankq on Nov 5, 2015 13:55:17 GMT -5
Sorry......but your not Transgender until you get the full monte. You are defined by your plumbing. "Identifying" with gender, race, etc......doesn't cut it. I wouldn't want a GUY showering with my daughter either.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2015 14:52:26 GMT -5
I think it's a fair question because even if a male identifies as female, it doesn't mean all the male characteristics go away; and I have to wonder how other teams feel about that situation as well. It's all well and good if there is no competitive advantage, but it's another thing if the team is winning more games because of it. Even if people have no issue with people who are transgender, there are certain realities to the situation that need to be taken into consideration. Generally speaking-and I know there are exceptions, so please refrain from pointing them out-males have a larger muscle mass than females. A person born male generally has a physical advantage over a person born female. Removing your dangly bits doesn't change that. And transgenders are such a small percentage of the population that I don't feel it unreasonable to expect them to use a different bathroom from male or female. i do think it's unreasonable to make the majority uncomfortable. And yet I still see a transgender Olympics as yet to come due to the definite advantage a DNA construct male has as transgender female competing against DNA construct females. Not to mention transgender school sporting programs, and transgender programs for all sports professional and private. We can't have a Hulk Hogan sized transgender setting all kinds of new records in the female competitions . Doesn't seem fair.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2015 14:55:57 GMT -5
Eye contact bad-means you might want to 'hook up' or challenging them to a who can pee the fastest contest. Not good. Looking straight up and counting the little holes in the tile ceiling is best. LOL! Ok....but doesn't looking up make you pee on the floor? No, but the cold water is a problem sometimes. (for me anyway)
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2015 15:00:19 GMT -5
If we did away with urinals, I really don't think unisex bathrooms would be an issue. It would stop the inevitable group of females standing around chatting while the rest of us are trying to wash our hands and get out. But changing areas? Nope. Why not ? Are you an opposite sex-phobe or just shy ?
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Post by MJ2.0 on Nov 5, 2015 15:03:25 GMT -5
Shy. I don't want to be getting nekkid in front of strange men.
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Nov 5, 2015 15:18:15 GMT -5
LOL! Ok....but doesn't looking up make you pee on the floor? No, but the cold water is a problem sometimes. (for me anyway) And some of them are deep.
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Post by Tennesseer on Nov 5, 2015 16:49:19 GMT -5
Eye contact bad-means you might want to 'hook up' or challenging them to a who can pee the fastest contest. Not good. Looking straight up and counting the little holes in the tile ceiling is best. LOL! Ok....but doesn't looking up make you pee on the floor? Everyone (men) pretty huddle pretty close to the urinal, practically right in it. Not like at home where it goes everywhere but in the bowl. Safe article. Explains a lot. Both are humorous. The Top 5 Male Restroom Etiquette RulesAnd another (from the same authors) 6 Rules For The Workplace Bathroom (The Code Of Ethics)
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Nov 5, 2015 18:37:30 GMT -5
You guys have way more rules than we have. Or if we have them, I don't know them. I avoid public restrooms at all costs.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2015 19:58:19 GMT -5
I'd think eye contact would be better than someone staring at your junk! What are you supposed to look at in there? Eye contact bad-means you might want to 'hook up' or challenging them to a who can pee the fastest contest. Not good. Looking straight up and counting the little holes in the tile ceiling is best. Or reading the graffiti written in the grout between the wall tiles...
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Post by Politically_Incorrect12 on Nov 5, 2015 21:24:13 GMT -5
I think it's a fair question because even if a male identifies as female, it doesn't mean all the male characteristics go away; and I have to wonder how other teams feel about that situation as well. It's all well and good if there is no competitive advantage, but it's another thing if the team is winning more games because of it. Even if people have no issue with people who are transgender, there are certain realities to the situation that need to be taken into consideration. Generally speaking-and I know there are exceptions, so please refrain from pointing them out-males have a larger muscle mass than females. A person born male generally has a physical advantage over a person born female. Removing your dangly bits doesn't change that. And transgenders are such a small percentage of the population that I don't feel it unreasonable to expect them to use a different bathroom from male or female. i do think it's unreasonable to make the majority uncomfortable. It sounds like you and I agree...I'm not sure what exceptions you think I would point out.
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Post by Phoenix84 on Nov 6, 2015 10:17:04 GMT -5
The strangest and scariest thing about all this is that the very fabric of society itself is being altered to accommodate the perceptions people have of themselves that don't match reality.
In every other case, if people have perceptions of themselves or others that don't match reality, at best we consider it weird, at worst we call that person delusional.
But for some reason, when someone has a perception that their gender is wrong, suddenly the normal rules don't apply and not only do we have to accept and partake in thei delusion, but we have to restructure society for them.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Nov 6, 2015 12:00:26 GMT -5
The strangest and scariest thing about all this is that the very fabric of society itself is being altered to accommodate the perceptions people have of themselves that don't match reality. In every other case, if people have perceptions of themselves or others that don't match reality, at best we consider it weird, at worst we call that person delusional. But for some reason, when someone has a perception that their gender is wrong, suddenly the normal rules don't apply and not only do we have to accept and partake in thei delusion, but we have to restructure society for them. Prostituting, normalizing, and magnifying deviant behaviours is the sine qua non of progressivism. Progressives consider it enlightenment. They either ignore or disregard the consequences of the behaviours as well as the consequences of forcing society to accommodate them. Ordinarily we expect the sanity of the courts to be a bulwark against creeping progressivism, but if the courts themselves are compromised, we get delusional men with the right to shower and change in women's-only locker rooms. It's by no means the most nonsensical, perverse, or pathetic thing we'll see in the years to come, I assure you.
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Post by Phoenix84 on Nov 6, 2015 14:13:53 GMT -5
I've already seen pundits compare the federal governments decision to the national guard escorting blacks into desegregated schools.
It's not even remotely the same. No one is saying these people can't go to school or play sports with others.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2015 17:14:01 GMT -5
I'm all for "do what you want to do, be who you want to be"... until it encroaches on the choices of others as a society as a whole.
As long as 50% or more want gender segregated bathrooms & locker rooms... then a "reasonable criteria" MUST be used as the defining characteristic. "Penises in one, vaginas in the other" is a "reasonable criteria".
This isn't the "black vs. white" comparison that some wish it was.
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Post by Politically_Incorrect12 on Nov 6, 2015 21:15:29 GMT -5
The strangest and scariest thing about all this is that the very fabric of society itself is being altered to accommodate the perceptions people have of themselves that don't match reality. In every other case, if people have perceptions of themselves or others that don't match reality, at best we consider it weird, at worst we call that person delusional. But for some reason, when someone has a perception that their gender is wrong, suddenly the normal rules don't apply and not only do we have to accept and partake in thei delusion, but we have to restructure society for them. Which is why I asked the question in an earlier post of if this would even be an issue if the "T" wasn't part of a larger LGBTQ alliance? Being part of a larger alliance gives a group more power, but does it really change the perception of that group?
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Post by Politically_Incorrect12 on Nov 6, 2015 21:31:48 GMT -5
I've already seen pundits compare the federal governments decision to the national guard escorting blacks into desegregated schools. It's not even remotely the same. No one is saying these people can't go to school or play sports with others. It was only a matter of time before that happened and honestly, I'm not sure a lot of liberals agree with this ruling. I honestly don't know that a lot of people thought it could possibly get to this point.
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Post by zibazinski on Nov 8, 2015 7:22:22 GMT -5
Putting special needs kids in regular classrooms got out of hand as well. It was a good idea but then got abused. This is another.
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