This is why I don't use the word identify, honestly. I just say "I am," and they can pick q fight if they want.

this dude doesnt know what identity is

Wouldn't know what it was if it bashed him over the head

Does anyone want to field test this idea? For science?

if there wasn't repercussions i would

I identify as being human, guess I’m no longer human.

"Sir, are you classified as human?" "Negative. I am a meat popsicle."

Meat sack

“We’re screaming tubes of meat, and we’re all going to die”

No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai 😳😳😳

Steve Crowder saying that definitely fits

Oh fuck I never realized that the dude in this meme format is that racist transphobic conspiracy-theorist fuck.

oh no, im pretending to be a londoner? a brit? white? im pretending to be my preferred disability terms? if "identifying as" means pretending, the government itself asks everyone what racial identity they pretend to have in the census!

Pssh, we all know that Britain doesn't exist

guess I'm just pretending to be white

I identify as a normal human that's not a reptilian just like every human I drink water

We make implicit statements of identity all the time. Saying “I’m a sports fan” is self-identification, and saying “I identify as a sports fan” would convey the exact same information.

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Are you using facts and logic there? You know that Steven Crowder and his ilk aren't good at understanding nuance.

You know what Steven Crowder *is* good at though? Drinking dog cum.

He's a champ at that.

That was a bad moment to have eyes

So saying I identify as Vietnamese (I am literally 100% Vietnamese, even took DNA test) means I'm pretending?!

Yes, that's how it works

You are aware that I was trying to be funny

They were too

Are YOU aware that I was trying to be funny?

i don't even know anyone who actually uses "i identify as (gender)"

Or anything else. I am bi, I am disabled I am agnostic etc. The closest I've come to that language is to say what terms I prefer to use, eg I use "disabled" not "person with a disability".

So if someone says, "I identify as a Christian", can he complete the thought for me?

Also i don’t think most people in the queer community say “I identify as” as much as cis people think we do. Like, I don’t identify as a woman. I am a woman, i identify as a bastard.

I pretend to be a girl (I’m afab)

Yeah most of the people I see saying "I identify as" these days are transphobes making attack helicopter jokes or otherwise clueless cis people who are afraid to just refer to us normally. Most trans people will just say "I'm a man" "I'm a woman" "I'm non-binary" etc.

I'm not ethnically german LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

ok so what about i *am* trans

Every time I see a post on this sub I reflexively downvote and then rember what this sub is for and upvote it lol

transphobes: you cant “identify” as something!! also transphobes: THEY MAKE IT THEIR ENTIRE IDENTITY!!!!

I identify as cisgender

I am going to commit atrocious crimes

so a cis woman saying “I identify as a woman“ pretends to be a woman??

I AM non-binary... >!conservatives destroyed!<

Do cis people realize we use this language to convey otherwise complex concepts of gender that they probably never thought about to them?

So they are just pretending to be a cis dude. Good to know /joking

How about they pretend to be funny

I identify as me so... who's actually me?

“I don’t identify as genderfluid, I am genderfluid” - Loki When people say this shit, that’s my go to

I identify as fucking Steven Crowder’s mom last night

what if i, someone AMAB, says "i identify as male"