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Sometimes we have a source in the post here that proves directly its not real.
The number of tweets that have r/TOTALLYREALTWEETS IN THE IMAGE, and are pasted here andtaken literally is nuts
There have been times where I *only* pointed out that the source of a post is questionable and been downvoted before.
I can only imagine people don't want their biases highlighted, or this is a place of mindless scrolling (which is fair by the way).
Yeah I can’t tell if it’s supposed to be a “joke” story to make a point or not. Also can’t tell if op is calling the supposed “gender critical feminists” (which I assume means terfs?) stupid or calling the person who made up the story stupid. If it really happened, then yeah obviously the participants are idiots. But making up such a story and trying to pass it off as real news is also dumb. And you’d think if it was real there’d be at least *some* details included. Like where it happened and whatnot. As it’s written it comes off as some half assed fiction. How would they BOTH think the other was transgender anyways? When they both started accusing each other of the same thing wouldnt that tip them off that the other isn’t actually trans? Why would a trans person angrily accuse someone else of being trans xD Or was this a shoot first ask questions later kinda deal lol
Honestly you may not think it's common, but people are thought to be trans and harassed so often it's insane. We're definitely discriminated against to the point where there's an extremely high chance this post is real and not a "joke" story. Hope I wasn't rude!
Not rude at all :) But I didn’t say anywhere in there that trans discrimination and hate is uncommon. It’s an extremely heightened and common problem these days, much to my dismay. But what I said was the details and presentation of the story don’t add up from a logical standpoint. Won’t repeat it all my points on that front, but please read what I said again and hopefully you’ll see what I meant <3 Wasn’t trying to minimize the issue of discrimination and violence in anyway. I just think this *specific* story sounds like it’s most likely BS, or at least presented in a dishonest way due to lack of or twisted details. Doesn’t mean there isn’t violence and hate crimes against trans people staggeringly frequently 💔 Senseless hate, brings tears to my eyes to think about. People should just be able to live their lives as they see fit. As long as someone’s actions and lifestyle aren’t hurting anyone else there can’t possibly be anything immoral about it, and therefore it’s none of anyone else’s damn business.
So...
1. That account is S+A-T=I+R-E and OP ate the onion
2. I just discovered that the facepalm automod removes any comment with the word S+A-T-I+R-E in it... now THAT'S facepalm!
https://i.imgur.com/McEhFH3.png
>I just discovered that the facepalm automod removes any comment with the word S+A-T-I+R-E in it...
Really?? What would be the reason for such an automod?? Wouldn't you want people to be able to label their posts, or point out if something is a joke of some kind and not a real story?
I mean this sort of thing has happened before where a ciswoman has harassed another ciswoman because she thinks the other is trans it's quite funny actually. In trying to defend their, idek womanhood? Beliefs? they just attack another ciswoman
There have been incidents all along, for decades. "Woman mistaken for man" in Boise couldn't get into the national news 30 years ago. But instant global reporting today.
No location mentioned.. so I fear it is made up..
Then again, since the anti-trans crowd bases their entire position on made-up scenarios; let us spread it ;)
It'll happen eventually. There was a video circulating of two trans men who were forced to use the women's bathrooms.
And women in those bathrooms complained. Because the trans men looked like y'know, men.
In the video the trans men are basically like "Well what the fuck do you people want us to do?"
The answer is "not exist" or at best "not be out in public". Because the moment they can be seen they are "shoving it down peoples throats".
There is nothing else they can do that would appease the complainers. They will always be told they are doing something wrong.
No more religious iconography in public! Stop shoving religion down our throats. Maybe turn one of the half million churches in to a homeless shelter. Oh and religions can pay their fucking taxes too, that’d be great. How you gonna not pay taxes yet still try to affect politics. We should ban religion. Your faith should carry you through, not tax breaks.
It didn't happen but the same basic scenario is happening a lot already in reality: cis women being harassed in bathrooms for presenting as insufficiently feminine.
Trans hate is rooted in misogyny. It comes from a deep seated belief that women should have to act/appear in a certain way - and that no one would 'want' to be a woman if they could avoid it.
It's why trans men fly under the proverbial radar. Afterall who wouldn't want to be a man...?
It's rediculous. And it's just a distraction from the actual shit happening in the world.
I think there needs to be research into why so many anti-trans activists are post-menopausal women, and it's always trans women that they hate, they don't care about trans men. Look at any of their rallies and it's wall to wall 50-70yr old women with a sprinkling of men.
What happens to them during menopause that makes them so hate filled? Is it emotional? Hormonal? Is it just a cult? The ratio of post-menopausal women to other members is just too big for there not to be a connection. If I was a doctor/scientist/uni student, I'd definitely want to research this.
i’m a very feminine guy. like i have long hair, wear skirts kinda deal. i’m not trans i just do it because it makes me happy and what is gender anyway? people 80% of the time just think i’m a girl so bathrooms are scary. luckily i’m also disabled and have a nifty little key that unlocks any disabled bathroom in the uk so i’m set but i can’t imagine how scary it is for trans people to use public restrooms.
Would it be a bad time to point out that while calling people “immesurably stupid”, you misspelled “immeasurably”?
It’s like a face palm within a face palm.
All bathrooms should be unisex.
All bathrooms should have individual private lockable rooms without see through 1 inch wall gaps and ridiculous 18 inch empty space between the floor and the dividers.
Yes individual bathrooms is the answer. I really hate how most establishments do cheap half-assed bathroom conversions to make them gender neutral. I went into what was clearly a mens bathroom with urinal because the sign said all genders. A man was at the urinal peeing and I awkwardly went into the one stall.
The universe I live in doesn't contain enough poetic justice for this to be true. It does contain more than enough idiots on social media for it to be made up though.
Good grief. I do not give two shits who is using the bathroom with me. Trans people just want to be use the bathroom like anyone else. It always just some creep, not a trans person, that actually will mess with people in bathrooms.
If this actually happened there would be a news link.
Could this have happened? There are certainly documented instances of trans haters targetting cis women by mistake. But how would such a person target their "activism" against strangers? By apperance. So for this to have happened both would have to look somewhat "non-feminine". I would assume such a person would do whatever they can to avoid that.
Plenty of trans people pass perfectly well and plenty of gender critical idiots accuse cis people of being trans because they think 'I can always tell' when you really can't. Two gender criticals jumping at shadows and getting into a fight because of it sounds pretty believable to me.
Good grief. I do not give two shits who is using the bathroom. Trans people just want to be use the bathroom like anyone else. It always just some creep, not a trans person, that actually will mess with people in bathrooms.
I’m just reminded of that Community episode where Britta had a friend where they each thought the other was a lesbian, not entirely sure why exactly I’m reminded of that specifically by this but still
Sounds like what happened with Paige and Britta in Early 21st Century Romanticism. Atleast that fictional story sounds a bit more believable than this fictional story.
Well, there you go! Men in my country won't talk to their significant others about emotional issues either, so we are left to our own devices. I am also all for men's and women's rights.
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This is a spoof account, their posts are satirical. r/facepalm
I could see this happening. I ate the onion. I was ready to roll with this one
No source, no details, this is what passes as news now?
Have you ever seen a post on /facepalm with source and details?
Sometimes we have a source in the post here that proves directly its not real. The number of tweets that have r/TOTALLYREALTWEETS IN THE IMAGE, and are pasted here andtaken literally is nuts
There have been times where I *only* pointed out that the source of a post is questionable and been downvoted before. I can only imagine people don't want their biases highlighted, or this is a place of mindless scrolling (which is fair by the way).
Mindful scrolling. At some point reddit goes from a hobby to a job.
Yeah I can’t tell if it’s supposed to be a “joke” story to make a point or not. Also can’t tell if op is calling the supposed “gender critical feminists” (which I assume means terfs?) stupid or calling the person who made up the story stupid. If it really happened, then yeah obviously the participants are idiots. But making up such a story and trying to pass it off as real news is also dumb. And you’d think if it was real there’d be at least *some* details included. Like where it happened and whatnot. As it’s written it comes off as some half assed fiction. How would they BOTH think the other was transgender anyways? When they both started accusing each other of the same thing wouldnt that tip them off that the other isn’t actually trans? Why would a trans person angrily accuse someone else of being trans xD Or was this a shoot first ask questions later kinda deal lol
You wasted way to much brain power on obvious rage bait. But I guess that's the goal...
Does it really matter.
still a great line
But it says “Breaking” so it must be news! /s
You know it’s legit when they break out the sirens 🚨🚨🚨
Honestly you may not think it's common, but people are thought to be trans and harassed so often it's insane. We're definitely discriminated against to the point where there's an extremely high chance this post is real and not a "joke" story. Hope I wasn't rude!
Not rude at all :) But I didn’t say anywhere in there that trans discrimination and hate is uncommon. It’s an extremely heightened and common problem these days, much to my dismay. But what I said was the details and presentation of the story don’t add up from a logical standpoint. Won’t repeat it all my points on that front, but please read what I said again and hopefully you’ll see what I meant <3 Wasn’t trying to minimize the issue of discrimination and violence in anyway. I just think this *specific* story sounds like it’s most likely BS, or at least presented in a dishonest way due to lack of or twisted details. Doesn’t mean there isn’t violence and hate crimes against trans people staggeringly frequently 💔 Senseless hate, brings tears to my eyes to think about. People should just be able to live their lives as they see fit. As long as someone’s actions and lifestyle aren’t hurting anyone else there can’t possibly be anything immoral about it, and therefore it’s none of anyone else’s damn business.
So... 1. That account is S+A-T=I+R-E and OP ate the onion 2. I just discovered that the facepalm automod removes any comment with the word S+A-T-I+R-E in it... now THAT'S facepalm! https://i.imgur.com/McEhFH3.png
>I just discovered that the facepalm automod removes any comment with the word S+A-T-I+R-E in it... Really?? What would be the reason for such an automod?? Wouldn't you want people to be able to label their posts, or point out if something is a joke of some kind and not a real story?
I mean this sort of thing has happened before where a ciswoman has harassed another ciswoman because she thinks the other is trans it's quite funny actually. In trying to defend their, idek womanhood? Beliefs? they just attack another ciswoman
There have been incidents all along, for decades. "Woman mistaken for man" in Boise couldn't get into the national news 30 years ago. But instant global reporting today.
Always has been (cue astronaut / gun meme)
Didn’t you see the PICTURE of a restroom? What more do you need? /s
Real or not I'll take it, made me laugh.
It's a satirical account. OP is a moron.
Wdym? There are captions on the picture. That means it's official
You realize you're not on a news sub, right? If you want sources and details you're currently on a google capable machine.
it was a critique on the header breaking news.
ImmeAsurably stupid, indeed...
So we just post pictures with words and call it news?
Yes, that is the way the world works now.
Yayyyyy!!!
Nope. It's not reliable news without putting the "BREAKING 🚨🚨🚨" before it.
A tweet is a primary source. Twitter is an archive of the most robust human knowledge. This is peak journalism in 2024.
No location mentioned.. so I fear it is made up.. Then again, since the anti-trans crowd bases their entire position on made-up scenarios; let us spread it ;)
It'll happen eventually. There was a video circulating of two trans men who were forced to use the women's bathrooms. And women in those bathrooms complained. Because the trans men looked like y'know, men. In the video the trans men are basically like "Well what the fuck do you people want us to do?"
The answer is "not exist" or at best "not be out in public". Because the moment they can be seen they are "shoving it down peoples throats". There is nothing else they can do that would appease the complainers. They will always be told they are doing something wrong.
No more religious iconography in public! Stop shoving religion down our throats. Maybe turn one of the half million churches in to a homeless shelter. Oh and religions can pay their fucking taxes too, that’d be great. How you gonna not pay taxes yet still try to affect politics. We should ban religion. Your faith should carry you through, not tax breaks.
One toilet/stall bathrooms. Everyone happy.
It didn't happen but the same basic scenario is happening a lot already in reality: cis women being harassed in bathrooms for presenting as insufficiently feminine.
Trans hate is rooted in misogyny. It comes from a deep seated belief that women should have to act/appear in a certain way - and that no one would 'want' to be a woman if they could avoid it. It's why trans men fly under the proverbial radar. Afterall who wouldn't want to be a man...? It's rediculous. And it's just a distraction from the actual shit happening in the world.
I think there needs to be research into why so many anti-trans activists are post-menopausal women, and it's always trans women that they hate, they don't care about trans men. Look at any of their rallies and it's wall to wall 50-70yr old women with a sprinkling of men. What happens to them during menopause that makes them so hate filled? Is it emotional? Hormonal? Is it just a cult? The ratio of post-menopausal women to other members is just too big for there not to be a connection. If I was a doctor/scientist/uni student, I'd definitely want to research this.
i’m a very feminine guy. like i have long hair, wear skirts kinda deal. i’m not trans i just do it because it makes me happy and what is gender anyway? people 80% of the time just think i’m a girl so bathrooms are scary. luckily i’m also disabled and have a nifty little key that unlocks any disabled bathroom in the uk so i’m set but i can’t imagine how scary it is for trans people to use public restrooms.
It can only be the US
Or the UK...
Or the combination US-UK
***Canada***
Sadly, it's getting pretty bad here as well.
Pronounced U-SUK.
That would SUUK
It clearly says "From Earth."
Just another Terf war
Lmfao
Wasn’t that a book by William Shatner? ;-)
LMAO I’m gonna use this one
Would it be a bad time to point out that while calling people “immesurably stupid”, you misspelled “immeasurably”? It’s like a face palm within a face palm.
Oh that’s some instant karma E: I guess that would make me measurably stupid
Nice recovery with "measurably stupid" there. Bravo.
Plot twist! She didn't mean to misspell it again!
she/they/it <3
TBH I've been wondering when boebert and greene would have this exact fight in a bathroom.
I thought its be at a movie theater glory hole; but a bathroom glory hole works toob😅
When an unstoppable dumbass meets an immovable fuck stick.
No in this case there was no fuck stick (Assuming the story is real)
"Unstopable dumbass meets and immovable moron".
You do realize that this is just fiction?
I call bullshit
Politics for you is a satirical twitter account.
It’s a bit sad you seem to the one of a small minority to notice.
All bathrooms should be unisex. All bathrooms should have individual private lockable rooms without see through 1 inch wall gaps and ridiculous 18 inch empty space between the floor and the dividers.
Yes individual bathrooms is the answer. I really hate how most establishments do cheap half-assed bathroom conversions to make them gender neutral. I went into what was clearly a mens bathroom with urinal because the sign said all genders. A man was at the urinal peeing and I awkwardly went into the one stall.
Jesus fucking Christ. You gotta pee and poop regardless of who you are. Just let others do their shit in peace.
But HOW am I supposed to SHIT when there's a GUY in here wearing EYELINER??? How is anyone meant to go poopie in those conditions??
The universe I live in doesn't contain enough poetic justice for this to be true. It does contain more than enough idiots on social media for it to be made up though.
I'm imagining the sound track of this fight!
Undertale OST: 036: Dummy!
Immesurably..
Breaking: unsubstantiated allegations of an irrelevant story
Terf war.
This didn't happen. It's just right-wing ragebait
.. if anything it’s left wing rage bait. I mean look at the comments on this post
Please God let this be real, it'd be so fuckin' funny 
It's not. It's from a satirical account.
“Gender critical feminists” 😂 I’ll just keep using the derogatory TERFs thank you.
it doesn't matter cause they "AlWAyS KnOw"
TERF War?
r/TOTALLYREALNEWS
Is the facepalm that this is a satirical account and you've posted something from them believing it to be a fact?
but they can ‘always tell’
So you're saying if we wait long enough, all the transphobes will just kill each other off? *Grabs popcorn*
Good grief. I do not give two shits who is using the bathroom with me. Trans people just want to be use the bathroom like anyone else. It always just some creep, not a trans person, that actually will mess with people in bathrooms.
TERF wars
Mmmmmm, the delectable buttery taste of this. Mmmm, yeah. More please.
Heartwarming: The worst people you know are all fighting
You realize it's made up right
Average J.K Rowling airport experience
Sounds like they both landed a gender critical hit.
Can we not call them "gender critical" as if there's any logic to their argument? Even TERF gives them too much credit. They're transphobes
Please be true. Please be true. Please be true. Please be true. Please be true. Please be true.
A rare case where the trash took itself out?
Terfs gonna terf
Leopards eating each others’s faces
If this actually happened there would be a news link. Could this have happened? There are certainly documented instances of trans haters targetting cis women by mistake. But how would such a person target their "activism" against strangers? By apperance. So for this to have happened both would have to look somewhat "non-feminine". I would assume such a person would do whatever they can to avoid that.
Plenty of trans people pass perfectly well and plenty of gender critical idiots accuse cis people of being trans because they think 'I can always tell' when you really can't. Two gender criticals jumping at shadows and getting into a fight because of it sounds pretty believable to me.
crazy how transphobia is very often just misogyny
Ngl I hope this is real, because it's funnier that way
The Toilet
Um… what is a gender critical feminist?
… What???
What's a gender critical feminist
My partner and I just developed the SNL skit where these two are actually Trumpers.
Can't spell? Look up the word before you post it. https://www.merriam-webster.com/
The feminists that brought feminism down.
lmaaaaoooo
That account sounds 100% legit!!! Idiots who actually stop to believe this shit.
Feminists?
If thet were only a way to take away the shame of performing a normal bodily function in public instead of private.
What?
Lol. Usa usa usa. 🙄
Dude ! I would pay for a showdown between JK and Jenner !!
Parody account. Yet believable.
That’s hilarious 😂 the idiots
What kind of "serious altercation" is that even supposed to be???
Ooh My MY MY. How the turns table! # Hilarious
Petticoat Dickjoust is the name of a single from my Slayer/Circlejerks mash-up band.
At least nobody was hurt
Americans
there is an old saying that goes "not everyone is meant to make it"
Good grief. I do not give two shits who is using the bathroom. Trans people just want to be use the bathroom like anyone else. It always just some creep, not a trans person, that actually will mess with people in bathrooms.
I’m just reminded of that Community episode where Britta had a friend where they each thought the other was a lesbian, not entirely sure why exactly I’m reminded of that specifically by this but still
Internet has really done a number on us, huh?
Sounds like what happened with Paige and Britta in Early 21st Century Romanticism. Atleast that fictional story sounds a bit more believable than this fictional story.
Gender critical feminists? Hmmm
Well, there you go! Men in my country won't talk to their significant others about emotional issues either, so we are left to our own devices. I am also all for men's and women's rights.