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It has some additional security features not present in versions 1 and 1.1
Yes but they also added telemetry.
It represents various indigenous beliefs.
Also sometimes in front of the acronym like this: 2SLGBTQI+
Jesus Christ.
I've enjoyed my fair share of penis, as a man, and this is getting a bit mad to keep up with. I mean I of course agree with the meanings and reasons for the additional inclusions, but surely there can be a better way to acknowledge folks without needing to Google it every few years? Surely?!
On the one hand yes, that's why at some point people started using the + to make up for every missing letter. An easy way out would to be to say non-hetero-non-cis-folk but then you still miss some groups. You could just say gay people, or queer people, most people will still feel represented. But I like the long string of letters which is a true abomination because of all those letters, exactly because each letter represents someone (a bunch of them even) and it allows for conversation going. The number 2 for example got a lot of people who read this post informed about two-spirited people who maybe never heard those poeple exist before. That matters a lot. If you see for example now republican politicians talking about biological sex even though they never seem to have heard about intersex people it shows how much of the hate comes from not knowing and not understanding. If you've read all this, I hope you've not read it as an attack because it is not. You going on google is exactly the point. But if you don't like doing that, please know (most) gays dont believe you have to, people know they are a minority and often don't mind just telling you about their sexuality or gender when you ask.
Didn't take it as an attack at all, that was very polite and informative.
You raise a very good point, that despite the slight annoyance over the expanding string of letters there is great opportunity for representation of marginalised groups. Sometimes I tend to forget that just because I know about these groups, does not mean anyone else has had the same education and these opportunities seem beneficial to keep in that regard.
Definitely swayed my opinion, thanks.
Uh, while I appreciate the spirit of your message — names are important because saying 'The group of people that I belong to genetically from Denmark' is a lot harder to say than 'Danish'.
Names are supposed to make things easier, not harder.
Totally true, which is why i myself most of the time use the words gay and queer (and totally enjoy using those words knowing what they were originally used for). But that doesn't make the letter soup a bad thing. The 'hardness' of it is functional. There might be someone out there who demands all letters are used and in the right order, but don't mistake me for someone who thinks it is fair to demand representation, respect and understanding isn't something you claim so i believe you are totally free to go for the easier thing. 0 judgement from my side.
Fair enough, I appreciate the nuance.
Gesundheit
Should wait until at least 2.3, there's always a pile of bugs in the major version updates cause they want to get the update released on a marketing schedule.
It's mostly a texture and engine change; the content remains similar, about as different as a major patch.
Edit: shit, yes, also 2fa
It's a live service subscription and micro transactions model
Lots of back end improvements, like improved multi threading on most architectures and everyone doing more squats
When you think about it, a transition is kinda a patch to update object definitions
Maybe individually but this is a sequel to the concept.
Also, as a service now.
This is why I just go with "queer" if I'm being general. One syllable, and I don't have to remember as much or stay on top of new additions.
yeah, you know, I'm all for inclusion and making everyone feel seen, but I feel like you have to draw the line somewhere before things start getting ridiculous and we have an initialism that's like, 10+ characters long. I was cool with extending it to a point, but it is genuinely getting to the point of absurdity if you were to try speaking it aloud.
edit: idea: we gotta find an acronym. And I don't just mean one acronym, I mean a good, well-branded acronym like NASA, but one that also changes for every time we as a species decide another character is warranted. We gotta make an acronym with expansion in mind
Like you I'm 100% for inclusion but this alphabet salad is soooooooo goddamn dumb.
Just add a + to the letters you remember if you don't want to use a term like gay or queer. Also, i have never met someone upset because their letter was omitted.
The only one that feels like a statement is leaving out one of L, G, B or T. But even then, honest mistakes aren't a big deal.
My girlfriend and I just say LGBTABCD lol
Or all of the variations across countries.. I mainly use "queer" also
Two spirit. It definitely falls under the Q umbrella, but it's pulled out sometimes for emphasis.
New LGBTQ just dropped
In a lot of ways Canada is a better America than America.
Always has been.
But won't always be if we aren't vigilant.
We narrowly dodged a MAGA bullet with Poilievre, but the alternative Carney still replaced our disability minister with an AI minister, then his first bill gives powers for mass deportations... So yes, we must hold power to account and not use the USA as a meter stick.
Yes, I'm rather disappointed in the 'better of two options' that was chosen. I just wish we could get away from first passed the post. Maybe one day.
Regarding the deportations though, Canada really does have a problem with people abusing the immigration process. IMO fixing the corporate side of that would be a better start but we do also need to deal with people who fail to leave after their visas/appeals expire
We have LGBTQ2 before GTA6
That's awesome. Now, when are you gonna remove the law barring US LGBT refugees?
Are we really that far gone yet? No, but we're headed there.
That would require accepting anyone as a refugee from the US, and that is extremely unlikely to happen, ever.
I mean, iirc Canada already accepts some LGBT refugees from other parts of the world. So unless you're saying that everyone in the US is queer, it seems like the obvious thing to do would be to apply the same standards to US LGBT refugees as LGBT refugees from other parts of the world.
Don't know about Canada specifically but as far as i know asylum laws are about having a valid reason, so being from a specific place is less often a valid reason than being from a minority (can also be religious or ethnical) or having certain political views. They would likely sooner accept for example Amish , indigenous or democratic people only before just accepting anyone from the US. I think you're wrong in believing that is unlikely to happen if you see how anyone with a Hispanic demeanor is being treated right now.
They are not sending their best. Lmao
And now you understand why republicans hate brown people. Made up bullshit.
Dude it’s all bottoms here!