Shoplifter’s Indignation
“This is not okay,” says she.
“What the hell’s wrong with you?” Variation on a theme.
What’s striking in both cases, and doubtless in countless others, is the almost farcical air of entitlement. The ludicrous harrumphing. Sort of, “How dare you physically stop me from stealing your property!”
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I have been told that Eddie Izzard was not always as obnoxious as he is today (haven’t seen more than a minute of his performances.) But were there warning signs back in the 90’s? And given that he is a leftist, what in his act would have appealed to Americans who describe themselves as conservative libertarians?
Maybe if he ramped up the mincing and squealing and the self-preoccupation…?
Therein lies, you know, the thing. I have never, outside of maybe a movie or TV character (but I can’t recall one, not even a Kardashian), seen a woman on any of the five continents to which I have been, act the way any of these ersatz women do.
OK, some of the preoccupation, but not the whole package (NPI), so where do they get the notion, other than from their own circle of confused, that their schtick is anywhere in the the same galaxy as real?
Other fields, too: I just saw something on Facebook about judges who preside over adoption cases: A kid has had two judges who won’t approve military people for adoption because anyone who voluntarily joins the military and/or owns firearms is obviously evil and a danger to children.
I am NOT deeply knowledgeable about the state of the adoption courts, but it is only to be expected that people with an ideological agenda will gravitate to jobs where they can impose that agenda. Case in point: Horror stories about “child services” bureaucrats who prefer to keep children bouncing from one foster family to another, instead of allowing non-leftist couples to adopt them.
If they truly cannot see that what they do is a caricature, could that be a sign that they on the far end of the autism spectrum?
…could that be a sign that they on the far end of the autism spectrum?
Far end of the histrionic narcissist spectrum maybe, flouncing around and making public spectacles of themselves are not characteristic of autism.
So extremely unlikely to be both?
Then maybe their apologists (at least the ones who sincerely cannot see the absurdity) are some combination of autistic and ideologically possessed?
…some combination of autistic and ideologically possessed?
Narcissistic, yes, ideologically possessed, yes, autism, no. Autism has specific criteria but has become a lay garbage diagnosis applied, by selves or others, to nigh any screwball behavior, or by those wanting a trendy mental issue, not unlike “DID”.
David said: “Again, the woke tendency to equate gay person with needy, insufferable narcissist or cross-dressing bedlamite isn’t particularly flattering.”
It is the same with the woke characterization of blacks: helpless, can’t get ID or find a polling place even if at the local library or school, unable to get good grades or behave in public, unable to resist committing crimes. Who exactly has the thought crimes?
pst314: educators: schools of education or rife with fads. They ignore proven pedagogical methods (too boring) in favor of the latest thing. Indoctrination of children fits the bill as 1) easy and 2) fashionable. Causing harm has never concerned them.
Farnsworth: I agree. I have never seen a woman act so odd, even female narcissists on tiktok. I think the reason is that they really do not have a clue about what being female is, feels like, or acts like. There is a pretty big gulf between male and female psychology in general. There are so many memes about “all the things men know about women” and it shows a book with blank pages. Female brains and male brains are wired differently. Decades of hormones and periods have an effect. Testosterone has a pretty straight-forward effect on behavior: energy, ambition, generosity, protecting one’s dependents and friends. Female hormones are more complex. Whatever it is that trans people think they are feeling (the opposite sex) they aren’t.
As a youth, I remember being amused by his meandering, absurdist stand-up monologues. The Death Star canteen comes to mind, as does God having the voice of James Mason.
Should materialise just after midnight.
No, again being smart or not, while not totally irrelevant, has little bearing here. Plenty of high IQ and such people support them. Your other two points, yes indeedy.
Heterosexuality with a lot of extra steps.
This. And similar in many other regards.
Remember a show back in the 70’s called Real People? Fran Tarkington was one of the several hosts. They had that exact scenario where a family had a “father” who was transitioning to female while the “mother” was transitioning to male. They had several kids at the time IIRC. I wonder how those kids turned out?
Well, that is always a danger one must guard against.
In my personal experience, absurdism tends to have a limited shelf life. It soon palls and I want something more substantial and based in reality.
OK, I misremembered slightly. And misspelled. Fran Tarkenton was on a similar show called That’s Incredible! The episode that I’m thinking of could have been on either one of those. Hey, we only had three channels back then. And no internet. And I walked to school uphill both ways in the snow.
I think the reason is that they really do not have a clue about what being female is, feels like, or acts like.
Indeed.
Although the observed sample size is smaller, it appears that much the same is true of ersatz men – generally either grow a beard (of sorts), get lots of tattoos, wear flannel and work boots (curiously also the stereotype of “butch lesbians” – OK except the beards [NPI again]), or go the opposite and look like metrosexuals.
If there are legions of “trans” who look and act like ordinary guys or gals on the street and we just don’t see them because they are not parading around flaunting themselves for “validation”, they might want to speak up because their comrades, similarly to the stuff Zombie posted, are doing their team no favors.
Generally, yes. As the world becomes more and more accepting of those absurdities such that they become mockeries of themselves and hence government and even corporate policies. A few minutes ago I got warned about posting a comment lest it violate the Babylon Bee’s community standards so maybe there’s still room for growth there. Absurdity seems baked into the reality cake as we all sit around waiting. A country road. A tree. Evening…
Heterosexuality with a lot of extra steps.
Pregnancy is a finely tuned biological process. Lots can go wrong. Being pregnant while undergoing (or had undergone) gender transition is a criminal uncontrolled experiment on a fetus.
In the comments under the video someone named “AllAhabNoMoby” [ snort ] says:
Well, that is always a danger one must guard against.
Indeed it is.
Among the current is Tourette’s Syndrome with or without “DID”. “Gluten intolerant” – true biopsy proven prevalence is 0.7% on a good day but self reported is astronomical. “Long COVID” – OK, there can be chronic sequellae to acute infections, but a general rule is that if something has everything as a claimed symptom, no matter how biologically improbable, you might want to throw the BS flag. Just because itchy feet is a listed complaint and your Uncle Edith had the coof and now has itchy feet, doesn’t mean she has “Long COVID”.
The list is nigh endless.
The sad fact is that it has become trendy to be physically or mentally sick or broken, particularly if you can broadcast it over the innarwebs, which is also, surprising no one, the prime source of genuine info (as well as absolute rubbish) by which people are self-diagnosing.
I had to look up DID to find out it meant “Dissociative Identity Disorder”. Not sufficiently familiar to immediately recognize most of the acronyms.
I used to know a few people who claimed to have some unusual food allergies, but I quietly suspected their allergies were imaginary as they all had personality disorders.
This.
I had to look up DID…
Apologies, it has been featured here on occasion as a TicTak fad with the kids who claim to have a “system” of identities or “alters” which don’t even have to be human, and it gets even more exciting when the “alters” are in a “polycule” among themselves or other actual people.
Imagine a cow pasture, now remove the cows, now imagine what is left.
Yes, I’m sure you’re right. I just have trouble remembering names and acronyms without lots of practice. I was aware of this all the way back in high school, and figure it’s just a handicap to deal with. (Unless you can find a way for me to Blame Society and demand Reparations….)
Meet Tristan (24), or Onyx (ageless), or Nikki (27), or Jane Doe (31), or Rayna (little), or whomever she is pretending to be at any given time.
They may be self-diagnosing in the sense that we all do to some extent before going to the doctor. But the real problem is that they can bumble around until they find doctors who will go along with whatever their crazy is. And they will find such doctors so long as there is money in it. And there will always be money in it so long as healthcare is “free” or subsidized.
However let me repeat my standard advice in this regard. For the most part, be very, very careful about what you tell your doctor about what you think might be the problem you are experiencing. It is best to dance around the issues by describing the symptoms without expressing any strong opinion on what it might be. If the doctor thinks that you might think that you know what your issue is, you will soon likely be waisting time working on eliminating every other even remote possibility. Because you as the patient, generically, no matter what your background is, are stupid, ignorant, and thus likely wrong. Trust me on this. I’ve done the #science.
Time to update the dictionaries again for Women’s History Month, “Woman+”.
IOW, women are now everyone not specifically declaring themselves male.
I should add that the above advice applies to normal people seeing (somewhat) normal doctors. For anyone experiencing being crazy, the opposite applies.
Hereabouts, it’s been snowing pretty much non-stop for 29 hours.
Updates may follow.
They had several kids at the time IIRC. I wonder how those kids turned out?
I’m reminded for the NYT personal essay from this woman who discovered she was carrying triplets. She didn’t want to deal with them (something about can’t be bothered to buy diapers, etc., that deep of a trauma), so she had two of them aborted.
This was about 1999, and I’ve wondered ever since if her son knows he has two siblings he’ll never meet and what he thinks about it.
I believe the DSM got rid of “neurotic” but we should bring it back as a category. As for multiple personalities: We can be in different moods and some people are bipolar but true multiple pers is very very rare. I met one case: normal and artsy. The normal said when the alter takes over she blanks out, does not remember coming home from work for example. I met the artsy twin once and she did seem different.
The damage done from mental illness being fashionable is huge. Many aspects of mental illness can be overcome but not if you are invested in being ill.
(something about can’t be bothered to buy diapers, etc., that deep of a trauma)
Oh, yes, I remember that article. The narcissistic twat was bemoaning that she would be forced to mingle with the lower classes at Costco in order to buy huge tubs of mayonnaise.
30 hours of snow.
I’m reminded of an old joke from grade school. Not so much the joke but the, uh, punchline…”You got my brother but you didn’t get me, da-da-da-da, I was hiding behind the left kid-eh-ney”
Too soon? Too tasteless? I can do both. Obviously.
30 hours of snow with spring right around the corner? But I was told…
Time to dispatch a rescue expedition.
Next up for handwringing (and a great excuse for moar gubmint control): environmental injustice – created, of course, by shameful, sordid white supremacy.
31 hours.
Didn’t you mention having one of those little blow-torch like cooking devices like they use on French pastries and such? Or am I thinking of a bottle opener?
Weather app predicts continuous snowfall until lunchtime tomorrow. What could possibly go wrong?
Time to cheer things up with some music:
31 hours.
Be careful out there.
Maybe if he ramped up the mincing and squealing and the self-preoccupation…?
With who is he trying to get a date? I mean he used to present as a rather mincing, flouncy gay man, but I’m sure there are gay men who go for that. But now that he claims to be a woman, who is he after? Gay men? I’m not sure gay men are into barbie pouches, although I guess he could be a power bottom. Straight men? Straight men want real women, not men in dresses. Why can’t he just be a flouncy gay man? And when is the gay community going to wake up to the transing away of the gay – the actual conversion therapy they claim or fear so much?