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[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 year ago (4 children)

If only they addressed that in the article...

“I am pansexual,” he says, meaning that he is attracted to persons regardless of their sex or gender.
Brady puts it another way: “Bisexual — with an open mind!” he says with a chuckle.

Oh wait they did. Read the article.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It really gets under my skin when folks frame bisexuality as bigoted pansexuality.

Edit: I'm not saying he wasn't making a lighthearted joke and I'm not even really saying he shouldn't have said it. I'm just sad that for a lot of people this may be the first time they hear about pansexuality and assume it means that people who say they're bi are transphobic, enbyphobic, or something else.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Yeah tons of people use the label “bisexual” even though by strict definition they might actually be pan. And that’s totally fine, you don’t always have to use the most specific terminology.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

I probably lean harder pan than bi, but the bi flag is too nice to not like it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm not a pansexual because I refuse to fuck people with green skin, regardless of gender status.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

We all have our types I guess.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Exactly. Unfuckable.

Sulley tho...

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What about an olive hue to their skin complexion? Why do you love everyone except Mediterranean people?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

They don't appreciate your absurd twist of the term olive complexion, but I do.

And it's because the Mediterraneans won't nut up and reestablish the Phoenician Empire.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (30 children)

What is a close-minded bisexual?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Only eats at a restaurant that has at least one Michelin Star, wears only black socks, listens only to music that was popular when they were between the ages of 12-18 years old, insists that video games and cartoons peaked when they were age 22.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Wait, you can read articles?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So somebody wanted to broaden their understanding by asking a simple question and you decided to be a dick?

Maybe they didn’t have time to read the article and thought somebody would help.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The previous comment getting so many votes is saddening on lemmy. Someone asked a question that wasn’t bigoted and instead of taking the opportunity to educate another human they took the time to quote the article and type up a reply that was dismissive. These types of issues can only be resolved with education and someone taking the extra time to put someone else down is definitely not an ally.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Right. I personally struggle with a lot of the “terms” these days - not because I think they are wrong, only because I don’t always understand what they mean.

On Reddit, when I saw them used, I would ask for clarification and I’d learn something.

Being dismissive to people trying to learn isn’t going to bring them into the ally space.