• TillieNeuen [she/her]
    hexbear
    102
    10 months ago

    Tbh, this is probably the malicious compliance I was hoping would happen

    • HumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]
      hexbear
      86
      10 months ago

      yeah, like all these laws DeSantis is passing are trying to target trans people specifically, but there's no easy way to write a law that says "you need to make trans kids and only trans kids miserable" without the full ideological buy-in of the enforcers

      • TillieNeuen [she/her]
        hexbear
        59
        10 months ago

        Yeah, making Jack and Kim get permission to not be called John and Kimberly is actually encouraging--there are some people at least who aren't using the law solely to harass trans kids.

      • DroneRights [it/its]
        hexbear
        3
        10 months ago

        I fully maintain that Florida teachers need to ban he and she pronouns in class. Every student is a they until the don't say gender bill is repealed.

  • Keith@lemm.ee
    hexbear
    76
    10 months ago

    Happened at my high school. All nicknames need parental slips.

    • BigHaas [he/him]
      hexbear
      74
      10 months ago

      Refer to everyone as comrade lastname and see how long the policy lasts.

      • WhatDoYouMeanPodcast [comrade/them]
        hexbear
        35
        10 months ago

        Brilliant idea! My go to would have been making more work for them. I'd tell people I changed my mind about my nickname until they got sick of me and I'd get in trouble. If I had some friends who were down for the cause it would have been a nightmare. Cause I'm the type of comrade who, once in detention and they're trying to be real serious and talk sternly with me, if I had a single audience member who would have found it funny I'd double down on the bit

        *"Now WDYMP, I'm going to tell you right now, our name policy is important bec-"

        "It's Peter"*

        Tangentially, I credit some of my success and enjoyment of combat sports to this disposition. If you lack the authority to simply throw the book at me because we're sparring, then you better have an answer to my silly question (e.g. what if I just push you?) or I'm going to win by outsmarting you.

        • Nagarjuna [he/him]
          hexbear
          13
          10 months ago

          what if I just push you?

          The perfectly valid technique of open-handed posting

          • WhatDoYouMeanPodcast [comrade/them]
            hexbear
            2
            10 months ago

            At near peak toxic, you can club the head in an attempt to get control of the back of it in wrestling. It's started many fights that wind up with the person getting clubbed getting DQ'd for retaliation.

        • LeylaLove [she/her, love/loves]
          hexbear
          11
          10 months ago

          Are teachers required to call people by their nicknames if the parents sign for it? I think it's time for Peterucio (Not Petrucio) to make an appearance

    • LeylaLove [she/her, love/loves]
      hexbear
      12
      10 months ago

      "Woah woah you can't call that kid slur"

      "It's free speech!"

      "Yeah I know, but slur isn't an approved name. Try calling him a slur instead"

  • 7bicycles [he/him]
    hexbear
    63
    10 months ago

    I wonder if you could SQL-interject the system á la little bobby droptables

  • Egon [they/them]
    hexbear
    17
    edit-2
    10 months ago

    Makes me think of California Uber alles for some reason.

    Knock knock at your front door.
    It's the blue suede denim police.
    They have come for you uncool niece!

    I guess they'd be the Oakley thumb police though, and they'd be coming for your cool not-a niece (is the a non gendered term for niece/nephew?)

          • Egon [they/them]
            hexbear
            22
            10 months ago

            I'm sorry but that's an awful word. It sounds like some moist creature living in the mold between unwashed toes

            • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
              hexbear
              15
              10 months ago

              I don't think it's very wildly used yet, so if you're gonna astroturf a competitor, now's the time.

              • Egon [they/them]
                hexbear
                15
                10 months ago

                Well nephews first vowel is an e, and niece is an i, so it makes sense that the next word in the line would use the next vowel, which is an o.
                Nooble is obviously the correct answer.

  • geese_feces [comrade/them, love/loves]
    hexbear
    6
    10 months ago

    Iowa Senate File 496 [PDF]: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/SF496.pdf

    If a student enrolled in a school district requests an accommodation that is intended to affirm the student’s gender identity from a licensed practitioner employed by the school district, including a request that the licensed practitioner address the student using a name or pronoun that is different than the name or pronoun assigned to the student in the school district’s registration forms or records, the licensed practitioner shall report the student’s request to an administrator employed by the school district, and the administrator shall report the student’s request to the student’s parent or guardian.

    For the first violation, you get a written warning. Subsequent violations get disciplinary hearings.