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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I never really developed an association with age as it relates to the term "girl" or "boy". Sure, I'd call a child a boy or a girl over a man or a woman every time, but there's not some magical age at which it becomes inappropriate.

We have brains and we are capable of interpreting things based on context. Things in the real world are fluid and flexible and rigid definitions are silly in the face of societal, cultural, and personal diversity. Stop trying to find outrage. It's pointless and you end up being wrong more ways than you're right.