🎓 Dr. Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@social.cleverlibre.org

@weberam2 What a cutie!

has anyone ever used the phrase "Your reputation precedes you" in the real world?

@teslanaut

> If a biological man...

"Biological man" makes no sense here. We have sex (ones DNA) and gender (ones outward expression). Both are biological, one deals with how you "appear" and includes both the way you act, dress, as well as the way your body develops. Sex is DNA and determined by birth and is not changed by surgery.

What I suspect you mean is "A person whose sex is male"

> identified as a woman but gets no form of surgery, changed nothing, didn't even take hormones. Would that person or should that person be affirmed as a Woman?

As long as they make an attempt to speak, act, dress, or present to the general public as a woman than they would be of the female gender. However if it isnt a complete change, such as them having male genitalia while otherwise presenting as female they are called "transgender" since their gender is a mix, or transition.

> That is transgender. Is a person who a transvestite a Transgender person?

Yes a transvestite would be a subtype of transgender. Specifically a type of transgendered person who only presents as the opposite gender WRT clothing.

> If the same person actually went through all the surgeries & and all that, that fits more with the Transsexual definition

No, if they actually have a compelte set of surgery they would not be transgender anymore, at that point they are the new gender.. so they would just be "male" or "Female" gender at that point and no longer transgendered. That said many may still adopt the term.

Also no Transsexual makes no sense if they went through a full transition or not since their sex remains completely unchanged. It is their gender that changed.

@teslanaut

> I've been in San Francisco my whole life and Transgender was never used until now.

Yea, people used to use transsexual, then they realized it wasnt accurate givent he definition os sex and gender so the term was updated to be accurate.

> The word Transsexual has been subsumed by Gender.

Right cause these are different words with very different meanings.. .It was replaced with a term that is more accurate.

> Also, when did the surgery go from sexual reassignment surgery to gender affirming surgery?

Same thing, since such surgery doesnt change your sex, and only changes your gender, it is a more accurate term.

> You say they're interchangable but it seems the former, as I said, has disappeared.

Sex and gender are **not** interchangable. They may be used that way incorrectly but they mean very different things. Transsexual and Transgender often is used interchangably because one word is intended to replace the other, the other is inaccurate and not a good term to use, but strictly speaking means the same.

@teslanaut As far as I know transsexual and transgender are often used interchangable. Transgender makes more sense however as a term since gender can be changed, but by definition sex can not.

@teslanaut By that logic why is the T there, L, G, and B are all sexual orientations, T isnt even a gender, it is a description ok one who is changing genders and is transient. It is completely unrelated to the other letters.

@retrohondajunki

Yea this applies mostly to people who filed and lied. Doesnt apply to non-filers who generally wont be pursued at all on lower income.

@QueenValhalla

@QueenValhalla

Thats about people who defraud when they file... I am talking about people who dont file, big difference by the way. If you lie on your filing they will absolutely come after you. If you dont file however they will only come after you if you exceed a certain expected amount as I said.

Sorry I wasnt more clear about that in my initial statement.

@retrohondajunki

@QueenValhalla

Ahh nevermind, I see you are in fact the asshole and just trying to troll... makes sense, carry on. Hope someone else can entertain you.

@retrohondajunki

@QueenValhalla

I didnt say that at all. I apologized and asked for clarity so I can do better.. .thats kinda the opposite of "what who me" its "wow sorry, that wasnt intentional, what made you feel that way so I can improve"

@retrohondajunki

@QueenValhalla

Huh? Im sorry. What did I say that dounded like a dick? I appreciate the criticism, if you cant point it out I can try to do better.

@retrohondajunki

@QueenValhalla

No problem. Happy to help.

@retrohondajunki

@QueenValhalla

Ok.. if it helps I should point out I wasnt clear. I should have said thats the amount of income, not the amount of tax owed.

But yea, feel free to not believe me of course, thats your prerogative.

@retrohondajunki

@SpaceLifeForm

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@jmw @MennoWolff

@QueenValhalla @retrohondajunki

No, as far as I know it isnt an official announcement for obvious reasons. But if you know people who work at the IRS they will be happy to confirm, its common knowledge among employees that they are charged with pursuing higher priced tax evasion only.

@QueenValhalla

Well generally no. Their rule in the past has been to not persue people who have less than 500K per year in outstanding taxes. Something that they will likely start persuing if given the man power.

@retrohondajunki

@chip hi :)