I've written far more words on the subject of blocking advertisements seeing how as I'm not interested in seeing those either. Where is the irony in that?
I can’t reply to your dead comment, but I can read it -
I mentioned those two things about myself, that I am trans and that I am a robotics engineer, because both of those things are very important to me, and I write posts pertaining to either subject. You’re right that the two subjects rarely go together. But if I posted about robots and mountain biking a lot I would write that.
You said yourself you don’t want to hear about me being trans, so it seems it was relevant for me to write that here given how much I post about it and re-share posts from other trans people. I shared information which allows you to determine you might not want to follow me.
I think it’s great that you’re working on farming technology. But I’m a whole person. Trans rights are a very important issue to me.
I suspect that if I had instead said I was left handed, you would not have written a tirade against it. I think you should think about why that is. Not just reflexively claim you would have, but think about why me mentioning being trans upsets you. It’s an important part of who I am.
Yes, I would have asked why you would present yourself as a "left-handed robotocist" or (like I already mentioned) a "robotocist with shoe size 43" or any other unrelated characteristic, especially if it had recently become commonplace for people to mention such characteristics. I'm a "whole person" as well including my left-handedness but I don't mention this other than in circumstances where handedness can be an issue, e.g when using certain tools.
Yeah, but would you have written a tirade about left handedness?
Or let me just ask this directly: do you support trans people existing and being openly trans? Because it sounds to me like you’re just triggered by my mention of being trans, and you’re trying to rationalize it and make it sound like you have a coherent logical argument for your emotional reaction.
Well, if you had presented yourself as a "left-handed robotocist' I would have to find another unrelated characteristic to write what you call a 'tirade' [1]. I probably would have asked the same question using something like 'shoe size' or 'hair colour' instead.
As to being 'triggered' by your mentioning of being 'trans' it is not so much your mentioning of being 'trans' but the fact that you - and many others, which is more what 'triggered' me - mention it in a totally unrelated context which made me question the reason for doing so. This is a new phenomenon which has cropped up in the last few years. It was not just uncommon but totally unknown when I went to university in the 90's which is also when I got my first taste of the internet, having been active in the BBS scene before that (FIDOnet etc.). It was just as unknown when I worked as an editor for several IT-related publications, it was unknown when I got a job as service developer in the late 90's. When I emigrated in 2002 it was still an unknown phenomenon. It only really started to become visible in the middle to late 2010's and as such really is a new phenomenon - hence my inquiry.
[1] 'tirade' means 'long, angry speech expressing strong dissaproval'. There is no anger in my questioning of presenting oneself using unrelated characteristics so it is not a tirade, more an inquiry or 'a seeking of information by asking questions'
