90 points

“Beryl? Even our Hurricanes are gender non-binary now.”

That’s what he said in response to the National Hurricane Center posting the latest satellite image of the storm.

It’s not nonsense. It’s a sustained attack on both people and science. This kind of message brings the science deniers and bigots closer together, helping to shore up that base and give it common ground.

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It gives them a new point of focus rather than the record-breaking severity of Beryl this early in the year.

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How is that sentence an attack in any way?

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A couple of things:

  1. I’ve only ever heard Beryl as a woman’s name, although I don’t see a problem with a man or a nonbinary person using it. It’s a bizarre claim though. It’s like saying Mary is a ‘nonbinary name.’ Technically true because Donald is also a nonbinary name for the same reason.

More importantly though…

  1. Hurricanes don’t have a fucking gender.
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I’ve heard some of them self identify as typhoons

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I see, We really should check if they see themselves as agender or nonbinary then.

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78 points

The liberals can’t even let you fuck the hurricanes anymore.

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I kinda want to start a fake movement to rename hurricanes as “themicanes”, just to piss off dipshit goobers like this.

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This made me chuckle. Thanks.

Related: my buddy was wearing a romphim the other day at a party. It’s like a romper but for men.

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1 point

Durricanes

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Why fake?

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But is it weird? Beryl is a decidedly androgynous name.

What’s weird is that his saying this turned into a news story.

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There is a judge - Beryl Howell - who has given some (correctly) unfavorable rulings in Trump cases. Can’t help but think he’s talking about the name because of her.

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Guess we’ll never know unless someone wastes the energy to find out.

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What’s weird is that he’s complaining about androgynous names. Was he born yesterday?

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Who cares?

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