Agreed. It's basically the political version of reading tea leaves.

It takes a lot of the magic out of it. I'm sure a bit of this is rose-colored glasses, but it was a really neat experience as a kid. The entire neighborhood was out in the streets, people got to know their neighbors, and you felt like you were part of something. These days​, it feels spooky due to how empty it is besides cars.

Yeah, in my area trunk or treat is the main reason for no trick or treaters these days. It's a very urban area, so getting a lot of candy on foot would be easy, but walking around a parking lot is way quicker. It seems to be what most parents prefer also, so I think it's here to stay.

Then it's not a binary system. It's a system with two extremely dominant members. Those are different things. You can be more binary in specific contexts e.g., gametes and egg vs sperm.

I'd be very cautious about the healthy description in reference to intersex people. I don't believe you are trying to say anything nefarious, but there's a reason it shows up in eugenics arguments.

I didn't say sex was a spectrum, though perhaps someone else you were speaking with did. I wouldn't use spectrum for sex, since there are multiple differentiating factors with differing measures.

About half the states allow same-day voter registration, so there may be people who voted but did not specifically request mail in/early voting, and those who did request but have not cast their vote yet. So, for many states you could be in one set but not the other.

I'm not quite certain the point you are making here. Is the implication that because humans typically have two hands, those that do not are not a group that can be described? Or that they can be, but only should be as the product of developmental errors?

We don't generally, where we know exceptions exist, refuse to acknowledge their existence. Saying sex is a binary is saying there are only males and only females. That's literally what binary means. Like binary notation either uses 0 or 1. If it was possible for sometimes to have a 2, it wouldn't be binary anymore. That's a different thing.

This is especially true for something like sex that is based on a grouping of traits, genes, expressions, etc. which are not universally 0 or 1. Sure, we generally agree on a category when some are different, but there's some points where it's not so stark. Hence, the binary fails because there can be overlap and grey.

Nobody is saying we have to stop using male and female to describe sex in most cases, especially in a medical setting. But if you had a child born intersex, and the doctor turned to you and said, "Nah, my gut says male. Nothing will be different," you'd probably ask for a second opinion.

It made me double check if it was real because that sounds like the opposite of what you'd expect from JRE.

Never saw any before this year. I don't get how they survive because they are the slowest, dumbest bugs I've ever seen. They just loudly splat onto the ground out of nowhere and flail about while I stomp them into a pulp.

It's only going to get worse as traditional outlets try to compete with the immediacy of random people posting confidently on social media. There is no gentleman's agreement for this situation to wait on confirmation unless you want to become irrelevant.

I admire any outlets that stick to their scruples and wish them the best. Just because information can move fast doesn't always mean it should...

Hard agree. It's like a sweeter burger sauce but in the worst way possible. At least you get stickers.

I don't think another Mister Rogers could or would want to compete for views based on thumbnails and video titles. I just can't imagine, "You will NOT BELIEVE how EASY it is to treat your NEIGHBORS with COMPASSION!"

I don't know. He got dropped by his agency and Joe Rogan (!!!) in the past for using a racial slur. When people show you who they are, believe them.