hypoqtech (u/hypoqtech)

hypoqtech commented on Keep Your Identity Small (2009) paulgraham.com/identity.h... · Posted by u/memorable

mgrthrow · 3 years ago

Well, queer encompasses more than just gay and lesbian people.

Non-binary people can be queer, heterosexual trans people can be queer, asexual people can be queer. Same with polyamorous people.

hypoqtech · 3 years ago

Doesn't that make it not a fact then, if people can just opt in and out to being queer?

hypoqtech commented on Keep Your Identity Small (2009) paulgraham.com/identity.h... · Posted by u/memorable

narag · 3 years ago

I take he's talking about ideas. Being queer, as I understand it, is not an idea but a fact, like being six feet tall or having blue eyes.

hypoqtech · 3 years ago

I'm not sure it is a fact, I mean, these days there are heterosexual people who call themselves queer.

hypoqtech commented on Keep Your Identity Small (2009) paulgraham.com/identity.h... · Posted by u/memorable

hypoqtech · 3 years ago

> For example, a discussion about a battle that included citizens of one or more of the countries involved would probably degenerate into a political argument. But a discussion today about a battle that took place in the Bronze Age probably wouldn't.

Might this not be because we don't have sufficient information on Bronze Ages battles to know the context behind them? Whereas in a relatively modern-day battle we'll know about the primary aggressor, their rationale, etc. which are all a basis for further discussion.