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Apple's billion dollar investment directed at allowing men into women's bathrooms

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QuietContraryMary · 14/12/2018 08:13

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" Big businesses helped kill the Texas bathroom bill two years ago, targeting it as discriminatory and unnecessary.

They said the legislation, which would have required Texans to use the restrooms that match their sex at birth, would have hampered efforts to woo new companies to the state and turned off convention planners and sports leagues looking at venues for events.

Now, some companies are doubling down on that commitment, citing diversity and inclusivity as factors in their decisions. Apple made this clear Thursday, when it announced a $1 billion investment in the capital city.

The bathroom bill, or something like it, may be back when state lawmakers meet in 2019. But opponents of these restroom regulations say the business community will again give them the ammunition they need to shoot down such divisive legislation.

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AngryAttackKittens · 15/12/2018 10:47

Some of us have non-homicidal ways of enjoying the holidays!

Ereshkigal · 15/12/2018 10:45

As long as your disapproval is appropriately festive AAK Xmas Grin

AngryAttackKittens · 15/12/2018 10:44

Not sure if Xmas Confused or Xmas Hmm, Ereshkigal.

R0wantrees · 15/12/2018 10:43

I kind of wish in cases like this MNHQ would ban the person but leave their comments up, just for the education of future readers. It really is quite eye opening to see what kind of man thinks cocks in women's spaces is an excellent idea.

Absolutely agree.
It only benefits the person banned.

Not least as they are then able to claim they've been censored just for having an alternative view etc.

Ereshkigal · 15/12/2018 10:43

Sorry that was to Datun.

Ereshkigal · 15/12/2018 10:43

Kitten - it was that funny.

Even a rolly laughter emoticon from you Grin

Ereshkigal · 15/12/2018 10:41

I put a solid layer of chocolate (melted and left to harden) on top sometimes when I make mince pies. I'm sure some will disapprove but they are lovely.

R0wantrees · 15/12/2018 10:40

I wonder if they deleted his comments from the thread he necroed to talk about buying prostituted women too?

No nor the other few threads he was all over.

Ereshkigal · 15/12/2018 10:39

I kind of wish in cases like this MNHQ would ban the person but leave their comments up, just for the education of future readers. It really is quite eye opening to see what kind of man thinks cocks in women's spaces is an excellent idea.

I know, really sad to have missed the comments! Hopefully my experience of the rhetoric of this type of person can fill in the gaps in my imagination.

EverardDigby · 15/12/2018 10:39

Where do all the people like ffs appear from though with their made up stats as if we'd never heard it all before?

I also think iced mince pies sound even mankier than the normal kind.

LangCleg · 15/12/2018 10:38

To be fair, he probably does have a disease-free penis. What with nobody being willing to touch it and auto-infection not being a thing.

Ereshkigal · 15/12/2018 10:35

Happy to look at unexpected petunias. Penises, not so much.

AngryAttackKittens · 15/12/2018 10:35

Maybe he thinks he has a special disease proof penis, Mary. Teflon coated maybe?

Ereshkigal · 15/12/2018 10:34

I'm a bit worried about iced mince pies though, I must say.

That was my next comment. I can't work out if evil genius or just EVIL.

AngryAttackKittens · 15/12/2018 10:34

Apparently he thought that grabbing a woman by the "skull" (not sure why he didn't say "head" like a normal person) and physically forcing her head in a particular direction was the only possible thing that could be meant by the suggestion that women would rather not have to see penises in our changing rooms. Because he'd just look away, see.

EverardDigby · 15/12/2018 10:33

And also that our main objection was just looking at a penis! (My swipe keyboard doesn't seem to recognise penis and wants to type petunias instead!)

Ereshkigal · 15/12/2018 10:33

I think our friends have been shown the door, haven't they? But reading through just wanted to pick up on this:

Assuming 1 in 500 people are transgender, and roughly 65 million people in the UK, then there are 130,000 transgender people in the UK.

Why would we assume this? The trans lobby figures estimate 1% of the population. So 650k.

Assuming half of those are transwomen (this may not be correct, but for the sake of argument) then there are 75,000 transwomen in the UK.

So "for the sake of argument" when he didn't have a clue? Apart from the recent rise in young women identifying as trans and "non binary", I'd personally guess most of these people are male. Speculation though, if slightly more informed by knowledge and experience than Mr PJ.

QuietContraryMary · 15/12/2018 10:29

I think my favourite comment was the outrage at the suggestion that the male (she-penises included) sex organ could be used to spread disease & kill.

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LangCleg · 15/12/2018 10:28

I missed the skull comment. Was that Jane Fae-inspired?

AngryAttackKittens · 15/12/2018 10:20

That's just uncivilized.

LangCleg · 15/12/2018 10:20

I'm a bit worried about iced mince pies though, I must say.

AngryAttackKittens · 15/12/2018 10:17

So sad to have missed them!

Meanwhile, our non-deleted friend is presumably hard at work on their upcoming Christmas hit "Baby, If You Have The Bloody Nerve To Complain About Your Rights Being Eroded I Hope You Die Soon".

Think I'll stick with the original, personally.

LangCleg · 15/12/2018 10:14

That's the one who pretends to be a woman teacher and, within a couple of posts under the new name, starts on about how they won't let their pupils go to the toilet.

AngryAttackKittens · 15/12/2018 10:12

I mean, at least the Piss Troll is creative.

...Do I want to know about this?

LangCleg · 15/12/2018 10:10

I mean, at least the Piss Troll is creative.