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  • village604@adultswim.fantoScience Memes@mander.xyzGrowth
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    27 days ago

    I think what you’re stuck on is the scientific use of a word and a social use of a word can have different meanings. And depending on context the scientific use can differ.

    In the case of bisexual, the term was likely used because the preference was for both genitals, since only 2 genders existed to science at that point. Also the term was coined by psychologists in 1890.










  • In this instance the instructors pick you up, run you to the edge, and throw you off. Because, allegedly, many people wouldn’t jump out far enough on their own.

    Imo the problem is going to a place where this is required in the first place, but it’s not the victim’s fault they trusted the people running it to attach the safety equipment properly. The people running it do ostensibly have a vested interest in not killing their clientele.

    The cord probably attaches to the back of the harness, so it would have been difficult for her to see that it wasn’t attached.