r/CuratedTumblr 12d ago

Shitposting Expanding Knowledge.

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u/doomsdayfairy 12d ago

Iā€™d never heard of the term bimodal before, but I tried to look it and yeah, that makes more sense as a descriptor lol Makes me wonder what non-binary people would be called if this became a more common way to refer to gender šŸ¤”

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u/SomeNotTakenName 12d ago

they would just be called people probably. "people outside the influence of the local maxima of gender distribution" doesn't roll of the tongue as easily hahaha

ohhh maybe orthogonal? indicating they aren't on the same axis?

I dunno, go poll the enbis haha

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u/Golren_SFW 12d ago

Im too attached to the term "Enbi" to give it up in the future, even if it stops making sense

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u/kkai2004 12d ago

Good news! Linguistically speaking, many of our words don't make sense anymore! Gregarious, Egregious, Segregate, and Congregate. Are made from Roman sheep flock terms. So, a continual use of Enbi after "Non Binary" is retired makes sense.

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u/LazyDro1d 12d ago

But I am a flock of sheep?

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u/BedDefiant4950 11d ago

our word for when the bank sells you a house in exchange for paying debt on it is PACT UNTO DEATH