dimreepr

No it's not, much like being content to be miserable isn't; on balance, being content to be alive is more important than some fictional/potential pleasure, all it represents is something to look forward too. It's just as OK to be miserable in the moment, not everything can be looked at as a positive, however hard you try; which I think is what's tripping you up with OP list/title. IMHO 'happiness' is the hateful word tattooed across the heart of our culture, if only you could afford this you'd be happy, but don't worry even the poorest among you can afford a lottery ticket... Is that the sort of happy you had in mind? Because cultural bias is strong with the force. 🖖

But we can be content (on standby if you like), as @iNow suggested, happy is the wrong word to use, in fact I think it's detrimental to health to chase something that can only be fleeting. So for me, a more apt list would start with "don't worry if you aren't happy now, wait a while, someone's bound to say/do something laughable.".

He can't, he has no idea why it's so important to people he doesn't agree with... 🙄

But if he's gay, surely her partner would be a man???

So you think she's a man and doesn't realise, presumably because she looks a bit masculine and keeps beating the pretty women; it's certainly consistant with your version of logic.

I doubt you'd accept a punch in the face, yet it's real; the obvious answer is to pay them respect and not receive a punch in the face.

Your talking about the fairness of life, that we all have to play; we're talking about the fairness of a "GAME"!!!, that we all should be allowed to play; the length of one's dick is a different game entirely. 😣 On an aside, it's odd to think that a cat/feline is considered feminine, yet the Tom's are sporting a barbed dick that's designed to inflict pain, life's full of irony... 🧐 Just a thought...

Another joke that's zipped overhead, I can explain it if you want... 🥱 That's 90 page's on a topic, that's only intractable because 'they' say it is; I'm bored now...

Of course not, its a series of excuses designed to justify your desire to exclude some people you haven't met and deny them the chance of, whatever you don't like. Besides, what game doesn't have a workable set of rules for all parties involved? Well of course they have, it was bad enough when a machine rocked up and beat them, if a girl turns up and does the same, I can only image the devastation... 😲

LOL, nice try, but "you over nyah and me over nyah"; I'd better run it again, for the slow learner's...

Well, the reason I do is: I imagine that that person is me, then I imagine what I would feel like if I wasn't allowed to play, because of some bigoted idiot who can't accept that his hero could be beaten by, or become, a woman. Is that the same as your reason? In my opinion Richard Dawkins is an arrogant dick, he basically said "anyone that thinks differently to me must be delusional", any argument derived from this is, ironically, delusional... 🙄

It's the question I've asked, in many different ways, throughout the last 10 or so pages, and always ignored; but WTF I feel lucky, why do you care what game's other people play? "I have asked so many that have gone ignored I've lost count." All of your questions have been answered, it's not my fault that you assume anything you don't understand, should be ignored...

Oh come on, this isn't a playground; be honest and point to a post where you, or anyone else, have answered my fundamental question. I can't be bothered with this thread until you, or anyone else, answer my, very simple, fucking question; until you do, I'll be over nyah...

Oh FFS, just answer the question, why do you care? The reason I care is, what if I found myself in a situation where I wouldn't be allowed to play in a game that disallows my webed feet... Over to you... 🧐

It's not absent, you're just looking in the wrong place; try looking for meditation and it's various techniques, both lead and self induced. 😉

This clip sums up my response...

Have you actually read this? "Using testosterone levels as a basis for separating female and male elite athletes is arguably flawed."

What did I miss? Lord Coe, only got to the top of the greasy pole because he was allowed to play in the first place, with his inherent advantage's... It is very unfortunate that people who want too play against people that also want too play, are unable to do so because other people, not involved in the game (by which I mean not playing), maybe it's because they can't think of a way to make money out of it. You both keep stamping your feet and claiming it's unfair with no actual evidence, WHY IS THAT? If it's not a misogynistic bias, then what is it?

Oh, OK, Lord Coe confirms it; well he certainly has proved that he has no interest in money... where's the slap head emoji when I need it 😣 I'm guessing this will confuse @mistermack...

And here we are again, back on page one, in a cloud of misogyny... Transgender athletes just want a magic wand and a spell (expelliarmus seems appropriate), and then to just get on with their lives and play with whomever they like... "International sports bodies have certainly moved in the direction of my position." No they haven't, they're just trying to maintain a political legitimacy to keep the sport financially viable; which leads us back to Cartman...

That's a question for another topic. I thought you said there's a lack of evidence, you can't have it both way's. 🙄

Don't you see the parallel's, or the irony? If there's a current lack of evidence, then what are you complaining about? If you accept their (the risk players) choice of colour will have no effect on the game, then what are you complaining about?

Your argument centers around risk and every game has a certain amount jeopardy that's why we watch and play, because that's life played out in a game. But that's like not letting anyone play near a railway, good advice for a child, but condescending for an adult. It's not an athletic choice, it's a human one. It's like asking what colour do you want in a game of risk or what avatar in monopoly?

because he doesn't want to hear the answers, they're not real enough to fit his universe...