TechCrunch: On Elon’s whim, X now treats ‘cisgender’ as a slur

On Elon’s whim, X now treats ‘cisgender’ as a slur

On Elon’s whim, X now treats ‘cisgender’ as a slurtcrn.ch If you write the words “cis” or “cisgender” on X, you might be served this full-screen message: “This post contains language that may be considered a slur by X and could be used in a harmful manner in violation of our rules,” the warning says. You can…

"free speech absolutist" must mean something other than what the dictionary tells me (yes yes I know that train sailed a long time ago)

it's actually supposed to be "Free Absolute Speecist" but that anagram is too obvious

That is because Elno is a dumb baby.

And transphobic AF

cis θ = cos θ + i sin θ This is discrimination against polar coordinate

Elon is such a contemptible snowflake. Fascist gonna contemptible snowflake, though.

Caesar, attempting to tweet about granting Roman citizenship to citizens of Cisalpine Gaul: "well this fucking sucks"

Remember the woman who was like “the only other word I know with “cis” is “cistern” and that’s a toilet”

Found it

Ironically, 'cistern' isn't even from the same root as cisgender/cisalpine. (it's Greek, rather than Latin, related to 'chest,' just eventually ended up on the same pronunciation + spelling)

'Cisterf' should be a word though...

It's not. Cistern is a water reservoir. And yes, probably drinking water.

Looking forward to "biped" and "mammal" being likewise treated as derogatory.

Guess we know what Jack means by freedom, too.

Guy doesn't know what cislunar space is and I'm supposed to think he knows about stuff. I hope there's a camera on him for the translunar insertion. That'll be a burn.

This is why Musk changed the name from Twitter to X. It's so very close to what he really wants it to be.

Very Marketplace of Ideas Much Freeze Peach So Non-Censorship Wow

People have been showing screenshots of this for several months, it's not "news."

Apartheid Clyde: “We will sue Australia so we can show snuff films. FREEDOM OF SPEECH!” Also Apartheid Clyde: “Uuunnhh scary words make my tumtum hurt make them go away”

what a fucking joke

at least on blue of sky i can still say slurs with my frozen peach cisgender cisgender cisgender cisgender cisgender cisgender cisgender cisgender cisgender cisgender cisgender cisgender cisgender cisgender cisgender cisgender cisgender cisgender cisgender cisgender cisgender cisgender cisgender ci

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