TIL, thanks!
We don’t have a word for schadenfreude in English, but trust me, we still experience it.
You had me up to:
And to everyone’s information: I am for Germany and we do not have two words for sex and gender. I don’t understand what you English speakers are up to.
I don’t understand what you mean here? I’m sure biological sex and gender identity are considered separate ideas even in languages without a specific word for them. To my mind a lot of transphobia comes from people not understanding there’s a difference between sex and gender.
As for the XXY, I’m OP and that’s my mistake. I misremembered my biology lessons and thought a second X chromosome made someone biological female, rather than the presence of an Y chromosome making someone male. I replied to someone else explaining my mistake.
Ooh my community is there! Hopefully new growth means I won’t be the only contributor for much longer!
Awkward the turtle? I didn’t realised they’d actually joined lemmy. They can fuck right off.
I read another post today that said lemmy.world has stopped growing and other instances are catching up, which is good for everyone.
Is that why women suffer from osteoporosis more than men? Testosterone makes bones stronger?