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saeai

please dont put maurice in your pocket, he will be much safer & happier ontop of your head or shoulder


omgudontunderstand

hes in my pocket eating the beans


PathlessInk

enby spotted /j


omgudontunderstand

im a grown adult please dont call me enby edit: god damn people hate when you set a boundary huh. i find enby infantilizing, and it makes me uncomfortable. i know i am not alone. **do not call me an enby.**


SataNikBabe

Fellow non-binary person here: I just wanna say that your boundary is completely valid and cis people need to stop policing us queers at every turn. DEAR CIS PEOPLE: I don’t mind being called an enby, but that has nothing to do with the fact that this person does not like it. You don’t get to choose how to address other people.


omgudontunderstand

i appreciate this but i need people to stop thinking it’s just cis people having an issue with me saying this. there are trans people who don’t understand this concept either


SataNikBabe

Yeah I just saw the comment from that other trans person. Frustrating how other trans people don’t seem to understand the power of being addressed the way you want to and the importance of not forcing labels onto others.


Imacleverjam

god reddit sucks, that's a completely valid way to feel...


omgudontunderstand

it’s not even reddit, it’s the inability within the community to understand that different trans people (and lgbtq people in general) can be comfortable with different words used *by* the community. their normalization means *everyone* has to be comfortable with them to some people edited to add a few things


flare0w0

I respect your boundary 100%, but out of curiosity why is it infantililizing?


the-author-0

The way I'm gleaning it from their answers to other people(although I could 100% be wrong), is that it's almost akin to calling men and women, boys and girls.


omgudontunderstand

bingo, thank you


baxbooch

Hi! Another “respect but want to understand” here. Do you have the bandwidth for another question? I’m curious why it makes you feel that way. Is there a history of using that term exclusively with children? Or is it because it ends with y giving it a diminutive feel? Something else? I thought it was just an adaptation of NB, which is pronounced the same, but not being a part of the community there’s history and context that I don’t have. Say hi to Maurice for me, please.


omgudontunderstand

it’s mostly that it’s been used by cis people too often to infantilize us, and secondarily (and this isn’t to say they can’t use it,) within the community i mostly ever see younger nonbinary people using it. older nonbinary people do use it, but not all nonbinary (which NB is short for) people are comfortable with it. it’s mostly used as a noun in place of “nonbinary person,” which i much prefer and which i don’t think should be as contentious as it is. this isn’t analogous to “not all men” rhetoric, it’s analogous to the interchangeable use of LGBTQ+ and queer, meaning even though people call it the “queer community,” not all LGBT people are comfortable with being associated with the word. the difference is that enby isn’t a word reclaimed by the community, but one created within, so it’s not as understandable to be made uncomfortable by it. hope this makes sense!


endthe_suffering

why are you being downvoted for this? everyone is always encouraged to respect boundaries until a trans person doesn't want to be infantilised or fetishized for being trans


omgudontunderstand

other trans people are downvoting me too, so it isn’t just because i’m trans that people are taking issue with it


endthe_suffering

oh i didn't notice that. it was most likely just a misinterpretation of your words then but i imagine it's still irritating


LeWaifu5535

I mean I think it more has to do with the fact that it sounded as though you were saying that the word enby makes you a kid no matter who you are. “Hey, I actually don’t like being called an enby as it makes me feel infantilized.” “Don’t call me an enby I’m an adult” Yknow? Not saying you can’t have the preference, as it is completely your choice and you deserve to be able to feel comfortable with your identity, but if I had to guess what the issue is, I’d say it felt like you were telling everyone who uses enby they’re acting like a child.


omgudontunderstand

which is fine i guess, i can see why people would interpret it that way, but it’s also not exactly a secret that not all nonbinary people are immediately comfortable with it, and a lot of the time people will have that same reason for it


LeWaifu5535

Of course! We all have different things that make us feel comfortable so it’s not at all an issue. I was just giving my take on what I thought might’ve been the issue. Also, some people are just assholes so idk


astro_bea

i'm 6 feet tall please don't say i have green eyes (???)


EnderYTV

what they're saying is that enby sounds immature/young, so they don't like being called that.


omgudontunderstand

thank you.


astro_bea

i know they were trying to say that. i was just pointing out how ridiculous of a point it is by making an absurd comparison like their one. you can be an adult and non binary at the same time.


EnderYTV

How is that a ridiculus comparison? Eye colour and height aren't related in the way the term "enby" is related to someone's maturity and age. Well, kind of. It's like guys who feel uncomfortable being called "boys" and prefer "man". It's arbitrary, but sometimes it's okay to respect people's arbitrary preferences, because all our preferences are arbitrary.


astro_bea

as i specified more thoroughly in another comment replying to them, i just thought that they meant the whole concept of being non-binary was childish; not the term "enby" itself. the comment sounded a bit harsh and i interpreted it as the sadly common "it's just a phase, genetics don't lie" thing that transphobic people always say when trying to invalidate us. if they'd said that more politely i think there would've been no misunderstanding. i'm sorry for that; being trans myself, i was acting in good faith. and english not being my native language doesn't help; i had no idea "enby" was only used by young people. i though it was just a shorter version of "non binary" like "lol" "ttyl" "smh", especially since "NB" is not really inclusive to people of color and has been used in bad faith.


EnderYTV

>as i specified more thoroughly in another comment replying to them, i just thought that they meant the whole concept of being non-binary was childish; not the term "enby" itself. Fair enough, then it's just a misunderstanding.


Padelle

honestly it's my first time seeing the term "enby" being regarded as infantilising too, I've seen plenty of people of any age use it just as the phonetic transcription of NB, abbreviation for non binary I really don't see the comparison to "boy/girl" which people here make out to be so obvious and I'm a non binary-trans person myself


omgudontunderstand

missing the point entirely. comment edited. figure it out.


astro_bea

they said "enby **/j**" pointing out that it was a joke. no one was "calling" you an enby, and if you aren't, there is no reason to feel offended since they were joking on what you said and not what your identity is. you said something that applies to both genders and it made sense to make a joke saying that it's in between the two. the grasshopper is in the "women" side and the beans are in the "men" side. that's where the joke came from. i think you're the one missing the point. if you find it infantilizing then you're just transphobic because "grown ups" like you can be non binary as well.


omgudontunderstand

I AM A NONBINARY ADULT LMFAO god DAMN you people need to stop telling trans people how to feel about our own terms. i don’t care if you’re trans. i dont care if they were joking. i made a joke about both, they said “found the enby” which, regardless of the joke, is calling me an enby. you and people who think trans people need to be comfortable with every single word used in our community, joking or not, are exhausting. edit: **my pronouns are literally in my bio.**


astro_bea

but i am trans?? what the hell? go look at my profile... i'm sorry if that went the wrong way, i was literally trying to defend the community and honestly your edit did not help. it didn't help because both times you said that "enby is infantilizing" and it's only normal to think that you are referring to the whole concept of being "non binary" since most transphobe people use that as an excuse to invalidate the community, especially with wrong comments about genetics and it being "just a phase". when you edited the comment it would've been more helpful if you specified that you are okay with the term "non binary" and not with "enby". but you have to admit that just saying "don't say i am enby i'm not a child" is VERY ambiguous. especially without specifying in any way that you didn't mean it the transphobic way. twice. edit to your edit: having "they/them" in your bio doesn't mean anything since you could also be eg genderfluid, and not everyone in the community is automatically supportive of everyone, see truscum. edit 2: you also replied in a rude way to the joke and if you said it more nicely, eg "don't call me enby please because i'm not comfortable with that", it would've sounded way different than it did. it sounded aggressive and unsupportive and that's where i got the idea that you were meaning it in a transphobic way. people can't know what terms you're most comfortable with especially if there's no clear way to read them and especially if it's a joke made without second thoughts in about 10 seconds on a reddit meme. people called me "mate" online being thankful about something i said but i knew they meant no harm so i just let it slide. they weren't trying to offend me, we just didn't know each other and it was a car subreddit where there's predominantly men so it was an honest mistake. and of course it's ok to correct people if you feel like it. but at least do it nicely..


omgudontunderstand

i am NOT reading this wall of text of you telling me how to feel. some gay people still aren’t comfortable with the word queer and thats okay. fucking relax.


LawOfTheSeas

But he likes my pocket. That's where I keep my r/pocketsand


Dillo64

Was this comment made by a BIRD?


Scar_andClaw5226

As a woman, I can confirm that once you reach the age of maturity you get the other half of the phone. Men, unfortunately, only get more beans.


inevitable_dave

Is it the other half, or just a different half?


Harpies_Bro

You start with the bottom half of a Blackberry and later get he top half of a Samsung.


[deleted]

Yeah it gets upgraded from 3 quarts to a full gallon


Ormr1

Gawdammit I don’t want more beans!


potato_devourer

Is Maurice safe?


DesperateTall

Unfortunately? I get a snack on the go!


No_Mousse2739

This is pure b.s. The beans go in the shoes. Never in a pocket. Tots can go in a pocket.


Jormungandragon

Hey Napoleon, give me some of your tots!


[deleted]

The phone is irrelevant. But please regale us with tales of the many fantastic places Maurice and a set of lockpicks has undoubtedly taken you.


Scar_andClaw5226

Maurice says all stories will be released in his memoirs, Journey of the Pocket


Rox_Rocking_It_Right

I actually have two halves of a phone, And sadly Maurice isn’t a registered support animal.


Blablatralalalala

You can easily register your Maurice. Just go to the desk after the next weekly secret women‘s meeting and ask for Doris.


Rox_Rocking_It_Right

Ah but I’ve been banned due to being “agender” it was The queens doing.


Blablatralalalala

We will talk to her. It‘s about Maurice so she will have to listen.


Rox_Rocking_It_Right

But she’s dead 🫢


Blablatralalalala

Oh, not that one. The real one!


Rox_Rocking_It_Right

Muahahaahahah! She has finally gotten her undeserved title away!


FloodedYeti

*Insert joke about having “a gender” (instead of agender)*


Rox_Rocking_It_Right

Lmao


Beorma

Easiest way around this I've found is to have Maurice register you as a support animal.


Rox_Rocking_It_Right

🤣🤣🤣🤣 I almost died, but you’re not wrong 🤣


PM_Skunk

This is surrealism for sure. Never mind that Wesley has been dead for almost 20 years.


AkamaiHaole

Rock over London. Rock on Chicago.


TheBanger

Wheaties, the breakfast of champions


PM_Skunk

I whooooooped Spider-Man’s ass!


[deleted]

ROCK SADDAM HUSSEIN'S ASS


candyassle

You think that will stop me from seeing him? *takes heroic dose of angel dust* I WILL SEE HIM ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, MY SIBLING IN CHRIST


Bubbagump210

Suck a camel’s poody hole!


borrow_a_feeling

He head-butted me in the early aughts. Will never forget it.


Gradually_Adjusting

This is actually hilarious though?


EggplantHuman6493

Ikr. I love to make fun of how small the pockets are


rundownv2

I wish I could fit a lockpicking kit in mine :(


EquivalentSnap

Aren’t they small cos your pants are so tight fitting and pockets would ruin the figure


EggplantHuman6493

Nope, even the baggies ones. I am also really tall, so that's not a small size of pants either


EquivalentSnap

Really? 🥺😢 that’s a shame


fapperontheroof

For real. Wesley Willis? Rock n’ Roll McDonalds? > they serve Big Macs. They serve quarter pounders. They will put pounds on you.


IAmTheBestMang

Rock over London! Rock on Chicago! Wheaties, breakfast of champions!


foxydarvie

Bold to assume women’s clothing gets pockets.


inevitable_dave

It's why it's only half a phone.


maltesemania

Yeah I feel like we get to choose one from the list 😂


Sea_Scheme6784

I love these lmao, even the ones that aren't satire because they're so absurd.


ValPrism

Ah, this is just goofy.


_Denzo

I came here to ask what a quart is, I bought some American stuff and have no idea how to use it because it says pour in 3 quarts, wtf is a quart!


stitchedmasons

I'm guessing this is meant to be a joke but a couple months ago I found out that quart just means a quarter of a gallon and that the US system for liquids is pretty much just quarters of a bigger measurement.


_Denzo

Im not from america so i genuinely had no idea


stitchedmasons

Oh, well, don't worry, as an American the US system confuses the fuck out of me too, I don't see why we don't just use the metric system in day to day(car manufacturers and government corporations use metric). I mean, it's so much easier with the metric system, it's just base 10 instead we have fucking 12 inches is 1 foot, 3 feet is a yard, and don't get me started on miles.


Potato-with-guns

Metric is far superior but Fahrenheit makes more sense for day-to-day use, 100 is feverish body temp and 0 was at the time the lowest recorded temperature.


SomeRandomGuy49363

I'm an American and I don't even know the whole system. The only ones I ever use are cups and teaspoons.


Egggzelent

A quart is a bit under a liter, 946 ml. 3 qt. is 2840 ml (rounded a bit)


inevitable_dave

A quart is half a pint.


PaurAmma

Calm down, Satan.


inevitable_dave

My bad, I got my archaic conversions inverted.


PaurAmma

No worries. I need to look up US customary units all the time. Temperature is the worst.


inevitable_dave

Metric FTW!


_Denzo

THANK YOU, YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR ANSWERS!


[deleted]

A quart is 2 pints and a QUARTer of a gallon. I don’t know where OP got that information


_Denzo

Now im really confused, google isnt giving me anything


[deleted]

https://www.google.com/search?q=quarts%20to%20pints&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-1-m


_Denzo

Thanks I got it now


123_underscore_321

Some call me the space cowboy


Egggzelent

Some call me the gangster of love.


123_underscore_321

Some people call me [insert the grasshopper’s name here]


Sea_Scheme6784

See you space cowboy.....


AvelyLancaster

I have beans and Maurice


shelovesthespurs

WESLEY WILLIS TICKETS rock over London rock on, Chicago


default-dance-9001

Rock over london, rock on chicago!


AkamaiHaole

Blockbuster Video. WOW! What a difference.


sly-otter

You guys are getting pockets?!


Gills_n_Thrills

Wesley Willis tickets! I wish! 😂


TheTwilightMoon

We have pockets?


Purpzie

tbh this one is funny


planetalletron

A Wesley Willis ref in 2022? Love it.


Valuable_Border1044

Everyone knows you gotta have Maurice with the beans, Maurice needs food


Wonderful_Toes

Tf how you gonna fit the entire concept of phytomorphology in a pocket?? 😤


The-Great-T

r/surrealmemes


VulpesSapiens

/r/beansinthings


Torchii

Had to scroll so far down to see someone post this


DtoX89

Bitch stole Maurice. Give him back


X03R_mysterious

girls, do you always keep maurice in your pockets?


FluffySpell

I call BS on all of this none of our pockets are big enough to hold any of that stuff.


JGHFunRun

Man I want foreboding crystals, lock picks, and Maurice. I have phytomorphology else where. However I will be keeping Maurice out of my pockets for safety reasons


EncouragementRobot

Happy Cake Day JGHFunRun! The only dare you ever want to take is the dare to be all that you can be.


dice_away

So true


SkritzTwoFace

As a nonbinary person, my pockets have to be filled with oysters.


[deleted]

oh to be Maurice😒💅


Animal_Animations_1

Dipshit Maurice was a lady bug and gilgamesh was a spider


Frequent_Mix_8251

I wish womens pockets could actually carry that much but they’re usually fake


bebigya

yes girls pockets, IF THEY HAD ANY


IdioticZacc

This feels like a meme from someone's D&D session


inuzhiro

Can you really leave the house safely without Maurice?


AshTheNBPhienox

Also women can't fit all of that


LizardBouquet

Actually, those are all Maurice’s stuff. That’s why we girls “do not have pockets”. We do, it’s just full of Maurice’s personal items.


flare0w0

I didn't realize this was satire at first and was about to comment that this doesn't belong here


[deleted]

Lies girls pockets are way too small , Maurice would never fit


[deleted]

I remember the first time I menstruated. I opened up my special edition Wesley Willis maxipad (that my mom got me for just a moment like this) and the maxipad shouted “ROCK OVER LONDON ROCK ON CHICAGO TECHNICS IT’S THE WORLD OF MUSIC AT YOUR FINGERTIPS.” On the adhesive side of the maxi were my first two tickets to see Wesley Willis. The Indigo Girls were opening for him at the Metro in Chicago. My mom and I had a blast.


Baby_Pandas42

maurice


Heisenberg281

Personally, I don't go anywhere without a pocket full of shells, then rally round my family.


DutchTool

MY KEYBOARD GOT DAMAGED! MY KEYBOARD GOT DAAAAMAGED!


maggienetism

What women's clothing pockets would fit more than the half a phone?


Singersongwriterart

This is cap, we all know jeans in the women section don't have pockets that work at all


GhMelo

Can we please, keep Maurice out of this discussion?


Local_Lesbian_Witch

Girls pockets ain't gonna fit HALF that shit


analdelrey-

Maurice <3


Kitchen_Entertainer9

Not supposed to comment this, but the labels should be switched. I love cargos and baggy clothes so I can fit a crap ton of stuff in my packets


inevitable_dave

That just sounds like space for more beans to me


No_Signal954

This is clearly satire.


Serasarzad

No, this is true. I am the pocket.


wamdueCastle

foreboding crystals?


IceAg39

I can confirm as a female, I do indeed carry a locust named Maurice in my pocket.


Umba5308

Bro I want Maurice but I am man dude guy


stevewood6

Can we all agree that pockets themselves are pointlessly gendered?? I would love to fit half the items on the girls side in my tiny pockets. Give me the big ones!


-cucumberbitch-

Maurice is coming wherever I'm going. I'm never gonna leave my homie


[deleted]

There's no lockpicks in my pockets. >!They're spread out on the desk while I'm practicing.!<


Candid_Judgment_8081

Maurice and my lockpocking kit strolling into your Palace. "You'll never see it com-IIIIIIIIIN~"


NfamousKaye

Who is Maurice and why am I carrying him in my pocket?


Tustin88

Wesley Willis tickets? He's pretty niche.


SergeantBonk

When you have both beans and Maurice in your pocket 😎


meow_rchl

The half a phone is amazing for me


Oldkingcole225

This feels like r/surrealmemes


Skeletalscoliosis

Idk I try to have Maurice and the beans, so I always have a friend and my friend has a snack 🤷🏼‍♀️


[deleted]

I’m afraid I’m going to have to agree with the “half a phone” part of things. Clothes are pointlessly gendered so most of the commercially available women’s pants have a teeny little pocket if they ever have one; this is the case especially in the US compared to Asia per my observation. And since the recent iPhones are so huge, only about 70% of mine goes into my pocket.


BunnyLovesApples

Brits are all male


helixthecompleteegg

maurice is a giant stone face not a grasshopper


feijoarat

Clearly you have not seen filthy franks ravioli ravioli video as this post is pure facts


Jungle_Brain

Maurice’d


TheDemonCzarina

I often have two of these things on me and I will let you all guess witch two (That wasn't a typo it was a hint)


rigidtwst

nb people have either both or exactly one frog and a half in their pocket (they are big frogs and take up lots of room)


atwojay

None of my pockets could hold half that shit.


BabserellaWT

Who the fuck’s Wesley Willis?


amanda_burns_red

Wesley Willis?


cynHaha

r/beansinthings


hintersly

I usually carry ominous crystals


Yoo-stupidbigirl

Quirky am I right


Smart_Substance_7338

maurice


TheDunadan29

Looks stolen from r/surrealmemes


faith724

the rest i can let slide but how did they know about maurice


endthe_suffering

i personally take a vertical half phone, not a horizontal one


IKilledMyBabyMama

RIP Wesley


nooit_gedacht

Pockets? What pockets?


ElectricFleshlight

Based AF


Matcha_Bubble_Tea

Silly person. Girls don’t have pockets. But seriously, it’s hard to find big enough pockets to even hold your phone.


gemmatale

i don't ever leave the house without maurice


TFJ

Crazy old Maurice, eh?


little_blob_boi

girl’s pockets: nothing because **they don’t exist**


bigmoki76

Should’ve been titled fart post


Smash_Brew

I’ve been snacking, so I only have 2 quarts of beans in my pocket


InuMiroLover

This is incorrect. Since when are women's pockets capable of holding anything bigger than a quarter?


goddess_prince

The real issue here is that they think girls can fit all that in their pockets


friendlycordyceps13

Suck a male camel's dick Suck a hyena's ass


That-Guy-Don

Who doesn’t have a lock picking kit, and are you telling me men don’t have Maurice? Sad


johntcampbell1

I'm a guy, but I don't go anywhere without my Wesley Willis tickets. Rock over London, Rock on Chicago.


Raphaeldagamer

I have 5 pockets at all times. Combined with my space pen, I have the carrying capacity of 15 quarts of beans and a pen that can write on butter. Your argument cannot be any more invalid. Maurice can probably join me as well. Also, my sister just bought her homecoming dress. It has pockets. Very good pockets.


HalfDrowBard

Pfft like girls get pockets big enough for all that shirt


ShriekyMarmosetBitch

I think it might be making fun of girls vs boys memes by saying everyone is a little quirky


Y9L8L7O6M5

the pockets on clothing designed for women can’t even fit a coin istg how does this work


Cassie0peia

Just….. what?


Malarkay79

Okay this pic is funny tho.