Tinder Man Aged 69, wants to legally change his age to 49
 

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ti...tes-2018-11-08

Can you imagine if this was permitted - people would try to change their age to much older age ranges, why not raise it to retirement age and start legally claiming the State Pension? :rolleyes:

Re: Tinder Man Aged 69, wants to legally change his age to 49
 

Unbelievable, bit it's crazy enough that you wouldn't be surprised if it happened.


On a side note, if i was him, i'd be looking at a bit of plastic surgery as his likeness to a young Rolf Harris is rather offputting.

Re: Tinder Man Aged 69, wants to legally change his age to 49
 

Stop the world, I want to get off.

However, this does perfectly show how “ self identifying” with anything is bullshit, and dangerous.

Re: Tinder Man Aged 69, wants to legally change his age to 49
 

I mean changing your name is obviously not the same thing. Being transgender is a recognised medical condition. Changing age and race is not.

Re: Tinder Man Aged 69, wants to legally change his age to 49
 

Exactly.

Re: Tinder Man Aged 69, wants to legally change his age to 49
 

Is he really that stupid. :nutter:
Someone should explain basic maths to him. :rolleyes:

Re: Tinder Man Aged 69, wants to legally change his age to 49
 

We'll know next month, the court gives it's decision in 4 weeks.

Re: Tinder Man Aged 69, wants to legally change his age to 49
 

Why did he go for 49? I'd have gone for 29, and changed my name to Ivor Biggun.

Re: Tinder Man Aged 69, wants to legally change his age to 49
 

It just goes to show the reality of all this diversity/self identity nonsense.

It sounds to me that this is just a stunt to show how ridiculous this whole thing is. Where will it all end?

Maybe someone sensible could identify as the Labour Party Leader and kick out the current incumbent. :rofl:

Re: Tinder Man Aged 69, wants to legally change his age to 49
 

I have just accepted that i am fifty twelve .

Re: Tinder Man Aged 69, wants to legally change his age to 49
 

That's like saying just because one or two people on CF are rude, aggressive, and continually cause trouble, everyone on CF must be the same.

Outliers and extremists in any area shouldn't be used to decry or minimalise the challenges that others undergo, just because it doesn't fit in our "world picture" and we find it difficult to empathise/understand what they are going through, doesn't make it any less challenging for them.

It's like being back in the 20th Century, when homosexuality was seen as a psychological abberation that needed to be cured, and people were imprisoned or given mind-numbing drugs to "make it go away", or when women were expected to stay at home and basically be second class citizens, subservient to their husbands or fathers.

Hopefully, most of us are more enlightened now.

Re: Tinder Man Aged 69, wants to legally change his age to 49
 

Yes, in many ways people have become more enlightened with the passage of time, but theres always room for improvement.

Sometimes people don't do things intentionally, it can be down to a lack of education, institutional discrimination etc and often institutions will deem complaints etc to be simply trouble causing. The Stephen Lawrence case is a classic example.

Nonsense like this age thing does nobody any favours.

Re: Tinder Man Aged 69, wants to legally change his age to 49
 

Careful now, someone might get triggered....

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Diane Abbott, is that you? :D

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We probably are but when someone who is white decides to call themselves black or someone who is 69 tries to be 49 or even when a man decides to call himself a woman but then goes on to rape more women in jail, then we reserve the right to call 'bullsh*t' on all this bullsh*t. :shrug:

Re: Tinder Man Aged 69, wants to legally change his age to 49
 

So if I get my age changed to 68 does that mean i could just retire?

Its a ridiculous idea. You were born in a certain year so no matter what you say or do you are still that age.

Re: Tinder Man Aged 69, wants to legally change his age to 49
 

Yeah but, yeah but, if you were born a man with male chromosomes then no matter what you say or do, you can be a woman! :rofl:

Re: Tinder Man Aged 69, wants to legally change his age to 49
 

Agreed, but when trans people have a much higher rate of self-harm and suicide than the general public because of non-acceptance and prejudice, perhaps we might want to do something about it?

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Gender and sexuality are two different things.

Re: Tinder Man Aged 69, wants to legally change his age to 49
 

Agreed but you are sounding a bit Lefty these day Hugh ! Hope for you yet ;)

Re: Tinder Man Aged 69, wants to legally change his age to 49
 

I’ve always been socially ‘liberal’.

I was active in the TRG in the 80s and 90s - I don’t believe that people don’t fit into simple stereotypes or narrow categories, re my posts above... ;)

Re: Tinder Man Aged 69, wants to legally change his age to 49
 

Difference is transgender is a recognised medical condition whereas being a different age is not.

Re: Tinder Man Aged 69, wants to legally change his age to 49
 

Agreed. I have nothing against people saying that they are transsexual. That's a different issue from saying that they are actually a man/woman. You can say you are transsexual but imo, you shouldn't claim to actually be the opposite sex. Since you (obviously) don't have the genetic makeup to be the opposite sex. This is why we are in the pickle that we are.


Yup, see above.

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I agree. It is a medical condition. That doesn't, however, make their chromosomes different.
It may one day be the case that identifying as a Apache Attack Helicopter is recognized as a medical condition. That won't make the sufferer of that condition an actual Apache Helicopter.....it'll just mean that they think that they are one.....and we all accept that.

Re: Tinder Man Aged 69, wants to legally change his age to 49
 

I'm not saying that at all! At no point did I minimise challenges some people undergo and nor have I said that all people who do this or that are the same.

All I'm saying is that we must protect free speech be permitted to say what we think. If the language turns to threats of violence, then that should trigger a police response.

The diversity/equality legislation is poorly thought out and wrong, because it protects some sections of society and not others. Legislation and protections should be applied to everyone.