Because nobody else is interested in your criterion of what counts as evidence? More likely because it is not true. You are spreading misinformation. No, I'm not. I'm reporting my memory of what I witnessed, and the unsolicited hearsay of what my daughter claims to have witnessed. She could, of cou...

But is it really happening? Kids in the classroom seriously being committed & identifying as animals? Not just wearing cat ears for fun or liking ponies or even making animal noises, which kids do. There really isn't any evidence to show that it is happening. If it is happening at all it is cer...

cappuccino wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2023 5:40 pm

Mr Man wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2023 5:39 pm But is it really happening? Kids in the classroom seriously being committed & identifying as animals?

I thought I was a vampire

I can relate to that

When I was at school our drama teacher wanted us to be scrambled eggs

I don't imagine anyone is going to be offering it. Try and work out why. The Dog-duty Ascetic "That dog duty has long been taken up and practiced by him. What will be his destination? What will be his future course?" "Enough, Punna, let that be. Do not ask me that." that is not ...

Would you? Well, as I'm not offering that, nor said that I would, we'll have to wait and see if anyone else offers it. I don't imagine anyone is going to be offering it. Try and work out why. Because nobody else is interested in your criterion of what counts as evidence? More likely because it is n...

Would you? Well, as I'm not offering that, nor said that I would, we'll have to wait and see if anyone else offers it. I don't imagine anyone is going to be offering it. Try and work out why. It’s a recent phenomenon? I have a feeling that in a few years you will be labelled a disgusting right wing...

I would like to see one verifiable instance where children in the UK are actually identifying as dinosaurs, horses, cats, or even planetary bodies etc. Would you? Well, as I'm not offering that, nor said that I would, we'll have to wait and see if anyone else offers it. I don't imagine anyone is go...

Ceisiwr wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2023 4:50 pm
Here is something

"Parents of pupils who think they are cats 'insist on their children's identity being taken seriously', says headteacher"

Thanks. She doesn't say where this is happening. I can't imagine it was happening at her school.

Anecdotal evidence is evidence. I'm not sure what "actual" means here. This is what I got as the first dictionary definition for anecdotal: (of an account) not necessarily true or reliable, because based on personal accounts rather than facts or research. That's correct. My evidence is no...

cappuccino wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2023 4:14 pm

Mr Man wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2023 4:13 pm Delusion that people believe this is happening?

people are not animals


they are not even a different gender

Yes. But why do you believe that there are children who believe they are animals?

What makes you think that it is true?

Maybe it is not true or extremely rare.

cappuccino wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2023 4:06 pm

Sam Vara wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2023 3:57 pm

Schoolchildren, we learn, are now identifying as dinosaurs, horses, cats, and even planetary bodies.

Sorry it’s just delusion

Delusion that people believe this is happening? Do you believe it cappuccino? If so why?

I have, and so has my teenage daughter. So anecdotal evidence not actual evidence. Anecdotal evidence is evidence. I'm not sure what "actual" means here. This is what I got as the first dictionary definition for anecdotal: (of an account) not necessarily true or reliable, because based on...

I don't know where the trend started, but there are definitely children in UK schools who "identify" as animals. Some are merely doing it to wind up teachers and satirise the trend, but some are serious about it. Here's an article by Mary Harrington about the trend: https://unherd.com/202...

In the U.K. there are now kids in school who identify as foxes or cats. Teachers have asked for guidance on how to deal with them, as they fear not recognising their identity could lead to disciplinary action. This started in the US. The origin was that an elementary school, practicing active-shoot...

Who knows? It may be the result of past good action. It would also be dependent on buying a ticket. Is buying a lottery ticket a skillful action?