The Daily Dose/October 17, 2024
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
WELCOME TO THE FUTURE: Here’s a problem that wasn’t around years ago: those born boys competing as and with girls. It’s a recent phenomenon because for centuries trans people have been scorned and shunned. Now, they’re more mainstream than ever, and for a while now, trans girls have been competing on girl’s teams.
Get Your Official Daily Dose Policy Right Here: This is wrong. Those born girls should be permitted to play against girls. They should not be obliged to play against those born boys.
Fly In The Ointment: The latest turbulence in this storm comes from San Jose State University, whose women’s volleyball team has a trans player. Four teams have forfeited matches against them this year, with a fifth one planning to.
Dry, Technical Matter: Now, we understand that work orders sometimes get mixed up at conception, meaning some who are born one gender really should’ve been born the other gender. It’s the way the world is built, and it has been built since time immemorial. It is appropriate that they are not only tolerated but accepted. It takes all of us to make this planet go.
Back On Message: Trans supporters say it’s not fair that transitioned girls are not allowed to play on girl’s teams. They have a point. It’s not their fault they weren’t born the girls they really should’ve been born as. A useful solution to this problem is to have a third gender classification, a trans division. This would be ahead of its time, though. Last year, the international swimming governing body showed some foresight by having an open division for trans swimmers, but no one entered.
The Bottom Line: We appreciate that some born boys should have been born girls, and vice-versa: they should have their own division. We are halfway through the third decade of the 21st century, and it’s time. Those born girls should be allowed to participate only against those also born girls.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow gets his ballot in the mail. Today’s Diary.
This is our fourth time on a general election ballot so the thrill of seeing your name on the ballot for Congress – or the US Senate, for that matter – has faded somewhat, so we didn’t bother opening it…Besides, we generally vote in person anyway…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1781 – The American Revolution effectively ends when the British under General Charles Cornwallis surrenders to US forces commanded by General George Washington following a siege of approximately three weeks at Yorktown. It was the last major land battle of the Revolution, and a surrender document would be signed two days later. Almost 8,000 British were taken prisoner, most of whom were returned to Great Britain, and the Revolution officially ended in May 1784 when both countries exchanged ratified copies of the peace treaty both sides had approved the year before.
In 1968 – Victor Saneyev of the Soviet Union wins the triple jump at the Mexico City Summer Olympics. Saneyev jumped 57 feet, .5 inches to break the world record, the second time he had set the world record that day and the fifth time the mark had been broken in the two-day competition. Saneyev would defend his title at Munich in 1972 and Montreal in 1976, and win the silver medal in Moscow in 1980.
In 1942 – Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Tex Beneke, Marion Hutton, and the Modernaires are at #1 on Billboard’s National Best Selling Retail Records chart – the predecessor to every other Billboard chart – for the sixth of seven consecutive weeks with (I’ve Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo. It was Miller’s fourth #1 song of the year and his 15th of 16 #1s on assorted pop charts of the era. Miller was a major in the Army’s Air Forces during World War II when the plane he was on disappeared over the English Channel in December 1944.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The last US woman to win the Olympic 100 meters was Gail Devers at Barcelona in 1992 and Atlanta in 1996.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What was the name of the peace treaty that ended the American Revolution? – Answer next time!
