Go the Oceans 13 (12?) route and just be like "You look like Julia Roberts."
You're saying it doesn't matter except on the individual level, but if you don't want people sharing their actual, individual usage of the word, how could we ever be descriptivist?
I read the rest. It's the same sort of logic as "Love the sinner, hate the sin" shit. If it makes you uncomfortable, you really need to work on it. Interact with trans folks, get to know some. I'm not saying you need to want to date them or something, but it just making you "uncomfortable" isn't good and something you need to work on.
Sometimes subverting the cliche becomes the cliche to stop repeating.
Will Car be a playable race in the new Fable?
People clutch their pearls. With certain topics, a lot of people are incapable of nuance.
Unless a movie says a character's name A LOT I will forget it. I'm so so bad with names. But I hear actors' names all the time. It's that simple. If I remembered the characters' names, I'd use them. I suppose also for more obscure movies that I like, I'd probably use the actors' names if I think other people don't know the movie.
The jobs I have had over the last year have been heavily pushing it, yes.
If it comes with Ubuntu and you like it, stick with it. At least give it a try. Everyone can tell you why they dislike it, but most distro hate/discussion is pretty minor compared to like Windows versus Linux discussion lol.
And Twitter somehow.
Yes, but that's generally a bad thing that the majority of people want to avoid. If someone controls over half of the mining pool then you have bigger issues.
I'm just a little weirded out by trans in general. It's weird to me.
You need to get the fuck over yourself then.