What is a chair?

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Define chair in a way that includes all chairs and excludes all non chairs and I will use your method to define a woman.
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A chair is an english word describing any elevated surface designed for the support  and comfort of the human posterior
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A chair is the most based form of furniture. I decide what's based and what isn't, so it's easy to exclude all non-chairs.
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A chair is any person that feels like a chair.
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A chair as defined, is all sorts of things.

Who has the authority to say what is or isn't a chair.

Though for sure we can differentiate between what is or isn't an established design principle relative to seating.

Though at what point does a sofa become a chair, and not a seat?


Whereas a woman is a functional device, incorporating three portals designed for male satisfaction.

If you don't believe me, ask GOD.
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Savant reserves to himself the word and the power. Bow to him!
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A chair is an english word describing any elevated surface designed for the support  and comfort of the human posterior
can’t that also describe couches
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Also car seat. You can identify as a car seat if you feel like it.

Other things a chair can identify as:

  1. Stools
  2. Benches
  3. Sofas
  4. Ottomans
  5. Cushions
  6. Rocks 
  7. Logs 
  8. Step stools
  9. Bean bags
  10. Exercise balls 
  11. Hammocks
  12. Meditation cushions 
  13. Picnic blankets
  14. Stadium seating 
  15. Tree stumps 
  16. Laps 
  17. Thrones
  18. Toilets
  19. A Sybian
  20. A face

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A chair is defined as a piece of furniture designed for one person to sit on, having a backrest, a seat, and a stable base, allowing the user to maintain a seated position. This definition encompasses all variations of chairs, including armchairs, dining chairs, office chairs, electric chairs, torture chairs, sex chairs, recliners, car seats, thrones, and stools with a backrest, while excluding other types of furniture or objects not designed specifically for sitting or is not a chair.
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I wouldn't call car seats chairs.
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@GP

I wouldn't call car seats chairs.  To me, it's just a car seat.
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It's also the head of a committee, the "chair". 
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from a strictly engineering perspective, a human that appears capable of gestating humans
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Not the chair I was looking for.
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People want to change that definition to include transwomen with dicks.  We need to go back to the drawing board.
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People want to change that definition to include transwomen with dicks.  We need to go back to the drawing board.

from a strictly engineering perspective, a human that appears capable of gestating humans
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So if you look like a woman, then you are a woman?

That can be subjective, especially among 8 year old boys with long hair.
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That can be subjective, especially among 8 year old boys with long hair.
eight year old boys might look like eight year old girls

but neither one appears capable of gestating humans
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So if you look like a woman, then you are a woman?
sure

and some women look like men

and some men look like women


i'm not exactly sure why the government needs to know what we all look like naked anyway
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What do you mean when you say, "Appear"?
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What do you mean when you say, "Appear"?

have about a hundred randomly selected individuals look at a photograph of the person in question

fully clothed

and if fifty one of them vote "maybe a woman"

that's close enough
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You are making the “if they pass” argument.

have about a hundred randomly selected individuals look at a photograph of the person in question
I can find males by chromosomes and gender identity that most people would say are females.
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A chair is an english word describing any elevated surface designed for the support  and comfort of the human posterior
can’t that also describe couches
  • I think that's fair.  A chair by definition is designed for a single human butt, as opposed to the doublebutt of the love seat or the triplebutt of the couch.
A chair is an english word describing any elevated surface designed for the support  and comfort of one human posterior.
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Can’t that also describe twin sized beds
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I wouldn't call car seats chairs.
  • why not?
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Stool.

Now there's an example of crazy mixed up additions to the lexicon.

Who decided that?


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At least rump never took hold.
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If it self identifies as a chair, it's a chair.
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Hard surface (so it isn't a sofa or couch), has a back (so it isn't a stool), intended to be sat on.
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I can find males by chromosomes and gender identity that most people would say are females.
The preparation required for karyotyping depends on the method your doctor will use to take a sample of your blood cells for testing. Samples can be taken in various ways, including:

  • a blood draw
  • a bone marrow biopsy, which involves taking a sample of the spongy tissue inside certain bones
  • an amniocentesis, which involves taking a sample of amniotic fluid from the uterus
Complications can sometimes result from these testing methods, but they’re rare. There’s a slight risk of bleeding and infection from having blood drawn or having your bone marrow biopsied. Amniocentesis carries a very minimal risk of miscarriage.


do you really want to do this every time someone walks into a public bathroom ?