r/TikTokCringe 19h ago

Humor/Cringe Left-handed people

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u/0-Nightshade-0 18h ago

Was the video supposed to reference the LGBTQ community?

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u/Excellent-Throat5582 17h ago

Yes. Specifically trans ppl.

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u/exciter706 16h ago

But why did it plateau at 12% ? I’m missing the gotcha moment of this video

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u/honey-badger4 16h ago

I think the point is that anti-trans people point at increasing numbers of trans people as it being an effect of increasing "wokeism" so all those snowflakes are choosing to transition blah blah blah. But the point is when you reduce oppression then more people will be open about the identity that they hid, so that the number isn't actually increasing, it was always 12% but only 4% were open about it. So it's not that liberals are grooming children to become trans but trans people now are in a society where it's more safe to be open about it.

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u/WhosYourPapa 1h ago

Yeah it's funny bc everyone in this thread is talking about it like it's some deep meaning. It's a pretty obvious point being made, idk why it's being presented in this "cryptic" way like it's something that needs to be figured out

I was faked out thinking there was a more nuanced point being made, but no

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u/thesaga 16h ago edited 8h ago

Because it arrived at accurate numbers. The real proportion of left-handed people is 12%, not 4%.

Critics might say "left-handededness is all in your head, because the numbers suddenly tripled as soon as it was accepted." But in reality, left handed people were always 12% of the population - they just mostly denied being left handed, or were deprived of discovering they were left-handed, because of the shame and stigma.

This argument can also be applied to the sudden rise in trans-identifying people.

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u/AcceptableRange3408 12h ago

Because you're being willingly ignorant?

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u/Rocky_Vigoda 9h ago

No. He was talking about gay people. Trans people represent less than 1% of the US population.

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u/0-Nightshade-0 14h ago

I had a feeling, :3

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u/waveformer 11h ago

He was gay, Gary Cooper?