The "saur" in "dinosaur" literally means "lizard", and they're still called "dinosaurs" even after learning they aren't reptiles, but tell me again how the "bi" in bisexual must refer to the existence of exactly two things.
I can tell the difference in my brain when the med's working on it because for about six hours after taking the pill I could have posted that and not immediately frustrated myself by imagining multiple replies "Well I heard bi means attraction to same genders and different ones."
Which, much like arguments about singular they that focus on grammar, miss the point. The "bi" doesn't have to mean two. It doesn't have to mean anything. Words aren't *actually* molecules formed out of atoms of lexical roots.
Like, *yes*, the word was formed by sticking the prefix "bi-" in front of "sexual". But once it was formed -- the very instant it was formed -- it was its own thing. It's not bound by the definitions of its particles.
Which we should all intuitively know because we shorten "bisexual" to "bi" and it doesn't suddenly just mean "two" because "sexual" isn't there anymore.
Upside to ADHD meds: I'm a much less cranky person on them.
Downside to ADHD meds: I'm more intensely aware of my own crankiness when I come down from them, but not in a way that helps me avoid doing it.
Downside to ADHD meds: I'm more intensely aware of my own crankiness when I come down from them, but not in a way that helps me avoid doing it.
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