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1. In the Harry Potter books, Muggles are absolutely non-magical, while witches and wizards are magical, and while both kinds can exist in the same family, people don't change from one to the other. Therefore, if you want to refer to non-knitters as intrinsically different ("Muggles") you can't also complain that they don't want to learn to knit.
2) Behind dichotomy #2, we have this: people who think they should be allowed to take their fabulously sharp, pointy, long knitting needles anywhere they damn well choose, AND people who think it's funny/appropriate/polite to make threats involving their knitting needles. Folks, if we continue with "I have two needles, you have two eyes" speeches in real life, we ARE going to lose the privilege of taking the damn things on the plane. Also, stop trying to sneak your shit through airport security. When and if they give me the pat-down, I want them to be patient with the off-balance nervous person, not suspicious of another sneaky knitter; and I want them to treat items on the "no" list like honest mistakes or forgetfulness, not deliberate attempts to smuggle.
In a non-knitting pondering, I wonder why we have so few gender-neutral honorifics. We have Doctor and Reverend and a few other occupation-related ones, but when you meet someone and want to add something formal to their name, you have to figure out what gender title to use.
1)a) Also, if you want to refer to non-knitters as Muggles, please read all the books and look for instances of anti-Muggle sentiment, then determine whether people who hold anti-Muggle sentiment are good guys or bad guys.
2) Behind dichotomy #2, we have this: people who think they should be allowed to take their fabulously sharp, pointy, long knitting needles anywhere they damn well choose, AND people who think it's funny/appropriate/polite to make threats involving their knitting needles. Folks, if we continue with "I have two needles, you have two eyes" speeches in real life, we ARE going to lose the privilege of taking the damn things on the plane. Also, stop trying to sneak your shit through airport security. When and if they give me the pat-down, I want them to be patient with the off-balance nervous person, not suspicious of another sneaky knitter; and I want them to treat items on the "no" list like honest mistakes or forgetfulness, not deliberate attempts to smuggle.
2)a) Also, I'd like to see some interesting knitting-themed shirts that are not suggestive of violence or otherwise rude. For bonus points, one that also doesn't refer to knitting while drunk or extol the sexiness of the knitter would be super. (How about shirts that refer to "knitter" instead of "knitting guy" or "knitting girl/gal/woman/chick"?)
In a non-knitting pondering, I wonder why we have so few gender-neutral honorifics. We have Doctor and Reverend and a few other occupation-related ones, but when you meet someone and want to add something formal to their name, you have to figure out what gender title to use.
