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I know, right?! I was shocked in the morning when the print hadn't failed. I didn't have time to tune the printer, and i was borrowing it from a friend. I'm glad you like it!

Hi Jeff! I am glad you think I am clever. Instructables is a safe space in every way possible. It is made safe by a team of dedicated moderators, developers, and community members. I have had the privilege of working for Instructables at their SF office with the lovely, open-minded, and diverse team there. I assure you that the instructables space is safe, suitable, and appropriate for gender nonsense of all kinds. I think you will find as time wears on that this 'gender nonsense' will make more and more sense to larger swathes of society, as LGBTQIA... people and those who love them are everywhere and this sort of nonsense is exactly the nonsense that keeps us up at night.

Hi DropKick! I'm glad you like my 'ible. I am glad it is stirring up the critical discourse it is intended to provoke! It is a very nuanced subject.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GenderTo echo what SiouxsinT expressed, gender is of course a scientific term, but it is not a synonym for sex as you describe. Gender and sex are often correlated, but the relationship is complex. The word Gender only existed in linguistics for latin/Spanish/German/etc nouns until the 1950s(!) when it was intentionally introduced as a way to talk about the (scientific) differences between sex and the socialized behaviors associated with 'man' and 'woman'. A simplified explanation is that male and female are sexes, while man and woman are genders. Almost all animals and many plants have a sex, but gender exists ...see more »Hi DropKick! I'm glad you like my 'ible. I am glad it is stirring up the critical discourse it is intended to provoke! It is a very nuanced subject.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GenderTo echo what SiouxsinT expressed, gender is of course a scientific term, but it is not a synonym for sex as you describe. Gender and sex are often correlated, but the relationship is complex. The word Gender only existed in linguistics for latin/Spanish/German/etc nouns until the 1950s(!) when it was intentionally introduced as a way to talk about the (scientific) differences between sex and the socialized behaviors associated with 'man' and 'woman'. A simplified explanation is that male and female are sexes, while man and woman are genders. Almost all animals and many plants have a sex, but gender exists only within social animals with societies. Intersex persons have genital features from both sexes, nothing to do with gender at all. Most importantly, I feel that your insistence that people should "be accurate in their terminology so as to avoid confusion." is hurtful to people who are not cisgendered. A cisgendered person has gender identity that society considers appropriate for their sex. I find your comparison of the very serious plight of non-cis persons to reptiles very distasteful, to say the least.

I would be very excited to see a solar version! Keep us posted!

I'm glad you like it! I agree, The half-half sign is very confusing. The best sign I have seen is a just picture of a toilet. http://itspronouncedmetrosexual.com/2014/04/gender-neutral-bathroom-sign/

Hey Paolo! The way I see it, it is more of a parody of the traditional sign. The best sign for a toilet is a picture of a toilet. :-)

Great instructable!

I would love for it to be faster! I went with an easy to find motor, but my dream solar version would take about 2 seconds to change. That way it is obvious that it is moving! Thanks for your kind words. I'm glad you like it. :-)

That is amazing. How do you keep it powered? Battery-on-wheel? Slip-ring? Copper tape with brushes?