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[BlackHeartKabal]

peace is a dream we've been chasing for a long time

[Ogdibus]

I know it wasn't directed at me, but that's part of why I think all these linguistic games and identity politics are divisive bullshit. People are people, and if you need to distinguish some trait about them, use simple descriptors. It's immensely frustrating to live in a time where we really need to come together and pull to stop our species from sliding into the pit of extinction, but everyone seems to be caught up in all this petty hatred, devoting themselves to tearing others down and deifying themselves. We've had so many fucking centuries to reach the realization that our superficial differences are just that, but so many people still judge others and define themselves primarily based on those characteristics.

That premise is the real bullshit.  I've tried it, and I've spent most of my life surrounded by people that think they live by it.

It hasn't stopped people from treating me like shit, even though I've tried for decades to assimilate.  People still notice the shape of my eyes nose and body, the texture of my hair, the color of my skin, the inflection of my voice, my dialect, and the movement of my body.  In case it wasn't obvious, "just being me" doesn't help either. 

To make things worse, ignoring the identities of others makes it more difficult to empathize and communicate with them.

Without mutual acceptance of peoples' differences, there can be no means to peaceful coexistence.  What you want is impossible.

[Orange Wizard]

Race is an identity?

[TD1]

I might be biased because of the social circles I run in, so others can chime in, but based on the people I know and the percentages there-in, I REALLY look askance at those statistics. It feels like a lot more people are queer than those would imply.

Depends - I only know two gays and two lesbians in my previous year.

[Loud Whispers]

it's for the same reason that people of colour is a term, as in, people who are not "Default Master White Race," people who aren't seen as able to represent humanity but only their specific colour

I swear the only significant group who actually thinks that non-whites are inferior are the non-white advocates who act as though they need special attention to achieve the same things

Nah fam, just like the bants

[NRDL]

I actually thought I was in the sad thread by accident when I looked at these latest posts.

[BlackHeartKabal]

I actually thought I was in the sad thread by accident when I looked at these latest posts.

At this point it'd come off as attention seeking if I posted in the sad thread so I'm just planning to bottle it up for about a week.

[TD1]

There's always the mild sad thread.

[Loud Whispers]

Peace in some time

[ECrownofFire]

It isn't the norm

No, being gay or trans is not the most common. But being a native american isn't either, and in fact is even more rare (about 2% of the US). But you should be able to see why saying that "being native american isn't the norm" is a real asshole-ish thing to say and might get you into trouble with some people.

There are many variations in people. To label anything (that isn't harmful) as "not normal" is extremely dehumanizing.

[Loud Whispers]

Harmful =/= Normal

Drinking is very normal and is harmful m8

[ECrownofFire]

Harmful =/= Normal

Drinking is very normal and is harmful m8

That's... not exactly the point I was making

[Tiruin]

peace is a dream we've been chasing for a long time

I got that reference!

I've been playing too much Sins of a Solar Empire to jot this down. :3

* Tiruin diplomacy's all your planets and loves playing as the Advent allied with TEC.

That said, happies that I've a ton of friends--many met from B12 (because this is my first forum x3), and from there it just spread online. Thanks you dudes for building me up well.

These times help me vs the stress I'm getting from this thesis.

[hops]

I got a new laptop!

[BlackHeartKabal]

peace is a dream we've been chasing for a long time

I got that reference!

I've been playing too much Sins of a Solar Empire to jot this down. :3

* Tiruin diplomacy's all your planets and loves playing as the Advent allied with TEC.

That said, happies that I've a ton of friends--many met from B12 (because this is my first forum x3), and from there it just spread online. Thanks you dudes for building me up well.

These times help me vs the stress I'm getting from this thesis.

Or do as I do, play as the TEC Loyalists, and wait out the war.

Also, it's great to see you happy about your friends here and all! And I'm perfectly confident in your ability to effortlessly pull through that thesis, Tiruin.

I got a new laptop!

Splendid!