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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #13260 on: September 26, 2010, 01:07:21 am »

Spoiler: Brainfruit! (click to show/hide)
Those other froots are pretty cool too.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #13261 on: September 26, 2010, 01:12:55 am »

That one is.... interesting....
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #13262 on: September 26, 2010, 01:26:21 am »

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...Why is this so funny in context?
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #13263 on: September 26, 2010, 03:19:22 am »

Vector is stereotyping gender roles. Vector, stop that. Different people like different things. You won't know what someone's like until you get to know them. It'll be just as hard to change your personality to find a specific guy than to just look for more people to pick from.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #13264 on: September 26, 2010, 03:22:45 am »

I think the advice you meant was "it'll be harder to change your personality than look for more people to pick from".  Because I think that's the better idea.

And stereotypes start from somewhere, and you can tell a lot about a person by, y'know, being around them and observing them, as Vector seems to have when talking about people she knows.  Just throwing those out there, lest anyone get too confident that "any human judgment of other humans == prejudice bad bad bad".
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #13265 on: September 26, 2010, 03:24:47 am »

I think the advice you meant was "it'll be harder to change your personality than look for more people to pick from".  Because I think that's the better idea.

And stereotypes start from somewhere, and you can tell a lot about a person by, y'know, being around them and observing them, as Vector seems to have when talking about people she knows.  Just throwing those out there, lest anyone get too confident that "any human judgment of other humans == prejudice".
Yeah, that's what I meant. It's late.

I think I meant to say there's probably as many people interested in the way you are now as there are in how you plan to change yourself.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #13266 on: September 26, 2010, 10:33:40 am »



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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #13267 on: September 26, 2010, 11:32:40 am »

I killed Pandarsenic in a mafia game and he was an exterminator!

I had no idea!  D:
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #13268 on: September 26, 2010, 12:01:28 pm »



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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #13269 on: September 26, 2010, 12:04:13 pm »

I killed Pandarsenic in a mafia game and he was an exterminator!

I had no idea!  D:
What does that mean?
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #13270 on: September 26, 2010, 12:17:07 pm »

It means he messed up big time.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #13271 on: September 26, 2010, 12:21:27 pm »

Vector is stereotyping gender roles. Vector, stop that. Different people like different things. You won't know what someone's like until you get to know them.

Let me make myself completely clear: I hate the idea that a desirable woman is helpless, and it makes me sad that some women will leave themselves helpless and just wait for someone else to save them.  I have met these people.  They exist, they annoy me.  End of story.

Different people like different things.  I don't like this.  If I say "it really bothers me when people waste food," is that a stereotype?  If I say "it really makes me pissed off when people are offered an education and ignore it in favor of doing nothing," is that a stereotype?

No, you think it's a stereotype because I'm talking about something society encourages: helpless women.  I'm not saying "that woman is soft-spoken!  I hate her because she must not help herself."  I'm saying "That woman gets in trouble and just sits there!  That really burns me up."  I started by thinking about women who don't help themselves, and then I started thinking about men that fulfill the same role.  Both make me angry.  I get more angry about the women, though, because it's encouraged by society in many of our cultural memes.  I'm not more angry at the women, I'm more angry that we would see all this muck as a positive thing.

I believe "waiting around for a prince in times of trouble" is one of those behavioral things, by the way.  If I observe a behavior, I reserve my right to judge--and I have observed this behavior, down to having women nickname me "their prince."

Meh.  Sorry for getting so vehement.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #13272 on: September 26, 2010, 12:33:44 pm »

I'm talking about something society encourages: helpless women.
I don't remember ever encouraging that. What about you, the rest of society?
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #13273 on: September 26, 2010, 12:35:37 pm »

I'm talking about something society encourages: helpless women.
I don't remember ever encouraging that. What about you, the rest of society?
I have never encouraged that, but I've also never seen it. My observations so far suggest to me that society encourages women to act stupid and shallow because that's what they think men want, rather than helpless.

So, that's three opinions down, 6,699,999,997 to go.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #13274 on: September 26, 2010, 12:39:12 pm »

I killed Pandarsenic in a mafia game and he was an exterminator!

I had no idea!  D:
What does that mean?
Pandar never has luck as an exterminator, I was the one that killed him this game.
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