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i mean, you're absolutely right - i was being facetious there, the point being kind of "look at bauglir being a hypocrite" for the sake of hopefully getting a chuckle, plus i got to reference a conversation that actually occurred
but, yeah, it's not the lifestyle i wanna have but there are plenty of identity foundations that strike me as equally weird that get accepted on their face, and that kind of acceptance seems like it's probably the way to go re: living a good life
so naturally what
really baffles me about this isn't waifuism, it's the fact that they had to have a schism despite holding a perspective that no doubt subjects them to endless ridicule and should therefore prepare them to understand how unproductive that kind of judgment can be for a community
not that it's
surprising (splintering among socially ridiculed groups is nothing new - it's why we even have fandom wars, much less a bunch of other things that'd probably spark a flame war if i tried to compare them to this), it's just incomprehensible from the outside
EDIT: Not to say you should self-censor, or anything. This is a good conversation to have! And you don't need to agree with me, either. I'm just voicing my opinion on your opinion. Even if nobody convinces anybody, we all still learned something about each other and that's generally better than being quiet for fear of being judged.