What gets my goat is the "I'm a dude but this doesn't bother me" posts. Lucky I'm not a mod because I'd be handing out warnings left and right.
"I was just sharing my opinion. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I didn't say anything offensive. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I didn't imply that my opinion is the right one. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I don't need to meaningfully contribute. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ No, really, I don't even care about this discussion. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I totally support women. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I just think they're wrong about this. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Oh, so women are the only ones allowed to have an opinion? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Sexist. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Whatever, you're clearly not interested in debate, I'm out. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯¯\_(ツ)_/¯¯\_(ツ)_/¯¯\_(ツ)_/¯¯\_(ツ)_/¯¯\_(ツ)_/¯¯\_(ツ)_/¯¯\_(ツ)_/¯¯\_(ツ)_/¯"What gets my goat is the "I'm a dude but this doesn't bother me" posts. Lucky I'm not a mod because I'd be handing out warnings left and right.
A proper response to this might be found by replying to the OP.What gets my goat is the "I'm a dude but this doesn't bother me" posts. Lucky I'm not a mod because I'd be handing out warnings left and right.
Guy just told me in a thread that heels are lewd now to try to undermine my argument about how previous games in a certain series didn't have as lewd female outfits.
Today has been mentally exhausting.
My sleep schedule is fucked \o/
Just got back to the states from Europe. Feels like I've been sleeping randomly lol
throwaway801780 said:How often do you put fingers inside of yourself for non-masturbation reasons?
magnitude-of-light said:During my period week. I dig out the blood slurry so it doesn't surprise blurt on the floor while I'm drying off after my shower
Firstly, my apologies for assuming your gender.Mm. I didn't really want to have to come out of lurking, but uh, sorry, I'm not a guy :P
Anyways, without dragging too much of that here, I just wanted to say I hope you had a better day, heels are totally cute when done tastefully in the case of that character even if there's a criminal lack of wedges in character designs, I dislike the lewd as much as you (more like hated at first but time has induced desensitization), but I'm also super super happy to see female characters in pants and flat heeled boots and not just the usual female character design tropes of skirts, leggings, thigh highs, high heels, boob windows, thigh windows, what have you, which is why I made that comment about why I didn't understand why the presence of female characters dressed in non traditionally feminine clothing would be necessarily a bad thing, even if I also loved that previous designs were feminine without being lewd and it would be nice if that had been maintained. It seems there was some misunderstanding because I don't feel like our positions should really be too different but I hope that clarifies my thoughts on that. Sorry for rambling!
*goes back to lurking*
Had a job interview today. It went well, I think.
Nobody has problems to tell the male and the female blades apart from one another but you up to now.The point I was trying to make was that the game seems to have no happy medium in regards to its representation of females. Either they are full-on lewd, or they are androgynous to the point that it's difficult to discern gender. My criticism is that there is definitely a wide middle option for depicting women that the game does not even attempt. It's particularly jarring considering they did a good job in previous games of the series making the women look clearly like women, but without egregious T&A. In my opinion, the way they depict women is piss poor compared to the previous games in the series.
I checked your posts in that thread and I just want to say, I agree with you. I think Linkura misunderstood your points. It happens, don't worry.Mm. I didn't really want to have to come out of lurking, but uh, sorry, I'm not a guy :P
Anyways, without dragging too much of that here, I just wanted to say I hope you had a better day, heels are totally cute when done tastefully in the case of that character even if there's a criminal lack of wedges in character designs, I dislike the lewd as much as you (more like hated at first but time has induced desensitization), but I'm also super super happy to see female characters in pants and flat heeled boots and not just the usual female character design tropes of skirts, leggings, thigh highs, high heels, boob windows, thigh windows, what have you, which is why I made that comment about why I didn't understand why the presence of female characters dressed in non traditionally feminine clothing would be necessarily a bad thing, even if I also loved that previous designs were feminine without being lewd and it would be nice if that had been maintained. It seems there was some misunderstanding because I don't feel like our positions should really be too different but I hope that clarifies my thoughts on that. Sorry for rambling!
*goes back to lurking*
Yes, we agree there...? Fuck high heels :D
Apologies for the double post as I am on mobile.I checked your posts in that thread and I just want to say, I agree with you. I think Linkura misunderstood your points. It happens, don't worry.
Linkura I don't think alvis is saying heels are lewd; but they are a needlessly gendered way to show "hey look this character is FEMALE and kinda hot/cute", even when the character wearing heels doesn't make sense for the context (same as boobplate etc.). But, I think what you are trying to say (correct me if I'm wrong), is that you'd like to see more feminine designs that aren't thrashy and sexualized, instead of replacing sexualized women with androgynous designs?
I don't know if that's really an issue at all. A few characters might be androgynous, but non-sexualized women can and do look very feminine, like Aloy, Emily, Titania, etc.
Men of Reddit, what inappropriate question about women have you always wanted to ask?
There's some really funny shit in here. This one especially:
Does your vagina fill with water when it's underwater? Or does it do the same as an ass and create a barrier
Not really, sometimes a bit of water comes out when you get out. But if you want it's fun to suck some water in like a pipette and shoot it out like a water gun.
Thank you. Exactly my thoughts.I just get frustrated by what we're told we should wear to be more ladylike and this in a small way feels like that.
I agree too.Oooof. I mean nice stylized feminine designs we could definitely use more of. But I personally don't subscribe to a way of dressing and stuff that is necessarily considered "feminine." I don't consider myself androgynous either. It's pretty obvious even though I never wear heels, dresses, or makeup. I could also easily tell those characters were female, with the exception of the one in more armor.
I guess what I'm saying is I take a bit of offense to the idea that a character should possess some typical feminine elements that I don't even apply to myself. I just get frustrated by what we're told we should wear to be more ladylike and this in a small way feels like that.
The woman in your avatar, right? Love it.I agree too.
That said I can see what Linkura is getting at. I certainly don't want to "force femininity", but having some feminine designs that aren't thrashy can certainly look really cool and elegant and I can respect her desire for wanting such designs even if I am not a fan myself.
Linkura, what do you think of Lady Maria from Bloodborne? To me that's a perfect balance of femininity, badassness, and classiness.
Right, we need more variety in good female designs overall.I agree too.
That said I can see what Linkura is getting at. I certainly don't want to "force femininity", but having some feminine designs that aren't thrashy can certainly look really cool and elegant and I can respect her desire for wanting such designs even if I am not a fan myself.
Linkura, what do you think of Lady Maria from Bloodborne? To me that's a perfect balance of femininity, badassness, and classiness.
I LOVE Lenneth's design. Great example. <3I always thought the valkyries in the Valkyrie Profile series looked really nice sans the goddamn breast plate.
I feel as though I have nothing of value to contribute to the sexism discussions. I have stopped trying to reach people with reasonable argument. I don't have the energy or inclination to do it any longer.
I have accepted that the gaming community at large is hostile to women and has been since probably the late 1990s, if not longer. Speaking of my own personal experience, I never had a single negative experience, in person or online, until the early 2000s. Video games, dungeons and dragons, etc, used to be considered family activities. Many of the founding game designers were women, who have since been all but erased from history. Joyce Weisbecker, Carol Shaw, Roberta Williams, and the list goes on.
On a personal level, in the early 2000s I started noting a rising hostility towards me, both in physical spaces (shops and meetups) as well as online, simply for being a woman. And it isn't in just video games, it is the same in board game shops and comic book stores, any space where the "nerd male" is supreme.
As an example, my last visit to a board game store, the owner insisted I didn't know how to play L5R and attempted to persuade me to let him "teach me" in a very aggressive manner (while staring at my breasts in my lose fitting t-shirt), as obviously I, a woman, did not know how to play such a game. When I politely declined, he became hostile. This is not an isolated incident, nor it is contained to this one shop. This has pretty much been my standard interaction for over a decade now, which is why I almost always shop online. I could speak in detail of the comic shop employee who refused to sell me a graphic novel, or of the video game manager who insisted I was purchasing for my boyfriend, but most of us are familiar with the varying levels of everyday aggression towards women.
My choice has been to almost completely stop interacting with the community. I made an account here, but it's turned out to be just more of the same.
The Al Franken thread has suddenly turned into a giant cesspool. No way some people in there aren't baiting.Yeah, there are multiple threads today that are just...... I can't do it today.
Hello! Not too much, attended the funeral today for my uncle, was a really nice mass but my Godmother/Aunt (his wife) breaking down right as they were bringing the casket away at the end of the mass broke me after I was strong the entirety of it beforehand >_<
So sorry for your loss. :(Hello! Not too much, attended the funeral today for my uncle, was a really nice mass but my Godmother/Aunt (his wife) breaking down right as they were bringing the casket away at the end of the mass broke me after I was strong the entirety of it beforehand >_<
Anddd Fiction just laid the smack down. <3The Al Franken thread has suddenly turned into a giant cesspool. No way some people in there aren't baiting.
Hello! Not too much, attended the funeral today for my uncle, was a really nice mass but my Godmother/Aunt (his wife) breaking down right as they were bringing the casket away at the end of the mass broke me after I was strong the entirety of it beforehand >_<
The Al Franken thread has suddenly turned into a giant cesspool. No way some people in there aren't baiting.
The Al Franken thread has suddenly turned into a giant cesspool. No way some people in there aren't baiting.
:( That's too bad. The last few pages have been a lot better.I saw that diversity thread. That first and last page has foul as fuck stuff in it. I expect there's the same in between. I didn't even bother.
I watched it all already, posted my thoughts in the OT. It was all right, but didn't match the amazing pilot imo.
Linkura, honestly, I'm very disappointed in a lot of the designs in XBC2 for the women. Looking at the Japanese twitter account and seeing all of the female blades, I feel as if there's a lot of "waifu" pandering with the designs. I brought this up in a previous thread and the responses I got were basically "this is just Japanese culture, so that makes it okay." -.- Even if the old XB games weren't perfect with representing women, they at least had more diverse designs (Elma, Lyn, Irina, Melia, Sharla, and Fiona are all visually distinct). The few non sexualized women in XBC2 don't make up for the ubiquity of weirdly sexy blades to collect. I would be fine if the female lead at least had a good design, but..
Regarding the last few posts about talking about diversity in ERA, I def feel like it's harder here than the old place, as I've mentioned. I don't even go to topics surrounding diversity anymore because I'm tired of reading the same stuff. I wanted that, i'd be on reddit :/ I still love the general community of ERA though.