You know what amazes me?
I read threads in gaming forums - the realm of smart people, where physical strength doesn't matter - and there's discussion after discussion after argument after rant about whether females "belong" here or in comic books or as characters in video games at all. Online games are notoriously hostile to actual women, as well as the LGBT community.
Then I watch the Olympics. This is stereotypically the realm of testosterone-fueled, chest-beating dumb jocks, where there are actual, discernible differences between physical capabilities of men and women. Yet I see men and women both training and competing hard, coaching one another, cheering each other on, exulting in all the victories and mourning the losses. The folks who skied in tribute to Sarah Burke were not just women. Everyone mourned the loss of the woman who got women's events into the X-games and halfpipe skiing into the Olympics. Johnny Weir dresses however the hell he pleases and is acclaimed as an intelligent and insightful commentator, whatever his personal preferences might be.
Kinda makes ya think, don't it?
This is incredibly sad and makes me shake my head. Why can't people accept that women game?
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wait
are you saying the olympics are only for dumb male jocks?
or that most sports are only for dumb jocks while the olympics are not?
or that only the olympics are breaking down barriers in gender, outlook, sexuality and equality?
She's saying the following: (Speaking in generalizations of course)
Sports are usually portrayed as meant for jocks, especially among the "nerd"/"geek" community(/ies), and with a natural bias in favor of men, who are on average larger, taller, stronger, and/or otherwise physically superior.
Whereas those communities usually see themselves as intellectually superior, and physical traits such as size, strength, gender, and other traits don't/shouldn't matter as much because those sorts of things don't limit your mental capabilities.
Yet among the supposedly more intellectual community, where race/gender/etc. shouldn't matter, she's seen a lot more bias against females than in The Olympics, the biggest sports/athletics competition in the entire world, so basically the pinnacle of what is typically portrayed as a "jock/masculine" community.
Hope that makes more sense?
Spot on.
♪♫ Frosted Irony. It's painfully delicious! ♫♪
I tried to interject some common sense in a rules forum discussion and got called close minded
There's a reason I have that forum hidden.
Rules forum!? You're braver than I thought.
Yeah. Even I refuse to step in that forum. You, sir, deserve a hat tip for bravery.
Nah. I think I fall more into the stupidity line. I keep making efforts not to get into massive arguments and keep getting into massive arguments anyway.
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Rules forums is rules forums.
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I do not block anyone but there are definitely thread person names that when I see them on a thread I do not click on said thread
Eyup.
I reckon so.
After taking a long nap, I managed to calm down somewhat.
I still feel stressed out, but I'll just have to make do with what I have.
Icyshadow, I am sorry your day is so stressed. I hope the stress drops soon.
I took a nap. Sometime during the unconsciousness, much of my physical form turned to mucous. Uuuugh.
That kind of cold seems to be going around!
I'm afraid I'll catch it. Then I'll be sneezing up gelatinous cubes...
Or turnips.
Then I'll be sneezing up gelatinous cubes...
Oh my, isn't that an interesting concept?
I haz inlawz!
In boxes?
Now Now, be nice to the lich lest you move to the top of the list
Stop following Fawful! I not even have the knowing of who you is! You give me so much fury!
Then I'll be sneezing up gelatinous cubes...Oh my, isn't that an interesting concept?
Only if Jenny the Jellymancer were here.
Now I'm imagining a spell that causes someone to sneeze turnips and gelatinous cubes being used by a specialist wizard...
Dinner, Skyrim, and Smackdown. Couldn't ask for a better night, expect for Pathfinder.
Have a good one everybody.
Stop following Fawful! I not even have the knowing of who you is! You give me so much fury!
Not until you learn to behave young derro
Now I'm imagining a spell that causes someone to sneeze turnips and gelatinous cubes being used by a specialist wizard...I love the idea of a slime specialist.
Didn't they have one of those back in 3.x?
I think they did!
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On Taig's Rat Ship:
Really liked the fact that rather than just have it be a bunch of advanced rat swarms you gave it an undead twist, and included some of the dead crew members among the dangers one can encounter - and I loved Mr. Tibbles. :D
goooood morning FaWtL
happy Saturday everyone
good thing we upgraded the diaper size, the little one could not have held THAT poo O.o
45 minutes to one of the two most important events in the Olympics: The women's 30 kilometers cross-country skiing race.
GO KALLA! GO HAAG! GO WIKÉN!
Tomorrow, actually.
Haven't seen her in a little while, she must have taken the vacation idea to heartOnly if Jenny the Jellymancer were here.Then I'll be sneezing up gelatinous cubes...Oh my, isn't that an interesting concept?
She posted as Syssil yesterday. So she I think she's checking in now and again. Say JRR, when is the next literary masterpiece coming?
Tomorrow, actually.
That Fimbulwinter was depressingly short. I was promised three whole years, dammit.
You can't win them all darling but I heard Jötunheimr is lovely anytime of the year. That being the land of the frost giants.