But isn't the consequence of that 'these people deal with all kinds of real-world shit beyond the norm, they should have to deal with it in their video games too'?

Serious question. A friend gave me pepper spray, and I never carry it...what would happen if I used it in a situation like that? Because clearly if you can pepper spray a dick..then that dick is someplace it shouldn't have been.

Man, I'm with you there. I'm terrible at expressing emotions constructively, and I can read social cues like a brick.

I think it's pretty enlightening, sometimes it's confusing because it's pretty far out of what I've experienced, but who does it threaten?

I'm not going to say it's naive but I can kind of weigh in here. Part of it is because masculine things are considered 'better'. So in some places, a girl that acts masculine is considered 'better', which is a problem. I didn't wear skirts, or admit I liked pink until college (!) because all of my friends were guys,…

I dunno if it helps, but internally, I'm kind of switching to a 'girl'/'boy'/etc. system because of associations with experimentation and play. Children play in the mud with sticks, and run, jump, and get to hug, and cry, and don't have to worry about sex. Theoretically, culturally speaking.

I'm with you there. I've never actually heard it phrased that way before, and it's amazing.

We went to a pizza place once and our One Black Friend (only capitalizing because of relevance) at the table wanted some kind of fancy house non-alcoholic drink. Something like a special flavored tea, or organic soda. The server proceeded to tell him he had to PAY for refills, and when he disputed that refills were…

I thought Doctors just hated Daleks? and cybermen and politicians and...

So, ah. a preface: I know this isn't about me.

I'd be pretty offended..but mostly because if I ever somehow experienced one of these things it'd mean a bunch of my friends got together and planned an elaborate party to let me know I'm a horrible asshole.

Hell, I'm declaring an official Robots and Cheeses date night at my house. Gotta establish a strong foundation for your relationship.

Thank you, that was really interesting. I'm reading the NY times article he linked, too.

I get it now!!! Lol. That makes sense. See, I have a similar problem to Rhayn, where I tend to understand things very literally, interpreting as they pertain to me. A few year ago, I would've been the one that didn't understand how someone could possibly be a different gender from their identified at birth gender, but…

Some people don't place any value on an empty human body. You and I obviously do, but that doesn't get us anywhere if the value of inanimate objects that used house people is the pivotal claim.

I didn't want to reply to any one person in particular, I'm not trying to 'call anyone out' but the comments along the lines of "If you go out, then you obviously don't care about equality/justice" really bother me because the implication is that there is only one, universally broad way to respond to this. Quite a few…

I'm with you, there. However, this year's chatter around the bird will be about how he grabbed that officer's gun, and therefore the officer was allowed to handle the threat in whatever way he felt was best. Lose his shit and kill someone.

Yeah, it's bizarre. My father loves me, but clearly thinks my employer should be able to dictate how I use the benefits I receive as an employee, regardless of what I or my doctors think is best for me. Even though the point of a corporation is to act as a person-like legal buffer, not actually be considered a real…

Weirdly, I didn't start the metamorphosis into the Problem One until after college. It probably started with the fact that no matter what she did, or said, it was my responsibility to not fight with my cousin. I had to be the bigger one, the adult, even though she was only 6 months younger than me, and regularly went…

Your mom's sister is just not trying hard enough. Back when I had cable, I could find an episode of Whitish playing on every station, at any time I felt like watching it. It's constantly in reruns, too. Maybe her remote's broke. ;)