When I met Skippy I carefully refrained from ever actually talking to him, so that I wouldn't have to choose between calling him his internet name or his real name.
hearing people call each other by their forum names out walking around in boston was one of my favorite things about the PAX trip.
HEY SKIPPY! WHERE IS PUPPIES? OH HI PUPPIES!
i work so hard to avoid using internet names in real life
it kills me when i forget someone's for real name and am forced into fake name
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21stCenturyCall me Pixel, or Pix for short![They/Them]Registered Userregular
Like, right now, I more than likely have some false beliefs. It's a side effect of not being omniscient.
So if someone really earnestly believes that they are a Dragon, then that's fine. As long as that belief doesn't hurt anyone, I don't care...
But them believing that they are a Dragon doesn't mean that they are a Dragon. Just means that they believe something false. No biggy.
but that's exactly the point i was trying to make i think.
we good liberal-minded people accept transgenderism and have trans friends and use the right pronouns and support legal rights etc.
and we ask those who don't accept that transgenderism is an actual thing to just be tolerant and indulgent even if they don't believe or accept that a translady is a real actuallady.
i.e., we demand a legal and social framework in which people have the basic right of identity self-determination.
and i have no idea whether furries are a product of disney movies or otherkin are an internet fad for sad kids or transracial people will be only as long-lived as tumblr or whatever, but the trend has been that people are increasingly demanding broader respect and acceptance of their identity or lifestyle assertions. i don't think they'll just go away after transgender is normalized
And even if transgendered being normalized is absolutely what should happen (and it is), at what point on the march towards "freedom to be" do we collectively say "nope that is a mental illness or a cry for attention and not a real thing?" Your answer to that question you will find is answered more by feelings than facts most of the time, and that kind of sucks.
I feel like a pretty solid line can be drawn at "real things that a sentient".
A human being can be born male, but be female. I'm okay with that.
A human being can be born human, but believe they are a dragon. That, I'm less okay with.
Would you say that opinion is based on feeling more than fact?
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syndalisGetting ClassyOn the WallRegistered User, Loves Apple Productsregular
I mean, their whole job offer was amateurish, gives no concrete abilities or certs you need, just "We nee a cool person to be administrative assistant. You gotta be dynamic and like video games."
I wish i had more experience in hiring... then I could school them.
BUTT ALASS
i dont know, it seems pretty straight forward to me.
they want a bitch boy.
but it has to be a fellow gamer b/c hiring someone who's "cool" is more important than just hiring someone who is qualified.
When people are sincere about it, it's them identifying with a cultural stereotype and not realizing that race is almost entirely external, how people perceive you.
So people are like "Hey, I really like rap music and I'm more comfortable with black people than white people, I guess I'm basically black."
Never mind that they would never have to walk the streets afraid some random racist WASP is going to feel threatened and pull a gun for no reason, they (probably) don't have to worry cops are going to find bullshit excuses to frisk them or search their cars, etc.
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TehSlothHit Or MissI Guess They Never Miss, HuhRegistered Userregular
Like, right now, I more than likely have some false beliefs. It's a side effect of not being omniscient.
So if someone really earnestly believes that they are a Dragon, then that's fine. As long as that belief doesn't hurt anyone, I don't care...
But them believing that they are a Dragon doesn't mean that they are a Dragon. Just means that they believe something false. No biggy.
but that's exactly the point i was trying to make i think.
we good liberal-minded people accept transgenderism and have trans friends and use the right pronouns and support legal rights etc.
and we ask those who don't accept that transgenderism is an actual thing to just be tolerant and indulgent even if they don't believe or accept that a translady is a real actuallady.
i.e., we demand a legal and social framework in which people have the basic right of identity self-determination.
and i have no idea whether furries are a product of disney movies or otherkin are an internet fad for sad kids or transracial people will be only as long-lived as tumblr or whatever, but the trend has been that people are increasingly demanding broader respect and acceptance of their identity or lifestyle assertions. i don't think they'll just go away after transgender is normalized
And even if transgendered being normalized is absolutely what should happen (and it is), at what point on the march towards "freedom to be" do we collectively say "nope that is a mental illness or a cry for attention and not a real thing?" Your answer to that question you will find is answered more by feelings than facts most of the time, and that kind of sucks.
I feel like a pretty solid line can be drawn at "real things that a sentient".
A human being can be born male, but be female. I'm okay with that.
A human being can be born human, but believe they are a dragon. That, I'm less okay with.
Would you say that opinion is based on feeling more than fact?
I was genuinely considering working for you before that sentence.
Those are the fucking worst.
AWESOME JOB FOR COOL DUDES IN A NEATO FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT.
LOOKING FOR ROCKSTAR NINJA CODERS ONLY.
GURU IN C++ REQUIRED, MYSQL BLACK BELT A PLUS.
DRESS CODE IS CLOTHES ARE OPTIONAL BECAUSE WE ARE QUIRKY TECH PEOPLE LOL
Location: San Francisco
Compensation: 40k, 60-hour weeks, and the owners only pay it begrudgingly.
Prospects:
Worst case, owners sell the company in a year and you're out on your ass while they make money hats.
Best case, company is bankrupt in a year and you're all out on your asses.
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
When I met Skippy I carefully refrained from ever actually talking to him, so that I wouldn't have to choose between calling him his internet name or his real name.
lots of people have called me skippy IRL
it must be a fitting handle idk
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Donkey KongPutting Nintendo out of business with AI nipsRegistered Userregular
Like, right now, I more than likely have some false beliefs. It's a side effect of not being omniscient.
So if someone really earnestly believes that they are a Dragon, then that's fine. As long as that belief doesn't hurt anyone, I don't care...
But them believing that they are a Dragon doesn't mean that they are a Dragon. Just means that they believe something false. No biggy.
but that's exactly the point i was trying to make i think.
we good liberal-minded people accept transgenderism and have trans friends and use the right pronouns and support legal rights etc.
and we ask those who don't accept that transgenderism is an actual thing to just be tolerant and indulgent even if they don't believe or accept that a translady is a real actuallady.
i.e., we demand a legal and social framework in which people have the basic right of identity self-determination.
and i have no idea whether furries are a product of disney movies or otherkin are an internet fad for sad kids or transracial people will be only as long-lived as tumblr or whatever, but the trend has been that people are increasingly demanding broader respect and acceptance of their identity or lifestyle assertions. i don't think they'll just go away after transgender is normalized
And even if transgendered being normalized is absolutely what should happen (and it is), at what point on the march towards "freedom to be" do we collectively say "nope that is a mental illness or a cry for attention and not a real thing?" Your answer to that question you will find is answered more by feelings than facts most of the time, and that kind of sucks.
I feel like a pretty solid line can be drawn at "real things that a sentient".
A human being can be born male, but be female. I'm okay with that.
A human being can be born human, but believe they are a dragon. That, I'm less okay with.
Would you say that opinion is based on feeling more than fact?
Do you not believe that I'm a dragon
no you are a sloth
Thousands of hot, local singles are waiting to play at bubbulon.com.
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TehSlothHit Or MissI Guess They Never Miss, HuhRegistered Userregular
Like, right now, I more than likely have some false beliefs. It's a side effect of not being omniscient.
So if someone really earnestly believes that they are a Dragon, then that's fine. As long as that belief doesn't hurt anyone, I don't care...
But them believing that they are a Dragon doesn't mean that they are a Dragon. Just means that they believe something false. No biggy.
but that's exactly the point i was trying to make i think.
we good liberal-minded people accept transgenderism and have trans friends and use the right pronouns and support legal rights etc.
and we ask those who don't accept that transgenderism is an actual thing to just be tolerant and indulgent even if they don't believe or accept that a translady is a real actuallady.
i.e., we demand a legal and social framework in which people have the basic right of identity self-determination.
and i have no idea whether furries are a product of disney movies or otherkin are an internet fad for sad kids or transracial people will be only as long-lived as tumblr or whatever, but the trend has been that people are increasingly demanding broader respect and acceptance of their identity or lifestyle assertions. i don't think they'll just go away after transgender is normalized
And even if transgendered being normalized is absolutely what should happen (and it is), at what point on the march towards "freedom to be" do we collectively say "nope that is a mental illness or a cry for attention and not a real thing?" Your answer to that question you will find is answered more by feelings than facts most of the time, and that kind of sucks.
I feel like a pretty solid line can be drawn at "real things that a sentient".
A human being can be born male, but be female. I'm okay with that.
A human being can be born human, but believe they are a dragon. That, I'm less okay with.
Would you say that opinion is based on feeling more than fact?
Do you not believe that I'm a dragon
no you are a sloth
i know for a FACT that you are not a gorilla
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JacobkoshGamble a stamp.I can show you how to be a real man!Moderatormod
Per 90s talk earlier:
I am at lunch and the radio has played, in quick succession,
- "All That She Wants"
- "It's All For You"
- "Mr. Jones"
When I met Skippy I carefully refrained from ever actually talking to him, so that I wouldn't have to choose between calling him his internet name or his real name.
hearing people call each other by their forum names out walking around in boston was one of my favorite things about the PAX trip.
HEY SKIPPY! WHERE IS PUPPIES? OH HI PUPPIES!
i work so hard to avoid using internet names in real life
it kills me when i forget someone's for real name and am forced into fake name
I was like 50/50 in Boston. For some (like you and simon) it was easy. mya and a few others I had met before and were friends with on facebook so I had time to get them stuck in my head. But I'm awful at names. The only new name I remember from this year is Smrtnik because his name is awesome.
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VanguardBut now the dream is over. And the insect is awake.Registered User, __BANNED USERSregular
I mean, their whole job offer was amateurish, gives no concrete abilities or certs you need, just "We nee a cool person to be administrative assistant. You gotta be dynamic and like video games."
I wish i had more experience in hiring... then I could school them.
BUTT ALASS
No offense, but that job isn't going to be hard or need much in the way of abilities and certs. Can you use a computer? Do you like video games? that's about it. Sure, it will be thankless, but they're not going to be like, "tell me how to beat the last boss in Super Mario 3 or you aren't a real nerd."
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cptruggedI think it has something to do with free will.Registered Userregular
/shrug
Forum handles are like nicknames. I don't find it too weird to call folks by that if that's what you're used to. I still have a buddy from highschool who to this day calls me "Pencil" (My nickname in highschool was Pencilman) and I call him "Sakana" (His nickname).
I'll still try to call folks by their real names when I can. But otherwise I don't think its a big deal if you're rocking a nickname or handle.
I was genuinely considering working for you before that sentence.
Those are the fucking worst.
AWESOME JOB FOR COOL DUDES IN A NEATO FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT.
LOOKING FOR ROCKSTAR NINJA CODERS ONLY.
GURU IN C++ REQUIRED, MYSQL BLACK BELT A PLUS.
DRESS CODE IS CLOTHES ARE OPTIONAL BECAUSE WE ARE QUIRKY TECH PEOPLE LOL
Location: San Francisco
Compensation: 40k, 60-hour weeks, and the owners only pay it begrudgingly.
Prospects:
Worst case, owners sell the company in a year and you're out on your ass while they make money hats.
Best case, company is bankrupt in a year and you're all out on your asses.
That's okay, though, because they throw in buzzwords like "BIG DATA" and therefore are awesome and trendy and with it.
Worst case is really that they you continue working for 60 hour weeks while the owner pays you solely in company stock sharing, and then it goes under anyway.
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ChelleYeahMrs. LudiousLiving it up in Cinderella's CastleRegistered Userregular
As far a social discourse is concerned, the "War on Women" is becoming more of a myth while the War on Men is reality. Why is it that since women characters can't compete with their male counterparts, women have to leech on to the male characters in order to be successful? There's already been "Thor Girl" and that didn’t do very well. Lady Sif had her run and those sales were dismal. Does making Thor a woman really lend credibility to gender neutrality? No. This is caving in to political correctness that treats the male gender with contempt. There is no valid reason to make Thor a woman other than all women characters modeled after Thor have failed. So making Thor a woman will compensate for those previous failures. Why not make Wonder Woman a man? Oh wait, that would be sexist.
leeches, man
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JacobkoshGamble a stamp.I can show you how to be a real man!Moderatormod
OH GOD NOW IT'S THAT ONE SANTANA SONG.
I AM SO SORRY ACE OF BASE PLS COME BACK
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Donkey KongPutting Nintendo out of business with AI nipsRegistered Userregular
As far a social discourse is concerned, the "War on Women" is becoming more of a myth while the War on Men is reality. Why is it that since women characters can't compete with their male counterparts, women have to leech on to the male characters in order to be successful? There's already been "Thor Girl" and that didn’t do very well. Lady Sif had her run and those sales were dismal. Does making Thor a woman really lend credibility to gender neutrality? No. This is caving in to political correctness that treats the male gender with contempt. There is no valid reason to make Thor a woman other than all women characters modeled after Thor have failed. So making Thor a woman will compensate for those previous failures. Why not make Wonder Woman a man? Oh wait, that would be sexist.
leeches, man
why not make wonder woman a man
Thousands of hot, local singles are waiting to play at bubbulon.com.
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ChelleYeahMrs. LudiousLiving it up in Cinderella's CastleRegistered Userregular
I mean, their whole job offer was amateurish, gives no concrete abilities or certs you need, just "We nee a cool person to be administrative assistant. You gotta be dynamic and like video games."
I wish i had more experience in hiring... then I could school them.
BUTT ALASS
i dont know, it seems pretty straight forward to me.
they want a bitch boy.
but it has to be a fellow gamer b/c hiring someone who's "cool" is more important than just hiring someone who is qualified.
but in all seriousness i think its worth at least applying for. applying for a job doesnt cost you anything but the time spent looking in to it.
When I met Skippy I carefully refrained from ever actually talking to him, so that I wouldn't have to choose between calling him his internet name or his real name.
As far a social discourse is concerned, the "War on Women" is becoming more of a myth while the War on Men is reality. Why is it that since women characters can't compete with their male counterparts, women have to leech on to the male characters in order to be successful? There's already been "Thor Girl" and that didn’t do very well. Lady Sif had her run and those sales were dismal. Does making Thor a woman really lend credibility to gender neutrality? No. This is caving in to political correctness that treats the male gender with contempt. There is no valid reason to make Thor a woman other than all women characters modeled after Thor have failed. So making Thor a woman will compensate for those previous failures. Why not make Wonder Woman a man? Oh wait, that would be sexist.
leeches, man
why not make wonder woman a man
why not make wonder woman a bread
WHAT HAVE THESE CARELESS HANDS WROUGHT?
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cptruggedI think it has something to do with free will.Registered Userregular
When people are sincere about it, it's them identifying with a cultural stereotype and not realizing that race is almost entirely external, how people perceive you.
So people are like "Hey, I really like rap music and I'm more comfortable with black people than white people, I guess I'm basically black."
Never mind that they would never have to walk the streets afraid some random racist WASP is going to feel threatened and pull a gun for no reason, they (probably) don't have to worry cops are going to find bullshit excuses to frisk them or search their cars, etc.
Oh yeah? Well what if they had some sort of Melanin treatments to change their skin pigment? What then Mr. Cispants! It would be just like gender re-assignment surgery!
When people are sincere about it, it's them identifying with a cultural stereotype and not realizing that race is almost entirely external, how people perceive you.
So people are like "Hey, I really like rap music and I'm more comfortable with black people than white people, I guess I'm basically black."
Never mind that they would never have to walk the streets afraid some random racist WASP is going to feel threatened and pull a gun for no reason, they (probably) don't have to worry cops are going to find bullshit excuses to frisk them or search their cars, etc.
??
This doesn't sound right. Trans-anything takes discipline and commitment to get things right, not a dipping of the toe to test the waters.
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i work so hard to avoid using internet names in real life
it kills me when i forget someone's for real name and am forced into fake name
Honestly, I don't really want to be a secretary...
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I agree with Mildred.
so that's a woman's job, is what you're saying. Well.
10 demerits.
I feel like a pretty solid line can be drawn at "real things that a sentient".
A human being can be born male, but be female. I'm okay with that.
A human being can be born human, but believe they are a dragon. That, I'm less okay with.
Would you say that opinion is based on feeling more than fact?
Mildred Irond Jr.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
they want a bitch boy.
but it has to be a fellow gamer b/c hiring someone who's "cool" is more important than just hiring someone who is qualified.
When people are sincere about it, it's them identifying with a cultural stereotype and not realizing that race is almost entirely external, how people perceive you.
So people are like "Hey, I really like rap music and I'm more comfortable with black people than white people, I guess I'm basically black."
Never mind that they would never have to walk the streets afraid some random racist WASP is going to feel threatened and pull a gun for no reason, they (probably) don't have to worry cops are going to find bullshit excuses to frisk them or search their cars, etc.
Do you not believe that I'm a dragon
twitch.tv/tehsloth
Location: San Francisco
Compensation: 40k, 60-hour weeks, and the owners only pay it begrudgingly.
Prospects:
Worst case, owners sell the company in a year and you're out on your ass while they make money hats.
Best case, company is bankrupt in a year and you're all out on your asses.
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
lots of people have called me skippy IRL
it must be a fitting handle idk
no you are a sloth
twitch.tv/tehsloth
i know for a FACT that you are not a gorilla
I am at lunch and the radio has played, in quick succession,
- "All That She Wants"
- "It's All For You"
- "Mr. Jones"
ffffffffffffffffffffff
Oh that's cool.
Can you likewise nest size=6s?
Hmm
I was like 50/50 in Boston. For some (like you and simon) it was easy. mya and a few others I had met before and were friends with on facebook so I had time to get them stuck in my head. But I'm awful at names. The only new name I remember from this year is Smrtnik because his name is awesome.
No offense, but that job isn't going to be hard or need much in the way of abilities and certs. Can you use a computer? Do you like video games? that's about it. Sure, it will be thankless, but they're not going to be like, "tell me how to beat the last boss in Super Mario 3 or you aren't a real nerd."
Forum handles are like nicknames. I don't find it too weird to call folks by that if that's what you're used to. I still have a buddy from highschool who to this day calls me "Pencil" (My nickname in highschool was Pencilman) and I call him "Sakana" (His nickname).
I'll still try to call folks by their real names when I can. But otherwise I don't think its a big deal if you're rocking a nickname or handle.
That's okay, though, because they throw in buzzwords like "BIG DATA" and therefore are awesome and trendy and with it.
Worst case is really that they you continue working for 60 hour weeks while the owner pays you solely in company stock sharing, and then it goes under anyway.
and i will say again, you can call him ass face!
i do!
leeches, man
I AM SO SORRY ACE OF BASE PLS COME BACK
why not make wonder woman a man
but in all seriousness i think its worth at least applying for. applying for a job doesnt cost you anything but the time spent looking in to it.
Dishwalla in 3...2...1...
twitch.tv/tehsloth
I wouldn't mind people calling me "Solo" in real life, because even though it's a dumb name, at least I got to choose it.
On that note, today I read that whatshisface that one guy in Ace of Base got evicted.
The article referred to him as the "pop superstar".
Well, maybe 20 years ago. 8->
such is the way of the world
embrace it!
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
Still better than los lonely boys.
"That's Dumplesworth to you."
I get knocked down
but I get up again
why not make wonder woman a bread
WHAT HAVE THESE CARELESS HANDS WROUGHT?
Oh yeah? Well what if they had some sort of Melanin treatments to change their skin pigment? What then Mr. Cispants! It would be just like gender re-assignment surgery!
I shit you not. This was a real thing brought up.
??
This doesn't sound right. Trans-anything takes discipline and commitment to get things right, not a dipping of the toe to test the waters.