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Post by Aenrhien on Sept 5, 2011 19:44:22 GMT -5
Im going to kick a bee hive here. WTF do transgender people expect? Its not like they are black men that can't walk down the street without some white cop giving you sh*t, calling you boy, and arresting you for walking while black. It's not like they are gay and getting the same for what you do in your own bedroom. For real I'm speaking from a position of ignorance and asking to be enlightened. Explain to me why transgender people deserve special consideration that say someone into extreme body modification doesnt? And by that I mean google "tigerman" and see a guy with some issues, and not someone into tatoos. I don't expect anything but to be treated like I'm a human being. Everyone deserves to feel comfortable in their own skin; if someone has to tattoo themselves to look like a tiger to do that, then who am I to judge considering I'm not comfortable in mine? |
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Post by datdude on Sept 5, 2011 20:14:28 GMT -5
but would u hire tigerman to do your taxes or fix your car?
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Post by Aenrhien on Sept 5, 2011 20:19:23 GMT -5
If he knows anything about doing taxes or fixing cars, yes. I can also see why people would be hesitant to hire him though, because even small face/neck tattoos look unprofessional. And they hurt.  |
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Post by Lina Trinch on Sept 5, 2011 20:26:36 GMT -5
I love people with good tattoos, so yeah, he can totally fix the car and do the taxes. It's people with bad tattoos that I'm wary of. They have no sense of art. They're poor. And they most likely got them while they were high/drunk.
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Post by Solora Goldsun on Sept 5, 2011 20:36:54 GMT -5
Personally, I think the tiger man is AWESOME!!!!! *is a bit of a closet furry* He wanted to become closer to his spirit animal. I watched him on TV and he was very confident and comfortable with himself. I gotta respect someone like that. Now, I'm not gonna tattoo myself and get stuff done to my eyes to make me look like a dragon... *ponders how awesome I'd look* No, no...bad idea...I'd regret it later... But, anyway, I give him major kudos! If he wants to work for me when I'm older, I say "HECK YEAH!"
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Post by Little on Sept 5, 2011 20:36:59 GMT -5
DD- you're biased is showing. Would you let Doc doctor you with all of her piercings?
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Post by Lina Trinch on Sept 5, 2011 20:44:04 GMT -5
... but Doc isn't a doctor?...
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Post by Little on Sept 5, 2011 20:47:54 GMT -5
Not yet
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Post by Solora Goldsun on Sept 5, 2011 20:58:50 GMT -5
I'm sensing a budding argument brewing under the surface... So, let's change the subject!
I can't stand that Disney keeps recycling old cliches (among other crimes). Remember Lady and the Tramp, when Trusty regained his sense of smell? Remember how awesome that scene was? Now...do you remember how that same idea was brought back in Air Buddies...and in that abomination, Beverly Hills Chihuahua? GIVE US NEW IDEAS, DISNEY!!!!
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Post by datdude on Sept 5, 2011 21:11:32 GMT -5
DD- you're biased is showing. Would you let Doc doctor you with all of her piercings? Depends last i head shes got like 8 thats a world away from a trying to have plastic surgery until you look like something from adoctor seuss story. Im all for self expression but their is a line for ANYTHING. Worship what you want as long as your beliefs dont a. hurt anyone or b. infringe on me. Sleep with who you want as longs as a they are willing and b of legal age. Im sorry but turning yourself into another creature ( yea making the man women switch counts) crosses that line. |
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Post by Solora Goldsun on Sept 5, 2011 21:16:29 GMT -5
Not to stoke any fires...but changing gender or exhibiting furry-like tendencies doesn't hurt anybody. Why should it matter?
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Post by Lina Trinch on Sept 5, 2011 21:25:29 GMT -5
*shrug* I won't argue, because, honestly, I don't care. I let people do whatever they want to do and I let people believe whatever they want to believe.
Like DD here. I agree with what he says. As long as it doesn't hurt anyone or infringe/argue against my own beliefs, I'm totally fine with it. BUT, I'm also not a hypocrite and push my beliefs on other people.
EDIT: Also, not calling DD a hypocrite XD. Sorry, man. Realized how that sounded after it went through.
ANYWAY, the Disney thing. PUHLEZ. Read some of the originals that Disney recreated. Like the original Tarzan. He raped Jane, fell in love with her, then let her go to live happily with her domestic abusive husband, Clayton (you know, the bad guy). And Alice in Wonderland.... DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THAT BOOK. ARGH.
Anyway, just saying, Disney takes original stuff that's really old, recreates and changes it so everyone thinks Disney made it in the first place, and forgets the morals of the real story. COMMIES.
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Post by Purple-Cat-Princess on Sept 5, 2011 22:26:27 GMT -5
Okay, I need to go on a psycho rampage here. You deal with your grownup bias problems and professionalism view points about the equal rights of transgenders and gays and piercings and how the world is a cruel place, but I need to be a *****y teenager for a minute with no real grounds for said b****ing.
So we're in the car on the way to the rodeo, and Justin (moms bf) my mom and Justin's friend who came with us had all eaten just before we left, and I had not eaten at all that day, and Allie (my lil sis) had some cereal at breakfast and it was around one. (Justin made a big deal out of not eating his mom's food and all that because we were at his parents ranch camping, but we sissied out and went indoors). So I'm starved and we stop at McDonalds to get sodas, and we kiddies were staying in the car, while Justin went with his friend to grab something from the store across the street, and my mom asked if we wanted any food. Naturally we said yes and I got a snack wrap and allie got a kids meal.
So this sets up the premise of it all.
Justin get's back to the car to grab some money because he left his wallet in the car and he spots my sister and I eating. He flipped the heck out. He said as best as memory recalls, 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING? EATING THAT?! THAT IS SH*T! IF YOU WERE HUNGRY YOU SHOULD HAVE EATEN BEFORE YOU LEFT! DO YOU KNOW HOW TIGHT MONEY IS FOR YOUR MOM RIGHT NOW?! THAT WAS SELFISH!' then he turns to my mom and in a none too hushed voice goes on about how bad we are acting and comments on how fat my nine year old weed of a sister is. Going so far as to say she looks pregnant. Right there. In front of us. I was beyond words I was so furious with him. Do not a) swear at my baby sister. Do not b) talk to me about how tight money is. He has no idea the things I have lied to my own mother about needing because I don't want her to have to spend any more money than nessesary. Do not c) shout at me about not eating before we left because you told us not to. Do not d) jump to conclusions. It was cheaper to buy food from McD's than the rodeo. I was so ready to b*tch slap him I literally had to bite my own tongue to keep from lashing out. Then he has the friggin balls to try and joke with me not ten minutes later. You are not my Dad. There is not a fine line between mom's boyfriend and father figure. There is a friggin chasm too wide and deep for any man to cross. He has literally lost all good standing with me. Back to point a of no trust and distance.
Yeah, next time think before you poke the angry teenage girl on her period.
It sounds stupid to you probably, but he just hit all the wrong buttons that weekend and this was the final straw.
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Post by Little on Sept 5, 2011 22:31:42 GMT -5
*blinks* Omg he had absolutely NO right to say that. You're mother bought you food and it was none of his business. *hugs*
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Post by xXSpiritKeeperXx on Sept 6, 2011 4:52:07 GMT -5
Omgrosh. I wholly agree. What a sonofamother! (Sorry, got rage now.) Yeah, I got a major rant now. Pokemon. I really don't understand why people overreact. I hear someone talking about something and they say something like "Gallade? Awesome!" and I hear and say "Yeah, Gallade and Lapras are awesome!". Then some random dude ten metres away bothers to lean over from their YGO card game and yell "Pokemon? Pokemon's GAY! Yugioh is ten million times cooler!" I look at them and retaliate "What's the problem about me liking Pokemon? You like your Yugioh." And then they reply "Because it SUCKS! Yugioh's AWESOME!" Why, I ask? "Because it is! And Pokemon SUCKS!" ...Why? "BECAUSE IT DOES!" "You're just afraid to admit that you like Pokemon!" "No way, wierdo!" ...*explosion* I HATE THOSE B*****DS. They don't even have a valid reason to like their stuff/say Pokemon's bad. I've been getting it all my life, and if I get one more comment... *explosion of Taekwon-Do* THEY'LL REGRET IT. ...Personally, I like Pokemon because it gave me something complex to memorise in my boring, slow Primary school. >< Also because I loved the concept, the elemental-ness and the creatures, and (more recently) the many, many unanswered theories that could be explained... by me. ;D [/rant] EDIT: Pokeball go!  |
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And I did eventually finish my thesis, if anyone was wondering