Gwazi Magnum

Damn

Heisenberg said
It's a matter of , as in, what the fuck actually the need to set time aside during urgent scenarios such as childbirth to update a status?

I already gave one, quick way to notifying everyone.
Which may be exactly what you need if you're expecting to start pushing the baby out at any moment.

Heisenberg said It's weird behavior.Also, posting the news on social media rather than calling your loved ones is very poor manners. It's better to call those who you want to be involved directly.

Depends on the individual and how you were raised.
I assume you were raised with the "Doing things over the phone is rude for big deals" sort of mindset?

Many people see technology like facebook as simply tools to accelerate the process of informing people.
It's not rude at all to inform someone of news somewhere they probably check a lot, and where notifying everyone can take 2 minutes rather than say 2 hours.
What one person thinks is rude is not rude in everyone's mind, cultural differences after all.

Heisenberg said And if you got a woman pregnant, to answer your hypothetical, and instead of actually being with them for the process (unless it's a c-section) you user your phone, I would hope they break your phone or whatever device you're using.

You're hypothetical was having your water break. Not being with someone whose water broke.
So the hypothetical I treated as assuming I myself was pregnant, hence hypothetical and why I felt the need to point that out being male.

Heisenberg said Also, to tap in to your social media bit again, why would you let anyone except for those you actually care for know? Fuck people who aren't playing important roles in your life and who you do not love. They don't matter to you, so there's no reason to tell them.

Cause it also notifies those you do care for maybe?
You can set lists if you want for status to only show for those 'important people'.

Plus some people restrict their friends list only for those they care for. Not everyone's adds every person they've seen the face of before.
Also, just because someone may not be too close is no reason to avoid giving them said info.
You have a kid, sure you won't go out of your way to tell them, but why complain about them knowing if they do happen to find out?

Heisenberg said Furthermore: Your "nice try" comment: your username sounds like it'd be the name of a condom from a dead end pilot show on Adult Swim. You should have stuck with Gwazi, because at least we could abbreviate it to where it doesn't sound dumb while also leaving out Magnum.

Nice, poking fun at names. :P
That really shows maturity and helps your argument.

"You're a Fake Geek!" and Sexism among Geeks/Nerds/Etc (us)

*rolls eyes*

This sexism in geek culture really annoys me.
We're meant to be the outcasts who were judged and generalized and should best relate to what it feels like.
Not turning around and doing the same to others.

And being perfectly honest it was a girl who had introduced me to D&D also, so a girl playing D&D holds zero shock factor for me.

As for your questions:

-How do you separate people with legit interests from fakers?
On a case by case basis you really can't 95% of the time. Unless if they clearly know nothing about what they claim to like (and all they seem to do is gloat about liking it).
Even then that's a bit unfair though, cause with me for example I dress like my profile pic shows at college a good amount of the time (found I liked the look :P) but haven't been able to see much of the 4th Doctor/Tom Baker yet, so those who see the hat and scarf and ask me a ton on that doctor specifically might walk away thinking of me as a fake.

-How do I feel on sexism in these communities?
See the first part of my post.

-Personal Experience?
Just one time in a D&D group where we were all starting a second campaign, and a new player was joining. When that player learned one of the players as a girl he and his family went "OMG! A GIRL IN D&D!" while me and the rest of the group just rolled our eyes at the sexist reaction.

-How much of this fake geek stuff is legit?
Somewhat depends on the area, but I say the overwhelming majority of the time this is just sexism.
People unable to understand that someone who is a girl could be a geek and/or someone could be a geek but a new geek (or new to a certain geek thing) and their knowledge may be limited so far.

Damn

Smiral said
But you didn't answer the question

Actually I did, I echoed the same answer they gave.
Thanks for trying though. :P

Heisenberg said
Your water is breaking. You're about to go into labor.What do you do first?"LolStatusIt"

You got your answer, if you don't like someone's reasoning for doing something that's your right.
But not liking or agreeing with a reason doesn't mean said reason doesn't exist.

But for the sake of answering the question just so you can't claim "You're dodging it".
(Plus being male, I'll treat this as a hypothetical)
I personally probably wouldn't post right off the bat cause I'd be distracted.
But sometime between the water breaking and giving birth if for nothing more than a way to reach out to everyone I know at once with the news incase they wanted to get to the hospital and see the baby.

Bi to be Popular

LoneSilverWolf said
While I agree, the way some women use that as a tease for guys, people DO have a reason to be curious,. There is a diff between curiosity and accusation. And for the most part, it's nobodies business anyway, what sexual orientation you are!

I never said that they didn't have reason to be curious.
I was simply saying that sexuality is

a) Not beyond all people to outright lie about
b) Not anyone's business or right to be deciding which others count as

The Nexerus said
Sexuality shouldn't be such an exaggerated and overexposed element of identity.The worst thing that gay people can do if they want to be respected is separate themselves from the mainstream and promote the view of gays as hyper-sexual deviants (e.g. every gay pride parade ever). You're not special because of your sexuality. If you want people to accept it, accept it yourself instead of feeling like you'll lose it if you don't tattoo a rainbow on your forehead.

I do think this kind of image can cause some issues at times with having people accept Homosexuality.

Though to be fair, from what I've seen from going to LGBT Club meetings as a straight ally I think it more has to do with the culture you enter when you choose to exclaim and be so open about your sexuality. Those who are more willing to be open and honest to the world about their attraction (even when much of society is likely to react with hate) are probably those kind of people who tend to be more sexually active and expressive generally.

Plus at the same time, like sexuality that's simply part of who they are. They aren't trying to indoctrinate others into such a lifestyle.
Hell a number of people from college who I get along great with are like how you describe, but I'm a 20 year old heterosexual virgin who never puts much focus on sex, relationships or anything of that sort.

Damn

Heisenberg said
Good job, none of you answered the question.

Yes they did.
It's a big moment in their life cause a baby is on the way.
They already said that.

Bi to be Popular

People claiming to be bi but actually aren't is a real thing and a problem.

But no one has the knowledge or the right to accuse any specific individual of lying about their sexuality or not.
So yes it is a thing, but the people who accuse you of this have no right to be making said accusation.

Hidden Motivations?

Blue Tempest said
Or to put it bluntly, Politicians always lie :)

Elder Scrolls Online beta weekend

Drakel said
For some reason it took me so fucking long to learn the chest system... I felt like I was some sort of retard because I spent over 100 lockpicks on one fucking chest that I could never open and then some random person comes in to open the chest for me (and was nice enough to give me everything in it out of pure pity for my epic fail). Crafting was honestly fun and interesting to me, half of my time was running around to make a set of armor and weaponry then enchant them. My only request is that you could name your own weapons like you did in some of the other TES games :D I did my missions in the morning so a lot of people were actually offline and I was slightly alone doing my quests. xD

An MMO shouldn't make you have to be on for an inactive part of the day in order to play well though. :/
The chest system is difficult and annoying as hell, I give you that.

I'm glad you got such joy from crafting though.

Elder Scrolls Online beta weekend

Maybe I just didn't get to see enough of the fun parts.

Though if that is the case they really shouldn't wait so long to give you the good bits... :/
Also, they should make it so either missions are instanced out so others won't flood it, or so you want to be with other players.
Not made because they steal your kills and loot the chests on you.

BIONICLE

I remember those... Good times... :3

My memory of all the lore is iffy though.
I've seen all the movies but only as a kid, so my memories foggy on the plot-line.

I read a book (well, most of it. I think... I don't remember how far I got :/).
And owned a number of the figurines (Like it probably totaled 10-12 by the end).