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@Vilageidiotx I know, but I know my heritage and I find the blanket term of African American or black to be way too generalizing in my opinion. There are hundred of different ethnic groups in Africa so the term is pretty ridiculous when you think about it. Using the term black or white is pretty ridiculous as well since both races have countless ethnics and cultures that separate them. If you say an Irishman and a British man are just both white then there is a good chance you'll piss them off, Americans and a good amount of the world in my opinion are have very simplistic views on human identity.

I think humanity as a whole would be far better off if we stopped obsessing over collectivism and embraced more individualistic views when it came to identity and heritage. People should proud of who they are regardless of their identity, that's why I support all pride regardless of race, gender, sexuality and religion. I view society as having too many Identitarians and way too many people are wearing the ideological lens, which gives them a view of the world that they are wanting to see regardless of what it might really be.

B!tchfest: a healthy release for our non-roleplay annoyances.

@MoiraEl Wait... So what words would you use to describe bisexual, asexual, heterosexual and pansexual? Homosexual is just a blanket term for gay or lesbian, since both are (for the most part) separated by gender. i.e. You're likely to meet a lesbian woman, but not a lesbian man. So instead of referring to two friends as "the gay guy and the lesbian chick" you could just say "The homosexual ones" or shorten it to homo, just like with hetero, bi or pan.

Words can take on whole new meanings after periods of time. The simplest example is how "fag" was the term used to refer to a bundle of sticks typically used to burn homosexuals at the stake. But now a word that was literally used to describe sticks is seen as offensive (much the same as the Italian word for "black"), while others like "buff" (which originally meant nude) or referring to someone as "black" are not. Hell, "dick" used to just be a shortened form of Richard and "African-American" is now being considered offensive!

The only way words become or indeed remain offensive is if you keep considering them as such or using them in an offensive manner.

@Hjalti

I feel like language would be in a lot better shape if people didn't get triggered so much by words

B!tchfest: a healthy release for our non-roleplay annoyances.

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Gay didn't really mean happy per see. It's one of those words that disappeared because it's context withered away and now the best word to compare it to is happy. That's why, back in the day, you will see both words used in the same sentences. They weren't being redundant, the context was difference.

The best way to describe gay is something like "Preppy", but if preppy was cool. It was a socially desirable state of merriment that stopped being socially desirable sometime in the mid twentieth century. Gay would be that state of being where happiness can flow from barbershop quartets and meeting chaste young ladies at ice-cream parlors all while having a chipper, outgoing, and completely family friendly disposition. It's place in society was replaced with words like "Cool" because the social behaviors we consider most desirably has changed, and now we prefer people who show a relaxed comfort with social situations rather than a gitty excitement. A person who acted gay now in the original sense might be seen as dweeb now unless they were a Mormon.

I don't know when gay started being used for homosexuality... but i have suspicions that this happened further back then you'd think. I once read a paragraph written in the same century of the American Revolution that seemed to be using the word gay as slang for homosexuality, but it could have been an accidentally prescient wording too. Of course, when you get to the point where gay stops being a useful word in everyday conversation, the homosexual slang is all you have left. So they didn't steal the word like so many people *coughmygrandmacough* think so much as they took a dying word and gave it new life.

And the term African American... the only people i've met who used that one without blinking were HR managers, teachers rattling statistics, and white people from so deep in the suburbs that actually meeting a black person was something of a unique once-a-year event for them. Everybody else uses black. Not a good term for a group of people because it is so clinical and sterile... the type of name you might use for something you only touch with rubber gloves and a pair of tweezers. Same problem with homosexuality. No life in those words.

@Vilageidiotx

I don't call myself black or African American. I am a Louisiana creole of French heritage. That's how i identify myself. Its all a matter of preference. So I call myself creole and not black

B!tchfest: a healthy release for our non-roleplay annoyances.

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That's my problem with it is people think its okay to use because it's used in medical literature; the word literally goes back to a time when being gay was seen as a mental disorder and people were killed or institutionalized for it. It's not a good word and its creepy as hell that its still being used by people who aren't gay.

@MoiraEl

You are aware that gay meant happy right?

B!tchfest: a healthy release for our non-roleplay annoyances.

What pisses me off the most is when game companies release games they say are finished but are not fucking finished

@Blueflame

Im guessing that you watched BlackBusterCritic's rant video on Marvel vs Capcom 3?

B!tchfest: a healthy release for our non-roleplay annoyances.

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@Dynamo Frokane

Someone hates free thought lol

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@Weird Tales I know, because "Muh fap material!"

@mattmanganon

It's a good thing your character isn't a New Teen Titan otherwise she would hate starfire.

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@RumikoOhara I'm fine with my character showing off his power

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@Weird Tales My favourite Wonder Woman outfit was the one from the the JMS run Because it is one of the more sensible outfits. Her only weakness is stabbing weapons, but this is the only real outfit that tries to counteract that. Believe it or not, Knives have a tough time getting through leather jackets.

@mattmanganon

Funny enough that's the outfit most of her fans hated

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Alao there are no fat guys in the justice league. And wonder woman has worn pants in several incarnations. Her war god costume has wearing pants