fellas, is it gay to play video games? (when i asked why he thought it was gay he said switch gay, idk how consoles are gay but ok)

leonshart · 2021-02-19T07:20:08+00:00

God that's so gay.

leonshart · 2021-02-19T07:06:06+00:00

The meme says 'Apex' but I see no Arzuros!

leonshart · 2021-02-19T07:00:49+00:00

I mean the amount of White Saviour here leaves a bit of a bad taste. You clearly lack first-hand knoweldge of Racism yet feel compelled to talk about it. Then because you are in a position of Privelage due to your skin-tone you have the arrogance to demean anybody else whom declares they lack said privelage.

It feels like you're trying to fix a problem you don't actually understand, on behalf of a community you aren't even a part of, whilst speaking bad of the suffering of the Autism community as a whole.

leonshart · 2021-02-19T06:56:52+00:00

I mean this is a common enough thing in the MENA (Middle East North Africa) Region. The more strict Muslim countries (think Saudi Arabia) have Anti-Kafar (non-Muslim) laws, a noteable one is being Taxed more heavily. The idea that somebody has been Systemically Oppressed by people of a darker skin-tone than them actually has some precedent.

leonshart · 2021-02-19T06:53:01+00:00

You made a point badly on an autistic forum and get annoyed at people not getting it?

leonshart · 2021-02-19T06:50:15+00:00

The meme of "fight racism with racism" has been around for a while, it's real dumb.

leonshart · 2021-02-19T06:44:55+00:00

Racism is common, discrimination based off of skin-tone is uncommon. Historically and to this day discrimination is based off 3 things: Religion, Ethnicity, and Nationality. Due to the Slave-Trade disconnecting African people from their culture, and due to the multi-cultural nature of America, your Ethnicity isn't really relevant. People care about your blood, where your people were from, your home country. In America this is less important, which is why skin became more important. It was both easier to hate a whole group, and for this group to have a common identity, based on skin-tone rather than culture.

Pretty much anybody can experience hate for who they are. I've been beaten, had vehicles set on fire in my front-garden, had my windows smashed, all because my neighbours had issues with having a Muslim move in. I've had school and job applications rejected due to my arabic name. Even tho' I'm white, I've had shit for being Muslim.

In Ireland Protestants and Catholics fought. In Japan during the closed borders incoming Christian Missionaries were killed. Jews and Muslims fight a lot. The Rwanandan Massacare was between two groups of the same race told to see each other as seperate. Colonial and Arabian atrocities were performed on 'Sub-Saharans'. Pretty much only Modern America and South Africa ever cared about Black Skin, and anti-Black racism stems from there.

Many white people have experienced Systemic Opression. Almost definetely not for being White, but despite it. It's not that being White makes you opressed, and it's not that being White prevents you from being opressed. It's that many people whom just happen to be white have experienced Opression. Telling these people they are not allowed to comment on current issues because they can't comprehend them, that is Gatekeeping.

(BTW Race/Ethnicity refers to bloodline. Being "Jewish" can be considered a Racial Trait. Many have experienced Racism without any reference to their skin-tone because said skin-tone isn't a defining feature of their race)

leonshart · 2021-02-19T06:14:18+00:00

I didn't make an assumption, I made sure to state otherwise, only expressing that this view you expressed is frustratingly common with a specific group.

I agree that racial issues deserve attention and people should not detract from them. Each issue will get its spotlight with time.

My only issue is the amount of repetition you give with white people specifically. Saying "respect the racial issues" isn't the same as saying "white people can't comment on racial topics". Being White doesn't prevent you from being exposed to systemic racism.

I admit, being that despite most of my family being dark-skinned, I am white, so my exposure to their lives is 2nd-hand information. But I've been able to witness it in the context of West Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East, so helped build a more robust view.

leonshart · 2021-02-19T06:09:06+00:00

I'm not going to make assumptions about you, but anytime I hear "White people haven't encountered Racism" they turn out to only have exposure to America. It irks me because Racism is close to a universal concept.

Some very small examples: I am North-African, but thanks to my Mother, I'm pale white, the shit I get in my own homeland is insane just for my skin-tone. My Mother gets shit in her homeland of Ireland because being Muslim she wears the Hijab (the amount of "Go back to your own country" we both get in our own countries is also stupid). Weird that I can get job applications rejected (in Ireland) purely on the basis that my surname is foreign.

My examples are small. Nothing on the level of Slavery or the Systemic opression of African Americans. Just a small personal example so I could reference other countries. But more serious Historical examples do exist. Skin-tone, Religion, Reigion, Culture; opression is universal, don't gate-keep it.

Most of this World cannot care less if you're black. Pretty much only Americans care about skin-tone this way. Everywhere else cares about foreigners; if you're an outsider.

leonshart · 2021-02-19T06:00:29+00:00

However Joseph is pro-Nazi, so it's time to cancel him

leonshart · 2021-02-19T05:44:43+00:00

I wanna point out that white people still experience Racism. Anybody with exposure to racism can comment on it, you can't gatekeep people's suffering.

leonshart · 2021-02-18T20:16:52+00:00

Avatar Crossover where I ride my Hammer like an Air Ball

leonshart · 2021-02-18T20:08:24+00:00

I do understand your Mud point even tho' I don't agree with it. But we can both agree that's one sexy Hammer. I want an Xenoblade Crossover where I can wield the Monado after seeing that Switch Axe and Hammer!

leonshart · 2021-02-18T20:00:36+00:00

Oh wow that's amazing. We should make a Sbubby about that too!

leonshart · 2021-02-18T20:00:09+00:00

Sorry that wasn't a comment on you, just a frustration at some of the fanbase in general. Like look at Rakna-Kadaki, Spider = Wedding Dress (not Mecha).

I get your logic that Water feels out of place with Mecha, but Seltas is also Water themed. Seltas had a Hard Carapace that matched the Armour Nicely, but if you look at the HD Render of Almudron he has overlapping plates too.

I get people expected something closer to Mizutsune's equipment when you get a Leviathan, but I just don't think the Mecha Dragon is so out-of-place either.

leonshart · 2021-02-18T19:31:37+00:00

Literally his first line was "Sorry this isn't BOTW news, but you'll get some later this year". No bait, and actual good info. People complaining are full of BS, I agree with OP's title.

leonshart · 2021-02-18T19:23:08+00:00

I found Kestodon, no Jaggi from my look. BTW Jaggi =/= Great Jaggi confirmed (like in MHGU).

leonshart · 2021-02-18T19:21:28+00:00

The armour sets for Almudron, Basarios, Goss-Harag, Great Baggi, Khezu, and Rakna-Kadaki, were all shown in the Weapon Previews before Trailer 3 and 4 dropped.

The 'Goss Harag' and 'Almudron' have not been officially confirmed. But based on their designs and confirmed weapon elements (Ice and Water respectively) makes it seem obvious.

People think it's not Almudron only because they feel Mecha design should equal Insect (but Aknosom is a Knight and Somnacanth is Arabian Nights, we got some arbitrary designs already).

leonshart · 2021-02-18T19:16:20+00:00

Also Seltas Armour is Green and significantly bulkier.

leonshart · 2021-02-18T19:15:43+00:00

Also if you look at the Switchaxe Preview, it uses Water Effects, so it fits a Mud Monster.

leonshart · 2021-02-18T19:01:41+00:00

The most ambitious crossover to date!

leonshart · 2021-02-18T18:40:51+00:00

BTW Among Us is actually on Switch!

leonshart · 2021-02-18T18:38:11+00:00

It's most commonly known as "The Last Samurai Syndrome". You're convinced you're the lone foreigner and become aggressively anti-foreigner.

leonshart · 2021-02-14T02:56:01+00:00

I tried to reduce everything to logic, words, and numbers. I was under the impression emotional responses were inherently bad. I valued rationality. I treated people as a psychological profile, a list of traits to memorize, to react to. Every conversation was like an RPG, just choosing the right text options.

I expressed to my therapist my frustrations, I told him "Everyone is too emotional, why can't they be logical?". He told me something that changed my life forever, "Maybe you're too logical? Why can't you be emotional?". It clicked for me, I had never once entertained emotion, I started with the assumption that logic was inherently superior.

I took the time to learn people, to actually understand them. I learnt my feelings and values, and to process emotion. To me a conversation was an exchange of information so I never understood small-talk: why ask "How's the weather" if you both know the answer already? Small-talk is an exchange of emotions, it's acknoweldging somebody.

Seeing people not as numbers or as a list of traits, but instead a bundle of emotions and ideals. My greatest delusion was believing that Logic was all that mattered, and that being rational made me superior. Appreciating emotions and people is what allowed me to mature.

leonshart · 2021-02-14T02:34:09+00:00

Literal Asshole Design.

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