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LGBTQIA+ |OT9| The Return of the Queen

I'd like to get married yes. Honestly ready to settle down. Tho with news of Texas thinking of messing with gay marriage here im not sure how long i can.
Can only hope that nonsense fails. It's such an obvious violation of the 14th, equal protections clause. But either way we're definitely in for a lot more nonsense like that and I would be lying if I said I wasn't a bit scared, even if the chances of anything actually sticking should be low. :/
 

Palmer27

Member
#same #me.

edit: What do you folks think about marriage? Do you want to get married?

I like the idea of marriage purely for sharing love with people I love and the legal/economic security. Personally incapable of polyamory so can't involve God as the 3rd in my marriage.
 
How the hell can they mess with it? What's their reasoning?
That just because same-sex marriage is legal doesn't mean it should bestow the same rights as heterosexual marriages. It's a very weak argument that totally violates the Equal Protections clause of the 14th Amendment so hopefully it goes nowhere and it probably won't. I can't see how that holds up at all.
 
The Last of Us 2 thread...

It's sad that having a gay female MC is considered politics in 2017. I hate conservashits

Copying from a Facebook friend:

Just read a famous story from 12th century Britain where a brave young woman goes on a quest to rescue a knight trapped in a tower (and not just any knight, but Lancelot himself!) and they become super platonic BFFs afterwards. See: stories that would be accused of "pandering" if you published them nowadays.
 

Beefy

Member
@BenMyers1
As an intern, @piersmorgan's News Of The World once paid me to spy on a youth group for gay teens. He assumed it must be a paedophile ring
 

Kater

Banned
The Last of Us 2 thread...

It's sad that having a gay female MC is considered politics in 2017. I hate conservashits
Add to that that she's a female protagonist with no father figure to protect her anymore. The haters are probably people that want to see women on leashes and locked in cages, or at the least as so weak as to require a male protector. 🙊
 

Kater

Banned
That poster comparing people boycotting a game is like people saying they will commit suicide....
This is why I stay away from Gaming side. Too much hot air and stupidity. I'll just stick to the Community threads for the most part.
 

berzeli

Banned
This is why I stay away from Gaming side. Too much hot air and stupidity. I'll just stick to the Community threads for the most part.
Yeah, I posted in the gaming section for the first time in ages. Was not a good idea.





And it's a bit interesting how The Last of Us somehow has become this lightning rod for politics in games.
I get that it's one of the most high profile games which deals with subjects slightly heavier than "look how pretty his brain is on that wall". But still.
Even funnier is how people complain about politics in zombie stories. Because that's not a staple of the genre since forever.
 

Kater

Banned
I can't think of many games that don't pander to a certain subset of people. CoD is/was famous for pandering to the warmongering muslim-hating crowd for example, or at least that's what I always heard about it. You'll find that current trends and political topics will always be present in the media that comes out at the time. Art imitates Life and all that.

But anyway, the complaints about "too much politics!" in TLoU mostly boil down to folk being angry about "gays getting shoved down our throats" from what I read. Someone called Druckmann a "cuck" as well. So yeah, it's clear from where a lot of those people complaining are coming from and it makes it easy to discredit them.
 

berzeli

Banned
tbh, I wouldn't mind getting some gays shoved down my throat atm




(yes, this post exists just because I found that double entendre at the end mildly amusing. oh god I'm never going to grow up, am I?)
 

Bladenic

Member
I hope they finally grow a pair and confirm Nu-Lara as a mega lesbian in love with Sam in the next game too. Get the horny teenagers fuming even more.
 

Rayis

Member
It's only been a week and I'm beyond disgusted with what's going on in America, how are we supposed to put up with this for 4 years?
 

Delio

Member
It's only been a week and I'm beyond disgusted with what's going on in America, how are we supposed to put up with this for 4 years?

I wont put up with it. If i have to fight beyond marches and protests I will. Legs be damned. I am willing to die to ensure our future than watch everything crumble around us.
 

kuYuri

Member
i have not posted in these threads in a long time..

Welcome!

I think I did this in one of previous threads...

Welcome!

Always nice to see a diverse portfolio of new people joining this thread. :D

I hope they finally grow a pair and confirm Nu-Lara as a mega lesbian in love with Sam in the next game too. Get the horny teenagers fuming even more.

Oh goddess, I need more Sam in this series. Was so disappointed she wasn't in ROTTR.
 
You ever have a night where you're just... dead inside? I'm having another right now.

Nothing interests me. Things I usually love to do, I pick up for a minute or two and just drop them immediately. I can't bring myself to do anything but lie down and... that's about it.

I'm just tired of my life, I guess. The old ennui. I just don't know if I'll ever be able to fix it.

I don't even know why I'm posting this in this thread. I just hate going into the Mental Health OT because reading about others' struggles makes me even more down. And I guess this is the closest thing to a "community" I've ever been a part of, although I've fucked that up too.

Eh, I'm done ranting. Sorry. I should probably just sleep.
 
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Deleted member 465307

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You ever have a night where you're just... dead inside? I'm having another right now.

Nothing interests me. Things I usually love to do, I pick up for a minute or two and just drop them immediately. I can't bring myself to do anything but lie down and... that's about it.

I'm just tired of my life, I guess. The old ennui. I just don't know if I'll ever be able to fix it.

I don't even know why I'm posting this in this thread. I just hate going into the Mental Health OT because reading about others' struggles makes me even more down. And I guess this is the closest thing to a "community" I've ever been a part of, although I've fucked that up too.

Eh, I'm done ranting. Sorry. I should probably just sleep.

I absolutely understand you and have personally been in this situation for at least a few days now. Unfortunately, I don't have any suggestions. What helps me a bit is to lean on other people to give me something to do: doing favors for friends, hanging out, playing games together online, etc. Those actions don't eliminate it, but it at least gives me a feeling of productivity.
 

kuYuri

Member
You ever have a night where you're just... dead inside? I'm having another right now.

Nothing interests me. Things I usually love to do, I pick up for a minute or two and just drop them immediately. I can't bring myself to do anything but lie down and... that's about it.

I'm just tired of my life, I guess. The old ennui. I just don't know if I'll ever be able to fix it.

I don't even know why I'm posting this in this thread. I just hate going into the Mental Health OT because reading about others' struggles makes me even more down. And I guess this is the closest thing to a "community" I've ever been a part of, although I've fucked that up too.

Eh, I'm done ranting. Sorry. I should probably just sleep.

I have those moments too, luckily doing something like playing video games helps to take my mind off of things. It sucks having almost no friends and not being able to rely on them when I'm feeling down though and sometimes gaming just won't do it either. I can only keep my feelings to myself in these circumstances until they hopefully subside.
 

Vazduh

Member
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Me.

(but I'm actually OK with it this time!)
 
You ever have a night where you're just... dead inside? I'm having another right now.

Nothing interests me. Things I usually love to do, I pick up for a minute or two and just drop them immediately. I can't bring myself to do anything but lie down and... that's about it.

I'm just tired of my life, I guess. The old ennui. I just don't know if I'll ever be able to fix it.

I don't even know why I'm posting this in this thread. I just hate going into the Mental Health OT because reading about others' struggles makes me even more down. And I guess this is the closest thing to a "community" I've ever been a part of, although I've fucked that up too.

Eh, I'm done ranting. Sorry. I should probably just sleep.

Yeah. Or maybe not dead inside/straight anhedonia but I'll be lamenting basically everything.

And I'm not content to just wait for this stuff to pass, either. It happens with enough regularity that just waiting for the cycle to run its course is actually impractical, and not just inconvenient.
 

Bladenic

Member
You ever have a night where you're just... dead inside? I'm having another right now.

Nothing interests me. Things I usually love to do, I pick up for a minute or two and just drop them immediately. I can't bring myself to do anything but lie down and... that's about it.

I'm just tired of my life, I guess. The old ennui. I just don't know if I'll ever be able to fix it.

I don't even know why I'm posting this in this thread. I just hate going into the Mental Health OT because reading about others' struggles makes me even more down. And I guess this is the closest thing to a "community" I've ever been a part of, although I've fucked that up too.

Eh, I'm done ranting. Sorry. I should probably just sleep.

Me for the past six months. I get it. It's hard. I'm in the "I'll never be happy and loved" mindset constantly.

But hey, at least we can miserable together :)
 

RatskyWatsky

Hunky Nostradamus
You ever have a night where you're just... dead inside? I'm having another right now.

Nothing interests me. Things I usually love to do, I pick up for a minute or two and just drop them immediately. I can't bring myself to do anything but lie down and... that's about it.

I'm just tired of my life, I guess. The old ennui. I just don't know if I'll ever be able to fix it.

I don't even know why I'm posting this in this thread. I just hate going into the Mental Health OT because reading about others' struggles makes me even more down. And I guess this is the closest thing to a "community" I've ever been a part of, although I've fucked that up too.

Eh, I'm done ranting. Sorry. I should probably just sleep.

same ugh, that's like every day for me
 

Zero²

Member
Me for the past six months. I get it. It's hard. I'm in the "I'll never be happy and loved" mindset constantly.

But hey, at least we can miserable together :)
You all really need some antidepressants haha
I spent all teenage years thinking love is just a bother and unnecessary, and then it hit me like a truck and now I'm mad I love. Guess life really is unpredictable!
 

Kubiubo

Member
You ever have a night where you're just... dead inside? I'm having another right now.

Nothing interests me. Things I usually love to do, I pick up for a minute or two and just drop them immediately. I can't bring myself to do anything but lie down and... that's about it.

I'm just tired of my life, I guess. The old ennui. I just don't know if I'll ever be able to fix it.

I don't even know why I'm posting this in this thread. I just hate going into the Mental Health OT because reading about others' struggles makes me even more down. And I guess this is the closest thing to a "community" I've ever been a part of, although I've fucked that up too.

Eh, I'm done ranting. Sorry. I should probably just sleep.


You havent fucked up anything, people make mistakes and we have the ability to move on from them. Plus, you dont have time to be sad ;) You have that cute guy from your university to ask out!
 
I absolutely understand you and have personally been in this situation for at least a few days now. Unfortunately, I don't have any suggestions. What helps me a bit is to lean on other people to give me something to do: doing favors for friends, hanging out, playing games together online, etc. Those actions don't eliminate it, but it at least gives me a feeling of productivity.

I have those moments too, luckily doing something like playing video games helps to take my mind off of things. It sucks having almost no friends and not being able to rely on them when I'm feeling down though and sometimes gaming just won't do it either. I can only keep my feelings to myself in these circumstances until they hopefully subside.

Yeah. Or maybe not dead inside/straight anhedonia but I'll be lamenting basically everything.

And I'm not content to just wait for this stuff to pass, either. It happens with enough regularity that just waiting for the cycle to run its course is actually impractical, and not just inconvenient.

Yeah, it's just hard to get going on anything. It's like there's this life-sapping presence around that pulls me down and away from anything productive, fun, you name it. It's omnipresent now.
Me for the past six months. I get it. It's hard. I'm in the "I'll never be happy and loved" mindset constantly.

But hey, at least we can miserable together :)

same ugh, that's like every day for me

We'll make it. It's just something we're going to work through. And we will be all the stronger for having gone through it.

Zero²;229156339 said:
You all really need some antidepressants haha
I spent all teenage years thinking love is just a bother and unnecessary, and then it hit me like a truck and now I'm mad I love. Guess life really is unpredictable!

I'm on two different medications and seeing three different specialists for various issues. It's not always as easy as popping a pill and going about your day. Antidepressants don't make you "happy" like people think. They just take away the extremes so that your moods aren't (as) crippling.

You havent fucked up anything, people make mistakes and we have the ability to move on from them. Plus, you dont have time to be sad ;) You have that cute guy from your university to ask out!

Eh, I'm not asking anyone out in my current state anymore. I just am not in a good place by any measure -- emotionally, financially etc.. In fact, those fucking dating apps cause me more stress than they're worth. Every time I get a message, I have to put on this cheery personality and try to engage with people I typically have no things in common with. The guys I've went on dates with have been disappointing. There's always something off -- not physically attracted, not enough matching interests, they don't show any intellectual curiosity etc, they don't kiss properly :)P). Maybe I'm just too picky, and/or I'm not in a "relationship place."

Oh, and those are the most "positive" ends of the apps. The other is just getting messages from nasty people or instant, unrequested dick pics.

I've especially been soured on the apps since what happened to Pample. So I'm going to delete them and remove that from my life for a good long while.

But I've had good news! My bestie asked me to be her Best Man at her (lesbian) wedding! :D
 
I feel weird drinking in front of my parents even though I'm 24

OMG I can still never do this!!!

I blame my asian upbringing. Mum looks down upon people that drink so much and would hate it if I drank had I been straight but as she knows I am gay she's suddenly keen I should drink, and also it should be beer so I would seem more 'straight'

urghhh

Sorry mum but Wine is the only drink...the only one.

#drinkthegayaway

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kuYuri

Member
that speech tho rip

I had to do a speech for my brother's wedding once. It wasn't that bad. I kept it short, no one needs to listen to me for more than two minutes! Didn't feel nervous since I was on a podium and could read my speech from it, so I couldn't mess up the content. Even then, I memorized i since I kept it short just in case I couldn't read from the paper.
 

Kevyt

Member
By the way things are going I have a feeling my life will be work/career... No time to socialize/meet people outside of work.

This is very sad.
 

kuYuri

Member
By the way things are going I have a feeling my life will be work/career... No time to socialize/meet people outside of work.

This is very sad.

That's me right now tbh. Hoping that when I move in a few weeks it will mitigate some of that.
 

Kater

Banned
OMG I can still never do this!!!

I blame my asian upbringing. Mum looks down upon people that drink so much and would hate it if I drank had I been straight but as she knows I am gay she's suddenly keen I should drink, and also it should be beer so I would seem more 'straight'

urghhh

Sorry mum but Wine is the only drink...the only one.

#drinkthegayaway

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The beer's not going to turn you magically straight, if that's her hope. Plus some beer tastes pretty good.
 
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