Now I wonder....if I linked to certain rap songs in the music threads on GOG, would that(seeing as i'm white) count as a slur? o.0 :\

It's literally in the COC lol, as for 'gangsta rap' i honestly have no idea why you're talking about it beyond some strawman. Unless you just discovered it after hearing Snoop Dogg's verse on the Katy Perry classic 'California Girls'

As for Ranker's snipe, you're quick to hit out at topics being closed and other extensions of harsh moderation but fine with them ignoring their own CoC. Don't trip up on your own chin as you flay about.

If you truly want equal moderation applied, then expecting them to stand to their own CoC is pretty basic. Even if that conflicts with what you believe. Shocking, I know!

Tbth I would like minimal moderation(essentially of illegal material/spam/etc only).

That said, I think we should try to get back ontopic.
(that being Chris Avellone, and not what we've all been focusing on the last half page or so)

I'm lucky to be out of the dating pool. My fiancée is great. She also seems to think a huge number of women these days are a bit nuts so we've discussed these sorts of things like reasonable adults who care about each others respective opinions. I have two major takeaways.

1. It's not just women. I probably notice it more in women since I'm a straight male and have known many women who didn't act like some today. Women also have more of a platform today. Women have been in the workforce in numbers since the late 70s but there was no social media. There weren't too many women with a platform in traditional media either and those that were likely were handpicked. So I get why it seems like it's just women but I think people in Westernized countries(no idea about elsewhere) are just different in the past decade or so. Maybe independent in a negative narcissistic way. Hyper capitalistic. Also I feel we have a major victimhood problem where people get social clout by touting every struggle so that can of course lead to lies. If you've ever felt like a victim, it sucks. I want more people avoiding that entirely. Scars can be a badge of honor but they should also be a learning experience.

2. There isn't a litmus test. Sorry. It sucks but there are too many factors. It'd be so much easier if you could say "oh she follows this trend so she's automatically terrible" or "he's a football/soccer fan so he's scum". Doesn't work that way. You gotta talk and get close enough to see what the deal is. That means you can get burned but the same applies to the other person. Hopefully you're both not pieces of shit and don't do that to each other, but be careful trying to develop any broadstroke purity test. Other then "she's hot" I had little connection to my fiancée and was confused by some of her interests. I would have missed out though if I wrote her off.

He got fat. So his flirtations years ago have become retroactively unwanted sexual attention.

this is why everyone should work out and eat healthy
fat shaming should be institutionalized

yeah The girls like ... meme :)

Agreed.
I've had the opposite development of Avellone. I used to be fat, but now I'm slim and fit, and I feel a lot better (and instead of turning stomachs I'm now turning heads). There's absolutely no benefits to being fat, neither to yourself or to the society.

[modded: that's great! But please try stay on topic from now on :) - ponczo_]

grat nice job and dedication, how long did it take for you?
being healthy is very important , it only has benefits

Didn't take me very long. I discovered I suffered from gluten intolerance, so after a few weeks of gluten free diet I suddenly had the energy to exercise (mostly walking uphill as fast as I can for half an hour per day) and after 3-4 months I was in decent shape. It was a great feeling when I started to feel light.

Just wanted to say that I possibly misread your post and let my emotions get the better of me. You're right that that jab was over the line and unnecessary....as such I will be removing it & I apologize for saying it in the first place.

There was a censored word used as an example of someone being uncivil. That is different from posters insulting other people with it or generally being rude.

i.e. context....such as when documentaries/etc show examples of bad things, and such is not considered bad by most because in such cases such things are being used in the proper context.

''We don’t tolerate hate speech, intimidation, harassment, sexual, racial, or ethnic slurs, and discrimination.''

You can't expect people to follow a CoC if those enforcing it don't even know the CoC.