Again with the positive sexism, but now someone different. First women are more competent, now women are more empathic? Where are these women at?

I was using that as an example, not a gospel. I am now exiting the thread, thanks.

Why is it every time here that someone gets called out they "exit the thread?" Heck, a dev did that on talk about censorship when his partisan political views were brought to light. Dont' just make a final claim then immediately leave.

nuclear facepalm

edit: Nagasaki

If that were so, then why include "i'm leaving this thread," with an actual response? Better yet, why announce you're leaving? If it's not worth the response, why are you then responding and leaving, while also taking the time and effort to announce that you're leaving?

That was the polite part to inform you that you do not need to waste your own time and energy into this; at least not for him.

I hope that this was satisfactory enough of an answer since I'll leaving this thread now ;) (no, not really, but I'm to bored of this specific subtopic to follow that any more).

Can't understand why somebody cannot imagine playing another sex. Come on, guys. Did you never dress up when you where young? VR is not different from RR (real reality).

No, he left the thread because people read into his every little statement as "I hate things and wish I could censor them all". People couldn't get past the fact that he didn't like certain content that was added specifically for the shock value rather than artistic integrity. But that's a different discussion. He's bowing out because he doesn't want to have this discussion. Not with you or anyone. It's not the point that "you got him good, mate" but rather that he's not interested in the direction the discussion has taken. That's all. At least, that's why I do it.

Leave me nothing, and i'll have nothing to respond to. Weak argument, but good effort.

Then there's no point in mentioning that you're leaving the discussion. One can leave the thread without announcing their grand departure, and making a final argument. Rather, it's more like "i have an argument, and i want it to be the last word, don't you dare hold issue with it, form a counter, etc, because I'm leaving." At least, that's how I see it, since there's absolutely no reason why you would continue even that little bit if you felt it wasn't worth responding to or continuing. And why is it worth mentioning that you're leaving a thread? Do people do this with all threads? Is this even normal practice for threads? AFAIK, "it isn't," "no," and "no." I would really hope their magesties actually felt it important for every thread to announce their departure so their royal subjects could leave with them, but sometimes it appears that some people get left behind.

Dressing up isn't something everybody does, and it's not something that everyone is comfortable doing, either.

In particular, a strongly gendered cisgender person (that is, one who feels strongly about their gender) is not likely to crossdress, and is not that likely to play as the opposite sex. On the other hand, people who don't care about their gender are likely more willing to experiment with this sort of thing, as are transgender people who are still in the egg or questioning phase.

Of course, there are likely counterexamples to claims like the ones I am making here; humans are *really* diverse when it comes to things like this. (Even when I posted about preferred pronouns in another thread, someone came in and said it wouldn't mind being called "it".)

Edit: "particularly" -> "particular" ("particularly" ain't a word)

why somebody cannot imagine playing another sex.

Interesting, claims without data, then mention of exceptions. How do we know all "exceptions" are so, and that none of them are rule of thumb? Confirmation bias?

Going down a completely different path here, my thought was, "If VR gets to be truly accurate, you may have to completely relearn how to throw a softball if you play as a different gender."

Due to the differences in anatomical structure down to the skeletal level, the movement patterns to complete an action can be quite different. That's why the makers of Senua's Sacrifice didn't choose to use a male actor for motion capture, but a female actor (aka actress). The animation wouldn't look right on a female character model unless the base data was captured from a female. (I suppose a lot of post-processing might solve it, but the faster/cheaper way is just to use a female.)

I hate that I'm smiling at this wordplay and can't stop no matter how hard I try.