Quote Originally Posted by Segev View Post
I'll be honest, I'm not sure I appreciate the difference. "I like chocolate ice cream today; yesterday I liked mint, but I don't feel like it today," seems the extent of it as I've heard it portrayed. That sounds a lot like "bi" but with a mood-based preference.
The difference is that there are folks who like both chocolate and mint all the time. Thus they are not fluid - they know what they want and it does not change. Thus when others say things to them like "you might say that, but I know you really just like chocolate", or "sure you like chocolate and mint, but you obviously like chocolate more" or even "you're just saying that, because I haven't seen you have mint in like forever" can be insulting.

Basically, if someone identifies as X, the key is to be respectful of that (assuming X is ethical obviously) until they identify otherwise.