LGBTAitP - Part 21: BLACKJACK!

[The Bandicoot]

I'll have you know Kev that not all of us disco dance. I prefer raving myself. My cousin break dances. Calling us disco dancing is an insult. :c

[Mina Kobold]

Well of course! That is why I specified. If all danced, it would be self-evident by the name!

Like Discopyres! :3

Also, I am not sappy! I was cured of were-dryadness ages ago!

[TechnoScrabble]

Born a few miles south of Dublin, raised mostly in Wales and London, currently just got my stuff in Australia. Gonna be here for a short bit.

Also, I WILL DISCO IF I WANT TO, DAMMIT!




...Though my dancing always winds up with me doing amateur stripper moves...

[supernerd]

Born a few miles south of Dublin, raised mostly in Wales and London, currently just got my stuff in Australia. Gonna be here for a short bit.

Also, I WILL DISCO IF I WANT TO, DAMMIT!




...Though my dancing always winds up with me doing amateur stripper moves...

Dude, if you think that's embarrassing, I'm in show choir. Think of the limitless prospect of jazz hands...

[turkishproverb]

That's ok, TechnoScrabble. You can dance if you want to...

[supernerd]

That's ok, TechnoScrabble. You can dance if you want to...

You have divine rank in my eyes...

[golentan]

Dude, if you think that's embarrassing, I'm in show choir. Think of the limitless prospect of jazz hands...

Oh, I'm thinking all right.

[TechnoScrabble]

That's ok, TechnoScrabble. You can dance if you want to...

We can leave your friends behi-DAMMIT.
I don't know if I love you or hate you for getting that stuck in my head.

Also, JAZZ HANDS! Also good for DUAL WIELDING VODKA! Or, alternatively, YOUR FRISKY FRIENDS' BOTTOMS!

AND CAPITALIZING EVERYTHING.

[Triscuitable]

Hello everyone. I just wanted to pop in to say hello, and return with halfway decent news. It may turn out catastrophic, but I've (quickly) regained composure, and dealt with the recent friend-zoning. And in turn, found someone who I think likes me. Shared feelings may turn out better than the last event.

[Arachu]

Sounds fun!

It will be interesting to see what The Succubus cooks up creates!

I realised some might confuse the word cook (as in 'cooking') with either kook or a synonym of rooster.

I choose to make that mistake every time I read the word "cook" from now on.

Sounds fun! What parts of Oriental history are you more interested in?

That's... A good question, actually. I'll probably get a lot more studied if I figure that part out...

I checked the website and it was actually an English edition I looked at.

From experience, I can tell that Swedish font size tends to be smaller than English font size, especially in soft covers. We also tend to not get softcovers in full size; we get only get hardcovers and pocket books. (Except if it's comics.)

Huh. American bookstores tend to have at least as many paperbacks as hardbacks floating about. I always assumed that that was due to soft-covers being easier to carry around, but they're probably just cheaper to print or something.

Actually, could that be related to lamination? I could see where that'd make paperbacks popular early on... Not too far-fetched, considering how we still use yellow pencils.

I should change back now... Before people start to think I really am a lady...

What'd be wrong with that?

Sorry, couldn't resist. I can understand how that'd feel off.

The fact I don't know much about Pokémon would just make it more fascinating to me, since I don't know what power levels we are talking about. OoTS (the siege of Azure City story-arc) and Manly Men Who Do Manly Things have given me a few clues, though...

Manly Men Who Do Manly Things, eh? Haven't heard of that, but I'm already interested from how similar it sounds to jokes I make.

I think the power scale ranges from 'domestic rat' to 'cosmic superpower', depending on type, rarity, etc. (even low-level ones can make earthquakes, tidal waves and whatnot at will, where higher-level ones can make meteor showers and spontaneously coat themselves in solid metal...)

Also, anything that can beat up certain Rock types can technically headbutt through a mountain.

Must... resist... pointing... and... laughing...

That's okay - I'm sure I laughed enough for both of us.

Which means you will both have to share the same umbrella... and huddle together very, very closely all evening...

Seriously, you think that will spoil a date if you're both in love? Love makes the date wonderful, not any other circumstances.

Plus, rain can be so pretty...

Also, JAZZ HANDS! Also good for DUAL WIELDING VODKA! Or, alternatively, YOUR FRISKY FRIENDS' BOTTOMS!

AND CAPITALIZING EVERYTHING.

Dual-Bottom Proficiency.

Alternatively, Double-Fisted Rear-Smacking.

Thank you very much. All that makes me want a porcupine. And it and my dog will be best friends.

*Hugs*, late though they may be.

Hello everyone. I just wanted to pop in to say hello, and return with halfway decent news. It may turn out catastrophic, but I've (quickly) regained composure, and dealt with the recent friend-zoning. And in turn, found someone who I think likes me. Shared feelings may turn out better than the last event.

Good luck, fellow metalhead.

[Coidzor]

Hello everyone. I just wanted to pop in to say hello, and return with halfway decent news. It may turn out catastrophic, but I've (quickly) regained composure, and dealt with the recent friend-zoning. And in turn, found someone who I think likes me. Shared feelings may turn out better than the last event.

Generally, yes, mutual affection and feelings combined with neither party already being in a relationship should generally work out better than unrequited feelings and one party being in a more or less committed relationship.

[Triscuitable]

Good luck, fellow metalhead.

To begin whipping dance of the dead
Blackened is the end

If I couldn't recite those lyrics, I couldn't call myself such. And thank you.

[supernerd]

We can leave your friends behi-DAMMIT.
I don't know if I love you or hate you for getting that stuck in my head.

Also, JAZZ HANDS! Also good for DUAL WIELDING VODKA! Or, alternatively, YOUR FRISKY FRIENDS' BOTTOMS!

AND CAPITALIZING EVERYTHING.

THESE ARE JAZZ HANDS. AND THESE ARE GOLD!

Also, I only have one friend who is particularly frisky, but she's a little too female for my tastes. I just don't get boobs, I feel rather indifferent towards them. Also the lack of a penis will be hard to deal with, as I am (at least I think I will be) mostly a bottom. Of course this could change, I'm still holding out for the right moment to have my first kiss.

[Viera Champion]

He just wrote me this poem:

A moment of me and you
A moment of you and me
One moment, warm and true
One moment, our infinity

The moment we saw across the sky
The moment we touched, that first time
The moment my heart decided to try
The moment we kissed, the moment sublime

The moment of truth, the moment of change
That moment that hit me right out of the blue
The moment my world got rearranged
Every moment now, just me and you

And he posted it on Facebook and tagged me in it. Ahhhhhhhh...

[Arachu]

He just wrote me this poem:



And he posted it on Facebook and tagged me in it. Ahhhhhhhh...

That... I... Okay, yeah, you two are a perfect match.

:dramatic swoon:

[The Bandicoot]

Squeegasm-heart-attack-gigglefit!

Seriously Shiro you will be the death of me!

Which is odd because usually the part of me that's completely jaded about love would've piped up and made me say something *******ish. This is cause for celebration!

[Triscuitable]

He just wrote me this poem:

And he posted it on Facebook and tagged me in it. Ahhhhhhhh...

I really can't stress this enough:

You two were meant for each other. And I type this while listening to Blackened. If I can feel warm and fuzzy about a song about nuclear war, then clearly you guys are perfect.

[The Bandicoot]

Am I the only one that normally gets the warm and fuzzies when the topic of nuclear war comes up?

[Astrella]

My university just loves giving me surveys to do.

Interesting thing about this one was that it's the first I've got so far that asked "What is your gender?" and gave you a textbox to answer in rather than a multi-choice box.

Oh, that's an improvement.

As odd as it is for me to say this, I've got an anonymous statement from a friend of mine, requested to be shown to this thread:

I don't think there's really anything bad about exploring your identity / self.

Natalie sounds like she could need a little love. If you could spread a little joy over there I'm sure she'd appreciate it.

Read it; it was nice to see how it was a very isolated case though and everyone rallied. (And the sad thing is that this was a really really mild case all things taken in account. I really should just stay away from reddit.)

Hello everyone. I just wanted to pop in to say hello, and return with halfway decent news. It may turn out catastrophic, but I've (quickly) regained composure, and dealt with the recent friend-zoning. And in turn, found someone who I think likes me. Shared feelings may turn out better than the last event.

Yay.

He just wrote me this poem:
And he posted it on Facebook and tagged me in it. Ahhhhhhhh...

Again: squeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...

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Astrella's random links:

It gets bender: a video promoting trans* beauty.

Less good news: a really transphobic posing as feminists page on Facebook (Trigger Warning: Transphobia). It'd be nice if those of you with FB accounts could take a few moments to report it so that we can get rid of it.

[golentan]

How cute. Humans and poetry.

I am pleased things are going so well, shiro.

[Asta Kask]

Less good news: a really transphobic posing as feminists page on Facebook (Trigger Warning: Transphobia). It'd be nice if those of you with FB accounts could take a few moments to report it so that we can get rid of it.

Please tell me that is a Poe? Please?

[golentan]

Please tell me that is a Poe? Please?

Really doesn't seem to be. Why I didn't comment: Too angry. I like to remind myself from time to time that I have millennia left and will eventually get to watch hatred literally die out.

[Heliomance]

He just wrote me this poem:



And he posted it on Facebook and tagged me in it. Ahhhhhhhh...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF4CWCXirZ8

[Asta Kask]

He just wrote me this poem:



And he posted it on Facebook and tagged me in it. Ahhhhhhhh...

I needed proof that there's still love in the world. Thanks.

[Worira]

On the bright side, a number of people are doing a rather good job at trolling the owner of that facebook page.

[Viera Champion]

That... I... Okay, yeah, you two are a perfect match.

:dramatic swoon:

I know. Cupid strikes again!

Squeegasm-heart-attack-gigglefit!

Seriously Shiro you will be the death of me!

Which is odd because usually the part of me that's completely jaded about love would've piped up and made me say something *******ish. This is cause for celebration!

I really can't stress this enough:

You two were meant for each other. And I type this while listening to Blackened. If I can feel warm and fuzzy about a song about nuclear war, then clearly you guys are perfect.

I needed proof that there's still love in the world. Thanks.

Does this mean my love is making people feel good, even when they normally are not?

On the bright side, a number of people are doing a rather good job at trolling the owner of that facebook page.

Facebook page?

[Heliomance]

Astrella's random links:

It gets bender: a video promoting trans* beauty.

He is amazingly cute. Androgyny ftw!

If only I knew a photographer, I'd be tempted to do an entry for that.

[Asta Kask]

Facebook page?

This one. Most depressing.

[Viera Champion]

Don't worry. I'll take pictures on our date.

[H Birchgrove]

I like this page: Bisexuality is real There are also pages on homosexuality, asexuality, etc.

I choose to make that mistake every time I read the word "cook" from now on.

I see what you did there.

That's... A good question, actually. I'll probably get a lot more studied if I figure that part out...

Remember that 1. "the Orient" is a very large area, both geographically and culturally, and 2. that while some Orientalist scholars have brought up much understanding of the area, and enriched "Occidental" culture by doing so, others have viewed it through exoticism and romanticism, and thus spread prejudice about it "here", both negative and positive.

Huh. American bookstores tend to have at least as many paperbacks as hardbacks floating about. I always assumed that that was due to soft-covers being easier to carry around, but they're probably just cheaper to print or something.

Oh we do have plenty softcovers here too, they just usually are pocket-sized. Those large softcovers, I only see those in English.

Actually, could that be related to lamination? I could see where that'd make paperbacks popular early on... Not too far-fetched, considering how we still use yellow pencils.

When I looked up "lamination", I could only find that stuff you have on floors. ._.

What'd be wrong with that?

Sorry, couldn't resist. I can understand how that'd feel off.

I wonder if I would confuse other posters or myself more. ._.

Manly Men Who Do Manly Things, eh? Haven't heard of that, but I'm already interested from how similar it sounds to jokes I make.

http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archive-2

I recommend you to start from the beginning if you haven't read it earlier, especially considering that the main protagonist isn't his usual self. WARNING: The creator (a lady BTW) is not a big fan of bishies, but she does like MLP:FIM. (She's also against homophobia and transphobia.)

Here's when the Pokemon related stuff starts: http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/99

I think the power scale ranges from 'domestic rat' to 'cosmic superpower', depending on type, rarity, etc. (even low-level ones can make earthquakes, tidal waves and whatnot at will, where higher-level ones can make meteor showers and spontaneously coat themselves in solid metal...)

Also, anything that can beat up certain Rock types can technically headbutt through a mountain.

I see. @/_@

That's okay - I'm sure I laughed enough for both of us.

He just wrote me this poem:



And he posted it on Facebook and tagged me in it. Ahhhhhhhh...

D'awwwwwww!!!

Oh, that's an improvement.

It is!

I don't think there's really anything bad about exploring your identity / self.

(This is about the guy - ? - who has a female character or persona as Internet identity, right?)

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the issue isn't as much as he has a *female* persona, as that he might be afraid he will prefer to be that persona rather than his "real" self, and start to *believe* he really *is* that persona.

(Pop psychology over-load, sorry...)

Read it; it was nice to see how it was a very isolated case though and everyone rallied. (And the sad thing is that this was a really really mild case all things taken in account. I really should just stay away from reddit.)

Note to everyone: Don't assume that because you follow belief system brand X, everyone else who follow it are always good and friendly.

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Astrella's random links:

It gets bender: a video promoting trans* beauty.

I feel bad about thinking he looks good because of his, uhm, "feminine qualities", rather than his masculine qualities. At the beginning of the video, I assumed he was actually a trans woman. ._.

But yeah, trans persons looks great , and trans persons, and people in general, should feel better about their looks in general.

Less good news: a really transphobic posing as feminists page on Facebook (Trigger Warning: Transphobia). It'd be nice if those of you with FB accounts could take a few moments to report it so that we can get rid of it.

I went there, and after reading quite a few posts, I deemed it ban-worthy. (The top posts weren't offensive, you have to scroll down a bit to get to the nasty ones.)

Tangent:

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I think you can be a feminist, and yet be homo-, bi-, and/or transphobic. Someone can have a generally well-meaning world-view tainted by prejudice and bias against some groups of people. Otherwise we'll start having "No true Scotsman" arguments.

Please tell me that is a Poe? Please?

I wish it was Edgar Allan Poe. He was a great poet.

Oh, you mean Poe's Law. No, this seems to be genuine hate. Even if it was "only" trolling, it's still spreading hate and contempt. Just because one is a troll, doesn't mean that the troll isn't believing his/her/hir own lies.

No offence intended toward Homestuck or mythological Scandinavian trolls. You seem to be nice... most of you.

He is amazingly cute. Androgyny ftw!

If only I knew a photographer, I'd be tempted to do an entry for that.

Dooooo iiiiit.