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[KayRadley]

It's really hard to simpatize when you jump at the slightest provocation and are very easily led on. It's no wonder coments like rance's get traction when there are people like you reacting to them to other viewers' amusements.

The kinds of folk who would leave a like on Rance's post are not the kinds of folk I would like to know anyway.

[Theodric]

The kinds of folk who would leave a like on Rance's post are not the kinds of folk I would like to know anyway.

You're playing a game with people from all sorts of different countries, backgrounds, cultures and experiences. You can pick and choose who you interact with, of course, but at the end of the day this situation is more complicated than many are willing to admit.

[Ammokkx]

S'pose I can weigh in. Haven't actually done so yet, and the thread's already alight anyway.

Aside from the fact this is just not happening, ever, I don't really care either way. Well, that's a lie- I'd care if it's obtrusive, but in the hypothetical world a third or fourth option would be available, it'd be one button at character select I'd never have to interact with beyond that point. Wouldn't affect me much what other people see on their screens.

Wake me up when cross-dressing options get to the point where I can make a guy PC convincingly pass for a girl PC, though. I'm down for that.

[TheMightyMollusk]

I wonder how many pages this will go on for?

Depends what time the mods wake up and take their weekly look in.

[Haruka_R]

Isn't this why Twitter exists? Can't you just go over there?

[Iscah]

I forget the quest but yeah fantas are canon ingame items NPCs can buy and use. SE makes damn near everything canon so it's no shock to me honestly.

I don't have any memory of such a quest.

[Mavrias]

The Fae are a non-playable race consisting of the spirits of deceased children. Probably not the best thing for players to associate their character with.

not all of the fae are the spirits of deceased children. That's specifically the pixies.

[swiss_Momo]

ehhh, don't NPC's already mostly use terms like adventurer; hero of Ishgard; warrior of light/darkness ect when talking about the player character (especially in voiced cutscenes and the Tales of storries)? So that's already gender neutral language, simply because it means they only have to record one version of the cutscenes.
Heck, in Japanese this is even more prominent since referring to someone like this is more common than using he/her. It's honestly only the German and French versions that are explicit in regards to pronouns because gendered language

[Ftail]

I suspect it might have something to do with the fact that the term 'bigoted' and similar phrases are thrown around so often that they have, on many fronts, lost all meaning.

There are times when the term "bigot" and "nazi" are used inappropriately. For example, if you voted for "x" that means you are a "y" which does devalue words. However, it is extremely concerning when an actual bigoted post garners so many likes.

Painting people as 'undesirables' for not being in full agreement with complicated issues is pretty abhorrent.

This is incredibly reprehensible behavior which I do not condone. I absolutely hate when people try to lump me together with the LGBTQ or whatever community simply because I'm transgender and then they speak for me like I'm part of a collective hive mind. Many of my friends are Christians and Republicans, I'm not going to hate someone simply because they hold different political opinions or religious beliefs. It's concerning how polarizing everything has become from people on all sides of the political spectrum, what happened to basic human decency?

It's really hard to simpatize when you jump at the slightest provocation and are very easily led on. It's no wonder coments like rance's get traction when there are people like you reacting to them to other viewers' amusements.

It's disturbing how people can find amusement in comments like Rances, then again people find amusement from calling black people the N-word or making sexist comments against women. So it's hardly surprising or unexpected behavior on the internet.

[BokoToloko]

It's disturbing how people can find amusement in comments like Rances, then again people find amusement from calling black people the N-word or making sexist comments against women. So it's hardly surprising or unexpected behavior on the internet.

I mean it IS disturbing to find amusement in comments like Rance's. But it's not the comment itself what people is getting amused by to begin. it's the heated answer what they look for. That's the whole draw there is to controversial statements and trolls, and it's a huge part of what a lot of alt-right sites thrive in: in getting angry responses.

Most of these comments are far less with the intention of letting transphobic feelings out and way, WAY, more with the intention of evoking a response, and getting drawn in their game will only act in your detriment. Either you recognize the bait and learn to ignore it, or you learn to step up your sense of humor and turn the tables against them.