RP players of Balmung

[VeyaAkemi]

This you?

Oh, not at all, that kind of stuff is really not for me, I tried it before, and it just didn't... click? I felt a tad awkward about it and took my leave.

However, I will always defend people's right to enjoy themselves, regardless how much prudish, puritanical maggots attempt to drum up outrage, it is simply empathy, which I am very sorry you seem unable to feel it, so regardless how cringy, immoral, or any other insults someone may attribute to the behavior, it should not be persecuted.

[Jaltaer]

Wait, people actually still RP in Balmung? Last I heard the reason it was permanently congested was due to all the Wanderers and Travelers clogging it up to AFK in syncshells, attempting to "sightsee" all the ERPers that moved on to other locations, or off-world entirely... are there even any natives at the QS still, that are like "actual" natives and not lv1 alts made for reasons that are definitely not playing the actual game..

[CidHeiral]

Oh, not at all, that kind of stuff is really not for me, I tried it before, and it just didn't... click? I felt a tad awkward about it and took my leave.

However, I will always defend people's right to enjoy themselves, regardless how much prudish, puritanical maggots attempt to drum up outrage, it is simply empathy, which I am very sorry you seem unable to feel it, so regardless how cringy, immoral, or any other insults someone may attribute to the behavior, it should not be persecuted.

People can enjoy themselves however they wish in private. The fact that you're having this volatile of a reaction over "hey maybe don't bang in the produce aisle" speaks volumes.

[Ankhira]

Oh, not at all, that kind of stuff is really not for me, I tried it before, and it just didn't... click? I felt a tad awkward about it and took my leave.

However, I will always defend people's right to enjoy themselves, regardless how much prudish, puritanical maggots attempt to drum up outrage, it is simply empathy, which I am very sorry you seem unable to feel it, so regardless how cringy, immoral, or any other insults someone may attribute to the behavior, it should not be persecuted.

Look, I get wanting to defend people's right to enjoy themselves, but if empathy is the argument, then it should go both ways. Dismissing people who disagree as "prudish maggots" isn't exactly empathetic—it’s just shutting down opinions you don't like. There's a difference between criticism and persecution, and acting like every disagreement is some kind of moral attack kind of defeats the whole point. If you want respect for your views, you’ve got to give it back, too.

[VeyaAkemi]

Look, I get wanting to defend people's right to enjoy themselves, but if empathy is the argument, then it should go both ways. Dismissing people who disagree as "prudish maggots" isn't exactly empathetic—it’s just shutting down opinions you don't like. There's a difference between criticism and persecution, and acting like every disagreement is some kind of moral attack kind of defeats the whole point. If you want respect for your views, you’ve got to give it back, too.

I got a bit too aggressive there, perhaps, but I feel the point stands, it is a sentiment born out disgust, it is judgmental, and it is trying to shut down others, it is an (admittedly much lower stakes) version of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance, a concept where to be tolerant, you need to be intolerant to those who are intolerant, to simplify it to a small fault, essentially, the guy who swings first is in the wrong, and you cannot allow too much empathy to those who display lack of empathy, lest you will allow their behavior to flourish, that's where I am coming from with that attitude.

[hydralus]

Somewhere out there are people having fake sex and I am personally offended by this.

[hydralus]

This you?

Nothing wrong with two grown men enjoying each other's company while pretending they are cute girls with bulges in a game. And I mean that.

[SophiaDL]

This you?

People having fun in the way they want ?? In MY MMORPG ?? This cannot be tolerated. /s

Let people enjoy the game how they want, and as a wise man once said (thank you Joey Swoll), you need to do better, mind your own business.

[Wyssahtyn]

Wait, people actually still RP in Balmung? Last I heard the reason it was permanently congested was due to all the Wanderers and Travelers clogging it up to AFK in syncshells, attempting to "sightsee" all the ERPers that moved on to other locations, or off-world entirely... are there even any natives at the QS still, that are like "actual" natives and not lv1 alts made for reasons that are definitely not playing the actual game..

seems like it's all private groups/fcs these days because of all the sex tourists. think even the pearl lane holdouts ended up disappearing. only option for spontaneous public rp is to go to mateus. other than that, there are the events like grindstone or w/e venue of the week.

[Alice_Rivers]

I got a bit too aggressive there, perhaps, but I feel the point stands, it is a sentiment born out disgust, it is judgmental, and it is trying to shut down others, it is an (admittedly much lower stakes) version of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance, a concept where to be tolerant, you need to be intolerant to those who are intolerant, to simplify it to a small fault, essentially, the guy who swings first is in the wrong, and you cannot allow too much empathy to those who display lack of empathy, lest you will allow their behavior to flourish, that's where I am coming from with that attitude.

There are things that should not be tolerated, like sex in the street, what people do in the privacy of their own homes (or those of other consenting adults) is their own business but when they do it in the public square that's everybody's business and everybody has a right to object to it.