Quote from: A. G. Bheur on May 01, 2013, 08:32:51 AM
To you.

You are right about him A.G.!

Quote from: Edge on May 01, 2013, 10:47:11 AM
Me too.

I wish I wasn't so awkward and shy. I wish I could just be myself without fear of having people figuratively rip my head off for it. I wish people who claimed to like weirdness actually liked weirdness. It would make life so much easier if everyone could just be honest.

Edge you just need to find a place where there are people as weird as you Do you attend a university? There are plenty of people who are different and varied if you look in the right corners!

Quote from: Saison Marguerite on May 01, 2013, 01:50:02 PM
Edge you just need to find a place where there are people as weird as you Do you attend a university? There are plenty of people who are different and varied if you look in the right corners!

I do. I have not found the right corners yet. Each time I think I do, I find I was mistaken.

Quote from: Saison Marguerite on May 01, 2013, 01:50:02 PM
You are right about him A.G.!
Edge you just need to find a place where there are people as weird as you Do you attend a university? There are plenty of people who are different and varied if you look in the right corners!

Yeah, she's right.

Quote from: Edge on May 01, 2013, 03:49:12 PM
I do. I have not found the right corners yet. Each time I think I do, I find I was mistaken.

But so are you, people often disappoint in places you think they wouldn't. lol

Today was weird, a few mishaps came about but were cleared up. Overall it was a good day. Well, until I came home.
I'm not a psychopath, I just don't need to be asked millions of questions after I've stated that I have a bad headache, nor do I need some random person asking my mother if I wanted to do chamber music where I take lessons and hearing "she" a multitude of times, that makes my blood boil. Then she couldn't understand me, and on the fourth repetition I yelled what I was saying. So of course, she goes "WHY ARE YOU YELLING?!" and I said I was annoyed she couldn't hear me and I shouldn't have to say something five times. Then I had to repeat something else twice and muttered to clean the wax out of her ears. So then she explodes at me that I'm antagonizing her, mouthing off the minute I walked in the door. I didn't even say anything when I first came home.

Well, she barged in my room just now and we ended up making amends. Sort of. But damn I wish she'd stop calling me that name, and a girl. Gym class was interesting, people I'm closeted to were confused by people I'm stealth to which meant I had to take said confused people aside and come out to them. They were just like "Ohhhhhh, okay," it was kinda funny. Non-acceptance and harassment my eye, my peers have been beautifully supportive. Why can't adults learn from children when it comes to these things?

Quote from: Liminal Stranger on May 01, 2013, 05:16:05 PM
Gym class was interesting, people I'm closeted to were confused by people I'm stealth to which meant I had to take said confused people aside and come out to them. They were just like "Ohhhhhh, okay," it was kinda funny. Non-acceptance and harassment my eye, my peers have been beautifully supportive. Why can't adults learn from children when it comes to these things?

Uh Max let me guess, could it be because they are old fuddie-duddies set in their ways?   

Quote from: Shantel on May 01, 2013, 05:27:22 PM
Uh Max let me guess, could it be because they are old fuddie-duddies set in their ways?   

Well, not all of them are. A few have learned to listen, sad that most think it's a skill reserved for children though.

Quote from: Liminal Stranger on May 01, 2013, 08:38:49 PM
Well, not all of them are. A few have learned to listen, sad that most think it's a skill reserved for children though.

I watched a good video involving seniors.  All of them were asked their views on gay sex, what their own sexuality was, what they thought of sex, etc.  All of them said gay sex was great and that people need to have sex regardless of it's flavoring.  One guy said "I love gay sex!" and another said "When I was younger I was chasing all those dykes around".  It was really funny.

I saw a video posted on facebook (one of of "What Would You Do?" ones or whatever they're called) where they had a trans woman pretending to be a waitress at a diner and a guy who pretended to be a regular customer who had be gone travelling for quite awhile to discover that, while he was gone, the waitress had come out and transitioned. The actor playing the costumer would then be a jerk.
Every single time, people told him off. No one supported him.
I know it's all fake and all that, but it's still hopeful.

Quote from: Edge on May 01, 2013, 10:07:38 PM
I saw a video posted on facebook (one of of "What Would You Do?" ones or whatever they're called) where they had a trans woman pretending to be a waitress at a diner and a guy who pretended to be a regular customer who had be gone travelling for quite awhile to discover that, while he was gone, the waitress had come out and transitioned. The actor playing the costumer would then be a jerk.
Every single time, people told him off. No one supported him.
I know it's all fake and all that, but it's still hopeful.

I saw that on TV when it came out. It is sort of fake in that they set up the situations and there may be actors (actually the woman, Carmen, really IS trans). I think the event actually happened. Yes, I think it *could* happen that way. Of course, it could happen in less  happy ways too.


--Jay

D: I just saw a video called "What If Straight Were Being Frowned Upon Instead?" and it was so moving.  I was bawling. D:

The events depicted have all happened to people who were bullied so it's very sad and potentially triggering, but it was amazingly well done.

What If Being Straight Was Being Frowned Upon Instead ?

I found some videos of Supervillain and Superhero speed dating. They're hilarious. Especially the super heroes (someone serves Aquaman shrimp).

There's a pastor I've been following on Youtube and while he does have some excellent sermons I love, his extreme views against homosexuals turn me off.  I'm not talking about the typical "against it" attitude.  I expect that from a lot of churches, but this man takes it a little too far and uses demeaning slurs proudly at the pulpit and actually thinks they should be put to death.  That's even a statement of their belief on their website.  I'm thinking to myself wow, if this man feels so strongly about gays and lesbians then I'd hate to know what he would think about me.  Then again, he has preached against women wearing pants and how their place is in the home so I guess I can take him with a grain of salt sometimes.

What the hecks am I gonna make for dinner? 

Quote from: Malachite on May 01, 2013, 11:18:18 AM
Same here.  It used to be my dream to give my life for my country.  I get jealous when I especially see the classmates I was over in NJROTC serve.  Nowadays I just feel like I'm rotting away. There's a guy at my church who is in the Army Reserves and I pretty much have to duck him every time.  I feel bad but I just can't take it for the nerve of me.  It is getting better but honestly, I don't think I'll ever completely wipe that pain away.

Hold on there, buckeroo.  You got that bassackwards.

Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country. - General George Patton

My mom started me back up on Adderall yesterday to prep my body for it; she's giving it to me for the multitude of subject tests I have this weekend. Thing is, I hate what it does to me. It makes my heart race and gives me the same adrenal-type pain I get in my head from sheer panic or liking someone. That pain sort of feels like someone took my nerves, soaked them in gasoline, lit a match, and then threaded a wire through them and directly into an electrical socket.
Needless to say, not a good feeling.

As a parent I'm not in favor of treating kids with drugs to modify their behavior when quite often all that's wrong with them is that they are individuals with a view on things that differ from that of the parents. Max, have you been diagnosed with ADD that you have to take that mood altering stuff? Don't let my comments be the cause for a rebellion, I'm just wondering for your sake because all too often parents will buy into what the doctor prescribes when i know that so many doctors just throw pills at symptoms to mask the problem rather than doing the investigative work to determine causation.

Parents will complain to the doctor, "My kid is driving me crazy with his erratic behavior, bla bla!" So the doctor thinks, "I'll prescribe this and we'll drug the little bast**d and I won't have to listen to the yammering from this distraught parent any longer."