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10/04/23 10:02:02 PM
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VXT_
10/04/23 11:35:39 PM
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I used to use discord a few years ago. It was a fun way of talking to friends and making a small forum before group chats became a thing everywhere.

Thought I'd go back on discord and see what's up.

Before I say my point I have NO problems with anybody who's transgender, autistic, or anything else that might be considered something to bring up early doors.

However, I do think... have I missed something here? Discord seems to be full of trans folks, or those who say they're autistic. I'm sure the majority of this is all above board, and there may be one or two folks who take the piss, but still - am I just in chats that have moved on from generic gamer support, or is this a discord thing?

Just to reiterate, I don't have an issue with anybody mentioned, I'd actually rather know what the lay of the land is so that I don't enter someone's safe space. I'd rather delete my streams forever than be called a NERF or a TERF.

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Crimson_Corsair
10/04/23 11:37:08 PM
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You really brought the alt out of cryo for this eh?

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Dungeater
10/04/23 11:38:29 PM
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demographics that are more likely to use the internet than average + marginalized people sticking together + more acceptance and awareness of gender and queer minorities and neurodivergent people, therefore more people identifying and/or being diagnosed as such

it makes sense to me

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VXT_
10/04/23 11:42:25 PM
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Crimson_Corsair posted...
You really brought the alt out of cryo for this eh?
This is an alt yes, but I needed an excuse to get a post up. I don't think what I've said is awful, although it's probably been marked already, but I should probably utilize this account more than I did.

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bnui_ransder
10/04/23 11:44:34 PM
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It depends where you are? There's one I'm in that yeah, it's like that. I'm there for my friend.

All the other ones are on topic for what I'm there for.

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TMOG
10/04/23 11:46:39 PM
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"I don't hate trans or autistic people, but why the fuck are there so many of them who feel comfortable talking about who they are?"

Literally the TC
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AnsestralRecall
10/04/23 11:48:16 PM
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VXT_ posted...
I have NO problems with anybody who's transgender, autistic, or anything else


VXT_ posted...
However

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bnui_ransder
10/04/23 11:51:14 PM
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Giving the benefit of the doubt here, but TC seems to be wondering why all the chats they were in shifted to a different topic and if we had the same experience

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VXT_
10/04/23 11:54:32 PM
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TMOG posted...
"I don't hate trans or autistic people, but why the fuck are there so many of them who feel comfortable talking about who they are?"

Literally the TC
Well I think that's the point I needed proven. If it's a safe space, then big ups. I don't need to be part of a community I'm not engaged with.

Again, this is not a complaint at all. I now know that discord isn't for me, that's absolutely fine. I wish all the best for those who have somewhere to discuss freely, and as someone who never grew up anywhere near the LGBTQQIP2SA community, consider this a learning experience for someone who didn't know but innocently asked the question.

I've never signed a post off with my name but just to confirm I'm not being an asshole, consider this message as a "best wishes" type post.

VXT_


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TMOG
10/04/23 11:55:50 PM
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VXT_ posted...
If it's a safe space, then big ups. I don't need to be part of a community I'm not engaged with.

VXT_ posted...
I now know that discord isn't for me, that's absolutely fine.
What I'm reading here is that you no longer want to use Discord because there are trans people on it talking freely about being trans
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animebop
10/04/23 11:58:13 PM
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TMOG posted...
What I'm reading here is that you no longer want to use Discord because there are trans people on it talking freely about being trans

Yeah, OP was kind of clueless but this seems to be directly "keep trans people away from me"

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Dungeater
10/04/23 11:59:43 PM
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i see my once-yearly "respond in earnest to a bad faith question" has once again been wasted

one day. one day, someone will be asking genuinely and merely articulating/presenting themselves extremely poorly

one day...

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BewmHedshot
10/05/23 12:00:52 AM
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This is a really weird topic, "Discord" is about as specific as "Facebook". The content in each server is generated by the server's users...
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UnholyMudcrab
10/05/23 12:01:16 AM
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VXT_ posted...
Before I say my point I have NO problems with anybody who's transgender
Literally never in human history has this phrase not been immediately followed by transphobic bullshit.

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Slayer_22
10/05/23 12:02:18 AM
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I've seen literally none of what you're talking about in the 40+ servers I've joined.

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TMOG
10/05/23 12:04:33 AM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
Literally never in human history has this phrase not been immediately followed by transphobic bullshit.
Before I say my point I have NO problems with anybody who's transgender, but I honestly feel like Nanoblock building kits are superior to LEGO due to taking up less space and thus being easier to display, being more aesthetically pleasing due to the smaller bricks, and having a more affordable price tag.

There, now it has :)
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VXT_
10/05/23 12:06:59 AM
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TMOG posted...
What I'm reading here is that you no longer want to use Discord because there are trans people on it talking freely about being trans
If you want to read into it that way, then fine, go ahead.

I understand that the communities I was previously involved with have now evolved to other societal issues.

As someone who isn't trans, has never had any idea about being trans, and has a sense of humor that might be best suited to the jocks throwing paper airplanes at people (before youtube "pranks" ruined a bit of innocent fun), my presence on discord will just annoy people.

Sometimes people have differing opinions and I'm just saying that maybe mine might not be the best to share. If we cheersed over a forty I'm sure it'd be fine, but posting stuff online is a little risky.

Once again I have no issues with any of the LGBTQQIP2SA community, I wish you all the best, but in the same way my neighbor prefers cats and I prefer dogs, live and let live.

I cannot repeat myself enough that I have no issues with anybody whose trans, autistic, or anything else that needs mentioning. I only wanted to mention that the discords I used to be on (and have since joined) now are more focused on these issues, which is absolutely fine.

All I wanted to ask was that perhaps there was a shift in topicality on discord and maybe I missed something.

Clearly this was something I have missed.

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kirbymuncher
10/05/23 12:07:02 AM
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I have definitely seen more trans / autistic people in discord communities than in any other online community I've been a part of. I think this is probably because only recently has it become more acceptable to talk about these things in public(ish) spaces and discord makes up most of my recent online social interations. maybe if I still used reddit with the frequency I did 10 years ago I'd be seeing it there too

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HBOSS
10/05/23 12:07:29 AM
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I agree discord is inclusive...

and Discord could be whatever you want it to be.

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VXT_
10/05/23 12:09:06 AM
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I should also add - my choice of topic title clearly wasn't the best. My intention was a very frivolus "dafuq?!" but I fucked up.

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TMOG
10/05/23 12:09:46 AM
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VXT_ posted...
a sense of humor that might be best suited to the jocks throwing paper airplanes at people (before youtube "pranks" ruined a bit of innocent fun), my presence on discord will just annoy people.

VXT_ posted...
If we cheersed over a forty I'm sure it'd be fine, but posting stuff online is a little risky.
What I'm reading here is that you no longer feel safe making transphobic jokes online and think they would be more acceptable in person

VXT_ posted...
Once again I have no issues with any of the LGBTQQIP2SA community, I wish you all the best, but in the same way my neighbor prefers cats and I prefer dogs,
What I'm reading here is that you prefer to not be around trans people
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VXT_
10/05/23 12:10:03 AM
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huh, fair enough. Maybe I've outlived my time on socials.

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AceMos
10/05/23 12:13:28 AM
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TC at least have the guts to post on your main

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StealThisSheen
10/05/23 12:14:46 AM
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Since you admitted this is an alt, what's your main?

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BearlyWilling
10/05/23 12:24:12 AM
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So whose alt is this

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animebop
10/05/23 12:24:39 AM
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VXT_ posted...
Once again I have no issues with any of the LGBTQQIP2SA community, I wish you all the best, but in the same way my neighbor prefers cats and I prefer dogs, live and let live.

I couldn't imagine not being friends with someone because of their dog/cat preference

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HylianFox
10/05/23 12:25:24 AM
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*clicks topic*

"User is not currently an active member"

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AldousIsDead
10/05/23 12:26:19 AM
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And he's gone.

Good riddance.

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Luigi_and_Tails
10/05/23 12:29:31 AM
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User is not currently an active member.

Damn you scared them off.

Wonder if it was a vegy account?

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TMOG
10/05/23 12:31:46 AM
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Luigi_and_Tails posted...
Wonder if it was a vegy account?
Nah, even with all the blatant transphobia it was too literate
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itachi15243
10/05/23 12:39:38 AM
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Oh man, this isn't what ended up getting him? So he did more than just this one?

I guess he really couldn't help himself.

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bnui_ransder
10/05/23 12:40:41 AM
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It was kinda dumb but wow, gone?

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Dungeater
10/05/23 12:42:40 AM
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bnui_ransder posted...
It was kinda dumb but wow, gone?
making a topic about finding gender minorities and neurodivergent ppl distasteful is p shitty

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ProfessorKukui
10/05/23 12:45:24 AM
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tag checked out

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bnui_ransder
10/05/23 12:47:55 AM
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Dungeater posted...
making a topic about finding gender minorities and neurodivergent ppl distasteful is p shitty
Agreed, but they just ran away

Or banned?

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Dungeater
10/05/23 12:48:25 AM
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bnui_ransder posted...
Agreed, but they just ran away

Or banned?
their acct is closed

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Trumble
10/05/23 12:50:30 AM
#43:


"Don't invade people's safe spaces if you're not a member of that community"
*someone seeks advice on whether they should leave somewhere to avoid doing exactly that*
"Omg you're transphobic and ableist if you want to leave"

Like yeah, I get there are bad faith people out there, but jumping immediately to that conclusion with a question that could very well be genuine (as opposed to the thinly veiled ones that get repeated regularly and it's very hard to believe anyone doesn't know the answer to) isn't reasonable...

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TMOG
10/05/23 12:51:40 AM
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Trumble posted...
"Don't invade people's safe spaces if you're not a member of that community"
*someone seeks advice on whether they should leave somewhere to avoid doing exactly that*
"Omg you're transphobic and ableist if you want to leave"
Hey everybody I think I know whose alt it was
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Trumble
10/05/23 12:53:22 AM
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TMOG posted...
Hey everybody I think I know whose alt it was
Everyone knows what my alts are.

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Bloodmoon77
10/05/23 12:55:35 AM
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Yall are using disc for more than just Skype 2.0? Talking with randoms you don't know? That sounds like a forum headache I want no part of.

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Dungeater
10/05/23 12:55:37 AM
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Trumble posted...
"Don't invade people's safe spaces if you're not a member of that community"
*someone seeks advice on whether they should leave somewhere to avoid doing exactly that*
"Omg you're transphobic and ableist if you want to leave"

Like yeah, I get there are bad faith people out there, but jumping immediately to that conclusion with a question that could very well be genuine (as opposed to the thinly veiled ones that get repeated regularly and it's very hard to believe anyone doesn't know the answer to) isn't reasonable...
u have got to be kidding me

maybe, maybe their first post could have just been extremely awfully phrased by accident

but look at every other post of theirs. there has to be something genuinely wrong with ur ability to interpret people and social cues if u think tc was doing anything other than stirring shit on people who are already unfairly the butt of society, under the absolute thinnest veil of plausible deniability

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WalkingPlague
10/05/23 12:57:13 AM
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i remember one time when i was told to respect and use proper pronouns and in another breath told not to use gendered language.

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