@JinShei said in Why We Don't Make New Friends Anymore (Or Creepers Do Creepy Things):
I am entirely twitched about the idea of Fred West being in the shower
Having stopped reading for a bit, this line out of context just tickled me. Fred West in a shower, the horror!
@wahoo said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
What is wrong with you? Why is this a fucking production? Just swallow.
For some of us, there are several things wrong that stop us swallowing pills "normally."
@Rinel I mean... almost all Christian denominations are Nicene. So I don't know what you're trying to say there.
@Rinel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
Yeah, at least in the Western churches. The Eastern Orthodox call the Easter festival Pascha.
Which ultimately comes from Paskha, the Aramaic for Passover. So still technically appropriation.
@Sunny said in How to Approach (nor not) a Suspected Creep:
Can somebody explain to me why it's problematic behavior to go:
p X=You ok?
It isn't. And anyone that says otherwise deserves a very long sideways glance with a dash of askance.
ETA: So long as you're ready to accept "Yes, I'm okay" at face value and move on.
@Derp said in How to Approach (nor not) a Suspected Creep:
@Tinuviel said in How to Approach (nor not) a Suspected Creep:
ending sentences with a preposition.
...has been acceptable for generations and the prohibition against such was prescriptivist bullshit from people that wanted to make English sound more like Latin, so nyah.
Just because something is acceptable doesn't mean it's right.
I also don't care about prepositions, I just couldn't think of any other grammatical things that matter this early in the morning.
@Ghost said in How to Approach (nor not) a Suspected Creep:
@Tinuviel said in How to Approach (nor not) a Suspected Creep:
@Ghost said in How to Approach (nor not) a Suspected Creep:
@Tinuviel said in How to Approach (nor not) a Suspected Creep:
@peasoupling said in How to Approach (nor not) a Suspected Creep:
Like, seriously, some people's writing throws red flags all over the place.
Surprising nobody, I am often made uncomfortable by the writing of others.
Unfortunately staff frown on my constant reports regarding the Oxford comma and ending sentences with a preposition.What, are you on?
In that sentence, the comma has turned 'on' into an adjective so it isn't a preposition anymore. Fail.
So you're saying that you prefer the comma before, during, or after?
Fuck you.
@Ghost said in How to Approach (nor not) a Suspected Creep:
@Tinuviel said in How to Approach (nor not) a Suspected Creep:
@peasoupling said in How to Approach (nor not) a Suspected Creep:
Like, seriously, some people's writing throws red flags all over the place.
Surprising nobody, I am often made uncomfortable by the writing of others.
Unfortunately staff frown on my constant reports regarding the Oxford comma and ending sentences with a preposition.What, are you on?
In that sentence, the comma has turned 'on' into an adjective so it isn't a preposition anymore. Fail.
@peasoupling said in How to Approach (nor not) a Suspected Creep:
Like, seriously, some people's writing throws red flags all over the place.
Surprising nobody, I am often made uncomfortable by the writing of others.
Unfortunately staff frown on my constant reports regarding the Oxford comma and ending sentences with a preposition.
Every evening, at around dusk, I get to see hundreds (if not a thousand) bats fly south along the horizon and every morning just before dawn I get to see them all fly home.
I don't know why it gives me such a happy feeling, but it does. Also I want to play a Vampire again.
@Auspice So... why were you so adamant about this being "what should a player do" when it's rather obvious that what needs to change is staff?
@Auspice said in How to Approach (nor not) a Suspected Creep:
That's still speaking up.
Yes, it's speaking up. It's a very fucking specific type of speaking up that isn't the same as just "saying something."
@Auspice said in How to Approach (nor not) a Suspected Creep:
Because in this scenario, it was a woman.
So? You gave another example, and that too was a woman.
But fine, I'll give you the only correct answer: If you see something, ask the 'victim'. If they're cool with it, let it go. If they're not, encourage them to talk to staff. If they're unable or unwilling to do so, talk to staff. If they're unwilling to deal with it and/or ridicule you, leave the game. It's not a difficult question.
@Auspice said in How to Approach (nor not) a Suspected Creep:
So chances are, if you witness this, you're going to want to say something.
No. Chances are you're going to check in with the woman in this example. If you run to her defence without any idea what's going on, you're the dick. You're taking responsibility for people that aren't you. Don't do that unless you know that you need to.
Second, why is your focus on women? Yes, IRL women are more likely to be harassed to the point of danger and violence. But I would argue that harassment is far more egalitarian on a MU*. Would you interfere if a male character was the subject of such alleged harassment?
C) You can always bug out. Always. You type the word 'QUIT' into your client, and leave. If the people involved don't accept that you were uncomfortable and had to leave, then you don't want to be playing there anyway.
IV: You only are responsible for yourself. So be responsible for yourself. If you are uncomfortable, say so. If you need help, ask for it. End of.
@Derp seems to agree with me, so to remove the hole in the pit of my stomach, I'll clarify. If you truly, truly believe that someone is putting on a mask like a girl in a nightclub, ask them privately if they're okay. If they say yes, then assume that they're okay and go on with your life.
If there is a situation with two other people that makes me uncomfortable, I leave that situation. If that situation is breaking a rule or a law, I report it, else I mind my own business. It's not my place to assume, it's not my place to interject or act the brave and caring knight.
"If that were me, I would be bugging the fuck out right now" doesn't matter. I'm terrified of snakes, that doesn't mean everyone is terrified of snakes and so I shouldn't intervene every time a snake is involved.
@Rinel Doesn't matter who or what you are. We'll lambast what you do and say, nothing more.
@RightMeow Anything that is mandatory should be complementary.
@Sunny I'm the full-bodied ice cream to your lactose intolerance. You know you shouldn't, you'll regret it, but you do anyway.
@Sunny said in Random links:
Sometimes I forget why I like you. I hate it when you remind me.
You make it sound like we're married.
