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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #7155 on: June 19, 2015, 04:13:08 PM »
Quote from: Amity on June 19, 2015, 04:04:51 PM
It's almost as if the habitual use of binary gender pronouns fosters a dependence on the constraints of presumptive gender assignment as a necessary precondition to social contact.

Almost!


I never have a problem with it until I have to actually say something out loud about someone in the third person. Stupid English gender-specific pronouns! Why do you make it so hard for me?

And I may or may not have mistaken a guy for a girl in real life. In front of a bunch of people. In my defense it was 5th grade and there isn't too much distinguishing prepubescent girls and boys from one another...
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #7156 on: June 19, 2015, 04:14:20 PM »
Quote from: Laufey on June 19, 2015, 04:07:28 PM
For me, I'm usually easily (and accurately) read as female but I did have one strange occasion of a person mistaking me for a crossdressing male while cosplaying Belarus

Mmm, I assumed you were male at first. Mostly bcause I thought the actual Laufey was a male figure too I guess.

Quote from: Amity on June 19, 2015, 04:04:51 PM

When I saw your sketch of yourself, I thought, "Oh, he has long hair... probably some kind of computer person."

Or a rock star.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #7157 on: June 19, 2015, 04:15:09 PM »
Quote from: Amity on June 19, 2015, 04:04:51 PM
Noodly, the very first comment exchange with you I somehow had cemented in my mind that you were male.

When I saw your sketch of yourself, I thought, "Oh, he has long hair... probably some kind of computer person."

It's almost as if the habitual use of binary gender pronouns fosters a dependence on the constraints of presumptive gender assignment as a necessary precondition to social contact.

Almost!
haa I was convinced that you were female for the LONGEST time. Which may have something to do with (mostly) giving up guessing genders (it's not like it matters or anything, I just wanna categorise all the things).

Also, my male friend and I were both on a school trip a while ago. He has shoulder-length, curly hair and is fairly slender. The flight-attendant-guy comes up behind him and is like "would you like some soda, miss?" and the kid turns around and just looks at him. The flight-attendant blushed BRIGHT red. It was kind of hilarious.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #7158 on: June 19, 2015, 04:16:10 PM »
Quote from: Fimbulvarg on June 19, 2015, 04:14:20 PM
Mmm, I assumed you were male at first. Mostly bcause I thought the actual Laufey was a male figure too I guess.

Wasn't Laufey female? I thought she was Loki's mother or something.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #7159 on: June 19, 2015, 04:19:16 PM »
Quote from: SectoBoss on June 19, 2015, 04:16:10 PM
Wasn't Laufey female? I thought she was Loki's mother or something.

Quote from: Laufey on June 19, 2015, 03:06:51 PM

LOL well in reality Laufey was Loki's mother. :D He's one of those rare ones who have a matronymic instead of a patronymic. Aside of that Laufey also means "leaf island" (= a kenning for a tree) and is a rather ordinary girl's name in Iceland.

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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #7160 on: June 19, 2015, 04:19:43 PM »
Quote from: SectoBoss on June 19, 2015, 04:16:10 PM
Wasn't Laufey female? I thought she was Loki's mother or something.

Plot twist: Loki's parents were called Laufey. Both of them.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #7161 on: June 19, 2015, 04:24:38 PM »
Quote from: SectoBoss on June 19, 2015, 04:16:10 PM
Wasn't Laufey female? I thought she was Loki's mother or something.

Yes, but I had this picture in my head of a bearded jester guy who I thought was Laufey. Apparently that was Loki himself though.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #7162 on: June 19, 2015, 04:41:46 PM »
Oh and I thought that Sunflower was a nice hippie guy.

... for a while anyway.  Now I am pretty sure she is not.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #7163 on: June 19, 2015, 04:47:09 PM »
Quote from: Amity on June 19, 2015, 04:41:46 PM
Oh and I thought that Sunflower was a nice hippie guy.

... for a while anyway.  Now I am pretty sure she is not.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #7164 on: June 19, 2015, 05:14:33 PM »
Quote from: SectoBoss on June 19, 2015, 02:32:00 PM
For me it's gotten so bad that when some users have their avatar as an image from the comic, I'll think it's them for a second when I re-read it.

eg "Kicknrun" has caught me out twice now...

Haha! (I am nothing like Emil, so this cracks me up)
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #7165 on: June 19, 2015, 05:23:23 PM »
Quote from: SectoBoss on June 19, 2015, 02:27:47 PM
"Forum members as their avatars" needs to be a whole new art thread.
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #7166 on: June 19, 2015, 07:01:14 PM »
Quote from: SectoBoss on June 19, 2015, 03:12:36 PM
Sunflower probably has blackmail material on everyone, I think. (myself included)

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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #7167 on: June 19, 2015, 07:11:40 PM »
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #7168 on: June 19, 2015, 08:04:38 PM »
Quote from: Haiz on June 19, 2015, 07:11:40 PM
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Why is that so undefinably creepy??
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Re: General Discussion Thread
« Reply #7169 on: June 19, 2015, 08:14:30 PM »
Quote from: SectoBoss on June 19, 2015, 08:04:38 PM
Why is that so undefinably creepy??

I don't know but I'm incredibly unnerved
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