As for wanting to feel comfy and accepted in life, if you’re an adult and you get offended because someone didn’t address you by your preferred pronoun but instead as a male or female because that’s what your physical appearance conveys, then, well, perhaps it’s time to either accept that that’s how others perceive you move on, or start wearing a shirt or sign that clearly states, “I am not male or female. I suspect that “he”, “she”, “them”, and “they” aren’t the issue, as those are societal norms, but when people are expected to know and use “ze”/”zey”/whatever, they things are getting over complicated and too PC. You asked why can’t people identify as whatever they want and I was saying that they can but they cannot expect everyone else to address them as their perceived identity. I was addressing your point in particular, not as much the article. I just really don’t see a need to belittle or invalidate others because they *don’t* feel like I do. These are just people saying they don’t really feel male or female, not that they feel like a dragon or a cat.Īnd for the record, I absolutely consider myself male and have never had any feelings to the contrary. But the point still stands: why should I care?Īlso, I don’t think this article is pointing out people ‘making up genders’, it’s just highlighting people who consider themselves ‘non-binary’. Maybe they are seeking attention, or maybe they really are having an identity crisis. So I guess I just don’t see a need to tell people that they’re wrong for feeling a certain way, and accusing them of seeking attention. If someone says they don’t identify as male or female, does it really impact me and my life? Does it change the way *I* identify? No, it really doesn’t. Why can’t people ‘be whatever they want to be’? It’s just an individual identity. By next weekend, Inkopolis will have something new to cheer for. In any case, wall to wall LGBT pride posts will eventually pass.
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Over the course of the weekend the posts about trans pride significantly outnumbered the people who were angry at the presence of trans people in my lobby, but there’s no way of telling whether that’s an algorithm or if there were more trans players. Technically, posts about LGBT+ pride have been floating around Splatoon 2 for weeks now, but in smaller numbers. We do know that Splatoon players have a history with using the lobby to display LGBT+ pride, as very similar posts exploded in the first game two years ago. The way that these trends propagate is an utter mystery - players have very little control over what they see in lobbies, and the only way to get posts you don’t like out of your sight is to report them. I never saw more than one or two posts that admonished people for talking about their sexuality or gender identity, but it looks like the community’s response to those one or two voices was to just be more gay and trans. It’s like Inkopolis is having its own mini-pride weekend. Mostly, they just say, “Nonbinary Pride,” or, “I love queer squids.” But they have become ubiquitous. Because this is about pride, seeing players criticise their identities has only made LGBT players even more prideful. The Splatoon 2 lobby is in the backlash part of this trend, kinda. I logged onto Splatoon 2 for the first time in a week and its turned into a twitter argument /4tX22nNeIB- 9 V O L T August 20, 2017 #Splatoon2 #NintendoSwitch /FheMiyPs2g- monster August 18, 2017 But being LGBT isn’t a joke or a trend, it’s a person’s identity.Īpparently the hot Splatoon meme of the week is loving and supporting trans people? #HereForIt It goes like this: Someone will make a post about how they wished Inklings were real that gets memeified into “I wish helpful team members were real” and then as people get sick of it, the backlash begins and people will post, “I wish original joke structures were real.” This isn’t limited to Splatoon - this is how jokes get run into the ground all over the world. Splatoon lobby trends go through cycles of excitement and then backlash. Why is everyone arguing about furries? Why are people saying, “I wish teamwork was real?” The latest of these trends is showing support for LGBT players, especially trans players. Sometimes you’ll wander into the lobby and wonder how or why some new trend emerged.
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These are drawings from your fellow players that either hover above their heads or are graffitied on the walls and stages. Splatoon 2‘s lobby is adorned with posts from players.
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Right now, the Splatoon 2 lobbies are full of LGBT pride, and a few players that wish this trend was over. Weeks ago it was Knack 2 jokes, and more recently it was drawings of furries. Posts in Splatoon 2‘s lobby go through trends just like the fashion world.