I'm glad I was born a normal straight instead of a really fucking fragile straight.
this post was submitted on 10 Nov 2024
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The thing about being straight is that it's really easy to get bent out of shape apparently.
I theorize that the fragile straights aren't actually straight. Which I assume is what the developer is poking fun at with the quotation marks.
Our social default is still to assume that most people are straight. It doesn't make sense for a straight person to have a driving need to prove that they are straight ... unless they think someone would have a good reason to put them into a "non-straight" category.
Devil's advocate. If someone wants to call themselves straight, and that offends you. Aren't you fragile as well?
I mean, I guess depending on context? This really isn't about static titles though. Like, nobody fought for straight people to be allowed to exist. Even in our modern age gays are still executed for being themselves. It's understandably offensive if someone is like "I want to show pride too!" if the thing you're proud of is winning the right to openly exist and the thing they're proud of is... being the more socially accepted and advantaged class?
It's not a perfect comparison but it's almost like if a rich person wanted a trophy for being rich because the lower class just got a trophy for surviving being poor.
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Being offended by somebody "calling themselves straight" is stupid and fragile.
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Being "proud of being straight because somebody else is proud of being queer" is stupid and fragile.
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Being "content with being straight and wanting to label yourself as such in an environment where that makes sense" is reasonable.
I dont play the game so I dont know the context but I assume labeling yourself straight does not make sense in a fishing game and as such it is most likely about the second point
Why are peoples sexual orientations part of this fishing game at all?
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This reminds me of my friend. "I'm so gay I'm not even straight-up gay. I'm gay-up gay."
I don't understand this. Why not just give a normal priced thing to them? I don't think this is very nice and I don't think its ok. Could have just leave it out as well but wtf.
The original request was petty, so was the response.
I don't blame them for responding petty. Steam has some of the most hostile and bigoted people out there. Something like this is a great way to push back against them while being funny and highlighting the absurdity of their request.
Which it so is, people don't need a straight pride flag or straight pride label, they're just trying to push back against LGBTQ acceptance.
How is the request absurd? The straight title didn't remove any other pride flag or titles didn't it?
The request is seen as absurd because for the most part straight/cis people do not need to affirm or have pride in their straightness, they aren't oppressed or have limited recognition for it, the desire for "straight pride" is completely reactionary to the idea of LGBTQ+ pride, and the person on Steam who requested that feature is likely a bigot who is annoyed about LGBTQ+ pride, so the developer's response is justified.
I mean, I think that saying "straight people don't need to take pride in their straightness" is equal to "gay people don't need to take pride in their gayness". Which is the goal - for being gay, queer, trans to be universally accepted everywhere. For the value of gay pride to be equal to the value of pride in the straightness - which is when being LGBTQ+ is so normalized in society, that there is no need to take pride in it. You don't really get that by alienating someone. Like, imagine the gay tag was at such a high price - the blowback would be huge.
Does the word "intersectionality" make you recoil physically?
No it doesn't, what's your point?
He is a right wing person posing as left LGBT to make bad publicly. In short, a troll.
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And? When your players want a cosmetic item just give it to them. Its not petty to want a cosmetic item.
By that rationale, the nazi arm bands should be coming in a future update. After all, it's just a cosmetic item that players ask for.
So you put "straight people" wanting a Cosmetic item to mark them as straight on the same level of Nazis that killed millions of people. I respect the trolling.
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Then I guess it's not petty to give it to them, which they did.
They're being petty, yes. I think it's funny though, lol
I don't think its funny, it just makes the people mad and that for no reason at all.
it serves the purpose to mock the request and make people think about the absurdity
in the same way that a request for a “white history month” should also be mocked - it’s just straight up trivialising the whole concept
It serves no purpose and is just ragefarming.
The purpose is, as the other commenter said, to mock the request and to highlight its absurdity.
So ragefarming and disrespectful behavior. The exact opposite to what is good for anyone.
Some people need to be poked fun at so they can get over themselves.
This is literally punching up at ~80% of the population. This isn't bullying. Anybody even marginally emotionally mature would laugh or roll their eyes and move on.
I don't give a fuck about if its bullying or not, it causes unnecessary completely avoidable and useless bad publicly for left people and LGBT as well.
Why do people need to be toxic? It could have just been a funny cosmetic like a Vanilla ice cone on the head or something, but no, it needs to be done in a disruptive and disrespectful way.
Are you saying that you think less of "left people" and LGBT because of this joke?
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You're so right! The straights are so brave and persecuted!
It's so hard to be considered the only valid sexuality by the majority of people and religions. They should definitely cater to the straights. The lgbtqia+ population shouldn't get a single thing- not protections, spaces, clothing, or even name tags that straights don't.
Think it's time that the straights get a pride day? Maybe a white lives matter movement is in order too! Maybe we should have a mens day as well. Hell, let's do something super special for all the straight white men since they have it so tough and their title is important and they fought soooooo hard for it.
Congratulations, you're part of the problem.
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Let me just go and get my badges that say "default config" and "normal" from the drawer here somewhere. Then I'll explain it to you while wearing them.
I mean, I think a badge titled Normal would have been just fine.
As if being queer is wrong or abnormal 🙄
I may be trans but as far as most people are concerned I'm a normal girl.
I may be a trans girl but as far as most people are concerned I'm a normal girl
Girl what the fuck. You are a girl, there's no "concern" to it.
EDIT: To whomever downvoted me, one day they'll come for someone you do care about, and you'll remember this moment in shame and self-loathing.
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It looks like these guys have you covered:
https://retrobadge.co.uk/retrobadge/slogans-sayings-badges/normal-small-retro-badge/
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Egalitarian respect was never the point.
Being petty is the point.
You can decide if you respect that behavior or not. Personally I'll be refunding this title.
When it's a chat game, I guess titles for your character are considered content.
Congratulations on contributing to othering and discrimination against yourselves and your communities.
If I were straight I'd be offended at this, not because I'm a fragile widdle loser, but because it literally implies LGBT people are not normal, and it's a setback in society's fight for equality.
lol they're gonna be so damned salty about this.
That'll teach them for asking for fair representation!
Gottem!!
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