How the hell is that (not) acceptable?

[M-E-D The Poet]

My question to the world is, since when was questioning or changing religion considered a mental disorder that can be diagnosed by a licensed professional? Why does this diagnosis exist?

Just in case, in terms of source this is straight from the DSM-IV the most current available book on the topic of madness/psychology. At least until the DSM-V comes out, whenever that is. I just can't be bothered with looking up the direct quote, but I'm sure it's in there.

actually, there isn't there used to be but it's covered in for that these kind of things are culturally bound and as such cannot present themselves as disorders

 

[M-E-D The Poet]

Why do people associate the color black with a dark brooding personality?

because all "evil deeds" take place in darkness and hidden places (or at night)
Such examples being the classical views of thievery murder/assasination robbery SM and cult followings.

Darkness is therefore related to dark things because black is the essence of darkness the two are connected .

 

[katsumoto03]

Swearing. I mean you can say poop or pee pee but not shit or piss. How fucked are we as a society when a sound is taboo? No one cares about the meaning, everybody poops after all. But when people start shitting, that's offensive.

This is one thing I've never understood. I've heard the logic behind it, but it's always fucking stupid. (Get it? Because I'm talking about how swearing is- ah, fuck it.)

Also, I don't understand North America's fear when it comes to sex, and even sexuality. It is so fucking weird to me.

 

[KefkaCultist]

Homosexuality. Ancient Greece is known as one of history's greatest empire and they practically relished homosexuality, but now a large portion of our society downright abhors it. Pisses me right off and makes me wish I lived in ancient Greece.

 

[zehydra]

Why is it acceptable to wear a Sesame Street shirt, but, not a My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic shirt?

Because MLPFM is "targeted" at little girls. It's the same reason people would look at you funny if you played with barbie dolls.

Sesame Street is gender neutral with regards to its target audience.

MLPFiM has more violence than...I actually don't know of any boy-oriented shows for younger kids. Most stuff on Cartoon Network is pretty gender-neutral, as far as I know.

Point is, MLP is full of violence that a boy could enjoy, and keeps out the frilly foo-foo stuff. Its intended target audience is NOT what the show itself is geared towards (which is pretty gender-neutral, in my opinion).

Sure, but most people don't know that. When it comes to social acceptability, most of society does not know or care that this is the case.

Personally, I think social acceptability and go f*** itself.

 

[zehydra]

Homosexuality. Ancient Greece is known as one of history's greatest empire and they practically relished homosexuality, but now a large portion of our society downright abhors it. Pisses me right off and makes me wish I lived in ancient Greece.

And pederasty too!

 

[GenericAmerican]

How the hell can someone go and rape/muder/torture/otherwisedobadshit to another human, and get off with nothing more that a slap on the wrist.
But average joe shoots an attacking animal in defense of his 5 year old daughter, and faces 20 years in prison.

It's simple:
There's currently so many humans on the planet that if 99.99% of us were wiped out, we'd still have enough genetic diversity and overall population to bounce back with effectively no repercussions except maybe a loss of technology. Hell, there'd still be enough of us to form 2 large armies, have a war, and then continue on as a species.

The same cannot be said for most other things on this planet.

So the moral of the story is; if you're watching something you love being mauled to death in front of you, don't do anything. Because you can bounce back . . . then be sent to jail for child neglect.

 

[LooK iTz Jinjo]

Swearing. I mean you can say poop or pee pee but not shit or piss. How fucked are we as a society when a sound is taboo? No one cares about the meaning, everybody poops after all. But when people start shitting, that's offensive.

In Melbourne, Australia you can cop a fine for swearing in public. It's pretty fucked up.

Breasts...
Why can I flash my man-tits at the beach, but a girl can't show hers?

I know guys with bigger tits than most chicks.

 

[manic_depressive13]

In Australia at least I'm pretty sure its legal within two years of age difference. So a 17 and a 19 year old are fine.

Actually the age of consent in most of mainland Australia is 16, so a 16 and a 50 year old having sex is technically legal, but generally frowned upon. In South Australia and Tasmania it's 17, so again a 17 and 50 year old is fine. In queensland you can have vaginal sex or oral at 16 but the age of consent for buttsex is 18.

You're still mostly right though. In the ACT and Vic being within 2 years of the minor's age is a defence, provided the youngest party is above 10 years. In Tas there is a 3 year margin if they are above 12 and a 5 year margin if they are above 15. In WA there is a 3 year margin. In the other states the only defence is believing they were of consenting age.

AND NOW YOU KNOW.

Homosexuality. Ancient Greece is known as one of history's greatest empire and they practically relished homosexuality, but now a large portion of our society downright abhors it. Pisses me right off and makes me wish I lived in ancient Greece.

I agree with the sentiment but the Ancient Greeks also kept slaves so that's not the best argument.

 

[shrekfan246]

AND ANOTHER THING! WHY THE FUCK DOES "'I' before 'E', except after 'C'" NOT APPLY TO THE WORD "Weird"???

I would think it would be obvious. The word "Weird" wanted to be weird.

OT: Well, it's kinda late and all the obvious ones have been taken already, so I'm not really sure if I have anything to add.

 

[Syzygy23]

- I never understood how somebody who's 17 and 364 days is off limits, but the day they turn 18, they are fair game . It seems odd that somebody who is 16 or 17 is deemed "unable to give consent"
varies by region but the point still stands). Although, once somebody is into their mid-20s they shouldn't be dating that young anyway, I'm talking more about people ages 18-22 who get pinned for statutory rape.

Because there has to be a cut-off point, and on that age it is recognised they should have undergone enough development to be able to give informed consent.

I think there would be far, far less trouble if it was determined on a case-by-case basis, since there are plenty of 16 year olds that are far more mature and able to give consent than many 18 or 19 year olds.

Additionally, not just are some kids more emotionally mature (as in, they don't ACT immature), brain development is significantly different for everyone, to the point where comparing two 16-year olds and putting them on the same legal level is just...illogical and counterproductive.

Edit: But that's just me. I think that arbitrary cut-off points are horribly, horribly wrong for something like sexuality, and really only make sense for stuff like politics, where maturity is not that large of a factor compared to just basic intelligence.

Sounds to me like you just wanna boink someone under the age of 18, otherwise why would this be an issue?

 

[Starik20X6]

In Australia at least I'm pretty sure its legal within two years of age difference. So a 17 and a 19 year old are fine.

Depends where you are- in most states it's a flat 16, a couple it's 17 and some have additional restrictions on certain activities.

OT:

Why is it expected that once I reach a certain age I have to stop enjoying the things I enjoy and start being 'serious'?

Why is it acceptable for people to use arcane ancient beliefs to justify hate?

Why is it ok for oil companies to buy up renewable energy patents and sit on them?

 

[Jamash]

Swearing. I mean you can say poop or pee pee but not shit or piss. How fucked are we as a society when a sound is taboo? No one cares about the meaning, everybody poops after all. But when people start shitting, that's offensive.

I believe the concept of certain words being vulgar in the English language occurred after the Norman invasion in the 11th century.

Before the Normans invaded, words like "shit", "fuck" and "****" were just the everyday, Germanic Anglo-Saxon words for those things, but when the Normans became the ruling class, proper people were expect to speak Norman French and the Germanic, Anglo-Saxon words were considered vulgar as it was the language of the commoners.

So in the case of the word shit, the vulgar commoners would refer to it as something like "scite" or "scitte", whereas the properly educated Norman speaking people would say something like "merde" (obviously not the Modern French word , but it's Norse-French equivalent).

I suppose as the language evolved into modern English, the old Germanic words stayed around, but retained their vulgar stigma and relegated into properly offensive swear words.

That's my understanding of it from what I was taught by my English teacher, many moons ago. I'm not sure how accurate it is, but it makes sense.

I suspect that quite a few things that are considered taboo stem from class prejudices, with the actions of the poorer classes being shunned and made taboo by the ruling classes...

...apart from Cannibalism, which is just wrong and fucks up your body and mind due to Prion diseases and was recognised as being wrong, thus declared taboo by many cultures long before they understood the science behind it. That Cannibalism turns people into raving mad, murderous, evil Demons or monsters is a pretty accurate, non-scientific interpretation of the effects of Prion diseases on the Human brain.

 

[KefkaCultist]

Homosexuality. Ancient Greece is known as one of history's greatest empire and they practically relished homosexuality, but now a large portion of our society downright abhors it. Pisses me right off and makes me wish I lived in ancient Greece.

And pederasty too!

(I had to look up 'Pederasty' on wikipedia...) Okay, so ancient Greece wasn't perfect, but they had their views on sexual orientations right at least. XD

 

[Smeatza]

Here in the UK it's legal to have sex at 16 but it's not legal to own porn till you're 18.
So I can't watch but I can participate? How does that work?

 

[Mikeyfell]

Yeah! Why the hell is swearing on TV not acceptable?
Especially in the 2010's

Frankly it's offensive.
The words fuck, shit, goddamn, and asshole are about the only words still banned on TV but they're all unique in the intensity of emotional weight they evoke


Also boobs. and nudity in general.

It can be done in non-gratuitous ways, and is a lot less offensive to watch than the "Convenient camera positioning" they usually force down our eye holes.

For EG. I was playing Mass Effect 3 the other day and had a disturbing thought: Why is Traynor showering in her underwear?

I mean seriously, is the naked body that much worse than all the gore, violence and exploding heads that game already has on display?

Censorship needs to go.
Disband the FCC

 

[chadachada123]

Sounds to me like you just wanna boink someone under the age of 18, otherwise why would this be an issue?

I live in Michigan. I already can.

I just think that the law as-is is extremely unfair and has fucked over the lives of far too many people for something in which all parties consented. This includes me in my senior year, where I was 17 and she was 15. One false step and I could have had my entire life thrown away because of a retarded law.

It's an "issue" because we already have millions of citizens imprisoned for 'crimes' that do not have any victims and should not be crimes to begin with. I consider it basic liberty to not imprison people for consensual acts, especially when it's 14-19 years olds having sex with each other (which they absolutely will do, no matter what, with imprisonment accomplishing absolutely nothing).

 

[DoomyMcDoom]

Sorta like how if I'm chilling and meditating, or going through a flowing technique people don't see it as a bad thing, but when I go through stronger more punishing looking combos, or practice sparring with someone in an obviously practise only way, especially if there's any form of practise weaponry involved, I practise escrima with my master outdoors, mainly for the extra space, but also for terrain navigation and obstacle avoidance training, as it's a really bad thing to stumble over something in a fight. I also practise standing and sitting meditation techniques, also starting to learn the martial side of Tai chi, and most people watching that practise don't seem to think anything of it, cuz it has a smoother flow, and is empty hand for the most part.

But yeah, rocking a shaved head and a goatee is also somewhat of a less acceptable style here too, and I don't care who thinks I look like a biker or a thug, I like the ease of maintenance, and I know I'm more attractive like this than any other style I've rocked, so I'm gonna keep it.

 

[chadachada123]

Here in the UK it's legal to have sex at 16 but it's not legal to own porn till you're 18.
So I can't watch but I can participate? How does that work?

Even better, in the US, in many states you can have sex at 16, but if you take any nude pictures of yourself and send them to your boy/girlfriend, you can be SENT TO PRISON on FELONY child porn charges...for porn that you made of yourself.

Yeah. The laws regarding porn are fucked in our countries.