How the hell is that (not) acceptable?
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Oh damn, I'm gonna hate when I turn that age and I suddenly have to stop playing games/watching kids shows like MLP and Adventure Time/building awesome shit with lego. If it makes a person happy, and it's not harming anyone then I reckon it's perfectly fine for the person to do it. But social taboos have made it so that that rule can't be enforced, because playing games is "immature" and you should go do taxes and file papers for the rest of your miserable, serious life.Starik20X6 said:
OT: Why is it that getting absolutely pissed (drunk) is perfectly acceptable, and even encouraged by a lot of families. But sitting in a room, playing a social video game is "Destructive" and "Makes you violent".
Even better, in a lot of countries you can join the army at 16, but you can't play a COD game until you're 18. So you can kill real people, and run the risk of being killed before you can shoot virtual people on a screen.chadachada123 said:
I remember when I was 6, and I got called 'gay' at school. (In Finnish, and in that language it means homosexual, it's not used to mean generally lame)
I told my mom this, and she asked me if I knew what it meant.
I didn't, but I figured it must have been bad thing, since why else would it be used as an insult?
She told me it meant a man who liked other men or a woman who liked other women the way couples do.
And I was just confused why that would be considered a bad thing by anyone, and realised the people using that word didn't even know what it meant.
So yeah, there's no reason why homosexuality should be socially unacceptable.
I told my mom this, and she asked me if I knew what it meant.
I didn't, but I figured it must have been bad thing, since why else would it be used as an insult?
She told me it meant a man who liked other men or a woman who liked other women the way couples do.
And I was just confused why that would be considered a bad thing by anyone, and realised the people using that word didn't even know what it meant.
So yeah, there's no reason why homosexuality should be socially unacceptable.
Woah, I looked up it not being taught in schools anymore, and I found a goddamn poem about it. SWEET. I laughed out loud, so I might as well share:ThatLankyBastard said:
I'm sure I made a lot of English majors very angry by claiming to have "discovered" that poem on "the internet".
Nudity is......not necessarily a good thing. I can see where you're all coming from though. Young male....likes tits....wish more women walked around naked for you to oogle a- I mean express themselves in a sexual fashion for you to admire-I mean....stuff. But think about it. Imagine your daily routine, all the ugly, old, fat, unattractive slobs you see everyday. The people you work with. Go to school with. Family. Friends. ALL NAKED. Your eyes would bleed.
Some things are best left not seen. If you want to see someone naked, watch or porn or ask them to have sex. To me this is a taboo that isn't harmful, because the means to get around it are easier and more beneficial. I sense a lot of sexual tension in some people here. Not everyone is good enough to be naked. That's just life.
Some things are best left not seen. If you want to see someone naked, watch or porn or ask them to have sex. To me this is a taboo that isn't harmful, because the means to get around it are easier and more beneficial. I sense a lot of sexual tension in some people here. Not everyone is good enough to be naked. That's just life.
Making out in public, I mean REALLY making out we're talking Gene Simmons tounge action here. Or even just regular frenching, to me it always appears to make people uncomfortable for reasons I don't quite get I mean what real concern is it of anyone elses other than envy if you ask me.
My gf and I were kicked out of a bus transit station just for this, well that could be considered the cause of the interation between ourselves and transit security and I know that we were basically kicked out because cause I called the fat prick an envious nazi essentially, I suppose I didn't have as good a control on my temper when I 19, but still just the fact that the guy came up to us and told us "either don't do that, or take it somewhere else" all matter of factly. There is a polilte and adult way to deal with any situation.
My gf and I were kicked out of a bus transit station just for this, well that could be considered the cause of the interation between ourselves and transit security and I know that we were basically kicked out because cause I called the fat prick an envious nazi essentially, I suppose I didn't have as good a control on my temper when I 19, but still just the fact that the guy came up to us and told us "either don't do that, or take it somewhere else" all matter of factly. There is a polilte and adult way to deal with any situation.
For everyone saying why they don't understand why people don't like swearing, why do you swear then?
I'm a fan of nietzsche and I think it's appropriate here. He says morality is subjective. It's just an excuse for power. 'Strong individuals' (rather: organisations/religions/governments) use morality to submit the weak (the divided). So according to him: morality doesn't exist. It's an invention of the people in power.I_am_a_Spoon said:
So basically, why does something become taboo. Because throughout the years small groups of people condemn it. However: that does not make our current morality bad. Well not according to me any ways. It does according to Nietzsche but he died of syphilis because he was having to much unprotected sex with prostitutes so... yea...
There seem to be two kinds of people: people who's jimmies get rustled when I talk about my Lego collection and Adventure Time and games and all that good stuff, and people who think it's awesome that I can be 21 and still do what I like to do.ToastiestZombie said:
If it isn't taboo, then the word has no strength. If it was perfectly acceptable to say a swear word, it's not going to be any use when we need to convey strong feelings. We say a swear word, despite the fact that its not okay, to show just how strongly we feel about something. Or at least that's the theory. E.g. if I go through life using a swear whenever I please, then when I stub my toe and begin screaming obscenities, no impact. If I never swear up until stubbing my toe, THEN yell obscenities, it has much more of a impact to it.Spot1990 said:
Nobody could wonder why civilised society wears clothes if you've seen an old man flossing his arse with a towel in a changing room.I_am_a_Spoon said:
You must be one of the lucky few... a woman.
Plus people can read peoples intentions well enough without being able to see the activity in their trousers.
I don't get why having a bell on your bike is weird and not just absolutely necessary. Without it they might as well be fucking ninjas.
Why is it that you can join the army at 16 (In the UK at least) and yet cannot buy games that are orientated around the job you may being doing until you are 18?
I have a friend in the army who was told that he could not buy COD MW2 because he was 17. he then said that he was in the army and showed proof of that and yet still he was rejected.
DAFUQ!?
I have a friend in the army who was told that he could not buy COD MW2 because he was 17. he then said that he was in the army and showed proof of that and yet still he was rejected.
DAFUQ!?
Things like excessive swearing, nudity, and displays of sexual affection in public are taboo for a good reason: Common courtesy.
And the fact that these things are taboo is why they're interesting in the first place. Constantly seeing nudity, sex, and swearing in plublic would turn it into just another boring daily event.
And the fact that these things are taboo is why they're interesting in the first place. Constantly seeing nudity, sex, and swearing in plublic would turn it into just another boring daily event.
for 2 reasons, sesame street was designed forboth sexes while MLP is clearly aimed at little girls, therefore a guy wearing it looks weirder and more importantly its assumed you watched sesame street as a child yourself when you where the right age for it and so the t shirt is nostalga while given that the MLP cartoon has only recently been released you must have watched it as an adult.Lugbzurg said:
Chocolate and... um... chocolate and something.ThatLankyBastard said:
Chocolate and white chocolate?
Do you really wanna see old people genitals? No? Then that's why. If we allowed public nudity people would be throwing up everywhere.I_am_a_Spoon said:
As for other taboos, I consider swearing a normal part of speech but it gets censored all the time. On South Park I was amazed to learn that when a gay guy tells a straight guy it looks like he pounds butt the words "pounds" got bleeped. I was pissed off, that's censoring something that isn't even vulgar.
Andy of Comix Inc said:
Behold! Chocolate w/ White Chocolate Chunk Icecream!
I hope the cherry is okay with you...