So how is the gay marriage ruling going to impact you?

[Callate]

Hmm. I'm pretty sure the few relatives who would have been up in arms about this are dead, so... not much. I might yet one day get invited to a wedding between two people who are of the same sex, but that's mostly notable because nine out of ten of my social circle who had an interest in being married have already become so.

Oh, and there have been a lot more "rainbowed" portraits showing up on Facebook, including my own, so... yeah.

 

[Idlemessiah]

Well being British, we have this already.
It doesn't really affect me personally as I never intend on marrying, however it does mean that several people I know can, and are, which is awesome.

 

[Olas]

Maybe my gay uncle will get married now. Though he still might not since none of my strait ones have.

That's about it.

 

[Zacharious-khan]

I've been enjoying the jokes about getting gay married to all my co-workers, honestly in a week when it becomes less funny it will almost have no effect on me at all.

 

[Buckets]

When it was made legal in the UK, everyone expected a backlash but nothing major even arose. Hopefully people in the states will be the same. I'm sure the vast majority will be perfectly ok with it.
Me personally, fine with it, marriage shows commitment and if 2 people want to show theirs to each other, then gender should not be a barrier.

 

[the_dramatica]

Not at all. My boyfriends family is mostly dead drug addicts and mine is hard right christians. I go bare minimum with insurance, id take 1$ a month for 0.1% coverage if i could., so marriage making insurance lower is meh. I might make my own insurance company and be the only custumer to evade fees of no having insurance. Ill just write a will for our future adopted children. Im happy for those that benefit though.

 

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

I'm happy that homosexuals can now get married and be as miserable as the rest of us. You lot didn't know how good you had it...

Seriously though, I'm not American. Where I am this was already a thing, and it didn't effect me then. I don't care, have fun... You know... While you still can, before the nagging starts...

 

[Veylon]

When it was made legal in the UK, everyone expected a backlash but nothing major even arose. Hopefully people in the states will be the same. I'm sure the vast majority will be perfectly ok with it.
Me personally, fine with it, marriage shows commitment and if 2 people want to show theirs to each other, then gender should not be a barrier.

Aside from a few loners, even the most outraged segment of society isn't going to do more than throw money at various dubious groups and complain loudly. That's what they've spent the last twenty years being trained to do and that's what they'll keep on doing.

 

[Johnny Impact]

Not even a little bit. For 90+% of the population, that answer is the one and only correct one.

 

[fenrizz]

I does not affect me at all, except for making me smile and thinking that the USA maybe ain't so bad after all.

 

[Tsun Tzu]

Me, personally?

Not really, but I'm looking forward to the inevitable tidal wave of gay divorces by people who went, "Let's do it because we can" rather than "Let's do it because we should."

As for friends and family who happen to have a touch (it's a gentle, loving, lightly scented touch) of the gay?

Yep! And I'm very happy for 'em too. Glad they can get the tax benefits and the whole joy thing too. They should have had it since day one, considering how fucking ridiculous it is to deny ostensibly 'equal' citizens equivalent tax/social/medical benefits for a certain relationship status.

And...now we don't have to argue about it on the internet anymore. Yay! One down!

98237482973602984 issues to go!

 

[MrFalconfly]

Me, personally?

Not really, but I'm looking forward to the inevitable tidal wave of gay divorces by people who went, "Let's do it because we can" rather than "Let's do it because we should."

As for friends and family who happen to have a touch (it's a gentle, loving, lightly scented touch) of the gay?

Yep! And I'm very happy for 'em too. Glad they can get the tax benefits and the whole joy thing too. They should have had it since day one, considering how fucking ridiculous it is to deny ostensibly 'equal' citizens equivalent tax/social/medical benefits for a certain relationship status.

And...now we don't have to argue about it on the internet anymore. Yay! One down!

98237482973602984 issues to go!

But isn't "Let's do it because we can" the modus operandi for US Americans?

I mean several times I've asked an American "why do you have so many guns", and the answer always seem to be "Because 2nd Amendment" (which gives the ability, but not the reason), which is kinda like answering "Why did you buy 3 pairs of pink wellingtons?" with "Because I can".

 

[DrownedAmmet]

The ruling gives me mixed feelings. On one hand, I'm glad they came to the decision they did, but on the other hand, did it have to be so close??
Would have been nice to see a 9-0, fuck this shit lets decide some important things decision.
Also Scalia's dissenting opinion is the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

But yeah, just excited, even though I'm mostly straight

 

[DerangedHobo]

Well I mean a basic human right was *legalized* and there are a bunch of people celebrating for... some reason? Oh and the zealots and bigots coming out of the wood work so... yay?

I don't see how this is good news so I'll just add it to the "more reasons for anti-natalism" pile.

 

[Something Amyss]

I know how you feel. I woke up on Friday and realized that my marriage no longer existed. I'm just waiting for my new gay spouse to be appointed for me and my (former) wife. I mean, we're still living together and our relationship hasn't changed, but apparently our marriage just stopped existing on Friday morning. Tis quite sad.

Oh my God, you don't wait to be appointed, you have to arrange one yourself! You're going to be stuck with someone now!

 

[DerangedHobo]

It's mindlessly easy to assume the worst, or the best, or any static concept.

I think the term you're looking for is "Pessimism".

Misanthropy is a kind of religion

Assuming it is a "religion", Misanthropy, unlike other religions generally has more proof and evidence for its belief than others. "Humans are cunts by nature" really isn't a leap given the crime, the war, the destructive ideologies, the pyramid scheme which is keeping modern societies going, the bland soulless slog which we all partake in because that's all we know etc.

I'd argue that you calling it a "retreat" is like calling "suicide" cowardly.

 

[Tsun Tzu]

But isn't "Let's do it because we can" the modus operandi for US Americans?

I mean several times I've asked an American "why do you have so many guns", and the answer always seem to be "Because 2nd Amendment" (which gives the ability, but not the reason), which is kinda like answering "Why did you buy 3 pairs of pink wellingtons?" with "Because I can".

We're a nation of doers, not thinkers.

...

Seriously though, people generally have a more nuanced reason for purchasing a firearm, which usually falls under the umbrella of "self-defense." It's a legitimate concern in some areas, particularly those with high violent crime rates where a burglar breaking in or a gun battle down the block is less a matter of possibility and more a matter of inevitability. Or, alternatively, out in the boonies where law enforcement and other emergency services are more than a few (thousand) blocks away.

Or, hunting. Some folks hunt. Which I don't dig (Have you seen those videos of deer playing in streams and stuff? It's so god damned adorable it makes me hurt inside), but I can understand and maybe even respect it if they actually eat their kills/kill as efficiently and 'painlessly' as possible. And it's a good skill to have when the end times come.

The folks saying "'cause I can...and also, fuck OBUMMER comin' to take MUH FREEDUMS" aren't representative of most firearm owners. Every person I've met in real life, either friends or acquaintances, who own weapons have a damn near ridiculous level of concern about safety when handling them and maintaining a certain level of proficiency.

...Why am I talking about thi- Oh yeah!

There's doubtlessly going to be a sizable number of gay couples (younger ones, mind, as the older couples are essentially married already) who wind up splitting because they rushed into this just because it was legalized.

Ya know, just like the straight ones have been doing for yeeeeeeears.

It's a human thing more so than it is an American thing.

[small]This was much too long of a response to what was essentially a joke post. I am sorry.[/small]

 

[DerangedHobo]

You called yourself a "Cynic" and a "Misanthrope".

Do you know what "Cynic" means?

I should note that I wasn't that poster.

Every religion thinks that. You should have a chat with a devout Muslim about "Quranic Science", it's just tragic.

Oh, it does? You mean shit like the genocides, the outright manipulation of entire populaces by the news media, the gross inequity of the classes, the people subjugated to be at the bottom of the rung making paper money for those at the top, North Korea, ISIS, the wholesale buying and selling of politicians, the fact that developed 1st world countries still have monarchy, the fact that everyone shits themselves with pride when a basic human right gets *decriminalized* and *legalized*, the fact that there is still the death penalty in the first world and the outright degenerate fucking television and media we are fed on a daily basis? You mean that evidence?

You're not depressed, are you? If so then you're not a misanthrope, you're chemically and emotionally unbalanced.

I like this argument, it's what I like to phrase the "no true nihilist" argument where, in response to people having a very depressed take on Nihilism, certain Nihilists will flock to talk about how it's a great ideology and those people are irrelevant and probably depressed.

I really like how you will disregard the words of someone because "oh, fuck em, they're depressed, their worldview doesn't matter". Do you have think that maybe it's a logical stepping stone?

If you're not depressed, then don't compare your situation to that of someone with an often fatal disease.

"Often fatal disease"? Last time I checked, suicides were pretty low compared to the rate of the chronically depressed.

Intellectually any time you stop thinking about the range of possibilities and settle on JUST ONE that feels right to you? Retreat. Lazy. Surrender.

So you are calling suicide cowardly and lazy?

Put it this way, I bet that no one was born a misanthrope. You know how they arrived at that conclusion? They most likely stepped back, look at this world and said "This is fucked". There's the apparent "retreat". Can humanity return from this current state of affairs? I don't know but call it like it is.

 

[hazydawn]

Misanthropy is a kind of religion, it's mindlessly easy to assume the worst, or the best, or any static concept.

No. I'm calling cynicism and misanthropy lazy and cowardly, and I'd add arrogance to that list.

You mischaracterize what misanthropy is. Hobo was right when he pointed out that you were reffering to pessimism.
But passimism doesn't mean that you have to anticipate the worst or a bad ountcome every time...
Well, DerangedHobo has already made some progress. It's not a religion anymore. It would be nice if you could stop stripping the word "religion" of all meaning. As it turns out you could also call me a pessimist. A pessimistic, misanthropic Cynic... or any other order of those. It seems to me your understanding of these terms is VERY bad. Here, have some Wikipedia:

"Cynicism is an attitude or state of mind characterized by a general distrust of others' motives. A cynic may have a general lack of faith or hope in the human species or people motivated by ambition, desire, greed, gratification, materialism, goals, and opinions that a cynic perceives as vain, unobtainable, or ultimately meaningless and therefore deserving of ridicule or admonishment. [...] It is pessimistic in regards to the capacity of human beings to make correct ethical choices..."

"Pessimism is a state of mind in which one anticipates undesirable outcomes or believes that the evil or hardships in life outweigh the good or luxuries. Value judgments may vary dramatically between individuals..."

"Misanthropy is the general hatred, distrust or disdain of the human species or human nature."

So... how are cynicism and misanthropy lazy and cowardly again? I don't see how you can say that. Please, go a little bit more into detail since you have these strong opinions about something which you don't even understand.

There's a tad of arrogance to it I'd say. I consider myself to be arrogant, no biggie. Still, it depends on how you look at it:
"Whatever folly men commit, be their shortcomings or their vices what they may, let us exercise forbearance; remembering that when these faults appear in others, it is our follies and vices that we behold. They are the shortcomings of humanity, to which we belong; whose faults, one and all, we share; yes, even those very faults at which we now wax so indignant, merely because they have not yet appeared in ourselves. They are faults that do not lie on the surface. But they exist down there in the depths of our nature; and should anything call them forth, they will come and show themselves, just as we now see them in others. One man, it is true, may have faults that are absent in his fellow; and it is undeniable that the sum total of bad qualities is in some cases very large; for the difference of individuality between man and man passes all measure." -Arthur Schopenhauer

 

[Secondhand Revenant]

Well I mean a basic human right was *legalized* and there are a bunch of people celebrating for... some reason? Oh and the zealots and bigots coming out of the wood work so... yay?

I don't see how this is good news so I'll just add it to the "more reasons for anti-natalism" pile.

It's not like it could have a positive effect in some people's lives or anything