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I hate claiming pages

I found SAO amazing, and simply thought the 2nd arc was okay.

Vanilla is better than chocolate.

Dyed hair is moreover normal.

I find blonde hair very unappealing

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The world isn't a horrible place.

i prefer the xbox one over ps4
the word overrated is dumb
and uhh yeah

I hate any video games not for the Wii or DS/Gameboy/3DS, etc
Avatar: The last airbender and Legend of Korra are literally the best shows in existence
Cher, Suze Orman, and Countess Luann are top tier girls and waifus

More controversial opinions(pls dont hate, they're just opinions ) :

Just a thought

splash is the best pokemon move

I don't think same sex marriage should be allowed... Or marriage in general considering marriage is religious.

Marriage is not something for me. I don't see much value in it as it is. Why would I want to get the law involved anyways?

I hate professional sports, and I think the ridiculous salaries that are given to professional athletes would be put to much better use if it were donated towards scientific/medical research.

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Just a thought...

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I don't think blood is really an element. I mean there's no section in the world where blood is in the waters. So how can it be an element?
I don't get it, it boggles me.

I assume you're talking about Avatar? It's not its own element, it's a special kind of water-bending.
The reason why it's related to water is because blood is mostly made of water.

Oh I wasn't referring to Avatar (I don't really watch the show. I have only seen bits of Korra). I just meant in general. But that makes sense.

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Gender is a choice, sex isn't. Unless you are implying something else...

No, gender isn't a choice either. You can't choose the body you're born in, and thus can't choose what biological gender you are. So if you're not female, you can still be born in a female body, for example.

What.

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Gender is a choice, sex isn't. Unless you are implying something else...

No, gender isn't a choice either. You can't choose the body you're born in, and thus can't choose what biological gender you are. So if you're not female, you can still be born in a female body, for example.

What.

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What.

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What.

What exactly are you confused about? I could explain to the best of my ability.

I just don't understand what you just said. People either have a penis or vagina, unless some people have bread head as genitalia and I'm not aware?

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What.

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What.

What exactly are you confused about? I could explain to the best of my ability.

I just don't understand what you just said. People either have a penis or vagina, unless some people have bread head as genitalia and I'm not aware?

Thanks for giving me the image of Bread Head resting on somebody's crotch.

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What exactly are you confused about? I could explain to the best of my ability.

I just don't understand what you just said. People either have a penis or vagina, unless some people have bread head as genitalia and I'm not aware?

I'll try to explain it better:
People may be born as a male or female, but they may not exactly feel like they're the gender they're supposed to be. Like, a girl could have the mind of a guy and vice versa.

Are they simply born as a mentality? Or (please don't hurt me) is it some kind of failure in the brain to process the fact that you're actually the wrong gender?
God that looks so transphobic.

I understand your confusion, so let me try to explain:

Sex and gender are technically different
A person's sex is what they biologically were at birth (female, male, intersex)
A person's gender is what they identify with in their mind.

The reason why there's a difference between them is because, while most people match up in mind and body, there are some people who don't match up. Like cynder507 said somebody who was born female could have the mind of a man. It's called gender dysphoria.

I can't stand Guitar Hero. I just can't. I crack up at pictures making fun of it, as people think that they are amazing musicians if they are good at it. I usually tell them to try and pick up a real guitar, and then I laugh at them.
You can basically tell from my sig that I HATE Guitar Hero.

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What.

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What.

What exactly are you confused about? I could explain to the best of my ability.

You just said that if you're not female you can be female. Which makes no sense to me at all.

Is gender dysphoria a disease of sorts? Or is it just a different DNA thing?
Sorry if I sound discriminatory, I'm just trying to get educated

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I understand your confusion, so let me try to explain:

Sex and gender are technically different
A person's sex is what they biologically were at birth (female, male, intersex)
A person's gender is what they identify with in their mind.

The reason why there's a difference between them is because, while most people match up in mind and body, there are some people who don't match up. Like cynder507 said somebody who was born female could have the mind of a man. It's called gender dysphoria.

You mean Mulan?

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What exactly are you confused about? I could explain to the best of my ability.

You just said that if you're not female you can be female. Which makes no sense to me at all.

Did you not even read Carm's post?

How can someone be biologically born as a male but have a female body? When the kid is growing up everyone will treat them as their sex so there really shouldn't be much to feel about being the other sex.

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I understand your confusion, so let me try to explain:

Sex and gender are technically different
A person's sex is what they biologically were at birth (female, male, intersex)
A person's gender is what they identify with in their mind.

The reason why there's a difference between them is because, while most people match up in mind and body, there are some people who don't match up. Like cynder507 said somebody who was born female could have the mind of a man. It's called gender dysphoria.

You mean Mulan?

She wasn't born with it, I believe she was made into a man.

After she got down to business of course.

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Sports are stupid and the fact that athletes are as glorified as they are as celebrities and paid as much as they are is ridiculously unnecessary.

But in all seriousness, I agree to a certain extent. Still, you must remember that like almost all other professions, it takes a heavy amount of practice, training, and dedication to become a professional athlete and that definitely commands respect. The reason why they get paid so much is because the general public loves athletes and pays a truckload to see them perform. There's nothing wrong with it.

However, like I said, I do agree to a certain extent in that athletes should not be glorified as gods among men like they are today. I find it's a bigger problem, though, with many celebrities in the entertainment industry. It takes a hell of a lot more work to become an athlete than it does to become an overnight star in modern society.

mulan just pretended to be a man to get into the army so she can protect her father, through the movie she still considers herself a girl, so no.

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Is gender dysphoria a disease of sorts? Or is it just a different DNA thing?
Sorry if I sound discriminatory, I'm just trying to get educated :|

it's not a disease, but evidence suggests it does have something to do with genetics

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mulan just pretended to be a man to get into the army so she can protect her father, through the movie she still considers herself a girl, so no.

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Is gender dysphoria a disease of sorts? Or is it just a different DNA thing?
Sorry if I sound discriminatory, I'm just trying to get educated

it's not a disease, but evidence suggests it does have something to do with genetics

I would think that it also would have something to do with hormones. Is that a factor?

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How can someone be biologically born as a male, but have a female body?
When the kid is growing up everyone will treat them as their sex, so there really shouldn't be much to feel about being the other sex.

Nobody said anything about having a female body. Also, not everybody is going to treat you as the sex that you actually are.
Plenty of men and women get treated as the opposite sex if they don't meet certain expectations of their sex.
For example, a man who isn't masculine and is emotional might be called a girl by other men and women.

Also, I'm not sure if you're intending to sound this way, but you're coming off as sorta transphobic.

Spyrobaro said some about having a female body....

But then that would just be them being a dick to that person if they actually considered themselves the same gender as their sex

Sorry if I am. I just never understood this stuff cause no one ever really talks about it. Plus it seems like something you'd learn in a psychology class

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I understand your confusion, so let me try to explain:

Sex and gender are technically different
A person's sex is what they biologically were at birth (female, male, intersex)
A person's gender is what they identify with in their mind.

The reason why there's a difference between them is because, while most people match up in mind and body, there are some people who don't match up. Like cynder507 said somebody who was born female could have the mind of a man. It's called gender dysphoria.

You mean Mulan?

Mulan is still a girl, she just joined the army to protect her father and had to cross-dress because feudal China looked down on women. They're meaning more like transgender.

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I understand your confusion, so let me try to explain:

Sex and gender are technically different
A person's sex is what they biologically were at birth (female, male, intersex)
A person's gender is what they identify with in their mind.

The reason why there's a difference between them is because, while most people match up in mind and body, there are some people who don't match up. Like cynder507 said somebody who was born female could have the mind of a man. It's called gender dysphoria.

You mean Mulan?

She wasn't born with it, I believe she was made into a man.

After she got down to business of coarse.

Hence "I'll make a man out of you."

I'm sorry, I had to.

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I would think that it also would have something to do with hormones. Is that a factor?

that's right. i don't know too much behind the science of gender dysphoria though.

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Did you not even read Carm's post?

How can someone be biologically born as a male but have a female body? When the kid is growing up everyone will treat them as their sex so there really shouldn't be much to feel about being the other sex.

They don't feel like they're the gender they should be. They don't think like the gender they were born as.
I'm trying to explain this the best I can but since I myself am not like this, I'm not sure I can. So, just look it up or something.

Then what the hell happens when they start to become sexually attracted to others? Are they automatically gay because of it or are they straight because they think they're the opposite sex

that depends on what gender they identify as not biological sex

Mind if I throw in another level of complication to the mix? What do you guys think of people who believe they're born with a spirit that's not human? (Like, they believe they have the spirit of an animal or mythical creature)

The very fact that people identify with the other gender shows that they themselves are perpetrators of gender categorizing. If you don't "feel like" your gender, that shows you hold a certain expectation of what a gender should feel like. There are only four facts about genders:

1. Males have penises, and are usually attracted to females.
2. Females have vaginas, and are usually attracted to males.


Anything that your gender is "supposed" to be or reflect (besides biological aspects) is gender categorization. Which is bad.

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Mind if I throw in another level of complication to the mix? What do you guys think of people who believe they're born with a spirit that's not human? (Like, they believe they have the spirit of an animal or mythical creature)

Pretty sure those are otherkin

Yeah, that's the term I was looking for.

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Mind if I throw in another level of complication to the mix? What do you guys think of people who believe they're born with a spirit that's not human? (Like, they believe they have the spirit of an animal or mythical creature)

Now THAT is something that's probably best kept to yourself. If you believe you have the spirit of a cow, and you start walking on all fours and chewing grass, then something is obviously wrong.

Can I say something about the whole Mulan thing? Mulan joined the army as a man to protect her Father AND her family's honor. Because in China honor is about as important as a human life.

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The very fact that people identify with the other gender shows that they themselves are perpetrators of gender categorizing. If you don't "feel like" your gender, that shows you hold a certain expectation of what a gender should feel like. There are only four facts about genders:

1. Males have penises, and are usually attracted to females.
2. Females have vaginas, and are usually attracted to males.


Anything that your gender is "supposed" to be or reflect (besides biological aspects) is gender categorization. Which is bad.

Are you just talking about people who identify with other genders just for ****s and giggles? Or people with dysphoria too?