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  • Fine, is not wanting a black person in the same restroom as a white person not an argument based in racism? I avoided this topic since I assumed you’d call it a tired argument, but if you want a more direct comparison this would be more apt.

    And I did acknowledge that it’s a much more nuanced topic when you direct it to restrooms, but the core of the argument is the same imo. You just didn’t read that far in the comment lol




  • I’m not saying other people shouldn’t have a voice on this topic, but that discussion is a topic that is based in transphobia. If a woman feels uncomfortable sharing the bathroom with a trans woman, it’s because she has a predisposition to fear and feel unsafe around trans women.

    Contrast it with the past, where men used to feel uncomfortable with women in typically male dominated spaces. I remember seeing an old news video where a female reporter was sitting in a bar typically frequented by men. She asked them how that made them feel and all the men she asked made a point to mention they felt uncomfortable with her in the bar with them and they would rather her leave than share the bar with her.

    This is the same argument you’re presenting. It would seem ludicrous now as we’ve moved past that point (for the most part, it’s not a 100% solved issue sadly), but at the time it was seen as a legitimate argument, as sexism was still rampant at the time and it was the norm for women to be excluded from male spaces.

    There is nuance to your presented argument in that the space that’s in question is a restroom, which is a more private and intimate space, but the nature of the argument is still based in transphobia and I think should be presented as such. It’s the root of the issue and the aspect that needs to be addressed before any headway can be made on the topic


  • Man there’s something about this series that’s really hitting for me. I know Akane Banashi is the “successor” of Act-Age but this is very much in that vein as well and has hooked me more than Akane has so far. Hopefully it ends up lasting long, I don’t think it’s been doing well on the ToC rankings from what I’ve seen




  • Between Two Fires by Chris Buelhman

    I had heard good things about the book, and while it is fantastic, its very dense and plodding and very depressing. There are chapters that leave me in awe but then there are 4 chapters of slow depression that bring the story to a grinding halt.

    I only have a third of the book left so I might finish it later but man it’s rough to read sometimes



  • Grimezz@lemm.eetoVLemmy Chat@vlemmy.netDefederating from burggit.moe
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    From what I understand, this specific instance is hosted in Ireland, which is why it’s attempting to appeal to Irish law and covering it’s ass by defederating from a community.

    It has no further influence on instances based in other countries, so any Irish law that would abolish free speech wouldn’t apply to the fediverse at large, just any instances based out of Ireland.


  • I wouldn’t expect anything regarding FeMC. We’ll probably see a DLC for The Answer, but FeMC would require them to rework the campaign to account for a “new” character and new scenarios to incorporate them in. I believe there are interviews from Atlus staff addressing this in regards to P5, I don’t think their opinion has changed any sadly