It really confuses and annoys me when people leave open-ended messages. I'm a very straightforward no-bullshit person when it comes to communication, so most people I'm close to know not to be smartasses or be overly-passive agressive when they speak to me.
One example...I was on a forum (will not specify because I am nice
) showing some of my ideas for a game. This idea involved gender-bending, or changing gender. Like Ranma 1/2. Kinda odd, right? I know. Most of the people were involved with discussing my progress on said project, but one comment sticks out for me when I look back at it:
"You're scaring me, Jasmine."
WHAT. What does that even mean??? Thankfully, I think I ignored it and brushed it off because I generally don't care about what other people think...But when I look back nowadays, I have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA what this person meant. Was he being a little shit and teasing me for involving something like Rule 63* in a game? Or was he legit being a bigot and claiming that he has a fear of people who like these tropes of media that aren't as common as others?...Either way, I'd say he's being a little shit.
In the end, that kinda garbage can get on my nerves. I'm fine with fooling around and shitposting and just overall joking around. But when you use crude behavior with the intent to make someone feel uncomfortable, that crosses the line for me.
*Rule 63 being a more fetishized/sexualized form of gender-bending. I obviously won't say anything else because there are kids here. But with this little game idea I had in idea, it was gender-bending like in the anime and such...Non-sexualized, I guess :/.
One example...I was on a forum (will not specify because I am nice
) showing some of my ideas for a game. This idea involved gender-bending, or changing gender. Like Ranma 1/2. Kinda odd, right? I know. Most of the people were involved with discussing my progress on said project, but one comment sticks out for me when I look back at it:"You're scaring me, Jasmine."
WHAT. What does that even mean??? Thankfully, I think I ignored it and brushed it off because I generally don't care about what other people think...But when I look back nowadays, I have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA what this person meant. Was he being a little shit and teasing me for involving something like Rule 63* in a game? Or was he legit being a bigot and claiming that he has a fear of people who like these tropes of media that aren't as common as others?...Either way, I'd say he's being a little shit.
In the end, that kinda garbage can get on my nerves. I'm fine with fooling around and shitposting and just overall joking around. But when you use crude behavior with the intent to make someone feel uncomfortable, that crosses the line for me.
*Rule 63 being a more fetishized/sexualized form of gender-bending. I obviously won't say anything else because there are kids here. But with this little game idea I had in idea, it was gender-bending like in the anime and such...Non-sexualized, I guess :/.
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