Homosexuality. Ancient Greece is known as one of history's greatest empire and they practically relished homosexuality, but now a large portion of our society downright abhors it. Pisses me right off and makes me wish I lived in ancient Greece.
How the hell is that (not) acceptable?
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So the moral of the story is; if you're watching something you love being mauled to death in front of you, don't do anything. Because you can bounce back . . . then be sent to jail for child neglect.madster11 said:
In Melbourne, Australia you can cop a fine for swearing in public. It's pretty fucked up.Spot1990 said:
I know guys with bigger tits than most chicks.trty00 said:
Actually the age of consent in most of mainland Australia is 16, so a 16 and a 50 year old having sex is technically legal, but generally frowned upon. In South Australia and Tasmania it's 17, so again a 17 and 50 year old is fine. In queensland you can have vaginal sex or oral at 16 but the age of consent for buttsex is 18.Trippy Turtle said:
You're still mostly right though. In the ACT and Vic being within 2 years of the minor's age is a defence, provided the youngest party is above 10 years. In Tas there is a 3 year margin if they are above 12 and a 5 year margin if they are above 15. In WA there is a 3 year margin. In the other states the only defence is believing they were of consenting age.
AND NOW YOU KNOW.
I agree with the sentiment but the Ancient Greeks also kept slaves so that's not the best argument.KefkaCultist said:
I would think it would be obvious. The word "Weird" wanted to be weird.ThatLankyBastard said:
OT: Well, it's kinda late and all the obvious ones have been taken already, so I'm not really sure if I have anything to add.
Depends where you are- in most states it's a flat 16, a couple it's 17 and some have additional restrictions on certain activities.Trippy Turtle said:
OT:
Why is it expected that once I reach a certain age I have to stop enjoying the things I enjoy and start being 'serious'?
Why is it acceptable for people to use arcane ancient beliefs to justify hate?
Why is it ok for oil companies to buy up renewable energy patents and sit on them?
I believe the concept of certain words being vulgar in the English language occurred after the Norman invasion in the 11th century.Spot1990 said:
Before the Normans invaded, words like "shit", "fuck" and "****" were just the everyday, Germanic Anglo-Saxon words for those things, but when the Normans became the ruling class, proper people were expect to speak Norman French and the Germanic, Anglo-Saxon words were considered vulgar as it was the language of the commoners.
So in the case of the word shit, the vulgar commoners would refer to it as something like "scite" or "scitte", whereas the properly educated Norman speaking people would say something like "merde" (obviously not the Modern French word , but it's Norse-French equivalent).
I suppose as the language evolved into modern English, the old Germanic words stayed around, but retained their vulgar stigma and relegated into properly offensive swear words.
That's my understanding of it from what I was taught by my English teacher, many moons ago. I'm not sure how accurate it is, but it makes sense.
I suspect that quite a few things that are considered taboo stem from class prejudices, with the actions of the poorer classes being shunned and made taboo by the ruling classes...
...apart from Cannibalism, which is just wrong and fucks up your body and mind due to Prion diseases and was recognised as being wrong, thus declared taboo by many cultures long before they understood the science behind it. That Cannibalism turns people into raving mad, murderous, evil Demons or monsters is a pretty accurate, non-scientific interpretation of the effects of Prion diseases on the Human brain.
(I had to look up 'Pederasty' on wikipedia...) Okay, so ancient Greece wasn't perfect, but they had their views on sexual orientations right at least. XDzehydra said:And pederasty too!KefkaCultist said:
Yeah! Why the hell is swearing on TV not acceptable?
Especially in the 2010's
Frankly it's offensive.
The words fuck, shit, goddamn, and asshole are about the only words still banned on TV but they're all unique in the intensity of emotional weight they evoke
Also boobs. and nudity in general.
It can be done in non-gratuitous ways, and is a lot less offensive to watch than the "Convenient camera positioning" they usually force down our eye holes.
For EG. I was playing Mass Effect 3 the other day and had a disturbing thought: Why is Traynor showering in her underwear?
I mean seriously, is the naked body that much worse than all the gore, violence and exploding heads that game already has on display?
Censorship needs to go.
Disband the FCC
Especially in the 2010's
Frankly it's offensive.
The words fuck, shit, goddamn, and asshole are about the only words still banned on TV but they're all unique in the intensity of emotional weight they evoke
Also boobs. and nudity in general.
It can be done in non-gratuitous ways, and is a lot less offensive to watch than the "Convenient camera positioning" they usually force down our eye holes.
For EG. I was playing Mass Effect 3 the other day and had a disturbing thought: Why is Traynor showering in her underwear?
I mean seriously, is the naked body that much worse than all the gore, violence and exploding heads that game already has on display?
Censorship needs to go.
Disband the FCC
I live in Michigan. I already can.Syzygy23 said:
I just think that the law as-is is extremely unfair and has fucked over the lives of far too many people for something in which all parties consented. This includes me in my senior year, where I was 17 and she was 15. One false step and I could have had my entire life thrown away because of a retarded law.
It's an "issue" because we already have millions of citizens imprisoned for 'crimes' that do not have any victims and should not be crimes to begin with. I consider it basic liberty to not imprison people for consensual acts, especially when it's 14-19 years olds having sex with each other (which they absolutely will do, no matter what, with imprisonment accomplishing absolutely nothing).
Sorta like how if I'm chilling and meditating, or going through a flowing technique people don't see it as a bad thing, but when I go through stronger more punishing looking combos, or practice sparring with someone in an obviously practise only way, especially if there's any form of practise weaponry involved, I practise escrima with my master outdoors, mainly for the extra space, but also for terrain navigation and obstacle avoidance training, as it's a really bad thing to stumble over something in a fight. I also practise standing and sitting meditation techniques, also starting to learn the martial side of Tai chi, and most people watching that practise don't seem to think anything of it, cuz it has a smoother flow, and is empty hand for the most part.
But yeah, rocking a shaved head and a goatee is also somewhat of a less acceptable style here too, and I don't care who thinks I look like a biker or a thug, I like the ease of maintenance, and I know I'm more attractive like this than any other style I've rocked, so I'm gonna keep it.
But yeah, rocking a shaved head and a goatee is also somewhat of a less acceptable style here too, and I don't care who thinks I look like a biker or a thug, I like the ease of maintenance, and I know I'm more attractive like this than any other style I've rocked, so I'm gonna keep it.
Even better, in the US, in many states you can have sex at 16, but if you take any nude pictures of yourself and send them to your boy/girlfriend, you can be SENT TO PRISON on FELONY child porn charges...for porn that you made of yourself.Smeatza said:
Yeah. The laws regarding porn are fucked in our countries.
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.