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To appease a Steam user's demands for straight representation, Webfishing added a 'Straight' title that costs 9,999 fish bucks (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 144 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I don't know if this is a hot take, but I think allowing straight and cis people to identify as such is appropriate, because the alternative assumes that we live in a state of default heteronormativity.

If anything, I want to live in a world where homophobes get mad that if they want to be assumed to be straight online they have to identify like anyone else. No one gets assumed to be straight any more. That's better imo.

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 38 points 2 weeks ago

Nothing I enjoy more than asking a good ol' boy his pronouns.

[–] Toribor@corndog.social 34 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

The default should be "I'm horny" but unless I specify you have to guess who I'm horny for.

[–] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 22 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe one day we can get there, but right now it might be better for a lot of folks if the default was "I'm not horny".

But I'm with you on the dream.

[–] madjo@feddit.nl 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wow such asexual-phobia! (/s but only a little) Not everyone is "horny".

[–] Toribor@corndog.social 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

No shade to my Ace friends intended. Totally possible to be horny for art or rock collecting or whatever. Doesn't have to be a sexy thing. I'm horny for none of the above is totally valid.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Pan-sexual then, perhaps?

[–] bastion@feddit.nl 1 points 2 weeks ago

I prefer pots, tbh.

[–] bekopharm@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago

heh, this totally reminds me of Terry Pratchett's dwarves, that spend a lot of time trying to find out what's under the beard of the other first without asking that akward question xD

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 17 points 2 weeks ago

as an almost maximally privileged person (cis straight etc), i want my whining fellows to shut the fuck up. Just stop. Stop taking up all the god damn space. Just be quiet. It's okay not to be included in every scene all the time.

Your point about not assuming people are straight by default is valid. But I mostly just want some cis-het folks to stop embarrassing me by being fucking insufferable.

[–] P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 2 weeks ago

Uh, maybe I will have to specify myself, too. Never tought like that.