@Final:z:Badguy:shrussia: The problem is that stuff that you could argue is just a nothing burger and isn't actually really prevalent, is suddenly appearing in your life. I asked once to a group of university mates, "Does anyone actually identify as latinx?" And one replied "I have a few friends that do."
That's the crazy part to me. It's simultaneously an invention of a minority and a total nothing-burger, but is also finding its way into lots of people's lives. I forget the numbers but it's something like less than a third of the total population in the US actually uses social media.
But my sampling could also be biased because it's among young university students and graduates, the ones extremely likely to have social medias and thus engage in online ideas.
@Final:z:Badguy:shrussia: >i just think that latinx is a spawn of businessmen trying to make sure as few people as possible are offended by anything happening
We can go a bit further, where did the general sentiment of trying to offend as little as possible come from? My theory is that terms like latinx and the sentiments for "inclusivity" are a product of something much more abstract. I think simply someone either in academia or the business sector came up with it as a RESULT of what started in the sociopolitical sphere with small things like political correctness. Gradually, people's way of thinking and speech became, in a way, sanitized, and they sought ways to implement that sanitization in other areas of society.
That's just my uneducated analsysis, though :shrug:
@Final:z:Badguy:shrussia: I think generally it's received indifferently. Of course, the internet =/= reality, and that term is only something we see perpetuated online. At worst it probably causes confusion.
And yeah it's not as powerful as "nigger" but you can't deny that the term is rather insulting. The romance languages are what they are because of the male/female typing, and this is basically coercing change in the language.
@Christi Junior Yeah I'm starting to find that after Xenoblade 3 release, he's been towing the line, so to speak. I don't know him personally and I only briefly talked to him once, but hm, I guess he's just another YouTuber removing his mask, similar to ActMan (has no idea why people are upset about pronouns) and JoCat (who went full tranny support).
The curious thing is: why is the first thing Enel goes to is putting Lin in skimpy clothes? What about all the other stuff that is in the uncensored patch? The mistranslations, the lost character creation slider, etc.? Really it seems like he's just running defense for censorship. Even worse is when confronted about the racer outfit he actually claims he doesn't find it (the outfit) sexy. Unless he miraculously turned gay I hiiiighly doubt he's being honest :kekw:. Something is holding his mind hostage.
@Kyonko802 To go through so much effort to become what you cannot ever become, and become enraged at the world when you fail to do so.
...fits the classic definition of a tragedy.
@Ronnie21093 Yes and they were in Megaman X1. Occasionally they'd stop to shoot a laser but idk how they act in ReDIVE. One of the first if not THE first enemy in Chill Penguin's stage, I think.
@Final:z:Badguy:shrussia: Of course, intent matters. I forget where I first learned the idea from but "intent matters" is something I've been holding onto. Even the intention behind intentions; like when someone does something malicious and then feigns ignorance (it was just a prank, bro).
>and a whole other thing when you're ignorant and you call someone latinx because you think that's inclusive
That's the tragic part to me. People who don't know any better end up using the term and causing confusion. The way I see things, it's superficially innocuous or benign, but there's an extra layer of insidiousness that I don't think most people care to realize; not necessarily out of malice but just because there are other things demanding their attention.
One of my friends is actually taking a "Latinx Studies" class as (I presume) the general ed portion of his degree, and he has vehemently voiced his hatred and boredom of that class. Ultimately though, he just suckers up and does the work so he can proceed in his... something medicine and therapy related degree. I'm very curious what the other students think of it. I think most people would rather move on with life rather than bring up the issue and stop it. Like I mentioned before, I can't blame him because that's far above his goal in that institution, but yknow, that's also how stupid ideas like that proliferate. A strange philosophical conundrum; are we duty bound to challenge stupid ideas like this no matter where they spawn? Perhaps it's easy to say yes if you have a lot of time on your hand, but some people are probably just way too busy and don't have the mental affordance to.
Part of me actually thinks "Latinx" is a spawn of academia rather than online mental illness. The latter is the disseminator, since academics tend to have a mental/social space utilizing social media.
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