Pangur Bán said:i mean like, even if it's something seemingly silly like thinking you are an animal or whatever, people still should be able to expect that, if they aren't messing with peeps, peeps won't mess with them.
at least that is what i think
Honestly, I would have agreed with this maybe a year ago, but then I realized something. A lot of them are jerks.
a lot of Catholics--including our second most recent pope--are jerks too, Kexruct.
And while I am a christian there is nothing fundamentally more silly--when you take them at face value, anyway--about believing you are a winged cat-dragon on the inside than believing that a rabbi that lived over 2,000 years ago is the son of god.
That wasn't what I was referring to. The Catholic faith is in no way equivalent to the quasi-religion otherkin have.
If you're a believer in one or the other obviously not, but from an outside perspective (which is generally the only intelligent way to think about these things) neither is particularly more ridiculous than the other.
Except that one of them is a weak justification for a particular identity that only really began to become prevalent when furry communities got big about ten years ago and the other is a nearly two millennium year old religion.
More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
A religion is faith in something that there is no evidence of. If otherkin had a more organized system of beliefs, it would probably be called a religion. There is nothing wrong with having a religion but you also have to realize what a religion is.
Except that one of them is a weak justification for a particular identity that only really began to become prevalent when furry communities got big about ten years ago and the other is a nearly two millennium year old religion.
I mean, I agree that it's not something that I should get too worked up over- as if that's ever stopped me in the past- but I still refuse to believe the two are equivalent.
That said, I understand I'm simultaneously beating a dead horse and (more or less) preaching to the choir about the legitimacy of otherkin identities.
Except that one of them is a weak justification for a particular identity that only really began to become prevalent when furry communities got big about ten years ago and the other is a nearly two millennium year old religion.
Miko said:A religion is faith in something that there is no evidence of. If otherkin had a more organized system of beliefs, it would probably be called a religion. There is nothing wrong with having a religion but you also have to realize what a religion is.
The problem is that it isn't organized. That's really the crux of the issue. I don't think any of them actually believe in their "religion" outside of its ability to justify their identity.
More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
Even if it is silly, otherkin is a non-issue because the only people who are part of it are teenagers, mostly, most of whom will probably change their minds later. I think, anyway.
More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
Daniel Remar still probably thinks that DLC is trolling.
I dislike the idea of video game DLC because I think that a game should be sold as a complete package and any updates or additions should be free. If the developer wants to sell a whole new "episode" then they should turn it into an independent game.
Even if it is silly, otherkin is a non-issue because the only people who are part of it are teenagers, mostly, most of whom will probably change their minds later. I think, anyway.
Again, I was getting at that.
But, lolmyopia. I find it kind of hard to comprehend this for whatever reason.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
When it comes to otherkin, I basically just try to take the "live and let live" attitude
My perspective is probably a bit different anyway, since I have some understanding of what it's like to feel like you should be something you're physically not...
I was at McDonald's for about two hours today and saw the Gravity Falls two-parter. I really need to watch more of that show.
You really should. And Larry King also voiced himself in the wax figurine episode.
Kex, I am sorry that you are feeling the feelings that you are feeling at the moment. I am also sorry that my expression of condolence isn't particularly specific.
There is, in some way, a difference in validity between belief structures. Scientology, for example, is not on the same level of validity as Christianity because of the relative lack of scholarly work on the subject and the fact that the former is really sketchy. I cannot speak on the otherkin, however, as I have not observed them closely and I have no plans to.
More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
I am also the sort of person who hates easy modes and thinks cut-scenes should be short and games should always challenge and not have unnecessary padding and also is sad that arcades are falling out of favour, soooooooooo yeah.
Daniel Remar still probably thinks that DLC is trolling.
I dislike the idea of video game DLC because I think that a game should be sold as a complete package and any updates or additions should be free. If the developer wants to sell a whole new "episode" then they should turn it into an independent game.
lol, not that DLC, you've never had to see Celebrian in action have you
When it comes to otherkin, I basically just try to take the "live and let live" attitude
My perspective is probably a bit different anyway, since I have some understanding of what it's like to feel like you should be something you're physically not...
That's another reason I have a problem with it, though. Because it feels like they're appropriating that feeling too, when it seems like more often than not, it's just teenagers trying to feel special.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
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also I now need to find a TTGO Terra picture to use as an avatar.
at least that is what i think
Honestly, I would have agreed with this maybe a year ago, but then I realized something. A lot of them are jerks.
And while I am a christian there is nothing fundamentally more silly--when you take them at face value, anyway--about believing you are a winged cat-dragon on the inside than believing that a rabbi that lived over 2,000 years ago is the son of god.
You're being silly and in all likelihood your friend is too. One of you needs to get over it.
The problem is that it isn't organized. That's really the crux of the issue. I don't think any of them actually believe in their "religion" outside of its ability to justify their identity.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead