Spill Your Guts: What You Really Think About MB members

Freebase Dali · 12-28-2014, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by WhateverDude

I never said you couldn't voice your opinion, I was just voicing my opinion that yours is gross. And yes, trannies is typically regarded as about as offensive as shemales. Which is to say pretty offensive.

Opinion noted. And I will take into consideration that such a term is offensive. When I'm not posting in this thread.

Machine · 12-28-2014, 08:48 PM

I'm kind of butting in here, but about the whole drama thing I think if you come to thread expect to not always have the nicest things being said, not saying that being mean is a good thing just that you should come into this thread taking everything with a bit more of a grain of salt and be ready to laugh something that might normally offend you off.

Freebase Dali · 12-28-2014, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Vanilla

Okay this is not nice coming from a mod. I'm killing the discussion because it's getting out of hand. I guess we can't discuss things like adults on this forum.

Aww, that was my bad. That was the answer to the alternative. I probably should have constructed that better. My bad! Consider me scorned.

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 12-28-2014, 08:50 PM

thats kind of strange to me how transgendered isn't offensive but tranny is. like more syllables/more proper sounding somehow dictates the respect being given to the people you're describing. what if people started saying transgendered in a really snarky tone. maybe then that will be offensive too... i wonder

Machine · 12-28-2014, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth

thats kind of strange to me how transgendered isn't offensive but tranny is. like more syllables/more proper sounding somehow dictates the respect being given to the people you're describing. what if people started saying transgendered in a really snarky tone. maybe then that will be offensive too... i wonder

Anything can be offensive if people associate a negative connotation on it, which is fucking stupid.

Freebase Dali · 12-28-2014, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth

thats kind of strange to me how transgendered isn't offensive but tranny is. like more syllables/more proper sounding somehow dictates the respect being given to the people you're describing. what if people started saying transgendered in a really snarky tone. maybe then that will be offensive too... i wonder

You are correct. But I guess it's the same reason non-cursing folks say shucks instead of shit. The intent behind the word is the same, but the word itself is associated or not associated with what we understand as a socially unacceptable word. Which is why I laugh internally when someone says "shucks", because they have no earthly clue that they're cursing. I mean, whatever god they worship certainly doesn't operate on a blacklist of human words. It really all boils down to societal perspective. That's it.

GuD · 12-28-2014, 08:54 PM

I can't speak for everyone but I'd consider it belittling or dismissive. People who are transgendered generally prefer to be referred to as the gender they identify with. "Trannys" just conjures up the image of cheap porno.

Pet_Sounds · 12-28-2014, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Vanilla

Okay this is not nice coming from a mod. I'm killing the discussion because it's getting out of hand. I guess we can't discuss things like adults on this forum.

^ This should bloody well have happened back here:

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Originally Posted by Ki

Before you guys jump all over me, this thread has had a history of stirring **** up, and mods took to it and deleted the drama. Having mods create drama that they have been said to delete in the past seems counter productive. You tell regular members to take these issues to PM, you guys should do the same.

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Originally Posted by Pet_Sounds

No wonder this place has a bad reputation on Music-Discussion.

Just re-posting this as food for thought.

DwnWthVwls · 12-28-2014, 08:55 PM

Can someone roast me? I don't care.

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 12-28-2014, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

Can someone roast me? I don't care.

Ooooo burrrrrn.

12-28-2014, 08:48 PM	#7382 (permalink)
Machine moon lake inc. Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Detroit Posts: 2,125	I'm kind of butting in here, but about the whole drama thing I think if you come to thread expect to not always have the nicest things being said, not saying that being mean is a good thing just that you should come into this thread taking everything with a bit more of a grain of salt and be ready to laugh something that might normally offend you off. __________________ boost my ego listen to me stroke my delay pedal ever wanted to hear death grips songs... but they're acoustic? me neither.

12-28-2014, 08:54 PM	#7387 (permalink)
GuD Dude... What? Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 1,322	I can't speak for everyone but I'd consider it belittling or dismissive. People who are transgendered generally prefer to be referred to as the gender they identify with. "Trannys" just conjures up the image of cheap porno. __________________ I spit bullets in my feet Every time I speak So I write instead And still people want me dead ~msc

12-28-2014, 08:50 PM	#7384 (permalink)
~~John Wilkes Booth~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 2,235	thats kind of strange to me how transgendered isn't offensive but tranny is. like more syllables/more proper sounding somehow dictates the respect being given to the people you're describing. what if people started saying transgendered in a really snarky tone. maybe then that will be offensive too... i wonder