Putting things in gendered boxes wears on me to the extent I want to go by it/they/them. I'll go by "she/her" sometimes but it's to embrace the underdog role I have in this patriarchy.

How do you handle it someone calls you "it" in a mean way?

What do you mean by dehumanization?

What makes some people go by it/it's?

I'll go by Hot Rod for short

That's a good idea. I should use a highly common name so if they spot me and hear what name I'm going by, it's still a little harder for them to ask around for me.

Both. They asked me for advice if I had any. Turns out I need that advice too.

Is it good for Android?

I've hear of masking but I'm not clear on what it is. Can people without autism do masking? Or is it just people with autism?

Hm. Should I change it? I'm saying that's what I heard, but repeating it is the same as saying it, right?

Edit: Changed my question.

One of those cults show off a guy as of he's the new Mao, but it's a people's revolution, not one guy's revolution. I can't not be a cult. I could always post here about if I suspect there's a cult trying to seduce me into joining.

I'm one of the dumber Communists who haven't read much theory, and often avoid it because I need easy happy adventure books. I like reading though and I'll find things to occupy my time while seeking out more knowledgeable communists to talk with and have rant at me. How do I find the right libraries?

Maritime museums have communists? I thought they'd have chuddy war veterans. I'm from America btw.

"For example, let’s say the new government wants to nationalize a certain natural resources, what happens? You get sanctioned, the exchange rate falls, the debt multiplied, and you end up with an even more unpopular government than the previous right-wing government"

I don't get why it works this way.

"This represented a new and perhaps even more effective means of spreading neoliberal ideology across the world, not by employing right wing paramilitary death squads to coup left wing governments (though it still happens), but through an ideological indoctrination of the overseas students who came to study in Western institutions, who would then bring the seeds back to their home countries and allow it to germinate there."

Someone tried telling me about the harm of when the US pretends to be #1 in supporting certain good things. Like LGBTQ rights, despite actually having been extremely against it for all of US history until recent years. They described it as a Trojan horse to sneak in imperialist propaganda into other countries. And then people of those countries see what the Trojan horse is filled with, and deem the the Trojan horse evil that must be banned. So then they're against things like LGBTQ rights because they've seen it used as a vehicle filled with pieces of imperial agenda.

I didn't get it, but you describing those pieces as seeds self-spreading and germinating helps it makes much more sense to me.

I'm having a hard time connecting exactly how it's capitalist, other than the thread about breeding programs and the fact that capital demands expansion across more land for more resources through colonial projects.

The influence of capital has been difficult for me to grasp because I have a hard time putting it in words for myself.

I've read about China's laws not legally recognizing long-term gay couples even if they've been together for decades. I don't know where the reasons for it stem from.

I want to do a quick Google search on if gay marriage is legal in China, but I suspect I'd get a bunch of of articles saying it isn't even if it is.

There are a lot of patriarchies out there. I've frequently felt colonization in the US involved cult rules for a breeding program. Anything outside procreation would likely be against the program. Including mastubation because you're not using your libido for making babies. What you're saying could be a blanket statement across a great many colonizing projects.

I'm reading the Cirque de Freak child horror story series. Idk if that counts a fantastical.

In the that case I'm unable to come up with my own story, my backup plan is to take characters, character traits, and stories from other media like games, books, and movies. So even if I can't come up with my own shit I can still play.

Do you mean entertainment (curated games, video games), unstructured play (make believe), physical activity (chasey)?

All of them. I've had trouble making friends though so I'll have to do a lot of stuff alone. Or have the courage to go out and ask if strangers can teach me how to do things. (I'm unsure if I have that courage for now.)

Happy to hear about your success in brightness. All your spontaneity ideas sound nice. I do half of the first paragraph so I consider that a head start to doing all that. I really like those dad jokes. I've been having trouble making friends, but I have one who does jokes like that all day, and it's really helpful for my uprightness.

I gotta take a hammer to a block of ice sometime.

Larping larping larping larping larping.

Plus basketball and soccer.

I just began playing Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs. I stopped when I began being in danger of being pursued. It's my first horror game. I love watching people play horror games, and hate playing them. I'm too scared of the first Amnesia game and Resident Evil games to play them.

I could use happy pretty games. And ones with easy enemies. I hate fighting enemies, but after playing the Gator Game, I've learned it gets boring quick. So good fighting games to learn to stand my ground would help.

Also, what would help me do tasks while sneaking around those enemies in the Amnesia game I'm playing?