TET: Surfin' Surfin' WIND Surfin'!

[Thafoo]

My faux-Russian accent is normally great but it became boring and shitty when I tried it this time, like ARYANPOWER2013.

I have a faux-Russian accent as my default accent when I'm not making an actual pitched effort to speak English well.

Well, maybe not exactly faux-Russian. It's lost somewhere in the three way crossroads between Lithuania, Poland and Russia.

If I talk for too long, I get a deep southern United States accent.

How did that happen? I haven't the foggiest idea. There is no Deep Southern SATW character.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Care to elaborate?

Oh who me?

It isn't important. Sure it's good to know but, it's more of a personal and close friends thing.

That being said, flaunting (if done correctly) is better than holing and bottling yourself. Idon'tmakesense.

I agree that suppressing is not healthy. I'm just curious as to why some people define themselves solely by their sexual preference.

[Mushet]

To people whom it is a major part of their identity yes it is. Some people heavily associate themselves with queer culture, others mark themselves as such in pride against homophobes.

But that's not all you are. Do you know what I mean?

I understand but to some it's a major component of their identity, it doesn't have to be all you are to be important.

[Esen]

Oh who me?

It isn't important. Sure it's good to know but, it's more of a personal and close friends thing.

That being said, flaunting (if done correctly) is better than holing and bottling yourself. Idon'tmakesense.

I agree that suppressing is not healthy. I'm just curious as to why some people define themselves solely by their sexual preference.

Oh, human psychology.

[Lordieth]

No, it's not, but it's still a convenient, if somewhat over-simplistic way of explaining your orientation. I don't think it matters in the sense that it's much more greyscale than a set of categories.

My orientation is: depends.

Exactly.

It's unfortunate some people are stuck in very rigid mindsets. You're either this or that, and anything they don't understand is treated as abnormal. I wish there were less closed minds in the World. I'm not saying you have to embrace other ways of thinking, but at least accept that other views exist outside of your own.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

It is interesting. It's just that I've met people who solely define themselves by it and, IMHO, although part of you, it doesn't completely define you.

I can't stand to identify by one thing, unless it's my name or my NS name.

Pretty much. Your X or Y sexual preference. But you're also so much more so why limit it.

[Cill Airne]

I think my diet diary has gone faulty... It says I am about 1500 calories over my daily "limit" .... But i've only had 556 calories today. I think it wants me to have negative calories... O,o

[Esen]

My faux-Russian accent is normally great but it became boring and shitty when I tried it this time, like ARYANPOWER2013.

I have a faux-Russian accent as my default accent when I'm not making an actual pitched effort to speak English well.

Well, maybe not exactly faux-Russian. It's lost somewhere in the three way crossroads between Lithuania, Poland and Russia.

Yay~! Someone who has no clear accent exists other than me :3

Feels ;v;

I have a faux-Russian accent as my default accent when I'm not making an actual pitched effort to speak English well.

Well, maybe not exactly faux-Russian. It's lost somewhere in the three way crossroads between Lithuania, Poland and Russia.

If I talk for too long, I get a deep southern United States accent.

How did that happen? I haven't the foggiest idea. There is no Deep Southern SATW character.

Well you do hail from Kansas /critical research failure

[Thafoo]

I have a faux-Russian accent as my default accent when I'm not making an actual pitched effort to speak English well.

Well, maybe not exactly faux-Russian. It's lost somewhere in the three way crossroads between Lithuania, Poland and Russia.

Yay~! Someone who has no clear accent exists other than me :3

Feels ;v;

If I talk for too long, I get a deep southern United States accent.

How did that happen? I haven't the foggiest idea. There is no Deep Southern SATW character.

Well you do hail from Kansas /critical research failure

...

Ten points to Gryffindor. Clap clap. Amazing. That explains everything.

[Mollary]

Exactly.

It's unfortunate some people are stuck in very rigid mindsets. You're either this or that, and anything they don't understand is treated as abnormal. I wish there were less closed minds in the World. I'm not saying you have to embrace other ways of thinking, but at least accept that other views exist outside of your own.

It's very much like that where I live; I had a boyfriend and people said "Oh, so you're gay then?" and I said no and then they asked if I was bi and I said no again and then they just looked very confused about the whole thing.

[Esen]

Yay~! Someone who has no clear accent exists other than me :3

Feels ;v;

Well you do hail from Kansas /critical research failure

...

Ten points to Gryffindor. Clap clap. Amazing. That explains everything.

Thank you hun~ :3

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Exactly.

It's unfortunate some people are stuck in very rigid mindsets. You're either this or that, and anything they don't understand is treated as abnormal. I wish there were less closed minds in the World. I'm not saying you have to embrace other ways of thinking, but at least accept that other views exist outside of your own.

I guess that for me, since I grew up seeing homosexuality as normal, it doesn't factor in. Yes, this person likes people of the same sex. However, he or she is more than just that aspect to me.

I'm not saying it isn't positive to identify. I hope it didn't come across that way. I just wonder why some people use their sexuality as their sole defining aspect.

[Lordieth]

When did I say I was straight?

Well, me and this other friend did get close at one stage, but it was totally cool, because it didn't change our friendship one bit.

Point made.

Ha! That's awesome.
Me and my buddy might have had one of those moments last night.

Hey, that's cool. It worked for me and my friend because it wasn't an emotional thing, it was just two friends having fun. It didn't feel wierd or anything. In the end it turned out just to be a curiosity for him, so that was that, but we remained the same good friends were before, which I think is a rare thing.

[Arglorand]

I have a faux-Russian accent as my default accent when I'm not making an actual pitched effort to speak English well.

Well, maybe not exactly faux-Russian. It's lost somewhere in the three way crossroads between Lithuania, Poland and Russia.

Yay~! Someone who has no clear accent exists other than me :3

When I make an EFFORT to speak English well, I start out with a generic Western European of undefined ethnicity accent, before gradually progressing through a Welsh accent all the way to a Scottish one, which is when I realize I need to start this accent game over.

True story.

[Luziyca]

Nah, it'd be filled with anti-commie crap. Also, what ideas would people see in regards to HippoStates/ReagenStates?


I see.

It'd just consist of one issue asking you if you want to murder Russians or murder poor people.

The same issue, every day or twice a day? Jesus. That''d be fucking boring.

[Luveria]

I dunno that it's that important, but I must confess to finding it an interesting trait in a person, if that makes sense.

It is interesting. It's just that I've met people who solely define themselves by it and, IMHO, although part of you, it doesn't completely define you.

I've tried to explain to a few they should stop doing that, since it's making them appear quite empty and shallow if they are nothing more than a walking label. I find people who are lacking in substance will go around parading their sexual orientation or gender as who they are, and it makes them nothing more than only that. I like knowing such details out of curiosity but I'd rather know them as a person instead of by their sexual orientation or gender.

[Mushet]

It's unfortunate some people are stuck in very rigid mindsets. You're either this or that, and anything they don't understand is treated as abnormal. I wish there were less closed minds in the World. I'm not saying you have to embrace other ways of thinking, but at least accept that other views exist outside of your own.

I guess that for me, since I grew up seeing homosexuality as normal, it doesn't factor in. Yes, this person likes people of the same sex. However, he or she is more than just that aspect to me.

I'm not saying it isn't positive to identify. I hope it didn't come across that way. I just wonder why some people use their sexuality as their sole defining aspect.

Is there anybody actually saying that their sexuality is their sole defining aspect? I can see some that it's so integral they make it a primary one but doubt there's any that are saying "All I am is a homosexual"

[Arglorand]

It'd just consist of one issue asking you if you want to murder Russians or murder poor people.

The same issue, every day or twice a day? Jesus. That''d be fucking boring.

It is said that there is a mythical second issue, which makes you make the choice between outlawing public education and murdering all Palestinians on Earth.

[Esen]

Yay~! Someone who has no clear accent exists other than me :3

When I make an EFFORT to speak English well, I start out with a generic Western European of undefined ethnicity accent, before gradually progressing through a Welsh accent all the way to a Scottish one, which is when I realize I need to start this accent game over.

True story.

At least you don't have some cross between Singlish and Quebecois English accent. Trust me. I sound like a dying goat. And no, there was no bestiality involved. And I feel like my sympathies were eaten by a monster.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

It is interesting. It's just that I've met people who solely define themselves by it and, IMHO, although part of you, it doesn't completely define you.

I've tried to explain to a few they should stop doing that, since it's making them appear quite empty and shallow if they are nothing more than a walking label. I find people who are lacking in substance will go around parading their sexual orientation or gender as who they are, and it makes them nothing more than only that. I like knowing such details out of curiosity but I'd rather know them as a person instead of by their sexual orientation or gender.

Agreed fully. I'm bisexual but that's not all I am.

[The Serbian Empire]

I think I'm gonna listen to WAR's Cisco Kid.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

I guess that for me, since I grew up seeing homosexuality as normal, it doesn't factor in. Yes, this person likes people of the same sex. However, he or she is more than just that aspect to me.

I'm not saying it isn't positive to identify. I hope it didn't come across that way. I just wonder why some people use their sexuality as their sole defining aspect.

Is there anybody actually saying that their sexuality is their sole defining aspect? I can see some that it's so integral they make it a primary one but doubt there's any that are saying "All I am is a homosexual"

Yes, there are people like that. I've met a few. Here in NSG? I can't say.

[Coffee Cakes]

I can't stand to identify by one thing, unless it's my name or my NS name.

Pretty much. Your X or Y sexual preference. But you're also so much more so why limit it.

It's like, I'm barely bisexual, but if I identify as only being bisexual, it does an injustice to the bigger picture...
I'm an Aspie that enjoys sports, humor, music, food, religion and politics, and by limiting myself to "I'm bisexual" or any other of those things, I can't communicate any of my other traits.

[Lordieth]

It's unfortunate some people are stuck in very rigid mindsets. You're either this or that, and anything they don't understand is treated as abnormal. I wish there were less closed minds in the World. I'm not saying you have to embrace other ways of thinking, but at least accept that other views exist outside of your own.

I guess that for me, since I grew up seeing homosexuality as normal, it doesn't factor in. Yes, this person likes people of the same sex. However, he or she is more than just that aspect to me.

I'm not saying it isn't positive to identify. I hope it didn't come across that way. I just wonder why some people use their sexuality as their sole defining aspect.

I understand where you're coming from. Not so much that labelling exists, but that so much emphasis is put on it in terms on ones identity. I don't place a great deal of importance on it, and neither do my friends. Gay, straight, bisexual, it changes nothing about how I feel about them or vice versa, so I've never seen it as relevant.

However, some people do use their sexuality as a statement. but that's entirely up to them.

[Arglorand]

When I make an EFFORT to speak English well, I start out with a generic Western European of undefined ethnicity accent, before gradually progressing through a Welsh accent all the way to a Scottish one, which is when I realize I need to start this accent game over.

True story.

At least you don't have some cross between Singlish and Quebecois English accent. Trust me. I sound like a dying goat. And no, there was no bestiality involved. And I feel like my sympathies were eaten by a monster.

No, I merely stole them so I could reuse them at some useful point.

Like now.

My sympathies. Having heard my speaking recorded a few times, I know how horrid it is to have a horrible accent.