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General Chat / Re: Burger King to have Wii U toys

« on: November 07, 2012, 11:37:57 PM »

Darn!  I really don't like fast food of any kind, but those toys look off the hook!  I wonder if you can specifically request which toy you get...

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Not at the Dinner Table / Re: Homosexuality and Same-Sex Marriage

« on: November 06, 2012, 11:21:11 PM »

In recent news, Maine, Maryland and Washington states have all legalized same-sex marriage by popular vote!

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Not at the Dinner Table / Re: 9 Days...

« on: November 06, 2012, 03:02:27 PM »

I voted for Jill Stein.  My brother voted for Romney specifically because he doesn't want Obama to win. X/

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General Chat / Re: New/Returning Members Post Here!

« on: October 31, 2012, 12:33:28 AM »

Or Ogrerban...

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General Chat / Re: Confess!

« on: October 27, 2012, 12:44:40 AM »

I don't know if a meaningful interpretation makes everything art. I think he who can draw a meaningful interpretation from anything is a type of artist.

A con artist?

Lizard Dude, that's quite a large rectangular button you're displaying there!

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General Chat / Re: New/Returning Members Post Here!

« on: October 26, 2012, 11:09:19 PM »

Urban Dictionogre... I'm not good at this.

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Not at the Dinner Table / Re: Sexual Orientation

« on: October 26, 2012, 10:44:40 PM »

You sure seem to know a lot about makeup. ;)

I watch What Not To Wear a lot, I guess.

As long as we're showing examples of people whose gender expression is atypical or androgynous, I figured I'd post some videos of some transgendered people.  The site they're from posts interviews with all different kinds of LGBT people represented.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-mu5ljK_Gk" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-mu5ljK_Gk</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8wdQzAvNJk" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8wdQzAvNJk</a>

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Not at the Dinner Table / Re: Homosexuality and Same-Sex Marriage

« on: October 26, 2012, 10:10:35 PM »

I found this interesting video on YouTube, thought it was relevant.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRt04pElH4s" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRt04pElH4s</a>

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Not at the Dinner Table / Re: Sexual Orientation

« on: October 26, 2012, 03:37:49 PM »

The Illusion of Sex demonstrates that contrast is an important cue for perceiving the sex of a face, with greater contrast appearing feminine, and lesser contrast appearing masculine.

I think the point is merely to identify the subtle visual cues that we use to categorize people into male and female categories.  The fact that the more "feminine" face has more prominent lips and eyebrows against lighter skin corresponds to the makeup that women wear to look more feminine: lipstick, eyeliner, eyebrow pencil, foundation for smooth skin; by comparison then, masculinity would be visually defined by less prominent facial contrast.  This illusion doesn't define sex so much as it identifies how sex is perceived, which would be derived from one's culture or environment rather than their biological makeup.

In that video I posted earlier, this illusion would be akin to "gender role," or gender expression, which is defined externally.

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General Chat / Re: The HOPEFUL thread: Be happy here!

« on: October 25, 2012, 08:22:03 PM »

I GOT A JOB!

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General Chat / Re: Hypnosis?

« on: October 25, 2012, 07:41:34 PM »

I'm pretty sure I have a notebook somewhere in which I recorded the location where my dreams take place.  I never do anything cool in my dreams, I just go to really cool places.

If I were hypnotized, I would want to rid myself of my arachnophobia.  I can handle daddy-long-legged spiders and baby ones, but if I open a book and there's a picture of a tarantula, I'll involuntarily throw the book across the room in fright.

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Not at the Dinner Table / Re: Sexual Orientation

« on: October 25, 2012, 04:42:44 PM »

Right next to the prayer room, I take it?

Sounds like Barnes and Noble, where the LGBT Studies section is always directly across from the Spirituality/Religion section, and directly adjacent to the African American Studies section.  So I have no chance of blending in while surreptitiously perusing their selection.  If only I was one of those hip, racially-conscious white persons...

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General Chat / Re: Classic quotes from forum members

« on: October 24, 2012, 11:53:43 PM »

I thought the original quote was funny in the context of the thread in which it appeared.

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Forum Games / Re: You Win, A Random Stranger Loses?

« on: October 24, 2012, 08:18:01 PM »

I don't think all these extraneous factors have to be added to the equation to make it more or less appealing.  I wouldn't feel comfortable knowing that I was the direct cause of someone else's immediate death, regardless of how much money I received for it.  After all, I would probably feel guilty enough simply from getting money without earning it.

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Not at the Dinner Table / Re: Sexual Orientation

« on: October 24, 2012, 07:57:33 PM »

Wah!  I just noticed I'm not the only gay person!  How exciting.

Rarest personality type for women?  Are you talkin' Myers-Briggs?  INFJ? (That's me!)

I suppose a genderqueer person only feels partially displaced in their body.  My friend regularly binds down her breasts, but not every day.  You're also correct in saying that your personality traits (or gender expression) are separate from your gender identity.  I identify as fully male, yet I've exhibited feminine traits (such as wearing nail polish once, or singing in a higher register).  Here's a really helpful youtube video that covers all the different subjects that have been brought up so far:
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXAoG8vAyzI" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXAoG8vAyzI</a>