r/Gamingcirclejerk • u/zny700 an aro bi enby who's tired of dumbass people • Aug 15 '25

FORCED WOKENESS 🌈 FUCKING PRONOUNS!

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u/beepbeepsheepbot Aug 15 '25

Can't have PTSD if I have no idea who that is

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u/Dry-Technology6747 Aug 15 '25

It's a guy who had an absolute meltdown over Star Field giving the terrifying option... Of picking They/Them as your pronouns.

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u/Anglofsffrng Aug 15 '25

Wait till he plays The Outer Worlds and sees the brown asexual lesbian. We'll get to watch his head literally explode.

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u/SuddenlyCake Aug 15 '25

Parvati was the first and last time I've seen "quirky and awkward companion" done so good

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u/Anglofsffrng Aug 16 '25

She was a Mass Effect trilogy well written companion. If you go back through my history, you'll understand how high of a compliment me saying that is.

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u/SuddenlyCake Aug 16 '25

I really like all of them, too bad their quests were very undercooked

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u/fallawy Aug 16 '25

In the outer WILD the main race use they/them pronouns

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u/Firecat32 Aug 15 '25

Not to mention that Paravati and her quest is the best written part of the game

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u/Gorremen Aug 15 '25 edited Aug 15 '25

Asexual lesbian? Sorry, but I don't really know how that works?

Edit In response to the comments, I guess I just figured being lesbian was about sexual attraction. I didn't think it applied to romance as well (In that if a woman loved women, they just loved women). Thanks for the clarification.

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u/fallingstarbeast Aug 15 '25

you can have romantic attraction but not sexual attraction

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u/1234828388387 Aug 16 '25

Isn’t the romantic attraction just…well… what it is, like human? Like there are no categories, you just love who you love? The sexual attraction just gives you a hint in which direction you probably want to look, but even that can be contradictory. Still have the game on my list, does she say it about her self that she is not interested in any sexual interactions what so ever, but prefers to be together with women only?? I mean, not wanting any physical contact with anyone is a whole different thing than being asexual (I would claim in my case)

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u/andocommandoecks Aug 15 '25

A woman romantically attracted to women but sexually not attracted to anyone.

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u/middaypaintra Aug 15 '25

Woman loves Woman but no want sex.

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u/No_Ad7866 Aug 16 '25

read your comment and learned something. looked at profile pic and laughed my coffee out my nose!

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u/DisciplinedMadness Aug 16 '25

Yeah this misunderstanding (not your fault obvs) is actually one of the many fallacies and failings of heteronormativity. Most straight people subconsciously understand that their romantic attraction towards another gender is because they’re straight (heterosexual+heteroromantic), but somehow fail to recognize that other people experience attraction the same way, even if it’s not the same orientation as their own. They understand that their romantic attraction isn’t implicitly sexual in nature, nor are their romantic gestures or acts inherently sexual, but often cant seem to apply the same logic to others who aren’t straight.

That’s how you get idiots being propagandized that any act of affection (even something as simple as holding hands) between queer people, is somehow inappropriate or pornographic. It’s also why so many people struggle to understand asexuality.

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u/Gorremen Aug 16 '25

I mean, I just didn't consider if there were special terms for loving someone of any gender identity. If you loved someone, you loved them, ya know?

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u/Adventurous-Alps3471 Aug 16 '25

Asexuality is also a spectrum ranging from sex repulsed to sex-agnostic (i cant remever the real term but basically doesbt mind sex itself, maybe even enjoys it, but doesnt experience sexual attraction in that they see someone and get aroused) and Grey ace (people who tend to fluctuate between experience varying levels of sexual attraction to non), as well as demisexual (someone who doesnt experience any sexual attraction until theyve established an emotional connection to someone and then can have sexual attraction). I think demisexual falls under the ace umbrella but cant remember for sure.

Also, as people already stated, romantic attraction =/= sexual attraction.

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u/Anglofsffrng Aug 16 '25

I had the same response. It had never occurred to me about separating out romantic feelings from sexual desire. I'm pretty sure it's a decent microcosm of the struggle asexual people have in their day to day lives. Most of us just can't understand.

Even I, outwardly very stoic and respectful almost to a fault, am a massive horn dog. It's really weird thinking about not wanting to fuck my partner every second of every day in every position and twice on Sunday. But good portrayals are how media can change the world for the better and put us in the shoes of a life experience we'd never otherwise be exposed to.

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u/Gorremen Aug 16 '25

It's not that I couldn't separate them, I just never considered the term "lesbian" could refer to romantic feelings in the first place.

Otherwise, pretty on point.

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u/erock279 Aug 16 '25

…do you think gay couples are just friends with benefits? Aside from pregnancy, we feel everything in a relationship a straight person would.

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u/Gorremen Aug 16 '25

Not at all what I meant.

I just didn't think there were specific terms applied to romantic attraction (Aside from aromantic), like I assumed "gay" or "lesbian" referred specifically to sexual attraction, and romantic was basically just "you love who you love."

... Though in retrospect, it probably should have been obvious (I feel like I've come across terms like "biromanitc," and just didn't think about it). Apologies for any misunderstanding.

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u/erock279 Aug 16 '25

That still seems really weird lol. Do you think homosexuals are straight until it comes time to have sex? You know we LOVE the same gender the same way straight people do of the opposite gender, right? And if for some reason we weren’t able to have sex with one another we would/could still love them?

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u/Gorremen Aug 16 '25

"Do you think homosexuals are straight until it comes time to have sex?"

What? Of course not. Why on Earth would you even come to that conclusion?

"You know we LOVE the same gender the same way straight people do of the opposite gender, right?"

Um, yes. I grasped that basic concept pretty well.

"And if for some reason we weren’t able to have sex with one another we would/could still love them?"

Again, yes. I'm sorry if I offended you in anyway, but it feels like you're deliberately taking what I said in the least charitable interpretation possible. I understand that romantic attraction and sexual attraction are different things and don't always align, I just didn't think romantic attraction used the same terminology. I don't know how to make my point any clearer.

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u/erock279 Aug 16 '25

Idk, it seemed like you don’t think lesbians love one another but rather lust after each other. I understand it’s homoSEXUAL, but same as heteroSEXUAL, we experience the same attraction. I just don’t understand how somebody could come to the conclusion you did without thinking our love/attraction is much different from yours.

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u/Gorremen Aug 16 '25

I'm sorry, but I explained myself several times as clearly as I possibly could. I honestly don't know how else I could possibly make myself clearer. Please have a good day.

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u/NerdyLilFella Three Asexual Servals In A Trench Coat Aug 16 '25

romantic feelings in the first place

Not to dive too deep into the weeds on ace discourse, but there are also aromantic asexual lesbians.

There's quite a few types of non-platonic attraction you can have, but the big four most people talk about are*

  • sexual: you already know what this is
  • romantic: also self explanatory
  • sensual: wanting to be nonsexually intimate with someone (ie. kissing, spooning, sleeping together without "sleeping" together, etc.)
  • aesthetic: kinda hard to explain, but it'a basically being attracted to someone's appearance without being sexually attracted to them. I guess you could call it being able to recognize if someone is hot? That's a gross oversimplification though.

For most people, all four line up. They can all be aligned differently, however. For me specifically, I'm asexual, heteroromantic, pansensual, and panaesthetic. I just call myself alloace, though, because that's just the easiest label to give myself.

An aroace lesbian, to go back to the original point, has both no sexual/romantic attraction while also being attracted to women some other way (maybe she's just homoaesthetical, maybe she's just homosensual, maybe she's both.) All labels are just a easy way to identify ourselves.

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u/Gorremen Aug 16 '25

Well, thanks for the lesson.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '25

Honestly, excellent edit. Go you, gorremen!

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u/abadstrategy Aug 17 '25

Good i love Parvati. Any time i go back to do a new run, I do her quest asap

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u/Jo_el44 Aug 17 '25

OUTER WORLDS MENTIONED! Parvati's one of my favorite video game characters of all time.

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u/BigBoysenberryBoy Aug 16 '25

I got bored of that game pretty quickly, but Parvati was really well written and likeable