Official Random Tangental Discussions Thread

metamorphius said:
Are you watching the English dub? It adds to the hilarious insanity and idiocy of the show quite a bit.

ForgoneReality said:
Alright so I have a question regarding Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan).

If you've seen up to episode 14, you should be safe to click below.


I'd just like a simple explanation or any opinions. To the manga readers, do they address this or what?

ForgoneReality said:
Alright so I have a question regarding Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan).

If you've seen up to episode 14, you should be safe to click below.


I'd just like a simple explanation or any opinions. To the manga readers, do they address this or what?

ForgoneReality said:
@Rarity - Alright, well at least that is something.


Thanks for the feedback.


EDIT @ Pirate -

SetsukoHara said:
I planned to watch some if not all the anime of the enlightenment list I haven't seen. Is there a special thread in this forum when I can post my opinion of an anime when I'm done with it, cause it doesn't seem the Anime Enlightenment camp thread is made for this.

SetsukoHara said:
I planned to watch some if not all the anime of the enlightenment list I haven't seen. Is there a special thread in this forum when I can post my opinion of an anime when I'm done with it, cause it doesn't seem the Anime Enlightenment camp thread is made for this.

SaberRitsu said:
Be sure not to forget Cipher. It's an important part of our list

sushi55 said:
@LuvSosa69 on Saya No Uta.

The visual novel employs horror techniques and pushes them to the point of comedy. That in itself wouldn't have been a problem if the characters and plot compensated for it, however the characters are one-dimensional at best, and plot was too simple (and really shallow) when it came to the actual content. The themes were admittedly handled quite well and along with the graphics (and soundtrack. Oh God, the soundtrack) were the best part of the show, much to my surprise; my main problem with it was how the female characters were treated over the course of the series (I can't spoil anything, because I still think Saya No Uta is one heck of an experience), let's just say that Saya No Uta was the point with my love/hate relationship with Urobuchi that I wondered whether he held some kind of personal grudge against women.
The VN is definitely entertaining, but if the sexist aspects managed to tick off an anti-feminist like me, then may the Lord have mercy if Amber ever reads it, I don't think I'd ever hear the end of it.

Yakub said:
That's too bad. I thought the concept sounded interesting.

Yakub said:
You think I'm a sexist misogynist patriarchal pig..... ;_;

Amberleh said:
I find that most people who are anti-feminist don't actually know anything about feminism and only hear about the crazy ones you see on TV.

You should really watch statements like that, Sushi, because it makes you sound sexist when you say that and if you knew what feminism was you would realize that being an 'anti-feminist' is equivalent to being sexist.

Today, Jordanian women largely enjoy legal equality in freedom of movement, health care, education, political participation, and employment. And, while the attitudes of police officers, judges, and prosecutors regarding the treatment of victims of domestic violence and honor crimes have undergone a positive shift in recent years, gender-based violence remains a serious concern. Women may be severely beaten, or even murdered, if they disobey their male family members or commit an act deemed "dishonorable," such as socializing with an unrelated man.

There remains gender-based discrimination in family laws, in the provision of pensions and social security benefits, and on the societal level due to deeply entrenched patriarchal norms that restrict female employment and property ownership. And women do not have the same status as men with respect to nationality. A Jordanian man may marry a foreigner and pass on his nationality to his children; women cannot. Nor can women pass on their nationality to their husbands.

Women are no longer required to seek permission from their male guardians or husbands before obtaining or renewing their passports, but fathers may still prevent their children from traveling regardless of the mother's wishes. Muslim women are prohibited from marrying men of other religions unless the spouse agrees to convert to Islam, while Muslim men are permitted to wed Christian and Jewish wives

Yakub said:
I consider myself to be anti-feminist as well, based on feminists I've met in real life and the conversations I have had with them. I don't own a television. I find that Feminism, much like White Nationalism, is not the movement it claims to be. It's the belief that equality can be achieved by focusing on advancing the rights of one group, with no regard to what's fair for the others. I consider myself egalitarian insofar as I believe wholeheartedly in equal rights. I don't know why I would call myself a "Feminist" when men suffer heavily from gender roles and bigotry as well. That would be disrespectful to all those "lucky" little boys who should be happy they got molested or raped.

Yakub said:
I don't really know where Jordan stands on issues of equality and human rights, compared to the rest of the Middle East.

>According to a 2010 Pew Global Attitudes survey, 86% of Jordanians polled supported the death penalty for those who leave Islam; 58% supported whippings and cutting off of hands for theft and robbery; and 70% support stoning people who commit adultery.

.........whoa. Okay Sushi, I think she has a point. It seems like being a Feminist is a very different thing in our two countries. No offense to Jordan, but yeah.

sushi55 said:
Lol, that's not the kind of anti-feminism I support, not that at all.
I'm not an extremist and I couldn't care less about religion, I wouldn't be here if I care about religion.

Amberleh said:
Edit: @ 3nvy- ACTUAL feminsim really is equal rights and the feminist movement from the 20's actually benefitted men as well.

My boyfriend is a social worker. Since it is a female dominated profession he actually will have a MUCH easier time moving up in terms of promotions due to the laws passed because of the movement way back then.

The feminists you're talking about are extremists. There are unfortunately those in everything.

Yakub said:
I agree, but I think the name could be changed as men now have a lot of pressing issues and bringing them up in a feminist setting often results in a reply of "oh, so you're one of THOSE people, huh?" I've had people tell me that misandry doesn't exist and that men can't get raped. Those comments hurt me. I'm not going to lie, I was raped when I was 14, and I never told anybody precisely because of people like that. I was afraid I'd be ridiculed rather than pitied or empathized with. I think if the movement was nominally expanded to include everyone, then it would be easier to defend against those extremists. Times have changed, and the modern feminist movement doesn't seem to give a rat's ass about half of the world population.

SaberRitsu said:
I'm not against feminism, but I really dislike it when people from minority groups flip out at the most minor of comments.

There was an incident recently where one of the higher ups in the AFL (Australian Football League) was being interviewed on the radio. He made an innocent joke where he compared one of the players to King Kong since he was hairy and had a large build. Why did he get in deep water for such an innocent joke? Because the player in question also happened to be an Aboriginal.

The media took it as an opportunity to portray him as a racist pig and ramble on about racism in society. Sure there are minority groups that get a lot of shit for no good reason, but I can't sympathise with someone who would overreact at such a minor comment. Especially considering he's no doubt making millions every year playing in the AFL.

If someone is proud of their upbringing then I see no reason to make them feel bad about it. But if that someone were to think that being part of that group is enough to justify any mean and nasty comments they can conjure up about other groups in society without any reason for doing so they've got another thing coming.

ihateeveryone said:
Men being raped is just as bad as women being raped. There is no worse rape. Man, women, child, trans, whatever, rape is rape.

tsudecimo said:

That doesn't make any sense. Yes there is worse rape.

ForgoneReality said:

I'm tired of your quick and callous remarks tsudecimo. Rape is a violation of the human spirit to the highest degree. Do not belittle such a heinous crime that is severe in all its forms because you feel like being obtuse to the whole discussion.

From the rules of club, I feel you have violated the first three with that comment.

1. Be friendly and respect your fellow [humans].
2. Don't be dumb.
3. DO NOT BE DUMB. Common sense applies to the internet as well.

tsudecimo said:
A male raping a female is worse than a female raping a male.

tsudecimo said:

Did you actually understand what I meant? I said there is worse rape which is just common sense/something factual. A male raping a female is worse than a female raping a male. Both have psychological/emotional damage but the former also has physical damage/impact. I don't see how is that belittling anything. I'm only belittling female on male rape if I don't acknowledge it as rape.


1. How was I hostile or disrespectful to anyone with that?
2. Saying something factual is not dumb.
3. I applied common sense.

Valkyrion said:

Phyisical damage is irrelevant here since they were discussing the act itself of raping and that it's equally wrong (morally) if done by a male or female.