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excuse me, that is not ‘rping’ that is a bunch of fucking words that somebody typed. are you saying that you can diagnose whether or not someone is in a dissociative state based on a bunch of gibberish they typed into a chat room? because i sincerely doubt that.
It’s not that difficult. No problem spelling, new compound words ie “shovelbrain”, a grammar that is still easily understood by english speakers, in fact the exact same type of grammar as those classic phrases “I’m not as think as you drunk I am” and “Homer not function beer well without” — exactly what part of this says real dissociation to you? ’Cause it screams RP to me.
also, you may be highly skeptical of whatever mystical handwavey astral repairs people do but if they say it’s not roleplaying and they don’t consider it roleplaying then it’s NOT ROLEPLAYING. you are only roleplaying when you are explicitly aware that you are roleplaying. and why on earth would having the skills to repair an actual machine have anything to do with the ability to astrally repair a sentient one inside a headspace, those are exceptionally different things O.o
Machine. By definition, made of parts. That need to be put together properly in order to function. In the case of more advanced machines, need to be programmed properly. Astral or physical, this isn’t stuff you can just “handwave”. If you don’t have the knowledge, you can’t repair a machine. Waving your hand at something and calling it fixed is roleplaying. It’s no different than saying “I cast magic missile!” Especially when one of the two parties, the one being fixed, themselves directly says they’re not giving the other party access to do any astral repairs and that it’s all just fooling around and thought experiments!
basically you need to get off your high horse and stop calling people’s identities bullshit because you’re hurting people for no good reason and that’s not cool.
Frankly, I find people using otherkin forums, irc channels, etc for attention-garnering roleplay rather than serious discussion to be what’s hurting people for no good reason, and not cool. I’m sorry you apparently feel otherwise.
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excuse me, that is not ‘rping’ that is a bunch of fucking words that somebody typed. are you saying that you can diagnose whether or not someone is in a dissociative state based on a bunch of gibberish they typed into a chat room? because i sincerely doubt that.
It’s not that difficult. No problem spelling, new compound words ie “shovelbrain”, a grammar that is still easily understood by english speakers, in fact the exact same type of grammar as those classic phrases “I’m not as think as you drunk I am” and “Homer not function beer well without” — exactly what part of this says real dissociation to you? ’Cause it screams RP to me.
also, you may be highly skeptical of whatever mystical handwavey astral repairs people do but if they say it’s not roleplaying and they don’t consider it roleplaying then it’s NOT ROLEPLAYING. you are only roleplaying when you are explicitly aware that you are roleplaying. and why on earth would having the skills to repair an actual machine have anything to do with the ability to astrally repair a sentient one inside a headspace, those are exceptionally different things O.o
Machine. By definition, made of parts. That need to be put together properly in order to function. In the case of more advanced machines, need to be programmed properly. Astral or physical, this isn’t stuff you can just “handwave”. If you don’t have the knowledge, you can’t repair a machine. Waving your hand at something and calling it fixed is roleplaying. It’s no different than saying “I cast magic missile!” Especially when one of the two parties, the one being fixed, themselves directly says they’re not giving the other party access to do any astral repairs and that it’s all just fooling around and thought experiments!
basically you need to get off your high horse and stop calling people’s identities bullshit because you’re hurting people for no good reason and that’s not cool.
Frankly, I find people using otherkin forums, irc channels, etc for attention-garnering roleplay rather than serious discussion to be what’s hurting people for no good reason, and not cool. I’m sorry you apparently feel otherwise.
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