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DannyAndYoko In reply to ManunuArt [2016-03-10 15:11:26 +0000 UTC]
Could you cosplay as her? ^^''
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ManunuArt In reply to DannyAndYoko [2016-03-10 15:19:01 +0000 UTC]
Haha, I don't think so!
Claire is millions of times prettier than me!
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NGv2 [2016-03-10 02:40:50 +0000 UTC]
Instant love for this one, manu-chann! Once again, you took a vague idea I had and turned it into an awesome pic! I like so much about this- the background was just what I wanted! I did a really crap-tactular job of telling you what I wanted there, lmao! "Uh...I dunno. Brick wall and...a neon light? Uh...Streets of Rage 2!" You did a great job with it. 100% happy with it!
Claire came out gorgeous. For those of you too young to remember 2007, the inspiration was the music video for "Sk8er Boi". Yes, I, a male in his 20's, admitted that! Ahem. Wholesome, sexy, with a punk flavor- spot on. You had asked me about Claire's clothes and color schemes- I'm so glad I more or less left that up to you, because it came out even better than I'd hoped! You did your usual beautiful job with Claire as a whole
Kirk came out cool. I like that he looks just a bit self conscious without his shirt in front of Claire, but he's trying to play it cool. Nice job with his physique (he's 100 modeled on me there- especially when it comes to the abs XD). He's not a bodybuilder, but he's not scrawny either- you found that mid point really well!
For me, it was neat to see Claire eyeballing Kirk a bit. I've never had that illustrated before, really. Not in a subtle way, like this. I like that it shows some level of attraction.
The story I had in mind when I commissioned this, for the record, was that Kirk finally asks Claire out, she says yes, and they go to a dance club with 90's music playing. Claire relaxes and enjoys herself, and think about the fact that she hasn't done something enjoyable like this in a while. Kirk is way attracted to a girl he's pretty sure is out of his league, but he's finally had it with being timid, and is going all out to get her attention.
As for why he's not wearing his shirt...that was a nice touch, manu-chann
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Nemesis-Virus [2016-03-09 21:58:28 +0000 UTC]
I don't really get the context here, why is Kirk shirtless in what looks like a backway alley way?
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ManunuArt In reply to Nemesis-Virus [2016-03-09 22:20:16 +0000 UTC]
Well, that's a chance for you to be creative!
Shhh it's not like I don't know either or anything
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Nemesis-Virus In reply to ManunuArt [2016-03-09 23:57:01 +0000 UTC]
well were are they suppose to be at? like what is that neon sign suppose to say?
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ManunuArt In reply to Nemesis-Virus [2016-03-10 01:10:27 +0000 UTC]
I don't know.
The sign just says "OPEN".
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Nemesis-Virus In reply to ManunuArt [2016-03-10 01:34:47 +0000 UTC]
guess I am just going to wait when he logs in and asks him what's suppose to be happening here
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Nemesis-Virus In reply to NGv2 [2016-03-10 16:25:27 +0000 UTC]
I looked it up Google search, so I think I get what's going on here
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NGv2 In reply to Nemesis-Virus [2016-03-13 02:08:30 +0000 UTC]
I do miss the early 90's. There was still some hope, some integrity, no NAFTA, etc.
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Nemesis-Virus In reply to NGv2 [2016-03-13 05:26:09 +0000 UTC]
Sometimes I wish I was older so then during the 90s I wasnt a baby at the time lol
even better, the 80s!
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NGv2 In reply to Nemesis-Virus [2016-03-14 03:57:32 +0000 UTC]
I hear that!
In the 80's, money was everywhere. I mean, there were entire business that survived entirely on Christmas bonus business. Once a year, from I would say '83 (before my time) until about '96, a ton of employees from the big corporation (Eastman Kodak) would be buying new cars off the lot.
Everything was done better, too. The easiest example: look at video game cases and art, even. My Sega Genesis game boxes are still mint where my PS3 game boxes are brittle. You didn't cheap out on stuff like that. The industry standard was higher.
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Nemesis-Virus In reply to NGv2 [2016-03-14 21:57:03 +0000 UTC]
Well I ment more of the culture back then. I really liked the movies back then and the rock music was great(who doesn't like the 80s music?). But me and my best friend are slowly getting into punk culture(mostly my friend), and I kinda feel like we would of fit in better back then.
rarher be there than this wretched day and age
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NGv2 In reply to Nemesis-Virus [2016-03-16 03:49:08 +0000 UTC]
That's true. The 80's is so unique in terms of the sound and look. I definitely miss that. Wish I'd lived through more of it. Punk culture was definitely at a peak, though I think the peak came in the early 90's more so.
I hear that. The world kind of...sucks. I don't see it getting better, honestly.
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Nemesis-Virus In reply to NGv2 [2016-03-19 03:31:00 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, certianly an era I wish I existed in.
Yeah, especially when our current presidential canidates are comparable to STDs to pick from(personally I am more for Trump, not that I would be a supporter of his, but more to see all these self-entitled shits whine about it lol).
though if what Bernie said about making us more like Sweden he meant by making us like the Vikings of ye olde days, then I might vote for him. But I don't think Vikings were socialists...
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NGv2 In reply to Nemesis-Virus [2016-03-23 05:48:39 +0000 UTC]
Beats the heck out of now. I was told today that I "speak too formally". Apparently, you're not supposed to be professional at work anymore. Shaking my head on this one.
Bernie makes no sense, Hillary is a criminal, and Trump is making a clown of himself. I think the best choices have exited the race. Of them, Trump has economical sense, and other countries hate him.
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Nemesis-Virus In reply to NGv2 [2016-03-23 21:15:46 +0000 UTC]
Wow really? That's pretty crazy
at first I kinda like Bernie, kinda wanted him to win mostly because that would mean that Hiliary isn't president(and probably only reason) but some of the stuff he says is kinda dumb. Maybe old age has gotten to him and he's getung a little senile.
if I remember the numbers correctly, I'm going to predict that Trump is going to win, and hopefully Cliton goes to jail before she beats Bernie and possibly Trump(cause isn't she winning on the democrats side?)
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NGv2 In reply to Nemesis-Virus [2016-03-28 23:46:59 +0000 UTC]
Yep. I just...don't know what to make of that.
Here's the thing with Bernie: Nothing is "free". "free" college for you means that someone, somewhere pays for it. He's even said that up to 90% of your income could be taxed with his idea. Everyone gets taken care of- that's a nice idea, but what about the lazy and criminal? They get the free ride, too. And then people who work hard get the shaft. That, and I would cite Soviet Russia falling as a reason why his ideas don't work.
Clinton still has the lead, apparently. I really hope she gets indicted. It just sends a really wrong message if you put a(nother) criminal in the White House.
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Nemesis-Virus In reply to NGv2 [2016-03-29 03:14:34 +0000 UTC]
Pretty much most(if not all of them)of the canidates are pretty crummy. If it was a perfect world, I say we resurrect GG Allin and have him be our leader!
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NGv2 In reply to Nemesis-Virus [2016-03-31 18:36:30 +0000 UTC]
It's not just the candidates; the country as a whole has rotted pretty badly. There's just no fundamental respect for each other anymore.
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Nemesis-Virus In reply to NGv2 [2016-04-01 00:34:03 +0000 UTC]
That's pretty true too, but I feel like our candidates would only make it worse.
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NGv2 In reply to Nemesis-Virus [2016-04-03 21:48:47 +0000 UTC]
Maybe. Although, Trump, at least, ticks EVERYONE- including other countries- off. To me, he's the lesser of the evils presented to us right now.
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Nemesis-Virus In reply to NGv2 [2016-04-03 23:28:43 +0000 UTC]
True, but that's kinda like saying "I rather have syphalis than the other STDs"
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NGv2 In reply to Nemesis-Virus [2016-04-06 01:26:07 +0000 UTC]
Maybe, but I'll hold my nose and make the pick on election day. Even though New York is probably a wash anyway. It usually is in the big elections. The lazy and stupid turn out in droves, unfortunately.
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Nemesis-Virus In reply to NGv2 [2016-04-06 01:58:26 +0000 UTC]
Some think that America will fall after this election. If that's true, I hope the ruins of America ends up like Mad Max's Australia than 1984's Oceana...
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NGv2 In reply to Nemesis-Virus [2016-04-06 03:07:58 +0000 UTC]
America is so far removed from what it was that I doubt there's any going back. It's not just the country- it's the people. The human race, as a whole, has degraded. No one thinks about consequences anymore. Let me give you two examples:
Let's say you can go to a store or you can buy online.
If you go into the store, you interact with someone who is employed.
If you buy online, that person who is employed isn't employed for much longer. There's no need for that person anymore- you've cut out the middle man. You save money up front, but down the road, the economy takes a hit, because when that store goes out of business, there are 15 people who aren't making money and aren't paying taxes, or paying into social security, etc.
And the argument that "well, then people will just work as online agents" doesn't work. Not everyone has the skillset, desire, or means to do that. And there's already a lot of automation- those jobs don't have a long lifespan.
And, for the record, let's say that Amazon eventually manages to eliminate the brick and mortar competition. Then you've got a monopoly that the law hasn't caught up with yet. Amazon gets to the set the prices. And the individuals who sell on Amazon? Subject to Amazon's terms and conditions. Maybe Amazon charges them more; they pass the cost onto the consumer.
Here's another one:
A shoplifter. Let's say someone steals a $400 laptop.
Companies sell laptops at a loss. Every time I sell a computer, my company loses 43%.
So the theft impacts the store immediately. But more than that, let's say I decide to stop the shoplifter. Because it's the right thing to do, I'm not a chickenshit, I'm tired of letting the bad guys walk- take your pick for the reason. Either way, if I let that shoplifter go, the company loses money, and it could put my job at risk because I wasn't vigilant enough.
If I tackle the shoplifter and sit on him until the cops come, then I'm facing a lawsuit from the shoplifter; I'm facing termination from my job, and with that a permanent black mark on my record that may prevent me from being employed by anyone (because I'd be a "loose canon" now, and they're afraid of getting sued).
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Nemesis-Virus In reply to NGv2 [2016-04-08 03:00:10 +0000 UTC]
I get your points, and see what your saying. But I don't get how your two examples are on what's wrong with our generation. Personally I think people have become, or devolved, to be too "soft"
now in days, people worry about race, gender, sexual tastes, privileges, and etc. you can't say the wrong thing cause you be "evil" and politically incorrect(which isn't a bad thing...). Just saying Trump offends people. Retards are making up new "genders" or "sexual orientations" to be there only defining traits. You got to be careful, or you could offened someone, as the silliest things now "trigger" people.
People are just spineless wimps that cry about the stupidest things...
cthulhu please just eat us already and end it all!
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NGv2 In reply to Nemesis-Virus [2016-04-09 15:39:32 +0000 UTC]
Soft is one way to put it. For the record, I wasn't referring to JUST our generation. Our parents generation is equally guilty, if not more so. And I'm only speaking to economics with my example- not crime rate, foreign policy, etc. As far as offending people goes, if Trump would tone it down slightly, I'd have no problem. The way I look at it, he's not even trying to be PC, which is a good idea in general. Shoot straight, even if there are some hurt feelings. That said, he could be less of a dick about it, no debate there!
What scares me is that even university students are being taught this garbage. Simply accept being insulted; if your opinion differs from those around you, then you're wrong. I mean, even anti-bullying "safe zones" are in place in some of them. Correct me if I'm wrong, but college students are adults. I'm not saying bullying doesn't exist, but how does being sheltered from it solve the problem?
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Nemesis-Virus In reply to NGv2 [2016-04-09 17:31:25 +0000 UTC]
There is a difference of being nice and being politically correct, and seems like people confuse that a lot. And that's true about trump too.
Yep, and they need "safe zones." Everone is is just becoming a gay(in every sense of the word) wimp that so damn self entitled.
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NGv2 In reply to Nemesis-Virus [2016-04-12 18:03:33 +0000 UTC]
Remember when being "honest" was enough? Now you have to lie three times until you accidentally tell the truth or someone else tells it for you while grandstanding morally.
I'm at the point where I'm content to just be left alone for the most part. It's harder and harder to enjoy social things because of this kind of thing. I could give a crap about someone's sexuality; they can do what they like as far as I'm concerned. It's just that politics always go along with it, which is frustrating.
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Nemesis-Virus In reply to NGv2 [2016-04-12 23:39:35 +0000 UTC]
PC is just so you can look good cause your so "progressive" while also be a fence for people to hide behind from truths basically.
same here. The way I always thought of it(and as a fellow writer I'm sure you will understand) is that if your character's number one trait is thier sexuality, gender, race, etc. then they are a pretty poorly written character. Same could go for people...
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NGv2 In reply to Nemesis-Virus [2016-04-16 14:49:55 +0000 UTC]
I do think honesty with discretion is the best policy. There are times when you don't need to be brutally honest- just honest. I think people have forgotten you can be honest without being insulting.
Those characters are, to me, accessory characters, designed to make someone else look good or bad. Like you said, kind of the same thing for people, too. People like that lend themselves to a cause with no sense of individuality, all while trumpeting that they are, in fact, individuals. They say that they are "normal", all while saying that they actively choose NOT to be normal. It's contradictory.
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Nemesis-Virus In reply to NGv2 [2016-04-17 03:40:27 +0000 UTC]
True, but with some people if you say the wrong thing(and even if your trying very hard and being very polite) they will get triggered.
I know, and that's so dumb. And another thing I don't like is that they want to be "equal." personaly, I think equality would be boring. Me and you are both white, cis, stright, and men but we sure aren't equal to each other.
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NGv2 In reply to Nemesis-Virus [2016-04-20 01:12:27 +0000 UTC]
Oh, absolutely. We finally got into it at work today. We had two Republicans, one liberal, one middle-of-the-road, and one undecided and abstaining from the vote. We all parted friends, amazingly.
No, they want to be equal with special privileges that they feel are due. That's the real problem here, I agree with you.
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Nemesis-Virus In reply to NGv2 [2016-04-20 02:45:14 +0000 UTC]
So did that happen at work today? I don't get what your saying exactly.
all I got to say is that Eqaulity is lame, don't be like someone else
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NGv2 In reply to Nemesis-Virus [2016-04-21 23:07:14 +0000 UTC]
Yep, that was a conversation that took place for maybe 10 minutes or so. We just all kind of randomly threw our political views out there.
No argument here. No one ever defines "equality" when they talk about it. We can all have the same drinking fountain, but you and I are different, and those differences should be celebrated and respected, though not necessarily outlined.
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Nemesis-Virus In reply to NGv2 [2016-04-22 15:06:32 +0000 UTC]
Ah ok.
also something to point it, is that many of these "Eqaulity" groups seem to use the opposites of them as scapegoats or arch enemies. For example
-feminists(the crazy SJW ones) like demonize men
-Black lives matter has beef with white people
-gay rights people(not the actually gay people themselves, but the people that "support" them) don't like stright people
and more, but those are more popular ones.
Guess with their logic, I'm the most vilest creature to walk to earth lol.
but myself, I don't care if someone's white,black,man,women, gay, straight, trans,Cis, etc. I may not always agree with them, but hey I don't care what they do. Instead of having all these groups that are really just trying to make one group of people better than another, why not just have a...
humanity group?
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NGv2 In reply to Nemesis-Virus [2016-04-25 00:11:19 +0000 UTC]
Yep, contradictory. And you're right. It's really the supporters of the organizations behind the movements that tend to stir up crap. That's a good point. Like "white guilt". I don't feel guilty for things I didn't do- I can't. And why should I? There's a LOT wrong with history. The Jews being enslaved by the Egyptians was equally wrong, but I don't feel guilty about that. I didn't do that, either, and I highly doubt any of my ancestors were involved, either.
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Nemesis-Virus In reply to NGv2 [2016-04-27 17:10:42 +0000 UTC]
I think I actually solved this whole thing the other day.
instead of looking at the skin color and sexual dimorphism, I think we as a species need to look at each other a little deeper- at our skeletons!
Everybody has a skeleton, it's what makes us the shape of a human! But not all skeletons are equal, some people are big boned while other's are more brittle, men's and women's bones are different in a lot of ways, some people are missing some parts of their skeletons either through battle or deformations.
But skeletons are also what helps our bodies to do things, so some people use their bones to good use while others use them to do bad things, and some don't even use their bones at all. So we shouldn't look at someone's race/gender/etc when they do something good or bad, cause anyone could have done it since they have a skeleton like said person.
Some idiot is going to find this and go "I identify as a slug! I don't have a skeleton, you politically incorrect shit lord!"
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NGv2 In reply to Nemesis-Virus [2016-04-30 01:26:09 +0000 UTC]
It just gets so blown out of proportion. Everything does. We have different cellular structures. We're all made of the same base materials, but that's really the only sure-fire argument. The best part is, all of the leaders who have ever mentioned equality- Dr. King especially- strived for a color blind society. Every time I hear a Martin Luther King Jr. quote, it's out of context. Someone touts it without thinking of the content.
But I think you make the most straightforward case. Everyone's overthinking this. And honestly, I think its because, deep down, people WANT to fight. That's the only explanation I can think of for everyone trying to sweep their issues under the rug by being "politically correct" and taking offense about everything.
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Nemesis-Virus In reply to NGv2 [2016-05-01 16:05:48 +0000 UTC]
The thing I'm most worry about is going back how it was back in the olden day with awful racial tensions again. Which is something that bothers me a lot cause I don't really care much about what race someone is, so I don't want to live in a world where people would fight over each other just by the color of their skin.
though on the flipside, I don't really want to live in a too progressive world either. Now I don't really have anything against someone being gay, trans, or whatever(personally I find it a bit odd, but it's not my problem). But seems like being "trans" is the cool new thing, and a movie/show/book/game is good just cause it features someone that's gay. Now as someone who wants to be an author, I don't really want to write a book that's about gay people just so it's good. I want to write about monsters, aliens, satire, horror, sci-fi, and not about sexuality or gender issues.
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NGv2 In reply to Nemesis-Virus [2016-05-03 00:05:14 +0000 UTC]
The problem isn't whether you are racist or not. The problem is whether you're PERCEIVED is being racist. Perception is reality, frustratingly enough.
You make a good point. It's really only one extreme side or the other that causes the issues. I think most people really don't think that much about it. Gay people aren't the ones trying to blow me up, so they aren't my enemy. It just comes down to who threatens my way of life and who has a gun pointed at me. Intend no harm, do no harm, receive no harm.
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Nemesis-Virus In reply to NGv2 [2016-05-03 03:53:38 +0000 UTC]
Sorry if this is TL;DR, so I will try to make this a bit brief.
There's a lot of issues with today's world, but I think one of the worst is that people "care" too about race, gender, sexuality, etc.
Some folks go "oh that white man man over there must be a racist trump supporter" and a few other might go "oh the black guy over here must be a street thug." I meet a good number of people in my life, and it would be very stupid of me to base them off there race, gender, etc.
for example- I haven't meet too many black people since there kinda rare where I live, but some were nice and others were just mean. Because of this, it would be pretty dumb if I judged all black people on that since that's not the reason why they are like that.
Way I see it, race doesn't have anything to with the way someone is. Now this can't always be the case cause not everyone thinks the way I do, so then that's why we have racial tensions that shouldn't exist.
same can go for gender. Some people, including some men, think males are evil and are rapists. but the truth is this- they are some guys that range from truely evil to just being your average jerk, but on the other side of spectrum some men are saints to your common good guy. Same could be said about women, some are just flat out bitches to monsters and others are nice, motherly, etc.
I also believe something is happening with women too, and I ain't talking about being paid less than us or used as sex symbols. I'm talking about their attitudes, but that's an issue for another day.
And sexuality is also a big part of our culture, which is something I kinda scratch my head why that is. Now not saying anything is wrong with being homo or anything like that(personally I think it's a tad strange, but that's just me), but it seems like people really like to throw out their sexuality and rub it in people's faces. And now it seems like people now making up genders and sexualities that make no sense to identify as. Personally I think when someone identifies as there "gender," I think that's the dumbest thing ever. Here's an example-
I don't identify as a male, cause I am a male. I identify myself as Nemesis Virus, I like to write, make and paint model soldiers, draw and am an arnarchist that likes a wide gener of music and etc. but I so happen to be a white striaght man, and am happy the way I am. I still would be Nemesis Virus if I was a transgendered Hispanic pan women, though maybe a bit different here and there.
To wrap this up- something that really bothers me to see is when someone says "White straight men are (X derogatory statement)." Not because I'm a white straight man, but that's an obsurd thing to say since there's been plenty of good and evil white men. And also the people that say things like this tend to believe that they are the "good, progressive and accepting hero" they are not.
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NGv2 In reply to Nemesis-Virus [2016-05-07 00:23:28 +0000 UTC]
Everyone is guilty of something, either personally or by association- that is the general rhetoric I glean from this stuff. I'm definitely a glass half empty kind of person, and generally mistrustful of people. But that doesn't mean I rate everyone equally based on their gender or race alone.
There are different considerations when it comes to race or gender. For example, Black people are more prone to sickle cell anemia. So with my Black martial arts students, I'm very careful to not use certain holds on them, and to always explain to them the risk. That's just an example. It doesn't make me racist. It makes me considerate and responsible. You can consider culture and heritage, and body structure as it happens, without it being racist. Racial, yes, but not racist or derogatory.
Now, I heard something at work today. It came down to me and a woman for a job opening. It was a tight race; the managers talked it out for three days straight. She wound up getting the job. I would say we were equally qualified: Her background in customer service is more extensive; I know the store, staff, and inventory better. She wound up getting the job, at least in part, because she's a single mother. Which is fine, I understand their logic, and she had applied first. But you have to wonder if that was the deciding factor, and if so...am I screwed every time that happens?
For the record, my managers were very fair, and I see why they made the choice they did. I'm not bitter at them or anything; but I do see it as a lost opportunity for me, personally, and I do think I earned it. So it's tricky that way.
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