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To appease a Steam user's demands for straight representation, Webfishing added a 'Straight' title that costs 9,999 fish bucks (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Plenty of times someone's sexuality is held above someone's head, quite literally in the case of this casual fishing game where I feel it doesn't even slightly belong

As a gay dude with a rainbow hat IRL this made me lol. I’m not wearing it to pick people up, I’m wearing it because I’m not ashamed of who I am. It’s not any different from wearing a wedding ring, couples shirts, or any of the million other displays of heterosexuality that you see and don’t think anything about.

PS: even if you are gay, internalized homophobia is a thing. Feeling that it’s super inappropriate to mention that you’re gay unless you want to fuck someone falls under that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

You may not believe it, but most of our behavior is motivated by sex and appealing to our desired mates. Even if you rationally say you don't want to pick up anyone with your rainbow hat, the original impetus to do it at all comes from a biological mind that is designed to reproduce. Being confident in who you are is a desirable trait in a partner, thus making you more attractive, thus contributing to your biological goal of reproduction. Yes, you have more rational reasons for it than just that, but it's extremely likely that the wearing of the rainbow hat feels good to you because of million years of evolution to optimize reproductive success.

And yes, even homosexual people are subject to that, even though they technically can't reproduce. Which I think is pretty funny honestly xD

It's also interesting that you bring all the heterosexual signals up as some kind of counterpoint... but they serve the same goal.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Friend, I am trans, I could reproduce if I wanted to with a dude (I absolutely do not want to). I'm also already married to a gay man, so my rainbow hat is not to pick people up, it's to cover up my balding head. :p

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Friend, keeping a partner is also necessary for reproductive success. A child historically had a higher survival rate when parents stayed together. I didn't say that you actually want to pick anyone up with your conscious mind, I'm just saying that the decisions you make are motivated by reproductive success.

Why do you think you even feel the need to cover up your balding head. It's the same reason, just suddenly even more obvious.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago

I think the decades of family and social pressure telling me that my appearance defined my self worth which I experienced when I was raised as a girl is the reason I wear a hat to cover my balding head, thanks for asking!