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  • Diotima@kbin.socialtoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlIs "female" offensive?
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    6 months ago

    Incels using a word offensively does not make the word inherently offensive, and by letting them reframe the word in their favor you’re giving them power they do not deserve.

    When using male/female to denote biological sex, the words should not be offensive. “Were you born malr or female” in a medical settting can be vital to treatments, for example.

    Generally, though, people ought to be using gender.





  • I’ve played through a few times. Before you leave Act I, there is an explicit warning that doing so will close out story-based quests that are incomplete. Having said that, it only closes out the main story quests for the most part; I’ve gone back to do side quests frequently. Act I doesn’t truly lock until you’ve unlocked the end of Act II.

    That seems consistent with actual tabletop D&D; ignoring a time sensitive quest may net negative results.







  • Given that Tiktok is a corporation with likely ties to a government that is not particularly fond of protest, perhaps it is not the best place to find protest music. Having said that, Muse continues to make protest music as they always have. I suppose the problem is that protest music doesn’t often get included on music platforms, leaving us with a sanitized version of the musical landscape.