Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31208684-20180525040351

Warning: This thread has several cuss words in it so firstly, read it at your own risk and make sure your parents are not right next to you while reading this.

Note: This is the "rant" I'm making cause of 5 kudos so yea.

Let's begin.

(I have like 30 different reasons why this shit about using the word gay and other crap to other people is just bullshit but then I would spend 3 days writing a really long essay nobody would even read so I'll just make it short.)

Firstly, why the hell do you care whether someone is gay? Are you his girlfriend? Are you his mom? Are you now the sexist version of KKK? If someone is gay/lesbian, you need to respect that and refrain from saying bullshit like "HAHAHA YOU'RE GAY FUCK YOUR CUNT" this just shows how much of a retarded 5 year old you are, because it's as if you're using the word "gay" as a new insult that means "you're fucking retarded" Point is, before you start to harass or antagonize someone because they're gay, know the definition of the word jesus christ

Secondly, why do you use the word gay for no reason at all? In Discord, if you go to the Demonlist Public Server and search up "gay", I gurantee you, there will be about 30 results of it per day. But if you actually look at them, you may notice that most of them includes a user saying " is gay for no reason whatsoever. What's even more ridiculous is that most people just treat this as a common part of life and more ironically, some people even say  "It's just a good sentence starter", like WTF??! You can't just change the word gay into something like a funny greeting because that's not how English works and gay can be an insulting word to some people. I'm done with this section so we'll dwell on that more on the third section.

Finally, Gay can be strongly insulting to some people and 1/10 of the time, it causes some kind of conflict. What's the most problematic thing about this issue is that it leads to dark things, such as suicide. Ppl make jokes about suicide all the time, but here's one small issue - Suicide is not a fucking joke or some kind of shitty meme. 44,965 people die in America from suicide as the 5th leading cause, and over 1 million people die in the world from suicide. Can anyone guess what is the main cause of all these deaths? Cyberbullying and harassment.

Cyberbullying has been a big problem since Social Media such as Twitter and Skype came out. This led to people being humiliated all over the world with just a single tap on the phone because with Technology, it can spread news in the blink of an eye. How does insults relate to this? Obviously, people use insults all the time and even spread drug rumors, obscene images meant to humiliate another, and worse.

Here's a good example in the GD Community - At one point, a rumor started going around that EndLevel was using drugs to concentrate on GD, courtesy of Knobbelboy fans who claimed he was "disrespecting" Knobbelboy. Even though EndLevel was a bit of a cunt to him, the rumor was completely unnecesarry and it just goes to show, the Community is made of a bunch of cunts who just jump to conclusions without any evidence or reasoning at all. (I'm not saying everyone's like that, just a vast amount of people.)

Before I clog up this whole thread with a bunch of examples, here's the last one. It's pretty clear that the entie society itself can be sexist, showed by the Steubenville High School rape case.

Here's the description from Wikipedia, I'd reccommend skipping it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steubenville_High_School_rape_case#Crime

But the important thing about this case is the public reaction, where several people publicized the event using Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and text messages. But the most shittiest thing is, that some members of the community blamed the girl for her own rape and blamed her for casting a negative light on the football team and town, which is the FUCKING football player's fault. This clearly shows how females are mistreated and sergegrated even in the modern days, and shows how the community is completely sexist.

Conclusion
So... what can we do to make life better for everyone? (Or at least for people who are actually reasonable and not jumping to conclusions and using words like gay or autistic as a new insult)

Here's suggestions from Sonar553, a moderator of the Official Geometry Dash Wiki:

As a person who may know someone who is feeling depressed, your best effort may be to confront them in a formal and comforting manner. How can you do this?

1. Try reaching out to them and tell him you want to help them and will be there for them.

2. Have empathy for people who feel this way. Empathy is seemingly lessening of the period of time to the point people would say "is lacking".

3. Try not to bring up the topic of suicide or depression immediately into the conversation. Say something like, "I've noticed you've been down recently" and anything similar to the intensity of this suggestion. If they bring up the topic of suicide, then state to them how the situation is a treatable situation (often called a mental disorder) to lighten that person.

4. Ask questions regarding how they are feeling. Remember, try not to be informal. Ask questions like "When did you feel this way" or "How can I best support you right now".

5. Remember, to check up with them every now and then to make sure they are alright. If situations are getting worse, please refer to below.

If these situations are serious at this moment and provokes serious amounts of worry. Please refer to the Suicide Prevention centre or to the hotline: 1-800-273-8255, or any family-related or medial locations.

If you are one of these people who feel depressed, remember that you are not alone and people, including us, will always be there for you every step in the way :).

~Sincerely

Sonar553

Anyways, that's it for the LOOOOOOOONG essay.

Thanks for listening, and I hope this helps people start to act like actual reasonable human beings and awares people about this increasingly problematic situation.

Peace out.

Sincerely,

-Parkour2906 