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On plurality

System = person with dissociative disorder
Plural = anything encompassing the experience of being more than one— spritual, psychological, by trauma, or otherwise.
System and Plural are not synonymous in my mind, and I don't believe they should be used as such. I also believe alters shouldn't be used to describe the wider plural experience.

Why? To quote: If you don't have trauma stop talking about your internal framework using language that implies you do. Don't call yourselves systems [...] using these words that were created by and for people with trauma to conceptualise their resulting disorder.
System, alters, multiplicity, these are words that have been medically used to describe DID, OSDD and other similar disorders. It just feels wrong to correlate them with non-traumagenic plurality.

As somebody who is buddhist and was born and raised buddhist, I don't like western tulpamancy too much. I prefer terminology like thoughtform, paromancy, or something else to describe it.

Why? To quote: The metaphysical arm of tulpamancy was originally appropriative because Western occultism in general has a nasty tendency to be appropriative and sensationalist (just look at Kabbalah mysticism). Now Western tulpamancy has since snowballed into something regarded as a purely psychological practice far removed from its original spiritual practices, and could definitely use a label that is more accurate in both an occult and psychological sense.

The terms "sysmed" and "traumascum" are harmful. It's honestly kind of transphobic to be taking from the word transmed and using it in such a ridiculous manner.

Also, please do not attempt to demedicalise dissociation. Trying to say that dissociative disorders and dissociating is not a medical condition is a poor attempt at inclusion. Being disordered/neurodivergent isn't a bad thing.
As for plurality— it was never medical to begin with. Spiritual posession, thoughtforms, alter egos, multiple identities, such things has existed separate from the medical world for eons.

I will not go out of my way to try and harass anyone to into not using the words system, alter etc. to describe their plurality. I'm just some guy, I have scarier things to think about.

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On lolicon/shotacon

Lolicon/Shotacon is a major non-issue to me. I think it's performative to clutch your pearls over somebody's taste in fictional content when there are real children being hurt that you can contribute to.

Why I say this? Well, first off— I don't believe that reporting lolicon/shotacon content does anything to fight CSEM or CSA. It clogs up organisations trying to hunt down real CSEM, and allows for offenders to hide under the guise of a "safe adult." And that's only two examples.

I also learnt of a western concept called "proshippers" some time last year. Needless to say, I think it's a bit silly that such a term needs to exists. I have realised that the boundary between fiction and reality is a lot less recognised in the west— and people are more inclined to believe fictional content that displays morally illict material are propaganda for these bad acts.

I do have a google drive that debunks common claims against "proshippers", alongside an article that really made me understand the concept. It is to my understanding that american feelings yakuza (or antis) are heavily against lolicon/shotacon, as they believe these content dictate real beliefs and influences people to act immorally.

Maybe it's because I'm asian, born in asia, and grew up in asian fandom spaces— but being anti lolicon/shotacon to the point of harassment, and mislabeling it as CSEM is incredibly strange. If I were to act so crass, I'd be considered a delusional freak who cannot separate the fictional and real worlds. It's okay to not like certain content like gore or incest, but to harass others or even commit crimes over it...? That's fucked up.

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On cultural appropriation

As an asian, I don't give two flying fucks if a non asian vtuber uses the name Masako or Ha My or Mei or whatnot online.

Why? Because I have other things to worry about than what name people want to be called by on the internet. Not a single person has died because Emily wanted to go by Miku Sakura on Tumblr.
This applies to stuff like kaomojis or using symbols to create pictures. Saying you can't use 《these brackets》or do ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ this emote just because they contain symbols from other languages shows me your priorities are misinformed at best and outright perfomative at worst.

I believe there is a difference between using a language because you geniunely want to learn it/think it's a pretty language, and using a language because it's "aesthetic kawaii."

For example: if someone writes "Xin chào! My name is Amy!" in their bio, it's not an issue. Why? Because they're using the language correctly and in a way that makes sense— showing their appreciation and understanding.
If somebody writes "ときどき ^^ Amy here!", it could be seen as offensive— because the way the language is used makes no sense and doesn't belong anywhere within the sentence.

If your resource says japanese, korean or chinese are closed languages, throw it in the trash. Miss me with that performative shit.

I don't even have to explain this one, it's just silly to say they're closed when what you meant is "oh they're so uwu vulnerable poc!! we must protect their value by speaking over their people and making sure nobody EVER can engage or interact with their beautiful cultures!!"

While dysphoria can exist beyond gender to encompass species, race, etc. under NO circumstances should you consider beig RTCA/ETCA or anything of the sorts.

Why? Because you can't claim the experiences that comes with inherently being born looking a certain way and being in a certain type of society when you weren't. Just try appreciating the culture as it is— learn how to cook a mean plate of soup dumplings, study tea ceremonies, people will be more than happy to accept you and your appreciation towards their practices. Many people outside of a particular culture has been appreciated and accepted by people within it just because of how compassionate and willing to learn they are.

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Pub: 07 Nov 2023 09:11 UTC
Edit: 06 Dec 2023 11:23 UTC
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