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I have yet to meet anyone legitimately angry for the reasons you claim. I have met several who profess such a belief, but in every single case it is the presenc

I have yet to meet anyone legitimately angry for the reasons you claim. I have met several who profess such a belief, but in every single case it is the presence of anyone not like them in the representation that they disagree with, not any actual thoughtfulness. These people always find a new goalpost to move to: "How dare they have a black person on this show?" "How dare they have a black person kiss a white person on this show?" "How dare they have a [X] on this show?" "How dare they have characters not speaking English on this show?", etc., etc. Not being pandered to 100% of the time does not mean that someone is being repressed. These are *auxiliary graphics in a phone app*. Not even UI elements. Is this really something you consider worth getting worked up about and resenting?

gjsman-1000 3y ago
If every graphic was of a straight white male named Bob, are you telling me you wouldn’t give a darn yourself? By your own logic, they are auxiliary graphics in a phone app, so who cares? On that note: “I have yet to meet anyone legitimately angry for the reasons you claim” 1. Where do you get the authority to determine a legitimate reason? Have you dialogued with them to fully understand, instead of stereotyping? 2. Congratulations, you just met me.
- kelseyfrog 3y ago
  It sounds like you welcome diversity, but have high standards on what folks might call "token diversity". Did I get that right? I'm not exactly the right way to phrase this, but you might say that token diversity isn't grounded with in-universe explanation, or something like that? If that's true, how do you approach topics like sex and gender? How does one justify a character being queer, trans, &c? On one had I can see, "their identity should add to the story," but on the other hand in real life plenty of people simply are queer or trans or whatever and completely and have stories to tell that don't relate to their identity. If that's not true, please disregard. :)

gjsman-1000 3y ago

If every graphic was of a straight white male named Bob, are you telling me you wouldn’t give a darn yourself? By your own logic, they are auxiliary graphics in a phone app, so who cares? On that note: “I have yet to meet anyone legitimately angry for the reasons you claim” 1. Where do you get the authority to determine a legitimate reason? Have you dialogued with them to fully understand, instead of stereotyping? 2. Congratulations, you just met me.

kelseyfrog 3y ago
It sounds like you welcome diversity, but have high standards on what folks might call "token diversity". Did I get that right? I'm not exactly the right way to phrase this, but you might say that token diversity isn't grounded with in-universe explanation, or something like that? If that's true, how do you approach topics like sex and gender? How does one justify a character being queer, trans, &c? On one had I can see, "their identity should add to the story," but on the other hand in real life plenty of people simply are queer or trans or whatever and completely and have stories to tell that don't relate to their identity. If that's not true, please disregard. :)