Both!

Funny you should mention “turning all existing Pride Flags into a new design without thinking about the people who are happy with the flags they identify with, and the cultural impact they have had until now”, because that’s exactly what they did when they replaced the rainbow flag with the regressive “Progress” flag.

I’m genuinely confused about this. Living in North America, some people might use Queer as a slur but the majority of LGBT people are reclaiming it. Personally reclaiming a slur is more effective than trying to ban the use of it, because banning anything has never worked before in human history. I don’t understand why you and OP are so against reclaiming a slur. My understanding is you are not familiar with the concept

It's very extensively documented that the Q-slur is a slur, and continues to be today for many. The activists of yesteryear specifically chose it for its offensive and provocative nature. Oft-overlooked, denying that the Q-slur is a slur is tantamount to denying the history of LGBT people before us and the oppression and hurt that they have surmounted to bring forth the rights and protection we enjoy today. Nobody is entitled to decide that someone is q***r against their will.

@@yl6467 My experience is that I get called the Q slur in an offensive way whenever I choose to dress how I want or love who I love, in the same tone that people call me the F slur.

*Bisexual sub-labels:* The problem with those sub-labels is that they are born out of the biphobic assumption that “bisexuals only love binary gender”, which not only is inaccurate to how bisexuals are, but also denies the history or bisexual activism. “Pansexual” is at this point more often used than “bisexual”, and it’s like they think it’s a dirty word. Bi people already face so much erasure from non-LGBT people; I don’t want to encourage erasure from LGBT people too by legitimizing those labels. *color order:* The United States’ flag also has no color order and has a complicated design that isn’t all horizontal stripes. Yet there is no shortage of Stars and Stripes merch, like hats and cutlery and everything. “It’s harder to adapt to merchandise” is a moot point, and it just tells me that the flag is more creative and artistic than the horizontal stripe flags. *LGBT flag:* The LGBT flag is for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and trans people. The extra labels tacked on after the T have been campaigned for, often in very toxic ways, but it only server to make the campaign and mission of LGBT rights more scattered and defocused. Not every minority needs to be LGBT to be taken seriously. Not every label is about sexual orientation or gender identity. “Asexuality is a sexuality” like irreligiousness is a religion and celibacy is a sex position. There is no place on Earth where it is legal to be asexual, nor you are at a systemic disadvantage simply for being asexual (and not for being single for life). *nonbinary:* I find it much less “binary” to have a cut off-center, but it’s not really a cut if you look at the middle stripe that connects the two. *the Q-slur:* The Q-slur is an offensive and highly charged anti-gay slur. The loudest activists have rallied for “reclaiming” it, but they ignore or flat-out deny that it continues to be a slur that is used to hurt LGBT people to this day. I say f**k that. “Q***r” is also linked to a well-documented history of advocating for pedophilia. Q***r theory first broadened the idea of “q***r” away from just homosexual, to include any sexual behavior deemed socially unacceptable. Unfortunately, that was done in order to include pedophilia. Prominent q***r theorist authors such as Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, Pat Califia, and Gayle Rubin have all advocated for the rights of “boylovers” and/or the lowering or abolition of the age of consent. The Q-slur is so loaded with past and present baggage, that I believe the best course of action is to keep it taboo and forgotten, and turn it into a thing of the past, not keep the wounds open and freshly vinegared, as well as inject new political and exclusive connotations to it, further confusing the question of what “q***r” even means.

It's very extensively documented that the Q-slur is a slur, and continues to be for many. The activists of yesteryear specifically chose it for its offensive and provocative nature. Oft-overlooked, denying that the Q-slur is a slur is tantamount to denying the history of LGBT people before us and the oppression and hurt that they have surmounted to bring forth the rights and protection we enjoy today.

I for one would not like to use a flag created by an underwear fetishist who admits to have stolen her mother’s underwear, then escalating to random women’s at the laundromat. It’s also infantilizing that she chose baby pink and baby blue to stand for baby girls and baby boys. If lesbians can change a flag because of personal distaste for the creator, I can too.

The trans flag goes so hard I wanna use it but I feel like I shouldn't because I'm not trans 😔 changing it would be a sin.

@@oopsallchromosomes8994 I give you permission to use these flags as long as you pledge never to subject LGBT people to the Q-slur nonconsensually.

@@haleyhalcyon underwear fetishist? girl what are you talking about 😭😭😭😭

Look up “Monica Helms”. She’s the one who created the trans flag, and she also admits to stealing her mom’s underwear as a child and random people’s panties at the laundromat as an adult.

exactly

It means "Just So You Know" but that's kind of a mistranslation; she says "ichio ne" which means "Just to be safe" or "Just in case" so the sentence should be "Just in case, we checked that the cartridge would start up beforehand."

@@Sable_ish Oh, that makes sense. Thank you very much!

I try to add English slang where I hear Japanese slang in the original, like 運ゲー to "RNG".

2002 game

She literally told everyone her age on debut, stop guessing already... (17 season 2 = 27, now 30)