i keep forgetting rl is not fandom

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MOM: Men wear wallets and women wear purses. You have a wallet, and that's manly.

ME: lol no. I like my manly wallet, tyvm~

MOM: There are only two genders: man and woman. EVERYONE ELSE IS A MUTATION

ME: That's not true! INCORRECT GENDER BINARY

DAD: Yes it is! BIOLOGY blah blah EVOLUTION blah blah

[annoying conversation here]

ME: So you don't think boys are socialized to be more violent?

DAD: Well... MAYBE IN ARABIC COUNTRIES

ME: D:

....I KEEP FORGETTING RL IS NOT FANDOM, GUYS. Apparently, most people believe there are two genders with a clear line that separates them. And maybe that's true for some people, but the whole THERE ARE MEN (ON MARS!) AND WOMEN (ON VENUS!) is such a bizarre concept to me.

Also, the surprise!racism at the end was... pleasant. My dad as this habit, tho. If he sees an opportunity to talk about the crazy japanese/violent muslims/[insert offensive statement about poc here], HE WILL TAKE IT.

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Yeah, reactions can be priceless, in a horrifying sort of way. Stuff fandom takes as fact is often completely contradictory to what mainstream society thinks -- the idea that most people are a little racist, for example. It seems to be accepted in fandom but if I suggest it irl everyone's like COLORBLIND THO and I AM NOT THE KKK YOU HAVE GREATLY OFFENDED ME. Did people react like that in your media class? (That's how people always react to me saying it, idk if it's different in other cases.)

And I'm always so surprised, too. It can be a weird kind of culture shock, sort of. Maybe I spend too much time in fandom.

Hah, good for you tho! I've given up correcting him because he'll just rant about how it's SO MUCH WORSE in arabic countries and Western society is superior and do you know the Japanese ate their prisoners in WWII? ffffuuuuuu, WHAT IS LIFE indeed.