i keep forgetting rl is not fandom

[cornhobble]

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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[rellan.livejournal.com]

I give you pretty sparkles to look at to make things all better.

And suggest that you run away and join the circus. Unless you have a problem with clowns. Umm, how about the Foreign Legion? (Does it even still exist?)

Dammit.

Okay, since Dad says Western society is sooooooo superior, take him to visit the True Crime section of your local bookstore, point out that the VAST majority of the criminals/psychos in those books are good old Western (i.e. white American males) society folk and say isn't it great we live in the Oh So Superior Less Violent West.

[cornhobble.livejournal.com]

I used to like clowns. THEN I WATCHED THE SUPERNATURAL CIRCUS EPISODE. ;_;

Ooh, good idea! I will use that. Today he actually made a comment about treatment of women in the Middle East vs treatment of women here (ie Western society is so progressive and awesome for women!!!11!1!) and I lol'd. Yeah, we're sooooooo awesome. Let me tell you about the 12 year old that just got gangraped in Texas and how some of the townspeople defended the men who did it. Now, dad, plz mansplain some more about how superior Western society is.

[rellan.livejournal.com]

In my superior west, we castrate the bastards that gangrape anyone and make sure they get medical treatment so that they can live the rest of their lives that way.

[cornhobble.livejournal.com]

I approve of your superior west and would like to live there.