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I think the preference is through Bnet, I was just wanting to see if I could through gameranger (so if I can't, I could go about getting hamachi or whatever to function), because my cd key is buried under junk in another house (and may have been thrown away at some point.).

Let me start by directly proposing an alternative: the school refers them to a GLBT counselor and or support network, which does this sort of thing all the time and has expertise in it.

Fair question, any suggestions for areas that don't have something like that? If there's something of that nature within a good 40-50 miles of where I'm at, ferex, it's bloody well hidden*.

*Which is probably a good idea re: physical safety, honestly.

S'another one of the cases that pings me oddly, I think. There's days that I wish sexual orientation, hetero or not, just wasn't on the map. It doesn't seem to actually have any impact (in and of itself; other peoples reactions, on the other hand...) whatsoever on most social interactions (especially meaningful ones, like say, work.). There's nothing categorically different between most (not intrinsically harmful) sexual preferences re: moral code, work ethic, affability, etc. Only thing it seems to dictate is what you fuck, to put it bluntly, which doesn't come up in day-to-day public situations very often (Even less often without violating public decency laws.).

Sometimes I just wish people would get their bloody nosy selves out of everyone else's bedrooms, and keep their own doors closed (figuratively, of course. They want want a house-wide doorless orgy, that's fine, so long as it's not a matter of public issue.).

Quick E: Just to make it absolutely bloody clear, I'm not saying something asinine like "gays should stay hidden." Just that, yanno', maybe what we (regardless of sexual preference) screw is under a bit too much social scrutiny.

In an attempt to move the conversation somewhere a bit less volatile on the same subject, I'd like to offer the DSM V's proposed diagnosis criteria.  What do y'all think?  I'm still trying to figure out how I feel about it.

S'kinda' weird lookin', to me, especially how C factors in. What about when the "symptoms" are picked up later in life but don't really fit that 'manifest' thing?

I had learned pretty much all of A by the time I hit double-digit years, due to a sort of passively hostile environment (It was either pick up the behavior patterns or pick up broken bones... or possibly murder charges. Except the eye contact thing. That's always been around, gives me a headache via information overload.), and I trained myself up to B4 (Hypersensitivity in particular, though I guess a fairly low key example.) during the early teens (Middling meditation mixed with mild paranoia, heh. Some days I have trouble seeing how other people can be so unobservant of their surroundings.).

Mostly though, I'm curious as to what the impact would be. Howzat different, other than a bit more pleasingly formatted and (possibly, if I'm reading the orig right) a little looser in what'd qualify?

And what if I don't like either party?[...]

... or have access to the millions in funding to actually make anything even remotely resembling a meaningful impact?

(Actually, from what I understand, the answer is either "move*" or "suck it (up)"

*Assuming you can afford to, and the government lets you.

E: Some formatting stuff to make the sleepy brain stop bothering me. Also, totally have to derail joke thread with srsbiznz about US political train-wrecksystem.

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West is left. Left is beautiful. West is beauty. Real-world-centrists! CAST OFF YOUR CHAINS! Today, the sun rises in the west. Embrace it.

By which I mean free for all PvP flamethrower fight at dawn. Feel the burn, heeheehee.

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Currently pretty flexible, barring the occasional interruption.

So... dehallow, huh? You... just need the hallow gone? That's all you're asking for?

I got some nice water bottles over here that can fix that problem for you, and add wonderful purple everywhere!

EDIT: Actually, corrupting the place via unholy water and then going over with purification powder might be the fastest way to clean it up. Just a thought.