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Annihilate means complete and utter destruction, and it is sometimes used to refer to the overpowering of an opponent in a game. The great thing about this is that you can put any term in there that refers to an act of extreme destruction and everyone will catch your drift, however if you use a...

Well you can accidentally kill someone. You can hit them with a car, you can do it on impulse, it's faster, etc... Rape requires deliberation, it requires an sustained attempt to continue, you (in almost all cases) would not rape someone and then feel regret as soon as you finished. From their...

Well it's precisely because it's always the connotation of the term that changes the way it affects people. When we use the term gay to describe something stupid or undesirable, we are implying gay is stupid and undesirable. When we use the term rape to describe something involving domination...

It is. I will freely admit that perhaps my personal lack of offense has given me a biased view of certain things. Of course it isn't an argument against anything I've said, but it may be significant.

I agree that normalizing something in society will lead to it becoming more acceptable. As you say, the changing of gay people into being a norm rather than a weird outlier definitely lead to the less homophobic society we have now. But that said, I believe the "I'm going to rape you" in...

It's pretty strong evidence though. My life experiences are not particularly easy to understand I think, and the fact that other people can understand is good evidence that people can do the same with others. You could claim my life is so bland that everyone can understand it, but I doubt that...

They don't normalize the actions of rapists. What's next? Do dead baby jokes normalize infanticide? Do pedophile priest jokes normalize pedophilia? No one hears a joke meant to shock and offend and thinks it makes anything okay. Those jokes are specifically funny because of how f*cked up we...

Okay fine, that was a pretty bad example. I'm sure they are out there somewhere though. By I don't think they should be offended. The actual person who was raped, sure, because they won't want to relive the experience, but unless they were there or their life was hugely shaken by the other...

But I could say this about almost literally anything. Someone who lost loved ones in a car crash or was seriously injured in one could be triggered by talking about cars, or someone who was in a combat situation could be triggered by someone mimicking gun noises, and statistically speaking those...

I'm sure in both these circumstances it could be quite upsetting as it would bring back unwanted memories of the experience, but I don't believe that there is a rational basis for claiming that it would have any sort of negative impact on society as a whole. Once again though, I think the...

Okay I know I said I wouldn't respond, but come on, of course it wouldn't be offensive to people who scaled Mt. Everest. If I saw that person who only ever saw a pile of dirt climb a 20 meter hill and exclaim that it was like he was on top of a mountain I'd be fine with it. I'd tell him a...

No they do not have the actual knowledge of what combat is like, but they do understand the basics in theory I would guess. It isn't the same, obviously, but it allows you to make some metaphors and to understand by analogy. This isn't me saying "oh everyone is basically a soldier" or anything...

But that's stupid. I live around people who make gay jokes all the time and it doesn't negatively affect my life because I'm not in a place where being gay is generally frowned upon. That supports my point that jokes by themselves do not create a negative environment because if they did then I...

Being entirely unempathetic is sociopathy. There is of course a ton of middle ground in empathy, but the end result of promoting a lack of empathy would be promoting sociopathy. Of course we can imagine what rape is like to some degree. I think everyone who has heard or even read a story about...

Well My point is that sometimes there are definitely parallels to one degree or another. Saying something is "like" something else is a pretty vague statement by its very nature, even if there is one strong parallel then it can be considered "like" that thing. I don't see how. It's true that...

I'm probably in a minority here, and maybe it's because of my sense of humor which has been described as dark, morbid, and occasionally disturbing, but I don't really have a problem with people using anything as a metaphor such as rape, abuse, etc... as long as it isn't seriously used. For...

There's something called "traumatic bonding" which is basically a more encompassing term for bonding with an abuser, Stockholm syndrome is a more specific term to do with hostage situations and kidnapping.

In general I think it's a tough question about when a lot of things become abusive, but here I think it's firmly as soon as it's being done for sexual thrill. Even if it's a "normal" tickle that's being done for sexual gratification, I think that is at least molestation. As soon as you are using...

Oh yeah totally, and I do agree that there is a choice that needs to be made. That said, it's still not like "I made a choice to get over it, and now I'm over it". I mean maybe for some people it is, but it's definitely not guaranteed to work like that. I guess when I hear her say "make a choice...

I'm not sure he does either, but I'm also not sure it changes much, I mean the sentiment of getting over it would be the same. And yeah, like I was saying before, in the actual video it isn't too bad and I'm sure her intentions were good. I think maybe just asking how he managed to move past it...

Yeah but I'm more pissed off about the fact that it's a misconception than at her. It's like I'm pissed about it, but it's not directed her way even if she really should know better.

Not an easy watch as I say, fair warning. It's not quite that bad, it's not like it's really the main part of the show. It seems more like it's just sort of an oversimplification out of ignorance but good intentions from her. I think it's more that she's trying to make it inspiring that the guy...

As is yours, I always like to get new input, and I do admit there's definitely more potential for ambivalence than i originally thought.

Not really, I'm not saying most people make the choice to even go to therapy, but most people are trying at least ineffective ways to move past. If I were to go back to my broken leg analogy, even raising your leg and moving less instead of going to the doctor is an effort to fix your leg, just...

Yeah, I'm not denying that there are choices, I'm just saying that most people are making one choice, just like most people with broken legs don't sit around and lament how painful it is.