I dont know if I am the only one who thinks like this. But I find names only useful to everyone but yourself. Since we have to have a way to organize our brain to keep association, like "that person is such and such, so I can refer to them from now on as such and such."
I do the same thing. But I also try to generalize. Now usually everyone I talk to says that generalizing is bad. I dont want to be in the same category as "such and such". The thought is that if you generalize you lose some of your...individuality.
In my experiences you have two naming categories. Which go back to sociology renderings of reference to a person or group. Physical names and Non-physical names. You are male, white, brown hair and hazel eyes. But are you also bisexual, chatty, polite, cuddly? These "other" names, though descriptive in nature, can kind of pin you down.
What if I dont want to be polite? Do I have to now? Now that someone has labeled me with a non-physical name? Do I have to listen to their name? Maybe I can ignore everyones names...or maybe not.
So this brings me to my point. (long explanation for that sorry) Why care what labels are out there? Why not be like me, and everyone else. Sure you can have a name, like Thomas. But we can all be Human, nothing less and nothing more.
So no Kinsey scale, no sexuality. I am Human and you should like me for that.
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Date: 2007-07-03 05:04 pm (UTC)I do the same thing. But I also try to generalize. Now usually everyone I talk to says that generalizing is bad. I dont want to be in the same category as "such and such". The thought is that if you generalize you lose some of your...individuality.
In my experiences you have two naming categories. Which go back to sociology renderings of reference to a person or group. Physical names and Non-physical names. You are male, white, brown hair and hazel eyes. But are you also bisexual, chatty, polite, cuddly? These "other" names, though descriptive in nature, can kind of pin you down.
What if I dont want to be polite? Do I have to now? Now that someone has labeled me with a non-physical name? Do I have to listen to their name? Maybe I can ignore everyones names...or maybe not.
So this brings me to my point. (long explanation for that sorry)
Why care what labels are out there? Why not be like me, and everyone else. Sure you can have a name, like Thomas. But we can all be Human, nothing less and nothing more.
So no Kinsey scale, no sexuality. I am Human and you should like me for that.