• Comment105@lemm.ee
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    6 days ago

    We seem to have found the crux of it, this is how you convince yourself.

    I have little sympathy for you on this one.
    You just have a weird, unimportant problem.

    I have some sympathy, I think you’ll need a friend when you crash out of it.

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        6 days ago

        I’d argue two things:

        1. Religious people are also delusional, just not usually in the same way as the classical disorder.
        2. Furry/Scalie/Otherkin “culture” is not in the scope of the intention of the cultural/religious exception.

        Especially considering almost all furries know they’re not actually a dog or a wolf or a cat, regardless of how enthusiastic their roleplay gets. When your seriousness is not shared by the majority of your culture I think it should be obvious even to you that the exception would not apply. That is unless you claim a different, even more niche culture.

        And I’m gonna go out on a limb and guess your parents aren’t “dragonkin” or any otherkin, either. It’s not the culture of your hometown or family.

        Your otherkin “culture” is no more valid an exception than the joining of a cult.

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          5 days ago

          Drag’s biological father is a witch. Drag forged drag’s own path, and isn’t a witch, but occultism runs in drag’s family. Instead of a witch, drag became a dragon rider, and the occult side of drag’s family accepts that. The otherkin community isn’t the same as the furry community. Drag would like to reiterate drag’s offer to introduce you to some otherkin spaces. There are even otherkin on Lemmy. One Lemmy user is a spaceship. You should visit [email protected].

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              5 days ago

              Drag made a mistake in the prior comment. Lemmy actually has two users who are spaceships. Drag visited the community and was reminded of Slikki. But the ship drag was thinking of before is Gravitas Deficiency.