Question 6389:
How can I react better if someone confesses their identity that I have little or no knowledge of?
I changed it to
"How can I react better if someone confesses to an personality trait that I have little or no knowledge of?"
And then @apaul reverted it.
I placed a c...
I am a 15-year-old aromantic asexual.
People at school say I'm really attractive, I've had 4 people ask me out in 2 weeks and my friends say that lots of people they know want to ask me out. As I am aromantic asexual (that's the closest description I could come up with anyway) I am not at all in...
Brace yourselves for a long post. Sorry in advance. Also, apologies if this is the wrong Stack Exchange to be posting this question in. It seemed the most appropriate at the time.
The short version:
My roommate enforces tight rules and restrictions that I find unreasonable. Furthermore, they a...
I've noticed a bit of inter-site or intercommunity conflict going on. I understand that people are inclined to believe that their corner of the network is the best and they should think that to a certain extent, but I think it may be taking things a little too far when it spills out into openly t...
https://interpersonal.stackexchange.com/a/6839/49
I don't think this answer is worth deleting. The facts in the question are reiterated in a blunt way, not rude. The inappropriate word has been edited out (and is easily removed).
If you don't agree how the answer is delivered, please do not e...
Stack Exchange is about questions with objective, factual answers. We’ve been crystal clear about this for as long as I can remember, even back to the earliest, pre-beta days of Stack Overflow. It’s right there in the standard Stack Exchange FAQ:
What kind of questions should I not ask here?
Avoid asking questions that are subjective, argumentative, or require extended discussion. This is not a discussion board, this is a place for questions that can be answered!
Thus, questions that are not answerable — discussions, debates, opinions — should be closed as subjective. It seems simple enough: Fact good; opinion and discussion bad. But why? …
How can I correct my family's use of language related to LGBT+ issues without making them uncomfortable?
I recently "came out" as queer, or more specifically somewhat pansexual¹, to two more members of my family.
They were very understanding, or at least tried to be, but it was still really awk...
Something came up in the comments on this answer to a question on whether to close controversial questions that I feel deserves its own question:
What is the ideal response to a question based on a premise one does not accept?
Examples:
What is the best way to introduce my 6yo to firearms u...
- The birth name of a person who has since changed their name (especially a transgender person).
- 2014, Natalia Moorin, "My Illness Is Not Your Inspiration", Damsel (University of Western Australia), page 21:
- And when people constantly refer to you as your deadname [a name that you previously went by], or use the incorrect pronouns, it really is like getting slapped with a wet fish.
- 2015 May 19, Jane Fae, "Changing your name should be a joyous moment, but for many it’s a nightmare", The Guardian:
- Once you’ve changed your name, accessing the old one can be traumatic: not for nothing is it referred to as “deadname”.
- To refer to someone who has changed their name by their previous name.
