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B'Elanna:
"I raped that game earli–" No.

"That Spire got raped by the Galleon!" Stop.

"The other team totally raped us tod–" Shut the fuck up.

Do you see what you're doing?

YOU ARE MAKING RAPE SOUND LIKE A POSITIVE ACTION.

YOU ARE EQUATING SEXUAL VIOLENCE WITH ACHIEVEMENTS.

STOP.

kinda sad that i actually have to post this

Captain Smollett:
People just need to think a bit more before they speak.

One of my former roommates was a rape victim who would never even find the lightest comment about rape amusing since it would cause her to relive a moment she'd rather not have to.

That aside rape isn't funny or something to make light of.

So back to rule #1 of GOI - Don't be a dick.

HamsterIV:
I used to do this when I was younger, until I was informed of how much of a dick I was being. It is a sign of immaturity and will pass as the speaker grows up.

We should still get on the case of anyone who uses the term inappropriately. It is better for the community as a whole to either loose our immature members or have them grow up a little.

DMaximus:
This. So much this. It's so damn common and it just pisses me off. Statistically, if you know ten women odds are at least one of them has been sexually assaulted. Does using the word rape like in the examples B'Elanna posted make you more likely to sexually assault someone? Probably not. But making a conscious choice not to after educating yourself about just how awfully rape survivors are often treated and just how screwed up our whole legal system and societal norms can be with respect to sexual violence sure as hell will.

Hopefully someday using "rape" in this manner will be just as taboo as casually using the word "nigger." Since we can feel enough empathy in this country about slavery to make using that word enough to end careers, the fact that people can still casually make rape jokes and receive no censure is a pretty clear sign that there's something wrong. So please: do some reading. And some thinking. Have some empathy. And stop.

Note: I'm not trying to trivialize slavery or compare it in awfulness to rape. Both are terrible and should never happen.

Gryphos:
Here here. Why people feel the need to use this term when describing what they are is completely inexcusable. There are plenty of alternatives available. Owned, pwned, dominated, destroyed, crushed, the list is endless. Don't use a word that describes something that's completely inappropriate and distressing.

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