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Originally Posted by haertig
No one is mocking. It's a perfectly valid example to illustrate the high number of sub-genres and sub-classifications that we are now dealing with in many walks of life. Just like all the other examples I gave ... groups in high school, music genres, etc. The point was to illustrate how we are flooded with sub-classifications these days, in all kinds of different areas of life. Even the gay community itself now adds a plus sign on the end of the letter designations to indicate there are too many to list. Given that, I can't think of a better example to illustrate my point. So I included it in with my other examples, because it is a good example.
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As someone on that spectrum, I took no offense and think the comparison was an apt and valid one. All of those letters do have meaning, to those they represent. But expecting someone on the oustide to remember every letter in the ever expanding tag is unrealistic.
And going back to the premise. I similarly think all those microgenre tags come off as dense and impenetrable.