As long as we can acknowledge that ethnicity is not.

i don't even know the difference, to be honest

isn't "ethnicity" notorious for being one of the most ill-defined concepts ever

I'm not sure what argument you seem to think I'm positing here, but whatever it is, it isn't the case.

Should we treat all ethnicities the same if we do end up discovering different genetic variations in race? Yes, of course. But is it "racist" to scientifically inquire the human genome? No, and that's a laughable notion at best.

That's not my argument either. The idea is that, historically, we've made a mountain out of this race thing, and even today, we're still struggling with the notion that race doesn't really matter. If there's anything in our DNA to suggest anything about race, we can certainly embrace it, but the point is that if it takes us this long to find an inkling of a difference, it's probably not that significant. And it certainly doesn't change the fact that race is a social construct, because like I said, you're not gonna be able to find anything in our DNA that says "black people can't swim" or something stupid like that--but it won't stop people from making jokes about black people not being able to swim. Because it's a social construct. That's the idea. That's the theory.

New evidence is emerging to suggest there is in fact a biological basis for race though. We've only just started mapping the human genome which takes an astronomical amount of computational power to process, so to affirm the notion that race is purely a social construct when we've barely even begun to understand genetics is simply fallacious and unscientific.

It goes without saying that racism and discrimination are wrong as a matter of principle of course, but that doesn't mean we should disregard empirical evidence for the sake of political correctness.

It should also go without saying that there's not going to be anything within our genome that could possibly justify the centuries of attrition levied towards racial minorities, let alone social segregation or other minor forms of racial discrimination. Which is essentially what the "social construct" theory is predicated upon.

If it takes us this long to find anything within our DNA to suggest anything about race, it's likely negligible, and we've made the tallest mountain out of the smallest molehill with it.

I think it's a bit of a given that you can't even mention Dark Souls without Verb feeling the need to complain as if we don't already know he dislikes it

or, if someone literally brings the subject back up onto my plate, i feel almost obligated to respond back

indeed, by posting this snarky comment, you notified me, prompting me to respond again, smart one

Race is an indicator of certain physical, heredity traits, no?

it actually isn't
like, at all

(i actually just learned about this in my sociology class)

>we didn't know exactly what we were doing

You don't FUCKING say

not strong enough

I would wager that every single Dark Souls boss is much easier than most people tout them to be, and are only considered "hard" because of some form of this trope (because, based on the very short amount of time that I've bothered to play it, Dark Souls is an extremely unintelligently-designed game).

I extend that to the entire series.

Fixed

Dark Souls sucks.

Fixed

Dark Souls sucks.

>"hurrr games shouldn't have any sort of penalties or significant punishment for major fuck ups, everybody's a winner and trophies for all LOL"

Dark Souls sucks.

Mods are bad.

i don't know too many people who laugh when they feel pain <_<

and by too many, i mean... at all

i don't really know what you're talking about

wow, great reason