FUNNIEST THING ABOUT THE BLACK SCIENCE MAN FROM HALF LIFE 2 IS THAT VALVE DIDN'T GET ANY USAID MONEY TO DO IT
THEY DID IT FOR FREE
BECAUSE THEY MARINATED IN THE CULTURE THAT SURROUNDED THEM AND IT FORMED THEIR EXPECTATIONS
ARE TRANS KIDS WEIRD? MAYBE NOW THEY ARE. BUT IF YOU GIVE IT HALF A CENTURY OF CONCERTED CULTURAL PUSH, ANYTHING CAN BE MADE PALATABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
CULTURE-MAKERS WILL WORKSHOP WAYS TO PACKAGE IT IN A PALATABLE FORM.
THERE AREN'T MANY SCIENTISTS AMONG BLACKS IRL EITHER.
OH ALSO IF YOU'RE NOT KEEPING UP WITH MAINSTREAM CULTURE YOU'LL BECOME ANTISOCIAL AND WEIRD AND UNLIKEABLE.
PEOPLE HEAVILY INVEST THEIR PERSONAL IDENTITY AND WORTH INTO MEDIA PRODUCTS AND QUESTIONING THE UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS OF THESE MEDIA PRODUCTS
FOR EXAMPLE -- BY NOT LIKING THE MEDIA PRODUCT
IS AN INDIRECT ATTACK ON THE SOCIAL STATUS OF THE FAN.
THAT'S NORMAL HUMAN BEHAVIOR, AND YOU CAN'T AND SHOULDN'T TRY TO CHANGE THAT.