>>271486110
this happened last night where I joined a public world where there was 7 other users in the world and I quickly found them all together just in a circle. I noticed one of them was a Oculus Quest user and he was a fresh account. I overheard him asking why is nobody talking and was confused. I jumped into the conversation stating that there are users who actively play who choose not to talk and want to be a mute. I have plenty of friends who are mute by choice either it's from anxiety, RP, actually mute IRL or other reasons. I met many of them and many are likeable. The moment I explained this to the quest user, a nearby mute got upset and there was a keyboard terminal so the mute could talk to us. The mute said what I said is incorrect that a mute is someone who has the inability to speak and choosing to be a mute is not right. I again corrected them saying a mute by definition is "A mute is a person who does not speak, either from an inability to speak or an unwillingness to speak. The mute kept typing this is wrong and they are an actual mute IRL and what I said is wrong and that anyone who "chooses" to be a mute and isn't born a mute is using the word incorrectly. I again kept saying the mute is wrong and I am meaning no offense to them. The mute got frustrated turned on their TTS (text-to-speech) and called me a bully and that I am a f**got for telling them the definition of a mute. I responded by blocking them immediately and the quest user was shocked to hear this. Saying "VRChat is weird why is this person getting offended over the word mute?" I have come a long way playing VRChat and it's sad that say this happens more often then not in publics where people end up arguing and fighting each other. When I use to play back in the day there wasn't any fighting or arguments just people having fun going to places like Penthouse at Night or Gaia Night to socialize. Nowadays if you don't agree with someone the person throws a hissy fit