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It's really hot - Trans Megathread for the week 2025-06-30 to 2025-07-06

it's hot. also i'm growing cacti from seed which is new to me and i'm excited, a few of them are sprouting now. how are you?


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Also, be sure to properly give content warnings and put sensitive subjects behind proper spoiler tags. It's for the mental health of not just your comrades, but yourself as well.

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gaystyleJoker [she/her] - 1.0yr

hi, does anyone wanna make the mega in the upcoming weeks? if so, reply to this post and i'll add you to the list!

the list as it stands:

Disaster_of_Passion (7/7 - 7/13)
sodium_nitride (7/14 - 7/20)
peanutbuttercupola* (7/21 - 7/27)
BountifulEggnog* (7/28 - 8/3)    
oscardejarjayes* (8/4 - 8/10)
Seryph (8/11 - 8/17)
Shaleesh (8/18 - 8/24)
GayTuckerCarlson* (8/25 - 8/31)
Eco* (9/1 - 9/7)
nemmybun (9/8 - 9/14)

​ * after name denotes someone who has posted before and will be skipped by first-time posters

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nemmybun [she/her, sae/saer] - 1.0yr

Can I have 9/8 - 9/14? I wanna make a mega that no one will ever forget

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gaystyleJoker [she/her] - 1.0yr

absolutely, have fun

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 1.0yr

Fuck, my turn is coming up. Gotta think of something cool and awesome

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Eco [she/her, he/him] - 1.0yr

you have to be really high effort like me please

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GayTuckerCarlson [she/her] - 1.0yr

Sing me up

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gaystyleJoker [she/her] - 1.0yr

buzz off before i throw you into a toilet

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Shaleesh [she/her, comrade/them] - 1.0yr

Ah! There it is! I would like to make the mega for the week of 8/18-8/24

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gaystyleJoker [she/her] - 1.0yr

ok! i got you on

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Shaleesh [she/her, comrade/them] - 1.0yr

Thank you!

Are there any restrictions on what topic I can write about? I was thinking about writing an article on obscure weapon sighting systems.

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gaystyleJoker [she/her] - 1.0yr

you're free to write about whatever, it's basically just a way for us to spotlight things we care about and share them with the community

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Eco [she/her, he/him] - 1.0yr

can i please do one? i've never done one before :)

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gaystyleJoker [she/her] - 1.0yr

fine... you can do next week's

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Octagonprime [she/her] - 1.0yr

Shout-out to the people who encouraged me when I posted in the trans megathread when my egg was cracking like 7-8 months ago. 6 months on hrt now and Im so much happier :D

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KrupskayaPraxis - 1.0yr

How could you get on HRT so quickly?

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SuperZutsuki [they/them] - 1.0yr

If she's in the US, there are states where you can just go to planned parenthood, say you're feeling gender dysphoria and want hormones, and they'll prescribe them for you.*

*May no longer be true with the damage the Trump admin is doing to trans healthcare.

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KrupskayaPraxis - 1.0yr

Here in the Netherlands you have to wait on year long waiting lists or start doing DIY HRT.

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WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them] - 1.0yr

One of the few things I love about being in the US is informed consent being allowed in lots of places (even places like Texas, which otherwise have a pretty bad reputation)

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 1.0yr

Damn, wtf? I have to get 1 (one) whole year with a fucking endocrinologist to get a prescription

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 1.0yr

Where I lived it went, intake, two weeks later hormones. My experience was unusual and most are around a year like you.

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 1.0yr

I think it's okay to ask for psychologic treatment for a year, it's something I'd just do anyway, but what is an endocrinologist going to do for a whole ass year? It's weird and makes no sense

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 1.0yr

I think it's okay to ask for psychologic treatment for a year

Nah, fuck the cis, if they want to purposely go through the wrong puberty I don't give a shit. Anything slowing trans people from getting their meds sucks.

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 1.0yr

Well, I guess you're right. It takes a while to be irreversible anyways soooooo, just get that at the same time?

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Octagonprime [she/her] - 1.0yr

The other reply got it. Basically went to PP told them I'm trans and got hormones the same day. One time I actually felt lucky to be in the great Satan

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EstraDoll [she/her, he/him] - 1.0yr

oh hey look it's where i was like 8-9 months ago. the E is great, isn't it?

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Octagonprime [she/her] - 1.0yr

Also I remember you saying to me before that my post could have been from you 7 months earlier,since you are clearly my future self you should tell me what I have in store the next 7 months, and maybe the winning lottery numbers

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EstraDoll [she/her, he/him] - 1.0yr

uhhhhhh... this is the bit of your life when you realize that although transitioning was an immense step in self improvement, there's still a lot wrong with you internally and you still have a lot to work on. You get angry and frustrated by this until you start "talking with" ancient gods in a rhetorical sense until it stops getting rhetorical and starts getting literal. you'll then have a moment with what feels like talking to someone/thing supernatural and dive head first into some obscure quasi religious practice

you'll also come out at work, which you'll be going into expecting one hell of a fight but being pleasantly surprised with how relatively easy it was. customers will still misgender you regularly for an unfortunately long time, despite your best efforts

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Octagonprime [she/her] - 1.0yr

Yeah that all sounds like a possibility. I was going to say thankfully I work without actual coworkers and not in customer service anymore but unfortunately I probably am picking up a second job at some point to be able to save up . Haven't had interactions with spiritual entities since my psychadelic days but you never know

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Octagonprime [she/her] - 1.0yr

It's amazing my brain just works better and my skin is so soft and my titties are starting to exist , no complaints here

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Jenniferrr [she/her, comrade/them] - 1.0yr

I went on a date with a reaaaaalllyyyy cute guy last night. We talked for like 3 hours and he kissed me goodbye. So forearms were like double the size of mine I was in a puddle at the end, this is my first time that I’ve had a guy make me feel this way and I’m like what the hell, how have I missed this my whole life 😭

I feel like I’ve always been attracted to men in kinda a different way, like they were my friend and we were the same, while women were like this other species, but i really like it flipped around lol. 😝

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EstraDoll [she/her, he/him] - 1.0yr

on a serious note: holy shit that sounds incredible and i can't even pretend to hide my jealousy. I'd die on the spot as a happy woman if that were me

i really want to try dating men but i keep getting terrified that they won't see me as a woman. I see myself as a woman but I'm never confidence that anyone else will. I'd sell my soul for a man to let me be the girl on a date though 😭

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Jenniferrr [she/her, comrade/them] - 1.0yr

This guy is queer and has dated trans women before, and from what I can tell he definitely sees me as a woman, but I had the same fears and issues with men before. Also chasers are gross :(

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EstraDoll [she/her, he/him] - 1.0yr

idk, he sounds like he might still be trouble. you should give me his number and i can probe him on 5 or 6 dates to see if he's a chaser or not

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axont [she/her, comrade/them] - 1.0yr

Henlo mega thread. I am nonbinary

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MusicOwl [comrade/them, sie/hir] - 1.0yr

kirby-wave

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onandrah1 [she/her] - 1.0yr

Hey loves 💜

I wanted to give a little update, we made it through the hospital thanks to you all, but now my sisters and I are really struggling to find a safe place to stay. Right now we’re stuck somewhere temporary that’s not safe at all, and it’s scary not knowing what could happen next.

UNHCR told us to stay in Juba while they keep working on resettlement, but there’s no safe place here, and we can’t go back to Gorom camp because the host community doesn’t want us anymore. We’re trying to raise around $700–850 so we can get a small apartment for the four of us, with money for transport, rent, bedding, food, and the meds my sisters still need.

We’ve only raised $66 so far, so we still have a long way to go. If you can help us by donating, sharing, or even giving advice on safe places, it would mean everything to us right now. My mutual aid link is in my profile. Thank you so much for being here for us. Love you all so much. 💙🙏🏿

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segfault11 [she/her, any] - 1.0yr

dogs are aware of how cursed the fourth of july is as a holiday

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WhoaSlowDownMaurice [they/them, undecided] - 1.0yr

Current mood

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segfault11 [she/her, any] - 1.0yr

air travel is tyranny

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0x2640 - 1.0yr

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EstraDoll [she/her, he/him] - 1.0yr

hambpturger

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segfault11 [she/her, any] - 1.0yr

W I D E H A M S

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inTheShadowOf [she/her] - 1.0yr

Down with summer!

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GenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's] - 1.0yr

Down with summer! catgirl-hiss

Up with autumn! catgirl-heart

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AntifaSuperWombat [she/her] - 1.0yr

Down with summer! (apologies to all the trans fems named Summer)

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0x2640 - 1.0yr

down with summer doggirl-tears

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WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them] - 1.0yr

down with summer!

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Disaster_of_Passion [kit/kit's, she/her] - 1.0yr

down with summer lt-dbyf-dubois

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inTheShadowOf [she/her] - 1.0yr

Sitting at my desk wistfully thinking of changing leaves and comfy sweaters 😔

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MusicOwl [comrade/them, sie/hir] - 1.0yr

down with summer!

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SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them] - 1.0yr

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MusicOwl [comrade/them, sie/hir] - 1.0yr

down with cis

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GenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's] - 1.0yr

down with cis

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AntifaSuperWombat [she/her] - 1.0yr

down with cis

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Disaster_of_Passion [kit/kit's, she/her] - 1.0yr

down with cis

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0x2640 - 1.0yr

down with cis

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WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them] - 1.0yr

down with cis

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 1.0yr

Got a few web friends to use my real pronouns and my new name. It just makes me feel euphoric, but somehow still feels wrong. Maybe some internalized transphobia or just the disphoria (probably because I haven't started any part of the transition yet). But I'm happy anyways for getting some validation.

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yewler [she/her] - 1.0yr

I have absolutely been there. In my experience is does get better the more you experience it

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lilypad [she/her, it/its] - 1.0yr

Gender is fake but also im a woman but also im not a woman i just do woman but also theres no such thing as woman but also but also but also

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0x2640 - 1.0yr

up with trans

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GenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's] - 1.0yr

up with trans

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Disaster_of_Passion [kit/kit's, she/her] - 1.0yr

up with trans

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MusicOwl [comrade/them, sie/hir] - 1.0yr

up with trans

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AntifaSuperWombat [she/her] - 1.0yr

up with trans

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WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them] - 1.0yr

up with trans

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HexaSnoot [none/use name] - 1.0yr

I've never seen cacti sprouts before. They're so cute! floppy-parrot

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Eco [she/her, he/him] - 1.0yr

because they grow down underneath their parents they don't need very much light and they need lots of humidity, which is throwing me off completely from how i'm used to cacti working

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 1.0yr

Coworker gave me a hair tie and another put my hair up for me kitty-cri

Low key have shed a few tears about it... just really nice of them to help me and feels kind of like something women would usually do for other women. Not out to them or anything but still you know.. needed something nice to happen to me today too.

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EllenKelly [comrade/them] - 1.0yr

this is sweet i have memories like this

I keep some hairties on me all the time (on my keys, in my wallet), gettining to help out someone, is a good feeling in return. I think i gave one to some random retail staff who were getting chewed out by a manager in front of me once

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yewler [she/her] - 1.0yr

::: spoiler transphobia Imagine deadnaming someone in your birthday message to her

I wish I could thanos snap these people into a pocket dimension so I don't have do deal with them. Fucking hell

Up with trans. Down with cis :::

In other news I got invited to a thing on Friday that I'm suuuuuper excited about. I'm going to get to flex my gay muscles

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buh [she/her, any] - 1.0yr

about to eat some really spicy noodles, if I never post again yall know what happened 😔

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HexaSnoot [none/use name] - 1.0yr

What kind of chili do you think is in it?

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yewler [she/her] - 1.0yr

Is it possible to do HRT badly enough that it permanently messes up your transition or is it a kind of thing where it would just mean it takes more time?

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0x2640 - 1.0yr

just takes more time

unless u seriously mess up for like years n get osteoperosis

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 1.0yr

Coffee coffee

Black coffee, Brown coffee

Make rumbly in my tummy catgirl-cry

Make my head feel funny catgirl-huh

Coffee coffee

A cup of no good coffee cool-bean

Not sweet like toffee

Not creamy Not dreamy

Coffee coffee

taken at 23*

I feel like puking walter-breakdown

*hour of the day, 11 PM

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 1.0yr

The above is an expression of my pain and suffering from having drunk a full glass of black coffee at 11 PM.

Forgive the lack of proper structure, I was a C student in English class.

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Disaster_of_Passion [kit/kit's, she/her] - 1.0yr

come on now, this poem is at least a B-!

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 1.0yr

Working with dudes in construction really just breaks whatever crushes I have on them, I said it before but guys getting angry and shouty when the heat gets turned up is ugh. I get being frustrated but like chill or at minimum don't lash out, hoping this puts a stop to my gay dreams towards them I really don't wanna be a therapist or something.

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 1.0yr

We had two guys from warring gangs sat next to each other lol, I had to convince them the hospital is a truce zone and to leave the fights and taunts for when theyre patched up

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onandrah1 [she/her] - 1.0yr

🆘 Trans Sisters Attacked – Need Urgent Help

Hey friends 💜 We were attacked in our camp just for being trans. Our shelters burned, and some of my sisters were hurt. We covered hospital bills, but now we really need help finding a safe place to stay in Juba.

We’ve raised $102 so far, but still need about $700. Any share or donation means the world to us. Thank you for being here. The mutual aid Link is in my profile.thank you for taking time to read this 💙🙏🏿....

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Shaleesh [she/her, comrade/them] - 1.0yr

::: spoiler CW for Government Transphbia Apparently the state department is intentionally defying the court order to let trans people have correct gender markers. Past few weeks have been pretty tough and I keep catching L's. I can't wait until I get that shit in the mail and have yet another emotional episode about it. Im mostly angry at myself because none of the bad stuff would be happening if I just stopped fucking up all the time. :::

The new blue sugar free monster tastes fucking amazing and I can't get enough of it.

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Shaleesh [she/her, comrade/them] - 1.0yr

Also I'm pretty sure I'm some flavor of asexual and some variety of aromantic. That was a nifty discovery.

where do i sign up to do a megathread?

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gaystyleJoker [she/her] - 1.0yr

would you like to go sooner or later?

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Shaleesh [she/her, comrade/them] - 1.0yr

Yes, I went and replied to your other post.

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HexaSnoot [none/use name] - 1.0yr

I recently went to get a new state ID because mine old one had expired, and they gave me the option of choosing male/female/nonbinary. Is this thing you're speaking of happening when you go back to change it?

I sadly didn't say I'm nonbinary because of fear of mistreatment.

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Shaleesh [she/her, comrade/them] - 1.0yr

Is this thing you're speaking of happening when you go back to change it?

No, I applied for a new passport in janurary, just after Donny decreed that the federal government would only recognize sex at birth. When my passport came back it said I was a man. There's been some successful litigation since then and even though the state department is supposed to comply and give trans people documents that match their identities, its unclear as to what they're actually doing. Some people say they got through and some people say they got rejected, the official help line is useless because they don't get told shit and the last I heard is that they're putting anyone who gets a gender marker change onto a list. I was instructed to send mine in as an error correction, I did so two weeks ago and I have yet to get any word from the state department... so we'll see I guess.

I sadly didn't say I'm nonbinary because of fear of mistreatment

Good call tbh. I once asked an NB friend who got an F on his drivers license, why he didn't go for the X. He said "the absolute last person I want to come out as nonbinary to is the man with a gun and the full force of the law who just pulled me over". Which went pretty hard and made a lot of sense, especially now, with the trajectory being as dismal as it is. Its an injustice though, lets be clear our nonbinary siblings deserve to be recognized and feel safe doing so.

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SterlingPooper [none/use name] - 1.0yr

TONY STARK was able to build his gender in a cave! With a BOX OF SCRAPS

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 1.0yr

Pro tip if your car ever starts smoking do your best to not let it, it's a bad habit to start and even harder to quit.

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gaystyleJoker [she/her] - 1.0yr

wtf... someone keeps peeing in my bed while i'm sleeping. what the fuck

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Tommasi [she/her, pup/pup's] - 1.0yr

I would love to limit my dating pool to only trans people at this point, but there's just not many enough around for that to feel like a viable strategy

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GayTuckerCarlson [she/her] - 1.0yr

Is Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad trans culture?

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 1.0yr

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segfault11 [she/her, any] - 1.0yr

maybe... tbh breaking bad is one of the few TV shows I've watched in its entirety, 3 times actually

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Eco [she/her, he/him] - 1.0yr

check out my baby cacti

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Boynomoder [she/her, pup/pup's] - 1.0yr

Learning all the counties of England doggirl-smart

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 1.0yr

Names like Blechly-under-Bippity, Stabbordfordshire, Ekket

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segfault11 [she/her, any] - 1.0yr

Male tomboy with a little bit of E busts it down agender style, are they goated with the sauce?

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LocalOaf [they/them, she/her] - 1.0yr

waow-based

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frankfurt_schoolgirl [she/her] - 1.0yr

I had to find a new roommate this spring because my old one moved in with his gf. I thought it would be cool to live with another trans women. It was going to be a good friend, but then she backed out last minute and I went with a stranger. It went well for a while tho, we were friends and would do stuff together, and she was clean and stuff.

But recently, she began trying to touch me. Like sayiyshe was anxious and wanted a hug, leaving me no space when we were on the couch, weirdly putting her head on me. Then she straight up asked me out on a date.

Now besides the obvious issues with dating a roommate, I am not even slightly attracted to her. I don't think we have that sort of connection at all, whatsoever. I guess normally that would be fine, like if someone asks me out but im not interested, I just politely decline. But for some reason, this whole thing has really bothered me.

Part of it is because she's my roommate, so it's awkward. But idk I've also spent a bunch of time helping her with stuff, like getting her on a better HRT regimen, or recommending a place to get her hair cut, or shopping together. I felt happy to do those things because I love helping out other trans women. But idk, now I just feel used I guess. I find myself feeling really annoyed when I see her, and I barely want to talk. I have no idea how to make things right, cause the last four days it has been very awkward.

I wish it was easier to make trans friends in general without there having to be gay drama involved. A good platonic friend seems to me to be worth so much more than another confusing situationship. It's often so hypersexual when I meet other trans girls. Like I wanna hang out and do normal woman stuff, and instead I get invited to the Discord with the NSFW channel, and I'm forced to learn everyone's kinks, and if they hang out it's to try and get in my pants.

It makes me want to only befriend straight girls, but the worst part is that im not even straight. Maybe I just hate myself? Idk I would still never ask out my roommate.

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0x2640 - 1.0yr

fireworks are the worst

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EstraDoll [she/her, he/him] - 1.0yr

You get a discord notification ping, it's a message from your friend EstraDoll at 2:38 A.M. He types it out frantically in a cold sweat. It's far too coherent for her to be drunk at this hour, plus you know she quit drinking a while back and is unlikely to relapse

"hey i need you to be 100% real and brutally honest with me, does this outfit make me look clocky?"

sent with a spoilered selfie. you brace yourself and hesitate even hitting the "show" button as you're slightly worried that he's sending you nudes at 3 in the fucking morning (again). against your better judgement, you unblur the photo and see him showing off her new """outfit""" standing in her filthy bedroom. clothes litter every corner of the floor as per usual but you notice her eye catching """""outfit""""", which is just a big sandwich board that says "I AM TRANSGENDER" in 500 point font. you reread the attached message. you've known him long enough to know that tone is 100% sincere from her. from this angle, you can't even tell if she's wearing anything underneath

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Eco [she/her, he/him] - 1.0yr

friday? rice? friday. rice.

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KrupskayaPraxis - 1.0yr

One of my nipples grew bigger than the other since starting MTF HRT half a year ago. How long until they become the same size again? The areolas are the same size.

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 1.0yr

My right got bigger than left but evened out over about a year. They aren't matchy-matchy, but close to the same size.

As someone who has seen a lot of boobs (I helped breast feeding mothers you sicko) some boobs have different nipple sizes and its really not a big deal. As someone who's loved people with boobs, you dont really care about aereola being exactly the same when it comes time to paw at em and lick em and bite (gently)

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0x2640 - 1.0yr

gently

doggirl-smug

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Are_Euclidding_Me [e/em/eir] - 1.0yr

They might never be the same size, unfortunately. Back when I had tits one of my nipples was bigger than the other (areolas were the same size) and the other never grew to match it. Tits are rarely entirely symmetric, so you're probably just going to have to deal with this.

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 1.0yr

That's 100% normal, it might never, but that's being a woman, I guess

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Boynomoder [she/her, pup/pup's] - 1.0yr

I used extra chili sauce in today’s Friday Rice doggirl-smug

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 1.0yr

Catastrophic news. The Mao Mao cosplay I ordered only came with the wig. I checked the order I made. I accidentally selected the wig only option (actually, that was the default option for some reason). Now I'll have to wait till the end of summer till I can dress like Mao Mao (the shipping won't come before I'm off to my parents).

Unless ... I order the Mao Mao cosplay at my parents house, then cosplay in secret?! I make a secret identity?! Fight crime diseases?!

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RION [she/her] - 1.0yr

Scrutinizing this pic my sister sent of me as a very young kid to see what kind of doll I was playing with

It looks like a girls doll! This is very important for my gender narrative!

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 1.0yr

I convinced my brother we had to dress up as girls in order to let my sister experience what its like to have sisters... also did drag every Halloween. Still didnt figure it out until way after uni lol

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WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them] - 1.0yr

I was a supportive older siblings for my little sister. Certainly remember playing dolls with her. Her twin brother seemed a lot less supportive in that regard, but he certainly wasn't averse to dress up. When my sister made a scrapbook for a school assignment, she included a picture of me wearing a plastic princess tiara and other plastic jewelry and made a point to show me that she had done that. I was happy with her choice. My egg didn't crack until almost a decade after that.

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0x2640 - 1.0yr

everything sucks and we are tired doggirl-cry

that is all

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 1.0yr

Been spending most our lives
Living in a gooner paradise
Been stroked now once or twice
Living in a gooner paradise

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gaystyleJoker [she/her] - 1.0yr

good stuff

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KrupskayaPraxis - 1.0yr

::: spoiler dysphoria My dysphoria is so bad. It might be the worst dysphoria I've ever had. I want FFS so bad. Maybe I should do FFS first instead of an orchiectomy. But the waiting lists are so long and I'm not hopeful it will happen soon. :::

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 1.0yr

::: spoiler spoiler I've thought that if where I lived offered FFS or SRS and they only cover one, I might have picked FFS to be honest.

As it is, SRS is covered so that's what Im getting. Im trying to save for FFS but its like... with that much money in the back I could also buy a house geez. :::

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EllenKelly [comrade/them] - 1.0yr

::: spoiler things that help me with dysphoria This felts really corny when i first tired it but doing some positive afformations in the mirror really helped me with this, little notes that say something like 'this is what a woman looks like', 'you are beautiful' etc, I've got an old crimethink 'beauty must be what we define it as, or else it is our enemy' poster too

i generally just avoid looking in the mirror tho tbh

i dont know how long youve been out to yourself for, but with time things like ffs and srs have become a lot less important to me, but it was a lot of mental work

once when i told my grandmother how depressed i was feeling she told me, whenever she's feeling really down she hops in the shower, puts on some nice clothes and does her make up (oddly affirming because she doesnt really get im trans), but self care really helps

also helpful to remember the way you see yourself is not how other people see you

be kind to yourself :::

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 1.0yr

I've been passing at work and wirh all my patients, weird feeling. Besides a little voice work all I did was move to a city.

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SterlingPooper [none/use name] - 1.0yr

::: spoiler Yesterday Yesterday was upsetting. I'm done spending 2+ hours typing comments. It's literally not good for my psyche to spend this much time focusing on this site, this problem. It's amounting to its own internal issue for me.

Right now this site is acting like a Demon Pit for my Gender Thoughts that spits them back out as terrible monsters meant to horrify me.

I thought talking would make it better. It has not. I thought I could make friends by being genuine. I have not. I'm surprised that you all are so comfortable with someone getting worked up this often, if I'm being honest.

There's probably some other thread where you all exchange Cool Trans Secrets anyway. It is what it is. I'm not worthy.

As someone early in their transition, I am filled to the brim with questions and concerns and thoughts about gender and sexuality. I don't know if this is normal. I've been single for years, no sex life to speak of. I'm a blank slate, I am so eager to learn.

But you all make me feel like I should keep these things to myself. There's no discussion to be had, I guess. I should just read old Reddit threads where someone else describes what I'm talking about.

I'm putting a few ventilations in one comment. I literally have to limit my screen time or else I'll post all day until I get a response. This isn't how I wanted to be. People can stop this by helping. :::

::: spoiler gender envy It's frustrating dealing with gender envy with one of my friends' girlfriend. Her fashion, the stuff she posts is very much my vibe.

So it's weird because she graduated, I don't see her anymore, but the connections are mutual enough that I'm just aware of this person and have no idea how to have friendship, or even a conversation with her.

I think I'd faint if she talked to me. I know that's pathetic. I feel this way about a percentage of the women I go to school with. It's envy, attraction, then shame, then I am invisible. Like a woman would laugh me out of the room for thinking I could ever look like her, be like her.

It's hard. I shut down because I'm like, "well she sees me as a guy, and she has a boyfriend, so she probably isn't going to want to talk to me because she sees me as a guy so she assumes I'm a horndog because straight men only reallybefriend women for sex and I'm not a man so I don't know how to befriend women"

I think we could've been friends. Unless she's still in town it's probably too late. :::

::: spoiler couples I just want for a woman or someone to teach me how to be more feminine. I'd be so willing to learn. I'm like a blank slate. I can barely function as a guy. I don't know if anyone has ever been as ready as I am.

I'm also jealous of literally every couple I see. Any time I see two women especially I'm like "WHAT DO THEY KNOW THAT I DO NOT" and I think this comes from the fact that I think people who are able to have friends and keep people around do know something that I don't.

Like you, reading this, if you have someone you just casually text and don't ever really wonder about the consistency of the back and forth, congrats, I'm jealous of your ability to keep people around. You are a social Adonis as far as I'm concerned.

If I'm out and I see two people, my mind is immediatelywondering how they know each other, how long they've been together, how much fun it must be to be together. :::

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 1.0yr

::: spoiler spoiler The problem I've had with you with respect to engagement is that you've deleted your comments a handful of times after I thought I had been respectful and thoughtful. I dont even know if what I did hurt! Sometimes you get the engagement you seem to want, and then delete the comment which to me suggests you were in pain or embarrassed or didnt like the replies. You also seen to be crying out in tremendous pain for a social life but hexbear just isnt that - this is like the social equivalent of trying to survive off bread and water - great if youre starving, but no replacement for a full meal. You also have to deal with what I assume is quite intense social anxiety, which in your case seems so crippling you cant actually speak to strangers and if one spoke to you - you wouldn't know how to respond. There is no short cut for dealing with that level of social anxiety, Im sorry. You also at some point have to deal with how you shut down for being perceived as a dude, you will almost certainly feel better being open and out as enby or vaguely trans instead of this creeping horror you get in the back of your mind and thought loops when it comes to how you assume other perceive you.

When you post, Im never sure what you want because you say one thing but act contrary too that. I feel I respond to you, I've seen others, so you do in fact get engagement. Yet this does not seem to fill your proverbial cup - you've posted things like the above quite a few times. The things you need to do to get a handle of your mental health isnt wearing the right clothes or styling your hair just so (although, Im sure it'd help your dysphoria at least a bit). Im happy to share what I know but the huge hole you feel and the despair and the pain needs some actual real life supports and not just us. You have to keep attending trans or LGBT support groups, you have to keep searching for therapy especially if you can get it through your college instead of paying a lot after you graduate. IRL trans support groups can help you figure out how to femme up way better than us - because we dont see you!

I know you feel this is like pushing away (because I can see your history), let me assure you that I would be happy to continue seeing you post and comment and I missed you when you left. You can absolutely keep venting and asking for advice and all of that. This isnt pushing away, this is triage - you need serious irl supports and not just the hexbear trans megathread. That's why I've kept suggesting you get real help. :::

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SterlingPooper [none/use name] - 1.0yr

If I delete a comment it is because it was an attempt to share something and it didn't go well. if I've said something revealing and the megathread marinates and nobody replies, it makes no difference if the comment is there or not, and depending on what I've said, I may not be comfortable leaving it out there unanswered. To me, successful engagement leads to conversations that are ongoing and come from a place of mutual understanding. I just wanted someone to talk about gender and life with so it didn't hurt so bad, I don't see how that's intense or unclear or inconsistent.

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mendiCAN [none/use name] - 1.0yr

have you tried the matrix chats? they might be more your speed if replies are what you're looking fer. the vast majority of my comments here don't get replied to.

i wouldn't say deleting your comments is intense but it's def different than what I'm used to people doing on these boards. not to say it's wrong or anything but i often respond to people days after they post and if you're deleting em, well, i can't

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SterlingPooper [none/use name] - 1.0yr

at this point who cares. i'll stop deleting comments but it's also just like, a comment from 2 days ago doesn't necessarily reflect how i feel today. i feel a lot of guilt when i blow up and ruin the megathread. so i delete the comment. if i post with the intent to converse and it doesn't happen, i feel rejected. you want to read two days from now about how i wanted to cast a spell on this website, or something arguably nsfw? some of my comments are me slurring at myself, which is why i delete them. i could leave them up as reminders of my failures, though

the matrix chats moved too fast for me the last time i tried. and i joined with a different username because i hate this username so people pressured me to change it which i felt weird about. my impression was that they were all mostly on the same page in terms of what to talk about, and i didn't really know how to get my footing or what to say.

i wish i weren't reacting to observations i've already made when trying to socialize. i've listed specific concerns and people still are like "what a tough egg to crack, this guy's good, he's so good, i have no idea what he wants in this situation"

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SterlingPooper [none/use name] - 1.0yr

for what it's worth, i've undeleted pretty much every comment i ever made on this account. how am i supposed to know that people even want to read my old comments? stuff that i feel is too identifying stays deleted. i can't undelete the Wendy account but like, nobody was telling me that i should stay, nobody made it clear that they'd be reading things i posted in the past. like if that had been made clear to me then i wouldn't have just up and deleted it.

i find it slightly ridiculous for people to call me out for deleting comments that they didn't read in the first place, as if i'm under special direction to make sure this information gets 150% through to you. if people are working as hard as i am to simple communicate, i don't know where those people are. when you all delete comments i don't think all that much about it, i generally respect that people will post something that they later want to delete. why am i held to a higher standard lmao

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 1.0yr

Im not trying to call you out or drag you, I had hoped you would see how I had come to be confused because to me it seemed you would get engagement and then delete your comment and then later complain you dont engagement. You don't have to undelete stuff, delete as you will and leave it deleted. I've deleted plenty of comments of my own. I just didnt understand why you would do it when you seemed (to me) to be getting what you wanted. It was just regular ol confusing, not a call out or a bone to pick.

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 1.0yr

::: spoiler spoiler You can limit the this to 2 hours...

I'm surprised that you all are so comfortable with someone getting worked up this often, if I'm being honest.

Have you seen my posting?

I'm single too and still have a lot of questions and concerns about it tbh, although I've been trying to hold off until I'm in a position for that to even change. Not that you need to hold off on asking about it.

I just want for a woman or someone to teach me how to be more feminine.

I'm also jealous of literally every couple I see.

Real tbh.

I know replies mean a lot to you, they do to me too, I'll try to respond to you more. I've got a lot of my own stuff going on so replying to others has waned a bit. Actually just typing this as I run out the door or it'd be longer and better 😔 :::

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Boynomoder [she/her, pup/pup's] - 1.0yr

::: spoiler spoiler

Like a woman would laugh me out of the room for thinking I could ever look like her, be like her.

Mood. :::

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TheSpectreOfGay [hy/hym, she/her] - 1.0yr

boyshorts r great.... how come i never heard about how great boyshorts r before....

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EstraDoll [she/her, he/him] - 1.0yr

::: spoiler dysphoria/euphoria posting?

really dysphoric about my tits, feel like they're still tiny compared to cis girl tits

all the other trans girlies in the discord are swapping tit pics

figure i might as well throw mine into the pile

they look bigger in the pics than i'd thought they'd look

one of them straight up says they thought I had a BA already (14 months HRT, + 8 months prog, zero surgeries)

actually measure them

C cups

okay holy shit never mind uh... i guess i got some real fuckin boobs now, don't i? :::

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Bolshechick [it/its, she/her] - 1.0yr

Is there a way to buy estrogen online (in the US) that doesn't involve having to use crypto?

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segfault11 [she/her, any] - 1.0yr

prescription, or get a friend to buy it with crypto, and reimburse them with cash

but seriously, dragon ordnance (ships from china) accepts bank transfers from a service called wise, I've never used it so I don't know if it's a good option but if you really don't want to go through crypto, look into that

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XiaCobolt [she/her] - 1.0yr

My partner had used wise to buy reproduction goods from China. Worked and got the stuff but our bank kept trying to block it early on.

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musicenjoyer [it/its, xe/xem] - 1.0yr

Dashpct though it requires transferring money ie TransferWise

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rando895 [she/her] - 1.0yr

I hope I'm doing this right, sorry if I'm not

::: spoiler spoiler So my egg cracked about a week ago, my partner has been really supportive and I am so much more emotionally available, which is obviously great. Though 20 years of pent-up stuff has me crying every time I think of how greatful I am. I'm posting because I want to get used to talking about being trans since I definitely have a bunch of internalised transphobia (yay...) and I think talking about it will help normalize it for me.

I do have a few supportive friends that I want to tell, but it still feels kind of cringe..... So if anyone could, I would be so happy to have someone ask a few questions. :::

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Boynomoder [she/her, pup/pup's] - 1.0yr

ask a few questions or answer a few questions?

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lilypad [she/her, it/its] - 1.0yr

I had two drinks over the course of several hours, how am i somehow drunkish? Like, im not drunk drunk, but im more than tipsy??? Granted, i havent had alcohol in weeks, but still two drinks (not even super heavy pours either, like an extra 20% cause the bartender likes meeee) shouldnt hit me like this???? New calibration point for alcohol ig?

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Boynomoder [she/her, pup/pup's] - 1.0yr

Two drinks is usually what does it for me

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gaystyleJoker [she/her] - 1.0yr

two thimbles of water cider

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Boynomoder [she/her, pup/pup's] - 1.0yr

Shut up doggirl-growl

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Are_Euclidding_Me [e/em/eir] - 1.0yr

If you started hrt semi-recently, it's probably that. I know when I started T my alcohol tolerance increased quite noticeably, so assuming the timing makes sense, you're probably experiencing the inverse of that

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lilypad [she/her, it/its] - 1.0yr

My tolerance went way down when i started E, but that was a couple years ago lol so i dont think its whats going on. I think i just havent had alcohol in a while and am no longer used to it

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Are_Euclidding_Me [e/em/eir] - 1.0yr

Yeah, must be tolerance then! Or the pour was heavier than you thought? (I've had that happen, I was hammer drunk after only 3 gin and sodas one time. Not a good night, actually.)

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 1.0yr

Its the E

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 1.0yr

The other day had my hard hat on, my safety glasses kinda low, hair little messed up and the top buttons of my shirt were undone because of heat. Went to the bathroom to wash my hands then pee and wash hands again and I looked real damn slutty in that look shocked-pikachu I don't understand it but it's fine maybe it was the ppe soviet-hmm

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SterlingPooper [none/use name] - 1.0yr

ChatGPT, give me a girl name!

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 1.0yr

I looked through the most common dog names list and me and all of my transfemme friends had names in the top 100 for girl dogs lol

So, pick one of those ones apparently

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 1.0yr

What kinda name you want? Cool, cute, goth?

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segfault11 [she/her, any] - 1.0yr

can you think of something that's primarily unisex but also vaguely goth

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 1.0yr

Hmm, maybe Ash? I can't think of anything else that fits

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segfault11 [she/her, any] - 1.0yr

Jeanis

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kristina [she/her] - 1.0yr

When the gay hits

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LeylaLove [she/her, love/loves] - 1.0yr

::: spoiler CW: cigs Shout-out Doctor Girlfriend for making me comfortable with having a pack a day smoking voice

Also talking to this goth girl right now that thinks it's super hot that I smoke and requests videos of me smoking all day. God bless goth girls :::

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 1.0yr

I definitely been feeling hexbear-pan it's like my brain has the friends and potential love interest in a circle and while I do think it's fun the amount of times it's picks people incompatible is annoying. I think my main course now is to digest the feelings and work through them as I dive into my new creature special interest HVAC

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 1.0yr

What brought this up was a my increasing dreams of my classmates that involve either us trying to kpop dance to recently being quizzed on refrigerants etc. I think my main solution would just to try dating people already but I feel my 32 yo virgin ass might be past due by now catgirl-huh it's also probable that my new interest might be a means to distract myself from this issue buggy-disappointed

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SterlingPooper [none/use name] - 1.0yr

Just get over your rejection sensitivity you dumb stupid bitch

Edit: Just.. press! the happy override button that all humans have! Get the fuck over it!

Edit 2: Why you having problems tho? Don't tell us! Don't worry, just calm down, right?

Edit 3: undeleted for full transparency to those concerned.

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 1.0yr

Oh, dear, youre so precious. I know how much you've struggled. It isnt as easy as a button, which on the one hand means you shouldn't be upset with yourself that it takes longer and more hard work - but on the other hand, that it will take a lot of hard work.

I do hope you can find your proverbial tribe, friends or partner(s) who have your back and can build you up. You do really deserve it.

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EllenKelly [comrade/them] - 1.0yr

I'm sorry your struggling, but I think itd be good to spoiler such negative slurfilled self talk in future <3

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Arahnya [fae/faer, he/him] - 1.0yr

I read a book written by a yogi, he said you should fill your space with flowers & look upon them.

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segfault11 [she/her, any] - 1.0yr

::: spoiler stuff that might trigger dysphoria for trans women is it fucked up that I like looking like a guy with long hair and tiny boobs

like I don't pass as a woman at all but I look like a guy who's far from masculine, and I'm okay with it, not just in a coping way. my face is still rough and exposes facial hair shadow. my shoulders are wider than most women my size

I wish I had less fat around my midsection but aside from that I like myself

^boobs^

:::

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SterlingPooper [none/use name] - 1.0yr

Deepseek, tell me I'm pretty.

again

again

again

again

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 1.0yr

Memory is so shit lately, can barely remember what I actually did or what's happened. Lost my headphones. Literally no clue where they could be or when I even lost them.

Also a ton of negativity bubbling

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 1.0yr

Want some virtual head pats? You'll be okay eggnog

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Moss [they/them] - 1.0yr

Ireland might be immune to climate change because we still get shitty overcast days every fucking day all June. I think I managed to get to the beach once this month. Praying for sunnier days in july

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 1.0yr

I went to Ireland a while ago, I was at a museum in Cork (after kissing the blarney stone, I ain't going to Ireland without kissing the fucking stone) - there was a video exhibit on Artaud. A nice gentleman sat next to me, we watched it and chatted afterward.

He said "I think Artaud went crazy and started carrying around a Sheleligh because of the weather" - and honestly, he mgihtve been right lol. Artaud was a French playwright. No way that continental disposition could handle Irish weather

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imogen_underscore [it/its, she/her] - 1.0yr

dublin has been unbearably hot the last few weeks lol not feeling this way at all. still among the coolest cities in western europe atm so-far

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Babs [she/her] - 1.0yr

My elderly aunt reached out to me out of the blue and offered to pay for my srs if I want it but can't afford.

Like I hadn't even been thinking about it, partially cause it's scary but mostly cause I just assumed I would never be able to.

But now that it's a possibility, I guess I should do some research. Not much has changed in the last 20 years right?

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 1.0yr

You can get zero depth (no cavity, just labia, looks like any other vagina externally), a friend of mine got it cause she doesnt really do penetrative sex. You can get phallus preserving vaginoplasty where they give you a cavity and labia but keep the other thing around. Sometimes they line you with a little bit of viscera for more wetness, or a little section of intestine. Theres a couple girls I've been with who has the standard inversion and they both got wet while... we were uh in use... and both looked like any other birth vagina I've seen that close.

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HexaSnoot [none/use name] - 1.0yr

Damn that's so smart to use intestine. I'm super surprised someone thought of that.

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inTheShadowOf [she/her] - 1.0yr

I tried the new blue monster after reading @Shaleesh@hexbear.net's comment and it is really good. Adding that to my rotation haha

+1 on that rec

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shallot [she/her] - 1.0yr

Will have to add this to my stash of pink and white ones. For cis reasons.

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 1.0yr

I found a peach one the other day and I kinda like it. Ultra peachy or something, not too much sugar and tastes like peach

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Shaleesh [she/her, comrade/them] - 1.0yr

Mixed feelings about this, on one hand I get an icky feeling knowing that someone out there did an energy drink because of me... but also like, I know right? its fucking delicious wtf.

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inTheShadowOf [she/her] - 1.0yr

Ahh I'm sorry, I should have been clear that I would have had another flavour anyway. I didn't start drinking monster at your rec!

I think my favourite currently is Ultra Vice Guava (also kind of newer)

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SterlingPooper [none/use name] - 1.0yr

::: spoiler Spoiler Finally looking at the local queer events and I once again have a bunch of conflicts

I once again ask, how the fuck and when the fuck am I supposed to be making friends

I really need there to be explicit "well, I guess that makes us friends" kinds of moments or, I shit you not, I will not make any inferences from the interaction. I'll assume you meant well but would ultimately rather never see me again.

If you indicate that you will see me around, or express interest in future plans, that's pretty clear too, although if we don't set it up then, I don't really know if you meant it. I myself don't feel this agency in most situations, because I assume that the other person is more in the position to say "I like this person, the interaction shall continue". Like I have less of an opinion, somehow, or less of a say?

I can't do the lonely thing my whole life like some people can. This is gonna whittle me down. :::

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 1.0yr

::: spoiler spoiler I had told you once a while ago, but imagine you meet someone with your same attitude. Looking for a friend, a deep friend, a daily texting friend, going to events friend, checking in friend, who likes most of the same stuff you do - you two could never actually become friends because you'll both assume the other doesnt want to hang out and won't text each other first! It is scary, there is a lot of vulnerability, you might have had bad history with it, but you do have to initiate conversations sometimes. Passivity will not get what you seem to want, which does suck - I wanna empathize I understand the fear.

Also, youre older in college right? Gen Z has a lot of anxiety - at least what I've noticed. They have issues reaching out and are often lonely too. I guess you must feel quite strange sometimes among younger people. There probably is a group for >25 year old at college, maybe not that explicit. When I went back for my nursing degree, I definitely had an easier time connecting with other people in their 30s or late 20s. I hope you can find some people you can vibe with and trust and feel connected too. :::

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SterlingPooper [none/use name] - 1.0yr

::: spoiler Spoiler I don't know how to initiate, I can say about two words before I either get brain fog or sentences like "you girl, can I be gender like you? I want to be in the friend way of it"

Like I will stand there and stare at the person until the interaction ends. I do not know what to say, frequently. :::

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cursesten [he/him] - 1.0yr

sorry for reading most ur posts here like im studying u in a microscope but yeah why is it so fucking confusing to make friends or any connections and when and how do social cues and why is no one coming TO ME oooaaaaaaauhhh god and you know i go out of my comfort zone (death sentence) bcs ok i guess i gotta feel inconvenienced if i want to rlly get to know ppl after all and BOOM they dont reply or return the same energy. like oh oops i became over familiar its all over!!! hence why i also cannot presume the position of "the interaction shall continue"....well...! idk i just saw myself in all the stuff ur saying and being raised by the internet and i cant even make friends in fandom it gets to a point where yeah , i cant do the lonely thing all my life either. solidarity. and an ear if u need it.

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Jenniferrr [she/her, comrade/them] - 1.0yr

It’s an unfortunate reality but a ton ton ton of people don’t actually reach out to make plans even though they are my friends. I generally make things happen. I know who my friends are because they show up when I invite them :)

I have found that with people with similar interests (lots of my friends climb) I just made a group chat with everyone and am like “Hello everyone I am climbing today at this location and this time, come join me!!” And I usually get a few people. They’re not always the same people either so I get a lot of quality time with different friends this way, while leaving it completely up to them to show up or not.

I’m sorry you deal with understanding social cues, there’s a lot of nuance and it’s pretty subtle :/ the way I go about it is if I like hanging out with a person I’ll reach out to them and ask if they want to do something. If they reject me a few times without trying to set something up I just give up

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FumpyAer [any, comrade/them] - 1.0yr

My trans friend is making awesome progress! I helped her get a GP appointment (intake forms were tricky and I recommended the local Very Woke clinic) so that she can get a proper referral to gender affirming care (she has that appointment already, but I want to make sure her insurance covers it). And her boss is being incredibly chill about her coming out. He is gay so he knows what kind of support she needs. Plus, she came out to other people before him just to make sure she would have support.

Before this, I was the only person in her life using her proper pronouns and name. But she is realizing how little most people think about or care if someone is trans in our city. It seems that her parents will not take her transition seriously until she starts to look different. They misgender her all the time.

Despite my personal problems with my parents, I am grateful that they are very pro LGBT libs and are using her pronouns when she comes over.

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 1.0yr

OMG you're so hot. I love it when you are that confidant, I love the way you love yourself, I love how optimistic you are even when things seem bleak

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Arahnya [fae/faer, he/him] - 1.0yr

Today I gave the birds some fresh corn. The pigeons were skeptical and afraid. The sparrows loved the corn, taking single kernels and flying off with them.

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 1.0yr

::: spoiler misgendering Getting misgendered by my friends every time we hang out hurts every time but I don't wnat to ask them to change, I know it'll be super awkward and I don't want to push them away. ::: spoiler negativity This whole thing sucks and I hate it but I'm trying not to make another I hate being trans post. Its a constant source of pain and alienation and I don't really have hope that will change.

I think about how happy so many people were as I was figuring myself out, this must be such a disappointment. :::

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Moss [they/them] - 1.0yr

Decided to draw Kris Deltarune instead of doomscrolling tonight. I do not really understand shading still

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EstraDoll [she/her, he/him] - 1.0yr

trying to come up with funnier ways to describe my own gender, and i think the best I've managed thus far is:

Bigender, but I'm only male ironically

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EstraDoll [she/her, he/him] - 1.0yr

damn, maybe my complexion is more summer than autumnal. I'm rocking these warm, bright colors today

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imogen_underscore [it/its, she/her] - 1.0yr

butching the fuck out tn. my solovair leather boots arrived, drank some beers and put together an ikea shelving unit for my gfs with my drill. affirming as shit

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segfault11 [she/her, any] - 1.0yr

is a vial still safe to use if it has a noticeably big hole like this

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WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them] - 1.0yr

I saw I Saw The TV Glow Sunday finally.

::: spoiler Tap for spoiler Didn't expect the movie to be so targeted. Can't imagine many cis people particularly liking it. Although not being spoiled that it's a trans movie would probably make the plot twist better. Imo, knowing it's a movie aimed at trans people alone is too much of a spoiler. Wasn't really my cup of tea. Being live-action is pretty much enough reason for me to feel that way though.

After we finished it, we turned on one of the songs that was in the movie (psychic wound by King Woman) and weirdly it seemed a lot different from what we remembered it sounding like it in the movie. Not sure if it was actually different or not. But weirdly reminded me of that part where main character is streaming the Pink Opaque and it is very different from the version that originally played. :::

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 1.0yr

::: spoiler spoiler No, youre right, they had altered some of the songs. Maybe for the effect of seeming otherworldly yet familiar or to mirror the Pink Opaque in adult world - if she'd only kept the tapes she'd know they'd been changed :(

I've talked about it plenty but I didnt feel it particularly either. If I was an egg or closeted, Im sure it would be much more affecting. I transitioned in the real life nightmare realm so I didnt identify as much with it. :::

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XiaCobolt [she/her] - 1.0yr

I'm going to try to touch grass, exercise and read some books.

I had influenza b for two weeks and got so sick. All I did was lurk the internet and it's been really bad for mental health.

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 1.0yr

You can play no-copyright secret rings and black knight on dolphin with a controller and while I have beaten both with my wii mote before the controller method is good too. Secret rings is the one recommended most for this method, black knight is alright and if anything I prefer it that way since swinging the wii mote like a sword will always be sick.

Part of me really wants to enjoy black knight more but with it being the end of the series I just keep putting off the 100% of it more and more since I don't wanna be done with it catgirl-cry

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yewler [she/her] - 1.0yr

Can one be too skinny for injections?

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SterlingPooper [none/use name] - 1.0yr

::: spoiler end of June thoughts Somehow I'm never in town for the queer meetups. If I didn't know any better I'd assume they're scheduling things when I can't go, but it's just a really annoying coincidence every time.

Gonna try again to find an in-person therapist. One place just has an intake form on their website, and it feels sketchy to fill it out and input all my info without like, talking to someone I guess?

I can also go through my university I'm pretty sure. It's annoying because obviously there are resources, but they're just elusive somehow? And there are queer people around but like, I just don't see all that many events that appeal to me?

Other people appear to be meet up with people they already know. I don't know a single other queer person on campus. I don't see an obvious opportunity to meet people.

I also know that I'm fucking weird in that I'd be way more likely to go to more things if I had one person. I need to be made to socialize, frankly.

I'm using Tinder again because I don't know where or how people meet around here. I want a relationship, but I also have zero friends, and I don't know what I want or who I want to be when I'm in a relationship.

You'd think the more you post the more others would engage, but there's probably something there that I'm missing too. :::

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HexaSnoot [none/use name] - 1.0yr

Maybe you can say on a "dating" app that you'd like to meet people while bringing a friend you already have. You can be honest and say why. Most people can relate to not wanting to meet people alone. I relate to it.

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HexaSnoot [none/use name] - 1.0yr

I know some "dating" apps have settings specifically for people friend-searching. Also if you say you say you're interested in LGBTQI rights some apps will relentlessly try to match you with specifically other LGBTQI supporters.

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 1.0yr

Those are great ideas! Use your university's resources while you can, one of the big things I miss most about my old university was the library. And my doctor, that was super convenient.

You wanna use Tinder to make friends or meet someone romantically or...? I remember people putting they just wanted to be friends on Tinder in their bios in like 2016 but thought it was a weird choice (at the time it was pure hookup app) maybe that's changed over the last decade

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SterlingPooper [none/use name] - 1.0yr

Honestly, idk. Like, it'd be cool both to have more friends and to have a partner. I can only seem to focus on one person at a time. I'm just so sick of being alone.

I'm so fucking sick of it. I've been trying for years.

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lilypad [she/her, it/its] - 1.0yr

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! That is all.

Addendum:

screm-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 1.0yr

Ever since I started my training been noticing hvac things more often, playing yakuza and I see a mini split unit in the Earth Angel bar niko-wonderous the air handler does look to be higher than 8 feet up but still pretty cool.

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EllenKelly [comrade/them] - 1.0yr

hot? yeah i guess it was a little toasty overnight now i've had to crack out my second blanket, its the middle of winter! This is southern hemisphere erasure!

im doing okay, someone in the vague 'activist scene' in my city is kinda making my life hell atm, theyre not well, but neither am i. So i'm fading out of existence. For how much people all talk about 'community', i'm yet to have many people check in with me.

Theyre going to be living in a worldwithoutlawyers.jpg now i'm gone. no one else is going to tell them to reexamine their preconceptions, theres going to be unexamined racist shit going down, i tell you what.

i kept being told 'well remember what you were like when you were young!', and i kept thinking, yeah damn, they should all be doing drugs instead of crowing themselves godking of the 'movement'.

this has all really destroyed my confidence i'm actually too anxious to even check replies here atm, for a while i couldnt even comment because i felt like everyone was so mad at me lol.

The 'scene' is good for them, but has been a disaster for my mental health. so i'm dropping everything so i can rekindle my energy and re engage myself with my union organising.

i dunno this feels like too much, maybe im too much. I'm getting echoes of an ex telling me 'i'm not availible to do emotional labour for you'. haha hehe hoho yes

if people are treating you like shit, you should leave, its not easy, but its for the best

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 1.0yr

How do I motivate myself to start cardio so I can loose weight?

Does my brain have a switch that i need to press?

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segfault11 [she/her, any] - 1.0yr

ride or die? guess I'll die then 🤷‍♀️

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 1.0yr

did you ever paint your nails? i like painted nails but I'm also extremely lazy and low rizz so am low key vicariousin thru ya

@mendiCAN@hexbear.net I've negative rizz but also yes I did @bolshevikLovelace@hexbear.net also forgot to show off last week was busy with my epa thing (got my universal). I originally picked this because it said gel like shine and it was black with sparkles but the sparkle ain't there it's just black which looks cool but I was promised sparkles saul-stare

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bolshevikLovelace [she/her, love/loves] - 1.0yr

catgirl-happy i love black nails! i usually either lean into it and pair them with a full black outfit or alternate it with red/pink. i think i have some polish that has glitter mixed in but it's always finicky as hell so i agree with @MoonElf@hexbear.net , i think doing another coat with some clear sparkles is where it's at. i'll try to see if i have any nice sparkly stuff next time i do nails, my last application has all come off except for the ring/pinky fingers lmao

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 1.0yr

My outfit been mostly construction gear rn if I'm being real, gotta wear my PPE so they covered sadly but this weekend I wanna get out. Probably gonna take them off and go with a dark red with some blue sparkles. If I'm really feeling might go with the hexbear-pan or hexbear-non-binary colors who says pride ever ends think-about-it

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Tommasi [she/her, pup/pup's] - 1.0yr

Warm weather is best weather and makes it easy to wear cute clothes doggirl-thumbsup Freezing is the worst

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Saeculum [he/him, comrade/them] - 1.0yr

Lies, deception. The colder it is, the more clothes you can wear.

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shallot [she/her] - 1.0yr

Cold weather means fuzzy socks and cute scarves and nice hats tho

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Tommasi [she/her, pup/pup's] - 1.0yr

I hate wearing hats catgirl-disgust

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shallot [she/her] - 1.0yr

Ok but still the fuzzy socks and scarves tho

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0x2640 - 1.0yr

incorrect statement doggirl-growl

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Tommasi [she/her, pup/pup's] - 1.0yr

It's correct actually doggirl-smug

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 1.0yr

Didn't feel like washing my hair today so just spent idk how long brushing it, it poofs up real bad and comes out like a lion's mane. It is significantly long but normally when it curls it seems way shorter, if I were to iron it it looked gorgeous I bet but don't wanna damage it

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 1.0yr

Dreamt I was watching the new donkey kong movie, it was cool-zone so I watched it twice. After that some beautiful woman wanted to sleep with me but I told her to kick rocks because my bed was for me and my plushies volcel-vanguard

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 1.0yr

Back to dreaming of going fast and listening to no-copyright specifically secret rings ost. That game has so many artists like it's nothing new but I think the popularity of crush 40 kind of takes away from all the artists who've done sonic songs if I'm being real.

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 1.0yr

I hate how horrible thinking about hrt makes me feel. I told someone I'd try to get it ordered by the end of the week, here we are. I don't know who's name I should put on it. Have more research to do. Every time I start thinking about it I start spiraling so I keep trying not to and then I obviously never actually get it done. Fml.

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BattleshipPokemon [none/use name] - 1.0yr

Started watching dracula and there's keanu fucking reeves in it, day ruined

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 1.0yr

Being the funny one of the group is a curse, people expect so much more out of you going forward it's like carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders.

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WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them] - 1.0yr

Almost 1.25 years into HRT and past my 20's and got told that I'm getting taller by my mom yesterday. TBF, I kinda suspected this would happen because I used to always slouch and now I don't nearly as much.

I had been wondering if someone I knew in middle school/high school is trans and finally found out he is from another friend when I accidentally deadnamed him and I got corrected. I might have come out to that friend after that?

I should stop coming out to people in ambiguous ways. My sister sorta complained after I had that conversation with my friend that she found out from our half-sister that I was trans even though I came out to both of them at the same time (by saying I don't run on T and nothing else) and my sister apparently just didn't realize it but my half-sister was able to figure out I was an NB and then make a joke based on that the following day. She also complained I hadn't told her my pronouns yet - we hadn't talked about me being trans even though she found out back in December.

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 1.0yr

I've used the word "catastrophic" too much these days, but like, I took my hormones to my parents, only to find out that the safe deposit I had booked cancelled on me. Now I have a ticking time bomb in my backpack.

Amazon delayed my delivered so it came after I left for my parents. By the time I will be back, the return period will have been expired.

Ali express decided to send my swimsuit to my address and not my parents. I don't have a body of water where I live :)

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yewler [she/her] - 1.0yr

::: spoiler severance I still think about the Gemma reveal at the end of S1E7 of Severance and think it might very well be my favorite scene of TV of all time. Granted, I haven't watched a lot of shows, so the statement might not be as strong as if someone who watches more shows than me said it, but I'm pretty sure it's true :::

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 1.0yr

Is trans boob size accurate to genetics? Like if your relatives all have big booba do you also get big booba, like statistically?

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segfault11 [she/her, any] - 1.0yr

guy who thinks juice wrld is lucky for dying right before the world went insane in 2020

(it's me)

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inTheShadowOf [she/her] - 1.0yr

He also deprived the world of more incredible incredible music :/

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segfault11 [she/her, any] - 1.0yr

all legends fall in the making 😔

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 1.0yr

What dating sites don't want you to know is you can just make a tulpa, ever since I meet my gf I've never been happier think-about-it

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 1.0yr

Everyone knows there's sexy stereotype of ladies wearing glasses, but its definitely cross gender cause some of these dudes look fine with glasses

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 1.0yr

Big brain yakuza theory: I propose the heat mechanics in yakuza is basically what hamon is to the jojo vers. It's something fighters have access to and regular people have very little clue on but like hamon regular people do notice it so it's not exactly like stands in jojo.

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musicenjoyer [it/its, xe/xem] - 1.0yr

hair worry ::: spoiler spoiler am worried if I finally buzz my hair , it'll show how big my forehead is. :::

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SterlingPooper [none/use name] - 1.0yr

::: spoiler bullshit I have to call the therapist, which means I have to sit on the phone for hours. I really don't want to. I can't sit still that long.

I have to fill out job applications, which means they can call me back at any point, which means I need to be ready to answer. Which means I can't do anything because I need to be prepared.

I hate this. My coping skills have only gotten worse. The more I think about all this stuff the more I just want to go smoke some weed and forget about it.

I keep thinking about disappearing. If just one person had stuck around when I first started talking about killing myself, then it wouldn't be like this. I could've had a friend, support, gotten my life together.

Probably just getting high today Getting high helps me feel pretty :::

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SterlingPooper [none/use name] - 1.0yr

::: spoiler Spoiler It sucks to know that there are helper friends out there, and that I am a helper friend myself, and that there's so much I would do for someone who just asked.

Like, teach me to ask. Teach me these things. I want to be like the normals. I would learn so willingly if someone would teach. You. Don't. Understand.

Idk if you reach a certain point and you lose empathy for the eggs, or you become unwilling to engage, I don't know if I'm perceived as a wrecker or just a confused boy.

I know that I feel the legitimacy of my problems. Whether you people are all secret friends with secret group chats or not, I know what I am experiencing every day, and that I need support from people who aren't waiting to be convinced of my legitimacy.

something something it's called the Left because they leave you to flounder :::

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SterlingPooper [none/use name] - 1.0yr

::: spoiler Spoiler I mean it's so obvious. If I were another person and I saw me I think I'd burst into tears. I wouldn't believe that someone could be led so astray for so long, and I'd want to help.

Idk I think Hexbear is Jokerfying me. I just want to be a chill girlie with chill girlie friends. People are unkind about brain fog and dysphoria and rejection sensitivity though. I'm supposed to pull myself up, despite these things.

Like, my ideal friendship is with someone knows and understands all of this about me, and has their own plate of problems that I am learning about and accepting of as well. Friends stay aware of each other's wellness so they can help each other grow. There is back and forth, sometimes I help them and sometimes they help me. But we communicate about it.

I really think if you're too depressed to do something, a good friend (for me) is someone who is willing to step in to help. If you're too anxious to go out, they ask if they can come over. They see you when you flounder and they ask, what can I do? I really think that. Sorry if it's regarded, or petarded.

If this is intense, frankly I don't understand "low-intensity" friendships. "we watch a sport and I go home and he goes home until next week" you're describing a zoo enclosure nice try :::

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SterlingPooper [none/use name] - 1.0yr

Anyone can make this stop by making casual conversation with me like I'm people

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 1.0yr

Feeling kinda down ngl, always happens be hanging out with friends and then they gone and I'm here just alone. It's a feeling that passes after a bit at least the more intense part and just sticks around like a dull ache before it clears up. Loneliness sucks but like it's just the highs and lows of social interaction for me shrug-outta-hecks

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musicenjoyer [it/its, xe/xem] - 1.0yr

we have no Losurdo emotes kitty-cri-screm

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 1.0yr

O Jamesy let me up out of this pooh

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lilypad [she/her, it/its] - 1.0yr

::: spoiler dysphoria

Its been bad lately. I just want to be able to look at myself naked in the mirror and be kinda ok with myself. It feels like progress is going backwards, my body feels less feminine than a year ago, after a couple laser sessions my face somehow has more hair and i cant afford more laser (they charge a lot, i did the math and its $400-600 an hour). But specifically, my shoulders are just wrecking me right now...

How do yall deal with shoulder dysphoria? I realllly dislike my shoulders, and everything makes them look larger. For reference im 195cm and somewhat thin (my belly begs to differ tho), with somewhat wide shoulders (my armpits line up with my hips). I used to try and find things to wear that would work for my body, but i have no money and tbh i dont think this is something clothing can fix... I just want to be able to look at myself in the mirror and be ok with myself... doggirl-gloom

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 1.0yr

Was watching a yakuza iceburg vid and the topic of Kamorocho Hills came up. Guy mentioned how you can never access it in any of the games but actually you can in dead souls nerd this is where the dead souls chads gigachad keep winning. Honestly first time I played dead souls I was kinda shocked by how big the place is like I could see the rest of the game still being yakzua 4 but the new places for it other than the sewer and the minimum tower insides you go through were cool.

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 1.0yr

::: spoiler spoiler Brain literally will not shut up and just keeps running through all the negativity, all the things I hate, how fucked I am and how much I hate being trans and all the things that come with that and its not stopping cri literally just hours and hours of this, its constant, what even is the end game here. Like okay I'm never going to be happy and I should kms can we please just have a moments break from that?? There's not a solution so just please stop cri :::

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BattleshipPokemon [none/use name] - 1.0yr

The dolls love watching Rebel Without a Cause for the third time over

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