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Abt Switch - Trans Megathread from October 13th, 2025 to October 19th, 2025

::: spoiler Abt switch

The Abt switch is a kind of railway switch used on funiculars (inclined cable railways) that doesn't have any moving parts. It allows two cars to pass each other going uphill/downhill while sharing the same tracks. While most train switches rely on physically moving a section of track so the train goes one way or the other, the abt switch doesn't move at all. Instead each carriage has a grooved wheel which makes it turn left or right at a junction by sticking to the track on one side.

::: spoiler Image sources https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Funicular_to_Horseshoe_Curve_viewing_area_(8999490400).jpg#mw-jump-to-license

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Funicular_layouts_(2_rails).svg#mw-jump-to-license

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heidelberg_funicular_wheelset.jpg#mw-jump-to-license

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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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::: spoiler spoiler :::

gaystyleJoker [she/her] - 2mon

HELLO THIS IS THE MEGA SIGN UP POST/LIST POST

if you have a preferred week please tell me

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon

Guy who I encounter like once a month sees me. First thing he says "is your chest large or do you have titties?"

bocchi-cry

I'm not ready to stop boymodding. I've officially entered the twilight zone. I've wasted too much time doing 0 voice training or practice with makeup/clothes.

sunny-breakdown

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Boynomoder [she/her, pup/pup's] - 2mon

I still boymode even when I made an entirely new account whose name implying I would stop

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon

Fr, I don't want to be super fem, I just want to feel comfortable.

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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon

First of all that's unhinged as fuck of that guy. I want to believe it's his really dudebro way of asking you your pronouns.

I haven't really voice trained, at least not enough to do my new voice in public on demand. I also dress a lot less femme than I used to most days. Usually cargo pants or jeans, a cami and t-shirt or if I feel like it, just a cami. And it's just really comfy to do so, even in public. I would've put money on never transitioning because I'd never feel ready, just because it's how everything else was going for me at the time. I don't know how I summoned the strength to start HRT while feeling so unprepared, but I'm so thankful to whatever part of me just kept pushing me through it. And everyone who encouraged me.

I don't know what exactly your situation is and if this is viable, but I just kinda started dressing androgynous and sometimes even femme, and coming out to whoever I was most comfortable with at the time one by one.

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon

First of all that's unhinged as fuck of that guy.

Yeah he talks like he is an edge lord from 2013.

I want to believe it's his really dudebro way of asking you your pronouns.

Unfortunately, it isn't.

coming out to whoever I was most comfortable with at the time one by one.

I've sort of been doing this as well

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon

Many of my clothes are tattered, I need to buy new ones. A new vial of E is arriving and my boobs have grown bigger.

All the signs are gathering together. But I have a massive complex about wearing girls clothes.

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 2mon

They are a girl's clothes when you own them you know

I dont dress super femme day to day, lots of graphic tee and pants (usually scrub bottoms cause Im working later). I do find women's cuts fit better and I do have a nice hip to waist ratio

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon

They are a girl's clothes when you own them you know

... I never even considered this

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grym [she/her, comrade/them] - 2mon

You have a knack for saying very wise things that seem so simple and dumb in hindsight. Shows you've been there. Thanks for being a wise "elder" <3

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

::: spoiler being shitty and making this about me Low key the thing I'm most scared of happening and probably what will happen in another year or so to me. Fuck I hate thinking about that. :::

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon

::: spoiler spoiler No worries, you aren't being shitty. Adding on your own takes is the point of a comment thread.

But yeah, having your stealth be pierced through can be quite scary. Buy everything about this process is scary when one does it with 0 support from other irl people. :::

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

::: spoiler spoiler Thank you

Yea ngl I'm not sure if scary is a strong enough word. I do not want that to happen to me.

Being alone irl sucks bad :meow-hug: ::: spoiler si Low key I think about killing myself to avoid that phase a lot, I just hate the thought of that so much, fuck. :::

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon

::: spoiler spoiler

I think it is inevitable. There is a limit to how much I can keep myself in an isolated bubble. How can I call myself a socialist if I don't even socialise

I just wish there was a way for me to unpack my trauma and self-loathing doggirl-gloom

I know that I can be a pretty cool gal, when I get my rare moments of peace and clarity. :::

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

::: spoiler spoiler Yea it is, tbh as it gets closer I am definitely going to be talking about suicide and hating being trans a lot more then I already do

Real :::

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SickSemper [she/her, they/them] - 2mon

Came out to my trans friends! (I wonder why I had a bunch of trans friends while presenting cis lol)

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MusicOwl [comrade/them, sie/hir] - 2mon

party-parrot

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SickSemper [she/her, they/them] - 2mon

sicko-jammin

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kristina [she/her] - 2mon

using my evil moderator powers to see who upvotes me so i know who will back my coup very-smart

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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon

catgirl-salute

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Boynomoder [she/her, pup/pup's] - 2mon

waow I’m back doggirl-shock
I hung out on 4t4 for awhile, but it’s starting to get too negative for me again.

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JohnBrownsBussy2 [she/her, they/them] - 2mon

Welcome back. cat-trans

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Boynomoder [she/her, pup/pup's] - 2mon

doggirl-hi

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0x2640 - 2mon

welcome back

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

Welcome back, missed having you around.

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Mousy [she/her, they/them] - 2mon

Hihi doggirl-hi

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meler [she/her, pup/pup's] - 2mon

Holy shit I actually got a job. Good god that was hard but I'll actually have some income so I can buy food and pay rent and not be living off favors like I've been for the past several months.

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0x2640 - 2mon

yayayayayay good job (haha)

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon

I suddenly feel so happy that I'm a girl doggirl-happy. All I ever wanted.

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 2mon

We get to be girls! Its the greatest feeling ever~

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0x2640 - 2mon

yayayayay doggirl-happy wrrraaaufff

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SickSemper [she/her, they/them] - 2mon

Love this for us!

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EstraDoll [she/her, he/him] - 2mon

i fucking love being girl lets-fucking-go

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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon

This warms my heart cat-trans

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Mousy [she/her, they/them] - 2mon

I enjoy having thick thighs

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GenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's] - 2mon

i've been informed that they save lives catgirl-salute

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

::: spoiler spoiler Fuck I'm lonely

I hate being so alone kitty-cri-potato

Two notes on this, one is everyone asking me what I did this weekend. I did fuck all. Second, work gave me two tickets to a local haunt and I don't have anyone to go with.

But mostly just being alone sucks. :::

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon

✨️ 🪄 lea-blush

Casting a magic spell to make the sadness go away!

We're all here for you. Spaceships pinging each other in the wide cosmos.

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0x2640 - 2mon

*hugs*

yea... yea

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

I'm tired boss kril-drained

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

::: spoiler spoiler ::: spoiler si I have once again concluded this shitty life isn't for me and isn't worth living. I dont have the capacity or motivation or whatever the fuck to actually improve and just want to wish them away. But they will not go away, they can't, it is inescapable. Nothing is going to fix me or this god awful situation I'm in.

going to go scroll and go to bed. Then get up early to work the extra shjit I signed up for. :::

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Arahnya [he/him, fae/faer] - 2mon

On the topic of being trans and playing d&d flavored games; as a feminine trans masc I've always played and identified with the appearance of elves. Im practically elf gender!

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0x2640 - 2mon

waow-based

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 2mon

The only trans masc thing Ive see a lot of is flower tattoos. Dunno what's up with trans mascs and flower tattoos, the tats do look good though!

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

Emotions are hitting harder

By emotions I mean sadness I keep getting to the verge of tears

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 2mon

Yeah sadness was the big one for the first bit. Going from never crying to crying at the drop of a hat can take adjustment. Eventually, emotionally, you get to experience way more and different and more fine grain than before with dysphoria and T.

I am less angry than I was before HRT but feminine rage is absolutely real and I get that.

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SickSemper [she/her, they/them] - 2mon

I hear that happens. You partially inspired me to hit up my doc for hrt so hopefully I can join you in the tears soon :)

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

You're going to make me cry :doggirl-cry: like actually am though..

Good job starting hrt!

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SickSemper [she/her, they/them] - 2mon

I didn't mean to make it worse! and thank you, I don't know how long it will take, but it's been so long I don't mind waiting a bit longer

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

:kitty-cri: no no it's okay.. not your fault just a bit emotional..

If it sounds like the wait list is long just diy, it's not that hard. That's what I'm doing

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peanutbuttercupola [she/her] - 2mon

Good for you, that's an exciting step to take!

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SickSemper [she/her, they/them] - 2mon

It's exciting! A little scary, not a fan of doctors generally, but it'll be worth it

Lol my appointment got pushed back months, but it turns out they are on leave, so now I'm speaking to somebody on Wednesday :)))))))))

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peanutbuttercupola [she/her] - 2mon

The first couple months can be emotionally tumultuous, but once it calms down it can be nice to feel things differently. That's how it was for me anyway.

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EstraDoll [she/her, he/him] - 2mon

::: spoiler nsfw talk, VCPD notified i went out the other day to hook up with this one trans girl i met online and she brought her fucking girlfriend too and uhhhhhhhhhh hot trans girl sex still has me loopy and stupid many hours later

i'm just giggling like an idiot to myself thinking of how much t girl i just kissed and it's making me so stupid and loopy and i can't think about anything else and i feel fucking great :::

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MusicOwl [comrade/them, sie/hir] - 2mon

im-fuckin-gay

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EstraDoll [she/her, he/him] - 2mon

the downside to all of this volcel-judge activity is that my everything is sore now. OWIE

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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon

This episode in the life of EstraDoll might just get me to put myself back out there and have some fun before I leave this country.

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EstraDoll [she/her, he/him] - 2mon

I life my transition to be an inspiration to trans people everywhere and I'm glad I'm doing my job :)

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0x2640 - 2mon

the financial feasability of leaving the US is looking less than ideal for us. woof

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

Real, Idek where would take me. If only I burned out after college.

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lilypad [it/its, pup/pup's] - 2mon

::: spoiler anti volcel aktion (cw kink)

So uhh i had a lovely time this week lea-blush I visited a friend. Wasnt expecting sex, was expecting platonic time with my friend. Instead i met a ton of lovely trans women, lost track of how many people i made out with, had a ton of super kinky sex, the group sex was so fun (at what point is it an orgy?) Tons of cuddles and joy, got covered in bite marks (my legs are literally more bruise than not bruise, deep purple pretty ones too), and like idek what bites came from who (wheres my bitemark analysis people at? I need yalls help (jkjk ik its bunk)). At one point there was something on tv, we were all watching it (7-9 of us? Idk) and i was cuddling with this other bottom, abd my friend the domme came over and they both just went to town on me, left me feeling so full of joy (and bruises lol). Nothing like having a domme administer poppers while two others inflict such joyous pain upon me in front of literally everyone, being choked and suffocated to keep me quiet so others could enjoy the tv, god i loved it.

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0x2640 - 2mon

waow-based

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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon

im-fuckin-gay

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

Third injection done, end of week 2. Air bubbles are a pita. I think I can draw more then my dose and push it back into the vial though? So it ends up working out.

Cried more then usual this week, more tears, other then that nothing to report. Injection also hurt less then last time so maybe I just got unlucky and hit a nerve or something.

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0x2640 - 2mon

draw double and some of your dose and then push it out into the vial to your dose, should deal with any air bubbles (and any left will be too small to be significant) (not that they really are significant tho ppl have anecdotaly reported more pain)

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

Okay cool, ty. Air bubbles would mean less dose though right? Sounds very significant.. less precious estrogen...

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0x2640 - 2mon

with the different viscosity of oil etc it looks like a llt more in the end

i switched from im to subq and despite now experiencing what looks like a significant amount of leakage in reality my levels are the exact same :3

if you have a large enough air bubble yes itll mess with dosage, but at that point its not an air bubble more just... space that wasnt filled

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

Oh damn, I haven't had anything but (sometimes) the tiniest pin prick of blood imaginable come back out.

Fair, I'm not sure where the line between air bubble and empty space is tbh ohnoes

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 2mon

Thats what I do at work and for myself. I always draw more than I need and push up the remainder and any bubbles out the needle and measure out exactly with the needle amd syringe full after. For myself only (I dont do this at work unless its prefilled) I do use a bubble at the very top of the injection to push ALLL the E in. I wouldnt recommend it necessarily because if you do it wrong you are creating subq emphysema but also... really I dont think its a big deal and just a bit of mindfulness during the injection would catch it.

I think you'll be feeling the low dose antidepressant soon~ a few weeks of crying way more than youre used to and I think in the next week or the week following you'll notice things aren't quite as hard as they used to be and things dont hurt as much (they still might but more easilt).

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 2mon

What do you think draws trans femmes so much to playing tieflings? No shade, I do it and did it as an egg as often as possible too. BG3, my tav was a tiefling

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GenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's] - 2mon

you can have weird eyes and beautiful horns with like accessories hanging from them and you can be all succubus hot and sharp fangs and nails and....uh so yeah what's not to like?

holo-point-1-baubausickubus holo-point-2-baubau

also fun fact, all my pfps that I've used on the site have been tiefling art from various artists

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Disaster_of_Passion [kit/kit's, she/her] - 2mon

I'm not sure if it goes this deep, but in lore tieflings are often mistrusted and ostracized just for the nature of their existence so there's, y'know, some resonance there. There also may be some crossover with reclamation of satanic iconography and such, in the same vein as like rainbow baphomet.

But, idk, personally I just think they're cool. Tieflings are queer.

(I also personally like the juxtaposition of being a tiefling paladin or a tiefling light cleric, but that may also just be because I was a draenei main in wow)

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 2mon

I also played my share of tiefling paladins lol

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0x2640 - 2mon

they are cute, often depicted as manys like "ideal body proportions" or whatnot, "human"-shaped while still being like, different shaped (and still havin tiddies), also like relatable-ish experiences with all the tiefling discrimination thats often portrayed

they also just look really cool and dragonborn dont have tits :c

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SickSemper [she/her, they/them] - 2mon

That’s so goddamn funny, the only dnd campaign I played was a tiefling while I was egged up

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Boynomoder [she/her, pup/pup's] - 2mon

no one wants to play as a normie human for some reason. It’s kind of edgy and goth. It plays into our literal demonization.

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0x2640 - 2mon

maybe humans should try sucking less idk :3

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EstraDoll [she/her, he/him] - 2mon

funnily enough I always opted for either humans or dwarves. sometimes half elves

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GenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's] - 2mon

i havent had much luck with vidya gaymes recently, i get so bored so fast these days. im mostly a reading gal now-a-days catgirl-peace

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inTheShadowOf [she/her] - 2mon

Another post about "would you press the cis button?"

Absolutely not. transshork-happy

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

:sicko-wistful:

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inTheShadowOf [she/her] - 2mon

There are people that like being trans.

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

I know, I wish that was me

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MusicOwl [comrade/them, sie/hir] - 2mon

lea-w

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0x2640 - 2mon

itd be so cool if my whole life didnt feel like punishment for something i didnt even do

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

smoking-fish

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SuperZutsuki [they/them] - 2mon

My date cancelled because they woke up feeling sick kitty-cri

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EstraDoll [she/her, he/him] - 2mon

being poly has its fun moments where you've got a full schedule and plenty of dates and other times where you've got a dry spell but damn right now is a monsoon season and I am flourishing in the desert bloom

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meler [she/her, pup/pup's] - 2mon

::: spoiler all landlords are bastards Um... I've been living with my gf and her room mate for the past month or so and we didn't tell the landlord because they didn't want an extra person living here. We were looking at other places to move to (the lease here ends this month with the possibility of extending it by a month if needed) but we kept being barred because of income requirements (finding a job has been absurd. I finally found one so we can actually start applying now but...). Our angry racist downstairs neighbor told on us and now I apparently have 11 days to leave or everyone here is getting evicted.

So yeah basically I'll be homeless in 11 days and have no clue what I'm supposed to do. :::

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meler [she/her, pup/pup's] - 2mon

I'm only in this position in the first place because a lack of income meant I wasn't able to keep paying my last landleech.

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meler [she/her, pup/pup's] - 2mon

I'm so fucking done with this. I feel like I've been doing nothing but pushing back my eventual breaking under the overwhelming weight of capitalism ever since my family stopped supporting me because I'm a girl. I just want a fucking break god fucking damnit.

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meler [she/her, pup/pup's] - 2mon

My new job is fully remote too so somehow I need a place I can tutor over zoom for several hours a day so I can get the income that could actually fix this bullshit situation.

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon

Idk why I'm feeling so positive all of a sudden but well, thanks brain chemistry?

I told off my mom for how she forced me to cut my hair and screamed at me in public. I stood my ground and said that I am having second thoughts about inviting her to my place if this is how she behaves.

My mom didn't like what I was saying but her attitude became a lot more apprehensive. Gotta say, It feels nice to show myself some basic respect.

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0x2640 - 2mon

agab language is icky and exclusionary of both trans and intersex ppl and it should be sent to the fire plane

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0x2640 - 2mon

the ever normalized use of exclusionary terminology that was originally used by transphobes etc is scary af

similarly "mtf" "ftm" etc are similarly bad as they imply trans women arent women/trans men arent men

i didnt "transition from male to female" i was always a girl, a bigoted gender centric society just prevented me from living that truth

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0x2640 - 2mon

also using trans as an umbrella term to also refer to nonbinary folk, tho we do acknowledge not all enbys identify as trans :3

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Beetle [hy/hym] - 2mon

Trans is a state of mind

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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon

Trans is the highest state of basedness.

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

Definitely agree with agab being almost universally bad but ngl I do like mtf in some contexts, I am changing my sex from male to female. Obvoiusly like, "an mtf" or stuff like that would be bad, or using it when you don't need to highlight the transition itself/history but that I'm a woman. But I like highlighting that I'm changing my sex in some circumstances.

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XiaCobolt [she/her] - 2mon

I think AGAB still has first in first person past tense. As in I can say "when I was assigned male at birth" or "because I was assigned male at birth".

I wouldn't use it for another unless they used it like I had. I don't know their preference or personal history.

It's it being used as a noun "only AFABs" or an adjective "AMAB people" that is icky to me.

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

Yea I don't have a problem with like, "because I was assigned male at birth, my parents pushed me into stereotypical boy interests" or whatever. I overwhelmingly see it used wrong. To mean someone with a penis, or worse to just lump trans women in with men. Or afab being used to lump trans men and cis women together (while excluding trans women). Lots of people like to use something that happened ages ago to mean current anatomy for some reason ??

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0x2640 - 2mon

i mean using that logic ill just say that then it implies theres only two sexes, which is also not true (despite what society wants to force on us)

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

No it doesn't. Going from one to another does not imply those are the only two options. I'm switching from owning dogs to owning cats- while acknowledging other pets exist.

Happy to say sex is bimodal and idc if other people start or end in different parts of that spectrum then I do.

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0x2640 - 2mon

silent hill f review from men: <misogyny> <misogyny> <xenophobia> <acting like misandry is real> 2/10 bad game

silent hill f review from girls: 11/10 i feel seen

beginning to see a pattern here

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SuperZutsuki [they/them] - 2mon

If you were walking alone and there was a man on one side and an indescribable nightmare creature on the other, would you go towards the man or the creature?

I'd take my chances with the creature

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meler [she/her, pup/pup's] - 2mon

I've been housing stressed lately but I do actually have some gender shit to share.

::: spoiler internalized transphobia but in the sense that I realized I was operating under some and am deciding not to I was going on one of my walks (best stress relief there is) and I realized that I'm pretty sure the part of me that feels agender/nonbinary or whatever is actually me feeling like I don't deserve to call myself fully a girl. Feeling like I'm not allowed to be a girl without an asterisk. So I've been calling my dysphoric half agender. I'm going to stop doing that.

Gender is kind of bullshit and I'm kind of of the opinion that things would be better for everyone if it didn't exist at all and we just expressed ourselves however the hell we wanted, but while it exists, I'm just a girl. And I need to get better at letting myself say that without any other qualifiers. Because they aren't me. :::

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RION [she/her] - 2mon

today:

  • woke up to more bug bites and then found newer ones when i got home from work. no signs of anything in my bed though??
  • unintentionally said something harmful to a friend and did some weaksauce sh to punish myself
  • saw that a job listing I kept putting off applying to got taken down
  • committed to having my mom over on the weekend to help clean my apartment because of the bug bites, but realized i'm going to have to hide my makeup and hrt before then
  • crashed out over my hair yet again

it hasn't been a good day to be me

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0x2640 - 2mon

*hugs*

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Boynomoder [she/her, pup/pup's] - 2mon

A new hair style would save me doggirl-thumbsup (cope)

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GenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's] - 2mon

my interactive fiction slop is getting wips that might've been ai generated catgirl-flop i hate ai so much pls make it stop

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon

::: spoiler cw: psychologist

The psychologist has prescribed me and online course with homework catgirl-huh .

:::

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0x2640 - 2mon

fuck ai. no i dont care where its from. fuck ai.

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crosswind [they/them, she/her] - 2mon

I know it’s not ideal for regular use, but would undecylate be a good way to cover a gap of a few weeks and avoid having to take hrt things across a border?

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0x2640 - 2mon

plenty of folks use undecylate for regular use, its just complicated

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

I think so, that's what I'd do if it's only a few weeks.

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peanutbuttercupola [she/her] - 2mon

Yes but for that use case a loading dose is probably a good idea.

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon

The heart says "do it"

The brain says "Abandon all thoughts of success. Achievement is an illusion and desire but a lie. You shall find solace only in the embrace of eternal slumber, for she is the beloved mother from which all life first arose"

The question is "should I come out to my parents this winter break?"

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon

I've thought about it and the answer is obviously no. My parents can be really cruel at times without even realising they are being cruel. I need to protect myself, especially since I feel so distressed.

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 2mon

I went to a queer rave, super fun! I met up with a guy I used to tutor when he was just a wee beebee (like teenage years). So weird meeting up with him again - and also the poor fucker is so clearly an egg, and looking back I clocked it but I was also an egg?? Like I felt a kindred spirit at a time when I didn't know why or what exactly I was feeling. I dont wanna misgender, the guy is still he/him but making the /r/eggirl jokes I did in the year or so before I cracked

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WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them] - 2mon

::: spoiler chaser The person who I mentioned like 6 megas ago who raised like 8 red flags in a brief interaction came by my work again. At least there weren't so many red flags this time - if the last interaction never happened, it could have more or less just seemed like someone seeing if I reciprocated interest in him. Still the only person whose indicated they see through my boymoding at work.
:::

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0x2640 - 2mon

up with trans

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Shaleesh [she/her, comrade/them] - 2mon

up with trans

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GenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's] - 2mon

up with trans

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Disaster_of_Passion [kit/kit's, she/her] - 2mon

up with trans

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

Second support group meeting went well. I still don't really know how much like me anyone there is but its nice. I haven't really talked about any problems yet, might do that next session, idk I feel a bit weird about it. Doesn't help almost everyone there is cis (one NB person). Everyone seems to primarily talk about their lives in general and not queer stuff specifically.

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

Crying again cri wtf is thisss

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grym [she/her, comrade/them] - 2mon

Ive been through a similar phase early, not sure how much it was the actual hormonal change or more psychological, or both.

Basically it felt like the mask was too heavy, the emotional dam bursting. I think you have to allow yourself to feel these things and let them go through. You probably have, like me, mountains of anxieties and a constant form of masking, obsessive self-awareness (looking at yourself looking at yourself, anticipating or imagining how people see you, etc), or maybe a form of disassociation like I had.

I don't know how old you are but doing that long term is basically trauma. It may not be as visible, and you probably minimise it like I do, but its trauma, you're traumatised. There's a lot of feelings behind the dam. They probably don't make too much sense because of how clogged it was for so long. Its good to let it flow, and it will be overwhelming for a little bit, confusing. But after some time it'll be healthy again. The pipes cleared, the flow tamed.

I had difficulty feeling before, like everything was delayed. I would realize I felt bad about something hours, days after the event. "Oh shit yea I've been scared about this for days I'm so dumb". For years, more than a decade even, I've been forcing myself to bury things, ignore them, minimise them. So it will take a while for my body and mind to adjust and be able to feel properly, without delay or other coping mechanisms. But I can see the changes.

You'll see them too, hope you can hang in there, and don't be hard on yourself. You are infinitely stronger than you realise.

I had to find the internal voice that developed over time from a coping help to an abusive intruder, isolate that voice, recognise what that part of the mind says can be false or unhelpful, and heal it. I delayed and boymodded and hid for a while and now I'm finally realising that if I feel good, if I like what I see in the mirror, I don't actually give a shit what others think. Im realising the strength I have.

Stay strong girl <3

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

emotional dam bursting

Good way to describe it. And yes, mountains of anxieties that are not going away.

I'm in my early 20s. Definitely traumatizing. Being trans has traumatized me. I've been dealing with all of these feelings for like a year and a half atp and I don't feel like there's any "through". It just keeps going endlessly. I can't change how I feel about all of this. I wish to everything I could.

The delay is real holy shit. Yea, I'd finally figure it out a few days later too.

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grym [she/her, comrade/them] - 2mon

If it makes you feel better I'm in my early 30s. I kept the disassociation going for 10+ years and it had time to do a lot of damage.

It's very possible to overcome especially with support IRL, but even without it you can do it!! You're stronger than you think!

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 2mon

My doctor told me, when I told him I was embarrassed to be crying so much, that sometimes women cry. Now, I found it affirming and the truth is as a subset of all people and all people cry, it necessarily follows that women cry. But it was still really nice especially at the time.

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

That is nice to remember, thank you

::: spoiler spoiler I just wanna stop crying and being sad about shit. Feel lonely and like I have a lot I want to say but not sure really how or what I want it to look like.

Thank you for making me not feel as alone, especially lately. :::

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

::: spoiler spoiler Crying myself to sleep fuck I'm so lonely and full of sad, bad thoughts.

Now that I have a support person again I just want to message her but I swear I keep chasing them away. I'm too much. It's too much for me to handle and I'm too much for anyone else.

Being alone hurts :::

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rtstragedy2 [she/her, pup/pup's] - 2mon

i built a garden bed this week. i am very sore now because apparently I am a programmer, not a carpenter.

but it turned out well at least so that's good

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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon

Congrats that's a great project! Being sore also means you're getting stronger for next time :)

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rtstragedy2 [she/her, pup/pup's] - 2mon

I hope so!

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SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them] - 2mon

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miz [any, any] - 2mon

traaaaaaainnnnnnnnnnns

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shallot [she/her] - 2mon

how to recover from burnout

recover from burnout without taking time off

instant burnout recovery

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon

I'm leaving the following words for myself and might come back to them later. Feel free to read (and agree/disagree)

::: spoiler spoiler

Shaming yourself, especially body shaming yourself is cringe.

Either you believe that other trans girls/boys/enbs are also flawed and deformed and undeserving of love, or you believe you are special and that the laws of dialectics are specifically consipiring against you to fuck you over and mark as a "categorically inferior/shameful thing".

:::

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0x2640 - 2mon

true

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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon

Yeah this is real and unfortunately something that I've had to remind myself of a lot.

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SickSemper [she/her, they/them] - 2mon

Defying stereotypes by being really bad at computers, touched a stick of ram and now the display isn’t working :)

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 2mon

Some trans people can use computers, some can drive

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EstraDoll [she/her, he/him] - 2mon

lady-doge me who can do both computer and drive car

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rtstragedy2 [she/her, pup/pup's] - 2mon

at the same time???

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queermunist she/her - 2mon

It's all computer!

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

I specced into the wrong trans skills tbh :/

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SickSemper [she/her, they/them] - 2mon

True I can mostly drive! Only aesthetic damage on my vehicle

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 2mon

I decided to try ballroom dance and all that! It sounded fun, can't remember who here tried it. Most dancing I do is like at the bar or a club,, I haven't done this structured partner dance since like middle school

I am NOT used to be a follower in most aspects of my life. Its fucking hard to not take charge of the guy lol. Also, its so strongly gendered which is a little weird but whatever - theyre serving the silver haired crowd so I suppose its to be expected. Im certainly one of the younger people at this studio. Also, hopefully this isnt like any other studio but theyre super hard on the sell and I get a lot of cultish vibes... I think Ill finish out my lessons and then find somewhere more cassusal.

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GenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's] - 2mon

bed catgirl-flop should get up but is so nice an warm

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0x2640 - 2mon

yawnnnn

eepy day

*flops*

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RION [she/her] - 2mon

In april my T was 88 ng/dL, in july it was 331, and two weeks ago it was 227. I've been on 100mg a day of spiro the whole time. All the nurses in mychart keep saying it's fine... I don't like being in "normal male" range and I'm scared it's messing with my hair

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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon

If I could throw my own anecdote in, getting an effective E dose did more for dropping my T levels than spiro ever did. Though I am still on Spiro, just a lower dose now. And I will probably end up om monotherapy by the end of the year.

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RION [she/her] - 2mon

I'm on 8mg in tablets daily... maybe this is another reason to do injections

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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon

I've never done tablets but injections have been doing work

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JohnBrownsBussy2 [she/her, they/them] - 2mon

Yeah, if you're on 8 mg daily then it's probably a good idea to switch to injections.

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0x2640 - 2mon

All the nurses in mychart keep saying it's fine

they are lying to you, as "medical professionals" often do, especially when it comes to trans people and their healthcare! :D

would advice talking to endo to try and get a higher dose/switch to something that isnt ass (spiro is ass) and if they refuse then trying to get another doctor is your best bet

but also dont let them put you on anything higher than 12.5mg of cypro (ideally 6.25)

generally recommended levels for E(2) are 100-200 pg/mL(367-734pmol/L) and for T < 50 ng/dL (1.7 nmol/L)

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

generally recommended levels for E(2) are 100-200 pg/mL

I know you're usually skeptical of doctors, are you sure these levels are good? I worry with their attitude of minimal viable dose that they'd rec levels that are lower then ideal but shut up the patient

Also bc https://transfemscience.org/misc/injectable-e2-simulator-advanced/ estimates higher levels then that for very typical diy doses (and I have heard people talk about getting more feminization with diy- because their levels are better.)

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0x2640 - 2mon

yea these levels are good and whats normally recommended by the diy community (ie big homebrewers n such) and are also levels typically found in female puberty and have given many a many a trans girl good results

the most common diy dose is 4mg EEn and it sits at ~130pg/mL on that simulator (tho we recommend https://estrannai.se/ as its found to be generally more accurate) which is in the range specified

doctors often recommend levels lower than that, which is the problem (among many things)

moreover, doctors are liars and thieves, and not to be trusted. do your own research, advocate for yourself, dont assume they know what theyre doing or that they will give you the correct treatment. this goes for basically everything, but especially for trans people, especially for women, especially for those who are disabled or think they might be, etc.

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

4mg/week though, right? That's what I've seen homebrew recommend, or more for every 10 days. 4mg/week is like 250~300.

I haven't seen papers but I have seen people rec 200-300 pg/ml, inline with what both homebrewers I'm looking at recommend their doses at (4mg/week and 7mg/10 days).

edit: https://hexbear.net/post/6373414/6570932 Yea, you're doing 4mg/week same as me. That's like 250-300 on the calculator? Not trying to argue or gotcha or anything I'm just trying to understand because it sounds like you're recommending kinda low levels? But ik you're knowledgeable so its just confusing me

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0x2640 - 2mon

sorry im like hella tired and didnt change the time thing. its been a long day/days

anyway the 100-200 is just a general guideline you can go higher than that if u wants :p my levels were like 220 or 230 something and im pretty happy with that

im just giving what ive heard the general sentiment in diy spaces has been, also those are recommended levels at trough not at peak so itll change slightly (but a lot more with EV) but if u wanna be higher go for it

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

No you're good cat-trans I hope you get some rest soon.

Okay I see, thank you

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RION [she/her] - 2mon

This really sucks... The lady I've talked to for my last two follow-ups always seems annoyed with me too. You'd think if they work at Planned Parenthood they'd care

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SuperZutsuki [they/them] - 2mon

Spiro doesn't reduce your T levels, it just blocks it from attaching to receptors somewhat. What's your E at? My T went down to like 8ng/dL after being on E for a few months.

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RION [she/her] - 2mon

It's been around 96, 98 in July and September, and somewhere in the 80s in April?

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0x2640 - 2mon

Spiro doesn't reduce your T levels

yes it does, it functions both as an androgen receptor antagonist and an androgen synthesis inhibitor

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SuperZutsuki [they/them] - 2mon

Spiro is an androgen blocker, it doesn't actually affect the production of T in any way.

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0x2640 - 2mon

spiro decreases T levels, like, provably, factually, scientifically, etc, i dunno what to tell you

its not very good at it (the US should just use cypro like literally everywhere else) but it does

T levels being that high while taking E is ostensibly a bad thing, especially for the purposes of feminizing hormone therapy

not all antiandrogens decrease T (finasteride doesnt for example) but spiro does

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 2mon

Time for another anti androgen then?

Is it doing anything else different for you? All the typical T stuff, thicker or more facial hair, spontaneous erections, whatever. T does get converted into more E by aromatase in everyone's bodies, I mean I would want lower levels too but I guess your aromatase has plenty of T to work with right now. I did have to kick up to 200 mg and then 250 mg spiro for my T levels over time before I got switched to cyproterone (Im not in America, its indicated for feminizing HRT where I live).

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0x2640 - 2mon

All the typical T stuff, thicker or more facial hair, spontaneous erections, whatever

none of this is necessarily typical T stuff, a lot of it can still happen even with T being well within range, which is why blood tests are so important

T does get converted into more E by aromatase

i think this is "technically true" (i forget if its actually been proven to happen in anything other than like.. an actual fetus (i say this because a lot of people like to say that theres a pathway for prog to turn into T but theres no proof of that actually happening in adults)) but in any case it would be so minute as to be nonexistent. you still want your T to be much lower than that. if T turned into estrogen so easily everybody would have excess estrogen, ya? :p

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RION [she/her] - 2mon

The only thing I can really think of is shedding more hair, but I'm suspicious that started about when I started prog and that it might be the backdoor conversion thing

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0x2640 - 2mon

it might be the backdoor conversion thing

there is no evidence that prog turns into t, dht, etc in adults. infact it has been shown to work as a (extremely mild) antiandrogen though thats mostly anecdotal

plus if it did then wouldnt all the cis girlies with prog also be having a bunch of issues? just doesnt really make sense if u think about it

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0x2640 - 2mon

the amount of fatphobia/body shaming/ableism/racism present even in purportedly leftist/queer spaces is sad (and if u have a problem w/ ppl bringing attention to it u should sit and think why that is)

self purported leftists on their way to get way too excited that they can make jokes about body shape, disabilities, and gender/sexual orientation and justify it as "well it's fine THEYRE the bad people"

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon

::: spoiler spoiler

I continue to botch my psychologist meetings, partly because I don't trust him, partly cause he barely speaks english, partly because the IT system is buggy, and partly because I feel intense humiliation about my unhinged mental problems.

It is marvelous. Somehow we've ended up at a point where he is trying to treat me for anxiety. That's not even in the top 10 problems I have.

:::

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Shaleesh [she/her, comrade/them] - 2mon

I made swatches for my nail polish collection and I really wish I was brave/stupid enough to post the pictures here.

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EllenKelly [comrade/them] - 2mon

4 weeks ago I mentioned I had changed my name, I'm still fighting against a few services to change my name with them, and this last one is an account I want to close but I can't until i get them change my name in their system, theyve asked for an excessive amount od information and it's fucking draining and humiliating

I want to throw up

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SickSemper [she/her, they/them] - 2mon

Endo appt raaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh

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peanutbuttercupola [she/her] - 2mon

Good luck!

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SickSemper [she/her, they/them] - 2mon

So far so good! The combination of doctors and being open about transness is pretty bad, but there’s light at the end of the tunnel

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

I was talking with someone at work the other day about careers and they kept reiterating to me how important finding something that's "emotionally satisfying" and I "love doing" is. And I was like, trying to convince him that I really just need a job that isn't hell and pays adult money. There's not really a job that's going to be something I love. I do not love work. The things I would like to do are not practical for my other goals (making adult money). He did not get it.

Found a tactic in my chess game to win a pawn, there's a few routes he can go but no matter what he does he's losing a pawn in a few moves. Hoping he trades off the rooks first (that line takes a bit longer for me to win the pawn so I'm hoping he will take it and not see it still loses). But now I have to wait like, potentially multiple days to finally see my plan come together kitty-cri

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

Okay well I did the first half of one of the things I've been meaning to do for a while so that's good. Second half won't be for a while and isn't as important anyway.

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

::: spoiler spoiler Try not to clutter the thread but damn I'm lonely and realistically have another like 6 hours before bed. Too late to message anyone. Maybe I'll commit to myself to message someone tomorrow. :::

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Boynomoder [she/her, pup/pup's] - 2mon

::: spoiler Does anyone else have psychological hang-ups surrounding surgery? Like my entire life I’ve just associated plastic surgery with rich vain people. Obviously I would pass better and look much cuter with FFS…but I just feel vapid thinking that. The idea of altering my appearance in such a way makes me uneasy. :::

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

::: spoiler spoiler Yes I do, especially with ffs compared to something like srs. Idk if this helps but ffs is reconstructove surgery to repair the damage of testosterone, it's not rly plastic surgery or vanity. It's undoing damage. :::

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Boynomoder [she/her, pup/pup's] - 2mon

::: spoiler spoiler Am I damaged? Or just not pretty? :::

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon

::: spoiler spoiler

Take the surgery if you can afford it and think it's good for you. You are not exploiting other people. You don't need to feel bad about it.

"Vanity" is basically just people flexing about their social status. That's no what ffs is for. :::

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 2mon

::: spoiler spoiler I had a tracheal shave/Adam's apple reduction. I have no qualms about plastic surgery. There is nothing vapid about wanting to be comfortable with how you look. There is also no requirement that you get any surgery. Ideally, you get whatever helps you not feel dysphoria or pain when you look in the mirror and whatever makes you feel happy to look at yourself. :::

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EstraDoll [she/her, he/him] - 2mon

::: spoiler spoiler vapid? vain? maybe it is? maybe it isn't? i really never had any hangups either way. where i live i can get it covered by my insurance so i might as well because it will make me pass so well and make me so very pretty. that and i have a weird thing about really liking the idea of carving FFS marks into my skull being a massive selling point to me :::

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Boynomoder [she/her, pup/pup's] - 2mon

Idk if I see the appeal

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EstraDoll [she/her, he/him] - 2mon

the appeal is i look very pretty and go through some badass shit to do it

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shallot [she/her] - 2mon

::: spoiler spoiler

carving FFS marks into my skull

:waow-based: shit now I’m gonna have to consider it cause yea that owns :::

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

Check matrix DMs

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shallot [she/her] - 2mon

!!! ❤️

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

cat-trans

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0x2640 - 2mon

finally got around to setting up a local image cloud and ssh keys, yipppee :3

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

Which cloud, nextcloud? Setting up a server for myself soon

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0x2640 - 2mon

maybe cloud like isnt the right terminology its just what i decided to go with. i just set up immich in a docker container and then uploaded all my photos to there and set up auto uploading and such :p

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

ooh I forgot about immich actually, looks very nice. No I think cloud is a fine word to use there, nextcloud was just the option on my mind. Planning out what all services I want to host right now.

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MusicOwl [comrade/them, sie/hir] - 2mon

down with cis

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GenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's] - 2mon

down with cis

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0x2640 - 2mon

down with cis

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Disaster_of_Passion [kit/kit's, she/her] - 2mon

down with cis

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 2mon

Cat girls:

Do you also love bread like a cat? Ive had a few and known of other cat bread fiends as pets. Curious if it carries over to cat girls.

I dated a cat girl, she insists I was more into the cat girl thing than she was but now she told me she thinks shes a cat therian so WHO REALLY WAS MORE "INTO" IT? Admittedly, I did like that she did shit like purr in my ear our first night together unprompted so maybe me lol

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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon

spongebob-i-fucking-love I fucking love bread

11/10 food.

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0x2640 - 2mon

meanwhile me sitting in bed eating a loaf of bread doggirl-grin

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Disaster_of_Passion [kit/kit's, she/her] - 2mon

depends on the bread, and how far we're spreading the "bread" category. plain white or wheat bread or somethin? Highly dependent on the quality. Biscuits, bagels, english muffins? can't get enough. garlic bread? I could probably subsist wholly off of garlic bread if there weren't, y'know, nutritional issues there doggirl-sweat

also, not a bread but kind of an adjacent starch, really love crackers. I will dead ass sit down and eat an entire roll of plain crackers and enjoy it.

idk how much of this is like, specific catgirl stuff tho, like most of my family and friends love bread catgirl-smug

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SuperZutsuki [they/them] - 2mon

Not a cat girl per se but I do love cats, had a cat for a long time, and fucking love bread and pastries (my cat was also a bread fiend).

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon

Bread catgirl-heart aubrey-happy

Even if other cat girls don't like Bread, I like it enough that I can shift the mean.

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0x2640 - 2mon

why is prog so expensive ughhhhh can we seize the means of production already

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SickSemper [she/her, they/them] - 2mon

Jesus my heart is beating out of my chest, just finished the screener and I still hate being percieved by medical professionals. I’ve learned that I need to get better answers for what I want out of transition, what my goals are. I’ve spent so long avoiding thinking about the future because it was something I hated, but now I have to conceptualize a brighter reality into existence. dubois-dance

Anyways I passed and will be seeing an endo soon catgirl-heart

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KrupskayaPraxis - 2mon

What's your idea of a kinky outfit? For in the club?

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SickSemper [she/her, they/them] - 2mon

In 12 hours I’ll be done the first medical step on this new road. Feels surreal, I feel a bit shocked I managed to pull the trigger in the first place. I’m 50/50 terrified and excited, but at least I know how I feel. Existence before I felt kinda shrug-outta-hecks about, doesn’t feel like that’s going to be forever?

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meler [she/her, pup/pup's] - 2mon

::: spoiler weird writing style dysphoria nonsense that is fake and nonsense but feels real for some reason Sometimes I'm jealous of the posting style of some of the girls in this mega because they read so cute. And meanwhile my writing feels like man speak :::

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0x2640 - 2mon

voice training???? naaaa

bark training? yeaaaaa

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

Upper management changed a previous decision and took $400 (of hours) out of my pocket next month and I'm pissed. Plus if they stick to it, lower hours in the future.

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

Fuck I meant to post something happy today.

Uh I got the supervisor position, really excited about that and being able to put that on my very sad resume is nice. Only like 6 hours a week but still.

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 2mon

Tomorrow is injection day~

That'll be something to look forward to!

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

It is! actually very looking forward to that

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0x2640 - 2mon

sighs doggirl-cry

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meler [she/her, pup/pup's] - 2mon

Capitalism really hit me with the sandwich method today. Looks like I'll be making 5 dollars an hour more than I had originally thought with this new job.

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

damn nice. Meanwhile mine I have to fight with every check because they keep shorting me

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

::: spoiler srs/genitals Looking at options and idk if vaginas are just weird, if the results aren't good, maybe just change especially big change is weird for me. But idk, I'm not sure how I feel about it, would I be happy with that.. I'm not thrilled with what I have now though either. At least I know an orchi is affordable. But idk, I don't know about srs and it's fucking stressful.

god I just want to be happy with myself. Why does this need to be so hard.

Not related but it has stopped harassing me in the mornings and thank fuck for that. That was genuinely the worst part of my day. ::: spoiler edit Like when I think about it in a vacuum what I'd like is a cis vagina but are these results that? If they are, am I just mistaken about wanting it? Whole thing is complicated and sucks... :::

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 2mon

::: spoiler spoiler You do not have to make that call yet! You can wait it out and see how you feel in a bit. If you started saving for it, keep saving cause that money can also be used for like a house or facial feminization or just a nice emergency budget. Plenty of trans women do not get surgery by their own choice, and theyre still women.

If youre worried about results, as someone whos been up close and personal with trans women with neovaginas and cis women with birth vaginas - they look like, tasted like, smell like, feel like and quite a few got wet just the same (not even every cis womens vaginas got wet though). Also there's advancements in it now, theres full cavity, theres zero depth if you dont want penetrative sex, theres penile preserving vaginoplasty where they keep your gock but you get a cavity and labia (I dont know as much about this one but they've already done it).

You know the thought experiment. If you had a vagina tomorrow and a pill that could turn it all back to what youd have post orchi, and you get to take the pill whenever you want, would you want to go back? If no, its probably just the whole getting surgery and recovery part thay might give you pause rather than having a vagina. Anyway, its still not something you have to do decide now. :::

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

::: spoiler spoiler I am going to keep saving.. Does make me a bit sad thinking about that being down payment on a house kind of money. And like, how many times in my whole life am I even going to have that much money.

That's good and reassuring... Idk why I feel hesitant or weird about it. I do want a vagina.

No no I'd keep it, I don't really love the idea of having post orchi.. And yea I do have plenty of time to think about it. :::

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon

Thing about being depressed is that it is so fucking boring! I don't get how media manages to romantasize this! If I was cool and hot and wise because of being depressed I wouldn't be depressed, I'd be awesome and happy big-cool. Instead, I'm stuck with stupid b*tch syndrome, I waste 90% of my day and I keep complaining about my problems instead of doing anything about them!

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

Right? Like even though I'm feeling good today I've still barely done anything. Big list of things I want to do but never end up doing. Very boring. ::: spoiler list -knock off Legos to build
-want to learn rust (then emudev)
-want to learn (some) asl
-want to learn toki pona
-pc to build, software to install after/moving files
-several games to play, ttyd being one I was working through
-python script I want to refine, honestly might even just use deepseek for this
-learn more about meteorology
-a couple of other misc small things I probably shouldn't list

Where is my motivation spongebob-i-fucking-love

and I get where learning things takes more and shit but like, play a game in bed? Ask a bot to make one change in a python script? ts is too demanding for me? :::

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

Kinda weird to look at how many of the things I want to do are learning things

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon

Motivation was stolen by gremlins. I don't mind them stealing my chopsticks, but can they not steal pieces of my soul? I kinda need that.

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0x2640 - 2mon

yea, yeeaa.

recently (yesterday) set up a shared tasklist with a friend and that seems to be helping us do stuff. lil dopamine boost from checking off things :3

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Moss [they/them] - 2mon

frist

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon

::: spoiler cw: cuts and blood

I was prepping bread with my tits out when I cut myself (not on the tits, but my brain did wander in that direction)

I didn't have anything for cleaning up the wound so I ran it under water for a bit and let the blood coagulate on its own.

It's a nice dark red color. I'm sure a doctor would approve.

:::

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GenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's] - 2mon

::: spoiler spoiler now this made me imagine a beautiful red line of blood running down between my tits and it's made me feel things it's certainly too early for :::

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juniper [none/use name] - 2mon

i love my trans comrades cat-trans

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meler [she/her, pup/pup's] - 2mon

::: spoiler ranting and rambling. some all caps expletives Why the FUCK do I have to prove I'm profitable to ANYONE do be able to fucking live somewhere? And why the FUCK are they allowed to just say no? I can't fathom the cruel lack of humanity one has to have to be a landlord. I just want this stress to be over. I can't take it anymore. :::

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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon

Yay Train Mega!

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XiaCobolt [she/her] - 2mon

I think a good story and character is one that can survive the translocation to being under communist society rather than capitalist.

Like it's fun to criticize Batman but you could 100% do a story where Thomas and Martha Wayne were famous revolutionaries (Like Lenin and Rosa level), who were class traitors from an old money bourgeois family and were killed by reactionary assassins at the tail end of the socialists winning the revolution. Bruce is formally adopted and raised by Alfred (his parent's butler, then comrade, now caretaker of Wayne Manor as a public museum).

Bruce is an adamant communist but realizes there is corruption and reaction being overlooked in the party, so cultivates a reputation as being a bit of playboy and wastrel costing off his parents name and the fact the party likes to bring him to events (kind of like some of Mao's kids), but in secret he fights as Batman (repurposing gear from abandoned revolutionary weapon caches Alfred knows about), tormenting corrupt party officials and smashing black market gangs and organized crime propped up by bastions of capitalism and reaction still in the world.

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 2mon

They have done a lot of work over the years to emphasize that what makes Batman Batman isnt money (it sure helps) but some deeper drive. Theres plenty of stories where he loses all the money and has to figure it out from there - he's also got the new Absolute run where he doesnt come from money and instead works a regular construction job where he installs his gadgets into the city lol. For a different superhero, Superman fights for Truth, Justice and the American Way - but does have a collective-ish humanist ethos at his core as well which is why Red Son works. And over the last almost 100 years of superman, hes fought less and less for the American Way as its become more ghoulish post FDR.

Sometimes the point of the characters IS that theyre shitty capitalists - like Succession or Schitt's Creek. I suppose those could be morphed into stories about the Nomenklatura or the equivalent. Citizen Kane probably doesnt make sense in a communist society, that'd have to change too much. The Great Gatsby... maybe could work, instead of a fortune he chases higher and higher ranks in the party?? Parasite or Snowpiercer couldnt really translate, but one of themes of both is that capitalism sucks. I don't think there'd be a place for Film Noir but communist, you could have a cop story but you don't quite get the seedy underbelly and poverty that makes those stories stick - on the other hand, Columbo would translate perfectly to a communist society. He'd just solve murders with powerful people instead of powerful and rich.

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XiaCobolt [she/her] - 2mon

Yeah like I think you could even make Breaking Bad under communism. Walter White is a brilliant scientist and minor party member who thinks he should be much higher in academia and party politics but is stuck as a school teacher in a rural area, due to what is latter revealed his shitty ego and personality. He gets aggressive cancer that even the state funded chemotherapy can't beat. His old friend from the party days, now a state health minister offers to bend the rules to get him experimental treatment, but he's too prideful that instead he teams up with a youth influenced by foreign counter culture propaganda and starts making drugs to sell on the black market so he can get the same treatment smuggled in from an external capitalist state. He can even still end up working with underground Nazis to kill a bunch of people and his going on the run is actually defecting to another country.

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peanutbuttercupola [she/her] - 2mon

lea-think

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XiaCobolt [she/her] - 2mon

Ma'am this is the trans megathread. Yes but I don't know when the normal one is going to get locked.

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XiaCobolt [she/her] - 2mon

Google. When I google "google authenticator", the first entry really shouldn't be some other authenticator app. I need your specific app for this activity. Seriously WTF?

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meler [she/her, pup/pup's] - 2mon

One time I binged "teams" on a work machine and the first result was an ad for slack, which I thought was funny

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0x2640 - 2mon

I need your specific app for this activity

i dont think this has ever been true tbh x3 (unless you are actively getting 2fa codes from the app)

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XiaCobolt [she/her] - 2mon

I mean it's a work thing so need also means I was told to do it this way with the Google one.

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0x2640 - 2mon

fair enuf :p

for personal use u can use like any local auth tho, plssss dont use google auth :3

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

I'm playing a correspondence chess game with a friend. We played the Sicilian because that's his favorite, known for sharp games. He's really flippin good and only made one blunder. Now we're in the endgame, I'm up a rook for a knight. But we both still have a lot of material on the board, I have two rooks and 5 pawns, he has a rook + knight and 5 pawns. Its making me think so hard doggirl-sweat I never play such difficult endgames tbh, I've gotten too used to playing easier opponents (still grinding out elo, I'm underrated imo. Also play randoms at work who aren't as good as me).

Because we are in an endgame with still some amount of material on the board there are just so many lines I need to look at and I need to look further into them then I typically would earlier in the game. While I'm technically up two points of material and this should be winning its far from free.

We started about a month ago and have been averaging a single move per day. Correspondence takes a lot of mental energy. Because it takes so long too I obviously really want to win too lol

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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon

Took my E dose! I missed my small dose last week because I just started split dosing and I'm not used to the schedule yet. Fortunately I also went up in dose at the same time and just kept doing my usual dose on Sundays and the extra I need on Thursday. Journaling has helped me recognize my emotions so much better and I noticed an end of week decline in my mental health leading up to today that I now recognize from from before I started split dosing. Plugging my regimen into the HRT levels simulator my levels should be falling quite a bit leading up to my dose when I don't split dose, so this is all adding up in my head. It also makes me regret not pushing for a higher dose earlier, since it took me about 1.5 years of HRT to get to an effective dose, but I'm here now and that's what actually matters.

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 2mon

Every week I come back to see if it's my turn yet, soon...

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

::: spoiler spoiler Slept a ton and still feel like last night/earlier. Just miserable and hopeless. Why. I hate this. Why can't it just be okay. :::

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon

After applying the immortal science of dialectical materialism during my introspection, I think my biggest problem is actually that I have terrible sleep, diet and addiction to cocaine caffeine. This makes it hard for me to have the energy to deal with daily life, and that in turn amplifies my mental problems. Then, my mental problems make it harder for me to fix my living patterns. It's a cycle.

Sometimes, I manage to pull through and fix my physical condition for a few days, before the forces of entropy and madness take it all away from me.

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peanutbuttercupola [she/her] - 2mon

Getting good sleep and nutrition are actually so important while you're transitioning! You're changing your body, don't make it more difficult than it needs to be.

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SickSemper [she/her, they/them] - 2mon

Base and superstructure! (I don’t know what that means in this context but I hope it helps)

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Ecoleo [he/him] - 2mon

Random thing I noticed, I recently created an account on Bumble, (using my google account because I was too lazy to create an in app account) and my Insta feed almost overnight became flooded with Incel-adjacent content and memes.

Maybe its some nefarious Zuck programming, more likely it's just the algo noticing correlation and clicks, but either way it's obviously fucked how this works, and definitely starts lonely people down a dark pipeline.

Edit: sorry just realised this was in the trans megathread not the general lol

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0x2640 - 2mon

friday injector superiority doggirl-smug

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SickSemper [she/her, they/them] - 2mon

How do so many of my lovely sisters get used to the needle aspect??? I’m so proud of yall it just seems scary scared

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 2mon

Im a nurse. I do it to other people all day and night, I have no issues doing it to myself

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WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them] - 2mon

I don't get use to it. I just deal with it anyways.

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

::: spoiler sh I've had a self harm problem for some time so putting sharp things in my skin is not the problem it is for some people ::: Also, like even without that, the needles are really fuckin sharp and go in quite easy. I just kinda slowly push the needle in and it slips in shrug-outta-hecks it doesn't hurt until I take it out.

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SickSemper [she/her, they/them] - 2mon

::: spoiler spoiler Damn, I just picked at my face and skin until it bled, manual sh style. :::

Good to know, the diagrams look insanely scary with the length and width of needles, so I’m probably psyching it up worse than it actually is

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SuperZutsuki [they/them] - 2mon

Idk, needles have never been a big deal for me. They're so small they barely feel like anything most of the time.

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0x2640 - 2mon

silly answer: its hot

serious answer: dunno weve just never had a pawblem wif needles, and they release a bunch of stress when its over so. build up all that tension worrying over just like that! it being girljuice helps :p

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SickSemper [she/her, they/them] - 2mon

It just seems different doing it to myself. Otoh my partner has already offered if/when I get shots so the silly answer might end up being correct :) the girl juice is def a plus

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0x2640 - 2mon

its different and its still scary at first but after awhile it just becomes like "oh its time to stab ourselves" and then poof all done. the more u do smth the easier it is to do (in our experience)

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Are_Euclidding_Me [e/em/eir] - 2mon

I know for me it's still hard, 7 years later. I do NOT like doing injections. But with T it's really the only option (that I can afford, gel also exists, but is much more expensive). So I just have to do it.

I have a ritual where I drink 2 (alcoholic) drinks to get through it, one before and one after. I wish I didn't have to use alcohol to get through my injections every week, but here we are. It's often the only 2 drinks I have all week, so like, whatever, it's cool. Alcohol has been considered medicinal in quite a few contexts for thousands of years, so I too can have a little medically necessary alcohol once a week.

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

::: spoiler spoiler ::: spoiler hopelessness, si/etc It's genuinely hopeless. I'm never going to be fixed, or happy, or feel like a part of the whole. I have always felt alien and transitioning isn't going to help. It's going to be worse. I don't want this. There's no hope. My voice, fuck.

Timer is started now. Just waiting out until I'm visibly trans and then probably going to kill myself. Fuck I hate the thought of what's going to be in the future. Everything has sucked for so long and is going to be worse. :::

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peanutbuttercupola [she/her] - 2mon

I know how hopeless things can feel when you've just started HRT and there are emotional changes but no physical ones yet, but trust me, you're going to be fine. Be patient with yourself and you're going to feel better before you know it. cat-trans

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon

::: spoiler spoiler headpat :::

::: spoiler spoiler You will be "fixed". Don't worry about it. HRT is pretty amazing. Although a better term is "transformed".

As to your hopelessness, let me tell you something. I'm a cowardly person who gets scared and panicked about a lot of things, so I feel surprised about how far I would be willing to go to keep myself going with transitioning. Once your momentum gets going, you might find much more courage. But fear in the initial weeks is a rational response that many go through. Once you start noticing the feminizing effects of HRT, the fear will rapidly dissipate.

Furthermore, the "good thing", or "bad thing" - depending on your interpretation - is that change takes time, whether you are doing HRT, or learning a skill, or changing your presentation. You will have time to get used to things.

But yeah, I fully agree that humanity sucks, and other people suck. :::

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

::: spoiler spoiler Sorry for leaving this sitting all day. Thank you.

But fear in the initial weeks is a rational response that many go through. Once you start noticing the feminizing effects of HRT, the fear will rapidly dissipate.

I really don't see how my fear/hatred of looking and being viewed a certain way is going to change when budding starts but I guess we'll see. :::

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

::: spoiler spoiler I literally just want the suffering of being trans to fucking stop. I need it to stop. And it never will. It's inescapable.

Dysphoria and how I am perceived. It's ruined. I just want to kill myself fuck sake

how you're perceived doesn't matter 🥰🥰

ONLY BECAUSE WE'RE A FUCKING SOCIAL SPECIES FUCK I HATE BEING A SOCIAL SPECIES. :::

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 2mon

cuddle

::: spoiler spoiler Youve made so much progress already, honey. Youre on the second week of HRT, and you were pretty sure you wouldnt get that far.

The sense of dysphoria and depersonalization that comes from being trans (even pre-eggcrack) will go down, especially as you start opening up to some people and HRT hits her stride. I know your voice is an intense focus of your dysphoria, I know how hard it is. I think just like with DIY HRT, you will find the inner strength - and I call on all the millennia of trans femmes before you lol to give you it - you will one day work on voice training and have a voice that doesn't hurt you to hear come out of your mouth. I know it seems hard and far away and hurts so bad right now. It must seem so difficult.

Keep going to that support group and find your people to lean on. Keep taking your HRT, give it a good amount of time. I hope you get to move out and maybe do something like college and have a breath away from your family and be able to be yourself at home. Stay alive ♡ :::

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

::: spoiler spoiler cuddle

I honestly don't remember that. I remember being frustrated at so many people not helping me.

That's good, I hope so. Already out to a lot of people tbh. I will, I'm staying here for a while longer at least. Thank you. Sorry it took me so long to reply today has not been great. ::: spoiler voice + shittyness Thank you for validating me. It is not just something I think is hard, it is genuinely impossible for me. There are very few trans women with voices I wouldn't hate having, many of them singers and shit. With how dysphoric I am its not really like I am going to be putting in the ton of time I'd need (assuming I'm lucky enough for it to be possible). Voice is always going to hurt me and make me hate this. :::

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StillNoLeftLeft [none/use name, she/her] - 2mon

Anyone have recommendations for comic books that are sort of lighthearted, but not brainwormy or lib? I used to read Donald Duck when I eat and been doing this all my life (like most do here), but haven't been able to tolerate it for a few years now after I've become more aware of just how disgusting the messages in it truly are.

But I miss my lunch hour comic fueled meal time. So does anyone know of anything in print that I could get?

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GenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's] - 2mon

personally i can vouch for femslash fanfiction fubuki-heh just straight up reading smut at workkk wasting employer time is praxis for sure

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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon

What's Femslash? I've seen the category before but I'm very new to fanfic.

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GenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's] - 2mon

It's f/f so wlw, or "yuri".

it's about lesbians that may or may not be lesbians in the canon

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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 2mon

Oh hell yeah definitely gonna be browsing that tag

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

::: spoiler doom, transphobia, brief dysphoria talk, climate. Misanthropy. Stressed about the future. Shit is looking real bad for us. I want to not be genocided and oppressed for my next few decades before we all die and I'm clearly not going to get it. Going to be treated as subhuman forever just because I had the gall to get crippled with this.

Genuinely this whole situation never stops sucking shit.

-dysphoria and my body being ruined
-fascism targeting me solely because of this
-climate change prolly ending civilization within my lifetime

Anyone who has kids clearly has a better life then I do because I would never inflict this on a kid.

I resent and hate most of humanity tbh. Fuck them. Most people dgaf about truth and that is the root cause of all of my pain. They do not "try their best". They are evil. If people cared about what is true I would not be oppressed. Climate change would not be on the trajectory it is. But they do not. It has been clear to me for a long time and I do not know how to move on.

If you don't agree with me on the climate change stuff being so bad idrc, I don't plan on blackpilling anyone with it. It is compounding to the other stress because I very much believe these are the best years on earth and clearly (gestures broadly) they are being spent doing this shit to us. Remove that from the equation if you want it really doesn't change much. The vast majority does not care if their beliefs are true and people believing false shit is why we are oppressed.

People are hateful, ignorant pieces of shit who have and continue to ruin my life. :::

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

When does estrogen make me not horny anymore

When does estrogen make me not lonely anymore

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GenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's] - 2mon

Saw some neat posting on this interactive fiction subreddit that i use to get recommendations and thought that maybe some small corners of reddit might be salvageable

then today i checked and saw someone asking if there's any IFs that don't center being white so aggressively in the romantic options and downvoted to oblivion lmao reddit-logo

one of the comments was like "Why would you ask this on "REDDIT" of all places?" and truly, the op had more faith in the shithole than i did

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon

This Abt switch be balling. Well no, it be rollin

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EstraDoll [she/her, he/him] - 2mon

i had a banger post

i wanted to save it for the new trans mega

but fuck i already forgot wtf i was gonna post. fuck

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RION [she/her] - 2mon

So I've been on prog for 12 days, and with one exception these hives that I've been having started 10 days ago... And I still think it's possible that exception was caused by a big mosquito I saw in my bedroom. Apparently progesterone allergy is possible albeit very rare? I punctured one of the pills and spread the contents on a patch of my skin to see if I have any reaction. It's probably still some kind of bugs though

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tamagotchicowboy [he/him] - 2mon

I learned I'm not just super burnt out, I apparently have anemia making everything worse, been walking around with a ferritin level of 6 like its nbd. I was tired of being tired, glad I was able to get that checked.

Apparently some common supplements prevent proper iron absorption, pair this with me donating blood every time I get and as much as I can give away and oops. I'm looking at a long bout of iron therapy, no more sweet, sweet caffeine for breakfast since that messes with iron absorption.

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 2mon

I had low iron from too many donations too, at the time I was still eating meat so it wasn't so hard to build back along with some iron supplementation.

Iron is a weird one if youre vegan because theres a bunch of compounds in plants that can mess with iron absorption, but you should be able to overcome that by supplementing at the right time. Also yeah coffee and tea can fuck with iron absorption, tragic (just eat the iron rich foods well before or after coffe/tea). You also might need B12 supplements (unless youre trying, a lot of people on a vegan diet have a hard time reaching the right B12 levels), luckily they fortify a lot of food with it like nutritional yeast. Some lentils are plenty rich in iron, lots of other foods are. If you need a few rounds of IV iron sucrose, that sucks but you wouldnt be the first! When I worked peds soooo many teens needed it lol.

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tamagotchicowboy [he/him] - 2mon

I like barely opening my eyes and having some caffeine, now I have to barely open my eyes and have orange juice and whatever I find that looks appealing that isn't ultrafortifed with calcium. No idea on vitamin B12 my financial and energy budget's been lots of cheap nonperishable crap, pasta, pasta in a can, beans, potatoes, sandwiches, etc. Yesterday I bought a cabbage and chain made cabbage pancakes with flax, I know those are safe and they keep in the freezer for when I have 0 energy.

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Ceres [she/her] - 2mon

A while ago I was eating enough nutritional yeast just for the flavor of it that my blood tests said excess b12 and my urine was neon so I had to cut back on it ooooooooooooooh

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0x2640 - 2mon

rawr :3

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FumpyAer [any, comrade/them] - 2mon

@hello_hello@hexbear.net

I wasn't advocating for you to buy a Steam Deck. I was just saying that you can use Steam as a controller-friendly launcher on your existing PC, to solve the problem you stated about not wanting to walk over and use KB/mouse to play games.

I don't know what OS you're on, but on Windows there is "One Game Launcher pro" on Windows store for a maybe offline option. I just think the steam features like steam input are worth using even for non steam games.

If you never buy a game or enter payment details I think the most info they need is name and email address. And you can basocally be perpetually be in offline mode if you don't need game updates or to let Steam do game licence checks. Just make sure to configure it to default to library screen and big picture mode when you open it.

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hello_hello [comrade/them] - 2mon

I could create a burner account and then have steam be sandboxed to never connect to the network. I think I'll try that, I'm on NixOS trans-undertale so installing Steam isnt too much of a hassle.

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BountifulEggnog [she/her] - 2mon

I hate having nightmares almost every night. Multiple tonight. Being in the military, someone drowning and me not being able to save them, others I now forget. I keep waking up because of them.

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meler [she/her, pup/pup's] - 2mon

Okay I think I've gotten out my accumulated thoughts I'm gonna stop posting and go pirate some TV.

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Phoebe - 2mon

to everyone who i hurt, im so sorry

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GayTuckerCarlson [she/her] - 2mon

last

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 2mon

I come back 1 day later only to find MFs on the LOTM subreddit had a whole arc where they (roleplay) fight, change their gender (using LOTM magic), get married and have kids.

Maybe I should start role-playing again.

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