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Trans Megathread for March 16th through March 22nd, 2026

Hi everybody!

I'd originally planned on having a big effort post, but I've had some Bad Brain^TM^ the last couple weeks so that'll just have to wait until next time.

In the meantime, it's my 2 year HRT Anniversary! These past couple years have also been the first time I've really been in community with other trans folx; I've had so many breakthroughs and discoveries of myself that I don't think would have been possible without that and I can't be thankful enough.

I hope everybody has a lovely week!


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As a reminder, please do not discuss current struggle sessions in the mega. We want this to be a little oasis for all of us and the best way to do that is not to feed into existing conflict on the site.

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] - 4mon

HELLO THIS IS THE MEGA SIGN UP POST/LIST POST

if you have a preferred week please tell me

meler* (3/23 - 3/29)
Shaleesh* (3/30 - 4/5)
Carcharodonna* (4/6 - 4/12)
GayTuckerCarlson* (4/13 - 4/19)
Busgirl (4/20 - 4/26)
SwitchyandWitchy* (4/27 - 5/3)
Disaster_of_Passion* (5/4 - 5/10)
sodium_nitride* (5-11 - 5/17)
peanutbuttercupola* (5/18 - 5/24)

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

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Disaster_of_Passion [kit/kit's, she/her] - 4mon

you can go ahead and stick me right back on at the end. thanks!

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

I guess I haven't done a mega in a while

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

Which is crazy cause right now I got the most insane mega lineups possible. Anyone wanna hear about chip manufacturing? Or quantum cryptography? Or maybe even ... idk, daoism?

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peanutbuttercupola [she/her] - 4mon

Do the dao of chip manufacturing

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peanutbuttercupola [she/her] - 4mon

peanutbuttercupola* (5/11 - 5/17)

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

Yall have fallen for my trap catgirl-smug. Been upvoting my posts for a long time ...

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RION [she/her] - 4mon

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

Are you asking for a hug with those outstretched hands of yoursdoggirl-shock ?

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RION [she/her] - 4mon

No......

::: spoiler spoiler Yes...... bottom-speak :::

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

meow-hug heart-sickle

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RION [she/her] - 4mon

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

You really don't have to give me that much attention for it to happen tbh

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

What does less attention than liking your posts consist of?

Glancing at your general vicinity (very doki doki, I know crush )?

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

I might need a little bit more then that but probably not much

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 4mon

If youre using /tttt/ and youre dysphoric a lot you should stop using /tttt/

If it hurts to touch the hot stove, stop touching the hot stove.

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DragonBallZinn [he/him, they/them] - 4mon

If youre using /tttt/ and youre dysphoric a lot you should stop using /tttt/

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 4mon

Well it almost goes without saying lol

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

The mtf sub is such a shitshow fuck those mods

Been half wanting to make an effort post explaining the whole situation but just look at tw*tter if you want to see the latest shitshow from the clowns.

Tldr with no posted proof though: one of the mods is a convicted pedophile. Got exposed as such. Head, power mod told her to make a new account and he wanted her back to mod. Mod team is now deleting any posts about this and 10s of millions of people on twitter are reading this fucking story. Head mod is also lying about the situation (including wildly downplaying what she actually did/has been doing).

god I really should just make the effortpost but its a lot fuck me.

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

I saw the thing as well and quit the sub.

There's also some drama with some raccoon clit magnet girl where the mods have beef with her for no particular reason (it can't be the nsfw, the sub is flooded with nsfw stories).

Unironically, we need our community spaces to be run with democratic centralism or else they get fucked up like this. And reddit is not built for that as mods are basically dictators (ironic?)

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inTheShadowOf [she/her] - 4mon

It's been absolutely wid to watch it play out. The head mod really seems to think there's still a way to salvage the situation. They can lock r/MtF down as long as they want, but everyone's seen how big of a fuck up this is. The sub is definitely not without issues, but it's a helpful place for many. Hopefully a better mod team can get control of it.

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 4mon

Im always a little suspicious of accusations against trans women because they will accuse us of that without evidence and it will be accepted by the public even if the accusation is later proven untrue. Regardless, in this case its because shes a fucking reddit mod not because of anything else that I believe it lol.

The mtf subreddit is definitely cursed, like almost as bad tttt.

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Arahnya [fae/faer, he/him] - 4mon

Oh wow 😔

sometimes writing effort posts can take a lot out of you, so make sure to check in with yourself!

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XiaCobolt [she/her] - 4mon

Talking to an acquaintance in a social setting.

Them: do I detect you are a comrade?

(Me lowering filter)

Me: oh yeah I'm a communist...

Them: I'm more of a democratic socialist.

(Filter back up 50%)

Me: oh cool haha

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

Damn I really want to get out and maybe hopefully get a partner. Hopefully this time next year.

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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 4mon

Yes do it!!! It took some time to feel comfortable going out to social events and stuff, but now it's just normal. And we've been starting to build up contacts and have people to go do stuff with spontaneously which feels amazing XD

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

oh oof I see how I said that now. I was mostly meaning moving out on my own. But yea I mean where else am I going to meet a partner. Social events and stuff does seem scary.

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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 4mon

Well we hope that works out too. Getting into a supportive environment does wonders.

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

I wonder if anyone will even have me tbh. Unattractive, autistic, I don't come across that depressed irl but I know in a relationship that'd be a barrier too. Want someone really bad but never have had someone. Trans woman into women.

Idk I just want someone real bad. And to be out in my own place.

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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 4mon

No, uh uh. None of that. The only thing you brought up that's actually unattractive is that you think you're unattractive. Even then that'll attract some people but I don't trust those that seek out people with low self esteem unless it's out of shared experience.

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

I am unattractive though, worse because I'm looking for someone who's into women. I am not an attractive woman.

Being autistic makes it harder to get into a relationship, it just will. I've been flirted with once and kinda freaked out. It makes all social stuff a struggle, new social stuff more so. Being trans and wlw removes a lot of people from wanting to date me. Plus never having been in a relationship before will probably also hurt me. I fear a lot of people don't want that. I hear a lot of people saying they want someone with experience and who knows how to be in a relationship. And it makes it harder for me, not having that experience.

Depression and my general dissatisfaction with life probably wouldn't be an issue at first but I do worry about it long term in a relationship. Same with my sex issues. idk I feel like a lot of things are stacked against me getting a partner :/ very sad bc I really want someone.

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

When in doubt, blame the 5G towers! Mom is already 'skeptical' in regards to 5G towers. Who knows? It might work.

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Muinteoir_Saoirse [she/her] - 4mon

Some of my learners were complimenting my style, saying I always dress really well and fashionable. I told them:

"Every time I step outside, no matter what I wear, there are people who want to kill me for how I look. It might as well be a look to die for."

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segfault11 [she/her, any] - 4mon

stress wtf is going on with DIY suppliers, many of the big ones seem to have gone down in the last few weeks. i hear chud news sources got the spotlight on them recently? i have enough to last maybe a couple more years but this is concerning

if it comes to having to buy from darkweb suppliers that only sell on TOR markets ig i know enough to navigate that, but what's happening rn is concerning

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

Its very concerning, especially with attacks on adult care on the horizon. I don't even care about having to buy on TOR and shit, but will there even be those?

Yea I'm super thankful to have gotten a bit more in. Not sure if I should try and get raws in too or what.

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Ceres [she/her] - 4mon

diyhrt dot info and diyhrt dot market are good backup resources

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OffSeasonPrincess [she/her] - 4mon

Rly bad luck deciding to get diy right when this shit started happening agony-wholesome (everything ive ordered should still be on the way, but its taking way longer than normal)

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star_sparkling_soda [they/them, he/him] - 4mon

HAPPY 2 YEAR HRT ANNIVERSARY!!

I am going to complain here that, that, so much mental health related groups are so extremely and intensely liberal. I really love to talk with others who are also plurals who may or may not have DID/OSDD and such but gosh I really can’t deal with the awful politics anymore 😵💔 I need a communist plural server like YESTERDAY! UGH AAAAGHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Also just to complain I have been dissociating so much it is impacting my studies AGAIN <:(

but on a positive note i am learning and trying weh

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Busgirl [she/her] - 4mon

CONGRATS

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star_sparkling_soda [they/them, he/him] - 4mon

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY

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communistlara [she/her, comrade/them] - 4mon

::: spoiler transphobia ig?, mention of suicide and sexual harassment My mom found my HRT medication a few days ago. Things haven't been going well.

Normally i take my HRT with me so i have access to it at all times no matter where i am. I kept my usual medication along with some vials in case i was desperate and out of options in my work bag. One day when i was walking my dog, i absentmindedly left my bag at home. When i realized that i shrugged it off and said "nah, it'll be fine" because my mom makes a big deal about privacy and respecting boundaries. Those don't apply when you're 19 and still in the house apparently!

She sat me down and asked me what i was doing with these drugs. I had to explain everything that happened between me and my now ex, how suicidal i was before HRT and why i took it. It was a stressful conversation that ended in me having to tell my mom my partner coerced consent from me several times for their own sexual pleasure. Eventually she said that we'll "revisit this conversation" after telling me i'm "toying with my hormones" and that it'll "get me killed". I'm doing DIY through my own research and checking in w my trans comrades both online and irl, for context.

With the way things are looking i might have to move out, run away, something - anything. I can't let her keep controlling me and i'm not gonna change that by living with her. :::

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mean [she/her, it/its] - 4mon

reddit warned me for anti-British posting so I'm stopping by to say death to the British, may transgender missiles rain down on them anti-thatcher-action

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segfault11 [she/her, any] - 4mon

when chuds refer to disagreeing with the "trans lifestyle" i'm going to assume they're talking about the choice to use distros like arch and nixos instead of more mainstream ones like ubuntu

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MerryJaneDoe [none/use name] - 4mon

Joy! I'm getting back on HRT! And taking a trip!

::: spoiler spoiler It's a good news/bad news situation. I've given up hope and I'm moving overseas. I don't know how long I'll be able to survive, but I at least want to be away for midterm elections. On the bright side, I'll be going to a very trans-friendly country and I'll be able to afford HRT, which is absurdly expensive in my state. :::

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 4mon

Sending you good vibes, hope you adjust well and everything turns out fine

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BattleshipPokemon [none/use name] - 4mon

i think i need to stop blasting my brain with constant tttt exposure, and remember that im well liked irl, i have a good social life, im not entirely unattractive, there's no reason for me to be zapping my brain into incoherence and an inability to take action.

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 4mon

Yes you should

"It hurts when I touch the hot stove" "You should stop touching the hot stove" unless you like being hurt why continue???

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BattleshipPokemon [none/use name] - 4mon

the thread they have up rn for cis men on hrt is pretty funny though ngl, its mostly effeminate gay men taking hrt to stay looking young mixed in with a few chasers taking tren to get insanely big.

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BimboChristmas [she/her] - 4mon

tttt can be really damn funny sometimes but that's how the worms get you.

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Busgirl [she/her] - 4mon

Yeah I got off Tumblr cause the trans stuff on their way starting to resemble 4chan brain worms too much.

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

:waow-based:

Cis men should take either E or tren.

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RION [she/her] - 4mon

I'm practicing harm reduction (only looking at /r/4tran)

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RION [she/her] - 4mon

I want a beautiful nice lady to take care of me and treat me like a treasured possession or pet :((((

want to be wanted so bad that they'd exert that level of control over me if they had the opportunity

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XiaCobolt [she/her] - 4mon

I met an Uber driver whose wife is a nurse, he drops her off at the hospital then drives until her shift is over and picks her upso they can have time off together.

Sometimes dudes rock. That's almost lesbian coded behaviour buddy.

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segfault11 [she/her, any] - 4mon

catgirl-huh my booba are still small but lately they feel more solid, like they don't flatten out when i lie down and i can feel them when i press my chest against a pillow or something

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Busgirl [she/her] - 4mon

Yay!! That's such a good feeling! When I got around to that stage I would push them together and pick up random things with them you should try it it's silly

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meler [she/her, pup/pup's] - 4mon

::: spoiler transphobia A bunch of kids were transphobic to me when I walked by a playground yesterday. And I don't know I just can't stop thinking about the event in a positive light??? It's like. I didn't try to girlmode or anything. I had some beard scruffles and was wearing gender neutral clothes, and somehow they knew I wasn't a guy? Granted, they used that information in a bad way, but they knew just by looking at me walking by that I wasn't a guy. Idk it just feels weirdly nice :::

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Ceres [she/her] - 4mon

one upside of the too-tight sports bras I have (see previous mega comment) is that its both soooo nice to take off at the end of the day and then also a lil euphoric to recognize that relatable experience

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RION [she/her] - 4mon

Actually coming around to this bra because it's helping me boymode more effectively!

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

::: spoiler cw:kinda sad, idk what else

All conversations I have with my mom now have that lethargic, unenthusiastic and fake/empty energy to them.

It's the same kind of conversation that all the emotionally unavailable and apathetic men of our family engage in.

It's all she wanted, for me to wear my male mask, but now she complains that talking to me ain't fun anymore.

:::

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Busgirl [she/her] - 4mon

Oof that sucks, have you tried just dropping the male mask entirely? My mom used to be the same way, but then I started seeing her more while acting like myself and now she has this weird dissonance where I can tell that she subconsciously sees me as a woman and it's made hanging with her alot easier.

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

Whole reason I put it up in the first place was because my mom reacted very hostile to me coming out. So now she doesn't get to see the real me. She doesn't deserve it.

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RION [she/her] - 4mon

I scored a 3/30 on the self esteem assessment 🙃 and my therapist said that I'm much cooler than I think I am and then I cried

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 4mon

Getting called problematic when I ask my drug dealer where's my drug 🥺

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segfault11 [she/her, any] - 4mon

can't expect your drug dealer to perform emotional labor for you 🙄

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 4mon

smh we used to have service in this country now can't even post on yelp since that be incriminating myself

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meler [she/her, pup/pup's] - 4mon

Men with long hair are hot I fear

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

women with short hair bottom-speak

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meler [she/her, pup/pup's] - 4mon

Honestly you're incredibly based for this

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

Okay finally something good, Slay the Spire 2 has been the most fun I've had in a game in a long time. I love deckbuilders and this is perfect. Used to love playing dominion but haven't had anyone to play with in a long time. But its PvE, has coop or single player, its just great. Reconnected with a couple friends and have played several games already. Would rec.

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alycat [she/her, comrade/them] - 4mon

I chose a really bad time to want to order more e. The only homebrewer in my country has closed shop indefinitely because of that silly media hitpiece, and every time I have ordered from overseas customs has taken it and sent me a love letter claiming that they seized "androgenic substances" (yeh it's basically the opposite of what I ordered lmao).

Feeling glad that I have a reasonable stockpile, but I do need to sort this out within the next two years. I don't want to make my own vials, but I will do it if I am forced to.

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WittyProfileName2 [she/her] - 4mon

Transition update:

I've always been on the skinnier side, but lately I've been putting on more weight at my hips and my trousers are getting a little tight around there.

Breast development continues, they're at a point that I'm comfortable with now, but I can feel another round of growth setting in. Here's hoping the family curse doesn't strike me, 'cos I don't wanna go through all the bullshit women with larger chests get.

Still having trouble wrestling control of the tangled mass of ringlets my hair becomes if it's allowed to grow longer than ~shoulder length.

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DerEwigeAtheist [she/her, comrade/them] - 4mon

I've actually really come to lile doing haircare for my curls. It's this nice regular self care ritual with visible results.

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EstraDoll [she/her, he/him] - 4mon

what's the name of that one trope where a masked, mysterious character who doesn't say anything, usually an antagonist or someone who saves the protagonist for unknown reasons, gets gendered as male for like a whole season but then has a dramatic reveal where they remove their helmet and it turns out they were a GIRL ALL ALONG??? 😱😱😱

idk what that trop is called but that's my gender

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EstraDoll [she/her, he/him] - 4mon

i spent too damn long looking on tv tropes to find that page, i knew it was there but i can't figure out just what trope they've called it

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GenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's] - 4mon

I got ya, girl. I have a phd in Tv Trope-ology lea-finger-guns

...it's a lot of hours over many years catgirl-huh

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

::: spoiler voice dysphoria + cis ppl Okay so I was complaining about stuff the other day and just generally telling this cis person about last week which I think everyone here knows was really rough for me. Anyway everything was pretty normal until I mentioned being super dysphoric/upset/hopeless about my voice and she looked visibly confused. And she was like, well I have a deeper voice, you don't have to sound like a valley girl or anything. And we talked about it a bit and she still just seemed confused? This is the second time a cis person has done this on me. I really don't get it? Like yes voice is less quantifiable then other things, but I mean it's still pretty obviously dimorphic. And I get they aren't going to understand how painful having the wrong voice is but they could at least understand that I don't sound like a woman?? Idk. :::

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 4mon

::: spoiler voice It is hard for the cis to appreciate for sure. Ive never heard you speak, but there is a chance she was surprised because your voice is more "femme" than hers lol. Even before training there were a few cis women who I vocally "passed" better than - I would say voice is more bimodal and much more socially determined than it is dimorphic. The quintessentially cis man voice IS trained socially (hence why the "gay" voice exists) and it is possible to train oneself out if it - much faster than how you picked it up and had it socially reinforced with less outside cruelty and bullying.

Saying that, yes it is hard and it does suck. I wasnt able to hear myself for 20 years starting back to just before puberty - because it hurt so much before I even knew I had gender dysphoria. Cis people don't really get that part, and unless theyre gnc in some other way or whatever why would they? :::

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

::: spoiler spoiler I mean if you want to hear a clip I can DM you later :shrug-outta-hecks: someone else here told me I sound pretty typically male which I agree with. Her voice is only a little deeper then most cis women, it's very much within the norm. It's not a crazy deep unpassing voice or anything.

I don't know how you can say it's mostly social and not dimorphic. My vocal cords are literally fucked from T puberty. Cis gays sound different from straight guys, sure, but it's not nearly as big of a difference as cis gays and women. Gay men don't sound like women. It's closer to an accent then men vs women. I don't feel like I was bullied or pressured or anything into this voice it's just what T did, this is my natural voice. It changed through puberty, not society.

It is 😭 same here. Stopped singing and shit. It was and is heartbreaking. I know they won't feel it the same or anything but I still expected them to be able to hear the difference between how men and women talk? Like they gender people on the phone or just audio fine but when I say I hate not sounding like a woman they are confused?? Like wth :::

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nemmybun [she/her, sae/saer] - 4mon

::: spoiler spoiler Maybe you just have a naturally feminine vibe? Like your body language? When I started with my speech path, she identified areas to work on and those that needed less work. When it came to body language, she said there was nothing to do, my body language was already fully feminine. I know that this isn't directly voice-related, but it's still communication, and you could be blasting "FEMME FEMME FEMME" by the way you move and hold yourself, and this goes into the subconscious mental calculus of gendering someone.

My vocal cords are literally fucked from T puberty.

T puberty didn't make your vocal cords non-functional. I know training is a challenge for many many reasons, and the extra work we have to go to is bullshit, but many (probably most) of the trans women here went through T puberty and who trained that still achieved a voice they were happy with. I struggled with voice for years and I felt like you, that my starting pitch was too low/masc, and that it would be beyond my ability to get a normal femme voice. My goal pitch-wise was something like Laura Prepon because I couldn't imagine having a higher pitched voice then hers. Now I DO have a higher pitched voice than hers, pretty much just a standard female pitch. I know it seems insurmountable when starting out, but I promise you it is possible to train a passing feminine voice no matter where you're starting.

Also you can reclaim your singing voice too once your get your training on lock! It's not gone forever, you just have to rediscover it. :::

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

::: spoiler spoiler Sorry I crashed and napped

I mean I guess maybe. I don't really buy that and its kinda whatever. If its not I'll work on fixing it at some point.

I guess I don't necessarily see fucked as being non functional. A phone with a shattered screen is fucked even if it still works. My point was that my actual vocal anatomy is permanently changed in a way I hate, it is sexually dimorphic. I literally don't understand what she was saying.

Thank you for validating the struggle. I'd summarize my struggle a bit differently, is less about where I'm starting from. My dysphoria is really bad and that keeps me from training. And I feel hopeless about achieving a voice I'd be happy with. I know most trans women train and maybe most of them are happy with their voices- I know this is shitty to say so I don't often but I have not heard many results I would be happy with. And so not only do I need to train, I also need to be in maybe the top 5% and that just feels super unachievable. I can't get myself to do it at all because of how dysphoric it is and I need to be one of very few. I don't care about passing, especially to cis people, I mean the whole reason I posted initially is apparently they can't listen to voices for shit. :::

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nemmybun [she/her, sae/saer] - 4mon

::: spoiler spoiler I'm sorry about your extreme dysphoria. I can see how that's a difficult problem. I was wondering about coming up with exercises to practice mouth movements, maybe get you to a place where you feel a manageable amount of dysphoria to start practicing from? I'm not sure about not using voice at all though. Like trying to learn guitar without plucking a string. Maybe you can wear noise-cancelling headphones so you don't have to hear your own voice as you practice? Then you can focus more on how it feels to do exercises instead of how it sounds.

Just wondering why is it important to you to have a top 5% voice if you don't care about passing? Why would having a 5% voice make you happy? :::

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

::: spoiler spoiler Thank you. Yea maybe I'll try practicing with my headphones on. I know it would be, it doesn't make sense to voice train without my voice... I just need to force myself to do it. Honestly even just thinking about it is making me cry. fml.

Phrased myself badly again. I don't care about passing as a benchmark because cis people are very generous with it, they don't listen as closely or know how to clock voices or something. I've heard lots of women who's voices I wouldn't be happy with who say they pass. Its not enough for me. I need to be comfortable with it for me, I am more sensitive to it then most others are. I want to feel like I sound cis. And I feel like most trans women don't, at least to my ear. I've heard some voice coaches and women who sang through puberty and a few others who all sound really good.

I guess it would make me feel happy because I wouldn't be dysphoric about my voice anymore. I hate sounding like a man, I hate the idea of sounding clocky, even if its just clocky to me. I don't want to hear any fucking testosterone in my voice. :::

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nemmybun [she/her, sae/saer] - 4mon

::: spoiler spoiler I hope it'll become easier and less painful to attempt training over time.

I understand now. I don't think clocky voice is something anyone is doomed to. I think it's either just a lack of enough training or a lack of understanding in training or missing voice components. I don't think you'll have to settle with a voice you don't want.

Totally get wanting an cis voice devoid of all masculinity. :::

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 4mon

::: spoiler spoiler The need you described is called perfectionism and its only going to hurt you. In voice training, in learning anything.

It is a shitty attitude to think other peoples voices are clocky and therefore bad, and you know it is. I don't think this is what you really believe and you should interrogate this feeling because its a) not serving you and getting in the way of you training, which is making you miserable and b) you need to consider what a "clocky" voice that cis people dont notice actually means. I've met plenty of cis women and cis men with a "clocky" voice because voice isnt dimorphic and what is a masc or femme voice is socially determined. Its bimodal because yes sex hormones do play a role in the development of vocal chords as someone ages, but what a masc voice sounds like is determined culturally and it was trained into you by a social schema that likely included bullying and cruelty or just ambient oppression ("dont talk like that, you sound like a girl" etc as if its a bad thing).

The voice you want wasn't handed to you by puberty and an oppressive gendered social schema that didnt fit you like it was for cis women. You can change this - and the way you talk about how it makes you feel makes it seem vital and urgent that you start changing it. And maybe need to come to terms with being kinda okay or whatever while youre training - and that might start with loving other trans women when they aren't perfectly passing or at least yourself. Whoever is telling you that its impossible because of some genetics or phrenology or whatever, you need to get away from that space. :::

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

::: spoiler spoiler I mean yea I am a bit of a perfectionist. But I'm also just really sensitive to sound and really dysphoric about my voice.

It's not quite what I believe, true. Other people's voices are noticeably not cis (to me) and that is not what I want. At all. It's not inherently bad or anything. I really don't care what other people do for themselves personally. It is just not something I would feel comfortable with for me personally. There's lots of things other trans people want or are fine with that aren't for me. Even dysphoria specific things that I don't have or whatever. Hell people live their lives and drag queens, it's fine whatever just not what I want or how I want to be perceived.

you need to consider what a "clocky" voice that cis people dont notice actually means.

It means I can tell/suspect their trans. Like I can tell their voice is a little strained, or it's "off" sounding. I can't exactly describe it. But it's noticeable and not what I want. It seems very, very hard to get a voice that doesn't have this quality. I also don't really understand what you mean about plenty of cis people sounding clocky- I've heard some cis women that do sound a bit off too but never cis men. I'm less good at clocking trans guys though (probably because T actually changes your voice, and I'm not a trans guy so idc as much). Although plenty of trans guys do still have clocky voices, mostly because they haven't been on it long enough or at a good dose.

It definitely is vital and urgent. I just feel like I can't get over the hump. I do love trans women who happen to have clocky voices/ones that I wouldn't be happy with. One particular poster who I very much loved had a completely untrained voice and I miss her a lot. I don't not love trans women just because they're voices don't pass to me and it makes me very sad I come across like that. :::

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DragonBallZinn [he/him, they/them] - 4mon

Kind of need to rant, but being stuck in my parents means having to hear Bll Mher.

::: spoiler (CW: discussion of transphobia) Transphobia gets a textbook opposition with “the enemy is too strong and too weak”. Because Americans think trans people are bad, dems should not support them and be transphobic because the ever-so-omniscient normies somehow know everything….but at the same time. They still somehow convinced all the medical institutions to endorse trans people because everyone is too scared to bully the very weak and stupid out-group even though everyone actually hates you if you do support us: enemy is too strong and too weak.

Really cool to hear someone actually bring this up and say. “I don’t care! It’s ideologically motivated! I’m transphobic because I’m a genius and know everything!”

Pick one. Are we just a tiny minority of idiots too stupid to understand what a sex is, and thus should be ignored? Or are we a powerful pressure on scientific institutions with an evil goal of forcing people to transition because we somehow are gender essentialists who want to invert gender roles for the fun of it?

PICK. ONE. :::

If we’re wrong. How about you let us be wrong in peace? You tell us to get off people’s cases when they’re bigoted. So if being trans is somehow a political opinion (which it isn’t) then let me have my bad idea in peace while you just enjoy being smarter than me!

What? Should we arrest smokers? They’re wrong, but I see none of these smug genius types trying to use the law to throw smokers in jail!

I wish chuds a very “learn to accept not everyone can be as perfect as you, and stop taking my shortcomings so personally.”

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

Stop! This is a happiness checkpoint!

You may now continue

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

::: spoiler idk

I keep lying all the time to everyone I know irl. Afraid of telling the truth. Telling the truth always comes with punishment. So why do it?

I'm the real life slipping Jimmy (except way dumber).

:::

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

real. I remember when I was still in school and super depressed and just lying constantly about my work and how much I'd done and in reality I hadn't done shit

And obviously now I'm closeted

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RION [she/her] - 4mon

Having impure thoughts about a friend (⁠*⁠﹏⁠*⁠;⁠) she left a nice note for me on my desk but I don't see her until Thursday...

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inTheShadowOf [she/her] - 4mon

Submitting insurance claims always feels like wasting time. I know there's a chance it works, but the (near) inevitable frustration makes me not want to even try.

Of course, that's what they want.

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 4mon

12 weeks, 13 injections. The amount of liquid in my vial is going down, but it was a lot more than I expected, well, that's normal I guess but it kinda makes me anxious about getting another one.

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

yea mine's gone down a lot more then expected too, I guess there's more loss in the real world then my math

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 4mon

I think my syringes also waste a lot, I'll probably buy some different ones

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peanutbuttercupola [she/her] - 4mon

It is less complicated to just get low deadspace syringes (with a fixed needle, like insulin syringes), but there is also an airlock technique which can also be used to reduce the deadspace waste. I can explain more if you want. @BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 4mon

I was going to buy fixed needle insulin syringes, because I don't even like the ones I have too so...

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 4mon

I never use an airlock at work when Im giving injections, just cause I dont want to risk sq emphysema but I guess the small bubbles even if you did manage to inject the air past the hub is very small and would be absorbed without issue. For me, my pharmacy gives us around 5%-10% more than prescribed and by the end of my vial theres still a teensy tiny bit extra - but not every pharmacy is trans owned and independent...

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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 4mon

Up with Trans!

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Carcharodonna [she/her] - 4mon

Up with trans!

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OffSeasonPrincess [she/her] - 4mon

Any of u have recs for upsetting/gross/brural/transgressive trans (especially transfem but any is good) horror? Found out i rly like that and want more doggirl-smart

Have already read Brainwyrms and Exquisite Corpse, and have Manhunt and GFMs other works next on the list (looking for recs of any media not just books, for the record)

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Busgirl [she/her] - 4mon

Inside mari is certainly transgessive

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XiaCobolt [she/her] - 4mon

I've enjoyed all three of Gretchen Falker-Martin's trans horror books, Manhunt, Cuckoo, and Black Flame.

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bolshevikLovelace [she/her, love/loves] - 4mon

Kimmy by Alyson Greaves

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DerEwigeAtheist [she/her, comrade/them] - 4mon

Oof, am mostly stealth at my current work(bosses know, but noone else should), but yesterday I got misgendered for the first time, hope it was just a mistake, and not a sign of me being clocked. Else, I work with a cuban gusano, who keeps complaining that the cuban goverment uses the embargo as "an excuse" to embezzle money.

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Busgirl [she/her] - 4mon

Oof that sucks

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DerEwigeAtheist [she/her, comrade/them] - 4mon

My enanthate arrived today! Now I have E for at least 2 years! And I can give some away if needed!

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

I forget how much I hate going out

Feeling dysphoric in my room is not as bad as going out and feeling dysphoric and envious

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

Damn, if only that was me. A happy cis woman.

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Busgirl [she/her] - 4mon

Down with cis!

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MusicOwl [comrade/them, sie/hir] - 4mon

down with cis leslie-shining

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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 4mon

down with cis

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Carcharodonna [she/her] - 4mon

Down with cis and death to America

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Busgirl [she/her] - 4mon

::: spoiler medical issues, gross Just had bloody stool and am a little scared, I have a history with this and it's just such this happens like every six months my gi decides to try and kill me :::

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inTheShadowOf [she/her] - 4mon

A bit anxious tbh. I just need to rehearse talking about things again. The thoughts are there, but it's gotten a bit dusty.

Big day coming up.

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

I just need to rehearse again

real

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inTheShadowOf [she/her] - 4mon

Talking to medical professionals is stressful catgirl-flop

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

I just rehearse in general but yea definitely, I'd run through scripts a lot of times and still feel like I fucked up with my various doctors.

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RION [she/her] - 4mon

Back on the progchamp as of today!! 200mg this time, wondering if I'll see more of an effect on either libido or booba size...

Also I want to start being more intentional about diet and exercise so I can be hot! Tips for getting a fatter ass and hips are appreciated

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

hrt making me eat less?? I expected to be hungrier starting puberty again but I've eaten maybe 1200 calories today (most of that fast food too) and I'm getting ready for bed. Going to eat something else before bed so I'm ready for tomorrow dw. On T my maintenance cals are double that. idk why my eating has been messed up lately. Maybe depression, kinda variable how that effects me food wise.

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 4mon

Usually it makes most people gain weight but not everyone. Maybe youre feeling down, yeah, lots of people have changes in intake (up or down) if they're feeling very down.

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

I hate the time gap between ordering stuff online and actually getting it. I'm excited about it now but in a week, who knows. I should at least get to have it for a bit before buyers remorse sets in.

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

I'm gonna start upgrading my grammar; too many commas; too few semi-colons.

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OffSeasonPrincess [she/her] - 4mon

Grammer is bourgeioisie anarxi

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

(Thinking out loud) By using semicolons there I am implying that the clauses "too many commas" and "too few semi-colons" are actually independent clauses and can act as free standing sentences.

Maybe this is an improper use of English. I am not sure. In both cases, the subject is implied - "I use too many commas" - and only a dangling object is provided.

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WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them] - 4mon

(Thinking out loud) By using semicolons there I am implying that the clauses “too many commas” and “too few semi-colons” are actually independent clauses and can act as free standing sentences.

I think "formally" semicolons are used to separate independent clauses, but can be used to separate lists as well when the lists include commas. But grammar rules are made up.

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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 4mon

wtf is a clause?

And how the fuck did I go through education without learning the syntax of grammar?

I hate the school system here

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

(Subject) (verb) (object)

I shot Vicky

Subject does verb onto object

Predicate(Predicand)

He deserved this

He owed me $70k

predicated is a property or relationship on predicand

first sentence expresses a property

second one a relationship

"He" is the predicand

depending on definition, either the verb is predicated or everything other than the subject is predicate

by first definition - which is similar to one in mathematical logic - we would write owes(vicky, me, $70k)

Having a predicate acting on a predicand is enough to make a clause. A clause that can be it's own sentence is an independent clause. It must have its own subject, aka, an actor or a source.

To join clauses, you must use conjunctions (and, or, etc), semicolons, or do what I do. Use a ton of commas - which I assume is incorrect grammar btw.

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 4mon

I started using dashes in like 2010 but I had to turn that down after chatgpt 😒

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 4mon

::: spoiler horny-ish E horny is sooooooooo different. I actually want to kiss now. I really didn't like it, I just did it for the other person mostly. But now I really want to do it. I want to kiss a girl so good and make her beg for more, but I got no one to do anything with :::

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

::: spoiler existential, depression Only so many days I ever get to experience and I keep wasting them in this awful, miserable haze. I have felt awful all of today for no particular reason. god it hurts so bad. I am just dragging myself through life. This is horrible :::

Going to throw out my garbage + some misc stuff I don't need anymore. With the move I really should start getting more ready if I can.

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Florn [they/them] - 4mon

Struggling with "do I like looking this way or am I just my type" again

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SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them] - 4mon

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

::: spoiler horny posting I guess (it's either this or depression posting)

Marrying a girl and a boy at the same time would be so amazing. The bisexual dream. And then me and my wife will double team our straight cissy boy cutie patotie husband and milk him fr fr crush

:::

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 4mon

Had a nightmare I found a baby in a parking lot 😬 I swear Ive had this one before. Just a baby in a gravel parking lot crying in a Moses style basket and no one else is around or close. To be clear, the nightmare is the kid is in danger - I would be fine and am in the dream with keeping the kid safe after finding them. They used to pay me to take care of medically delicate kids lol

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Carcharodonna [she/her] - 4mon

My obsession with making a DIY computing device continues, and I finally went ahead and ordered a display and an assortment of buttons to test for the keyboard. I ordered an hdmi adapter board to help test the display, but I still need to figure out how to convert the display 30-pin mipi dsi display ribbon to 22-pin raspberry pi, and it seems I might be able to just route the signals correctly instead of having to do anything fancy with additional chips? Aside from maybe a display driver on the pi side. I’m new to this stuff and really don’t know, however, so I guess I won’t know what I’m missing until I actually try it out.

This device would also have a cool sliding screen that slides up and reveals a physical keyboard, similar to some blackberry or sidekick style phones in the 2000s. I anticipate this being a major hurdle, along with the display and figuring out a carrier board, but I do now have an idea now of how I might do this. I just need to start modeling it up and then get some cheap hardware like shafts and springs.

I’ll probably fail at these grand ideas I have but it’s fun to think about and it’ll be fun to experiment and try to make them work. Hopefully I won’t have to compromise too much to get something that works at all.

EDIT: Also DEATH TO AMERICA

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rtstragedy2 [she/her, pup/pup's] - 4mon

not sure if full-size pi has this and if you're talking about full size or the microcontrollers or not but the rp2350 has an HSTX interface which is DVI compatible (and somehow this means you can connect it up via HDMI). I think you'd need a rp2350 board that breaks out that peripheral though (not a Pico 2)

I haven't used it but I have had success with a pico 2 and using SPI for display transmission, a bunch of displays do support it if you need to save pins but it is of course slower. I had to isolate the MOSI wire and make it shorter to get it to 75MHz without glitching (I don't think it actually runs at that speed but that's the speed I set the SPI peri to) and it results in ~20-25ms to stream out a framebuffer using DMA (but that core is competing with a tragically synchronous sdmmc library)

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Carcharodonna [she/her] - 4mon

not sure if full-size pi has this and if you're talking about full size or the microcontrollers

Pi cm4/cm5 is what I've been looking at. Most carrier boards have a 22-pin ribbon dsi connector and so that's why I was thinking it would be easiest to cross the 30-pin DSI with that is I can. The adapter board I got for testing does connect to HDMI, but the display is an "In-cell" (hilarious name) touch screen and the adapter board for some reason can't handle that. So if I went HDMI I'd have to figure out the touch component separate but that doesn't seem radically complicated (edit: assuming I have access to that on the board somehow). I might try to design my own carrier board given that they provide tools for doing this and there are some decent video instructions online for designing one in kiCAD, but steering away from anything standard/documented is more risky given how little experience I have with that.

I did find a simple open source PCB design online that converts 30 pin to 22 pin, so I'm hoping I can somehow make that work.

I haven't used it but I have had success with a pico 2 and using SPI for display transmission, a bunch of displays do support it if you need to save pins but it is of course slower

I did read up on SPI a little on this and it seems not ideal due to the speed as well as wanting to have more of the GPIO open. I'm not super well-versed in the display options but DSI sounds like the best bet for what I want to do. Since I also want to use it for retro gaming, I'd like to get the best display output I can possible get. This is the display in question, by the way: https://www.zhunyidisplay.com/products/z50004-new-design-5-inch-square-lcd-display-720-720-resolution-mipi-dsi-interface/

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 4mon

Every time I feel my spirit breaking from this pile of shit called the economy I remember my self worth isn't tied to my employment, my swagger doesn't come from how much I have but my drive to learn more 😎

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segfault11 [she/her, any] - 4mon

big wallet 🥱😴

big brain 😳🥵

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 4mon

It just got bigger and woker now a-little-trolling

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Arahnya [fae/faer, he/him] - 4mon

I love the ambiguity of my identity. Actually, I think I don't always like to define myself. I'm not anti-labeling, I guess I just really lean into the -fluid part of me. I take on a form in the moment, in the context. The core part of me is more xeno, and the relationship to gender becomes defined by the lack thereof.

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

::: spoiler [cw:preg]

Modern technology is a marvel. I yearn to get pregnant and have a cute baby to hold and breastfeed catgirl-heart. Technologically possible for me to achieve. Sociologically a bit tough still doggirl-gloom ...

:::

You can read the above words and laugh at this silly girl who still has thoughts of "what if I'm cis and this is all a mistake?"

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Busgirl [she/her] - 4mon

I feel you on this I do truly want the same

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

I get it. Even if I were with woman partner, I'd still love to have a child. Funnily enough, I don't care for the genetics. I just want to go through the experience.

::: spoiler nsfw

Yeah I'm a basic b*tch. All my gender affirmations come from unseasoned binary gender roles. Well except for my dream of ritualised scissoring with a t-girl. I don't think that's very hetslop of me.

:::

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Busgirl [she/her] - 4mon

Same the genetics don't matter that much for me but it would be so cool if we could create eggs from stem cells! I don't think I'll ever be able to get pregnant, but I think breastfeeding a baby is definitely in the cards if I put the effort in. Sometimes I consider adopting in the far future, have you considered it?

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

All I have is some fantasies. Adoption is not something I can think about when I have trouble thinking about staying alive tommorow.

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Busgirl [she/her] - 4mon

I feel ya, I might be a bit too optimistic on the adoption bit for myself.

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BattleshipPokemon [none/use name] - 4mon

most neurotic person i know told me "oh my god, you're so neurotic" jokingly, it may be over

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

Really frustrating and sad and disappointing when I only get to talk in group for (literally) two minutes.

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Arahnya [fae/faer, he/him] - 4mon

the people who say yamato is bad trans rep... saying that he didnt want to become a man, just oden. Like, clearly you have never met a tboy who idolizes a dude or fictional character so much it becomes a catalyst for their transness. Using myself as an example with the plethora of anime men I like 👀

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Disaster_of_Passion [kit/kit's, she/her] - 4mon

I apologize if I had an incorrect use of a semi-colon, I can never remember the proper use case

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peanutbuttercupola [she/her] - 4mon

That's correct actually; connecting two independent clauses without a conjunction is one use of a semicolon.

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Disaster_of_Passion [kit/kit's, she/her] - 4mon

::: spoiler horny (maybe? idk) my yearning fixation the past few days has been to be what my brain is articulating as "Big Spoon Sub." like even if it's my arms holding her close I want the energy to be that she's the one possessing me. :::

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Disaster_of_Passion [kit/kit's, she/her] - 4mon

::: spoiler spoiler the other way my brain has articulated it is "Guard Dog Sub" but, y'know... :::

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RION [she/her] - 4mon

real

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

Did you know, I love you? Yes, you specifically kris-love

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 4mon

YOULL HAVE TO EXCUSE ME IM NOT AT MY BEST
IVE BEEN DRUNK FOR A WEEK I NEED HOME FOR A REST

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Busgirl [she/her] - 4mon

What? Didn't quite hear ya!

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

I'd love to be fucked up for a week, I'd need to not have anything I need to do though because I am not functional

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Arahnya [fae/faer, he/him] - 4mon

hell yeah, just found out that there is official canon confirmation that Hikaru (the summer Hikaru died) is aroace. Being an entity whose romanctic feelings and attraction are complicated by their ability to relate to people, very very cool. 😎

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

oof I feel terrible doomjak

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 4mon

cuddle me too... It'll get better, we'll win, I'm sure of it

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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 4mon

meow-hug

I'm sorry Eggy, if you feel like chatting tonight I'll be around

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

Thank you switchy, I might

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 4mon

Got some stuff done today. I'm happy. Took a lot of effort, but I feel good now.

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inTheShadowOf [she/her] - 4mon

catgirl-salute Good job getting stuff done!

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 4mon

If we don't kill the entity know as data centers now cities and housings are gonna be built around them using the hot water they generate for hot water and heating. On the real heat recapture is neat and real efficient especially in more colder areas but I will loathe the discourse of "sorry sweaty bombing the big booba ai data center will inconvenience the poor working class people who depend on it for heating"

Real aside I'm glad I studied hydronics and I'm further studying more plumbing stuff. This shit might come to pass especially when the owners of the land the data centers are built on realize they can branch into being a utility company shit

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Disaster_of_Passion [kit/kit's, she/her] - 4mon

my headcanon for baiken guilty gear is that she's trans and that's why her boobs keep getting bigger.

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LadyCajAsca [she/her, comrade/them] - 4mon

I thought you were exaggerating but I checked and wow

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

I was really hoping I'd feel better when the weather got better

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 4mon

I fucking hate my parents so much. I'm sure they mean well but I'm so fucking tired of being pressured by them while being depressed

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 4mon

I want to move out of town and never come back

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 4mon

Breaking a bad habit is like "ah almost slipped" but then it's like wtf else am I supposed to do with my time then catgirl-huh I ran out of brain juice to read, it's too hot to walk around and I can't just go to sleep rn.

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

You're never out of enough brain juice to read slop novels. Hell, pick up a BL manhua or donghua. I might even recomend sapphire and berryl which is an animated Chinese soft-BL with very short episodic plots.

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 4mon

This might be what I need to recharge tbh I think it was mostly the heat getting to me but sapphire and berryl I'll look into this thinking-about-it

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

Holy shit my tits itch

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 4mon

Mine do that a lot too. It's annoying but also feels good because they're probably growing

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 4mon

Black cumin is so good, got it for the health reason but now I just put it in all my food and drink tea out of it

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Arahnya [fae/faer, he/him] - 4mon

that sounds amazing :o

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 4mon

It warms up my body so good, the fact it's hot at night doesn't stop me from enjoying a cup before bed

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Arahnya [fae/faer, he/him] - 4mon

dark souls going from "some game people play that's really popular" to "a game shared between trans people, becoming a bonfire of resistance and hope" to me, not a perspective shift I expected to happen this year.

Don't you dare go hollow

https://youtu.be/TIDShT8cb4g

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Busgirl [she/her] - 4mon

It was interesting to find that almost every trans person I know likes dark souls as someone who had never played the game. When I started playing I was like "Oh thats why!"

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 4mon

Me talking about my favorite gaming console: more like the gaycube amirite?

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RION [she/her] - 4mon

About to watch I Saw The TV Glow, will come back with thoughts after

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RION [she/her] - 4mon

She knew. She knew when she was in high school and she knew eight years later and she pushed it away. And she knew even after that and she knew it wasn't right! She knew. And there was still time. But was there still time at the end? I was just hoping she would wake up. And she fucking knew when they all slumped over like robots SHE KNEW. God I should've known. I did know, at least from when I was 20 but I pushed it away. WHY DID I PUSH IT AWAY I knew I knew I knew almost five years of my life wasted.

Please someone tell me I wasn't too late I can't take this. I want a second chance

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lilypad [she/her, it/its] - 4mon

Its never too late to start the day over,

Its never too late to start the week over,

To start the month, the year, the life over.

Its never to late to exist,

And its never too late to feel joy.

::: spoiler my own process (cw transphobia)

The grief won't go away (at least, I dont think it will for me) but I can make peace with it. When I saw the film I couldn't talk afterwards. Just cried silently for a few hours. I had never understood that grief in the tangible way that film brought it out in me. I started later than I wanted. I was ready for hormones at 22/23. I started at 26. I knew as a kid. I wanted it forever. And I pushed it away.

::: spoiler sadness... (Same cw)

I wanted to be like my girl friends so bad. One came out as a lesbian when I was in 7th grade. I was so envious, I knew I liked women, but I also wanted to be a woman. She got to just exist like that. I had to be in that body, betrayed and betrayed day after day by the steady march of time. I didn't have the words. I just knew that it was wrong to feel that way and that it made me a sexual predator (thank you family, friends, feminist middle school, ace Ventura et al, etc.). So I pushed it away. I didn't want to hurt no one, and me existing hurt people.

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JohnBrownsBussy2 [she/her, they/them] - 4mon

cat-trans

It's never too late, but the best time is now.

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RION [she/her] - 4mon

I've never felt this before, this grief. My regret was almost academic, detached, but now I can feel it. I started HRT a week before my 25th birthday and now I'm a couple months into 26, so I stopped the bleeding, but I've just been boymoding the whole time. Walking around with the knife still in me.

I don't know if I can do that anymore

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XiaCobolt [she/her] - 4mon

I started estrogen when I was 35. I also started dressing femme like 3 months in because I was nope, nothing slowly for me now.

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inTheShadowOf [she/her] - 4mon

It may not be universal, but I found that each year living as a girl helped me put less importance on the years I didn't. The memories I've made now are like a different life entirely, the two barely feel connected.

That's tough to imagine in the beginning, but showing some kindness to your past self can sooth the regret. It's a bit trite, but there's a reason so many responses have said it already, it's never too late!

cat-trans

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

20 -> 25 isn't that crazy, and you're on hrt now right? Not much else you can do, I get it though... I was close to cracking at 16 and have no idea how I'll get over it. But there's nothing for either of us to do now but start now.

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RION [she/her] - 4mon

I know people have later starts, but it's idea that it could've been different. I don't think I had fully engaged with that grief before

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 4mon

It's such a common thing for trans people. In a better world we would all have realized sooner

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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 4mon

Tearing up reading this, never watching that movie

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 4mon

It wasnt too late

A show like The Pink Opaque would have that episode and it would end on a cliffhanger and she wouldve clawed her way out of the fucking grave at the start of the next.

I liked the show, but I struggled to connect as much because I transed my gender in the real life midnight realm - but I suppose I get it. I cracked my egg as soon as I was ready to do something about it ♡

Looking back, I wouldve struggled before I was more self assured and had a lot of resilience and sheer willpower.

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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 4mon

Bad Brain^tm^ strikes again, it ate one of our planned mega topics last year I think cuddle

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

Professor catgirl-cry ? My brain ate the homework mega ...

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 4mon

a hold over from my single life I still get vids on how to find a relationship advice and all that in my feed, gotta let the algorithm know somehow I got an amazing partner thinking-about-it

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bolshevikLovelace [she/her, love/loves] - 4mon

::: spoiler medical crap had a cardiologist appointment yesterday, he told me that on the old diagnostic criteria i wouldn't have been diagnosed with ADHD because i made it through school and university. he also kinda implied that it's childhood trauma instead which i think was his attempt to get me to stop taking stimulants. strange thing for a cardiologist to focus on. even considering stimulants' effect on increased HR, i still had tachycardia symptoms before taking them

and like, gender dysphoria wasn't a thing on the DSM-IV. neither was a cormordid autism/ADHD diagnosis. why tf would you bring up outdated criteria in the first place, is it not outdated for a reason?

also to add, the last cardiologist i saw didn't do any of that shit. he just asked "are the meds helping? cool, i won't try to take them from you then." ts is so frustrating catgirl-flop :::

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OffSeasonPrincess [she/her] - 4mon

Wild how much eating improves my mood, i just spent half an hour angry at everything and everyone and now after just a few bites of pasta i feel fine for the most part

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 4mon

::: spoiler family stuff Had a weird sleep paralysis/dream tonight.

I'm used to having some dreams and flashes when I'm sleeping and them I can still hear stuff and feel what's happening, but I can't process it while it happens and I usually forget everything.

So back to the thing. I was sleeping and idk if it really happened or not, or even the exact words and It might have been my brain dreaming. But I may have heard my parents discussing about me being gay. Little do they know that I'm gay, FOR WOMEN flag-lesbian-pride

I kinda want to come out but it's going to be bad if I do. I don't know what to do really. :::

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

Trying to not forget my new mega posts while I wait

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

Yippie! I did my run! I no longer need to be executed but you can still try crush

::: spoiler cw:wierd horny

They wouldn't be able to execute me cause I'd keep cumming on the way

:::

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

::: spoiler cw:substance abuse, depression

I procrastinated heavily for an assignment (really bad) and now I feel like shit. Haven't been doing enough work the past few weeks to keep up. Instead of coping by locking tf in, I'm posting and drinking.

Fuck the medical system of this country. God I've tried for so long to get something to fix myself up, Every new meeting is 3 weeks and it's always a waste of time. But it's the only thing I can afford.

Instead of talking to the professor at all, I remained scared that I'd fallen far behind so the prof would only say shit to me. It's my fault, I know. It's always my fault. Why am I such a fucking loser and can't do shit right?

Not taking care of my health or mind has meant I can't focus for 5 FUCKING SECONDS on what I'm supposed to do. Every single part of my existence is broken fucking bury me already, I'm dead anyways.

:::

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

::: spoiler spoiler

There's a way to stop panicking. Drink, sleep and leave the problem to future sodium.

:::

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Busgirl [she/her] - 4mon

You can also just sleep, future sodium would probably thank you for that.

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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 4mon

we wanna talk to people more but it's been hard to think of what to say the past couple days.

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Carcharodonna [she/her] - 4mon

Everything ok?

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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 4mon

yea I think so. In kinda a weird headspace but that happens to us from time to time. Hopefully it means something good

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Busgirl [she/her] - 4mon

Good night everybody!

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

Relatively positive

::: spoiler trauma discussion

I think I have gotten over some pieces or my trauma. I feel a lot less guilty about many things now. Anger has replaced many of those feelings. Anger at being wronged. Disgust at the people who treat their own daughter like this.

And also joy at seeing America eat shit.

Going back on topic. I do not even want revenge on anyone. I just want to never think about them again. I will build my own life!

:::

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

Still, there are some new issues.

::: spoiler SA

Many times I will get a sudden sensation as if my parents are SAing me. I've always been a "touch is my love language" girl (just ask my brother who I don't let go of). But the prospect of touching my parents has always been deeply repulsive. And now it's more intense. Like a voodoo curse.

Furthermore, everytime I feel too comfortable in my own skin, I will feel as if I'm being watched and judged. Huge mood killer.

Both of these are new issues I got after my failed coming out. God was that a mistake.

:::

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XiaCobolt [she/her] - 4mon

Dialling in on upcoming FNV revisit. I've decided I want to build a character who uses the hunting shotgun and lucky.

But unlike my last build where I obsessed over getting critical chance I'm going to settle with 10 luck, finesse and built to destroy. The use true detective stories with comprehension if I need a boost.

I want to wear the Desert Ranger Armour and helmet solely for vibes and I can't really hold my nose long enough to get the lucky shades from the legion.

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Busgirl [she/her] - 4mon

Why do the comments go weird when the mega is about done like you have to hit a button to see more comments

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

::: spoiler spoiler

One day, I'll be comfortable enough with my body to become a pole dancer or stripper or both.

:::

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Sabbo [it/its] - 4mon

That is not how you treat a firearm!

If you get dirt packed into the barrel you're risking a slub round (where the bullet gets stuck inside the barrel) which is incredibly dangerous to yourself and everyone around you! Now we need to clean that barrel, oil it, possibly even machine the end. And it may not fite right ever again. The audacity!

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Busgirl [she/her] - 4mon

Um wrong thread?

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Busgirl [she/her] - 4mon

Or am I missing something

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peanutbuttercupola [she/her] - 4mon

Look at the thumbnail for this week's thread - specifically the woman in red.

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Shaleesh [she/her, comrade/them] - 4mon

If it makes a difference, it is one of those low-power air guns for a carnival game and not an actual firearm.

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Sabbo [it/its] - 4mon

Air gun, nerf gun, water gun, it doesn't matter. Trigger discipline is something you need to engage with in all aspects of life. It seems comedic unit you hear about a child shooting someone because their only interactions with a gun were playful. Or a slub round maiming a shooting instructor because one of the kids jammed dirt in the barrel amd didn't realize what they had done.

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Boynomoder [she/her, pup/pup's] - 4mon

::: spoiler dysphoria, suicide

Genuinely I think if I ever actually looked at myself naked it would be the final push I’d need to kill myself.

:::

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RION [she/her] - 4mon

Now that I have regained some composure I will say that Connor O'Malley in I Saw The TV Glow was very distracting. When they introduced his character I was like "Huh, that's Connor O'Malley." then cut to the last 10 minutes as I'm sobbing the hardest I ever have in my life and oop it's Connor O'Malley again!

Fred Durst less so, I just thought the dad looked a lot like Fred Durst and then in the credits turns out it's actually him lol

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

::: spoiler bottom dysphoria Idk what's happening or if I'm just noticing it more lately or what but down there has been sticking to my legs and shit way more and it's fuckin terrible. And I can't even get the skin removed because I want srs. Fuck :::

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Busgirl [she/her] - 4mon

::: spoiler spoiler It gets moister down there on hrt. :::

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

::: spoiler spoiler ohh okay that makes sense, it felt like something had changed but I wasn't sure what. Well fuck finally an hrt side effect I hate.

ngl I thought the change was only during arousal which would be fine with me but this sucks. Hate being reminded of it so much more.

We'll see, my sense of smell is pretty shot so idk what smell changes I'm actually going to notice :/ :::

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TerminalEncounter [she/her] - 4mon

::: spoiler spoiler From my experience the smell part is inly really noticeable on someone else and only if youre like right close in on it lol :::

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Busgirl [she/her] - 4mon

::: spoiler spoiler Huh, me and my gf can smell each other from like 6 feet if naked but I guess YMMV :::

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Busgirl [she/her] - 4mon

::: spoiler spoiler Also you may notice a significant odor change down there soon. :::

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 4mon

maybe I should get into pokemon tcg...

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gaystyleJoker [she/her] - 4mon

she tud me

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GenderIsOpSec [she/her, kit/kit's] - 4mon

you ever get that feeling of "oh i should really finish that fanfic, it was so good!" and then you remember that you stopped because it's still being written and you reached the current end? catgirl-flop

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Florn [they/them] - 4mon

Thought I fumbled a match because I asked her out immediately, but no it just took her three days to respond

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

::: spoiler vicious cycle :(

Get stressed about academics ->

Stress eat ->

"Fuck I'm wasting money on eating" ->

Get stressed about finances ->

Distract self with dopamine ->

Fall further behind in academics and return to step 1 ->

:::

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woozy [it/its] - 4mon

i was very high energy all this past week but now i think i'm crashing, just so tired today catgirl-flop

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

thank you everyone, I'm sorry

goodnight mega

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Shaleesh [she/her, comrade/them] - 4mon

I think I just experienced sleep paralysis

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

Was it scary?

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Shaleesh [she/her, comrade/them] - 4mon

I mean... yeah? Kinda? For reference I have a lot of nightmares so these wierd half-asleep half-awake events aren't so bad all things considered. They usually involve something entering the room and

Actually you know what? The answer is yes these are fucking terrifying.

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

Wondering if one of my friends forgot my name.

We are kinda on and off, always reconnect fine but especially with my depression its easy to not talk for months. Anyway this last time I've played games several times with him and while he definitely remembers I'm trans he hasn't called me my name. I wonder if he forgot.

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 4mon

::: spoiler Cw: Depression I've been uncontrollably depressed since yesterday, because of my mom. But I managed to perk up a little after getting on call with friends. I still want to move out of here asap, but I still can't, really. This SUCKS. Maybe I should try moving in with my sister, but idk if it would be good. :::

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

::: spoiler spoiler

Maybe you can bring the idea up with your sister. If staying is that bad, you should seriously consider moving out*. It makes a big difference.

*(not onto the streets obv)

:::

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 4mon

Well, she's very cool and I'm out to her so it could be good. But it wouldn't move me far, so it does not solve as much. I kinda want to go to a very far away place so that no one in my extended family will ever see me again, but I could have fem clothing and order stuff online much more easily.

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

You can decide, but even that sounds like a major improvement.

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 4mon

I'm going to try

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

I wish you the best of luck in your efforts

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Arahnya [fae/faer, he/him] - 4mon

listening to some classic techno today, and came across this even more ambient dub remix of an already ambient song https://youtu.be/wpyqR3nZ-2A

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

Nice, I've been wanting to listen to more techno, when I get back to my headphones I'll give it a listen.

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

plumber holds me up for 2 consequetive days

plumber arrives (fucking finally)

plumber male fails me with no warning doggirl-shock

"Nah, not today, I'll be back tommorow" catgirl-disgust

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Busgirl [she/her] - 4mon

Silver lining I suppose.

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

There's this 1 km strip near my place where I've run a grand total of 3 times (making excuses about lack of time is dumb, I know). But still, I've somehow noticed an improvement in stamina. Walking up the stairs and running to catch the train no longer get me breathing. I think it might be a placebo effect cause only 3 times is too small.

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

In order to demonstrate the stupidity of my time excuses, I will run just before bed. A promise in writing. If I fail, I'll be punished as follows (pick 1)

::: spoiler [cw:death]

  1. Electric chair
  2. Gutted like a fish
  3. Strangulated

:::

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RION [she/her] - 4mon

pick 1 of 3

Yes girl yes nl-smug

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

hmmmmm ....

(I'm too tired to understand your comment)

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RION [she/her] - 4mon

Northernlion (the bald man) loves games where you pick 1 of 3 things

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

Google very blatantly scans my pictures, it creates groups like different people, food, pets, etc. But it doesn't make the text searchable!! Ripping the text would be super easy, could even be done on device, but its still not scanned/searchable and its my biggest issue with their gallery app. I just wanna be able to search for memes/screenshots!

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

When you've already low key complained to all your complaining options but the issue is still there and you still wanna complain about it but you'd have to repeat the same thing to the same people who'd probably just be slowly getting more annoyed with your complaining and if complaining the first time didn't do anything why would doing it more help but you're still a complainer deep down so you still want to even if you know it's useless and you just get continually more annoyed at your stupid self for not only the initial problem but also this insatiable need to complain and be a miserable bitch the entire time too


I've complained to all my little groups about [problem] but it persists as does my desire to complain about it. Why 😭

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Busgirl [she/her] - 4mon

Do you write in a diary? I find that helpful for when I need to complain and I've exhausted my options, also writing in a diary is just helpful in general.

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

I used to, I need to get back into it. I liked keeping one, if nothing else so I would keep my memories.

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SwitchyandWitchy [she/her] - 4mon

I highly recommend it. We keep one and just wrote in it again for the first time in a few days last night, which reminded me of how important it is.

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon
  1. You didn't solve the problem so ofc you still want to complain about it
  2. Rotate your complaints to make them fresher
  3. Add humour or some extra touch to make the complaints more entertaining and also to exercise your creative muscles

This advice is as serious as you want it to be.

Also, headpat. I don't know what exactly you're suffering from right now but you can tell me about it, I won't get bored. Promise.

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

I usually try to do at least those first two things, thank you. It's really just my voice and my baseline suffering and being sick and tired of dealing with all of the trans shit. I hate it. Maybe I'll have more to say later but that's pretty much it.

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

sick and tired of dealing with all of the trans shit.

cuddle

It doesn't end, does it? No off days or vacations from being trans

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inTheShadowOf [she/her] - 4mon

The aloe after eyebrow threading might be a top five feeling.

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

You know you doing some real fucked up assignment when you take a break by doing quantum physics homework problems to relax your mind.

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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 4mon

Paid for my first vial of valerate and I want to go back to tablets catgirl-cry I’m just joking but damn that stuff is expensive

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

For a script?

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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 4mon

Yeah, thru my insurance too lmfao. I’m more chill since I realized it’s for multiple months but still, damn

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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 4mon

Plus side is, my fear regarding needles was unfounded, subq for life, this shit is easy

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DerEwigeAtheist [she/her, comrade/them] - 4mon

DIY is cheaper(50 for a years supply), but you need to use crypto. If you don't know where to find it I'll gladly help

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SickSemper [she/her, comrade/them] - 4mon

50 for a YEAR??? Yeah I’ll probably hit you up eventually

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 4mon

Got some more stuff done today. Feels good. I just kinda fucked up one of them and lost like 25 money. But also sold a lot...

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Wmill [they/them, fae/faer] - 4mon

I remember a stereotype of romance for guys of the coconut and I think I fucking get it now, Takamura from hajime no ippo like I'm not gonna call him baby girl he is very much a brash asshole with a huge ego but it's those moments where he tries and does manage to reach out to the people he cares about leave me soviet-bottom yet the constant machismo and patriarchal shit forces him into a mold where he's uncomfortable showing who he even is. This guy really has nothing else to be proud of barely had anyone to talk to because he keeps isolating himself. It's an older anime but I find the writing here outside the cool fights real engaging got a lot of dudes rock vibes.

Probably one of the few guy crushes I had tbh just from how much I see myself in him or at least what I used to be though with different means. I love this big oaf though he needs more than just a smack to the head to fix him, guess another way to put it is like a problematic older relative that needs to get their shit together but you don't wanna quit just yet.

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radio_free_asgarthr [he/him, comrade/them] - 4mon

Sorry, it is a bit off topic, but where does the thumbnail image come from?

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XiaCobolt [she/her] - 4mon

Installing Viva New Vegas manually. Proud of myself I'm doing it little chunks at a time (I know there's wabbajack but I want original experience but fixed)

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BountifulEggnog [it/its, she/her] - 4mon

::: spoiler listing things I hate (dysphoria and transphobia ofc) (non exhaustive)

  1. my voice
  2. like 95% of people
  3. countries were we do not enjoy all the rights cis people do
  4. the UK
  5. republicans
  6. democrats
  7. nonsense beliefs
  8. dogs (too overstimulating)
  9. people who drive too slow
  10. people who drive too fast
  11. having to drive everywhere
  12. people who remind me of the things I hate about myself
  13. myself
  14. not being able to observe after I die (I just wanna know what happens)
  15. people with dogshit epistemology
  16. like 95% of people
  17. overly long lists
  18. being a negative person
  19. how shit we are treated by society
  20. feeling constant hate
  21. being sober all the time
  22. being depressed
  23. people with worse politics then me
  24. people with better politics then me (makes me feel bad)
  25. being single
  26. needing money to get healthcare
  27. needing to work so dang much
  28. struggling to read (see #22, also just super frustrating when I want to learn so much)
  29. how much fucking work every single thing is and how much of it I have to do. Its exhausting.
  30. life :::
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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

I guess my youtube will just be flooded with yaoi fangirl content from before 2010

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 4mon

Went out today. Had a little fun, but it was mostly just going to a family gathering and I never find those actually fun, I don't connect very well to them. I do better with friends, maybe that's some autistic trait, or maybe I do better with my friends because they're all neurodivergent in some way.

I am so tired. Had to walk a bit and did some light shopping too, so I'm mentally and physically exhausted, also from all the working I did this week. I'm completely fine, just really tired. I need rest.

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

I really am cooked, amn't I? After finally managing to make some gain on my mental health, I've gotten quite physically sick. Disgusting

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Busgirl [she/her] - 4mon

Ooh hope you feel better soon, sodium! meow-hug

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

Thank you cuddle

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Alisu [she/her, they/them] - 4mon

Hopefully you'll get well soon!

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

With how my body works, no I won't :(

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Ceres [she/her] - 4mon

Posting this mashup album here for no particular reason: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAW84RRNw84

Can recommend watching with the custom captions on and avoid the comments till after (but not crucial)

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sodium_nitride [she/her, any] - 4mon

::: spoiler Tap for spoiler

Already know I'm not going to succeed and will fail again like a miserable [removed]. I'm too fucking dysfunctional to live upto expectations. Trying to become more functional is an uphill battle when every medical appointment comes by so slowly.

I thought about trying to get some exemptions from my uni on a mental health basis. Idk why I don't want to. Idk what's wrong with me. I can get help but I don't trust that it will work.

:::

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