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[–] 48 points 1 year ago (18 children)

I'd much rather play as a woman.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago (17 children)

    I'm cis, my character in Saints row ended up trans because I wasn't a fan of dressing up a guy and wanted to dress up a woman.

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  • [+] -28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (16 children)
  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago

    Hi, I spent a few years unpacking those feelings to figure out that I like crossdressing more than I like being the gender opposite my birth. One of the things that made it more confusing in the beginning was the slew of internet comments I would read reinforcing that any gender nonconforming activity was a sure sign I was trans.

    If you know the person irl and they consistently show signs of being trans I think it’s good to ask probing questions that may lead them there, but I don’t think it’s right to tell them who they are. Better for them to figure it out themselves. On the internet you definitely don’t know the person beyond a single post, or a few posts coming from their online persona (not their personal self). This means you have even less right to tell them who they are.

    Especially with the TM I took your initial comment as a joke, which I don’t find super funny anymore personally but can give a half smile and single roll of the eyes. Your edit about people unpacking their feelings implies to me that you were saying it in earnest though, which is where I start to have a problem for the reasons above. Just in case you want some insight on why you may be downvoted so much.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Yeah, no. You don't have to try to make everything into more than it is. I'd be perfectly fine being trans. No hard feelings. I'm not though, but I sometimes play female characters because I prefer looking at them. It's not more than that.

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  • [–] -5 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    You sound like an AI slop caricature of a blue-haired teacher telling kids they're trans.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Not everyone you disagree with sounds like AI slop.

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  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Not by a long shot, but that person sure does.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Which LLM says things like "still cis though"?

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    The phrasing isn't exactly dead on, but normal people don't go around trying to convince others they're trans for stupid reasons.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    It's not "trying to convince", it's a joke. A bit of a tasteless one that should stay in egg_irl, but still a joke. And it sounds nothing like LLM output.

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