frankfurt_schoolgirl

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It probably doesn't matter because Trump is winning this. But if he loses it would be so funny if he ran again in 2028. He's gonna have Biden brain by then and it will be awesome.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I think that large scale yerba-mate production your be an interesting project, but buying a hand grinder, a French press, and some cheap coffee beans might be a whole lot easier. If you don't have time to make fresh coffee in the morning you can prepare cold brew the night before.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

I don't think there's any general reason you can't take estrogen, progesterone, and spironolactone at the same time. I did it for like a year and it was fine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is this a joke?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

I had that issue in my last apartment, it's literally the worst. For me it was running the microwave and fan at the same time, sometimes. Glad you found the cause tho!

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Exactly, this part

Sewell’s parents and friends had no idea he’d fallen for a chatbot.

is so misleading. This kid probably has no community and no close friends. If his parents noticed anything at all about how he was doing it was probably his grades. This isn't a story about AI, it's a story about how no one cares about each other because modern society is so alienated.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Also if you do want unsolicited advice, boymoding on hrt is totally fine and will help you. The informed consent clinic do not care what you look like, and will not care if you stop E later. They literally deal with sad masculine presenting trans women every day, you're not special.

Meeting more IRL trans friends is extremely helpful, and it's what got me to finally end the boymode. Once you make a few, they all introduce you to each other, and you'll end up with many.

Also, passing is immensely subjective and impossible to achieve without the clocky girlmode phase.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Hi, so I really wanted to respond to this because it kind of reminded me of myself. I wrote a bunch of stuff trying to like rationally argue with you that "I feel ok living as a guy I guess as long as I stay busy" isn't a good reason to keep things the way they are. But I think I was actually just yelling at my last self and not communicating well. So maybe I can explain why I feel angry with my past self?

I think I figured out I was trans when I was 18 and went to college and met other trans women for the first time. But honestly I was completely terrified and buried the feelings for years. I was basically a mess since around the age of 14, but managed to do ok for a bit with a combination of antidepressants and therapy and staying busy. I'm not completely sure about this because honestly I'm wasn't forming normal memories at this time and it's hard to figure out what was actually going on in my head.

At some point, I basically gave up on ever finishing school. At the same time, I started seriously considering transitioning. I spent the next 2 years or so living in a shitty basement apartment and getting stoned all the time. I would occasionally cross dress or something, but actually starting hrt was way too scary. I wasn't out to anyone irl. I literally cannot remember what I did at this time. I might have played some video games? Years passed, and I got desperate enough that started hrt via an online informed consent clinic. I had one video call with a bored nurse who talked for 20 minutes, it was one of the most terrifying things I've ever done. I took a selfie that day. I look like a horrendously depressed and unmistakably male stoner who lives in a basement and doesn't take care of himself.

Anyway like 3 years later I have a college degree and a cool job in a nice city. I have a growing group of cool queer friends and we really care about each other. I go on dates now lol. I've grown massively as a person, and honestly if I met myself I would think that I'm awesome. I have actual dreams and goals that I chose for myself, instead of just ambiently absorbing what other people said I should want like I did when I was younger. I don't really pass, but its pretty liberal here and people are chill, and I look pretty cute sometimes.

But like I'm scared that I'm still the kind of same man who was stuck in the basement unable to make an appointment at the LGBT clinic 5 miles from his house. For one thing I've really been putting off surgery consultations. My friend just got her orchi done and I'm happy for her but it honestly hurts because if I had my shit together I could have done that too by now. I would like ffs someday, but will I be able to do that? Idk I'm still sabotaging myself because it's so easy to just get stuck kind of living, and also because I am clearly terrified of change.

But also it's not all bad. Like I really did transition eventually. My transition was the hardest thing I've ever done but also the only thing I've ever done that was purely for myself to make myself happy. No one (except a few very real trans girls who would probably not be popular around here judging by the Serano cancellation) will ever tell you that you need to transition. Many will discourage uou. But I did it anyway and now my life is infinitely better and more interesting.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Kind of your L here for being so focused on voting in bourgeois elections.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

Multiple new site tag lines at once!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

I mean honestly, just look at women's fashion in general. There are things that many trans women will do to hide certain features, but like it totally depends on what you look like and what things you're sensitive about.

 

In 2020 I had a great pirate streaming site that showed like every possible Olympic event at the same time. (It also had a chat filled with gross misogynists but I got rid of that with my as blocker). Does anyone have something similar for this year? Or is it finally possible to watch for free on a normal service like you used to be able to on analog antenna NBC? What do people do watch the Olympics on now?

 

Two trans women run a successful diy surgery clinic in a barn.

CW: graphic medical stuff

 

I've tried a couple of vegan cheese things, and they haven't been very good. In particular, none of them melt like animal cheese.

I'm of the school of thought that trying to replicate carnist food with your vegan products is pointless, you should make unique vegan dishes that are good on their own instead. However, I really miss delicious goodness that I can melt on top of my food.

Do any comrades have good products or ideas?

 

I have a cheap electric grinder which doesn't go very fine, and is also loud, and takes up too much space in my little apartment. I would love to have a hand powered grinder that's not too big, but also could grind fine enough to make a decent moka brew. Is this possible? Does anyone have any models to look at?

 

I was kind of sick yesterday, and while I was resting I went on a long Wikipedia journey learning about this guy. I'm fascinated. Some of the efforts he led in Chongqing seems incredible, like expropriating billionaire's stuff to fund public housing. But of course there's the big scandal, with lots of lurid details like how his wife maybe poisoned somebody.

Anybody have anything good to read about him that isn't American Wikipedia? Or hot Bo takes to share? How has the Chongqing Model influenced Chinese politics today, and was it as good as it seems? What's up with his falling out with his buddy the police chief? Did Bo's dad really commission an author to write that he was a better statesmen than Henry Kissinger (I would hope so!) and more beloved than Princess Diana?

 
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