Firebirdie713

joined 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 days ago (4 children)

There are a lot of edgy athiests using all their time attacking trans people these days, because an unfortunate number of them are mainly athiests as a way to hate Muslims. And the ones taking the time to attack trans people have almost all joined the alt right, which has been responsible for a lot of attacks on innocent people.

They may not be killing in the name of atheism, but they have been in the same of "reason" and "defence of women".

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

Stay or leave?

Future me would know what I was asking, and be able to answer wkth few words.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago

Seconding this! Having the ability to get update alerts helps me remember to install them.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

Just recently discovered I am on the aromantic spectrum myself. I always experienced relationships as essentially close friendships. I still feel love, I still like things people would consider romantic, but there is no line between "friend" and "dating" for me, aside from the comfort of the other person.

Realizing this and coming out as arospec was harder that when I came out as trans or when I came out as nonbinary. Mostly because I was now married, and trying to figure out how to convey "I am aromantic, but that doesn't mean I don't love you" in a way another non-aro person can understand is difficult.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Unfortunately there are a lot of people, including other trans people, who will insist that even if it is a trans man. It mostly comes from radfem types that view trans men as 'joining the enemy', and they usually accuse femboy trans men of transitioning in order to selfishly escape society's misogyny.

Source: me, a very femme transmasc person who has had this thrown at me both online and in person, even in queer spaces.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

In today's political climate, when there are several groups trying to paint China as completely and uniquely evil in every sense, it is important to note that similar actions have been taken by other nations against them.

Additionally, from the opposite angle, by providing examples of times when other nations did similar horrible things, it shows both that the information is plausible and that China definitely knows what the result of this will be. This arguably makes it even worse, given that they have seen the way that lives can be ruined by addiction and overdose when supplied with these substances.

The poster you replied to said nothing except stating the fact, and too many people don't know their history and are apt to think that situations like this are only a part of modern history. If he brought up an unrelated bad thing someone had done, that would be derailing, but providing this information opens up some real discussion about how this happened and how to deal with it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

X, and sometimes other signs in the sand, mark the spot 😉

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not everyone with this experiences total amnesia of what the system does.

For example, I have OSDD (Otherwise Specified Disassociative Disorder) type 1b, which means I experience many personalities/states with little to no separation of memories.

Anecdotally, we all use the same accounts, as we have enough to deal with besides trying to remember different passwords for everyone.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Thank you! This helps, and while it doesn't solve the issue of the @ being recognizable, it does solve a lot of issues.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 months ago (6 children)

I am currently still using their stuff since my husband and I just purchased a longer subscription as a bulk purchase, but we will not be renewing and I am actively researching alternatives for the VPN and emails.

The emails is the more difficult part for me, because everyone suggests hosting your own on your own domain, but to me that just seems like a great way to have any site you tie your email to to be directly linked to your house. Unless I am massively misunderstanding how that would work, in which case any resources would be greatly appreciated.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

The price of eggs in particular I haven't noticed. I have been vegan for ten years, so I am over here trying to give people tips on how and where to replace eggs with other, cheaper stuff. I do anlot of baking and cooking, so I have tried all the swaps the internet recommended and have a pretty good idea which ones work.

However, the price of food as a whole is going up as well, and I don't expect it to stop anytime soon. I am hoping to set up a 'victory garden' to try to help. If anyone else is looking into this, I recommend looking for an official victory garden guide that would have been issued for your particular area. I found one that was written by an agricultural professor at the University of Ithaca in NY, for example, and it goes over what crops and food preservation methods will work in my area. It will give you important information about temp tolerances, which is about to be more important than ever.

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