UnpledgedCatnapTipper

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[–] UnpledgedCatnapTipper@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The cruelty is the point.

Trans woman here. If you're close with me, and I bring up something about my transition, then acknowledging that and the "that's awesome" part you're talking about is good.

If you're simply commenting on my clothes or something, unsolicited, then simply treat me as you would any other woman.

I'm privileged enough to pass as cis without really doing anything special so this doesn't come up often, but it'd feel weird, uncomfortable, or condescending, and possibly make me feel unsafe coming from a stranger. Now, if I were out wearing trans pride colors or something like that, then acknowledging that in a positive way would be welcome and cool.

Also, as others have pointed out, transsexual is a rather dated term and is generally has negative connotations. The correct term is transgender.

TLDR: Treat us as you would any other person. If you like my outfit or something, and you'd say it to a cis person wearing it then that's good. If you wouldn't say it to a cis person, you probably shouldn't say it to a trans person.

[–] UnpledgedCatnapTipper@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 weeks ago (6 children)

Unless it's the web host for the file, because the nft is just a link. The AWS outage showed that quite clearly.

I got 3 14 TB Seagate Exos drives from here like 3 years ago. They've been working great.

https://serverpartdeals.com/

[–] UnpledgedCatnapTipper@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I have a very similar pair of docs. I've worn them generally 5x (or more) per week as their my work shoes. I've had them for almost 3 years, and it shows. They're still pretty comfortable, but most of my job is sitting.

Edit: I just searched the Jadon III, that's the exact pair I have.

Adding means testing to programs like this generally cost more money than it saves.

[–] UnpledgedCatnapTipper@piefed.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Are you talking boot loader unlock? Because I'm 99% sure Verizon will not allow you to unlock your boot loader under any circumstances. Phones purchased through Verizon have a locked boot loader and they refuse to unlock it.

Edit: if they do help you please let us know, I'm in the same boat with my pixel 7 pro!

I get a full trim every 12 weeks, and my stylist lets me stop by for a like 10 minute bangs trim after 6 weeks and doesn't even charge me!

[–] UnpledgedCatnapTipper@piefed.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Correct, because there is no argument to be had. Intentionally refusing to use someone's pronouns is unacceptable, every time, with 0 exceptions. If there's a dire need to be explicitly clear you're talking about a single person, you could just use their name in that instance.

[–] UnpledgedCatnapTipper@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago (13 children)

Probably because singular "they" predates singular "you" grammatically. Should we go back to using thou and thee instead of the singular you as well?

[–] UnpledgedCatnapTipper@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Singular they is over 600 years old by the way: https://www.oed.com/discover/a-brief-history-of-singular-they/?tl=true

As a trans person, my gender dysphoria is not something caused entirely by social gender roles. Medical transition has greatly alleviated the majority of it. Anecdotally, within the first week of hormone therapy, my dysphoria improved dramatically while only being out of the closet to 2 people outside of my therapist and the medical professionals who prescribed my hormones. It has continued to improve, although I'm still waiting for the surgery that will resolve the remaining things that hormones can't fix.

Also, there are studies around brain structure differences between men and women, and transgender people tended to have brain structures in line with their gender, not their assigned sex at birth: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_gender_incongruence#Brain_structure

Perhaps you should believe people when they tell you who they are, and get past your discomfort drawing arbitrary lines in grammar regarding pronouns, when singular they predates the fall of the Byzantine Empire by 75 years.

I'm going to try to get it unlocked once it's paid off later this year. As for the sensor, it definitely can be blinding but I've never had issues with it not working. Good to know newer ones don't have the blinding problem!

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