transdome

[unborn atlas]

https://vxtwitter.com/rabid_raviv/status/1681015641644343298

[supple quarry]

Every trans person needs an animal

[strong heath]

be the beast you wanna see

[bright bane]

every trans person needs the ability to turn into animals

[supple quarry]

True

[strong heath]

oh god don’t even get me started

i would shed my fucking humanity in an INSTANT to become a deer

or a seal

[bright bane]

i live in an area with a lot of hunters so I'd probably become a protected species like a cougar

[chrome snow]

Becoming a god.

[stable cradle]

so real I just wanna be a coyote

[strong heath]

THE IDEAL LIFEFORM

[unborn atlas]

that's just being a furry

[strong heath]

yeah well um erm uhhhh ermmmmm uhhhhhh

[last pilot]

Felt cute mind delete later

[outer meteor]

woag

[unborn atlas]

woh you're trans gener?

thas so cool..........................................................

[chrome snow]

Trans W

[feral wind]

fr

[balmy pond]

BIG WIN TODAY FRIENDS

WENT TO THE BEACH IN GIRL SWIMSUIT

[chrome snow]

WWWWWWWWWW

[feral wind]

W

[last pilot]

Definitely deserves a W

[cold whale]

HELL YEAH

[inland schooner]

my friend was telling me about how silly i look when i stand because im really short but also REALLY broad and it made me go :3c u really think so

ive always been broad but sitll i love hearing it anyways because its a compliment to me ‼️‼️

[inland schooner]

FUCK YEAH!!!!

[last pilot]

These little comments that aren’t really supposed to be compliments are the best

[inland schooner]

he was moreso telling me hwo silly i look standing and i was like hmmm really 🥺🥺

[last pilot]

Once one of my folks told me that the new deodorant I started using really suits me. I was over the moon

[outer meteor]

:3

i saw my friend that i don't see too often today and it said my voice is getting deeper :3

i 🫀 hrt

[unborn atlas]

real life werewolf transformation

[outer meteor]

LITERALLY

[last pilot]

https://twitter.com/diannaeanderson/status/1672637338831167489?s=46&t=aiDvOWgupVXXHDm5M5REHg

Mx. D. E. Anderson (@diannaeanderson)

Hell yes

Likes

74935

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6026

Twitter · Jun 24, 2023, 4:06 PM

[strong heath]

no way

chat is this real

[feral wind]

yea

[sturdy trail]

trans people sure do love corporate marketing

[feral wind]

yea

[bronze ocean]

i love ikea!!!!!

[feral wind]

i love blahaj

[bronze ocean]

coorporations are my friend

[sturdy trail]

uh oh

[feral wind]

fuck

[astral gull]

You are silly indeed

[astral gull]

I love those too like I love being told I look like a rat or "you look very rat today" bc being unkempt (within reason /still showering ofc) is so gender

[vapid dune]

SO FUCKING RELATABLE AAAA

the asexual grindset

[spice sphinx]

Sweden moment

Many such cases

[bronze ocean]

fuck sweden 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🖕🖕🖕🖕

[spice sphinx]

I love when liberals uses the nordic countries as examples of their idyllic social democracies as if these places aren’t some of the most racist on earth

[bronze ocean]

racist, transphobic, ableist, weird language, rude, bad food

etc., etc.

[spice sphinx]

The foods alright I’ll give em that

Unique

[bronze ocean]

ok they do have some good berries

but thats about it

the rest is just standard northern europe fair

no seasoning except for meat flavor

[spice sphinx]

I need to find the map

I feel like the entire northern hemisphere has just really mid food compared to southern regions

Wait the northern hemisphere is bigger than I remember jeez

Every country from like latitude 40N and above is completely swept but everything below when it comes to cuisine

I think this is proof that there is a demon in the north pole that makes people make mid food

[bronze ocean]

so true

[last pilot]

Idk if this is true for other European countries, but I’m from Czech Republic and my dad once told me that in the colder countries, there wasn’t really a lot of food to be consumed during the cold days. That’s why (at least the Czechs) have a lot of national food that contains potato. They are cheap, last long etc. could be wrong tho when it comes to the northerns

[spice sphinx]

That is generally true yeah

[bronze ocean]

it doesnt really hold up to much scrutiny ngl

there's plenty of herbs that still grow through the winter and also cuisine borne out of lack isn't what's remembered

french peasants weren't eating bouillabase during lean times

[spice sphinx]

I mean stuff like pierogis are considered one of the most famous dishes to come out of eastern/se/central europe right?

[last pilot]

Idk how it is with central europe and spices. Mind look into some really old cooking books cuz now I’m legit curious.
We seasoned everything during my life time so it’s just as shocking for me to see some countries that don’t season their food.

[bronze ocean]

not seasoning is a recent thing

europeans have historicaly fucking loved spices

[last pilot]

Oh yeah that’s right

[bronze ocean]

now of course most material culture and writing is from higher classes but we can safely assume that people with less wealth would've used any seasoning they got their hand on

but the almost no seasoning, like most european "culture" was invented like 100-200 years ago

[spice sphinx]

I think “cuisine born out of lack” is considered pretty emblematic and has a lot of historical weight to it that people remember

[tardy creek]

@spice sphinx has leveled up! (50 ➜ 51)

[spice sphinx]

I mean look at borscht

[last pilot]

I was just think about borscht

[spice sphinx]

That’s an incredibly storied dish of the people with so much variation over time

[bronze ocean]

i really wouldn't call that a dish that's not very well seasoned tbh

[spice sphinx]

Wdym

[bronze ocean]

like if we're comparing this to northern european plain boiled potatoes

it's actually flavorful

also borscht's popularity is also in part due to french orientalism

[spice sphinx]

Well yeah but that’s not what I’m talking about I thought by lack you meant lack of availability

Slavs plucking hogweed and mixing it with meat stock is like

[bronze ocean]

yeah but that's not the borscht people know

[spice sphinx]

Yeah but that dish is “born out of lack” and remembered

It’s evolved over the years since then but like that is its roots

[bronze ocean]

wrt the lack of flavor in northern european diets i do think it's because any dish that's remembered as a cultural staple tries to tack on as much flavor as possible in their own ways, just as borscht evolved to become more flavorful over time, so i really don't think it's people romanticizing struggle foods

and the lack of seasoning is because of influences from french haute cuisine

in contemporary diets

[spice sphinx]

Yeah that makes sense

[bronze ocean]

borscht as we know it is a super modern invention

well

part invention, part evolution

of course

but the hyperfocus on "pure" ingredients in french haute-cuisine and later diet trends has caused northern european food to be almost completely flavorless

because the actual vegetables and meat they eat are also produced in such a way that they're flavorless

im going to dig up escoffier and kill him again

[spice sphinx]

I LOVE THE FRENCH !!!

https://tenor.com/view/flying-car-crash-roundabout-funny-gif-17925885

[bronze ocean]

me leaving france

[feral wind]

i dislike france

[spice sphinx]

As you should

Fascist ass country

[feral wind]

average european country

[spice sphinx]

Fuck their bougie michelin star shit too

[feral wind]

yea

[spice sphinx]

Most worthless award ever

[bronze ocean]

its so fucking funny

fucking tire company marketing

[sturdy trail]

only good part of france is marseille

[bronze ocean]

only good part of france is when theyre rioting

this is true for every city actually

[austere jay]

took 4 years of french and i don’t remember a single word i was spared

[last pilot]

Thank fuck I didn’t had French in middle school.

[bronze ocean]

im gonna learn more french to read more books

[last pilot]

I’m currently learning Russian. Not for any particular reason. I had Russian classes so, kind of just getting new knowledge

[chrome snow]

I want to learn Spanish and become fluent.

Just being able to talk to my family and understand Spanish feels really good, but I also want to be able to backpack places like Spain.

[sturdy trail]

return to al andalus

[feral wind]

same

[sturdy trail]

i learning portugues

[bronze ocean]

i've been saying this

[feral wind]

im trying to learn spanish,polish,german,and doing french in school

[bronze ocean]

damn the polyglot

[feral wind]

yuh

im really into geography and languages

tried doing arabic but got hard

[elder kernel]

arabic is so hard

[feral wind]

fr

[elder kernel]

i can see reading it but its so hard to speak verbally

[feral wind]

for me other way

[sturdy trail]

weeb

🫵

[bronze ocean]

💀

u cant be saying that shit

[sturdy trail]

ya it's kinda weird to say tha

[feral wind]

yea

[elder kernel]

oh

sorry about that

this is why i shouldn't jump into random convos

[unborn atlas]

I dunno I think the issue was what you said, not jumping into convos

[sturdy trail]

ya

[elder kernel]

yea i get it im just saying i didn't actually have anything of substance to contribute i just wanted to try and talk to ppl. im really sorry what i said got taken in a negative way

[sturdy trail]

it not taken in a negative way it jus is like weird by default

[elder kernel]

im gunna go now

[digital geyser]

im trying to learn welsh mainly rn cuz i was born and grew up there, and i also am kinda on and off learning italian but rlly not working on it much rn

[sturdy trail]

italian is good language

[feral wind]

yea

[digital geyser]

mmm, i started learning it at school n now i just kinda set a few of my apps into it so i keep it in my mind a bit. i think i'll properly invest time into it once im confident in welsh

[chrome snow]

How many languages do you have to learn for that?

[bronze ocean]

at least six

[chrome snow]

Oh cheese.

There's no way that I could ever do that.

I remember that my mom told me stories of a person in my family that knew over eight languages that would travel the world as a translator.

[bronze ocean]

damn

kind of a cool job

[bronze ocean]

not with that attitude!!!

[chrome snow]

True.

:((

I'm going to try to branch out into other languages after I feel fully comfortable with Spanish.

To be completely honest, I think I might jump to Portuguese due to it having a lot of similarities to Spanish.

[sturdy trail]

boyceta

[bronze ocean]

boyceta

glory to brazil

[chrome snow]

Come to Brazil.

[valid sun]

Hello transdome

arabic, vietnamese and russian are the 3 hardest languages ive tried to learn

turkish is 4th and japanese is 5th

chinese is much easier than most of the languages ive trief to learn

im fluent in english, intermediate in portuguese and verbally intermediate in chinese

i can read and write SOME chinese

[sturdy trail]

can't handle tonal languages

brain too small

[bronze ocean]

just modulate

4head

[digital geyser]

i have so much respect for people who can speak lots of languages omg

[digital geyser]

also any other trans mascs going full feminine for the barbie movie? im literally pulling out my pinkest dress and wearing makeup tomorrow for it dkdkf

being camp is more important than passing ✨

(fyi. idont believe passing is important at all, i only go for it when im feeling a bit shit and need a pick me up tbh)

[sturdy trail]

pink flamingos better camp

has pink in the name divine is basically barbie

[bronze ocean]

SO true

[unborn atlas]

I dunno doesn't pink flamingos have unsimulated animal abuse in it?

[bronze ocean]

yeah that shit was fucked up

john waters u shouldnt have cooked that one

[sturdy trail]

so much for liking edgy stuff

[unborn atlas]

do you want me to like animal abuse?

what the fuck is that supposed to mean

[sturdy trail]

NOOOOO

[unborn atlas]

what's your problem?

[sturdy trail]

whenever i watch it i jus skip the chicken scene so i wouldn't like Problematic Cancel the whole thing

does the dog die handy

[unborn atlas]

oh don't give me that buzzword shit for having an issue with animal abuse

fuck

[sturdy trail]

i mean like a lot of films had abuse in the making of them and r still good films while still being able to acknowledge that the production could use a lil work

it's like trying to say the shining is bad for that sole reason

when it is still like a very influential thing

for a lot of artists the point of art is like to stretch the human capability and that ends up being really shock value

esp in like performance art and pink flamingos kinda teeters on that

[unborn atlas]

shock value is the easiest thing in the world to do

so forgive me if I'm not completely on board with watching a chicken get fucked to death

you goddamned shitstirrer

[sturdy trail]

i already said u can skip scene there's like timestamps and everythign

[unborn atlas]

don't talk to me, I'm done

[astral gull]

🫥

[sturdy trail]

what dotted line face mean

😿

[astral gull]

🫥

[unborn atlas]

okay I calmed down a little bit

but I think the thing that set me off was referring to unsimulated sexual animal abuse as "edgy" and the false equivalence of "well other movies have abuse in them!!!!"

[astral gull]

You can still be calm and justifiably be upset over that

[sturdy trail]

it's not really a false equivalence cuz i was pointing out that people generally consider them as still good movies despite the fact

never said abusing a chicken is good

[astral gull]

Its one thing to misunderstand a point but no amount of rewording could make it seem better

Im not tryna be mean but I went through the 5 stages of grief reading what I saw

[unborn atlas]

I got set off

[astral gull]

That's just my 2 cents I can't say any more

[unborn atlas]

I am sorry for the outburst

I also realize the initial statement wasn't as pointed as I interpreted, sorry for that too

I just don't like "edgy" being conflated with indefensible shit

[sturdy trail]

ya

[unborn atlas]

and yeah, John Waters may be an influential gay filmmaker who contributed greatly to the concept of camp, but frankly he's also a hack

imo

it's very easy to be a creep without fucking a chicken

I gotta get my outbursts under control tho, sorry

I think I'm slowly realizing some things

[valid sun]

i am doing the opposite but i extend a giant helping of "GO OFF!!!!!!" to yall who are

im gonna have a button down with cargo shorts

LOL

[digital geyser]

omgg

i wasnt rlly allowed to play with barbie as a kid so idk it feels like reclaiming that kinda??? in a weird way gkdkg

[astral gull]

Healing ur inner child?

That's so fire tho keep doing it

[digital geyser]

also its fun to wear a dress, but cargo shorts are also cool

[astral gull]

I need some cargo shorts that don't squeeze my thighs

I got some cargo pants recently tho

[digital geyser]

i got some recently

alongside some white shorts i took forever to try on and turns out they are see through

[astral gull]

I HATE THAT

[digital geyser]

i also got this pair of shorts (from womens section) called mom shorts

we are in the uk

this is a uk based brand

[astral gull]

What a name

[digital geyser]

why did they feel the need to use that spelling gkkdg

[astral gull]

I get most stuff from old navy and hot topic

[digital geyser]

i got those shorts from yours which is a plus size brand

shoutout to the time i was wearing a shirt from them and my lit teacher asked me where i got it and she didnt recognise the name and i had to awkwardly tell this definitely not plus size woman it was a plus size brand kgdg

[sturdy trail]

why did they not let u play with barbie wtf

[digital geyser]

my mum had a lot of funky ideas about stuff generally and for barbie believed it would be damaging to my body image. i had one growing up which i think someone gifted me

[astral gull]

If it helps I couldn't do monster high bc "that's bringing monsters into this Christian household"

[digital geyser]

fun fact i think her obsession with body image caused me more problems than barbie

[astral gull]

FACTS

[digital geyser]

like i wasnt allowed a sugary drinks brand called fruit shoot more than twice a year

fun times

[digital geyser]

oh she also wouldnt allow them for body issues

bratz were her nemesis

i had osme bratz colouring in pages from a thing i went to she hated it

[sturdy trail]

mom omitting racist vibes

[digital geyser]

the good thing is she wasnt super fussed on gender roles n stuff so i could wear boys clothes if i wanted, had a sicc dino shirt growing up from that

[astral gull]

That's so wack tho

Me personally my mom would do that and now acts like she never did what she did

[digital geyser]

more just a body issue thing. she was plus size herself so i think it came from the influence of diet culture. anyway its nowhere near the weirdest stuff but im not gonna go into that stuff

[astral gull]

Understandable to a degree but def not ok to project it to you

[digital geyser]

yeah

[sturdy trail]

talkin about bratz specifically

diet culture horribl

[digital geyser]

idk man she mostly saw them through colouring pages n not art but idk. cant ask her anyway 🤷

[digital geyser]

still working through it #aaa

[outer meteor]

*points at you * beastars profile picture

[digital geyser]

and also barbie was the biggest one. bratz was just another i remember. she hated basically all doll brands in general

idk its been years n years since any of this anyway

[sturdy trail]

what about lalaloopsy

[digital geyser]

never encountered it

[astral gull]

I could have ever after high like it wasn't identical to monster high 💀

[digital geyser]

she also hated spongebob

[sturdy trail]

why spongebob

[digital geyser]

and the simpsons

cuz she thought they were too american

so i wasnt allowed to watch them

[sturdy trail]

the most my mom said about spongebob was she didn't like them calling each other idiot

[sturdy trail]

that is actually deserved

based mom against cultural globalization

[spice sphinx]

:3

[outer meteor]

the funny doggy

[bronze ocean]

my mom said watching spongebob and pokemon would give me adhd lol

[outer meteor]

my mom wouldn't let me watch adventure time because it was "too weird"

[astral gull]

I was allowed pretty much any cartoon my mom shwoed me jackass when I was 12 tho

Which isn't a flex

I saw a dudes dick and balls uncensored on television

[bronze ocean]

jackass so iconic

[sturdy trail]

jackass should be mandatory viewing for all 12 year olds except the uncensored genitals part

[astral gull]

It was definitely funny but I don't think it was entirely ready for me to be seeing that

[digital geyser]

i have a core memory of my parents watching breaking bad gjdkg. i never watched along i just remember them talking about it

[bronze ocean]

i watched jackass when i was 12 and i turned out completely fine and transgenderized

i need to become the trans johnny knoxville

[sturdy trail]

tbf i kinda miss the slow paced 80s-90s cartoomns like care bears and moomin and shit but also i rember trying to show gumball to my mom and she didn like it

[sturdy trail]

same wavelentgghj

[bronze ocean]

gumball's way too much for me atp

too fast

[sturdy trail]

and i got sad from her not liking it

[bronze ocean]

moomins fucking peak tho

[digital geyser]

my mum didnt let me watch high school musical or spongebob but i was fine to read warrior cats gkdkg

[bronze ocean]

euro-japanese anime 🫶

alfred jodocus kwak, does he have t-boy swag?

[astral gull]

My mom stopped caring when I hit middle school

Like me playing bayonetta on the living room TV level not caring

[digital geyser]

my stepmum was far more leniant

but also has plenty of ways of sucking too. pros and cons of both maternal figures and all i have is mental health problems

[astral gull]

My dad never rlly cared I still had to ask my mom if I could watch some anime but my dad showed me castlevania

[astral gull]

Understandable

[sturdy trail]

i hate parent

i am joining the war against autism moms

[astral gull]

Ream

Real

Fuck

[digital geyser]

include me oh my fucking god

[bronze ocean]

parents so evil

[digital geyser]

there is this goddamn car

i walk past

sometimes

[bronze ocean]

we gotta destroy the Family guys

[digital geyser]

in town

[bronze ocean]

it's no longer funny

[digital geyser]

and they decided to tell the world

on the sticker on their boot

that “i love a person with autism” with a goddamn puzzle piece heart

[bronze ocean]

tramp stamp ideas

[sturdy trail]

h8 the family

[digital geyser]

(by boot i mean trunk)

[astral gull]

My mom had the audacity to give me this shirt

[digital geyser]

and everytime i see it i just want to goddamn

[astral gull]

FUCK THE PUZZLE PIECE

[digital geyser]

and idk if irs the same culprit but once i was in town and i walked past a mum with a puzzle piece tote bag

maybe the autism mums just like my town

but like i feel so bad for whoever the autistic person they know is. like they feel the need to tell the world that they 100% care about someone wifh autism

like its like revolutionary

idk i can tell u rn if i didnt care about someone wifh autism i would lose 95% of my friends

[sturdy trail]

fuck the family fuck parenting fuck childhood fuck

need on the back of t shirt

[chrome snow]

I just shaved my legs for the first time and legit.

I feel like I'm in heaven right now.

[vapid dune]

I’m so proud of you Josie!!!!

Nothing like the euphoria of first time shaved legs

[chrome snow]

Inching closer and closer to where I want to be.

We're going to make it homies!

[supple quarry]

They’re gonna sell these to the same people either way, they just made stickers :)

[sturdy trail]

stickerts still marketing

turns us into demographic

[valid sun]

https://tenor.com/view/sterkte-macht-the-rock-rock-baywatch-gif-10178359

WE WON

[outer meteor]

:D!!!

[inland schooner]

No matter who u r u will always be a demographic. And regardless of what you do there will always be a market and consumers of said market

[bronze ocean]

damn

thats pessisimistic

[unborn atlas]

we're not "above" being marketed to

[bronze ocean]

i am

[unborn atlas]

rat plushie

[bronze ocean]

rat plushie

[unborn atlas]

so called "free thinkers" when rat plushie

[bronze ocean]

SO true

[sturdy trail]

i think it is good to try to change things

i think we should Make a Better World

we should improve society somewhat................

https://tenor.com/view/adorno-birthday-criticaltheory-frankfurt-school-happy-birthday-gif-14232691

[unborn atlas]

who's that

[sturdy trail]

adorno

[bronze ocean]

he was right

[supple quarry]

Funny stickers go brrrrr

[sturdy trail]

ikea multi million dollar corporation sponsorship go brrrrrrr

[feral wind]

bree

[astral gull]

Always being advertised to as long as we live in late stage capitalism go brrr

[feral wind]

yuh

[astral gull]

As sucky as it is that's just how the world is

Humans need an evolutionary nerf

[sturdy trail]

i think we should reject advertising and marketing

controversial statement

[astral gull]

I don't like the sarcasm thx

[sturdy trail]

passively accepting our conditions is neoliberal mindset

[astral gull]

I??????

I don't need criticism every time I talk in here

[sturdy trail]

i think people should be allowed to disagree when people enter a conversation to say their opinions

[astral gull]

I don't take things that seriously and you disagree with everything I say so maybe stop acknowledging me

I'm done here

[sturdy trail]

i jus responding to what u said in response to me

the go brrrr chain

[astral gull]

^

[sturdy trail]

https://tenor.com/view/big-trouble-if-i-speak-if-i-speak-i-am-in-big-trouble-speak-big-gif-23519858

[spice sphinx]

I WILL NOT CONSUME THE SLOP I WILL NOT BE A CORPORATE PIG!!!

Idk being all like “it’s inevitable and we’re just a demographic to be advertised to” is defeatist and wrong

Capitalism will package your anti-capitalist sentiments and sell them back to you in little bows n ribbons, ikea doesn’t give a shit if you’re trans they just want your money because their shark plushie became a trend and they can exploit that. It is a literal carrot on a stick dangled above your head.

[sturdy trail]

so real so real

[proper igloo]

i agree but shark is pretty cute one must admit

something something gatherers instinct

(/j)

[bronze ocean]

i think the shark is cute and fun to hold but also making it into some symbol of community disgusts me tbh

[astral gull]

It'd be cooler to make ur own shark and just have the animal itself be a symbol but whatever u wanna do honestly

[spice sphinx]

For some inexplicable reason people equate these two like they’re both valid reasons you have to weigh. Like “shark is cute and fun vs this is genuinely harmful to all of us”

I’m not saying you did that cool rat I’m just speaking generally

[misty harness]

i simply don't think it's cool to shame fellow trans people for enjoying a plushie

[sturdy trail]

idk how anyone shaming

[spice sphinx]

Dawg that isn’t and has never been the issue

[astral gull]

Oh no

[spice sphinx]

I think that’s just purposefully disingenuous to what I’m saying

[misty harness]

you have to recognize that someone sharing a thing they like and immediately talking about how that thing is harmful and disgusting is implicitly shaming, yeah?

[sturdy trail]

if the sticker didn't have a ikea logo on it and was like jus made by some random person people wouldn't have a problem it's jus the weird symbolism sponsorship stuff

[spice sphinx]

Ye ^

[sturdy trail]

it's not like a corporation is like a special interest or somethiong

[lethal silo]

you dont have to be cynical about everything you know

i dont give a shit about ikea but they were one of the earliest corps to publicly support lgbt people

[spice sphinx]

Rainbow capitalism is still capitalism

[lethal silo]

you know marketing and ads exist independently of capitalism, yeah?

[sturdy trail]

besides ikea's questionable nazi stuff and environmental stuff i don't think arguing about like the ethics of corporations and how "friendly" it is is helpful it's just a common queer liberation stance to not endorse corporate pandering

[spice sphinx]

Oh yeah I’m sure ikea does it solely from the goodness of their hearts and not to increase profit

[proper igloo]

my personal and possibly arbitrary issue is of trans peeps falling for the bait (hehe sharkbait) and immediately putting themselves into tiny little boxes, moral of the story (imo) is that if u love silly little ikea shark, for any plethora of reason, just dont let it be to fulfill some picture in ones head of what a trans person should be, perhaps i add nothing with what i say but i think it should always be emphasized

[sturdy trail]

ya this

[spice sphinx]

In what world is there any reason to give one of these corporate powers the benefit of the doubt, the entire existence of them is ontologically opposed to creating a better society

[sturdy trail]

kamprad family a whole dynasty at this point

[lethal silo]

idk if youre going to have ads either way probably better that entire demographics of people arent excluded as further social ostracization

regardless of the motives involved

like i agree on not like buying into it or giving them undue credit but hardly seems the most important thing out there

[sturdy trail]

i don't think using specific minorities' likeness as an advertising campaign is like the only way to do advertising it is definitely purposeful

[spice sphinx]

It has nothing to do with it being “the most important thing” it’s just the topic that was being talked about when I went into this channel

[lethal silo]

the tone of the conversation treats it rather seriously and judgementally for others imo

[sturdy trail]

it's been a problem for queer people for a long time

as with other oppressed groups

[lethal silo]

its a problem for everybody

[spice sphinx]

I’ll always have sympathy for my fellow queers n stuff but opposing capital is always a “big deal”

These things should be talked about because I believe they are actually important

[sturdy trail]

it's not really a problem for everybody when our struggles are subsumed into capital and dehumanized

ya

[lethal silo]

not arguing against unique or more challenging struggles for minority groups

but again, literally everybody

[spice sphinx]

I don’t understand the point, just because everyone is dehumanized under capital doesn’t mean that it shouldn’t be talked about in the targeted ways it manifests like this

[misty harness]

i think just about everyone in this thread already knows these things

so rehashing it every time blahaj is mentioned comes across as judgmental and a bit hostile

[sturdy trail]

it isn't every time tho

[spice sphinx]

Then why does it keep happening if everyone supposedly already knows this

[misty harness]

almost every time then, wahtever

[sturdy trail]

if it's jus casually in thunderdome idc but like in transdome that means it's like a Trans People Thing when it not

[misty harness]

its just a meme, i really don't think its that deep or that anyone attatches genuine special meaning to it

not here anyway

[spice sphinx]

I personally think that’s just disingenuous, how does it benefit us to take the piss out of a conversation to be like “it’s not that serious bro”

[sturdy trail]

"it's just a joke" core

[misty harness]

youre right, that's a poor way to frame it

what im trying to say is, going from one posting something about a gay shark sticker to lecturing people on whether they should find the funny gay shark sticker cute or not in a judgmental tone isn't cool

[sturdy trail]

no one said it's not cute

it's just a cute marketing campaign

ya the plushie is cute it's just the weird stance around it

[misty harness]

and i think it's fine to point that out without having to make judgmental statements like "trans people sure do love corporate marketing"

which whether intentional or not, that statement in the context it was posted, can read as judgmental and shaming for even considering the shark being cute

[sturdy trail]

it's an observation

and already said it's not about it being cute

[misty harness]

that's not the point

i understand what you intended

i'm telling you how it can read to others

and why it ruffled feathers

[astral gull]

Apologies if I'm not adding anything by saying this but I personally don't think it's cool and outright facisf to get a little heated when ppl disagree on things or argue that they should think what you do, it kinda takes away from a sense of being an individual or freaks people out to make them justify their points when this channel wasn't meant to be a debate room

Debate in itself is fine but not everyone is open to that

Especially with the given topic

[sturdy trail]

? no one said they're punk

[astral gull]

You didn't even read all of what I said

Okay that's the finality of what I was going to say

[misty harness]

i don't really think this conversation is going to lead anywhere productive from here so we should probably drop it

[spice sphinx]

Any place where people share opinions in any capacity can create debate, the only reason you don’t see it often in this channel is because usually everyone already agrees with each other, I think it is normal and okay for people to disagree

All right

[misty harness]

it's totally fine to discuss and debate here, i just ask that people recognize when things get heated and to gracefully end conversations and not drag things out

[spice sphinx]

And I take issue with being called fascist that’s absolutely wild

[misty harness]

yeah, that's not a cool thing to say

[astral gull]

Apologies but I didn't call anyone that I'm just saying it gives off that vibe when ppl don't want to debate but are put in a position where they feel like they have to

[sturdy trail]

literally 1984

[astral gull]

A better word would be contradictory, I'm sorry

[sturdy trail]

crayzee to say people shouldn't get heated and then use an objectively inflammatory word

[spice sphinx]

Me putting out my thoughts and arguing in favor of them is just simply that, any conversation you have like that is bound to be people trying to convince others to come to their side, the nature of conversation you manipulate people every day blah blah blah

[astral gull]

As Sarah said we should drop this so from this point on I'm not responding

[misty harness]

my statement was directed to everyone, including draven

[astral gull]

I said something not cool and I'm sorry, but this is draining and I hear u on why that wasn't okay

[misty harness]

anyway.

yall got any cool trans musician recs? i'm in a new music mood today

[astral gull]

Uh do I

[lethal silo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GodlLA2dI8

oldie but goodie

[astral gull]

I dont have anything anyone here doesn't already know

:/

[misty harness]

if yall haven't heard this one yet you're fuckin up https://orangemilkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/salesforce

[astral gull]

Not u gray

[lethal silo]

lol i get u nw

[astral gull]

Heard that name many times

Haven't gotten to listening

[proper igloo]

https://murrumur.bandcamp.com/album/webmaker

[misty harness]

bousfield is essential listening for a machine girl fan

[astral gull]

Oh that's definitely transfem music

V good

Followed her on Spotify

[misty harness]

her previous record was my fav of 2020 behind u-void

and the new one is even better

[lethal silo]

forever stanning Avalon Vales

[astral gull]

Her sound is super cool

I like

[lethal silo]

something special about that record

[misty harness]

ive seen this name several times and always got it confused with a black metal band lol

[bronze ocean]

lamp of murmuur?

[proper igloo]

murrumur so cool

i rlly hope she ends up on a kaizo ep again

[misty harness]

no i can't remember their exact name, lots of m u and r but with umlauts

[astral gull]

I realized today I have 0 new stuff to share music wise

:/

[proper igloo]

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nyJMcdQ5OCXLqHzQYZzcGsUYnVphaoEMs

also olallie is p cool, i think everything from aero gros m has been privated but this has been a favorite of mine for some time

[astral gull]

Not a trans artist as far as i know but a few gems I've found are flagare, beherit, brand of sacrifice, mindvacy

2 metal artists but fuck it

[proper igloo]

one more

https://youtu.be/wNlUQT848h0

first comment is "this album made me trans"

[sturdy trail]

aero gros m so good

[valid sun]

Im gay and transgebnder

[digital geyser]

me too

[misty harness]

holy shit I got the transgender game

[unborn atlas]

anybody in this thread smoke weed

[balmy pond]

used to, gives me the scaries now 💀

every now and then ill try a few hits and think "maybe this time i wont fall into a paranoia spiral" but no

[valid sun]

i do very rarely

i took an edible once and i will never do that again though

[unborn atlas]

interesting

[austere jay]

everyday (usually)

[unborn atlas]

I've gone a few weeks without

[austere jay]

kind of a cure all for my appetite issues, insomnia and base mental state

[unborn atlas]

I should be proud of that but I don't feel good

[austere jay]

i’ve been on and off but lately i’ve been leaning into it

helps me not smoke as many cigs

[unborn atlas]

yeah I smoked 0.3 cigs in my whole life

[valid sun]

im probably predisposed to an addictive personality so i havent ever bought a pen or weed for myself simply bc i probably wouldnt control my weed intake and i personally like keeping weed for like special events lol

i know its not like ADDICTIVE or whatever but id probably get dependent on it

its not necessarily a bad thing either tbh

Just not for me

i took an 85 mg edible (yes my first one i didnt know it was that big)

kicked my ASS

SO BAD

this is the shit i tweeted before i dipped for like 15 hours

It was like every incoherent thought i had made perfect scientific sense i was trying to write them down on my phone notepad but couldnt stay awake

[austere jay]

good please don’t start

big mistake to make

[austere jay]

too real actually

i come up with my best bits when i’m high

[valid sun]

my friend said it read like a dril tweet LMFAOO

[feral wind]

i want to get some more but prob shouldnt

considering my mental health

[bronze ocean]

weed's kind of a low tier drug for me

[last pilot]

Sometimes. I do have some on me rn but I don’t really feel like smoking these days

[spice sphinx]

werm

[strong heath]

never have i ever

…smoked weed

[zinc oriole]

Weed also gives me the scaries if I take more than a few hits

Bongs always kill me I gotta smoke it from a pipe or joint or smth. I need mid...

I don't smoke often though maybe twice a month

[unborn atlas]

interesting because my friend noticed that everybody she knows who smoked weed at one point and stopped were women

and I found it was difficult to smoke after HRT

propensity to panic was higher

testosterone girded me but now my emotions are unlocked

[zinc oriole]

Pre t smoking was definitely less scary

I had a lot of fun lol

Now I have to really limit myself lest I want to lay in one spot for 2 hours

I wonder now that I'm temporarily medicated how it'll feel though since it's affected my alcohol experience

[unborn atlas]

interesting 🖊️

[zinc oriole]

I never associated it with my hrt experience but it makes sense
I just thought it was my other mental illnesses interacting with it

[unborn atlas]

another factor for me was probably fucking myself up on weed once

ate an extra strength edible and then downed a cone "to relax"

big mistake

[zinc oriole]

OH GOD

Glad you survived... I'd have to hold onto the grass outside for dear life

[bronze ocean]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/873434800717963306/1052015046458351616/IMG_1494.gif

[unborn atlas]

I crawled into the safe room because this party was being held by a bunch of college queers, took all my clothes off and hid under a blanket for the rest of the party

I was also somewhat sleep deprived

[zinc oriole]

OMG 😭 that sounds so scary

To be at a party and high and scared

[zinc oriole]

Last time I got scared I was laughing at myself for getting scared

[unborn atlas]

the fear began when I was talking to a cute pink haired enby in a floral dress

"please I gotta calm down I gotta fix this hey is that WEED?"

[bronze ocean]

thats so fucking real

[zinc oriole]

DID THEY SAY THAT or u

[zinc oriole]

My weed rn makes me laugh at myself I was only scared that time bc I took like 4 consec bong rips for no reason

Entirely my fault

[bronze ocean]

funniest skill is being able to talk yourself out of freaking out

cause like sometimes you're literally like

oh shit i'm freaking out

wait no i'm not i'm cool

👍

[unborn atlas]

nah that's my internal monologue

[zinc oriole]

Exactly what I had to do!

[zinc oriole]

OHHH

[bronze ocean]

i was doing ket with some friends and i felt myself starting to freak out and i was like guys i think im starting to freak and they were like no max ur okay

and i was like

oh!

:)

okay!

[unborn atlas]

what does ketamine do anyway

[bronze ocean]

a bunch of things

in this case it was time dilation that was reminding me of when i had a horrible trip on edibles

[zinc oriole]

NO YOURE OK^#^$& LOL

I need that kind of support

[bronze ocean]

mostly it just kinda makes u feel wonky sorta like being drunk

uh

numbs you

cause well its an anesthetic

time dilation, mild visuals

uh

yea

[unborn atlas]

hm

[feral wind]

yall ever done acid before?

[bronze ocean]

nop

[feral wind]

damn

for me i got really scared

[bronze ocean]

doesnt acid last like hella long

[feral wind]

yea

havent done in a while

[unborn atlas]

you are really too young to be doing acid

[feral wind]

yea

now i just do nic

so better ig

but we ball

[bronze ocean]

truu

[misty harness]

I always disliked weed when I smoked but I want to try low dose edibles for headaches sometime

I get such bad headaches often enough that I really want something easier on my body than nsaids or tylenol

[feral wind]

weed im scared to do now

not cause i got panic high or whatever

feel itd make me worse

i mean yea maybe ill do it every now in then

like couple months apart

ppl ik irl be doing it everyday saying “oh im not addicted” like ok

i cant type

[misty harness]

yeah I've seen too many people who do the whole "I can stop any time I want" deal and I'm like really? 🤨

[chrome snow]

I used to smoke whenever my coworkers had a pen and I would usually just bum off of them, I had some really great experiences with smoking weed, but nothing really compels me to do it.

For edibles on the other hand, nope.

[vapid dune]

Weed was something that was never for me. Ever since what I’ve mentioned which was me trying rly strong gas station edibles (I now I’m stupid) and I kinda went into bed cus my face went numb and my jaw wouldn’t open and I was seeing faces and eyes everywhere and the whole world felt like TV static and I was scared as fuck

[last pilot]

That happened to me as well. Me, my friend and my gf tried different type of weed we normally smoke, I was mute for about 5 hours,

[misty harness]

most of the time it was just boring tbh for me

like I'd smoke with my ex and she'd put on peep show or some other British comedy and watch like five episodes then we'd fall asleep

I never felt anything pleasant, just kind of out of it

[outer meteor]

if they're migraines, get a prescription for some type of triptan they're life savers <- chronic migraine haver

[misty harness]

yeaaa I've been meaning to just my insurance didn't want to cover them so it was gonna be like $10 a pill

[outer meteor]

yeahh

my current meds are so fucking pricey

[austere jay]

weed is usually a really casual thing for me that i do every night to wind down but like once or twice a week i geek hard

[proper igloo]

fr

[last pilot]

That always gets me. I pay for my meds like 5$ dollars. meds for 3 months, three different kinds.

I wouldn’t even have pay for that if I didn’t had to take sleeping meds. The rest is covered by insurance

[outer meteor]

that's nice

the meds that i take almost every day cost $15 a dose which is really cool 👍

luckily my parents are in a position where they can afford to buy them for me but if i was in a worse financial position i'd be fucked

[last pilot]

That’s so fucked-

[bright bane]

Cant grow a beard but can grow hundreds of pimples everywhere beard hair would be

[vapid dune]

Can grow a beard and I don’t want to grow one

Life is cruel

Can I transplant my beard to bay leaf

[feral wind]

i dont want any hair except on my head

[spice sphinx]

What is the appropriated age for acid

I did it when I was like 16

[feral wind]

i did it when i was 14

[spice sphinx]

Holy shit

[austere jay]

wanna trade

like i’d give anything for scruff

when will this be me 💔

also official transdome op on psychedelics: please please please either wait until you’re older or take a smaller dose if you’re young, shrooms really fucked me up when i took them and i still deal with some of the ramifications. be smart be safe and know your family history and what size dose you’re taking ❤️

[vapid dune]

Id be SO DOWN

Also my Mexican genes mean I can grow a thicc stache like that (if I wanted to)

Which I don’t

But pre transition I had potential for a full bear beard

[austere jay]

so far i haven’t touched my stache so it’s a little light and soft still, but i shave everywhere else on my face

it’s annoying because i don’t have dense facial hair but the like few here and there that i do have to shave grow back thick and dark

if i was to let them grow i would have like max 30 hairs which is dumb

when will the facial hair genes kick in for me this is torture

[feral wind]

same

keep having to shave

i hate ir

[feral wind]

ok

[last pilot]

Facial hair is something I’m not really interested as well.

I have the luck to have a pretty good masc physical features. Pretty deep voice, bigger shoulders (probably from the years of doing competitive swimming). The thing that bothers me the most is my face. I look like a fucking child

[digital geyser]

i want facial hair so bad but i also am scared of taking T bc we have a history of male baldness

[sturdy trail]

minoxifil

take t use minoxidil on scalp

[chrome snow]

Literally me.

I hate my body hair.

:((

[zinc oriole]

Minoxidil has saved me

[valid sun]

its okay ill take everyones body hair

i love body hair 💪 havent shaved in 5 years

also we should normalize getting lazer hair removal regardless of gender

[outer meteor]

body hair is epi

c

but not having body hair is also cool

[digital geyser]

i rlly wanna have loads of body hair

[outer meteor]

same

testosterone is so epic

i'm 4 months as of yesterday

starting to get a happy trail it's so awesome

my dad is bald and i have yet to start balding (but i'm really early on t and on low dose)
i think finasteride can be taken alongside T and help prevent baldness (it's a hair loss prevention drug) but it also reduces other affects of t, it reduces bottom growth if that's something that you want, there are other things it stops but i can't remember off the top of my head

[outer meteor]

the last message was supposed to be in response to this

[digital geyser]

i dont rlly care avout bottom growty so

and thanks!!

[outer meteor]

:3 all my knowledge is from trans reddit hehe

[digital geyser]

rn my main focus is actually getting a gender appointment. im not even on the nhs waiting list yet😔

[outer meteor]

:(

trans healthcare is so shit

luckily i live in an area with a really awesome government funded youth clinic

[digital geyser]

as soon as im in uni im booking a gp appointment to both get myself on that waiting list as well as finalyl start the process to start at least getting a diagnosis for my anxiety

omgg

nicee

[outer meteor]

i got my t through them, i have to pay for the hrt itself but i don't have to pay for any of the supplies or appointments

[digital geyser]

oh right

[outer meteor]

psa if you live in BC go to foundry!!!!!!!!! it is literally the best

[outer meteor]

good luck!!!

[digital geyser]

the most useful thing about having the waiting time is i dont wanan come out yet so ive got time jgdkg

[outer meteor]

that's true

[digital geyser]

british colombia?

[outer meteor]

yeah

[digital geyser]

ah

the uk trans waiting list is so bad i cant😭

anyway glad u get T!!

[outer meteor]

but also it was funny, they make you do the first injection at the clinic under the supervision of a nurse and she was like ||"ok insert the needle at a 90 degree angle" and internally i was like "that's weird, my friend on t injects it at 45 degrees" but i did it anyway, the nurse watched me do it and was like "great job" and then when i left the clinic and was waiting at the crosswalk she rushed out and was like "i'm so sorry it's actually 45 degrees"||
like she watched me do it and it didn't occur to her that it was wrong fhdnd

(spoilered for injection talk)

[outer meteor]

:( that shit sucks

[outer meteor]

thanks :333

[digital geyser]

ouch

[outer meteor]

it didn't hurt or anything it was just funny

[digital geyser]

fjskg

[austere jay]

doctor never told me how to inject myself i had to google it lol

seems to be working tho so i’m not mad

[vapid dune]

Same here

I just kinda figured it out myself

[valid sun]

my doctor showed me but my dad did them for me up until after my first year

bc i was too scared LOL

i would pinch the stomach area he did the rest

[outer meteor]

i like the ritual of getting all the injection supplies ready

and i take a photo of the injection every time so i have a collection

[inland schooner]

i never went to doctor so i searched it up epicly

[outer meteor]

bro i was trying to send my art

[inland schooner]

local MGCORD resident DIY user here

[outer meteor]

ok that one worked

[inland schooner]

goattt thats nice

[outer meteor]

^ art i did of a tshot

:3 thanks!!!

gfhgjk its fine with that one but the bot doesnt like the alt with the pink colour palette
so i guess youre not seeing that one

[inland schooner]

whomp whomp

thats so strange but be proud its a lovely piece of art :D

[outer meteor]

thanks :3 im very happy with it

i guess pink is more of a skin tone???

[digital geyser]

thats such a neat piece of art

also does anyone here take T through gel? whats that like?

[last pilot]

I’m still thinking about starting T. It’s kind of in a process of brainstorming hah.

I will have to wait tho. Cuz I graduate next year. When I start uni I would consider it

[last pilot]

So good

Would appreciate if y’all told me some things about starting T. I already have some info from one of my folks but everyone’s experience is different so.

[outer meteor]

thanks :3

[outer meteor]

i'm not but a couple of my friends are, apparently the gel has the same feel and smell as hand sanitizer
you just rub it on every day
and to my knowledge it has the same effect as injections, it's just generally more expensive

[outer meteor]

sure :3
i'm 4 months in on low dose (the starting dose that they told me i could increase but i'm deciding to stay on low dose because i want to take it slow)
so far the effects i've noticed are:

• lower voice
• noticeable like. teen boy mustache
• little bit of chin hair but it's only when i look close in the mirror
• happy trail starting to develop :333
• maybe hairier legs but i can't really tell
• bottom growth
• i'm also very slightly hairier at my injection sites which is kinda funny

it's also been extremely tired in the mornings and it's super hard to wake up (like thousands of alarms) but i'm not sure if this is hrt or school being over so my sleep schedule is fucked

also my period may have stopped? but i think it's too early to tell because my menstrual cycle was fucked to begin with

(i can't sleep so i'll give you more info)
also injections have been a lot easier than i expected, i'm doing subcutaneous in my belly
||sometimes it's completely painless, sometimes it hurts pretty bad when initially piercing the skin but stops hurting once i actually put it in
sometimes no blood and sometimes some blood but not too much||
^spoilered for more injection talk
this is like really boring and straightforward tho

also feel free to ask me any questions

[last pilot]

From what I know, in here the shots are given by doc. That one friend I was talking about goes there every month I believe

[unborn atlas]

I wanna take my HRT like Bane

[digital geyser]

oh i see

[outer meteor]

i was given my supplies by the clinic and i do mine at home once a week

[unborn atlas]

fiddle with a dial on the back of my wrist and then green glowing liquid surges through all the tubes implanted in me

https://tenor.com/view/bane-batman-of-shanghai-transform-venom-toonami-gif-25279796

[digital geyser]

if it's available on nhs i'll go for it though

[last pilot]

Tho thank you for the info! Gonna save it all for later <33

[outer meteor]

:D and obviously that's just my personal experience and everyone is gonna be different

[digital geyser]

i wish t was just like a soup or smth

[last pilot]

I’m trying to get as much as info as I can so thank you! It’s like when I was starting antidepressants. It’s just different for everyone

[digital geyser]

or like an actual cup of tea

[outer meteor]

but yea before i started t i did most of my research on reddit, r/testosteronekickoff is a good resource
but most of the pics are of people getting really fast effects so it's a little biased

[digital geyser]

and you could be like "i'm gonna go drink a cup of t" and people would think oh u just enjoy te beverage

[outer meteor]

np!

[outer meteor]

yess
i wish they made t edibles

[digital geyser]

t candy

[last pilot]

Ah yes the ultimate midnight snack

[digital geyser]

fsdfkl

[outer meteor]

i've been trying to fall asleep for 3 hours this is bullshit

[digital geyser]

omw to the store to buy my t gummies, you want anything?

[outer meteor]

can i get some uhh iced t too

[digital geyser]

nooo rip

hope u can soon

[outer meteor]

thanks :P
and i'm taking care of my grandma's puppy right now and i know she's going to wake me up at like 5 so
woe

[digital geyser]

man

[outer meteor]

i appreciate all the wolf emojis in this server

[digital geyser]

ive also been meaning to send this for the transfems here

[outer meteor]

fhdndn

meow

[digital geyser]

meow

[outer meteor]

i like to growl

[digital geyser]

i constantly meow at my cat jklfsdfjklds

[last pilot]

Yes if they have any watermelon flavored

[outer meteor]

t chocolate,,,

[last pilot]

Yummy yummy in my tummy

To come back to the topic of T. I have been trying to increase the levels naturally. Based on diet and some other factors.

Working out should help too but I’m build like a twink and I’m lazy af lmao

https://youtube.com/watch?v=51uTv4Xwb9E&feature=sharec

[sturdy trail]

boypellets

[bronze ocean]

boypellets need to become real

[vapid dune]

I wonder if working out with workout testosterone supplements would help y’all even more or how that would pan out

Like t supplements you can buy at a GNC or other vitamin shop

[last pilot]

I was thinking about it as well-

[zinc oriole]

T supplements help if you're already implementing other testosterone increasing foods etc (from what i researched pre t)

also we mentioned minoxidil earlier, and that helps with body hair if you apply it anywhere too! using it on my facial hair has made it a lot less patchy and grow in thicker. people not on t and on t have said its great if you want more hair

I've also used it on my chest etc for more hair and it really works. tbh it works faster for body hair than my head, at least in my experience

[sturdy trail]

ya like 90% of the growth from it went to my arms and legs and torso

[zinc oriole]

doing muscle related workouts combined with the t supplements may help you bulk up and get a more masc build!

minoxidil also made my eyebrows grow a lot faster

and thicker

but thats bc it dripped there by accident i think

[vapid dune]

Throwback to me trying to get a smidgen of estrogen pre HRT by switching to more soy products and taking estrogen supplements from the store along with my cardio and leg workouts

[zinc oriole]

https://aminoapps.com/c/gender-amino/page/blog/pre-t-ftm-workout-credit-to-pittssmitts/nMvq_kZILuME2KN4D4Lpd5jwpxdpkDL0r1
the workouts from here have also helped me pre and post T, i still do a lot of them to this day! i would omit the armpit row though, since ive heard its a bit dangerous and instead do an upright dumbbell row. SORRY IF I AM SAYING A LOT BTW i hope it helps!

[zinc oriole]

THIS WAS ME ONLY WITH T INCREASING FOOD LOL

Plus working out

[vapid dune]

Yea it didn’t do much for me but damn it felt a bit euphoric thinking damn it’s SOMEWHAT a feminine presence in my body

[last pilot]

Thank you so much! This is gonna be helpful for me at least

[zinc oriole]

ofc! :] there's also the fitness thread in this server if you are planning on getting into it! they've given me a lot of helpful advice there and are really knowledgeable

[outer meteor]

yea
and if i remember correctly it's available as a pill or as a gel, it's very toxic to pets so you have to be very careful your pets don't have access to it / lick you while you have the gel on

[last pilot]

Totally will!
I have never really worked out, as I mentioned before, I did competitive swimming for like 10 years, which gave me big shoulders and strong legs that are still holding up to this day. I think i would be mostly focusing on the core muscles.

[zinc oriole]

yes! i make sure to wash my hands pretty thoroughly after using it and to use it before bed so my cat doesnt somehow interact with it

[zinc oriole]

swimming is great! i did a lot of swimming until I was a teenager. I think you'll really enjoy it!

core workouts are my favorite tbh

[chrome snow]

Hard as fuck.

[digital geyser]

wait so if u did both those things would you get some effect

[zinc oriole]

I think so! not like an extreme difference but definitely significant enough

i havent tried t supplements myself so i think its worth looking up what people say

[digital geyser]

ill defo research ir

also quick question does T do anything when it comes to risk of getting migraines that yall know of?

ik afabs are more likely to have migraines so idk if it has an impact of not

[zinc oriole]

The only thing testosterone really has an effect on is your blood

if anything

pre T i used to actually get more headaches?

idk if its my testosterone though or if im just under less stress

[sturdy trail]

even if it did ur doctor can jus put u on medication

not being able to take t for medical reasons is a new myth made up by the big portion of doctors who act as health cops

naturally produced hormone

[bronze ocean]

true

[outer meteor]

i have chronic migraines and t hasn't made them worse or made them better

[digital geyser]

oh ok thanks

i wouldnt care if it did increase my migraines, they aren't that frequent anyway, i was just curious about it

[valid sun]

it may or may not, ive had friends who've said it had no change and others who said it got better

[valid sun]

legit its so cool tho i used to be anemic and i started T and it completely changed my iron and now its normal

[digital geyser]

it got better ❓ ❗

man i hope that happens to me id kill to not get them again

[valid sun]

they wont go away entirely but it might help with the frequency of them, may have no affect

[digital geyser]

mmm

i dont get them super frequently anyway but maybe it’ll help

[zinc oriole]

Omg that's amazing! T is truly a miracle in more ways than one

[digital geyser]

^

i cant wait to go on T ig i can given im not even on the nhs waiting list

[austere jay]

unfortunately did not happen for me im still pretty low iron

[valid sun]

aw man! sorry to hear

hopefully ur getting it sorted out in one way or another

soon if not now

[austere jay]

i’m turning towards diet to help it since i’ve heard some dodgy stuff about trans men taking iron supplements

[supple quarry]

No joke my egg cracked cause I hit the pen so hard

[bronze ocean]

many such cases

[outer meteor]

many such cases

[feral wind]

little such cases

[chrome snow]

You hit the weed and you hit the booth.

[supple quarry]

IM ADDICTED TO MONSTER MONEY AND WEED YEAH

[feral wind]

I LOVE PEPSI AND CIGS

GRAAAA

[chrome snow]

I'MMA THROW MY PHONE INTO THE LAKE YEAH

[supple quarry]

https://tenor.com/view/100gecs-gecs-gec-dylan-brady-laura-les-gif-18361378

[chrome snow]

https://tenor.com/view/100gecs-money-machine-gif-18960047

[feral wind]

100 gecs x dg when

drain gang

ofc

[chrome snow]

If they went on tour together, the world would literally end itself.

The world cannot handle that many zoomers.

[feral wind]

yea

and if they added haunted mound members

the zoomers would go crazy

i dont like any of them alot tbh

they ok

i hate their fans tho

esp hm fans

[chrome snow]

Haunted mound fans don't got that dawg in them.

[feral wind]

fr

[chrome snow]

100 gecs fans on the other hand.

They got that dawg in them

[feral wind]

they exist

they are def fans of a time

[austere jay]

felt comfortable enough for the first time in a year to paint my nails again : )

[outer meteor]

:3

[chrome snow]

Heck yeeeeeee

[last pilot]

My mom automatically buys me mens deodorant. She didn’t even ask about anything. :))

[outer meteor]

:3

i fall for the marketing on the super expensive old spice deodorant with wolves and panthers and stuff on them

[last pilot]

I had that one too 😭

[austere jay]

wolf thorn goes hard

i use old spice captain

[last pilot]

wolf thorn wasn’t really smell for me but I appreciate the euphoria I got from it lmao

[timid grail]

i miss using old spice but it gave me an allergic reaction all the sudden a few months ago so rip 💔

i always used lavender

[vapid dune]

I’m happy with what HRT has done to me but a part of me feels bad I can’t properly go out looking like a dude anymore cus all my clothes show my feminized rounded figure now

I suppose it adds to the androgyny but dam. My queerness is too visible

[balmy pond]

It is kinda scary, ngl. I realized for me masculinity was a shield so not having the option to hide under it makes me feel super vulnerable

On the flip side it's pretty nice I dont have to try super hard to get recognized as female

Laser in like 2 hours 😬👍

Does anyone have tips for recovery cuz I feel like it takes me fucking forever

[chrome snow]

This is what I could find!

I wish that I could get laser, but shaving will have 2 do for now!

[balmy pond]

Oh fuck I'm supposed to go to the beach on Thursday 💀

[chrome snow]

oop

:kk

[balmy pond]

My aesthetician says it should be ok if u lather tf up with sunscreen b4 going out, like it's not like I cant go to work and stuff

I'll ask her, worst case scenario it's supposed to be fucking 95 on thursday anyway so maybe I'll ask her to go to the aquarium or the movies or something

[chrome snow]

It would be for the best, I'm getting a sunburn after getting laser done would be comparable to making lemonade with paper cuts.

Well, at least 10 times worse.

:((

[vapid dune]

My laser person put me on a little ointment you can put on everyday for a few days post appointment

Really good for avoiding any issues lemme find it

Maybe u could ask yours about it

[austere jay]

saw barbie movie ken reminds me of a newly passing trans man discovering “masculinity”

i feel for him he is a brother

dubbing ken barbie movie as officially trans

[unborn atlas]

cis people have discovered transmasculine swag and are calling it kenergy

[austere jay]

he’s genuinely so transmasculine but in a “consumes a lot of stereotypical masculine things in order to feel like a real man” way

if that makes any sense

love him tho

[valid sun]

for the longest time my friend thought they were siblings

[timid grail]

oh my god you’re actually so right

your mind is huge

[frozen breach]

my desire for top surgery asap vs my paralyzing social anxiety and fear of phone calls

epic rap battles of history

[austere jay]

he has no idea what going on he’s SO transgender

his first experiences in the real world are so “trans man that just started passing”

love that man

[last pilot]

Send my prayers dude. Phone calls with doctors are the worst

[digital geyser]

LITERALLY WHAT I WAS THINKING jfkjklsd

my entire perception of masculinty has been from media etc as someone who has been in almost entirely female environments/friend groups most of my life, related so hard to him when he was first kinda exploring the more typical idea of masculinity jkjl (also sidenote spoilers for the movie ||but loved how he and barbie didnt end up together, thank you so much for not forcing the het romance ||

(also also didnt relate to the misogyny bits more the like horse 🐴 and mancave shit obviously)

[sturdy trail]

i am my own mancave

[bronze ocean]

i think ryan gosling as ken was very hot

[balmy pond]

I think ryan gosling as ken was very hot

[sturdy trail]

i always mix him up with ryan reynolds and that makes everyone look like repressed straight men

[feral wind]

yea

i always think they were gay idk why

[last pilot]

Allen carried the whole movie. Change my mind

[proper igloo]

michael cera being a lil goofy guy as always

[last pilot]

She’s trying her best

[sturdy trail]

zizek is so funny cuz of how hit or miss he is

[unborn atlas]

I feel like a lot of his takes are designed to just piss people off

[unborn atlas]

schniffe

[bronze ocean]

as any take should be

[unborn atlas]

spiderverse 2 was merely okay

[bronze ocean]

i havent seen it :3c

[unborn atlas]

also hi I can't sleep because I couldn't stop thinking about what would happen if I got summoned to a school reunion for some reason

[bronze ocean]

just don't go ✌️

[unborn atlas]

it very quickly devolved into horrible violence

[austere jay]

asking my beautiful wife if we can add ken barbie movie to our relationship

[grand hearth]

Do y’all have any idea how I would get access to T? It’s not exactly smth that’s easy to DIY because of the stupid restrictions on it

Side note, are there any side effects I should be aware of?

I probably should’ve looked into it earlier but now I’m in a Hell State for trans shit (Kansas)

[sturdy trail]

i know like a 14 year old who jus gets it mailed to a po box from turkey

so it's not like Difficult difficult but like obviously there's more of a chance of it getting confiscated midway or something

[grand hearth]

Interesting

[sturdy trail]

there's always the informed consent map

[grand hearth]

hmm. I think I’m going to get myself to a degree of fitness that I want before I try HRT. rn I feel like I will just look like shit if I do it now

At this point I can’t tell what I really want. I always get envious when I see fit male bodies, and I’m not sure if that’s me wanting to be more masculine, wanting to be more fit, or both.

[grand hearth]

i could schedule an appointment with a clinician via FOLX rn. do i...

i think i'm gonna. doesn't hurt...will cost me $59 but i've paid for more expensive copays before

[sturdy trail]

yeas

[grand hearth]

Did it. I'm shaking a little bit

lol it's not the date i wanted????? but it works out somehow. weird

[misty harness]

omg hell yeah

it doesn't hurt to talk to a professional about it before starting

[grand hearth]

yeah! i think i can also afford T thru their website as well.

i figured that i probably shouldn't wait, even though I don't like how my fitness is rn and ESPECIALLY because i don't like how my body is now

can always work out while taking T

now i'm concerned about keeping it from my mom lol...idk how she'll react if i tell her im thinking about starting T or when i start

[austere jay]

turkey seems to have a lot of hrt

i know someone else that gets it from there

[sturdy trail]

https://tenor.com/view/turkey-gif-18494870

[austere jay]

working out on t and seeing t and gym changes is very very fulfilling would definitely recommend

[spice sphinx]

strongest man in america vs weakest turkish man

[outer meteor]

t actually helps you gain muscle if you work out :3
but also over time it causes fat redistribution (over time fat will move from your chest and hips more to your belly) so it could make you think you're gaining weight when it's actually staying consistent
if that's a concern for you
but this is one of the slowest changes and can take years to show

[grand hearth]

Yeah I’m concerned about belly fat :( I already got some. However I probably can keep it at bay by exercising consistently right?

[grand hearth]

Anyway, super excited for next week. I just wanna be more masculine and my gender less discernible. I’m getting sick of ppl using femme pronouns for me by default.

[valid sun]

||also make sure youre eating in regular portions, T may increase your appetite and you'll gain weight either way but most of it is water retention and will be gone within the first year or so. people sometimes say they look "bloated" in their face etc the first year and thats why||