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  • I actually sort of am the opposite! Growing up my deadname had an unusual spelling. It was literally immposible for someone to spell it correctly on their first attempt. So every form filled out on my behalf had to be corrected, everytime my name was called there would be a double checking moment who I am. It was just a huge giant pain in the ass and even as a kid I knew I would change it, even for non trans reasons. So my chosen name is much more basic, it's actually one of the most popular names for my birth year.

    I can't tell ya what a sigh of relief I give off when a cashier asks my name and just spells it correctly without giving it thought. that I can say who I am and people just... know that it's the person on the forum. So y'all are 10,000,000% valid and I love your damn the consequences vibes! But for me? I'm so happy with my basic simple unremarkable name.

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  • Haaaa! I actually think Eleanore is a very pretty name, it has an elegant quality to me? Good pick! ♥

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  • In contrary to my own comment, I entirely agree with this take.

  • Project 2025 Architect Signals Bloodshed If Left Opposes Trump-Led 'Revolution'
  • As a trans person I am looking forward to being killed by a fascist screaming liberty.

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  • Oh sure, I bet your Great Grandma is a lovely person and I have nothing against her or her name.

    But, it is very much a GREAT GRANDMA sort of name that is super out of date. I would be exactly as critical as a parent naming their child Mildred.

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  • I say this as a trans woman. I will support, defend and love you no matter what sis.

    But....

    Fucking Mildred!?

  • Donald Trump Jr. weirdly claims that Hurricane Beryl is nonbinary name
  • People with "Jr" in their name don't get to make fun of other names.

  • No problems here
  • Oh goddamnit of course he did.

    Joe Rogan elicited some conspiracy theories and media rumors after he claimed on his podcast "Joe Rogan Experience" that the robot would (or at least could) ingest human remains to keep powering itself.

  • California Moms for Liberty chair’s shocking attack on drag queens goes viral
  • Well, I am trans, active in the community and I am aware of the concept you are talking about. But I also know it's incel / 4chan language, specifically with being a "passoid" or "non-passoid hon", as a deviation from referring to women as "femoids". So right off the bat, it's not something I take too seriously purely because I don't care too much what they say on the worst part of the net.

    But more to the point, I go to a lot of meet up events with trans folk and the conversation has been brought up a few times. I've yet to meet someone who is actually upset by it. Few people aware of it, as you said its a deep lore type thing, but even of those that know most don't seem to care.

    I see it kind of like the whole "Queer vs LGBTQIA2S+" debate, where to my mind Queer is more ecompassing, easier to say and commonly considered a reclaimed word for the queer community. But, there are absolutely some people have had "Queer" used derisively against them and do not feel comfortable using it as a label. I entirely respect and support that, and if I know that a person feels that way, I will go out of my way NOT to use the word Queer around them. So, if I upset you or the person I was originally replying to with my word choice, I sincerely apologize.

  • Man accused of attempted murder in hammer attack over online gaming argument
  • "When the suspect was asked why he did what he did, the suspect stated, 'He's a bad person online,'"

    Well my dude, you're a bad person in real life.

  • Is there a chat/dating app that isn't complete shit and pay wall restricted?
  • Okie dokie. Didn't really think so, but it's by far the best app I have used with essentially no pay well so I figure I'd mention it for anyone else who sees this thread.

  • Is there a chat/dating app that isn't complete shit and pay wall restricted?
  • Well, I know this won't be useful for a lot of people. But HER is a femme focused app (but open to all queer folk) that is super duper generious with the amount matches and chat it allows.

  • KOTOR 2 was the high point of Star Rules games
  • Star Wars is at it's best when it gets away from the godamn Skywalkers.

  • California Moms for Liberty chair’s shocking attack on drag queens goes viral
  • Hey Hon, I don't have anything to contribute to this talk, but I see you talking about your fears. So just wanted to give you a lil internet hug and tell you how important, valued and brave you are. I'm sorry it's like this, but for what it's worth, I'll keep you in my thoughts. ♥

  • J.K. Rowling Blasts “Gender Taliban” David Tennant After ‘Harry Potter’ Actor Said “Whinging” Trans Critics Are On “Wrong Side Of History”
  • “For a man who’s supposedly a model of compassion and tolerance, he sure does want a lot of people to cease to exist.”

    Critical of people she praises for compassion.

    "J.K. Rowling has recently been canceled because she… did not please the fans of the so-called gender freedoms."

    -Putin

    Praised by fascist dictators.

    And yet somehow JK thinks she is on the right side of history? 😄

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  • telling trans people to vote for our own genocide

    an instance that is supposed to be trans friendly.

    The instance IS trans friendly. The people in the community are protesting a seperate genocide with the few tools available to them. It's not fair to look past republicans taking active action to yell at others inaction solely because you feel the later should be easy.

    For example, I'm vegan. I feel it should be easier for me to convince trans folk to be vegan since our community is all about bodily autonomy. But it's unsupringly not, and yelling at them for my perceived hypocrisy is far far less productive than talking to someone who hasn't been exposed to the concept in a rational logical way.

    Perceiving hypocrisy in others and wishing it was easier to convince other to see as you is common, but it doesn't change minds. The convincing process is always slow and difficult. Is your time best spent on someone likely to come around to your view anyways? Or is it better spent exposing a naive republican in a media bubble that we are not the stereotype he has been led to believe? Trans genocide is happening, but think strategically, focus on convincing the victimizers, not the victims.

    I understand your frustration and anger, and I'm trying to help you find peace with the fact that others will always disagree with you. But that disagreement does not become a justification to silence others in our own community.

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  • The number of far leftist that didn't vote in some form of protest, is absolutely miniscule compared to the number of Republicans that did vote for Trump.

    You're mad at the wrong group. These people are not any legitimate threat to Biden electability. I understand the fear, nihilism and anger at the possibility of another Trump term, I'm feeling all that too, but this topic just doesn't seem like a productive place to put energy. Between the electoral college and gerrymandering, where voting blue quite literally will do nothing. Like myself, I live in a deep blue state. I'm going to vote for Biden, but my girlfriend is not. In partiality, neither of these choices matter because we know for a fact the state is going blue just like it has for decades.

    So a couple hundred people saying they won't vote, and a percentage of them actually will vote, shouldn't be something to be worked up about or a community that needs to be banned.

    Idk. You do you. But this just seems like an unhealthy outlet for healthy frustration.

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  • People elected Trump in 2016 and I think they might well do it again.

    And do you think those are the same people are on blahaj? That support palastine enough to protest? Do you really think its more likely those people will just stand by and let the situation get worse under Trump?

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  • Assume people make rational choices. When a president is elected, especially for a 2nd term, then they have little to no incentive to actually listen to the voters. It fucking sucks, but that is how the system works. Election time is literally the only time we can push meaningful change.

    When election day comes, I think people we rationally understand that Trump is a greater danger both to Palastine and to the trans community and vote accordingly.

    If I agree that there is no value in not voting, then I feel you should be able to recognize that there is value in SAYING you are not voting. To me, it's far more likely that the people in that community know this fact instead of somehow not recognizing the danger of Trump.

  • Redbox's owner files for bankruptcy after repeatedly missing payments and payroll: The company hasn’t paid employees in over a week and owes money to almost everyone in Hollywood ($970M in debt)
  • I give the redbox a passing glance as I leave the grocery store to see which movies I should pirate. Rarely do I see something worth the effort.

  • inb4_FoundTheVegan inb4_FoundTheVegan @lemmy.world

    I am against animal agriculture for the same reason I am against sexism, racism, ableism, classism and homophobia.

    The circumstances of a creatures birth does not dictate what it is "meant for", every one deserves to live happy, healthily and with dignity, but some simply want to live.

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