• Ada@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    10 days ago

    The first trans person I ever spoke to in depth was a trans guy, and I walked away with that exact feeling. Like, I’d never met someone who knew what I was going through before and could understand things that I didn’t even have words for. Yet at the same time, I was completely thrown by the idea that someone would find joy and authenticity in something I was yearning to be free of

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    10 days ago

    It’s funny, almost all the trans folks I met irl before realizing that I was trans are trans masc. And I remember having almost that exact thought - “But you were a girl, and that’s clearly so much better than what I’m stuck with! Why would you ever want this?” Obviously, I understand now, and I’m happy and proud of them for being themselves! But good lord, how oblivious was I? Lol

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    I love trans masc euphoria, I love seeing them be happy about body hair and getting stinky and their hands getting callouses.

    It’s weirdly comforting to know that all the things I hated are a joy to someone else.

  • Berengaria_of_Navarre@lemmy.world
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    Maybe some people want to look like a sad balding chimp made out of hairy scrotum when they get old, who knows.

    I’m just saying that the thought that I was going to look like an old man one day really lit a fire under my ass.

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      9 days ago

      I mean the other solution is to just never get old. That’s my plan. Not talking suicide or anything. I just mean that I get zapped working on stuff often enough that statistically speaking the electrocution will eventually stick. If you’re sufficiently accident prone then you will never need to worry about looking old.

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      9 days ago

      Gotta love how the trans community repeatedly punches down on transmen like an after thought.

      Imagine if someone joked about a transwoman “opting in to be ugly”, but it’s all above board for transmascs lol

  • Oka@sopuli.xyz
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    8 days ago

    Agender folks: “I dont know why you’d want to be either gender, but best wishes.”

    NB: “I dont know why you’d want to choose a gender, but best wishes.”

    Bi-gender: “why not both?”