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Cake day: June 24th, 2025

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  • I’ve heard that argument in favor of uniforms, but it also happens that then the kids with older, hand-me-down uniforms just wind up being bullied. In my opinion, suppressing children’s self-expression through uniforms does more harm than good.

    But yeah, it was very dumb. I guess no boys had ever tried to wear jewelry before, but then I came along wearing necklaces and multiple rings, and they had to shut that right down. I do take a small amount of pride in being rebellious enough to cause a rule to be made haha

    But now as an adult, it’s so weird - why were a bunch of adults so concerned about whether a kid in elementary school likes to wear rings?


    1. I was so relieved when my wife came out to me as bisexual, you know, “just in case”

    2. Being jealous of women for having all the fun colors and variety in clothing, feeling dejected that men’s fashion was much more utilitarian and boring

    3. Feeling uncomfortable and not knowing how to act in groups of all men

    4. Having the thought “if I could decide for myself on a do-over, I’d want to be a lesbian woman”. I assumed all men felt this way lol

    5. Hating and vigorously resisting the gendered uniform rules enforced by my Catholic school (like growing my hair as long as possible, and the school had to make a rule saying that boys couldn’t wear jewelry other than a religious medal or a watch)




  • Yeah, I’m also almost 30, and I’m 270 lbs at 6’1”. When I was in college, I ran long distance recreationally (a few half marathons and one marathon), and I was closer to 170-180, which seems like a healthy weight for my body. The pandemic and switching to a desk job really took a toll on my health, and I’m just now starting to get back into good exercise habits.

    Yoga has been really great, especially because my older and larger body does not have the same willingness to spring into action without consequences lol