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  1. Hmmm lies
    wait but neither of those things are inherently trans, while the former statement is just a stereotype, boys who aren't girls who want to dress fem are literally femboys, a trans girl is a trans girl whether or not she wants to dress fem
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    yeah I might also take it except wait why would Tessa's friend think she's a catboy anyway, the image is very clearly puppy-coded
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    Uh maybe write a really heartfelt poem about liking women? Idk.
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    uh at this rate she's just gonna figure out you're trans
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    Uh well this doesn't really apply to me because I never get good sleep anyway. But honestly this hasn't really been a thing for me. *shrugs* Ok so, here's my words of advice: It will never not be scary. You can't just wait until you feel comfortable, because it's unlikely you ever will. And yet, you will feel so much better after you finally do. I'll use the same pieces of advice I've given a lot of people on the Shard Plan out a script, so you don't feel lost for words. You can even read from it if you like. Tell your parents you have something important to tell them, and give them a date for when you will. That way, you won't be able to back out as easily Just do it. Once you've done it, you can't take it back, and you can't really mess it up. So long as you do come out, you've succeeded.
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    Too late :3
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    Right, so there's a few factors that lead into what's going on in the meme. One is that those society sees as men are more pressured to be less open about their feelings, causing feelings of toxic masculinity and internalized transphobia that often hamper egg cracking and coming out. However, internet usage of people society sees as women is more commonly poisoned with toxic femininity and internalized transphobia, which has similar effects. If this was confusing, tldr, real life is a more toxic environment for trans women, and trans men are either more likely to not be chronically online, or suffer through toxic femininity if they are. Note that none of these are blanket statements, this doesn't apply to everyone or all spaces, it's just an average.
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    This meme isn't exactly accurate, and I'll try to explain the dynamics of it later when I have time.
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    I wouldn't say inactive, more that it occasionally has massive bursts of activity. Just look at January 14th.
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    Really? She seems older to me.
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    I don't think the Mistborn trilogy is the absolute LDS piece you think it is. The two get married in Chapter 48, close to the end of the book, so Elend and Vin were clearly engaging in premarital sex. I know you distaste the WOBs, but this is very clearly something he had in mind while he was writing WoA. Regardless, I've always found Mistborn Era 1 to be far more PG-13 than the Stormlight Archive ever was.
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    ??? I like the original books, and know more than one other person who does. I'm not sure what you're trying to imply here.
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    That mostly sounds pretty good, I think!
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    Toxic masculinity: Something that some trans women have to learn to escape, and something that some trans men have to learn not to pick up. Storms, I wish I could cry so badly. I don't know why, but it's almost impossible for me. I hear hormones are supposed to help with that, and they have a little, but still... I feel so emotional now, but it feels so hard to express that emotion. When I was in the egg/closeted, I kind of had the opposite problem as what you described. I didn't try and act masculine, I was just too shy. It was like I was trying my best not to stand out. Now that I care about life more, it's something I've tried to do, to stand out and be myself more, but it's hard and scary. And assertion is hard. It usually takes a lot of buildup before I feel confident enough to assert myself in any situation. I have a problem with just passively going along with the status quo that I've had to unlearn. But it's a very useful skill to have.
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    I think it's something to try. If this is treated like an elephant in the room that is never addressed, you aren't ever going to make any progress. It's tricky, I guess. Maybe what I said before about presentation could be a good first step? Or you could try citing statistics that show that nearly all people get better mental health after transitioning.
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    1. What is the difference between simple choice and... I'm not sure what you're comparing it too, but complex choice I guess? The way I see it, it's just input and output, like everything else. 4. What I'm saying is, if memory, rationality, and emotions are all marks of 'life', then there could exist higher processes that could be considered more alive, if emotion is more alive than rationality which is more alive than memory. We, presumably, wouldn't understand them, just like an emotionless being wouldn't understand emotion.
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    Ugh, that sucks. Maybe, at the very least, you could get some fem clothing to wear around the house? Maybe if you appeared more feminine to her, they would see it as more real? This shouldn't be necessary, but if it works... I mean, I think you need to be more assertive. It's not over yet, I think if you take more of a stand for yourself, they'll hopefully at the very least try to understand, and see how much you care about this. I know it's scary, but I think Lily made some good points on how to deal with that.
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    Oh, right. Well, ok. Maybe things are different. But you don't have to follow the same path as I do. And also, you haven't transitioned at all, right? I think you would feel a lot better even if all you did was socially transitioned, and like lived as a girl. I'll try and help more later
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    Wait wdym? What did I do that you haven't?
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    Well I haven't name dropped here so no, but I can call you Lily if you like
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    Well, I did what I do best: wrote multiple paragraphs on why it mattered to me so much and texted them to my mom. Admittedly, she might have still gotten it without me doing that, but I wanted to be extra careful. Here they are, you'll naturally have to change some bits if you want to use them.
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    Paragraph 1 What is a choice though? Here's a thought experiment I like to use. Say a girl goes to get ice cream. Since her favorite flavor is vanilla, she gets vanilla. Then, the exact same situation happens. She no longer has memory of the previous event, the same flavors are available for the same prices, and everything else is the same as it was before. She is going to get vanilla. Because, in these exact circumstances, this girl will always purchase vanilla ice cream. Even if you believe in free will, that doesn't change the fact that given specific input, a human will always give the same output. i.e. a computer. Paragraph 2 Yeah I mostly agree. Paragraph 3 What? I'm not sure what you're saying. One could create something higher than python in this scenario. Paragraph 4 In this scenario, wouldn't a hypothetical organism that can remember and use rationality consider emotions to be a mental illness? More to deal with, and more to struggle. Yet, we consider emotions as a fundamental part of life, and I suspect my hypothetical 'higher beings' would too.
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    First, read The Eleventh Metal. Then read it again. Then read it again. Then read it again. Then read it again. Then read it again. Then read it again. Then read it again. Continue ad infinitum. Edit: But maybe it must have every book to count as complete. In this case, take every single page, put them in a list, then randomize them.
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    Breasts, bigger thighs, slower body hair growth, decreased gender dysphoria, increased gender euphoria, increased emotion. Take your pick.
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    I'm something of an absolutist. I genuinely don't see why emotion is anything other than hypercomplex electrical signals in the brain. And so, I ask why? Why would one logical processing unit be alive, but not another one? Is it complexity? Then where's the cutoff point? And, I don't think this is really the case. Take a hypothetical human. This human is is blind, deaf, cannot smell, and cannot taste. They are also fully paralyzed. This human has no memory, cannot reason, and can only experience feeling through temperature. The only thing, and I mean the only thing in this person's mind is is the temperature of their body. Is this person alive? I feel that many people would say yes, but then others would argue that such a person is not truly a person, if they can't think. And then that's the question: Where's the cutoff point? Also, I feel like if we have memory, rationality, and emotion as three ascending steps of sentience, that implies hypothetical greater steps, above us that only more complex constructs could have. Would they be 'more alive' than us?
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