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That can be rough, and I’ve seen a lot of trans folks express similar doubts. 🫂

First: HRT is completely reversible in the short term (some effects are permanent, but not usually until months in and even then they need time to grow/change). Remind yourself you can stop if you find it isn’t helping you. Stopping if your feelings turn out to be true here is simply just that… stopping. You’ll have lots of opportunities to figure out if you like the changes or not.

Second: I’ve had someone tell me, “if you do it when you’re alone, you’re not doing it for attention”. That was in response to similar feelings you’re expressing. I ride that question out every time I ask myself if I was right to transition. I’ve consistently found that I both do this while I’m alone and that I feel less and less unsure as time has gone on.

Try reminding yourself of that. Feeling doubt is feeling doubt, but does that doubt actually make you want to stop? Do you do it when you’re alone? Is it for you or someone else?

We’ve spent our lives hiding our real selves. It can feel really scary to finally be this vulnerable and it can be very appealing to hide again. I’m happy you’re giving yourself a chance.

Ugh, maybe, yeah…

Dems want leftists to accept reality, which is that leftists have a lot of work to do before their policies can pass, and that their current “strategy” works against them, since they’re attacking the only vehicle through which their policies could gain some traction.

their current “strategy” works against them, since they’re attacking the only vehicle through which their policies could gain some traction.

the only vehicle through which their policies could gain some traction.

Yeah, y’know when you’ve tried to fix your car like 30 times, and you’re staring down another $2k repair on a car worth half that… at some point I would start throwing duct tape on the thing and scrap it when I can hopefully get a better car. You want me to pretend it’s the only car in the world worth keeping, but I’m telling you it’s scrap metal.

This is a case of “tattoos = bad/dangerous”. Post is a really cool dude and I haven’t seen a really problematic thing from him?

Edit: Oh this might be a country thing… hmmm…

EDIT: re downvotes: Is this question too stupid even for this comm? :(

Did you actually believe the war was over and that Trump was smart? The answer to that question is probably the answer to your edit question.

For some reason leftists are more interested in attacking the Democratic Party that gives them a platform than winning over voters.

For some reason, liberals both want leftist votes and don’t want to cater to leftist voters. Pick a lane, either liberals need the left or not.

Anyway, it sure seems like liberals hate the right, but clearly not enough to compromise with the left over compromising with the right.

Scratch a liberal and a fascist bleeds.

For those yelling about Unions being better than what this guy did:

Unions were always the compromise. We’ve watched as corporations fight tooth and nail against unions, even closing locations and laying people off to quash them. Our union protections in the US are pathetically weak, especially with the current regime.

Workers used to get beaten and threatened when they tried to advocate for better conditions. Eventually workers would start burning down their workplaces like this guy. In extreme cases they would kill the factory owner or foreman. If the conditions are unbearable and voices aren’t being heard, people will get desperate and do unthinkable things.

For their sake, let’s hope the business and corporate types remember this before the bread or circuses run out.

Am I the only one who thinks that tattoos are avocado toast is for wealthy or semi wealthy people? Why not use that money in a CD, Volunteering, or Donations? Kind of feels a bit selfish?

Don’t get me wrong tattoos are avocado toast is great I have seen very neat ones. But I have also seen people who can barely afford anything or just down on their luck get avocado toast a tattoo? Where are the priorities at?

One can learn about other genders too? The difference is when someone refuses to learn French they don’t then turn around and say “that language doesn’t exist, you’re just crazy” because of their lack of understanding. But a gender identity that doesn’t fit in “man”, “woman”, or “nonbinary” gets treated that way even within the trans community.

Just to be clear, I agree about educating people about gender.

Me too

I still remember “The Biggest Loser”, does that count too?

You’re out of your mind if you think this broken country or its congress will ever invoke the 25th against this maniac. We’ve got a better chance of him dying in office than the elites voluntarily voting to get rid of their orange distraction machine.

It sounds like a lot of them were abusing you and gaslighting you about it. That sounds maddening to deal with. I’m sorry you’ve had to deal with that. 🫂

Oh, I think it works as a subtrope really well that way

Totally agree bodily harm applies to damsel in distress. I think it’s not the entire focus unlike fridging though.

I think “fridging” implies more bodily harm (or threat thereof) than the traditional “damsel in distress” which is often a kidnapping or often a form of arranged marriage, though bodily harm is part of both. Either way, tropes change and can get new names over time, so I guess this might be a more modern term for an old trope with some new stuff added?

I was unaware there was apparently no physical reaction time, endurance, or skill to being one of the greatest LoL players of all time.

“Opinion.”

I was right, nothing of value.

Is Hisense adding a display port to the Epstein files…?