[-] Borger 61 points 5 months ago

The “every copy of Mario 64 is personalised” is a really old creepypasta / meme that was definitely a thing before most zoomers were active on the internet.

And the PTSD thing is just stupid, sorry.

[-] Borger 44 points 5 months ago

Coming from Mr. Market Manipulation lmao.

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Do these terms bother you? (self.asktransgender)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Borger to c/asktransgender

Language around trans people and gender has changed a lot since I started my journey, not always for the better IMHO. For context I am a trans man.

AMAB/AFAB comes to mind. I think these terms are highly inappropriate and reductive. Think "AFAB-run hair salon" (yes, this was a real thing... tell me this doesn't give TERF energy)

However, I have noticed that a lot of nonbinary people introduce themselves in this way. ("I'm afab nonbinary" etc.) I don't understand the logic of introducing yourself with the gender you were assigned at birth.

The way I think of it is, if I were nonbinary, then I am rejecting the gender that was assigned to me at birth, so why would I make that gender one of the first things I reveal about myself? This is an honest question; I really don't mean any offence.

The other interesting pair are "transmasc" and "transfem". In the past 2 years I have had to tell several people to stop referring to me as "transmasc". I have never described myself as such and never will. It really pisses me off. People just assume that it's OK to call someone that because it's an "inclusive" term.

I feel like these terms are applicable only in the context of talking about medical transition pathways, irrespective of identity. But in social contexts, it doesn't make sense. It feels like a superficially more polite version of AFAB/AMAB.

I have little in common with a nonbinary person who hasn't and does not want to undergo any kind of medical intervention. So why lump us into the same category with a word like "transmasc"?

Maybe I'm going crazy, but it feels like people are trying so hard to tiptoe in their use of language that it circles right back to bioessentialism and calling people something based on the gender they were assigned at birth.

Does anyone else feel this way? Am I misunderstanding something?

EDIT: if anyone feels that I can be more tactful with my phrasing of any of the above, then please let me know so I can fix it. I'm only after other people's opinions and experiences to inform my own.

[-] Borger 68 points 1 year ago

My trip to the USA in 2016 was one of the most harrowing, dehumanising, and humiliating experiences of my life. And I'm talking specifically about the actual journey, i.e. after the already lengthy, painful process of acquiring a visa.

They treated me like a terrorist. I had to be escorted by 2 armed big dudes around the airport, and they flipped their shit when I reached for my phone to tell my brother it'd be a while before I can come out (just so he wouldn't worry.) They went through my bag and were handling everything SUPER gently, asking if it was "safe" for them to touch it.

They then confiscated my passport, walked off, and literally never returned it to me. I spent hours asking various members of airport staff what to do because I was screwed. Thankfully, eventually one of them found it in a drawer and gave it back to me.

I was a minor BTW. I have had no desire to repeat the experience since.

[-] Borger 45 points 1 year ago

I feel left out, not even a spam bot wants me :(

[-] Borger 41 points 2 years ago

Agreeing with your summary of his actions and calling him cringey are not mutually exclusive

[-] Borger 109 points 2 years ago

Good god, I am so tired of hearing about this cringey edge lord.

[-] Borger 71 points 2 years ago

FWIW I am trans and I 100% agree with you. Been thinking about making an account on another instance, just not sure which yet.

[-] Borger 63 points 2 years ago

Eh... I know this is a meme sub, but this undermines any arguments to be made about real problems with healthcare systems by just... not being accurate.

If you need stitches in the UK, that's an A&E (ER for my North American friends) sort of ordeal, and yeah, you won't be seen immediately because the system is badly managed and overwhelmed. You'll have to wait several hours (unless you're bleeding out/at risk of death, in which case you'll be seen quickly), not 43 months ffs.

That said, anything that's non-urgent can take a few months. The only exceptions to this are 1) mental health, where you're looking at several months for the waitlist almost irrespective of severity, and 2) gender-affirming care, where you won't be seen for well in excess of 5 years, which at this rate & in this political climate (TERF island), is likely to outlast the NHS gender clinics themselves. Private is still an option for both of these branches of healthcare, but it's expensive for sure.

[-] Borger 125 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yep. Also calling it the“Israel-Hamas war” is propaganda. Makes it sound like the only people dying in Palestine are Hamas soldiers, which is obviously nowhere near the truth.

Centrists are literally just anti-opinion and spineless.

Free Palestine.

[-] Borger 71 points 2 years ago

Ah yes, everybody has that one drawer to keep pies in.

[-] Borger 43 points 2 years ago

I've come back to this after sleeping to check; has anyone figured out what the hell this means?

[-] Borger 41 points 2 years ago

What does this even mean

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exiting vim, peak hahas (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by Borger to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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