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Alright babes, I’ll join in on the game. Just no work stuff please. Otherwise:

* Confessions/secrets: https://confess.ngl.link/danirabbit
* Hit on me: https://ngl.link/danirabbit/rizzme
* Ask me anything: https://ngl.link/danirabbit

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Thanks anon 😘 I’m sure you’re cute too

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Haha I have one so far! I have a semicolon on my left wrist. I think my next one is gonna be some lavender. I’ve been really wanting that one for a while, I’m just trying to decide where to put it. Suggestions welcome :)

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Haha, well I pretty much am swamped in elementary stuff, but I did get some encouragement to revive my little weather app and I should have a new release published in AppCenter soonish. But hey I said no work stuff!

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I don’t know who that is 😬 I pretty liberally mute and block though. Gotta protect that peace ✌️

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Sounds like you’re straight, homie 🤷🏻‍♀️ Trans women are women and women are beautiful and amazing ✨

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Abuse, suicide, depression, not fun things
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Aww this is a sad one. It’s a bit hard to pick one, but there was a day that I realized how depressed I was and how abusive and controlling my ex was and I stood by a bridge for a while. I actually blocked it out of my memory until I accidentally visited the same place with my best friend and it really triggered me and I went non-verbal for a few hours and scared her. Yeah. Not fun stuff. Ask fun stuff please!

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Not typically, but for you anon I can do the cat girl thing, nyan :3

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One of my staple foods is spam and potato tacos. I used to eat this frequently growing up. Otherwise, biscuits and gravy is always a good one. Burgers are always fun too because you can change up the cheese or the sauce or other toppings and have a lot of fun that way

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Haha that was cute 🥰 Just for you, I’ll let auto complete reply:

“Yeah I guess that’s what I was like talking about”

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Does that mean I elude you? 😂 I think this is a miss. Try again anon lol 😘

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Here’s some photos! Spam and potatoes, beans, and rice. I think this one also has linguiça. And then biscuits and gravy with bacon. And finally a smash burger with Muenster and cheddar and I just made like a pretty standard burger sauce with mayo, mustard, ketchup, Worcestershire, salt, pepper, maybe diced dill pickle if I remember correctly

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I don’t really have one! It very much depends on context for me. Otherwise I guess like the most generally pleasing colors to me are in the blue/green range

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Ha, I’m afk but I think it’s probably either a git push or Flatpak builder 👩🏻‍💻

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Haha omg 😂 Very creative anon. You can slide into the DMs. Congrats on the rizz lol

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Aww that was sweet 🥰 As a Leo, I will always enjoy blatant praise haha. I’m blushing, anon

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Lol oh no. This is like negative rizz, anon. Don’t ruin the magic if it’s working 🪄 🎩 🐇

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Omg haha I literally laughed out loud at the crypto one. Good one, anon 😂 These are great 🩷

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After a shitload of therapy, myself 😤 I’m resilient as fuck and I’ve overcome a lot

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Haha I had to urban dictionary this so hopefully I’m responding to what you’re actually asking 😂 Not at all! I’m like super loyal and I typically spend a good amount of time single between relationships

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Some of my core values are kindness, empathy, compassion, and honesty. I try to live authentically and intentionally. With my time here I want to experience as much joy as possible and hopefully leave things a little better than I found them

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Haha not really. I’m kind of an over-sharer sometimes. I just post everything 😅

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Aww thanks, anon. I’m glad that you’re getting value from me just blabbing away over here haha. I would concentrate more on the euphoria and following that, but it’s ultimately up to you to figure out your gender and how you want to present. If you haven’t already checked it out, a really good primer on gender and transition that might help you sort your thoughts is https://genderdysphoria.fyi/

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Awwww this is so sweet 🥹 I love cuddles under blankets. That sounds really nice, anon 🩷

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Negative rizz, anon 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Haha that’s fucking cute. This made me smile. Thanks, anon 🩷

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Hey it happens. I’ve definitely had life get in the way of focusing on school or even just not understood a subject. I think I dropped every math class I tried to take in college lmao. I think I ended up with a D in my “Linux Operating Systems” class

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Aww, shoot your shot, anon! I’m just a person. Only caveat being that I don’t date men. But otherwise, I’m single and friendly 🩷

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@danirabbit It took me 8 years to get my bachelor's degree in Engineering (instead of the usual 5 here), but I managed to work as a part-time developer during those 3 extra years where I spread out all the repeated courses (2 or 3 courses per semester only), didn't know I had ADHD back then. When I graduated I already had a lot of experience and it wasn't long until I held a senior position, so it worked well for me.
So maybe don't worry too much, anon.

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Awww this one makes my day. Thank you, anon. I really appreciate you saying that. I’m really just a girl that spends way too much time online lol but thank you 🩷

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Haha omg I have no idea what this was intended to be. Points for effort, anon 😂

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Not sure there has been one tbh. But way more pick up lines and compliments than I expected, which has inflated my ego to new heights lmao My therapist will be pleased if it leads to me raising my standards 😂

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I appreciate the compliment anon, but this makes me a bit uncomfortable tbh

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What. Is this intended to be a car? I dunno if the ASCII art thing is working out, anon

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Haha I can’t say tbh. I wouldn’t be able to name a song. I just looked them up and I recognize the chorus of “Reelin’ In The Years” and yeah I enjoy this

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French fries in a milkshake is the only thing I can think of haha. I’m not terribly adventurous with food. I can really easily just get the ick and have to throw out whatever I’m eating entirely. Probably the ‘tism

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I’ll play it obsessively for like a few days straight. Like losing sleep, just pouring hours into it. And then I’ll forget it exists for a year or so lol

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Oof. I’m so sorry, anon. Hope it gets better 🤞

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I didn’t grow up in an environment where I was educated about or supported in transition. I basically thought I was fucked up or had a kink or something. When you don’t fit into masculine roles the first thing people think is that you’re gay and I knew I wasn’t attracted to men so I tried (poorly) to suppress my femininity. I didn’t really know that transitioning was an actual thing separate from cross dressing until my 20s and even then it took me a long time to find self acceptance

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When I finally came out it was after quite a bit of therapy and my biggest fear at the time was being alone. I was afraid that if I was trans it would mean being abandoned by my friends and family and that it would make my life way harder and I was scared I would never find love. I had to get to a place of accepting that I may lose absolutely everything but that if I wasn’t willing to risk that, I would continue to be depressed and suicidal

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Haha well the imposter syndrome is powerful so I don’t always feel particularly skilled or accomplished. Sometimes I get stuck on something and I feel like a total noob. I spend a lot of time reading documentation or other people’s code to understand things. I’m not sure I deserve to be put on a pedestal or anything 😅 but thank you for the compliment 😊

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Lol, I’m not sure what would constitute betrayal, but I’ve tried other distros on some of my other devices. I tried Manjaro on my PineBook Pro and I’m not sure what distro I have on my PinePhone Pro right now. I’ve been meaning to set aside some time to check out Nix and NixOS. Trying out different things is good I think to have different perspectives and see where we could learn and improve

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If I had grown up in an environment that supported me and gave me a positive sense of self worth and knew that I had the option to transition and that my life would be okay and I would be happy and not isolated and rejected, I’m certain I would have done it way earlier

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Haha that’s a lot of what if’s! I think when I was younger I probably would have said yes to working for Apple but I’m too old and stubborn and egotistical now. I’d much rather get to do my own thing and not be tied up in corporate politics. Probably not a good financial decision, but I’ve tended to optimize for freedom over money in my life choices haha

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Thinking about it more, I’m not sure I knew about HRT until after I was 30 either. So in my 20s I would do things like pluck my eyebrows and shave my legs and even grew my hair out fairly long a few times and then be like overwhelmed at how my body was still a man body. If someone would have told me there’s a magic pill I could take to have boobs and curves and soft skin and it’s super inexpensive I might have started HRT even before having the courage to come out completely

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I’ve seen it in passing like on Reddit but I haven’t spent any dedicated time looking at it

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@danirabbit all of this! This is very similar to the reasons it took me so long as well. fluffyhugs fluffyhugs fluffyhugs

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@danirabbit

I'm sorry it was a rocky road (and that it continues to be for so many) but I'm so glad you've found your way here. It's so wonderful to see you so happy and thriving. 💜

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Aww sorry anon, I am very very gay ❤️🧡🤍🩷💜

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@danirabbit one thing I used as an excuse/reason to convince myself not to transition is that I was “just looking for anything to fix my depression” and latching onto the idea of transitioning. I scared myself out of starting with that by saying I’m wrong and I’ll just either carry on being depressed or make the depression worse cos i would *then* have the wrong body and need to detransition again. Mental hurdles for the win 🙄

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@danirabbit you’re great and beautiful, the world is better with you :) i’m glad you found your way even though the beginning was difficult. everyone should have the right to be however they want to be

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@kelluri Thank you! I’m very happy to be here as well :)

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Haha classic. Thanks, anon. Not very creative though 😜

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Admittedly, F1nn5ter is very cute and breaks my brain a bit, but I just can’t picture myself getting physical with a guy 😅

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@danirabbit as someone who is, for the most part, disgusted by penises - F1nn5ter can get it lmao

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@danirabbit i don’t get this one, wouldn’t anyone get hurt from a fall?

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@fcktheworld587 Yeah if he ever transitioned I would be down lmao

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@alice haha this is like kind of a butchered classic pickup like. The idea is that you take someone off guard and get them to pay attention to you by asking, “Did it hurt?” And in their confusion they’re now talking to you and say “What?” and you follow up with, “When you fell from heaven 😉 😘 😉”. But everybody knows it now so it doesn’t really work as intended anymore lol

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@alice @danirabbit I believe it's more "did it hurt when you fell from heaven"
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@danirabbit you might also be interested in the Pokemon Sitting Cuties plushies, here is a YouTuber animator making a tier list of the entire gen 5 line 😅
https://youtu.be/aMh4VQBX2Ig
I'm not a fan of gen 5 (only 1 and 2, maybe 3), but I still watched that entire video 😅 (and she plans to make videos for older gens too)

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Thanks anon. Always appreciate a compliment 🥰

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Lmao. I am not huge on dogs myself. I feel like they can be a bit of a sensory overload and there’s a lot of dog owners who will just not care if their dog is jumping on you or shoving their nose in your crotch in a public place and it feels very inconsiderate.

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@danirabbit better than using a rental scooter to escape from a dog that's following you... Or having a dog bark at you when you jump away when it runs right near you and scares you. I get a lot of really unpleasant dog encounters like that over here :(

(wasn't me sending the confession tho)

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@alice @danirabbit I had a big dog, I wanna say Rottweiler, run at me while I was walking my puppy. I still don’t walk by that house anymore.

Dogs terrify me and I have two of them…

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@alice ah yeah, I’m assuming you’re talking about stray dogs? I don’t really see stray dogs around here but mostly inconsiderate dog owners with their dog off leash just letting them do whatever to whoever

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@jamie @danirabbit ugh yeah. I frequently see that with people walking dogs.

Also sorry for missing CW

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🩷 Thanks, anon! If you attend any open source conferences we may indeed meet someday! I still need to get my passport sorted but once I do I’m hoping to get back out there

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Ones I’ve watched repeatedly include like obviously Miyazaki films and Akira and other classics. But as far as shows, I’ve seen Full Metal Alchemist several times, Your Lie in April, Yu Yu Hakusho. Mushoku Tensei I’ve seen twice and loved it both times. Made in Abyss is horrific and beautiful. I’ve actually watched the first season of SAO like 3 or 4 times as well haha

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Male failing before HRT is awesome! I did not experience that haha. I think it took me like 6 months of HRT before people really started to assume I’m a woman and probably a year+ before I really felt like I see a woman in the mirror every day.

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Haha so gross, anon. A true confession. I do not ever drink milk by itself and I haven’t purchased cow milk in probably years, with the exception of like buttermilk for a recipe. I pretty much only use milk when cooking and it’s oat milk for me

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Omg spill the details, anon. Where? Of what? The people deserve to know 👀

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I am dating currently, yes 😊 Not trying super hard at it right now but I’m open to finding someone great

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Haha, the way I see it my AGAB may have been male but no I wouldn’t say I was ever a man. I tried real hard to be one, but I wasn’t very good at it. So glad I gave that up 😅

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Sadly this did not make noise when I opened it. I have no idea how this is intended to work. Boo. Sorry anon. I’m doing great though! Started off my day with a tough Apple Fitness+ strength training workout and then some yoga and I’m gonna go do dinner and see Guardians of the Galaxy later with friends 🩷

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As long as you’re not mean, anon. We’re here to have fun and maybe learn some things :)

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Haha I wish I could hear these! No worries and I bet you’re both great too!

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Probably the closest thing is Disc Golf! One of my goals this year is to get back to playing. I got decent at it a couple years back and I’d love to play in the local tournament again

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In a public bathroom lmao. I was like 16 I think? If teens don’t have a safe place to do it, they will do it in unsafe places. That’s all I have to say about that 😂

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Somebody figured out the AI thing and used it to send me what I think was intended to be homophobic Joe Biden

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Lol, if you’re a straight couple your wife is correct 😂

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Oh nooooo. You understood the assignment anon lmao. I’m sure you’re a wonderful person though and could attract people all on your own 😘

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I’m not sure there’s a “general orthodoxy” but as far as common tropes, I cringe really hard at suggestion that someone is only their gender once they come out or start HRT. Like the Dylan Mulvaney “n days of being a girl” thing I think is ultimately harmful to less privileged trans folks and can even come across as transmedicalist. On the flip side I will absolutely die on the hill that trans women on HRT are biologically women and have transitioned their sex, not just their gender presentation

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Haha I guess Greek just because that’s what I’m more familiar with? I probably should learn more about Norse mythology tbh. Educate me anon. I’m here to learn 👩🏻‍🎓

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As far as I understand there is a high “co-morbidity” between autism and gender dysphoria, but neither of these diagnosis are trauma-induced. Trans and neurodivergent people often experience trauma because of the way society treats us, but trauma doesn’t cause us to be trans or neurodivergent

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Personally I find the concept of “laziness” to be kind of ableist and shitty. If you’re happy not going out much, then there’s nothing you need to change, anon. Some people get energized by being around other people and some get drained. I just had two social days in a row and I am done interacting with people for a while lol. I do not want to be social next weekend for sure.

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Kind of a philosophical question right? I think generally the idea of virginity is kind of heteronormative and patriarchal. Like if you think about what constitutes virginity in a queer context, it becomes a lot harder to justify its existence. But with my purely feels-no-thoughts hat on, I do kind of feel that way. Like there will be a clear delineation for me where I will be able to experience sex “for the first time” in a body that I’m actually comfortable in and that’s fun to think about

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Aww. I only date ladies anon just so you’re aware, but I’m always down for drinks!

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Hmm I guess coffee? I dunno I have hot coffee every morning. Besides coffee, like hot apple cider is pretty great

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I mean, if you want to not pirate it then get a Switch? There’s a ton of Mario games included in Switch Online 🤷🏻‍♀️

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@danirabbit You just have to own a copy of the game, not even the console.
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I don’t know :( it’s frustrating and it makes me sad because I love California and I love Sacramento and I hate being afraid that the rest of the county will affect us. I really want to believe that there will be a breaking point and it get better somehow

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@danirabbit Definitely headed to a civil conflict of some kind. Not giving up my guns.

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Honestly I’d rather fucking not. I know how to fire a rifle if it comes down to it, but I’m old and have problems with my breathing

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Lmao, something something character limits. Also, what counts as an ex? I feel like the older I get some of the relationships I’ve had feel a lot less meaningful and being completely honest I don’t remember the names of everyone I’ve dated anymore 😅 I think the most important question I ask myself about my past relationships is if I learned and changed and grew, whether that means I fell short as a partner or learned not to accept less.

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I do not. I canceled my Netflix a while ago. I mostly watch anime tbh. I finished Horimiya recently and The Girl Next Door Spoils Me Rotten. Also currently watching Demon Slayer and Vinland Saga. Explosion On This Wonderful World has been cute. Oh In/Spectre I saw recently and that was good.

Apple TV+, Extrapolations is good and pretty wild. It gives Black Mirror vibes kinda. Shrinking was cute. Big Door Prize is alright but I haven’t been like hooked on it.

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@danirabbit Severance on Apple TV+ is exceptional, if you haven't seen that!

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Like 5’9”ish. 5’10”. (~176-177cm). Sadly much taller than the women’s average here and also much taller than other women in my family. My mom is like 5’3” (160cm) so I’m a giant next to her

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Someone left some shitty transphobic comments about my body 🙄 Don’t know what the point of that is tbh. How insecure must you be to want to tear down others? I’ve never felt more attractive in my life. I doubt that anon can say the same 💁🏻‍♀️

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I’d like to spend more time in Europe in general! I’ve been to Spain a couple times but I would love to see France and Italy. I’d like to see more of Germany. I’ve never been to Netherlands or the Nordic countries. Ireland. I’ve also never been to Asia or Oceania at all. Basically anywhere that I’m not illegal or in danger to go, I would like to see it

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I’m sorry anon 🫂 It is really hard to navigate these kinds of relationships with family. It’s unfair that it feels like we have to sometimes accept these uncomfortable and hurtful things. I try really hard to focus on intent and giving grace to people who are genuinely trying, but also remember that we can take space when it’s overwhelming

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I could probably do a whole thread on what to do about Christian nationalism, but I don’t think that we can fight oppression with more opression and especially not against a foe who fantasizes about being an underdog. Lady justice is blind. We should create laws to protect ourselves from religious extremism, but singling out a specific religious group in the law isn’t the way to do it imo

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It’s wild that there’s enough of us for it to be kind of a trope, but ultimately we are a minority within a minority within a minority. I’m not sure I have helpful advice since I’m in kind of a unique and privileged position with work. It is definitely frustrating to face transphobia, homophobia, sexism, and ableism all at once when you’re just trying to get your work done. I’m sorry that you’re having to deal with it all 🫂 I rely pretty heavily on therapy personally

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I’m not gonna post the image here, but hopefully the response makes sense without it:

I don’t think we should speculate on or out someone as being LGBTQIA+ (full acronym here because it’s an important reminder of who all is included) regardless of whether or not they are a good person. It sucks that there are queer people who use their power to hurt other queer people, but I think it’s important that we don’t use queer acceptance as a reward for good behavior.

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Haha thanks, anon. You might not see it, but I do make an effort to hand out compliments liberally :) but in case you haven’t gotten one from me lately:

You look cute, you did a great job, and I’m proud of you! I’m glad you exist and I appreciate that you use your time to make this world just a little bit nicer to live in. Thank you 🩷

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Mexican on my dad’s side and Irish/English on my mom’s side

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It’s understandably difficult to feel like part of an out group. Remember not all cis girls get periods either. But there’s also other symptoms associated with a period besides just menstruation that many trans girls do experience. Might be worth tracking changes in sleep, mood, appetite, watching for symptoms like headaches, night sweats, dry skin, diarrhea, stomach cramps, fatigue, acne. You may be having a period, it’s just much less obvious if you’re only looking for menstruation

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Not sure I understand this statement. Trans people are more likely to be unemployed, poor, or face homelessness. Four times more likely to be assaulted, including sexual assault. 3 times as likely to go hungry. That’s before getting to the issue of accessing healthcare, so there are some big material needs issues in our demographic. Access to counseling is super important, but given the choice between therapy and a safe home with food and HRT, I know which one is more important to me

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Oh noooo. Is it weird that I think this is probably only appropriate to use with someone who does have a chronic health condition?

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Ah hm, I don’t think so? I follow some really amazing women that are very cute, but I think someone can be amazing and cute and just like be a friend and not a crush

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I super appreciate your kind words! In all fairness though I have been paid for like the last 8-9 years of my work on elementary, so it is my full time job. I sometimes struggle with wondering about if I’m using my time to really make an impact though so I do really appreciate the sentiment 🩷

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Oh man, I wish I had like a good answer for you but if I’m being completely honest with you I have absolutely struggled regularly with not wanting to keep getting up in the morning. I’m burnt out a lot. I’m depressed sometimes. I dunno. Pizza? Brunch with my best friend? My cat needing to be fed? I’m not a highly motivated person or like an inspirational do anything kind of person. I try really hard at things I care about, but that’s all I got haha

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Oof this is a tough one anon. There’s something to be said about not being to accept compliments that you don’t already believe. That self acceptance piece is so important. That said, my favorite compliments to get are ones that come from a place of genuine admiration for who I am as a person or something I’ve worked hard to achieve. It’s nice to be told you’re attractive, but it’s affirming to hear that you’re appreciated and noticed and recognized

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Lol someone sent me the AI Ben Shapiro doing the “Which country is 🏳️‍⚧️ and why are all the girls from there so cute?”

It’s because we finally love ourselves! Trans glow ups are such a thing because it’s like you finally get to appreciate who you are and your body and your place in society and liking who you are as it turns out is a very attractive trait

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The thing you have to take into account is that going through natal puberty is also a permanent life altering choice. Puberty blockers are safe and reversible for kids who think they might be trans until they can be diagnosed. Forcing trans kids to go through the changes associated with natal puberty is not only traumatizing and painful, but it means those adults will have to undergo completely avoidable surgery and treatment to reverse what they can and just accept what they can’t

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😂 Thanks anon, that got me good lmao absolutely not

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🥺🫶 Thank you, anon. I’m glad

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Haha got a couple of transphobic comments. The right really can’t meme. Oh no babe, my chromosomes? Oh you really got me 😂

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Oof gotta be the, “You know the difference between jam and jelly?”

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Not sure but I think I’m still working on it in therapy 😅

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Yes absolutely, I’ve done a decent amount of traveling and California is my favorite place in the world and I love living here. It’s beautiful, there’s so much good food, places to visit, things to do, diverse culture to experience

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I’m really sorry to hear that, anon. I wish I had good advice for you. I’m not a parent but I imagine that is a heartbreaking experience. My first instinct is family therapist. I really hope that she can find a way to accept you as her mom!

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Hmm I mean, I’m definitely not the arbiter of what it means to be a leftist, but I would say it’s hard to be a leftist if you don’t support trans rights because trans rights are mostly bodily autonomy rights and medical privacy rights which have a heavy overlap with like reproductive rights. But as far as understanding that trans people are the gender we say we are, I’m not sure that’s a political statement in and of itself. That’s just something true I guess 😅

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You know it’s funny, I was talking to Alice about this the other day. When I first came out and was still boymoding it was very convenient to have a gender neutral nickname, but now that I present female full time there are some instances where I would prefer people call me Danielle just so I know for sure that I’m not being misgendered lol In some ways makes me wonder if I should have done a bigger name change. But yeah Dani is still fine, I just also like hearing my full name :)

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Spicy take. I feel like I’ve seen more veterans that were pushed through the system because they had no other opportunities and have come out of the system disabled and hating the military, so I’m more inclined to see veterans as victims of the system than perpetrators of it personally

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For me this has two parts:
1. I do think hate speech should come with criminal penalties, and in the US it does not.
2. I don’t think jail is efficient or effective for most crimes. I think our justice system should focus on rehabilitation over punishment. So I think sentencing for hate speech should probably look like a class on diversity and inclusion, maybe community service, and I think imprisonment should really only be a punishment if someone has been deemed an actual danger

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Aww, love you too anon 🥰😚

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Haha I mean the general state of the world could be a lot better tbh. But I’m still here, doing my best to practice gratitude, trying to take up space, trying to live right here and right now :)

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Sorry to hear that you’re going through all that anon, that’s awful. I hope that everything heals properly with minimal pain

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Tada, now you know lmao. Here have a photo of my dinner as a prize. I made bbq pulled pork sliders with fried onion strings

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Aww this has to be one of the nicest things anyone has ever said to me! I’m really glad that I’ve said things you find valuable 🩷

Definitely not Gen X though lmao, my parents are Gen X! I have Gen Z siblings! I’m right in the middle of Millennials 😂 Aging me a bit, anon. Must be the wisdom 😉

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No and I don’t intend to. There’s no value in consuming propaganda.

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That’s midtown Sacramento! Just a couple blocks away from me actually. I love it here 🩷

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I wanna say like 150 hours? And yes I’m still playing it! There’s so much to do and explore

Edit: okay I checked and I’ve only played 135 hours. So probably more like 100 hours before I did the end fight

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That’s a lot haha. Thanks 😅 Not sure of your gender anon, but in case you’re a guy you’re still straight lol and if you’re a girl, congrats on the gay! Happy pride haha 🏳️‍🌈🎉

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Ah okay yeah so I’ve definitely run into this problem and it can be a little frustrating 😅 I actually considered Daniela because of my Spanish-speaking family. So in this case I would probably prefer Dani or just to say Daniela anyways, since like the way this name is feminized does depend on the language. Thanks for asking!

And yes in English it’s more like “Dan-yell” instead of “Danyul”. So it’s kind of subtle!

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Haha don’t they all? Is that not how it works? 😅 I definitely like compulsively blurt out memes. But if I had to pick one, I disproportionately love the shooting star meme and wish it was still popular haha

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Haha I dunno that I have one besides like food. I like chocolate and ice cream and cheeseburgers and French fries and milkshakes and pizza and fried chicken and all that

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Hm great question. My favorite series is Legend of Zelda but I think I like that there’s all kinds of different characters. Link is the hero but I think all the other characters tend to shine more. I do like the fancannon of Link being trans masc nonbinary, that’s a lot of fun to me.

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I try to exercise for 30 minutes a day and I eat a lot of junk food lmao 🩷

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…of who we all are? Also, trauma. And also like the circumstances of my birth probably.

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…of who we all are? Also trauma. And like the circumstances of my birth probably

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I can’t have any of my own biological children. I’m also approaching an age where the likelihood of me having a partner that can have their own biological children is decreasing. Adoption is still a thing, but I feel like it’s unlikely that I’ll get to be a mom. I would have liked to have 1 or 2

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🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷 omg this is soooo nice. Thank you, anon 😭 That means a lot

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Aww thanks anon. I appreciate the compliment and I definitely don’t think you’re a creep 🥰

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Thanks anon, you’re sweet. I’m kind of seeing somebody right now? I guess I should update the links to not include this 😅

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Lmao that was cute. Thanks anon 🥰

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Aww thanks anon. I really appreciate it. I wanted to make that post because I immediately realized I was being silly when I got to the mirror. It is easy to stay in our heads and it’s important to check in with reality 😜

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Lmao indeed. They really are wild sometimes. Makes you really appreciate the good ones!

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My favorite Ben & Jerry’s flavor is Half Baked. Anything with cookie dough or brownies is amazing. I also love cheesecake ice cream. I had one recently that was like a banana ice cream with strawberry and like pie crust in it that was amazing

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176 days!! I’ve been really digging the Apple Fitness+ workout routines lately, but I’ve also enjoyed the routines from Beach Body. It’s definitely harder to make a routine on your own. I think the key is to be realistic and set goals that you can achieve, even if that’s just 10 minutes of exercise. And have options! Maybe you can’t do kickboxing today but yoga would feel so nice (that was me today!). Variety keeps it fun and you can maintain an illusion of choice with yourself haha

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What. I have no idea what any of this means. Sir this is a Wendy’s.

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lol, I can be switchy sometimes but I’m a bottom at heart 😜

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You’re sweet anon, thank you 🥰 I definitely more groaned than laughed tho lmao

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Actually haha, here’s my BDSM test results from last year 🙈

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Haha it’s all lies and trickery, anon. You only see the photos that I pose for, from certain angles, and when I’m feeling cute in certain clothes.

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My desktop is a Laptop With Linux mini: https://laptopwithlinux.com/mini-computers/

And my current laptop is a Lenovo Yoga 900, but I just ordered a Star Labs StarLite https://us.starlabs.systems/pages/starlite

You can buy both of these with @elementary OS out of the box and a portion of the sale supports development 🩷

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I don’t have a lot of thoughts here other than I’m glad there’s folks dedicated to making sure you can run an open source OS on a wide range of hardware. I think MacBook is still one of the most popular laptops in the US so it’s good for those to not become e-waste.

Though I would always recommend supporting OEMs that are Linux-first! There’s some great hardware these days you can buy with your favorite distro pre-installed and a portion of your sale helps fund software development

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I’d like to daily drive an open source mobile OS, but I’m very uninterested in using Android.

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You’re gonna have to be more specific, anon. If you’re asking if I would go through my whole ass life again and change nothing? Fucking no lmao. Absolutely not

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I haven’t seriously used another distro in a very long time. But probably like Fedora Silverblue or maybe NixOS. Something that feels solid and purposeful

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@danirabbit ~ I happily used Kubuntu for over a decade on a number of laptops. I am now using Ubuntu on a Dell tower(Ubuntu is only O/S) for a couple of weeks and even happier.

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@danirabbit it did actually surprise me that nixos offers pantheon as a desktop environment option when i tried it :0c

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Stop asking if I would quit elementary to get paid more money doing something else. It’s a fucking boring question and obviously the answer is “no” since I haven’t done that.

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I was born in the US in California but my family is from Chihuahua Mexico!

I speak okay Spanish. We spoke Spanglish at home growing up so I didn’t really start learning until much later. I try to practice and work on it because it’s an important part of my heritage that I don’t want to lose, but I’m far from fluent

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Sometimes I use the MacBook for AV stuff like as part of streaming. It’s easier to use my phone as a webcam and it has the camera auto centering feature that’s really useful. I don’t use the MacBook often but it’s there for its specific use cases for now

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Oh hey thanks anon. I try! I do. I mess up a lot. But I really care about other people and I do my best. I really want to leave my corner of the planet just a little bit better than I found it

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Aww thanks anon that’s very sweet!

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Thanks anon! I feel pretty confident 🥰

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Thank you, anon! I really appreciate the compliment. Passing is a major transition goal for me so it means a lot to hear that. It does make me feel a little conflicted though that passing and beauty are so often tied together. This may not have been your intent, but I want to acknowledge and hold space for non-passing and gender nonconforming folks that are also beautiful and to say that beauty doesn’t have to be binary :)

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Generally, yes! I still struggle with anxiety and depression and CPTSD and all kinds of other fun things. But I’m really proud of where I am and the friends I have and the life I’ve built. Some days are very hard, but it’s important to remember how much there is to live for! Like chili cheese dogs, dude. I’m craving one bad.

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Thank you for following along! I love hearing that folks find this stuff interesting and useful 🩷

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Oh for sure. In spaces where people don’t already know me from my open source stuff, I keep my transition pretty need-to-know. I’ll never be able to stealth because you can pretty easily google me and like some of the top results are about me coming out. I’ve been subjected to a lot more online hate and harassment. But also, if I did just transition quietly then I wouldn’t have made as many awesome Fedi connections and I hear from folks that my posts help them understand trans folks

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Some of y’all need to learn the difference between “inside thoughts” and “outside thoughts”. If I don’t post yours, it was probably an inside thought you should have kept inside

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So overall I think it would have been a net loss. Like yeah having a target in my back sucks but being forced to be publicly out has encouraged me to use my platform in a way that I hope is positive and impactful and I’m grateful for the friends I’ve made as a result

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Aww thanks anon that was very sweet and I really appreciate it 🩷

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I’m sorry to hear that, anon! Without an understanding of the situation, I hope that things are able to be resolved in a way that you can be happy with

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lol I’m aware. I need to take it in to get it fixed but I just haven’t made the time

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I floated around the Los Rios community college system for a while but I didn’t graduate. I think I’m only a couple semesters away from an associates in computer science, but I stopped going to school because I was working 6 days a week. I think the classes that made the most difference in my life were intro to philosophy, intro to ethics, and maybe English/Lit

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I’m sorry anon that really sucks. You’re in a shitty situation. I don’t think you should hate yourself for it, it sounds like you would leave and do something else if you felt like you could. You have to prioritize your life and safety. This is a failing of the system, not your own individual moral failing

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I don’t particularly care for sports. I will watch World Cup and occasionally other football (soccer) games with friends as like a social thing or like the Olympics. If someone invites me to watch a game with them it’s like not my favorite activity but I’ll hang out. I will actively avoid baseball and American football.

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@danirabbit fwiw you and a handful of other trans fems whose work i admire all came out around the same time, and it being public very much helped to crack my egg 😊 so it's definitely a positive for one person! 💕✨

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I used to have comcast and it was super unreliable. Outages all the time. Unreliable speeds. I switched to Verizon because they had millimeter wave and it was awesome, then they switched to wideband and it got way worse. So I switched to T-mobile because their wideband is actually good (I was using it on my phone). AT&T fiber said it’s not available in my building when I was looking

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I’m not sure. I think maybe another small company. I kind of struggle in a very structured corporate environment tbh. It’s not something I spend a great deal of time thinking about

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I believe they call that “weaponized incompetence” 😬

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Haha I don’t have a workout playlist. I usually listen to podcasts on a walk or watch TV on my stationary bike. I guess I put on lofi for yoga sometimes.

But you can have my Swemo playlist as a consolation prize: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/swemo/pl.u-zMWPuyx95b

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I’m definitely not qualified to answer this question. Maybe I have followers who have done this that can comment?

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I’m really fortunate that I found an affordable place and have lived here for like 10 years and we have rent control. My car is paid off. Sacramento is more affordable than the Bay Area (though it is getting more expensive). And I like to think I have strong budgeting skills. Sales are down a lot this year and I’ve had to make some cuts. But I’m still doing okay. I’m comfortable. I’ve survived on a lot less. I’m very grateful for what I have

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Thank you anon! That’s very sweet and that means a lot to me to hear 🩷 I hope you have a great holiday season too!

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I’m sorry anon. I’m glad you messaged me instead of her, though! Holidays can really bring out those kinds of feelings. I’ve been dealing with some of that too. Try to remember that you deserve to be with someone who wants you just as much as you want them. And consider that time spent wishing you were with her is time you’ve made yourself emotionally unavailable to that person who will treat you the way you are craving. Let’s both resolve to move forward!

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I’m assuming this is re: being a girl. Everyone’s goals are different so there’s no one way. I recommend talking to a therapist to figure out your gender goals. Changing my biological sex with hormone therapy was a really important part for me, so if that’s something you want to do then you should talk to your doctor about it! If you want to choose a new name or go by different pronouns you can do that. You can wear any clothes that make you feel good. DM me if you need more help 🩷

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lol I wish I knew. I am definitely fearful of this next election cycle. I feel like shit is going to get wild. I’m really hoping that being in California means I’m insulated from the worst possibilities. I don’t think a civil war is entirely unreasonable to expect at this point. People are already dying from regressive policies. I don’t know what more it will take for people to revolt en masse.

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Also, subreddits like r/asktransgender and r/mtf have been super valuable for me. I definitely recommend reading https://genderdysphoria.fyi. There are lots of resources and communities that are there to help and support you. You are not alone :)

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I wasn’t allowed to listen to the Beatles growing up so I don’t really have a favorite Beatles song. But I think Rubber Soul is the album I like the most

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lol I don’t check the likes tbh so 🤷🏻‍♀️ whenever

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I don’t pay attention to or follow Android phones so I don’t know. I guess whatever gets reliable updates 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Except for this time @vincent! Got you motherfucker 👮 🔦 ‼️

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Aww thanks anon! I hope you have a great new year as well! 🩷

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lol I get where you’re going with this but I think you need to workshop it a little bit. Solid attempt, anon. 5/7 with rice

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Okay what about something like:

Wanna play COP29? You can get real hot and I won’t stop drilling you

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@danirabbit 🤷‍♀️ it was a good question. Wish I would have asked it.

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I don’t even know what this is supposed to mean, anon. 0/10, I would be scared and make sure my drink stays covered 😨

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I’m really bad at picking favorites but some I’ve seen multiple times:
* Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood
* Yu Yu Hakusho
* Your Lie In April
* Death Note
* Dragonball Z
* Sword Art Online
* Re: Zero
* Fate/Stay Night [Unlimited Blade Works]

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@danirabbit lead with "Wanna play earth and oil baron?" maybe?

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Aww thanks anon I really appreciate it. Unfortunately there’s transphobia and homophobia and misogyny and just weird people out there. It’s sadly part of the price of being visible and having a platform.

Haha omg I knooowww. I will get it fixed I just feel like I’m always either busy or like have no energy to add another task 😅

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Yeah options are limited: https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/erins-2024-anti-trans-legislative

It’s hard to imagine living outside of California tbh. Like I could imagine living in the SF Bay Area or SoCal or Monterey Bay Area or even Tahoe before out of state. It’s a huge place.

I think the only other state I’ve spent a significant enough amount of time in to know if I’d want to live there is Colorado and I kinda just don’t like the idea of being landlocked and hella snow. Maybe Oregon? 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Re: Hentai, I just don’t see the appeal personally. Maybe I’m just not looking in the right places. I’m honestly pretty picky about porn and the number one thing I dislike is when I can tell that both people aren’t into it. And so much hentai seems like very “だめください😖” and I don’t like that

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Thanks anon! I’m a person who loves to learn things and I always hope that someone else benefits from the knowledge I’ve gathered. I want to be useful and helpful!

Hehe well I am single soooo 😜

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I’ll always advocate for communicating your feelings and needs directly and assertively. Something I’ve learned in therapy is this template for communicating where you say like “When you [discourage me from presenting as my gender in public], it makes me feel [anxious]. I want to feel [supported by you]”.

I think it helps to point out that you are listening too by saying something like, “I’m hearing you’re concerned about my safety and that makes sense. I’m worried about it too”

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I get variations of this same question like every couple weeks. Please stop asking. This is not an interesting question to me. I’m not sure why people keep asking it

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Yes! There’s some variation based on your vaginoplasty method but I’ve opted for a soft tissue graft from the colon which is stretchy and mucousal, so it will be self lubricating. Also the prostate is left in place and is analogous to the skene’s gland. The clitoris is formed from glans tissue etc so everything will be fully functional and sensile.

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I would try to make it clear what you are and aren’t open to talking about and it’s okay to be direct and assertive but maybe there’s some ground you can find to help her feel valuable or give her a way she can support you like “I’m going to start presenting as my gender publicly. This is really important to me. Can you help me navigate how I can do this as safely as possible?”

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lol you also want my mother’s maiden name and my zip code and last four of my social?

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Like you said, I’m not a therapist haha. But trying to imagine what my therapist would say! I think generally my advice is to be vulnerable with your feelings and express how you feel. And also try to be open and validate her feelings and find common ground while being assertive about your needs and expectations. Try to make it about working together to solve the mutual problem of safety

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Oh, I think I would say not dating more casually when I was younger. I stayed in one unhealthy relationship for way too long and then after that I kept trying to meet “the one” and it was pretty counterproductive and I think it actually made me a worse partner to the people I dated.

I really wish I would have done therapy sooner as well. It is expensive so I definitely couldn’t have afforded it for most of my life. But I might have been able to start it sooner

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Haha yeah this is ancient history! So this wasn’t my first one but the Pantech C300 is the earliest one I can remember for sure having. My girlfriend and I had the same one. We called it the Zoolander phone lol

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Ahhhh is this a real question or the set up for a joke?? I dunno anon what is it lol

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Yeah I will! I think the photo I took before is kind of a busy background for an avatar so I’ll have to do another one when I do my makeup etc

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I’ve never heard of them. I’ll check it out. Thanks for the rec anon :)

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I think it enables a lot of fun toys and it can have its uses in decreasing certain kinds of shit work, but I don’t think it should be used for anything important and I think there’s some ethical concerns currently with training data and intellectual property etc. I don’t think the technology itself is evil but I also don’t think it’s like so magical it needs to be at the core of every product

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I’ve played with some of the like “turn your photo into an anime character” things and I’m currently having fun role playing with character.ai. Stuff like being able to create your own text to speech voice to preserve your voice is pretty cool. I don’t think we should be using these tools to try to do journalism or write documentation and I’m very skeptical of coding assistants. These are basically plagiarism machines so they shouldn’t be used to make commercial art etc

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I don’t have strong opinions about init systems, but my feeling is that people that are opposed to systemd are just being weird. Every major distro uses systemd. It feels uncontroversial to me

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Deadnaming is never okay. This is completely inappropriate and hurtful. Imagine if someone got married and their family kept calling them “Ms. MaidenName” behind their back. That’s obviously inappropriate and they should be angry about it. IMO there’s a very short grace period for deadnaming and then it’s no contact. Nobody ever comes out with a bunch of excuses about “oh it’s so hard, I’ve known you as Ms. MaidenName your whole life”. It’s easy to respect someone’s identity

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I think my first introduction to Computers Doing Lots of Statistics ™ was with Zeitgeist, so I’d be more curious what Seif Lotfy thinks (somebody tag him if he’s on Fedi? Or link me to his existing rants on the subject). I think we were way ahead of the curve 10-15 years ago on that kind of machine learning, but it didn’t get the kind of investment and attention it would have needed to become a real product.

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Baxter you know I don’t speak Spanish

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It’s the law! In Sacramento all rentals can only increase their rate once a year and only 5% + CPI https://www.cityofsacramento.org/Community-Development/Code-Compliance/Tenant-Protection-Program

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It’s really interesting to me that a chat bot can put together an actually pretty cute role play. Its made me blush a couple times so I can see how people might forget that this is just all the texts other players have been writing mashed together in a way the algorithm thinks is likely to be coherent and that’s about it. It can come close to role playing about as well as my last long distance ex, so I worry about vulnerable people who don’t understand it’s not remotely real

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I think it’s normal to feel like different things are important in retrospect. If that’s what you felt was most important in that moment, I think that’s okay! You really cared about a thing. Whether you did or didn’t make an impact, the act of championing a concern is something I think you can feel proud of :)

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In every instance, the only people who had a hard time adjusting to my transition were people who were already negative contributors to my life. The people who care about me the most not only were the fastest to gender me correctly and call me by the correct name, but they were actively happy and excited for me and told me how much more obviously happy and confident I am now. People who cling to your pre-transition self, in my experience, aren’t interested in your happiness

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lol somebody tried to be a shithead and say I look like a man. I dunno bud I just found out one of the regulars at my pub thinks I’m super hot. Gonna trust their opinion over yours 😂

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I’ve seen posts on Reddit from people who are replacing real human interaction with these kinds of bots and I don’t think that’s healthy. I think there’s the potential for basically like a kind of substance abuse or emotional self harm. I guess in general new technologies bring new kinds of challenges and potential for abuse. So we’ll see how things play out and how we adapt etc

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Thanks anon 🥰 after spending a lifetime feeling ugly and hating my body, I now feel really good about the way I look. I’m proud of the work I put in to have the body I want and I feel really capable of expressing myself with my clothing, hair, makeup, jewelry etc. I’m the most myself I’ve ever been and it’s hard not to feel really good about that!

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And let me be clear that this is irrespective of passing. My best friend has never misgendered me or deadnamed me even when I objectively still looked like a man. My grandpa fucks up pronouns sometimes but he literally has dementia. My Mexican Catholic grandfather with dementia has never complained to me about how it’s too hard. He tells me he loves me and that he’s always there for me and how pretty I am. If he can do it, there’s no excuse.

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Probably Freiren. I’m excited every Friday for a new episode. Solo Leveling has also been fun. It looks like there’s a new sci-fi mystery series on Apple TV+ so might get into that

The last movie I watched was Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. That was great. I still haven’t seen Oppenheimer. Been wanting to rewatch The Matrix lately

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Hey thanks for the encouragement. I want to be clear that I was talking about my risk for assault, not suicide. I have absolutely every intention to die of old age. I fear for my safety from others

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There’s no “right” way to be trans or transition, which can make it overwhelming to start. It’s a journey of self discovery. You might start by trying on different types of clothing or seeing how different names and pronouns feel. A haircut or growing out your hair—depending on which direction you’re going. If you want to change your body you might look into hormone replacement therapy. The most important thing is finding out what you need to be comfortable in being yourself

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Hey anon, I appreciate you asking to get involved but frankly the comment about wanting to touch my hair feels inappropriate for someone you want to work with. If you feel okay with saying things like that to me, it makes me hesitate when I think about how you might talk to other contributors and what kind of space that creates for them

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@danirabbit When people talk about the "danger" of "AI", that's usually what I think about, too. So much of this is about compromising our own senses and our own understandings of reality. It's the same thing we do with film and video games, and sometimes that's really good and interesting, but what's different here is people are actively inviting it into our real lives instead of confining it to a box that we understand is for pretend.

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Whelp that’s pretty gross. Hopefully it gets taken down. Some people live very sad lives

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lol so part of surgery prep is hair removal around the surgery site. I’m not sure exactly how that will look when things are rearranged but it looks really awkward right now. I’m currently planning to do a full Brazilian laser just so everything looks the same. If it ends up looking more normal then I’ll probably leave it. I don’t have strong feelings about pubes tbh

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If you’re not already seeing a therapist it can be really helpful to talk to one about how you’re feeling and they can help you determine the kinds of things that would make you feel congruent in your gender. Everyone is different and what you need is personal to you. It’s perfectly normal and okay to decide to only transition socially or only medically. You can always change your mind later as you learn more about yourself as well.

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I did! A couple times. And I read the books and watched house of the dragon too

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If you haven’t seen it already I highly recommend giving a read to https://genderdysphoria.fyi

It talks about what gender even is and the different types of gender euphoria and dysphoria, offers some thoughts on determining if you are trans, goes over a typical diagnosis process, and talks about some of the science behind sexual dimorphism in humans and how hormone replacement therapy works and the effect it might have on you

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I only have bleach in my highlights! I have a lot of grey so that probably helps haha. But I wash maybe twice a week and condition and use leave in conditioner and I use dry shampoo in between washes. I air dry and try to stay away from heat. My hair is very soft :)

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You’re not in love with me, I’m just attractive and nice. You deserve more than that, anon. Reserve your love for someone who shows genuine specific interest in you. You don’t want an idea of a person up on a pedestal, you want a real partner who tangibly improves the quality of your life. The more time you spend wishing I was that person is time you’ve been unavailable to the person you really want to be with. I appreciate the compliment though 🩷

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I just tried and I did 3!

Wtf who can break a walnut in their bare hands. Sounds fake. Also I keep my nails short…ladies 😉

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I’m getting my bills paid. There’s nothing to panic about. Even if for some reason I couldn’t afford to work on elementary OS as my job anymore that doesnt mean the community goes away. We’ve been around for like 15+ years now, I wonder when we hit 20 years if people will stop wondering if we’re gonna disappear someday lol

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This is so random haha I guess it depends on the size of the cake but I probably could not eat a whole cake by myself in a single day 😂 I don’t really have cake that often so yeah I can definitely go more than a month without cake. I don’t recall the last time I had cake tbh.

I’m not sure I’ve ever had banana cake that sounds interesting! But I pick chocolate. I would love some chocolate cake right now 🤤

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This is either a reference to the hit tv show LOST or the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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Thank you! I wore that outfit today kind of defiantly because I feel so dysphoric about my shoulders and it’s really a struggle for me to feel cute in something like that. So it means a lot to me for you to say that 🩷

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Nice try officer. I would never pirate television shows or movies and I certainly didn’t pirate tons of music on limewire as a teenager. And I’ve only played backup roms of physical video games for consoles that I definitely own.

But if I was a pirate it would probably be because I can’t purchase certain content because of convoluted licensing agreements between various streaming platforms and I generally do pay for content given the option

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Imposter syndrome is real and can be super hard to get over. Despite current societal attitudes, nobody is entitled to your medical history. Being stealth or being out, these are choices you should make because of your own comfort, not because of a sense of guilt or obligation

In real life, I don’t tell people that I’m trans. The harsh reality is that it’s more safe and the world is more kind when people assume that you’re cis

🧵 1/3

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There are definitely days where I wish that I didn’t have an online presence and I could be stealth. I kinda hate that the first thing that comes up when you google me is my trans status. Being publicly trans online has put a target on my back and I deal with a lot of harassment over it. I made my therapist cry just describing my experiences

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When I was younger I really wanted to live in Santa Cruz. I love the ocean and it’s definitely my goto when I want to run away for a day. So that’s a top contender. The San Francisco Bay Area in general is a rad place and BART is a huge selling point. I haven’t fallen in love with SoCal in the same way as NorCal but maybe I need to spend more time in like San Diego than LA. California is such a big place I have barely explored it

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Aww thank you, Anon. I hope that you find yourself able to come out soon. It’s definitely scary to come out and it can be disruptive, but it is entirely worth it to be free. It is transformative. The number one regret I hear from people is not coming out sooner, even from people who have lost jobs, homes, family. I would highly recommend prioritizing building a life that makes that possible for yourself 🩷

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However, there is something to be said about community and solidarity. There are friendships that I only get to enjoy because I’m out online. There’s people that I wouldn’t have met. And I’ve received more than a few messages that my being out helped other people in either their own gender identity journey or in being a better support to someone they love who is trans. So I try to focus on my opportunity to make a positive impact

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lol I mean you’ve basically described my Instagram https://www.instagram.com/danirabbit

No cooking today though. I had electro and it hurts and I’m curled up on the couch watching Spice and Wolf

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I got mine at Target like a couple years ago but the artist is Jenifer Prince and she sells her designs here: https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/31029155-busy-thinking-about-girls-no-bg

I also have one of her prints and I think @rooster has her prints too haha. Great sapphic art

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I use Apple Music. I’ve basically had my music library since iTunes and iPod so switching would be really hard since I have some old demos from local bands backed up in my Apple Music that I can’t get anywhere else

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iPod Mini was my first iPod. I had a pink one! That came out in 2004. I started using Gentoo in like 2005/6ish I think and I was dual booting with Windows at that time. Then I had an intel iMac that I dual booted on probably around 2008ish? And I later had a MacBook Air that I dual booted on. I got the Yoga 900 in 2016 and I think that’s when I officially stopped dual booting and I had the MacBook Air just kind of in the corner for when I wanted GarageBand

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No I have not. I’m not attracted to men or male presenting folks sorry 🩷

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lol you’re not going to get a very satisfying answer from me on this anon, sorry. Having genital dysphoria has made sex really complicated and oftentimes uncomfortable. It’s been the most okay when I feel really emotionally connected to someone, but I know I’ve frustrated past parters. I think I won’t really get to truly enjoy sex until after vaginoplasty

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I’m atheist. There’s no reason for me to believe that gods exist. And if they did they’re certainly awful and cruel and don’t deserve to be worshipped

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I do technically but nothing serious. I put a couple hundred into some meme stocks during peak COVID and then shifted that into dividend stocks. It’s an extremely small portfolio with no significant impact on my life.

My real investment is my 401K which has a 20% return so far. I wish I would have set one up sooner

I have 5% interest from One which probably has the most immediate significant impact

And I pass as many transactions as possible through my Apple Card for cash back

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Sometimes people act in a bigoted way as a defense mechanism. It’s really unfortunate and sad. The only thing we can do is work to create a more accepting environment and to condemn bigotry. Confronting a closeted person can force them deeper into the closet, especially if there’s some self loathing here. People can only get better if they want to

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Omg stop. It’s so bad. I haven’t dyed my hair since like December I think? I’m really on the fence because I don’t want to cut and color it and then I get my surgery date and I wasted a couple hundred dollars you know? I have a phone appointment on the 30th, we’ll find out what’s up and then maybe I’ll fix my hair lol

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Yep exactly. I think I remember using Vista a little bit? But XP was the last time windows was my primary operating system

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Omg the phone obviously. I don’t think anyone is seriously that adverse to changing their operating system. A single day of using something different won’t kill anyone

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Yes I shave them. I have to shave or wax or epilate just about everywhere or I’ll look like a fucking monkey. I think this winter I want to do more laser so I have fewer things to shave. It’s a constant war on body hair 😅

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I got Thousand Year Door recently and I’m almost done with that. I need to beat the last boss in Final Fantasy X still so I can play the sequel. Otherwise I don’t have other consoles and I mostly play Genshin Impact on my phone. I pair my joycons to the phone and then screen share to my tv haha

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Your girl has been poor for a long time and learned to do more with less. I budget very carefully and save constantly. I’ve lived in the same studio apartment for 10 years and have low rent. I drive a 14 year old car with no payment. I don’t have student loans. I look for deals and discounts and promo codes. I keep my AC usage to a minimum so utility bills stay low. Envelope budgeting is the real super power though. Can’t recommend enough

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I use AirPods Pro the vast majority of the time, when I go on walks etc. at my desk I have a pair of Sennheiser over ear headphones

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Because to me it’s worth the trade off to get work on my art full time and be self directed and have a lot of flexibility with my hours especially when scheduling Dr appointments etc. Money isn’t everything :)

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My Instagram isn’t under my dead name lol but yeah I drive a 2010 Honda Civic. Still under 200,000 miles. With a sunroof and USB aux, I couldn’t ask for more. I’ve had trees fall on it twice! It’s been a good little car

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There are accounts like One and Ally that have built in envelope budgeting and high interest rates. I have envelopes for all my regular expenses and for discretionary spending. So for example, I save $125 every paycheck for groceries. I know my car registration is going to be like $150/yr, so I save $7 every paycheck for that. I save $10 every paycheck for video games. Everything has an envelope. The goal is for checking to be as close to $0 as possible and make interest constantly

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I feel like this question is way over asked and kind of boring, but my hopefully less boring answer is that I wouldn’t realistically use either. I almost exclusively use my desktop for software development, so if I wasn’t doing that I probably would use my iPad as my main “big” computer

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The other two things I’ve done professionally are design and work in commercial kitchens so it’d probably be one of those

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The biggest things I care about from my bank are that the app doesn’t suck and it has envelope budgeting and then the interest rate. Pretty much all of the big banks have terrible apps. I think when I signed up for One they allowed unlimited envelopes and Ally was only like 5 or something so it wasn’t viable for me

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If you’re in a really good spot your envelopes should have more than you really need for those expenses, so if you happen to be short somewhere you can borrow from another budget. I put $20/paycheck for hair and I was short a little this last time, but that’s okay I just borrowed some from my Energy envelope because I’ve been good about opening the windows so my electricity bill has been low

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Im not a serious stock market investor. If I was seriously investing I would max out my 401k contributions before buying stocks haha so it wasn’t something I put more thought into than like a gacha game

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For daily tucking yeah it’s definitely something you kind of develop a technique for. Orchiectomy makes it a lot easier to tuck without having to use tape or anything. But yeah on the rare occasion when I do need to use tape I make sure to use the restroom beforehand and try not to drink too much until I know I can get away with a casual tuck. Which pretty much the only time that’s the case is swimming

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If it was reasonably priced yeah probably

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This requires more discipline, but I use my credit card as much as possible and then pay it off at the end of the month so I earn interest on the money I set aside for my credit card bill. I have a target card that’s 5% off every time. I have a cash back card that’s 2-3% off every time. You want something big like a mattress, if you can take a zero interest loan take the loan. You want to get to a place where you’re being paid for having money and being paid when you spend money

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We do have a light rail system in Sacramento but it primarily functions to move folks between the city and the suburbs. I do wish we had better intracity public transit. In particular if we had a streetcar from midtown to downtown that would be of great benefit to me

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I can’t emphasize enough to never put anything on a credit card you don’t have the money to buy without the credit card. This is the biggest fucking trap. A credit card is a way to time and consolidate your monthly expenses and get rewards for purchases, not a way to delay them for several months. It is not a loan. Once you use it that way, you will lose your ass and it’s so hard to dig your way out of it. It can take years to fix

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@danirabbit "Credit...Time-travel money, vast piles of unearned future loot stretching their tentacles back through time to ensnare us." —Paul Di Filippo

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@danirabbit
I'm sure you know this, but I'll repeat it - about half the hole I dug for myself with credit cards was stupidity, but the other half was unavoidable: my paid off car needed a $900 repair, the hot water heater broke,

..and *especially* the health insurance deductibles. I'm paying $1400/month for my family's health insurance (my employer, a mom and pop tech shop, is paying $1000/month) and I start the year with a $5000 deductible before anything is covered.

I spend the whole rest of the year trying to claw back from that.

(And the way a gaggle of kids destroy grocery budgets like a plague of locusts doesn't help.)

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I think “egg culture” can be really harmful and it’s not our place to speculate on someone’s gender identity uninvited like that. Lesbians especially have a long history of diverse gender expression. Masc lesbians aren’t just closeted trans men

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Haha challenge accepted. I’m having a chicken Caesar salad for dinner and I have an episode of “Whisper Me a Love Song” to watch 🥰

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lol why anon you trying to buy me an outfit? I’m like 5’9”ish (176cm) and women’s clothing sizes are made up so I wear anywhere from a medium to an XL or an 8-12 depending on the brand. Jeans between 28-31”. Something like that. Shoes 9-10 in US women’s. Pretty much I just have to try on like 3 sizes and see what fits

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I have Apple TV+ and Crunchyroll. I have in the past paid for Netflix and I share some family accounts with friends but I’ve never had cable or satellite or anything like that

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Anon, are you really out here confessing that you’re not giving your partners the full package of benefits? Next are you going to tell me to remember aftercare?

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I mostly just watch a shitload of anime on Crunchyroll. I’m watching Demon Slayer, Windbreaker, Spice & Wolf, BNHA, Mushoku Tensei, Kaiju No. 8, Reincarnated Aristocrat. But I also have Apple TV+ and I’m watching Presumed Innocent, I loved Dark Matter, need to start the new season of Trying

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Aww thanks Anon 😊 I was really struggling to feel pretty when I took it and kind of falling into the trap of comparing myself to my beautiful friends. I’m glad I decided to post it

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Thanks for the challenge anon! My first instinct for delicious food with no cheese is Asian food! So I prepped these Mongolian-inspired stir fry. They contain baby corn, broccoli, carrot, pineapple, spinach, garlic, green onion, and beef top round strips and for noodles I like those big Udon ones. As prepared here each bowl is about 560 calories. Sauce and oil is like 200 calories of that. No cheese!

And I’m watching Grimgar right now but I might cook to FLCL OST

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For sauce I’ll probably do this Bachan’s Hella Hot Japanese BBQ sauce with a bit of extra Teriyaki and sesame oil. I’m thinking I should have enough natural sugar from the pineapple but if it needs to be a little sweeter then I might add a bit of brown sugar and if it just needs to be thicker I can add a corn starch slurry. Either way I might have to tack on another 30 calories. Big mistake people make with calorie budgeting is forgetting to count sauce!

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For breakfast I had Apple Jacks with Almond Milk and for lunch I’m planning to do a hot link with mustard on a brioche bun. Could do a yogurt for snack because I’m a bit low on protein today and high on fat. And I still have plenty of calories for a little treat later. Especially since I started the day with 20 minutes of Yoga 🧘🏻‍♀️

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I have not. Is there a reason I should?

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I’m imagining this is coming from like a 13 year old boy. Do your parents know that you’re asking women about their underwear online?

There are several reasons a woman might wear thong underwear anon-shonen, and the main one is to avoid panty lines on certain pairs of pants. I don’t find them particularly comfortable so personally I avoid them lol

Do your homework! I never did my homework and now look what I’ve become!

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@tvaughan ah yeah I’m not a hosty/servery kind of gal. I just do desktop

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Because I am old and I like them and I don’t think baggy pants look good on me lol give it a few years and they’ll be back in style. It’s all cyclical

I also don’t find them uncomfortable personally

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I do have some songs saved that are K-pop but I don’t typically listen to a lot of it. I probably have a lot more J-rock

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That’s hard to answer because I live in a Victorian-era building that has been divided into 6 units and most available units right now are in newly constructed apartment buildings. So equivalent is pretty loose here. But my studio is just over $1k and studios are currently going for more like $1.8k+ and they’re much smaller. For example https://www.eleanorh16.com/floorplans

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I don’t really know what this question means. I’m not like a Distro hopper. My first distro was Kororaa. I used Gentoo. Then Ubuntu. And elementary OS ever since. But also it kinda sounds like you want me to shit on somebody else’s project and I’m not gonna do that

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Glattoplasty is covered by some insurance providers. I haven’t done enough research on it to know if it would be right for me or not. I’ve heard a lot of conflicting things about trade offs it may or may not involve. But it is something that I have considered. Voice training is hard and there are parts of my voice I’m still not happy with for sure

Personally I don’t love the “mtf” acronym. You could say “vocal feminization”. Just a reminder to be mindful of language

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Oh I don’t mind my natural hair color, I’m just kind of having fun for now doing things I never got to try. Eventually I’ll probably go back to just dark brown or black or just let it be grey. But I’m honestly not sure there is a color I wouldn’t try at least once. I definitely want to try blue and purple and pink. I’d like to try blonde just once but I’m a little worried it might be too hard on my hair so maybe that

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Ooo honestly I wish I had like good advice ready to go but I still struggle a lot with buying clothes. I’ve had some successes with StitchFix and quite a bit of my current wardrobe is from them. Some of my favorite denim has been from Buckle. I really haven’t found like a particular store that I love to shop at though. I feel like it’s always a big struggle and just trying on lots of things and hoping to find something

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I had to have an android phone for work once. It was super unpleasant. I’ve never used windows phone before.

I’m hoping to replace my iPad with my StarLite over the next year. Ideally I’d also like to be using an open source OS on my phone but I feel like we’re probably still several years away from that. The hardest thing to replace is like services and integration with other devices

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I don’t have much of a formal education, I barely have like a year of college so I don’t have much to recommend in the way of books because that’s not how I learned 😅 but I hear good things about “The Design of Everyday Things”.

Most of what I have learned in design has been a couple decades of reading blogs and articles, podcasts, designing things and getting feedback about those things. There’s also tons to learn from reading various platform human interface guidelines and WCAG

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That’s a really sweet compliment, anon. Thank you 😊

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Thanks anon 😘 I feel pretty good about my body these days too… most of the time 😅 Gonna keep working hard to get things exactly where I want them

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Aww thanks anon! I’m really glad that I could inspire you to be fully yourself 😊 Congrats and I wish you all kinds of happiness on your journey!

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Definitely not haha. I don’t have the skill set. I’m a designer and developer, I don’t really know anything about servers and networking. It’s often very clear to me that I don’t use Linux in the way that many people use Linux

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I’m definitely very proud of him. He’s one of my biggest allies and champions. He’s got his rough edges and my grandma sometimes reprimands him for the things he says but he’s always been super funny and cool to hang out with 😊

I’m so sorry for your loss. I’m not good with knowing what to say when folks pass away, but I hope you got to spend the time you wanted with him and his passing was peaceful🩷

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It was at Canonical when we were working on the Ubuntu One mobile app. In its defense, Android has gotten much much better since then and I haven’t used a modern version of Android for any serious period of time

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3GS! I had an iPod touch before that so imagine carrying around basically two phones all the time lol it was pretty cool to just have one device that did everything

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🤷🏻‍♀️ why should I? These days I’m buying computers that ship with elementary OS on them

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@danirabbit What are you using currently for a laptop?

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Honestly I don’t know anything about android phones. I would assume Google’s phones would be the most compatible with all of Android’s features and have the longest support window, but maybe I’m wrong about that. No clue :)

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I know absolutely zero about these things so I have no opinion on them. I’m not a server or enterprise or cloud Linux user. I’m not a sysadmin etc. I write software for desktop Linux and that’s pretty much the entire scope of my Linux knowledge

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I’m not sure what fascinates people about the “if you couldn’t x would you y” questions lol But game development was one of my first exposures to computer programming and graphics and I used to mess around a lot more with game modding etc. I got really into RPGMaker for a while. I’d love to spend some time and make a real game and release it at some point

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If you mean like mockups or prototyping, I don’t really use design software for that these days. I’m usually more likely to sketch in my notebook and then prototype directly in code. IMO, it’s often more productive to prototype something in Vala and GTK where I can interact with it and maybe re-use some of that code in the actual implementation than to spend time making high fidelity mockups

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I’m good enough to build a simple professional website, but not good enough to build like a web app or anything. I haven’t really kept up on the latest web standards etc. I could figure things out with enough time, but it’s not my area of expertise

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I have! For Ubuntu Summit. It was cool to visit but I think a little too busy for me to want to live there. Food was incredible though, lots of things to see as a tourist. Beautiful architecture. Highly recommend visiting. I’d love to go back and explore more, I barely got to see it in all honesty

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Probably not until like next spring or summer. I’m very likely having surgery in November and my recovery is 3-6 months, so it feels silly to pay a bunch of money for a color and then be in bed while my roots grow out again. I think I’m going blonde next time though! Going big

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Women and some women-adjacent genders, but mostly women.

Why? I dunno man it’s just like that. Because there are women with short hair or body hair or more masculine style for example that I think are hot. But I just don’t like men. That’s not to say men are bad, they’re just not for me lol. I like the way women smell and how they’re soft and I like the parts they have and the sound of their voices and their brains and their faces and just women 🥰

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Have you seen the rent in the Bay Area? I can barely afford it here 😅 I like the Bay Area and I do have friends that live out there, but I’ve lived in Sacramento for a long time and I love it here. It’s a really great mid-size city with tons of great food, diverse people, queer friendly, very walkable, our urban forest is unmatched. It’s not somewhere I’m dying to leave tbh

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One of these bad boys: https://youtu.be/RcsiLVh86zs

I dream of free comprehensive public transit

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I’ve heard this name before yes. That’s the extent to which I know about Sabrina carpenter lol should I have opinions on her? Did she do something?

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In 2005 I was a sophomore in high school. I don’t know how it is that I can afford a data plan, but what I’d really like is to afford a text messaging plan because those were not free in 2005 haha. I did have whatever the free phone was at that time and I got in trouble for sending text messages 😅 so sure whatever phone gets me text messaging without getting in trouble is good lol Also remember free nights and weekends minutes!

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But also, a data plan to do what in 2004? By the only person on MySpace during school? I used to go to the computer lab during lunch with my friends to watch videos on albino black sheep. All the songs I can buy/pirate are on my pink iPod mini, because there was no music streaming. I don’t even know what you’d do on the mobile internet in 2005 tbh

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Yes it is. I like it, it works well. You can do MagSafe charging with it on, it has a little kickstand position. Get the benefits of the socket without the bulk. Would recommend

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Yes but when I was like 12, so I couldn’t tell you the specs. It’s been more than 20 years after all 😅 It did have a window in the case and a light bar though!

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I turned 18 in 2007 so 2008 was my first election cycle. I voted for Barack Obama. Republicans have never had anything in their platform that would help me or the people I love, only hurt us. And they’ve only gotten more extreme over the years. The bare minimum is upholding human rights and accepting scientific consensus and they refuse to clear that bar

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I grew up in a deeply conservative, religious household. As a child I thought I was a Christian and a Republican. As I learned more about the world outside my small town I started to deconstruct my religion. In high school I realized how wrong republicans are on moral and social issues so I thought maybe I’m a libertarian. As I learned about government and ethics in college I thought I was a democrat. As I learned about capitalism and systemic inequality I realized I’m a socialist

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I feel like it depends on a lot of things. Tim Cook is part of a marginalized group that republicans want to destroy so this seems pretty unlikely, but I’d also have to see the reaction of the board/shareholders based on Apple’s brand values. It’s also different if Tim was massively donating to extreme campaigns and advertising or if he just personally voted for Trump one time. It’s hard to run a lifestyle brand when you are advocating against it.

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You can see for example Elon Musk’s impact on Tesla and how it has impacted product and the messaging in the brand as compared to when Tesla first launched. He’s also someone who has dedicated himself in his personal life and with millions of dollars to funding attack ads and campaigns against trans people. So that seems like a pretty clear message to send to the shareholders: fuck Tesla until Elon is removed

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I also think Google as a business model is fundamentally harmful. Advertising and LLMs are destroying/have destroyed the internet and are causing tons of real world harm by facilitating the spread of misinformation. So I’m not sure how you would have to weigh out the ethical impact of supporting Google v Apple in this hypothetical. It would depend on how much evil Apple started to engage in as a result

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But at the end of the day there is no ethical consumption under capitalism. Every company is built on some kind of exploitation and the economic system encourages increasing that exploitation aka profit. I think we do have a moral obligation to make informed choices in the marketplace, but often we are faced with either no choice or two evil choices. So I don’t think we can really ever make perfect purchasing choices, only less evil ones to the best of our ability

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Me too. That was so much fun. You’d have to ask @JoeRess :)

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@mildpeach one day! I think the path to mobile runs through tablet

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