Danielle Foré
danirabbit@mastodon.online
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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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineHaha 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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Danielle Foré
danirabbit@mastodon.onlineHaha, 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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Danielle Foré
danirabbit@mastodon.onlineI don’t know who that is 😬 I pretty liberally mute and block though. Gotta protect that peace ✌️
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Danielle Foré
danirabbit@mastodon.onlineSounds like you’re straight, homie 🤷🏻♀️ Trans women are women and women are beautiful and amazing ✨
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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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Danielle Foré
danirabbit@mastodon.onlineNot typically, but for you anon I can do the cat girl thing, nyan :3
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@danirabbit That one was me! Meow!!
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@danirabbit That is actually an image of me (I am a cat)
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Danielle Foré
danirabbit@mastodon.onlineOne 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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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineHaha 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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Danielle Foré
danirabbit@mastodon.onlineDoes that mean I elude you? 😂 I think this is a miss. Try again anon lol 😘
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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineHere’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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Danielle Foré
danirabbit@mastodon.onlineI 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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@danirabbit biscuits and gravy, honestly top tier
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Danielle Foré
danirabbit@mastodon.onlineHa, I’m afk but I think it’s probably either a git push or Flatpak builder 👩🏻💻
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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineHaha omg 😂 Very creative anon. You can slide into the DMs. Congrats on the rizz lol
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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineAww that was sweet 🥰 As a Leo, I will always enjoy blatant praise haha. I’m blushing, anon
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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineLol oh no. This is like negative rizz, anon. Don’t ruin the magic if it’s working 🪄 🎩 🐇
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Danielle Foré
danirabbit@mastodon.onlineOmg haha I literally laughed out loud at the crypto one. Good one, anon 😂 These are great 🩷
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Danielle Foré
danirabbit@mastodon.onlineAfter a shitload of therapy, myself 😤 I’m resilient as fuck and I’ve overcome a lot
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Danielle Foré
danirabbit@mastodon.onlineHaha 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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Danielle Foré
danirabbit@mastodon.onlineSome 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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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineHaha not really. I’m kind of an over-sharer sometimes. I just post everything 😅
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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineAww 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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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineAwwww this is so sweet 🥹 I love cuddles under blankets. That sounds really nice, anon 🩷
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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineHaha that’s fucking cute. This made me smile. Thanks, anon 🩷
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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineHey 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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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineAww, 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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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineAwww 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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Danielle Foré
danirabbit@mastodon.onlineNot 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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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineI appreciate the compliment anon, but this makes me a bit uncomfortable tbh
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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineFrench 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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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineI’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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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineI 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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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineWhen 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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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineHaha 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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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineLol, 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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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineIf 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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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineHaha 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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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineThinking 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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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineI’ve seen it in passing like on Reddit but I haven’t spent any dedicated time looking at it
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Lucy Llewellyn 🏳️⚧️♿️
lucyllewy@cultofshiv.wtf
@danirabbit all of this! This is very similar to the reasons it took me so long as well. 
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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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lucyllewy@cultofshiv.wtf@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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Danielle Foré
danirabbit@mastodon.onlineI don’t have any! But if I were to have some, I love these sleepy Pokémon: https://www.target.com/p/pokemon-charmander-sleeping-plush-buddy/-/A-79833009
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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineAdmittedly, 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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Chumchum Tumtum
fcktheworld587@social.linux.pizza@danirabbit as someone who is, for the most part, disgusted by penises - F1nn5ter can get it lmao
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Alice 
alice@crab.garden
@danirabbit i don’t get this one, wouldn’t anyone get hurt from a fall?
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Moved to @usernameswift@pleromer.net
usernameswift@snowdin.town
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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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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineLmao. 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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@jamie @danirabbit ugh yeah. I frequently see that with people walking dogs.
Also sorry for missing CW
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Danielle Foré
danirabbit@mastodon.online🩷 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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Danielle Foré
danirabbit@mastodon.onlineMale 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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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineHaha, 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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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineHaha I wish I could hear these! No worries and I bet you’re both great too!
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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineIn 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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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineLol, if you’re a straight couple your wife is correct 😂
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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineI’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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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineHaha 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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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineAs 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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danirabbit@mastodon.onlinePersonally 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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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineKind 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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Danielle Foré
danirabbit@mastodon.onlineAww. I only date ladies anon just so you’re aware, but I’m always down for drinks!
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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineI 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@mastodon.onlineI 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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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineHonestly 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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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineLmao, 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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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineI 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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eibhlín 🏳️⚧️
0d_billie@chaosfem.tw@danirabbit Severance on Apple TV+ is exceptional, if you haven't seen that!
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Danielle Foré
danirabbit@mastodon.onlineLike 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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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineSomeone 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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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineI’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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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineI’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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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineI 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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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineIt’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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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineI’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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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineHaha 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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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 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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danirabbit@mastodon.onlineHaha 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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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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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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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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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
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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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@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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Danielle Foré
danirabbit@mastodon.onlineStop 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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Danielle Foré
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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
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Danielle Foré
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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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eibhlín 🏳️⚧️
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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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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
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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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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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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
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Danielle Foré
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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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Anyia, altered girl 🏳️⚧️
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@danirabbit lead with "Wanna play earth and oil baron?" maybe?
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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
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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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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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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
danirabbit@mastodon.onlineIn 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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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
danirabbit@mastodon.onlineAnd 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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Danielle Foré
danirabbit@mastodon.onlineThere’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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Danielle Foré
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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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Dylan McCall
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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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Danielle Foré
danirabbit@mastodon.onlineIf 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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Danielle Foré
danirabbit@mastodon.onlineIf 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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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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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
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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
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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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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
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Oh you criminal! Society! https://youtu.be/jBwuLyg1Coo?si=55cdLN165kFAGhIy
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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
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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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Val Delane
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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’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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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
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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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Holly Schilling
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@danirabbit What are you using currently for a laptop?
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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
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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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Danielle Foré
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elementary has not been profitable for several years but I’m getting it back on track. This year I think the budget should be balanced.
I am considered low income in my city, but I wouldn’t say I’m struggling or that finances are a regular stressor for me. I’m very budget conscious so I feel like I can afford to have nice things and I’m free of debt etc. I feel very fortunate to be able to do this as a career
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