Kaity @ Kyatto @leminal.space Posts 3Comments 375Joined 1 yr. ago
Transgender is the correct term btw, the one you used is dated and derogatory
Yeah, I can totally see that being why the trope is super prevalent.
Me too, I had a non-gendered nickname based on my dead name, and was going to just have my middle chosen name be a lovely name that fit that nickname. But then I decided I hated the nickname and got sour on the idea of "making it easy" for my parents to dead name me in their heart, while using a chosen name.
Ended up not having a middle name, which is cool because I get to "legally attest" to not having a middle name sometimes which I thought was interesting.
That's fair, I never intended to invalidate anyone's decision to have any sort of chosen name.
But see, that's a really great chosen name so I totally get that.
Never would judge any real person for their chosen name, I just find it silly when it's like this in memes and stories.
that's true
why does every trans meme assume we change our name to just the other gendered version of our dead names lol. It's a trope at this point, but speaking as a trans woman that would be dysphoric af.
I guess, to be fair, I actually considered making my middle name similar to my dead name as a way out for my parents from the "it's just hard for us" but I realized I hated that idea and screw them if they think respecting me is too hard for them.
Edit: btw 2 years post come out and my dad finally used my chosen name for the first time. They can change, though my dad keeps misgendering, which shows me his heart isn't in the right place. He's thinking "appease" me as in his heart I'm still a guy, even though he definitely glanced at my chest... guh
Money makes things possible, people will do things they love for the passion of it, but without enough money it isn't feasible. It's capitalism, folks
trashgf is right I'm doing subq, shorter needle, injects into fat. Result is the same, it absorbs a bit different I guess but I feel much less sore.
Edit: You can also do subq on your thigh, but on the other side(ish). My partner does that, but I still avoid the legs. Subq also avoids larger bloodvessels. I had quit injecting for a while doing IM because of a.. ::: spoiler CW: injection mishap spoiler I did my injection as normal, but after doing my legs for a while in roughly the same place my skin was getting harder to pierce. I tried to inject, couldn't get the needle through, pulled out and put it through roughly a centimeter away. Still felt hard and it hurt, I pushed it through (here I know now I had hit a vessel, they are surprisingly tough) and did my injection.
When I pulled out my leg started gushing blood and I luckily had gauze and stuff nearby to help clean and contain it.
:::
After that I switched to patches for a while. Those are worse and have their own annoyances. When moving in with my partner who knew how to do subq I went back and she does it for me (I know I am lucky.) There's almost no pain at all for subq, a good injection I barely feel and when done perfectly I don't even notice.
When doing subq though there is a greater chance to lose some of the oil, so z-tracking is more important. when you do IM the muscle soaks up the oil like a dry sponge. fat is slower and of course you are injecting closer to the surface of your skin, but yeah if you do it right subq is way better imo
I prefer tummy injections, but yeah it's a big deal, congrats on hrt! Take pictures to look back on!
99% of them are delusional, and the 1% who aren't, deserve it.
Finally a comic just for me
"Gatekeeping" is when you have a different opinion on neopronouns for practical linguistic reasons
You sound like my microagressing dad.
Fair, the only reason I was watching that long was because I was just a young child, once I was able to provide for my own entertainment I never looked back to TV.
We’re back to television content-to-ad ratios
I hate ads too but we're not there yet. When I stopped watching tv it was like at least 30% ads and I am sure it got worse the decade after I quit while it was still relevant.
My job sucks but I really love it. It's the best job I've ever had compensation wise but it is stressful as hell and I'm pretty sure it's turning my hair gray. It's also the best job in turn of meaning, I can actually make an impact for people.
I'm planning on moving up in the company, I'm missing where I started as I take more of a background role a little but I can't have worked front-line forever for many reasons.
I looked it up, gross and true. Dead bacteria at least, if that makes it less unnerving.
idk wth ishtu ats?
No guesses? y'all aren't fun