Unironically, this was exactly how the announcement at my old company went. Literally, someone getting paid millions of dollars a year basically saying “Yeah we made this decision on vibes alone”

I thought that’s what his eyes were, and the lens just reflected the energy back into the “energy dimension”?

Yeah, I definitely understand that feeling too. The only indicator I’ve had at work was when we were chatting with some female techs and they were teasing one of the girls about how she’s got “a bunch of boyfriends” and then one of the techs asked me if I had a boyfriend, which was pretty cool.

This is one of my favorite things I’ve experienced about being in Japan so far. Everyone is just “name-honorific” and it’s made me really happy to not deal people gendering me at all in most cases.

I mean, that’s literally what Netflix is going for. They don’t want engaging content, they want stuff that’s “second-screenable” i.e. to have on in the background while you’re on your phone/laptop.

Part of the issue is that speeds are set nonsensically here and in certain areas they’ll literally be set to randomly drop on a small section of road solely for the purpose of giving out speeding tickets.

And yet Grindr never manages to filter out all the bots with “0NLYFANS” in their bios

It honestly blows my mind how these “leaders” get paid billions of dollars to run their companies into the ground because they have no fucking clue how real humans operate.

Oh, for sure. Fortunately, we do have laws protecting GAH and LGBTQ+ non-discrimination, albeit unfortunately only for adults at this time. Still, medical providers have emphasized their commitment to providing care for trans kids too, even if it’s not enshrined in law yet.

Come to your neighbor in the north! We’re pretty trans friendly up here in SE Michigan and job opportunities are pretty good.

My bad, kinda had a brain fart on that one

This is literally the sole hope I have for the USSC. It is still ruinous to the nation, but at least means there are places you will be able to go that aren’t utter shitholes.

Yup, it absolutely crushes them to not only think that someone would actively reject masculinity, but it also can trigger some serious issues questioning their sexuality when they’re attracted to a transwoman. It’s kind of a “Hurt itself in its confusion” moment because their internal crisis could be fixed by just saying “Yeah, I like women and she is a woman” but instead have this deep sense of self-hatred because they’re attracted to “a guy”.

It’s also part of the reason they really don’t give a shit about transmen. It’s understandable they’d want to want to be a man, because of course they would, being a man is awesome! They don’t have to question their sexuality, because even if they’re super masc, they’re still a woman, so they’re definitely not even a little gay.

Use they, unless you know their pronouns. Unfortunately, a lot of people use “they” because they don’t want to use the correct pronouns and it seems more innocent than just overtly misgendering someone.

It really does make a huge difference. My friend’s parents are the same age and are relatively young, in their early 50s. His mom smokes, and looks even worse than the left image, while his dad isn’t even in great shape but easily looks 10 years younger than her at a minimum.

I also know someone who stopped smoking and after a year or two she looked significantly younger, it was kind of crazy. Didn’t even really make any other significant lifestyle changes tbh.

I can really only answer the first two or three as I was already on my own when I was out/transitioned.

1. There’s a lot of internalized transphobia that definitely makes this really challenging early on. I had a buddy who’s dad loved to say shit like “I’m a teenage lesbian trapped in a man’s body” and it always felt super icky. I definitely feel that ick waning as I transition, but there are still those “man pretending to be a woman” brainworms that bug me from time to time.

2. I feel like at least half the trans people I know are on the spectrum, so you’ll fit right in lol.

3. I can at least give a bit of insight on this one, as I unfortunately hid things, just not from my parents.

Undergarments and women’s cut clothes are really nice and not necessarily noticeable to those around you. It’s subtle, but the difference between a women’s and men’s tee makes a significant difference for how I see myself, but others are unlikely to notice.

Growing your hair out is another possible option and did wonders for my mental health, while simply using the excuse of wanting to try something new or even just being too lazy/busy to get it cut.

Getting my ears pierced was another small thing that’s pretty common with men too nowadays. Even clip-on earrings are an option if you want to go really incognito.

Tinted chapstick and similar “not-makeup” cosmetics are again, subtle, but they are small things that add up without being too overt.

“Feminizing workouts” sound ridiculous, but they can legit give you great hips/butt without hormones. Again, not anything super overt, but I guarantee you’ll notice before anyone else does.

Considering how dependent he is of government, it’s weird he is so much against it

It’s called “Pulling up the ladder behind you”. He doesn’t want anyone else to succeed but him.

It absolutely does. Typically, all 4 wheel speed sensors are polled and averaged, so unless you’re doing lots of extended 4 wheel burnouts, you’re talking an incredibly small margin of additional error.

At a minimum they went along with it. “I was just following orders” is never an acceptable answer.

Yup, my “boy hobbies” are the sole evidence my parents cite to say they’re 100% sure I’m making this up and that there were no other signs.