Am I missing something? This explanation actually seems reasonable. I swear I saw a couple people last election complain they were suddenly following Biden, because they were following the POTUS account.

I’m not trying to defend the fash propaganda that is Facebook, but also its users can be pretty dense.

There are personality stereotypes associated with topping (giving) and bottoming (receiving) during sex. The stereotype is typically that tops are more dominant, sometimes masc, and bottoms are submissive, flustered messes. Doesn’t always pan out that way in real life of course

Volunteering is a good suggestion! I looked into it a while back and every org I found wanted more hours minimum than I was able to give, but that was also for one specific cause in my hometown. I’m sure there are other things to do I haven’t thought of yet.

Well what do you like to do?

Weight training, drawing, hiking, geocaching, outdoorsy stuff.

Graphite on paper :)

Try again!

I’ve been lurking on Meetup for multiple years just due to most groups not working with my work schedule. There really isn’t much around here, most of it is either overtly religious or they bury the lede that it’s about scientology. I’m totally open to trying new ways to meet people, but Meetup ain’t the proper channel for me, I don’t think.

Most people (not me) go home to their families and spend time with them. Or people they know from work. They’re not out socializing and meeting random new people all the time.

That’s fair. I never started a family, I’m not exactly good at finding companionship. And most of my coworkers are straight and have kids to go home to, so we don’t really socialize outside of work.

If you want to share what city you live in, maybe someone can make some suggestions or take you out to their group? Ask them to introduce you to some of their friends.

I appreciate the suggestion but I think I’d basically be doxxing myself, lol. Not a very big place. 😭

What’s wrong with redefining scientific terms? Unless you’re one of those “Pluto is still a planet” people, then I guess we’ll agree to disagree, but I prefer to update terms that no longer fit our understanding.

It’s natural and harmless to have any combination of male and female sexual characteristics, even if it’s uncommon. It’s only considered medical condition because we decided it was.

My friend has a uterus and gonads. I have red hair and blue eyes. Both are super uncommon and neither has caused us any trouble, that’s just how we’re made.

I’d argue that male and female are just names for the ends of the spectrum.

How does your post contradict what they said? You asked how it impacts a binary trans person, and they explained that the part about it being unchangeable is supposed to target y’all (and all trans people).

I know a lot of us, probably most of us, haven’t changed so much as taken ownership of who we always were. So yeah I guess technically this order isn’t a “gotcha”, but unfortunately that’s not how transphobes see it. :(

When it comes up, I prefer to just describe the symptom currently at play— e.g. “no it was funny, I’m just slow to get jokes”, or “I need to step outside, crowds stress me out”.

It’s not a big secret or anything, but I don’t want every slightly awkward moment to turn into a big conversation about my neurotype. Besides, I am how I am, it would be fine even if I didn’t have a reason. I don’t want people to tolerate me because I have a disorder to “justify” it.

My best friendship might be over, I don’t know. I thought about letting him drift off but my therapist convinced me to reach out. He said he doesn’t want to talk about it, and I asked if he means not tonight, or not all. He just said “I don’t know”.

I ain’t gonna pressure him, but that was his last chance.

I tried to make other friends, I joined this Meetup group I was really excited about. Waited ages for it. Had fun for the first several hours, and we were already talking about future events, and then it came up that they’re all conservative.

There’s very little else on Meetup and most of it has “sponsored by the church of Scientology” buried at the bottom of the text. I’ve just been trying to hit the gym and be productive around the house since then. Kinda sucks because I need to finish unpacking but I have so many gifts and mementos and photos with people who moved on.

ETA yeah, it’s over. I laid out all my grievances and he basically told me he’s garbage and I’m better off without him. He keeps telling me things I do are hurting him, and I try to change even when he contradicts himself, but I’m not worth the same effort.

Wow, this whole thing was stupid. I guess it makes Trump look like the good guy, if you’re an idiot, so thanks, Bytedance.

I’m surprised no one around me has mentioned it, since everyone I know is obsessed with it. They’re just playing YouTube shorts with the volume up in the break room instead 🤦

I understand. It’s true that you can’t pin all your happiness onto a hypothetical person, or even a real one, but it’s also hard to be happy when you’re lonely. Sometimes I do the things that used to make me happy and just wish I had a friend to do them with.

I guess that doesn’t help much, I just want you to know someone gets it. And Valentine’s Day doesn’t help because marketing is inescapable, and marketers want you to have a partner to buy their cheap heart-shaped shit for, so the result is that it makes lonely people like us hyper aware of our loneliness.

I do hope you find happiness and fulfillment, in whatever form it takes, not just the one that’s expected of us.

The first point makes me genuinely sad, how are you gonna be mad about an animal outside in its own habitat? 😭 Besides, most multi-legged horrors are adorable.

The researchers noted that Bathynomus species have recently become a delicacy in Vietnam, often compared to lobster.

Not the point, but I’ve always wondered if people ate these things!

Pretty sure it’s Brazilian. There’s a restaurant, Pizzeria Bate Papo, that posts weird pizzas like this online. There might be more as I’ve seen people joke about Brazilian pizzas in general, but I’m a yank and that one restaurant is the only place I know of for sure.

Consider: floating in a bowl of milk like cereal. It’s one big piece but you still have to use a spoon.

Shoplifting from Walmart hurts my knees because the boss won’t believe that our onhand numbers are wrong and makes me check high and low before I can nil pick it 🥲

This isn’t an ethical argument against shoplifting btw, this is an ethical argument in favor of nuking Walmart

Had to specify “boy” because Pippi Longstocking is clearly the strongest.

In OP’s defense, I can’t find a parody disclaimer anywhere on this site (on mobile at least), but imagine scrolling past a headline about VR toilets and not questioning the journalism at play here.