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victoria wrote (edited )

Reply to Having second thoughts about name choice 5 years into transition by Ruby

Ive been having the exact same thoughts but in the other direction, often i think id prefer to be known by a more normal name, like my middle name. I guess i can just do that, since plenty of people go by their middle names, but it does feel kind of confusing like idk if i made a mistake or if this is just internalized social pressure, or if its just a manifestation of my general self dislike that’ll fade with time, idk. Anyway it is the name i use on here so i guess for now i can keep using it

It is also a big stupid thorn in my side that my name is generally read as exclusively male in Europe and i keep getting misgendered in written communication, like when i email my gp. Though that might just be intentional misgendering from my experiences there

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Ruby OP wrote

Reply to comment by voxpoplar in Having second thoughts about name choice 5 years into transition by Ruby

The fact that it's already my middle name does make it easier if i end up deciding to swap them afterall. I only last year finished up getting my name legally changed to Jennifer on all my legal documents and IDs so i don't really want to go through all that again so soon, if I do change to Ruby I'll probably leave Jennifer as my legal name and just go by my middle, maybe get it all changed again in a few years if it sticks

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anethum wrote

Reply to just_poop by twovests

recently my diet/eating routine was changed such that at one point i could only poop once a week. i had to learn to live with a little bit of stomach discomfort in-between poops (but not enough discomfort to reach critical mass, like). currently back to a little bit of regularity, though.

a few years ago i tried oats in part to buff up the fiber count. not for the big meals but it was practically my main snack. it gave me constipation instead. also i was/is a miserable cook so i couldn't really make anything nice out of oats in the first place. so a bit sad that that didn't work out

the nice thing about cleaning your butt with water is that you don't have to worry about your sticky shit making you go through way too many papers. (also a ton of places in the global south (don't really like the term but hhhhh) still don't use toilet paper. they do go through way too much water in return, though.)

re: male gaze comedy -- you don't joke about wiping making you feel a little bit gay so at least you're good on that front. also it stops being "male gaze" by virtue of you twovests being the one talking about it.

fully automated luxury space pooping

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flabberghaster wrote (edited )

Reply to do we really need dire wolves right now by victoria

The thing with creating clones of extinct species (which is not what they did) is that those species went extinct for reasons.

If we cut down all the forests and the birds who depend on the trees die off as a result, and then create clones of those birds, they'll just die off again unless we put the forests back, which we are not doing.

If all the bugs die because the earth is now too hot for them to survive, and we create clones of them, the clones will all just die again.

This is a gimmick but ultimately it's "feeding cats to the coyotes."

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