“And they lusted after their lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and their emissions was like that of stallions”

I have a lot to read up on, thank you for linking those.

I needed to hear this today, and to have this interaction. I’ll keep you in mind for sure, you seem very knowledgeable and have been oh so kind

Thank you for the information and the advice. And the hope. I think we all need a little hope right now.

I’ve looked at DIY estrogen, but I worry about my existing health. I’m not unhealthy, but my family has heart disease and I have a fatty liver (I don’t drink, or, don’t drink more than twice a year at most) and need to look further into any (unwanted) side effects

Thank you

That’s incredible! Thank you for sharing.

I have not had similar issues, I have never been accidentally called my preferred gender. It’s given me a lot of cover to hide behind. And I don’t live somewhere yet (moving this year) that is positive about Trans healthcare. My doctor essentially told me “good luck, you should wait until you move, the only referral I have will slur you”. But I’m hopeful.

One girl to another, really, do you ever feel pretty? Does the weight of it all drop for a moment and you can look at yourself and say that you like, at least some, of what you see? I’ve just reached 30, and the feeling of ‘too late’ sits on my mind often

I believe I misread, then. As I thought your commentary was on the idea that we SHOULD make their homosexuality and the feelings/beliefs of his people a plot point to be investigated and played out instead of seen as “in Star Trek, we’ve moved on from simple bigotry, we now do space bigotry” like I’d expect.

I, admittedly, haven’t seen the show (fuck Paramount, and my piracy days are on hold) and only based that on the initial comment which I thought to be in support of making the character’s sexuality their plot point instead of their journey/ambitions as a character driving their change and story.

Oftentimes I find that I prefer semi-episodic Trek, but having plots stay relevant isn’t so bad when it’s actually addressed. I hope they handle those this time around and that the series is on firm legs by the time I go to watch it.

Thank you for giving me more info on it

Moreso, in the same way Uehara kissing Kirk was a problem at the time, it’s not shown as a problem in the show, reinforcing that normal, sensible people already believe it’s fine. So in that same vein, make homosexuality and transexuality normal in Star Trek, and investigate bigotry through another allegory. As they often do

God, how’d you find the confidence? Good job! I’m still changing clothes every time I take my dog out. And you got a compliment on an outfit thing you picked?! The world really can be good

I think we’ve seen too much of Klingons being reasonable enough people when it comes to social issues that I don’t think that’s a path we should explore if only because there are other means of doing it.

Orville does it a lot like older Trek, which is to say, beats you over the head with a concept you may be experiencing in day to day life and shows the real world consequences of opinions around it. They have a storyline about a Klingon-like race that is strictly male (they sex change the babies if they’re not male), the ‘right’ opinion is very clear by how the main protagonists react, but they can’t just overrule another culture or people

In this way, they assert that the learned/educated belief is to let people be who they are, and restricting that only causes pain and trauma and the rift it tears in families can be massive. They flipped the issue on it’s head. “Forced sex changes” is the big fear Republicans in the US have been touting this last few decades, so now the uber-masculine species is forced to be all male and any disagreement is systematically squashed and discouraged. But it’s so painfully clear the Moclans are in wrong, and the tension of the show comes down to how systems oppress others and the limited options for outside entities to intervene.

Essentially my point is that people WANT a utopian show where the good guys are really doing good things and the universe is mostly on it’s way away from the troubles we experience in society today. Orville and Old Trek both asserted that some things have already been handled in Earth’s history, like capitalism and gender/sex discrimination, and that people who disagree are anachronistic and often farther behind in other technologies. Call the dumb people dumb on my fantasy show, and do it in a way that let’s the audience experience the issue without making it an opinion that holds ANY mainstream appeal outside of clearly-wrong fringe groups.

If it’s not a problem for Kirk to kiss Uehara, then why should homosexuality be an actual contention point in Star Trek in 2026? Just give us another allegory for it and we’ll pick it up and move on

I think you misremember being a teenager. As my moody attitude swings would deter all but a select few friends who understood I was going through something.

That, and Squall et al. are child soldiers, kind of depressing business for teenagers

Playing WoW

See message from QT3.14 Dranei boy

Press numlock, type out ‘sup bb LFR BT?’

Left and right mouse click to halt and continue killing. The good old days

My thought is that it’s part of the enforcement of that ‘fair time’ bullshit. They’re covering their asses in case they haven’t allowed enough ‘conservative candidates’ similar time on air

I’m not going to shit on someone using their platform here to share how shitty the US government is

But writing off drugging people and stealing from them is so weird. If drugging people and stealing from them is a ‘rolling eyes’ emoji action, I think you need to re-evaluate your morals.

I think this is a picture from their Halftime celebration during the super bowl. They do a musical performance on the field and then it gets cleaned up quickly for the game to resume after

No, I agree I think everyone hates the pace, but god does it feel good to get a tiny hit of that ‘maybe the elite find out a large (but disproportionately small) amount of what they’ve earned from fucking around’

Having switched over from DoTA I was trying to find a MOBA we could play together but had trouble with the toxicity. I love the complex and competitive nature of those kinds of games, but the toxicity that comes along with it doesn’t sit with me as easily anymore. I just want to play collaboratively with a group, I want both teams to be interested in a good match and, at most, good spirited jabs in the chat.

The matchmaking disparity was there when I played as well, but I wasn’t sure if they made changes. If you’re still sticking with it it might be a good reason to try and get back into it a little

Oh never mind, definitely trans.

They want to steal her ‘horn’? She hides her true identity from all but her friends?

Unicorn is silly for me personally, but, hey, they’ve got a gargoyle and a blob and everything else, who am I to complain about character design

Wait, are they trans?

And is deadlock worth playing solo? I played for a bit in early access but couldn’t keep enough friends interested to stay long term

Thanks for the archive link. Viewing on mobile and I guess CNN has joined the "no reject option’ crowd. Ass website

I gave up facebook a year or so after college. Told my friends, made sure the group chat had my number, same situation.

That feeling sucks, still a little bitter and bothered by it almost a decade later. I try to give them the benefit of the doubt and say that they’re just busy and the average person is a cognitive miser.

Exactly why this law needs made clear:

No one is entitled to sex

‘Withholding sex’ isn’t a mark against someone in a divorce and in no way should it be a factor in whether someone is entitled to their fair share of the fruits of a shared life should it come to an end.

If sex is housework, sleeping with that person is a chore, and god if that’s not the world we live in anymore.