YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY Thread

MiloTime wrote:

eh, you're far from the first person here to identify as transgender, so it's nothing new or confusing to me.

I lost count

I find it easy to accept people as their preferred gender on the internet
An avatar of the desired gender helps
I've never met anyone in real life who is trans, I don't think it would be so easy though, especially if I knew them for a long time before they came out.

And on the subject of surgery, I think it's possible that some day they could grow functioning vaginas or penises out of stem cells. I mean a guy had a human ear grown under the skin in his arm.

greg-the-fox wrote:

And on the subject of surgery, I think it's possible that some day they could grow functioning vaginas or penises out of stem cells. I mean a guy had a human ear grown under the skin in his arm.

Of course. But it'll take funding. I'm between banks right now, so just make the checks out to cash.

greg-the-fox wrote:

I've never met anyone in real life who is trans, I don't think it would be so easy though, especially if I knew them for a long time before they came out.

I know two transgendered people in real life.

One is an older MtF lady. I've only ever known her as a 'her' so it gives me no trouble whatsoever. The other is an FtM that I have known for 13 or 14 years, but has only been transgendered for a couple of years. So I slip up and still say 'her/she'.

Zenia wrote:

greg-the-fox wrote:

I've never met anyone in real life who is trans, I don't think it would be so easy though, especially if I knew them for a long time before they came out.

I know two transgendered people in real life.

One is an older MtF lady. I've only ever known her as a 'her' so it gives me no trouble whatsoever. The other is an FtM that I have known for 13 or 14 years, but has only been transgendered for a couple of years. So I slip up and still say 'her/she'.

I hate when people get pissed off at me for "slipping up". I mean I'm sorry that I knew you for 10 years as a guy and am expected to forever remember to refer to you as a girl from now on. at least appreciate the fact that we have no problem with it. don't be a bitch just because we accidentally refer to you as a dude.

MiloTime wrote:

Zenia wrote:

greg-the-fox wrote:

I've never met anyone in real life who is trans, I don't think it would be so easy though, especially if I knew them for a long time before they came out.

I know two transgendered people in real life.

One is an older MtF lady. I've only ever known her as a 'her' so it gives me no trouble whatsoever. The other is an FtM that I have known for 13 or 14 years, but has only been transgendered for a couple of years. So I slip up and still say 'her/she'.

I hate when people get pissed off at me for "slipping up". I mean I'm sorry that I knew you for 10 years as a guy and am expected to forever remember to refer to you as a girl from now on. at least appreciate the fact that we have no problem with it. don't be a bitch just because we accidentally refer to you as a dude.

See it can be offensive because that person, I wouldn't go so far as to say expects, but confides that you'll remember.
You have to remember it really bothers the person to be a guy, just like a vagina bothers you Milo.

I am now out of the closet regarding my sexuality to both parents. It went very well :3

Weight = lifted.

Thlayli wrote:

It went very well :3

Yaaaay!

That's good Thayli, but the gender thing may raise some eyebrows.
I was afraid of that, but I just came out and told my mom and my whole family.

Zylphia_Armstrong wrote:

MiloTime wrote:

Zenia wrote:

greg-the-fox wrote:

I've never met anyone in real life who is trans, I don't think it would be so easy though, especially if I knew them for a long time before they came out.

I know two transgendered people in real life.

One is an older MtF lady. I've only ever known her as a 'her' so it gives me no trouble whatsoever. The other is an FtM that I have known for 13 or 14 years, but has only been transgendered for a couple of years. So I slip up and still say 'her/she'.

I hate when people get pissed off at me for "slipping up". I mean I'm sorry that I knew you for 10 years as a guy and am expected to forever remember to refer to you as a girl from now on. at least appreciate the fact that we have no problem with it. don't be a bitch just because we accidentally refer to you as a dude.

See it can be offensive because that person, I wouldn't go so far as to say expects, but confides that you'll remember.
You have to remember it really bothers the person to be a guy, just like a vagina bothers you Milo.

do you not understand that someone you've known for so many years as a specific gender has that specific gender implanted in your brain? it's about as simple as trying to remember to call someone by their new name after having legally changed it.

sure you all know me by milo, but my real name is Ryan. say my real name WAS milo, and I had legally changed it to Ryan. can you honestly tell me that everyone here will remember that every time they call my name?

Just be patient and give people time to let that sort of thing mellow in their mind.

MiloTime wrote:

it's about as simple as trying to remember to call someone by their new name after having legally changed it.

My brain feels silly when someone even changes their username once I have come to get used to the first one. XD

Yeah I get it Milo, I could call you Ryan, just like I can go vegetarian on command for years if I want, or stop smoking.
I've got a great brain. :U

If I spent the money and time and effort and stuff to change to a girl, and my friends still called me a guy, I'd be pretty mad too. |:

Zenia wrote:

MiloTime wrote:

it's about as simple as trying to remember to call someone by their new name after having legally changed it.

My brain feels silly when someone even changes their username once I have come to get used to the first one. XD

my IM contact list is as small as it is because I instinctively stop trusting/giving a fuck about people who constantly change their name. I must be one of those weirdos who's into outdated concepts like familiarity.

I mean, I will do it... since it is obviously what the person wants to be called. Like how Zylphia changed from Edie to Zylphia. It is weird calling someone you've known for however long by something new. I will make the effort though.

My IM list has two people on it. lol My sister and my mate. XDD I don't care much for 1-on-1 chatting with more people than that. It can get me distracted from what I need to be doing. Commissions!

My 'Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay' is that a dude called Graymuzzle commissioned me to work on his short story "Convent Kitties". The first chapter worked out to be 15 comic pages. It cost him $150 at the discounted price. It had a really good response, so he decided to go forward with the second chapter which I am working on now. I worked it into 12 pages, so I get $120. I have no doubts that he will do the last part as well. I thought January was going to be a lean month (since my first paycheque this month was for only $100 'cause we were closed for a whole week) but it has turned out to be a great one!

Zenia wrote:

I mean, I will do it... since it is obviously what the person wants to be called. Like how Zylphia changed from Edie to Zylphia. It is weird calling someone you've known for however long by something new. I will make the effort though.

yea, he had 100 other names as well. god forbid we get ONE of those wrong.

but yea, I understand the whole point. we need to make an effort to remember these things. otherwise it factors into our heads that it's ok to slip up until we're eventually back into that area of comfort where we think it's perfectly ok to not give a shit

MiloTime wrote:

yea, he had 100 other names as well. god forbid we get ONE of those wrong.

I've only had Zylphia and Edie.

Zylphia_Armstrong wrote:

MiloTime wrote:

yea, he had 100 other names as well. god forbid we get ONE of those wrong.

I've only had Zylphia and Edie.

on tinychat, you had so many other names, half the time I didn't even know it was you until you said something

That's because confusing people on tinychat is funny.

Oh and I like guessing games. <3

Zylphia_Armstrong wrote:

That's because confusing people on tinychat is funny.

so is watching people flip their shit over stuff that's pretty fucking inconsequential when put in perspective against the actual important shit pertaining to their issue. funny how that works out, huh?

Gheens Planetarium and the Louisville Science Center for Valentine's Day? Yes, I think so. <3

Wolf-Bone wrote:

Zylphia_Armstrong wrote:

That's because confusing people on tinychat is funny.

so is watching people flip their shit over stuff that's pretty fucking inconsequential when put in perspective against the actual important shit pertaining to their issue. funny how that works out, huh?

No idea what you are referring to kiddo. If you aren't referring to anything I say good on ya'.

He's saying that pronoun and name stuff (and I guess semantics in general) are less productive uses of effort than some hypothetical productive thing. Buying your local senator, perhaps.

Brace wrote:

He's saying that pronoun and name stuff (and I guess semantics in general) are less productive uses of effort than some hypothetical productive thing. Buying your local senator, perhaps.

Actually I'd consider pulling a Milo over pronounces name stuff to be the lesser evil there.