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i fucking hate these dorks so much I hate liberal dipshits so much. "trump isn't doing political theater in a way that is masculine! or something! he's showing weakness!" I FUCKING HATE YOU PEOPLE!!!!!!

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I posted this in the replies of a post recently but I feel like actually posting it so fuck it

This is all purely anecdotal, and I’d love for someone to do a study on this in some capacity but that’s probably not gonna happen so whatever. I’ve noticed pretty consistently that trans spaces I’ve been in lean heavily majority transmasc, particularly when they skew younger (eg college campus trans groups) and that on average transmascs seem to come out younger than transfems. To be extremely clear this is not a complaint, but rather an observation

And for a while now I’ve been pretty sure I know the reason for this. Generally, people who are afab have more leeway for gender expression when they’re teenagers than people who are amab do. This, obviously is not universal. There are many communities whose misogyny includes not letting those they perceive as women dress in pants or suits, etc. However, communities such as those are also just as harsh and violent to those they perceive as men wearing women’s clothes. Whereas, in communities where afab people dressing in pants, suits, etc is accepted, the same for amab people wearing dresses, skirts, makeup, etc is very rarely as accepted.

The end result is this: transfems rarely have our eggs cracked young, because what that often requires is an initial moment of gender euphoria. Dysphoria is far harder to recognize when it’s your baseline, and you’ve never experienced euphoria before. So, young transfem eggs rarely have the experience of trying on clothes that make them feel like the girls they are, whereas such moments seem more common for young transmasc eggs.

This, I think, is one of several reasons that the whole language and culture of “eggs” skews almost exclusively towards encompassing transfems. Our moments of exploring gender expression are rarer and later in life, and stand out so much because of the stigma and insecurity that surrounds them.

I think this is one of several disconnects that some tme people are having with the currently ongoing egg discourse. Transfem eggs often don’t have an opportunity to explore gender presentation ourselves, so we often require someone else to extend a hand and give us an opportunity to try on dresses or try out she/her pronouns or just make a part of us we’ve buried so deeply feel seen. It’s so much of a longer process to reach that point on our own.

To be clear again, none of this is to say that transmascs have it easy, or anything of the sort. Our transitions take different paths, and I think there will always be a disconnect if transfems’ paths to coming out aren’t viewed through the context of how limited our options are.

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"there is no spirit being crushed, it's more like an addictive drug that we are becoming dependent on" ok but that's also stupid.

Like I don't even know why I'm responding to you because approx. two posts down on your blog is liberalsarecool explicitly blaming russia for things the trump administration is doing. you really have no right to be wagging your finger about "outsourcing thinking to a computer". I guess I'm just responding because you are just the latest dummy in a long procession of people suddenly concerned about lack of critical thinking skills and academic integrity, while not really caring to actually engage in critical thinking or examining reactionary tendencies.

hmmmm...not sure about that

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hmmmm...not sure about that

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This research paper is actually very interesting and has a pretty good methodology for gauging how LLMs impact education as it exists, and it actually kind of makes me want to start using chatgpt for certain things.

and also, i need to think about this a little more but this research seems like it was designed to make LLMs look bad. like, i dont have the energy to get super into it right now, but it just seems like the essay prompts and the metrics used just kind of....skew the conclusions...idk. if anything this paper confirms something I already knew which is: chatgpt has its uses and is a very powerful tool which people are still figuring out how best to apply. It is not a substitute for critical thinking or applying knowledge, which like yeah.

This paper does NOT indicate there is anything inherently damaging about ai to a persons cognition or intelligence

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ChatGTP rotting away your brain

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hmmmm...not sure about that

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wtf does this even mean. ur pissing me off, stopppl ittttttt

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I did double check if this is one of those parody news sites but no, this is very real

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Hey friends, baby Marxist here! I’m starting to feel like technology corrupts the pure soul of man. Has anyone tried turning back the wheel of history so that we can return to a state of perfect innocence?

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army guy comes home even more unstable than before, ruins marriage, scares his kids during visitation, gets his visitation rights limited, murders the children. i feel like this case has played out so many times the exact same way.

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"if it is the truth that you were wrong then by stating that you were wrong then you are being currently right" is S tier shit

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TEN WAYS of admitting youre wrong in an ego preserving way

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of course modern ballistic missiles throw off decoys and stuff, thats one of those things Ive never thought about but makes total sense. and that post recontextualizes why the 'golden dome' trump wants is totally fucking stupid.