>>206121
when i was a guy I had a habit of having like 1 or 2 absolute BFFs friends that like I liked spending my time with 99% of hte time

once one of them even fell in love with me :(

idk I prefer just having a small but really close friend group IG

>>206128
no its kind of a tragic tale....

I had a coworker ask me out last year but idk if knew i was trans or not... but I wasnt really into him anyway even though he was a really sweet guy. he raised rabbits in a NYC park and did volunteering and LOVED cars, worked on cars and stuff. kind of a typical guys guy in NYC who was into cars with a semi conservative bent but very nice and animals liked him

>>206133
No im like out as a transwoman i think I pass most of the time

>>206135
I think that people pairing up makes a lot of logistical and emotioanal sense tbh, even outside of sexual partnership

>>206137
i love the United States Postal Service thank u for ur service

(just another awful awful shitty thing trump is doing is gutting the USPS btw)

(btw its profitable which it doesnt evne need to be profitable because its literally one of the most based services a federal gov can provide)

The thing I'm really sacred about relationships is speaking my mind and retaining friendships. Ive had so many friendships end because I say something and someone just flips out on me for it or really hates it. I can be really critical of ideas and stuff, and I think like to question and be quesitoned on things. So like, if someone says something I think is wrong or I disagree with I instantly want ot be like "oh i think thats wrong this is what I know" and either be explained too and figure out where im wrong or just express my own ideas. and that REALLY triggers people u shouldnt do that. because if you are right people apparently just resent u for being right, and if you agree to disagree people resent that too even if I personally accept a plurality of ideas and such...

I had one of my closest friendships end over a disagreement about Survivor. There was a survivor season with a gay guy who started closeted on hte show because he didnt want homphobic people to hold being gay against him and I was like, tbh I get it. And one of my best friends (straight white guy btw) got really mad at me for saying that. And then when there was a literaly like "GOD, FLAG COUNTRY TEXAS" guy in the same season, the gay guy said "I dont trust the guy because hes southern" and I was literally like "fair tbh I would feel the same way" and he called me racist against southern people and stereotyping them.

I havent talked to him for like 3 years? since then. he got insanely triggered because I said you arent lgbt you dont know how it feels to be lgbt and heres my evidence for why southern people DO then to be more homophobic.

>>206156
yea thats true tbh. like you HAVE to be your authentic self or else its 'internalized homophobia/transphobia". Which CAN be true, but sometime its legtimiately a safety issue, or losing your family or not. And radicaly people just want to be like OH JUST LOSE YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY, FRIENDSHIPS AND SUPPORT NETWORK TO BE GAY and not everyone is even financially independent enough from their parents to make that decision yet....

>>206158
stereotyping southern people as racist, homophobic etc
I waas also making fun of southern accents as a joke as well which is along with that

>>206164
to be fair we had a guy who was watching survivor in that group who actively used to quote the "ninja racing" meme of the black guy who points at the nazi vandalized car and is like GOT DAMN NINJAAAA RACING like he said the n word constantly and made black accent jokes all the time as a white perosn and that same person had no problem with it

>>206167
like literally? and whats crazy is he is pretty left leaning. basically the definition of a modern liberal whos saying a bunch of lefty talking points while having very few poc/lgbt friends and disagreeing with them constantly when they talk about their lived experiences. idk I dont talk 2 him anymore but it still makes me sad hes not a bad person. its more his mental illness I think, idk. He was diagnosed BPD and struggled a lot of mental health issues.

>>206178
yea. like I know hes not a bad person and tbh hes still a friend im my mind I just cant be around him anymore because he just explodes on me too much and it was legitimately bad for my mental health. Like, it sounds like not a big deal the way I tell it but I blocked literally eveyrone I know real and internet for like 2 months to deal witht hat argument. I still havent really recovered and ikd if I can ever really trust people in the same way ever again. it was a very big deal for me.

>>206176
go into accounting. you will always have a job, make okay middle class money and its really easy to half ass and just be a low level accountant doing basic stuff like managing small business accounts and doing tax and stuff. its boring but its honest owrk that will always be needed.

exactly. :)

i love dan toomy

>>206186
im going to school for anthropology and im like. I will very likely not be an anthropologist and feel like I should go back into accounting. however... I might be able to afford the extra year for a dual major.

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>>206199
i LOVE anthropology. I specifically love paleoanthropology but archaeology is growing on me.

>>206204
I got an 78 on my linguistics midterm T_T im such a loser.

>>206204
ooof that sounds like it sucks. maybe you can rig a curtain or something to have some private space.

>>206209
is there dorms for santiago uni? or government aid to study?

>>206211
you should do it and if you need advice feel free 2 reach out to me. really dont give up on the idea. and also one thing u shuold do that 99% of students dont do is call the admissions office directly they can give you a ton of advice or if you explain yoru situation they might be able to make something happen. not guaranteed but reaching out to admissions is something that a lot of students never conider because they are still teenagers and dont really have that adult 'let me talk to people direclty' mentality yet.

>>206214
you are saying that to me, an american. my concept of money is completely different lol.

>>206221
its gray here but not raining. guess we are far enough away to not get hit by the rain.

>>206227
autistic BEAST

lmao love that

>>206230
you are DIAMOND in overwatch you are a PRO GAMER

>>206226
there are TONS Of opportunities for linguistics jobs and anthro in general in chile and peru because there is so much recovery efforst on lost languages and so many active archaelogical sights that need regular maintance or excavation its a very good country to do anthro in. americas anthro is kind of big but it involves a lot of traveling internationally

I have learned a lot of about peruvian and chilean anthropologists in my studies this year

>>206238
you should REALLY try to get into an anthro degree in santiago that sounds like it would be a good fit for u!!!!!!

AAAA!!!

>>206246
>>206245
i hope one day u can stop boymodinggg

>>206255
#hug

>>206258
i bet u could pass if u just girlmodedd have you tried just going out as a girl???

its going to sound really funny I get that 100%

the way I stopped girlmoding is so wierd...

so I am in the military reserve right?

and there is uniformt standard, so I went to my CO and Chief and was like look i am transitioning and if I cant grow my hair out I will just leave and they basically said okay but you have to conform fully to the female standard and we will do some paperwork to sign that shows you have permission from us so I haad to like, actually up my female presentation by 10x because suddenly like I HAD too

i get boyremoved by the navy lmao

there are a lot of trans people who really really hate me for being like a nato supporter / veteran and stuff it makes me sad... they dont really understand the military I think and I think its something that should exist. there are lots of problems with out country but its the politicians who are at faultt tbh.

this song is cool

learning to do my hair in a bun was really tough lolll

>>206276
tbh I prefer being really ugly as a girl than somewhat attractive as a guy. i do have a lot of insecurity and self hatred about being ugly and stuff though, even though i think i pass a lot. i think i actually started passing less lately but that might just be dysphoria its hard to tell through the mental illness haze

>>206279
ur not ugly

>>206282
okay so lets just say this is true what do u have to lose looking like a strange man v a strange woman? xD

yea but if you looks strange as a man that doesnt mean u wont pass. that just means you will look strange. it wont be any different than just being a strange looking woman...

>>206287
yea cause u boymode. like how tf are you supposed to pass presenting male all the time??

by peope who knew you pretransition?

but you presented to them as a man right?

oh so like you me them for the first time and they were like "omg ur a tranny?"

boymoding is presenting as a man tho, even if people know ur trans. idk. i have friends who knew before and I CANNOT pass to them like even in a dress with makeup they still trip over themselves to gender me correctly and its frustrating but then at the same night I got kind of hit on by a guy at the arcade so... like its a very well known phenomenon that people who see you as a guy/girl have a very hard time rewritting gender perceptions.

like gender is very much a "FIRST IMPRESSIONS" kind of thing. if people are good at using ur pronouns they are either the 1% who actually see trans people as having changed sex or just good at respecting your feelings and boundaries. but if you meet new people they will just see you as the new gender. thats been my experience to a T.

well, im not trying to be annoying or pushy sry

passing does take effort tho like voice training, getting better at fashion and clothing and stuff. like you do have to kind of fail at it for awhile to get good at "being the imposter"

have you tried just going to a store youve never been too dressed up and see how u get gendered?

bceause thats really the only way to get honest feedback imo, how strangers treat u

yea pretty much, what I mean is like when people know you it colors their perception a lot.

One thing I noticed is like trans people tell me im pretty a lot but its not really true. by cis woman standards im like a 2 or 3/10 but trans women standards are really different from socities. the fact that i can pass at all makes people always be like OH UR SO PRETTY even though I look like a grugg woman and have horrible preportions

>>206314
cause trannies and gays rate people way differently from normal society

>>206317
no, no one in normal society would call me pretty. only trannies and gay men do.

by cis standards im like a 3/10. 0/10 considering no cloyster.

but trans women rate me completely differently.

>>206322
because you would get an unbiased feedback. if a random store clerk calls you sir in a dress and makeup you dont pass. LGBT arent really trustworthy imo. but to me I see u post this stuff all the time about getting she/her pronouns by default and guys being interested in you and stuff and it seems like the extremely normal GD boymoder syndrome where u think its impossible to pass, so you dont even try which makes it true. and every boymoder who can pass thinks THEY are the exception who can never pass. and I am very ugly by cis standards and I am still able to pass. but I also voice trained and fully "commit to the bit".

>>206325
thats the point though... like you are in between genders if you commited to being a woman you could get she her all the time which is passing

yea I think u could I saw pictures... but I dont want to trigger u im sorry.

I hope that is true, but it seems like that isnt true because you said you got way too nervous to teech being a boymoder which is just being a wierd looking guy.

but i also dont know how safe chile is for trans people if they just get muredered as soon as they exist publically I understandd but thats different from thinking u cant pass.

thats fair.

and the nice thing is you are on HRT tbh if you change ur mind its not like you are masculinizing against ur will

mid 20s on test changes ur body a lot. start of male pattern baldness and greasy skin, peramennt skin damgae giant pores, lots of disgusting hair, you just put on wieght, get bigger all these things ughh

>>206337
no. you dont understand, a lot of teen trans people who dont understand human ageing think that. yes, male puberty affected you. but it doesnt stop. men keep masculinizing into their 40s.

no you dont, they KEEP happening and they get more severe and worse as time goes on. you arent bald, can you grow a full beard? like a truly huge full beard?

>>206342
well what im saying is its GOOD you are on HRT because HRT can repair ur hairline, and prevent further loss because test = male balding its literally that simple. if you have the genetics for MPD. so liek its a good thing you are on HRT because you are preventing all these bad things happening to you I guess what Im saying (if you consider looking male a bad thing)

maybe, depends on the drugg. hard drugs will age u really hard :(
drugs are bad mmkay? xD

>>206349
no no no im not saying that. but, if you change ur mind about girlmoding later you have the option is all im saying.

well, what im saying is.

when you are 30, you might feel different.

people CHANGE over time. how you feel now is not a guarantee you will feel the same way in 10 years a lot changes in that time.

I thoguht I was gonna kms at 12, 15, 16, 19, 22, 23, 28 and now im 32 and I still think about it sometimes xD

>>206359
#hug Im glad you are here, you are a beautiful person and I think getting into that linguisitcs program would be sooooo coool and like yeaaa people r rooting 4 u :3

Being a tranny is just really hard and shitty its just like a 1.78 difficulty modifier globally on all aspects of your life.

I guess I figured in character select if I stacked a bunch of difficulty modifiers I could get a high score?

I dont want to make boymoders feel bad I have another friend i had a similar conversation with I feel like a jerkk

what if nuk worl?

::glegle think

???

isnt chile pretty temperate?

#weather santiago (the weather in santiago currently includes no precipitation with no cloud cover data available, a wind speed of 13 miles per hour and a temperature of 79 degrees fahrenheit)

thats pretty warm for spring

wait arent seasons flipped below the equator or smth

#ai are the seasons flipped below the equator?

yep, seasons are opposite below the equator. summer in the northern hemisphere is winter in the southern and vice versa. happens because the earth's tilt changes which hemisphere gets more direct sunlight. are the seasons flipped below the equator?

so for you its like October

for us

hmmmm yea it can be like 80 degrees out still at that time but its cooling

#ksay praise glegle.

#ksay who ray

#ksay HOORAY!

I just ate 3 slices of pizza

>>206476
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>>206495
i do

it was befer this whole media rukkus invenered racisms