On the one hand - "hey that's me"
On the other, yikes on that blatant violation of the prime direggtive
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On the one hand - "hey that's me"
On the other, yikes on that blatant violation of the prime direggtive
On the other, yikes on that blatant violation of the prime direggtive
Yeah those aren't great friends, also no one should try to force or coerce someone to transitioning if and when they aren't ready.
THESE COLORS DON'T RUN 🏳️‍⚧️
I originally thought these shirts were worn by TERF gatekeepers at women's athletic events or killjoys at color runs lol
but .. what does it mean? (not an english native. am i missing smth obvious?)
“colors running” is an issue with dyes or paint not staying where it supposed to on something, so like washing a piece of clothing and the colors fading or staining some other part. Originally it references paint “running” off something in small streams, like if you applied to much. Running being a word commonly used to describe the flow of a stream or river, so if paint is coming off something in small streams, it would be described as “running”.
“The colors” also being a euphemism for a flag or standard on a battlefield, historically formations on a battlefield having a flag that would act as a clear point to focus around during the chaos of a battle, hence the saying “rally around the colors” meaning “ find the flag of the unit and defend it, if you don’t know what to do”.
So shirts with a flag that say “these colors don’t run”. it’s a double entendre, saying that “those that this flag stands for will not run away from a fight” and that “the dye on this clothing will not get distorted”.
In the context of a trans flag, it is a parody of vocally/excessively patriotic people who would wear an American flag shirt with that saying on it.
great. ty. i learned a lot!
I think it's in the sense of: they don't run away and hide, but rather proudly stand and fight against prejudice.
Yah, but it's also a pun on those cheap dyes that come off in the wash, said to run.
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If you like hardmode in games, try hardmode in real life!
Don't want to? Too bad. You don't have a choice.
Gender dysphoria in 3... 2... 1... Good luck, Princess.
This is a weird toxic masculinity take (see gaming news) and I'm kinda surprised to find it in this context.
No sure how it's toxic (see what gaming news?). I saved this meme for myself a while back as I found it very gender-affirming personally.
It was maybe 2 months ago there were people shitting on some game cause it had a female lead and the toxic masculinity lemms were complaining about having to play as a woman and it taking them out of the game.
The thing that makes it toxic is people thinking what you chose to play as in a game reflects your person or personality. That can be men thinking it makes them pussies or gay, or it can be trans folks implying everyone who has played as a female character is denying their transition. Both directions are bad. I mean, one is worse, but that doesn't make the other attitude off the hook.
(And this is all acknowledged alongside the meme being amusing, just pointing it has issues)
I'm just keeping this body so I don't have to go through the hassle
Getting back to the store to do an exchange can be tedious
PANEL 2: two other players.
PLAYER 2: Can you just come out already? We're supportive.
PLAYER 3: Waiting for you to transition is taking forever.
Seriously this isn't how people who are supportive behave, when and also whether or not someone chooses to transition is up to them and should not be coerced by others. Also like, the whole point of DnD and TTRPGs as a whole is to be someone you aren't, making characters which are like you is called meta-roleplaying or metagaming and, at least in my opinion it diminishes the experience of the game. Playing characters that are wildly different than you is kind of the point.
OP you didn't do anything wrong, this is a critique of the characters in the comic, not you.
I understand the critique of the characters, but I read the comic a little different: Not as an actual event that happened to Mattie Lubchansky, nor as a critique of the egg prime directive (or a statement thereon); but rather as a simplified (maybe overly so) self-critique of Mattie's own denial and inability of self-reflection before her transition. That this self-deprecating joke is incompatible with the egg prime directive could be incidental.
I can see how it could be read that way. I just think it is important to point this out publicly so people don't get to comfortable with that dynamic. When people get comfortable seeing that, it becomes okay to them after a while. It might not have been Mattie's intention to showcase egging in a positive light, or portray events that happened to her directly.
That is a fair point and I agree that this kind of behavior should be avoided.