[-] Semivir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 4 months ago

Definitely Bale. Oh the memes...

[does the voice]
"Swear to me!"

[-] Semivir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 4 months ago

"Wait, do you mean literally, or figuratively?"

Yes.

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There have been similar posts in the past and you all might be tired of commenting on them, but I'm really curious what it's like for others. So here I am posting my own question thread.

Given that our core identities are defined by lots of different quirks, gender, romance, sexuality, platonic affinity being some of them. I am curious to know what aspects all of you measure yourself by and how you place yourselves within the bigger picture. Especially hoping for some wholesome takes that may help someone else feel more comfortable with themselves, should they adopt the way of thinking.

I'll share my own take: Gender identity

  • Masculine-feminine spectrum: Definitely more comfortable with feminine side.
  • Fluidity: experiencing some, not sure if that is because of uncertainty or inherent.
  • Intensity flux: also experiencing some, some days are just a little extra "I want to be a girl"-days.
  • Overall: unsure about where that leaves me, status quo (I'm just me) is fine for now.

Attraction to others

  • Sexuality: Definitely bisexual, trans-inclusive (who would have guessed).
  • Romantic...ality?: Vastly different from sexuality, mostly romantically interested in women (cis or trans), i'd say biromantic with a 90% bias. Any men I've had romantic interest in shared some feminine traits, so 'femromantic'? Is that a thing?

Social traits

  • Platonic affinity: Find myself feeling most comfortable around women. As long as I can remember I've always been one of the girls and some interactions with men actually confirm that I'm absolutely nothing like the average dude.
  • General sensitivity: Without a doubt HSP, even though others usually can't tell (which gets me in trouble).
  • Social tolerance: Intuitively introverted, though have become more outgoing lately, so not strictly introverted.

Obviously these are just some examples of things we can measure ourselves by, curious to see which ones you will add or remove and why. And it goes without saying: Only share what you're comfortable sharing.

TL;DR: I'm a huge nerd and have reduced myself to an n-dimensional vector, and I'm asking you to do the same and maybe add some dimensions you know of.

[-] Semivir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 4 months ago

Not questioning your decisions, but it sounds like you're doing this solo, and likely without parents knowing about it. If that's the case, you might want to think ahead to what will happen if someone does find out.

If you're not in a position where you can trust an adult enough to tell them you're transitioning (for whatever reason that may be), you're likely not going to have a safety net when you do transition. Please think over who might support you in your efforts to become the person you want to be. Especially in a country like Romania, where anything LGBTQ+ is under increasing stress from bigots.

So no, you're not being stupid for asking for help online, but please make sure you know if you can trust anyone from your personal surroundings going forward.

[-] Semivir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 4 months ago

I swear I'm a good girl...

For this reason I bow my knees before the Father Ephesians 3:14

Lot's of fun yet to be had taking other passages out of context.

[-] Semivir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 4 months ago

First thought is that trans women who are attracted to men can rest easy knowing cis men are at the very least interested in trans content.

Second thought is that those numbers for everyone on the masculine side of things are lower than expected. Like way lower.

The unsure/questioning category might be hiding some with either a bluish or pinkish hue. Though I fully understand there's a limit to splitting this one into "questioning fem", "questioning masc", "questioning nbin", "questioning fluid", etc. This is where you bring in the multi-question form where you first establish if someone is sure, then ask them about their identity (or the one they're questioning).

Statistically speaking, this is where you start asking yourself if your data is reliable enough to draw any kind of conclusions from. Which it probably isn't. The only reliable conclusions (that you would likely also see if you did a n=10k study) I could probably draw from these results are these:

  • The survey has reached a lot of cis men, which probably means cis men are more interested in trans content in general than one might think.
  • Anything feminine outnumbers anything masculine, at least for this platform.

Bonus thought: I love that strawpoll actually takes data visualization seriously and presents both a properly formatted pie chart and a bar graph. For anyone wondering: A properly formatted pie chart starts at 12 o'clock, is sorted highest to lowest and does not use any fancy 3D effects. Any other visualization relies on labeled percentages to inform the viewer. And if those are absent, you just have to judge which slice is bigger. Visualizing the data the way Strawpoll does here makes absolutely sure no one can misinterpret the results.

[-] Semivir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 4 months ago

Yeah "there are no girls on the internet" kinda thing. Joking aside though, keep in mind that n=370 and sampling from c/Trans probably doesn't give significant results for the fediverse as a whole. Though it is an interesting result.

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If you're starting a new game, what class and build are you picking?

You get to keep any experience and unlocked abilities of your choice.

[-] Semivir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 4 months ago

Interesting result. While there is no evidence suggesting the general population is out of balance when it comes to ratios of transfemme vs transmasc identities, my observation is hat online expression is biased towards the feminine side of things. Your quick and dirty little survey would suggest the same.

Very curious if this is indeed the case and if so, what causes the bias. Do transmasculine identifying people just touch more grass? Does transfeminine content attract cis men to a larger degree than transmasc content attracts cis women? Therefore causing a bias in content delivery and by effect engagement? Or am I just suffering from confirmation bias and am I more likely to notice transfeminine stuff?

Feels like this sort of stuff could be a cool research project. And there's likely a buttload of data available just from regular posts.

And sorry to all of you enbies for focusing on the extremes of the spectrum. You're just a little more difficult to fit into these comparisons because your whole deal is defying categorization as either. I promise you are interesting too!

[-] Semivir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 4 months ago

Definitely in team sit.

It's more comfy. You're not staring at a wall, which is good for those who benefit from constant stimuli. There's no cleanup from splashes due to the larger height difference, surrounding area stays clean for longer. And as a bonus for some, it feels more feminine.

[-] Semivir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 4 months ago

Or, you know, as others have pointed out before... you use the hacksaw... right? The thing that is actually designed for cutting through metal... to just saw the freaking restraints or the thing they're attached to!

(Can't remember if the movie plot actually has a fix for this loophole, the damn movie came out 20! years ago!)

[-] Semivir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 4 months ago

As it turns out, grilling is also for everyone. You don't have to look like Hank Hill to enjoy a good grill.

[-] Semivir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 4 months ago

Makes you wonder if the demographics are skewed towards Americans. Or maybe others are not that vocal about their local culture?

Any fellow Europeans here?

[-] Semivir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 4 months ago
  • pats head *

You are doing a wonderful job, keep posting silly shitposts.

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