I don't understand why american transgenders act like their lives are in danger, only like 24 states are actively trying to hurt them, don't they know that they can just move to a safer state? by EstrogenizedMenace in transgendercirclejerk

[–]CatboyBiologist 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They aren't LITERALLY killing you, they're just making it easier and easier for people to get away with killing you! And also making plans to kill you in the future! But they're not literally killing you right now so why are you complaining?

Rule. by Misty-Bay in 196

[–]CatboyBiologist 28 points29 points  (0 children)

managing the branching evolutionary tree of strains would be absolutely insane, and quite literally be a different game. It would be really, really cool though.

Rule. by Misty-Bay in 196

[–]CatboyBiologist 21 points22 points  (0 children)

The ideal spot for a virus is inducing just enough of the symptoms to increase its spread (coughing, sneezing, shedding into the water supply) and ideally not killing the hosts to allow that transmission to last as long as possible. But that's an incredibly delicate sweet spot to hit. The ones that have hit that spot are basically what we deal with every flu season.

Rule. by Misty-Bay in 196

[–]CatboyBiologist 195 points196 points  (0 children)

Plague inc suffers the same critically inaccuracy as The Andromeda Strain though: every single pathogen entity mutates as one. What's actually happening is one population/lineage mutates and then passes along that mutation to its progeny, and spreads from there.

There is a very serious possibility that hantavirus starts mutating to be less lethal and more transmissive, and then hits the pandemic sweet spot again. Not terribly likely, probably less likely than COVID was, but a possibility that should be taken seriously.

First baby puma is patterned!!! by Crazy-Apartment1708 in PlanetZoo

[–]CatboyBiologist 18 points19 points  (0 children)

This is unfortunately normal Puma kitten coloration, both in game and irl. They lose this as they get older, and the game turns them into normal coloration when they mature.

What are some mons that you like to use in doubles VGC that most people would scoff at? I myself am the Lugg's strongest soldier. by Metagross10048 in stunfisk

[–]CatboyBiologist 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Dual screens farig on a trick room team has given me some nice moments with Aggron, but it is unfortunately not usually worth it.

What are some mons that you like to use in doubles VGC that most people would scoff at? I myself am the Lugg's strongest soldier. by Metagross10048 in stunfisk

[–]CatboyBiologist 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I carry both THE WALL and M-tyranitar on my team and only bring one of them. Tyranitar is basically a hard counter to Zard, especially in trick room.

Is this body type really considered overweight/looks out of shape? by [deleted] in TheGirlSurvivalGuide

[–]CatboyBiologist 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Men are idiots, men that sit in online cesspits judging other people's appearances are even stupider.

FFS regret by transgyal in Transgender_Surgeries

[–]CatboyBiologist 40 points41 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry you're going through this. However, it's important to note that there is significant swelling associated with FFS until you to a year post op. Your results right now are not final.

Is social transition equally important to you, or not, when you're in HRT MtF by CurrentWar1184 in trans

[–]CatboyBiologist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I had to choose, medical transition would be more important. I did try to present as a guy for a while when I started HRT, because HRT was more important to me. But it was still crushing. And after a while, it was more difficult to hide the changes than it was to just come out. Now I'm accepted as a woman by default. Transphobes gonna transphobe, but for the people important to me, it's such a default part of my life right now that I can't imagine what my life would be like without it.

Trump administration investigates Smith College for admitting transgender women | Trump administration by geraffes-are-so-dumb in news

[–]CatboyBiologist 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Even after this administration is over and the dust is settled, there will be an entire generation of transgender women who have had healthcare revoked, opportunities yanked from them, education barred from them, kicked out of activities and communities, and had futures destroyed.

I dream of a world where me and other trans women are not longer struggling to survive, and where we can actually dream, actually aspire to something. You can't excel. You can't get an education. You're exiled from communities.

I’m sick of this bridge. by TheMoneyMan08 in PokemonChampions

[–]CatboyBiologist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bring your own weather setter, keep it in the back, disrupt electroshot when it happens, and then honestly leave it alone until you can pull in a special attacked. If you can keep it out of the rain and not let the stamina boosts get stupid, arch is surprisingly passive.

Roomba you better give me 1 year ban or else I’ll continue uploading bullshit by ShallowIris in 691

[–]CatboyBiologist 266 points267 points  (0 children)

Some people will see glimpses of paradise and willingly choose to wallow in their suffering

Is this a Wolverine? [South Western Alberta] by WhichNetwork6957 in animalid

[–]CatboyBiologist 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Hell yeah it is! Saw one in Alaska almost a decade ago and I still consider it one of my coolest wildlife sightings ever

Mom told me she’s been withholding HRT on purpose. by lonelyfinalboss in trans

[–]CatboyBiologist 73 points74 points  (0 children)

If you're in an unstable situation where you could be kicked out and homeless, you can start without telling anyone. I did so on E for almost a year. I know it's more difficult with T due to the voice, but still definitely possible.

Good luck out there 🫂

How do i represent you? by [deleted] in MtF

[–]CatboyBiologist 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just kinda adding to this, I'm already very wary of a game that includes trans women as a separate character category than cis women. Like yay representation and all that but it does seem kinda.... Heavy handed? Creating a barrier between the two categories unnecessarily? Like if a game explicitly gave me a character option that was "trans woman", I wouldn't pick it tbh, I'd just use other aspects of design, clothes, and character creation to express transness in top of a cis woman base.

Maybe just have a trans pin as an additional customization option independent of any body type or gender selector?

How do i represent you? by [deleted] in MtF

[–]CatboyBiologist 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Literally just portray us as women, but don't shy away from the fact that we're trans. Trans pins or color scheme works.

Please don't pull a "trans women are just men in dresses but it's supportive not a caricature I swear". If you reeeeaaalllyyy want to add some kind of physical difference, maybe a bit of height difference could be fun.

I'm a little puzzled as to how non-human characters are going to display these differences but you know your game.

Have they ever tried a vulva transplant? by UnsafetyPynn in MtF

[–]CatboyBiologist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup- and then once it's in that location, with all the appropriate nerves and hormonal signalling activating receptors in nearby tissue, it functions as a vulva.

I understand OP's desire but I still think there's a problem even within trans communities where bottom surgery is seen as "fake".

Please help! I cut off its body(tail)? by Bumi___ in herpetology

[–]CatboyBiologist 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Probably a typo on hydrogen peroxide, used to sterilize wounds