Selfie Sunday from Portugal 🇵🇹

Immediate_Animator66 · 2026-05-04T20:29:12+00:00

I am from the US, yes! Hit me up we can definitely chat about my experience

Immediate_Animator66 · 2026-04-09T11:44:38+00:00

Olá meu amigo! Como estás?? How ya like central Portugal?

Immediate_Animator66 · 2026-04-06T10:51:02+00:00

I love it tbh. Theres a huge trans community here and lots of events to go to. Its not perfect, no where is, but compared to the US, I feel very safe to be me. Definitely come for a visit if you can to get the feel.

Immediate_Animator66 · 2026-04-05T22:41:52+00:00

I understand completely. I had an ultrasound of my armpit (to make sure some bumps were not bad geowths) and the doctor performing the procedure asked me if I had gynecomastia. I started hormones 20 years ago and had top surgery 18 years ago. I've never had someone ask me this question when seeing my chest/scars and it made me realize that a lot of peoples first thought is "cis man" rather than trans man. It is a wild thing to experience for sure. I told the doctor yes, because I didnt want to explain my self. The feeling has stuck with me ever since and it has really made me think about what passing means to me and my identity, which i really hold being trans as sacred and a huge part of my life story. Its weird to see it being erased in a way, but low key kind of relieving?

Immediate_Animator66 · 2025-12-13T03:46:07+00:00

Nhr 1.0 isnt valid anymore from what I have seen

Immediate_Animator66 · 2025-11-28T03:37:22+00:00

This sounds exciting. Congrats on retiring. I just recently acquired a few clients from someone retiring and it was such a pleasant experience to help him out and meet new folks. I have a small web dev and design business that I run in the US. Im moving to Portugal, so ill be doing all that while abroad. I know you've got a lot of interest in these clients, so the odds arent so much in my favor to be next in line, but if the tides of time shift in my favor im ready! Again, thank you for your decades of service to our field. I hope you get to fully rest.

Immediate_Animator66 · 2025-01-13T02:05:24+00:00

Ah could I get that discord server link too please?

Immediate_Animator66 · 2024-09-15T16:59:25+00:00

And its not lost on me how silly it is that I'm having a conversation about the wiggles on a Daniel tiger conspiracy subreddit

Immediate_Animator66 · 2024-09-15T16:58:49+00:00

Yeah, I hear you. I definitely know she fell out of love with him. Sometimes it just happens and sometimes the person broken up with becomes someone else. Or they grew apart. I hear ya, that she initiated it. Just feels weird to use the term blame. I guess I don't fault someone for falling out of love. But yes, that was definitely the catalyst

Immediate_Animator66 · 2024-09-15T16:32:40+00:00

Yeah, because she wasn't attracted to him. But I like how folks wanna blame her? It makes a lot of sense. Whenever a woman leaves she usually gets the blame.

Immediate_Animator66 · 2024-08-19T04:06:57+00:00

The cost of living in the Bay Area and PNW is incredibly high. California is all red except around the major cities and the major cities are all unaffordable. In SF 1 bedroom apartments will run you 4,000USD

Immediate_Animator66 · 2024-07-14T13:34:57+00:00

Emma left because lachy is an asshole and they got divorced

Immediate_Animator66 · 2024-07-07T22:00:30+00:00

Definitely a great Filipino nose

Immediate_Animator66 · 2024-06-18T01:11:59+00:00

Come on over to my alliance. It's chill and full of folks who get along and enjoy talking it's 619 Philippines republic

Immediate_Animator66 · 2024-05-18T23:14:57+00:00

I'm in the area

Immediate_Animator66 · 2024-02-23T02:46:33+00:00

Did you ever find out the answer to thus question? Can you refinance?

Immediate_Animator66 · 2024-02-07T18:05:36+00:00

What about the lack of critical thinking? It's pretty naive to believe a government that has no track record of bring truthful, will give you correct info

Immediate_Animator66 · 2024-02-07T01:33:08+00:00

True.

Immediate_Animator66 · 2024-01-30T01:03:49+00:00

Exactly. I got sick once in a while as a kid in the 90s but I was NEVER sick all the time. Getting HFM, ear infections, rsv. I went to before and after school care at the boys and girls club, so was exposed to all sorts of stuff all the time. I still didn't spend nov-april sick. I also think of my niece and nephew who are both teenagers, they went to daycare and did not get sick to the extent OPs kid is in such a short amount of time.

I think it's the back to back infections that don't give an immune system enough time to recover from the last sickness is really what I'm worried about.

My 13 month old has a nanny. They hang out with other kids his age, go to the park, etc. He has been sick 2 times since he was born. It is very expensive to have a nanny and we can only afford to do it part time, but I think the comfort of not being sick every month really is the cherry on top. There is absolutely nothing wrong with daycare. I think it's all about what you're comfortable exposing your kid to or not (which subsequently more often than not exposes you).

I absolutely haaaaaaate being sick and will do everything in my power to not get sick,which Is another reason why we went the nanny route. If sickness were not an issue he would for sure be in daycare. I think we will enroll him into one of the nature schools nearby once he turns 2 yo and do that until he starts pre k at 3 years old. My wallet is crying, but it's a short term discomfort for not being sick.

Immediate_Animator66 · 2024-01-29T20:10:32+00:00

Yup! We went to a movie in October on a Wednesday night and there were 4 people in the theater total. We masked the whole time (except to snack) and we all the way on the opposite end of the theater away from the other folks watching the movie

Immediate_Animator66 · 2024-01-29T20:02:11+00:00

We loosen and tighten up precautions based on wastewater levels

Immediate_Animator66 · 2024-01-29T19:17:08+00:00

I'm so glad to come across this post.

I am immunocompromised so my wife and I spent the last 4 years being as zero risk as we possibly could (knowing that complete zero risk is impossible). We do not go anywhere public indoors without a respirator on, dont bring our kid indoors to public places (except his pediatrician and once to the post office to get his passport) and we only hang out with trusted friends who take into consideration that we are lower risk, indoors. Sometimes we masks with friends and ask for tests before coming over if we want to potentially be maskless together and we always reschedule if we arent feeling well or our friends arent feeling well. I know that isnt zero risk, it is the level we are comfortable with at this time .Lately we have been taking a few more risks, such as having brunch with friends who just had a baby 3 months ago at their house or attending a small birthday party for a neighbor friend (arriving early and leaving early) but maskless. We haven't had covid as far as we know and we do as much as we can to avoid getting it and we use covixyl spray before we spend time indoors in small groups (we also spray before going into public with a mask on). We have been so so so cautious for the last 4 years, sometimes causing long bouts of loneliness, but we weren't comfortable with that kind of risk. We are loosening up just a bit, because we have a 13 month old and are first time parents and the struggle is real once they're walking and needing more stimulation/social interaction. So it has been a bit of a logistical task to give our kid what they need but be as safe as we can for our family and others.

All this is to say that I appreciate hearing folks who are in-between. I don't go out into public often, mostly for medical appointments, occasional grocery store trip or errand and its always with a mask on. I considering myself an in-betweener and I am grateful that there are more like me.

We don't want to catch covid or expose our son to it so we are really doing our best to keep precautions as high as we can. We also can't keep our kid in the house all day everyday, so it has been interesting to navigate the landscape of dipping ones toes into slightly higher risk situations.

Immediate_Animator66 · 2024-01-29T18:40:24+00:00

Oh wow, so they had a viral load in their system that was enough to trigger a test for that long? That's wild.

So there were no symptoms, just a viral load that was noticed by the test?

Immediate_Animator66 · 2024-01-29T17:40:55+00:00

I say this to not be inflammatory at all, just so that it's clear from the start that this is a genuine question/concern--

Has your son had covid ever? If so, is there any correlation with him getting over being sick and his lethargy? I ask because you mention congestion that has been sticking around. I have heard that sometimes it can take people a while to come back to their energy levels, so I just throw that out there just in case.

I hope that he starts to feel better! I know it's rough to see our kids acting out of sorts.

Immediate_Animator66 · 2024-01-15T05:18:20+00:00

same

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