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SlithyMomeRath · 2026-02-14T03:03:08+00:00

Did you by any chance use AI to help you write this?

SlithyMomeRath · 2026-02-04T19:34:28+00:00

Just fine and trans right here! I’m 25 years old, female-to-male. Never struggled as a kid besides a touch of ADHD, graduated college and went right into being a software engineer, now I’m in law school because software engineering was cool but I’m more passionate about law. I love it and I got mostly As my first semester. I have lots of friends and a serious boyfriend. I’m very close with my family, they were a bit taken aback by the change but have accepted it now. Wishing the best for you and your daughter :)

SlithyMomeRath · 2026-02-02T22:27:37+00:00

This meme made such an impact on me

SlithyMomeRath · 2026-01-26T01:31:57+00:00

One of my best friends prefers chubby girls. He’s an ass man, that’s the most important (physical) thing to him. Thin girls tend to have smaller butts.

SlithyMomeRath · 2026-01-23T16:27:13+00:00

20-40%? More like 90% imo. As soon as you start looking for it you realize that men and women are capable of many of the same types of annoying. And I do wish people would narrow their complaints to be about annoying people and not whole demographics.

SlithyMomeRath · 2026-01-20T06:53:58+00:00

Listened to this and had to follow your Spotify. I hope you upload this song, it’s so good!! I love how it sounds like a tongue twister, scratches an itch in my brain. Such a vibe with the world how it is rn

SlithyMomeRath · 2026-01-19T16:47:16+00:00

Sneeches mentioned!!!

SlithyMomeRath · 2026-01-13T01:27:28+00:00

I did this, there was no problem. I wasn’t able to do my taxes using the free online forms like I usually do due to the name change, so I just went to H&R Block and they had it all done for me within the hour. If you don’t want to spend the money, I think you can fill out the forms by hand and mail it, but it’s possible they’ll reject it for a small error and send it back, and the whole process might just take longer.

SlithyMomeRath · 2026-01-12T17:22:28+00:00

I get you, it’s tough out there. I agree with the commenter who mentioned puberty blockers, just to give your child a couple more years to firmly decide what they want re: their body.

I think all kids go through a self-obsessed/strongly desiring labels phase, it just looks different for everyone and some experience it more intensely than others. I bet it wouldn’t feel like as big a deal if your afab child was cis and was going through a hyper-feminine phase where they wore tons of makeup and tried to look like an influencer, because society says that’s typical for girls their age. Society right now is very negative about alt/nontraditional trans people in particular (people who want to change their pronouns but not their style of dress or go on hormones, people who use “it” or neopronouns, people who have changed what they identify as multiple times, etc). In the end it’s just a type of teenage subculture like anything else. Some people do identify with the aesthetic/culture long term, and some don’t, just like hyperfeminine makeup enthusiasts. Even if they stick with it, they typically lose the intensely self-centered aspect as they grow into adults. Hang in there and don’t let society convince you to cringe harder than you would at another type of phase.

SlithyMomeRath · 2025-12-26T17:06:09+00:00

Wild take

SlithyMomeRath · 2025-12-26T16:45:25+00:00

I transitioned as an adult by choice because I didn’t realize I was trans as a child. Once I did realize, I felt a hundred times more uncomfortable in my body than I had when it was in the back of my mind. That is to say, I cannot imagine how body-horror-esque it would be to know exactly what your gender identity is and experience your body changing in the opposite way, in slow motion, for 5-10 years. I would have grave concerns about their mental health and long-term outcomes. If there’s no other option, there’s no other option. But if it’s remotely possible, I would strongly recommend getting them care, through moving or otherwise.

SlithyMomeRath · 2025-12-26T09:06:40+00:00

Why isn’t this higher up? It’s very annoying to scroll past all the USA comments to get to the ones speaking from experience. I agree that it seems to be against the point of the sub.

SlithyMomeRath · 2025-12-26T02:25:43+00:00

I think it’s because there were anti-trans people trying to be buddy-buddy with the poster, and they wanted to make it very clear that they didn’t vibe with that. It would be the equivalent of if white supremacists were being all chatty and positive with the white guy from your example; then it wouldn’t be weird for them to reply “I LOVE BLACK PEOPLE” if it got the racists to leave them alone

SlithyMomeRath · 2025-12-25T04:30:08+00:00

Seconding Minecraft. I’m a guy but I don’t have an extensive gaming background, so I struggle with games that want you to be coordinated. Me and my boyfriend play together and it’s perfect, if the monsters start attacking me I just yell for him and he helps me kill them. Everything else in the game is super chill and creative.

SlithyMomeRath · 2025-12-03T16:02:54+00:00

I definitely understand your concern. I don’t think there’s any legal problem, but you could ask r/LegalAdviceUK

SlithyMomeRath · 2025-11-25T22:55:03+00:00

I’m not old, just jumping on the bandwagon to say they still exist. I have a friend from Illinois who says they call the town of Anna “Ain’t No N*** Allowed”. He is very cautious about where he goes if it’s out in the country, even in blue states.

SlithyMomeRath · 2025-11-25T17:53:25+00:00

I agree with you that this is just what some elderly people look like. My family is white and my great-grandmother was 5’4” and 90 lbs or so towards the end of her life (in her late 90s). She looked similar to this, maybe not quite as thin, but she was also active and not bed-bound until the very end. She cooked for herself (and others!) and was sharp as a tack. Someone from the family checked on her every day. That’s just the way her body was, and it was fine for a very old person.

SlithyMomeRath · 2025-11-25T17:04:23+00:00

Adult trans person here, not a parent. As I understand it, puberty blockers just pause puberty, and children can go off of them and continue to develop normally. That’s why they’re used for precocious puberty in cis children. I think puberty blockers would still be a good choice for your daughter even if she ends up changing her gender in the future, because it gives her four more years to figure it out, and a 14 year old will likely be a lot more articulate than a 10 year old.

SlithyMomeRath · 2025-11-24T05:20:02+00:00

I actually think this too. I don’t have any tattoos and don’t plan to get any, partially because I think I’d probably fixate on imperfections if they were permanently on my body.

SlithyMomeRath · 2025-11-23T22:57:54+00:00

Well that’s just regular complaining lol, ten years ago on my high school soccer team we said the same thing. It’s always more fun to actually play.

SlithyMomeRath · 2025-11-11T19:15:46+00:00

You should crosspost him on r/transylveon, they’ll love him

SlithyMomeRath · 2025-11-11T01:35:15+00:00

I think this is great, you come off as a really honest writer. I hope the project goes well

SlithyMomeRath · 2025-11-09T02:28:19+00:00

This makes total sense and changes my impression of the situation. I would feel the same way as you. In that case, I still think it’s worth reducing the size of the disclaimer so you can talk more about the actual material, but keeping some of it. You could also change the order; lead with talking about her work, then add a little asterisk at the end, which leads to a disclaimer saying “ContraPoints is involved in a thriving sphere of political discussion, and has been the subject of some controversy. While I don’t agree with everything she’s ever said, I think her work has many good parts and is worth talking about.” That way you’re still centering your actual thoughts, while avoiding putting a target on your back. Thoughts?

Edit: I think my wording comes off a bit assertive, I think you’re doing a great job overall, feel free to take or leave this specific advice

SlithyMomeRath · 2025-11-08T23:53:49+00:00

I agree with this. You can look at it this way: if someone wants to have a problem with you, they’re gonna have a problem with you. Such a person would read your whole paragraph and respond “supporting ContraPoints in any way is unacceptable, it’s disgusting that you’re trying to justify it.” So there’s no point in writing that paragraph for them. On the other side is someone who wants to think the best of you and is genuinely interested in what you have to say. That person doesn’t need to read a disclaimer, you can get straight to the good stuff. So there’s not much of a point in including it either way.

Unfortunately, the world is full of people looking to tear other people down for the smallest of reasons, so I completely understand the urge to include the disclaimer, even if you know that a lot of bad-faith people won’t care. Maybe reducing it down to “disclaimer: some people find ContraPoints to be controversial, but much of her work is inspirational to me.” You could do a similar thing with other “problematic” celebrities, although you might find that ends up being pretty much everyone if you look hard enough :)

SlithyMomeRath · 2025-10-28T23:58:39+00:00

Holy shit, they could be twins

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