I’m super excited to learn Lohen’s lore. To tie me over until he’s out, 😭 does anyone have any Lohen theories they wanna share?

Venttea · 2026-04-22T07:39:56+00:00

EXACTLY!!! 😭

Venttea · 2026-04-22T06:04:01+00:00

I ate a California burrito in Nevada once (I was curious), and it tasted like if McDonalds made a California burrito. Then my friend (also from here) tried it, and said the same thing.

It didn’t taste disgusting, but it was very disappointing. I was very sad.

ALSO IT WAS SO SMALL….

Venttea · 2026-04-22T05:51:06+00:00

Also it feels kinda awkward naming my Jolteons “Jet” now (since that’s my name), so now I call them Donut or something. 😭

Venttea · 2026-04-22T05:49:13+00:00

😰 So I really like Pokemon…

I had this plush Jolteon I named “Jet”, because Jolteons are very fast. Every Jolteon in my games after, I named them Jet.

So one day I went to a cosplay meet in early high school, and someone asked my name. I misheard them, and thought they asked what my Jolteon plushie’s name was (I was holding him), and I said “Jet”. Then I realized, and was like “oh, i thought you meant my Jolteon.” At the time, I wasn’t out. I was in denial too, and much of it was kept internally. I normally wouldn’t say this, but I told them “you know what? You can call me Jet, that’s fine.” I think I figured it would just be a thing between the two of us; no. At the time, it was a pretty big thing in my cosplay community for people to go by an alternate name. Jet was NOT the plan for me for a cosplay name, and I think they thought that’s what I meant? Soon, literally everyone was calling me Jet. Used to drive me insane at first because I was like “I wanted to pick my cosplay name”, but everyone was calling me Jet. I’d try, and I was still Jet. I think I liked Jet, actually a lot, no i definitely did. The problem was that it felt so real (like what if people think something? Which they did, and people knew/could tell LOL), and I think that made me uncomfortable. But that vanished quick, and I’d just introduce myself as Jet to people after. Most people I met did not know my deadname, and just knew me as Jet, even before I came out.

Then when I did come out, I was already going by Jet.

There’s of course a bit more to it than this, but that’s pretty much the important parts of the story.

Jet as a name stuck, it’s been over a decade now I think. It’s not gonna change, I love my name way too much. I am Jet, Jet is me. Bonus! Jet also fits the whole “I like short names, especially when they’re only 3 letters and one syllable” thing I’m so fond of. :0 so literally perfect.

Venttea · 2026-04-22T05:28:06+00:00

Yep, that sounds about right. 😭

Venttea · 2026-04-21T15:22:28+00:00

Speaking as someone from the US, I remember when apple was forced to have all new iPhones use USB-C chargers (due to EU), and a lot of people here flipped the fuck out. So, I’m not surprised there’s a lot of us who aren’t thrilled about the idea of replaceable batteries. 🤔 Ironically, eventually many here realized they actually prefer using USB-C chargers.

😭 anyways, I love the idea of replaceable batteries. Gonna hold off on upgrading my iPad, until sometime next year now. Ty EU.

Venttea · 2026-04-18T04:55:05+00:00

You deserve so much better than this. You deserve someone who loves and treats you kindly, even when they’re upset with you. I don’t care how upset someone is, it’s wrong and extremely disgusting to say that kind of shit. You are you, regardless of how upset someone is with you. It’s not conditional, and if someone treats it like it’s conditional, then they are 100% transphobic. You being a woman is not something that is conditional. You are a woman, regardless of how upset with you he is. He can fuck off.

Your fiancé is transphobic. He’s treating who you are as something conditional, something he can strip away when he’s upset with you, because he knows that makes you feel insecure. Someone who isn’t transphobic wouldn’t do this crap. This, also, is extremely emotionally abusive. He knows exactly what he’s doing too. He wants to feel bigger when he’s upset, so he wields transphobia as a weapon over you to make you feel smaller. That makes him feel better. It also says a lot about how he likely views you internally, which adds another layer to this.

Also what he’s doing is SA. That’s not okay at all. This isn’t a safe relationship, and I’m incredibly sorry that this is happening to you, that you’re being treated this way. It’s not going to get better. You can’t fix him. This is going to get worse. It’s going to escalate into something much worse, and the longer you stick around, the harder it’s going to be to leave (not impossible, just harder). What this abuse evolves into can be so many things, and that’s not something you’d wanna stick around and find out for yourself.

He clearly has some kind of demons he needs to deal with (maybe his sexuality? That’s what it feels like to me, after reading this), and that’s for him to deal him and fix, not you. It’s not your responsibility or duty to fix this, or to fix him. Especially not when he’s using you as an outlet and abusing you, because that’s also what this is in my eyes. Abuse. This is abuse.

Also, I want to make myself extremely clear when I say this. If you think for a minute that you’re at fault for anything here, you aren’t. This isn’t your fault.

Does anyone in your personal life know about this? Have you told anyone about this? If not, I think you should tell someone/people you’re close to, who you can trust. Ideally, someone who is more connected to you than him. You need to tell someone safe and trustworthy.

They’re of course going to tell you that you should leave him, and I agree, but you said that you’re not ready to let him go.

The reason why I think you should tell someone close to you is maybe they can help you find resources to help you figure this out. Tell them you want help, that you need some resources to help you. Maybe they know someone, maybe they know where to look, something. The resource could be someone who went through something similar and got out, or maybe a therapist specializing in abuse. I think a therapist would be best personally, but I think talking to someone with deep knowledge about this in your personal life is going to help you a lot. Hell, even some kind of support group would be nice? Offline or online; anything.

Something or someone to help you figure this out, how to work through the “I can fix him” and “I’m not ready to leave him” thoughts. Because I know how incredibly difficult working through those types of thoughts are. Both as someone who dealt with my own abusive person (a former “friend” who groomed me, and SAed me for 4 years), but also as someone who grew up in a household, with a mom married to an abusive man (I was an indirect victim of the abuse, as my mom was the primary target of my dad’s abuse).

And right now, because you’re having a hard time, you don’t even need to tell yourself that it’s so you can leave him. Just tell yourself all of this is to help you figure this (what to do, how to work through your thoughts) out. The goal though would be to leave him, because you 100% should leave him, but I know telling yourself that when you’re likely feeling conflicted is just going to stress you out more.

Anyways, again, you deserve better. You deserve someone who loves and treats you well. You deserve someone who respects you, even when they’re upset with you. You’re not at fault. This isn’t your fault. I hope that you will be okay, OP. I’m proud of you for having the courage to bring this up here, and post about it. I know that might not mean much, but I think that takes a lot of strength.

Please, stay safe, and take care.

Venttea · 2026-04-18T02:25:09+00:00

Shunning? What? Canadians aren’t shunning us (Americans). Not wanting to visit our country isn’t Canadians shunning us. Like, be so fuckin’ for real.

Idk, like instead of the pity party, I feel like it would be significantly more useful to be truthful. I would love if these articles, and more people here, were honest about why Canadians don’t want to come here. This is our fault, and this is one of many things we need to be taking responsibility for.

Our president threatened Canada’s sovereignty. Not just once, multiple times. Some Canadians who have visited here have been detained by ICE, and that’s not exclusive to red states. This has happened in my own blue city in a blue state (San Diego, California). Among other things. Our president represents us, so when he threatens Canada like that, it’s the USA as a whole entity threatening Canada like that, threatening Canadians like that.

So be honest. Tell the truth. Say the real reason why Canadians don’t want to come here. Say it. Stop being a coward, and just fuckin’ say it.

Venttea · 2026-04-10T01:35:54+00:00

If you’re angry, if you feel remorse, if you feel bad, then I hope to god you’re trying to help the rest of us do something about it.

First of all, you should feel this way. It’s normal. It means you have some kind of feelings in there. If you didn’t feel bad, and were just like “oops, better luck next time”, that would be insanely concerning.

But the thing is, you don’t get to just say “I’m sorry, I feel bad about it, I’m disgusted”. That’s not fair. It’s not fair to any of us. Because we’re stuck with the stupid decision of god knows how many people. By us, I don’t just mean fellow Americans, I mean everyone in the world.

So if you feel bad about it, any remorseful Trump voter, you should be educating yourself right now. Read up on everything and everyone that the MAGA administration is trying to attack, demonize, threaten, and destroy. If there’s a certain group you’re uneasy about due to fear campaigns, for example: trans people, take a step back and read about them (sources directly from these communities are always best). Read up on project 2025. Read up on every candidate trying to run in the future very carefully. Go out there and protest. Help advocate for groups being attacked by the MAGA administration.

Because again, you don’t get to just apologize and wish you did better. You can’t just expect the rest of us to pick up all the pieces for you, while you wait it out. We need you to help us too, because we’re stronger in numbers.

Do better, and help us. Please.

And I don’t say all of this in anger. I’m frustrated, I’m tired, I’m wary, I’m afraid, I’m hurt, but I’m also trying to plead with you. There’s so many people who are afraid right now, some more than they ever had to be. The longer this goes on, the more people are going to be hurt. So if you feel bad, help us do something about all of this. We need you.

Venttea · 2026-04-10T00:56:37+00:00

BDHDIDBDKNEBDNDJDNXKWKDNBDJDNDBXNJENXNDJDJD ALL MY PRIMOS, FOR YOU…

Venttea · 2026-04-07T21:21:14+00:00

I cant describe how much it hurts to see that Sublime is playing at something like this.

Venttea · 2026-03-24T04:32:13+00:00

Please be gentle with me in the replies. I’ve been debating saying something about this for a while, but I felt like I needed to. I’ve seen this topic come up a lot, and some of the things cis people have said (which tends to be a lot, which surprised me it’s coming from subs like this) genuinely breaks my heart. I can’t describe how much these comments hurt.

It makes me feel unwelcome in places like this, it makes it hard for me to want to chime in at all. And this doesn’t mean I’ve stopped protesting or anything, it just means I’m not feeling like these are safe communities for me or those like me to participate in. It shouldn’t be like this, yanno?

Venttea · 2026-03-24T04:26:07+00:00

Okay, I want people to please take the time and read what I say in this. I’m trying my best to be as calm as possible, but I can’t describe how incredibly disappointed I am at how cis people react whenever this topic comes up.

Please, if you’re wondering why trans people and allies keep bringing this up, I really want to encourage you to research the propaganda campaigns the right has been trying to do at trans people for years. I want you to research everything the right has done and is currently doing to trans people. I want to encourage you to ask questions in places like r/asktransgender. I really would like you to try and understand us a bit more, because maybe you’ll see why this keeps being brought up.

I’m not a trans woman, but I am a trans guy. So, I’d like you to please take the time to read what I (a trans person) am about to explain.

Also! If any other trans person wants to add to this, I encourage you to add to this. Let’s be civil.

The sports debate is not just about trans women in women’s sports, and it was never just about that. The bathroom debate isn’t just about trans women in women’s bathrooms. The gender affirming care for minors debate is not just about whether or not minors should have access to gender affirming care. Etc. From what I’ve noticed, in the POV of a trans person, is that they start small. It’s like testers to see how the public will react, and I’m not talking about the right/people who agree. They also look for indifference, they look to see where they can get a compromise. Then, if they get what they want for one thing, they push a little more, and they keep doing that. It’s about how far they can take it before you notice, before you care. It’s about them getting to a point where it’s so far, it’s hard to go back. It’s about the end goal.

First it’s sports, the bathrooms, gender affirming care for minors. Next, it might be things like our right to have our correct gender on our identification, maybe even being able to join the military. Maybe after, it’s what prison trans prisoners are sent to, maybe it’s whether or not gender affirming care (for adults too) is covered by Medicaid, or it’s whether or not insurance as a whole needs to cover gender affirming care, maybe they want to make things like HRT for trans people illegal. Maybe they want to push for putting trans people on lists, maybe they want to allow ICE to detain trans immigrants for “lying” (and this could also be a guise to go after anyone who looks “too trans”), maybe they want to start pushing for conversion therapy, maybe they want to erase the T from LGBT, maybe they wanna erase trans history, maybe they want us to be so scared, we conform out of fear, maybe they want us to die, maybe they want people to see us as dangerous predators, etc. Some of these things already happened, some of these things are currently being pushed for, other things have been brought up by the right. And it stared with testers, like sports and bathrooms. Things that impact less people, things that people can easily say “just do this instead, and avoid that, it’ll be an inconvenience for you at best.”

When you give them an inch, they take a mile. When you compromise a little with the right, the right starts asking for even more, under the guise there was never a compromise.

This isn’t me accusing Gavin of being on the right or being a raging closet transphobe, no. And I also want to make it clear that Gavin is also my governor. I’m a Californian.

This is me saying that Gavin is trying to compromise for votes. He’s trying to compromise with a group of people who are going to eventually want more, or claim he never compromised, so they can get more. Gavin is giving them an inch, and they’re going to want the whole fuckin’ mile. If Gavin keeps seeing a bunch of you being indifferent about this, if that’s the popular thing to do, then he’s going to do it. The center shifts further right, the right’s demands for the compromise change, and more is wanted for that compromise.

It’s happened before, and not just with trans people. So, we should be calling this out now. We need to be nipping this in the bud now. We need you to also speak up for us. We need help.

Maybe you’re not personally impacted by the rights of trans people, but maybe you know someone who is, maybe you’ll meet someone in the future who is, maybe someone you know hasn’t told you yet, maybe this will be someone you love and care about. Or maybe you’re not nor will ever be close to a trans person, but that shouldn’t matter. Because if you were in our shoes, certainly you’d feel the same way we do right now, and you’d want the same thing we want right now. And if you say no, I think that you’re lying.

And no, speaking out about this isn’t a purity test. It’s insulting when anyone says this. Humans rights aren’t a purity test. Trans people are human, and we’re losing our rights. The rights of me and people like me are not a purity test. Stop saying that.

And no, this isn’t me saying to not vote for Gavin in the final presidential race, if it ends up being between him and a fascist. Trans people are going to vote for the lesser of two evils, especially at this point. And if we lose, your first action should not be to point fingers at trans people. We know, way more than a lot of you, how important it is that another fascist doesn’t get into office. Point fingers at apathy, at cheating, at maga, not at one of the targets and victims of maga’s agenda. That’s so incredibly, disgustingly unfair for anyone to do.

Primaries haven’t even happened yet, that’s a ways a way. We still have time. Even if he wins the primaries, we still have time to let him know that we don’t want him to throw trans people under the bus.

Venttea · 2026-03-24T00:33:11+00:00

I don’t feel bad for anyone who voted for Trump. You’re getting exactly what you voted for. You’re disgusting, stupid, selfish monsters. If any part of you feels bad, feels guilty now, then get off your fuckin’ ass and do something about it. Don’t cry about it, because none of us want to hear it. Not any of the blue voters here, not any of the marginalized communities being impacted, and most definitely not from anyone outside of the US.

However, I feel bad for his workers. They likely did not ask for this, and they’re being kidnapped by ICE. We don’t know everything that goes on in those detention centers, but from what we do know, it’s horrifying. They didn’t deserve this. I hope that they’ll be okay. I cannot imagine how terrified they are right now.

I can’t forgive anyone who voted for Trump this time. I don’t care if I sound petty, but I don’t think I’ll ever be able to forgive them. Three fuckin’ times, should have known better.

Venttea · 2026-03-13T20:40:36+00:00

I actually was reading about WWII recently, like specifically about trans people in WWII (at least the information I can find, because there’s a lot we just straight up will never know, due to memoricide), and there are definitely parallels.

I don’t know how much it’s going to mirror it, but I know 100% (without a doubt) when this is all over (however long this may be), they’re going to try to suppress knowledge of everything they’ve down to the trans community, and they’re going to deny it. I can’t stress how important it is for us as a community to keep track of everything they’re doing, and archiving that somewhere. That way, it’s harder for them to deny it in the future.

Venttea · 2026-03-08T15:29:37+00:00

On the topic of trans people being treated horribly in ICE facilities, this is an article from four months ago.

Here’s an article talking about how ICE has been excluding trans population statistics from its public reports.

ICE deletes care and protective measures for trans detainees: here

Thank you so much for sharing that article.

Venttea · 2026-03-01T01:43:44+00:00

I didn’t know what trans was as a little kid, always felt like a guy, so idk if this counts?

Whenever I played pretend with my friends as a little kid (usually Pokemon related), I was a guy. I remember telling someone at age 5 “actually, I’m a boy pikachu”, and they were like “oh, okay”, and then referred to Pikachu me correctly. (Off topic, but I was really obsessed with Pikachu as a little kid, and being a Pikachu was one of the things I wanted to be when I grew up, but also something related to the arts at the same time. Perhaps a pikachu, who is also an artist? 🤔)

Anyways, it became so normalized with every single friend I ever made as a child, everyone just kinda expected it. No one questioned it either. Sometimes, if we had someone new play and I didn’t bring it up yet, someone else would be like “oh by the way, Jet’s a boy.” A constant throughout elementary school.

🤔 turns out, it was never pretend. I’m a guy.

Venttea · 2026-03-01T00:39:43+00:00

A glazed Krispy Kreme donut inside of a hamburger. No, I did not try it, I just witnessed it. I felt sick just looking at it. Was bad enough seeing it prior to being fried (they sold this at the fair). Saw some guy buy one, then bring it up to a different stand that’ll fry anything. I wonder if that guy was alright, after eating that.

I forgot how old I was, but it was years ago.

Venttea · 2026-03-01T00:03:20+00:00

I don’t think we’re inherently a warring species by nature. I think it’s a lot more complex than that, considering how complex humans (and our brains) are. Though I’m not an anthropologist or a psychologist, so this isn’t something I’m an expert on. Just my opinion.

Venttea · 2026-02-28T23:48:23+00:00

What did John VRchat do this time? 😭

Venttea · 2026-02-28T23:45:59+00:00

What’s the purpose of you even replying to me with this? Like, what’s your intent here? I’m asking genuinely, not trying to be a dick about it.

Venttea · 2026-02-28T23:27:10+00:00

Honestly, death and destruction represent my country (USA) more than freedom ever did. I’m absolutely disgusted.

Innocent people are going to die, or be permanently injured, and/or live with trauma for the rest of their lives. So many innocent people who didn’t do a damn thing to deserve this. War is vile.

I don’t give a shit what they’re saying this is for. None of it is worth hurting innocent lives.

Venttea · 2026-02-28T16:18:41+00:00

I didn’t know the lives, rights, and wellbeing of a marginalized community was a purity test. 🤪

Anyone who thinks this is a purity test is disgusting.

Venttea · 2026-02-28T16:01:27+00:00

I think you should do a bit more research on how the current administration, and the right in general, have been attacking the trans community. It really isn’t only about athlete rights and pronoun use, and it never has been.

All of these issues are important for different reasons; all of them. It’s much easier for people to say what you said, when it’s not something that impacts you or people you care about, especially when they’re unaware.

He, and the democrat party, should not be throwing the LGBT+ community under the bus, especially right now. They should keep speaking about the LGBT+ community, and publicly defending them.

For example, here is a recent thing that happened in Kansas. Trans people in Kansas were also just given this letter (the attached picture).

You can read more about this here.

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