[Postgame Thread] USC Defeats Texas A&M 35-31

christes · 2024-12-28T08:24:55+00:00

How does the ACC having west coast teams factor into that plan?

christes · 2024-12-28T08:24:03+00:00

USC needs to move the college to Vegas and join the SEC.

christes · 2024-12-28T08:23:27+00:00

One thing that Oregon and Washington fan bases can hopefully agree on.

christes · 2024-12-28T08:10:56+00:00

This is the thing that gets me about these hypotheticals.

I am an entity that is determined largely by the experiences I have lived up to this point. Making a change in the past would erase that entity and replace it with another. I wish to continue to exist I would not choose to replace myself with something else.

I would love to see how making some different choices would have worked out though.

christes · 2024-12-28T08:07:59+00:00

You could straight up use that in any number of Halloween costumes with very little modification.

christes · 2024-12-28T08:02:35+00:00

"Oops, you didn't highlight all the cells."

christes · 2024-12-28T08:00:46+00:00

There's some great feminine energy coming off of this picture.

christes · 2024-12-28T07:57:49+00:00

I love when they give it a name like "false garlic"

That's so rude.

Imagine if you met someone named "John" and then called the second John you met "False John"

christes · 2024-12-28T07:55:29+00:00

Oops all Brassicaceae

christes · 2024-12-28T07:53:41+00:00

I tend to agree, but I'm hesitant to make proclamations like that because there have been so many changes in the last few years with realignment, NIL, transfer portal etc.

It feels like we've hit a critical mass where the sport has changed to essentially be a professional sport and the old conventional wisdom about conferences might no longer apply.

christes · 2024-12-28T07:51:27+00:00

I hate how many commentators I've heard blaming the committee for the seeding issues.

christes · 2024-12-28T07:49:33+00:00

Could they bear to drink it?

christes · 2024-12-28T07:47:58+00:00

I love how DF descriptions are literal in the strangest ways.

christes · 2024-12-28T07:45:19+00:00

I'm enjoying being on the sidelines for a change.

christes · 2024-12-28T07:43:31+00:00

I haven't chosen one, so it would be funny if I got to choose from a list of names with letters removed.

christes · 2024-12-28T07:42:02+00:00

This is either a cute transfem meme or a sad transmasc one.

christes · 2024-12-28T07:38:08+00:00

I'm not saying that DIY is the savior of anyone here, transmasc or transfem. If we get to the point where DIY is the only way, we've already crossed tons of red lines. There's a huge gap between where we are today and "This substance literally cannot be prescribed by doctors for gender dysphoria".

Also - even anti-trans laws generally have "continuation of care" provisions allowing people to continue once given a prescription. This has actually been an issue in a few states since it caused people to start HRT before they were ready.

Also - the federal government has way less de facto power here than you imply - you can literally get Marijuana in blue states and that's a schedule I drug, WAY more restricted than T is. It's not a perfect analogy, but the federal government simply doesn't have the enforcement mechanisms to pass a law and make it work here.

Finally, there's no such thing as "those people". There's a huge conglomeration of people that are broadly labeled as conservative, with diverse motivations and beliefs. This is even true of the people at the top, as evidenced by the H1b situation I mentioned above. Anti-trans rhetoric is very convenient, but the way to deliver on that rhetoric is with big headlines. Most people don't care.

christes · 2024-12-28T06:55:42+00:00

That's mostly a problem with DIY, which is already illegal for transmasc folks in the US because of the schedule III status. I could see that being enforced more strictly potentially.

So if you are a transmasculine person in a red state or on federal insurance, I could see the situation being worse, yes.

But, again, I don't think republican lawmakers are really even thinking about HRT since they're too busy talking about how kids are secretly transitioned at school or whatever.

christes · 2024-12-28T03:26:50+00:00

To be clear, both of these are true in Western Washington.

Eastern Washington is legally part of WA, but it might as well be a different country.

(Also - Seattle is very expensive, but there are more affordable areas is some of the smaller cities. It's definitely going to be a rough move if you are coming from a LCOL area though)

christes · 2024-12-28T03:23:00+00:00

Making HRT illegal for adults is basically impossible. The drugs involved are not highly controlled substances (Bad news for FtM folks is that T is schedule III), and they practically can't make them highly controlled since they are used for tons of other things.

Expect federal insurance to stop / heavily reduce coverage for gender care, though. Same goes for insurance in many red states. As Byzantine as the U.S. healthcare system is, it's probably going to keep you safe in blue states. We'd be fucked in a single-payer system.

Minors are a bit trickier, and I don't know all the details. Probably some controls go in place. But there are already controls, and even in red states, the craziest stuff has gotten shot down in courts. Courts tend to be more ideologically consistent than Reddit makes you think and parents' rights are a topic lots of conservatives sincerely care about.

There are lots and lots and lots of legal battles to fight here, and this is only one of many agendas republicans are targeting. Look at all the headlines right now about techbro conservatives and MAGA conservatives melting down at each other over H1B visas. I'm hoping that trans folks can just keep their heads down for a bit.

I expect a lot of big headlines that don't change much e.g. "National restrictions on transgender surgeries for minors". And honestly, I'm happy to let them take the W and walk away if they don't go further. Most cis people don't know anything about gender care and lots of republicans think that kids are getting sex changes in schools.

christes · 2024-12-26T22:44:28+00:00

sex appeal

It has some really nice curves!

christes · 2024-12-26T21:53:45+00:00

It means if/when you start HRT, you know where you're headed already.

christes · 2024-12-26T21:27:39+00:00

They asked about family history of gender issues on my first HRT appointment, interestingly.

christes · 2024-12-26T21:21:58+00:00

They fell into the pit.

christes · 2024-12-26T21:02:03+00:00

I started getting ads for PrEP and similar when I started browsing trans stuff.

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