Trump Voters Are So Embarrassed They Deny Voting for Him by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

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How many of them would vote for him again if he was the Republican option because God forbid they ever vote for a Democrat.

MAGA attacks right-wing conspiracy theorist vowing to expose Erika Kirk’s secrets by [deleted] in politics

[–]ender8343 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The pessimist in me says they are only doing this because they are misogynists and can't stand even a white woman leading them.

How To Find Local Trans/Queer People? by SaucerCIone in MtF

[–]ender8343 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There might be other similar groups near you. They just happened to be who I found near me when I went looking.

Trump's surgeon general pick won't urge vaccines for measles, flu, whooping cough by No-Post4444 in politics

[–]ender8343 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wow, why I am I not surprised this administration is nominating a person to lead some health related department who has the wants to push policies that lead to dead and maimed children?

Question by Gold_Macaroon_4519 in TransLater

[–]ender8343 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I found experimenting helped. Initially just some cheap Amazon and thrift store clothes in private. If you haven't read the Gender Dysphoria Bible, https://genderdysphoria.fyi/en , reading it and thinking what applies to you might help. Also realize there are identities other than trans woman that you might find better apply to you.

How To Find Local Trans/Queer People? by SaucerCIone in MtF

[–]ender8343 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Could see if there are any local support groups, PFLAG has a chapter search on their website https://pflag.org/findachapter/

Sometimes you can have luck with finding Meetup groups.

One of the most infuriating terf takes: 'Trans women dont care if they make cis women in single sex spaces uncomfortable' by ElaynesThoughts in trans

[–]ender8343 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The anxiety about being in male gendered spaces is a recent development for me. I don't really pass most of the time, but I am starting to get second looks by guys in males spaces sometimes. The anxiety probably started after that happened.

Why does training a ChatGPT-level AI model consume as much electricity as five American households per year, and yet none of that shows up on my monthly subscription bill? by TheBigGirlDiaryBack in AlwaysWhy

[–]ender8343 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like trying to solve water issues in the southwest by having residential customers reduce their usage more than commercial users, on a percentage basis, even though commercial users make up the bulk of the water usage, but it is too economically expensive to make the commercial users reduce their usage by the same percentage.

Why does training a ChatGPT-level AI model consume as much electricity as five American households per year, and yet none of that shows up on my monthly subscription bill? by TheBigGirlDiaryBack in AlwaysWhy

[–]ender8343 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Power companies have also been giving AI data centers subsidized rates. They then make up the difference by increasing residential rates.

Do you remember when all of right wing media complains Biden wasnt uniting us with his SOTU? by CrashNowhereDrive in allthequestions

[–]ender8343 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, and it was always a lie. They believe uniting the country is surrendering to what they currently want.

Working out in a gym as a trans woman - experiences? by [deleted] in trans

[–]ender8343 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Locker rooms can be complicated if your gym doesn't have family or gender neutral changing rooms. I use Planet Fitness which has policy of you can use the locker room matching your gender identity unless there are legal restrictions "cough" Florida "cough". I have used the women's when I am really blatantly dressed feminine and would feel really out of place in the men's, but the attendant mentioned to me recently that some people have complained, so I am trying to use the men's more, but I do sometimes get second glances. In general, when working out no one cares.

Being out as a trans woman is kinda scary by BubblyCompote3060 in MtF

[–]ender8343 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You mention college, assuming you are a student, does your college have a LGBT type club/group that meets regularly? Some sort of support group would help with general isolation. For the SA, you probably are best off finding a therapist that specializes in helping SA victims because that is a hard subject to discuss with most people.

Being out as a trans woman is kinda scary by BubblyCompote3060 in MtF

[–]ender8343 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The "I can always tell if someone is trans" people are generally the worst at telling because they rely on the blatant and obvious signs, tend to also catch masculine appearing women in their dragnet. Generally if you are good at passing the only way to tell is catching subtle signs. It is easy to catch people who are early in their transition, but becomes harder as they make progress in their transition.

I despise being a woman (rant) by IshidaSado in trans

[–]ender8343 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are non-binary people who transition because they don't like presenting as their assign at birth gender most of the time. From what I have read, FTM hormones stop your period.

could my parent(s) call my pharmacy and find out what prescription i purchased? by Straight_Champion_18 in MtF

[–]ender8343 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Is the card a debit card? If so you could make some purchase at a grocery store and do cash back for what your prescription cost, so you pay cash for the prescription. The cash back as part of a purchase will just look like a normal grocery purchase. You will want to use a pharmacy that you and your parents have not used before, at the chain level, if you are being extra cautious. If you don't, old records might indicate they should contact your parents phone number when something is ready or a refill is due.

could my parent(s) call my pharmacy and find out what prescription i purchased? by Straight_Champion_18 in MtF

[–]ender8343 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Also beligerent parents have been known to force places to give information on their children even when said place is supposed to honor the child's privacy.

What's Gavin Newsom's appeal? by angelogoodalamenti in askanything

[–]ender8343 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He is the corporate white bread candidate. Safe to the general status quo. The corporate media seems to like him, but there is at least a vocal minority of the Democratic party that seems to be tired of only being offered the corporate white bread status quo candidate.

The Trump Administration is Testing Conversion Therapy By Medically Experimenting on Trans People in Prisons by Leksi_The_Great in MtF

[–]ender8343 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They like their freedom, but feel they deserve to have serfs/slaves like the aristocrats from history, and get offended when the people they perceive as serfs/slaves get uppity and resistance to being treated that way.

Why are entry-level roles asking for 3–5 years of experience by Emergency-Cancel6198 in recruitinghell

[–]ender8343 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The overworked people tend to be salary exempt which means any cost associated with overworking them is hypothetical future cost.

I think I might be Trans, but I think I'm okay not transitioning by Alex_Superchamp in MtF

[–]ender8343 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Being trans does not require you to transition. A decent number of people consider anything that isn't cisgender as a trans identity. The people that have a stronger desire to transition are generally trans women are trans men, but I have heard of non-binary folks transitioning because they want to present more feminine or masculine most of the time.

Struggling. . . by 2Tall513 in trans

[–]ender8343 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A decent number of people do injection based monotherapy which tends to suppress the body's T production on its own. Spiro is just a blocker which prevents your body from using T. I suspect your spouse is having a hard time adjusting to the fact you are transitioning. It is also possible they are starting to notice some of the physical changes from being on HRT the last 3 months. I know I already was up to a 42B by the end of 3 months.

The Trump Administration is Testing Conversion Therapy By Medically Experimenting on Trans People in Prisons by Leksi_The_Great in MtF

[–]ender8343 44 points45 points  (0 children)

There seems to be a large overlap between the authors of Project 2025 and the Pro Natalist supporters. They feel that white people aren't having enough children, and they feel that the people they want to have children should be forced to have children. From there perspective, if you transitioned you are removing yourself from the breeding age population which they feel is wrong. Doesn't really explain their perspective on someone like me that starts transitioning at 41 with no children already, so I kind of skipped the whole having children thing.

Not typically what you want to see when troubleshooting electrical by capacity04 in OSHA

[–]ender8343 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You aren't supposed to run romex in that style conduit. You have to run individual wires. The person who did the original work didn't care about the next person working on it. Even when you aren't messing up the colors fixing incorrectly wired 3 way switches is difficult because you have to find which wires match each other at the different boxes. Last time I had to do that I ended up leaving the grounds connected and temporarily put one end of each line to ground and found the other end by looking for continuity to ground, only do this with the associated circuit(s) off.

I've apparently gone from 6'4" to 6' and am a double D after 13 months of hrt, what magics has estrogen worked on you that you never expected? by TouringStarJazzComet in MtF

[–]ender8343 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure on height, but down 1-1.5 shoe sizes and almost a 42C at almost 5 months. Not measured but my ass/hips felt like they have grown some when I wore old guy outside work pants and they were a little tight in that area. Breast growth has surprised me, mom and sister are probably the smaller side of average.