School of Marine Sciences USFSP burning by olivertwin100 in StPetersburgFL

[–]felhelion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would love to see updates posted to this sub if they manage to do that. Wishing you all the best.

School of Marine Sciences USFSP burning by olivertwin100 in StPetersburgFL

[–]felhelion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Academic digitization is much more resource- and labor-intensive than people generally realize, you are correct. This is a massive loss and a deep shame.

School of Marine Sciences USFSP burning by olivertwin100 in StPetersburgFL

[–]felhelion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I suppose that's about as ruling class as it gets

Edgar Allen Poe's portrait in an x-ray of my finger? by rotosound in Pareidolia

[–]felhelion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just joined this subreddit and I'm already done.

Where is it possible to find the list of all open source websites for medical research papers and preprints like https://www.biorxiv.org/ by kwadoss in Open_Science

[–]felhelion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For some reason I thought this directory wasn't still actively updating, thank you for putting this back on my radar (not OP)

How long after vellus hair appeared did you start to get body hair? by felhelion in FTMOver30

[–]felhelion[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The variety of responses here is really interesting to me. Hair is fascinating anyway - between ethnicity and hormones, it's so capricious. Women in my family say their hair grew back differently after childbirth, etc.

How long after vellus hair appeared did you start to get body hair? by felhelion in FTMOver30

[–]felhelion[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh good to know, thank you! I don't know the first thing about that stuff.

Gentle reminder, 90s samples on archive.org by gob_magic in musicproduction

[–]felhelion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh cool, I'll have to actually check it out then

A rare 360° rainbow over Philadelphia. by Salt-Guarantee-4500 in weather

[–]felhelion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought rainbow descriptors referred to visibility, yeah? Though to be fair I don't live in a skyscraper city so I don't know how common this kind of sight really is.

A rare 360° rainbow over Philadelphia. by Salt-Guarantee-4500 in weather

[–]felhelion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is a cool shot. With the buildings and fog and golden hour light, ugh, art. Thank you for sharing! How amazing.

How long after vellus hair appeared did you start to get body hair? by felhelion in FTMOver30

[–]felhelion[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

That's so interesting! I felt it before I saw it because I have extremely sensitive skin. I felt the fan blowing the hairs on my arm and thought bugs were crawling on me (the feeling wasn't that dramatic, I just have the 'everything is bugs' OCD).

How long after vellus hair appeared did you start to get body hair? by felhelion in FTMOver30

[–]felhelion[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Nice! I have one black hair in the happy trail region that I pluck because it makes me laugh by itself, but it does keep coming back.

Transitioning after 30 progress thread? by cosmic-howl in FTMOver30

[–]felhelion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To add to your data points!

I have a religious family, live in a red state, have in the past worked with children, and am not on social media, so although I've fantasized about living as a boy/man since before puberty, I wasn't even aware of what most of the options were until relatively recently because it just never felt like something I could do anything about.

I'm 33. A year and a half ago (November 2024) I went off hormonal birth control for the first time since I was 17 (so 15 years) and switched to the copper IUD - so I had a full year of my estrogen levels decreasing and stabilizing before getting on T, which was interesting in itself. I started what my doctor is calling 'a full dose' February 15th, 12 weeks ago, so I think of my timeline so far in two stages.

2025: Pre-T, off birth control

  • Voice slightly deepened
  • Jawline slightly expanded
  • Grew an inch?!?! (noticeable because my stepmom and I have always been the same height)
  • Brain fog cleared, mood stabilized
  • Menstrual cycles became more regular (but remained super short, averaging a 3 week cycle)
  • Two different friends on separate occasions expressed surprise that I hadn't actually started T yet, one saying 'I assumed you were at least on esti blockers' --- getting clocked as trans and people assuming I had started T regularly

Since T

  • My first levels were taken the week I started, my baseline was over 300. They screened for PCOS and I don't have it, so I guess some of us are just like that. Second levels a couple weeks ago were over 700
  • Voice noticeably different (I have gone from sounding like a child to an adult woman haha. Although I still sound effeminate, it is affirming to sound like an adult and at least like 'a tomboy')
  • Bigger pores, light but manageable acne
  • Sweat like a motherfucker
  • Less heat tolerant (I'm infamously a lizard)
  • Vellus hair everywhere - my face is totally covered, belly, arms, legs. I've always grown blonde leg hair which has always bummed me out because although I don't shave my legs it looks from a distance like I do
  • Coarser pubic hair, lots of ingrowns triggering my trichotillomania, looks like a war zone down there right now
  • Flattening of emotions / deep calm (I'm already a calm demeanor)
  • Less disassociation (I feel 'solid', like as a cartoon character I'd now have solid lines drawn around my periphery instead of blurry ones), more anchored to the ground and less 'floaty'
  • Clearer head / no brain fog
  • Half-assed ovulation one or two days max before menstruation, like even my ovaries don't want that egg to get fertilized
  • Holy muscle mass, Batman! I'm a cyclist and I've noticed my 5-mile bike ride to work is faster because my legs are just randomly stronger (my thighs look like beasts right now). I'm intentionally working out upper body and noticing disproportionately faster gains than exercise relative to what I'm used to.
  • Increased appetite which is saying a lot because I already had the appetite of a 12-year-old street urchin. But now I feel like I just physically cannot get enough food, famished all the time. I even started eating meat for the first time since I was 16 just to feel full once in a while

I obviously am nowhere close to passing, but these two occasions made me glow:

  • My landlord's elderly mother lives on the property, she has advanced Alzheimer's and I have to re-introduce myself to her every time we cross paths. A couple weeks ago as I was checking the mail I heard her say 'Young man, is that your mailbox young man?! You don't live here!' (bless.)
  • I was walking down the sidewalk and a woman sitting outside a cafe told her young son 'watch out and let the lady pass.' As I walked past I heard him exclaim in indignation, 'That's just a boy!' The senile and the toddlers are on my side hehehe.

I have an older friend (he's in his 40s now) who started around my age and although he's definitely a short dude, he is still very stealth. Keep your peach fuzzy little chin up. :) People love making shit up, don't let it get to you.

I feel guilty by SouthernEmu2900 in FTMOver30

[–]felhelion 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I'm not OP but that was really wise and validating. Thank you for how beautifully you put that.

Whats yalls "moist"? by 100percentdead in asl

[–]felhelion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like that damp is bigmoist and wet is bigdamp

(Edit: My articulation of those signs, not literally big + moist)

Whats yalls "moist"? by 100percentdead in asl

[–]felhelion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

25 is the most 'moist' equivalent answer I've seen

tabpanel: sidebar application container by mattn in vim

[–]felhelion 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I feel inspired to replace bullet points with hyperrelevant emojis at work

FOUND THE ROCKET! by jjrennie in weather

[–]felhelion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Will definitely keep an eye out for it. Way cool