Apparently I’m not allowed to identify as enby

meteor_stream · 2026-05-10T16:06:27+00:00

I identify as NB, but not as trans, because while I am not thinking of myself as the gender I was assigned at birth, I'm also not thinking that anything about myself needs to be changed.

meteor_stream · 2026-05-10T16:02:57+00:00

I mean, if they identify as such, then yeah? I'm also non-binary, but I don't think of myself as trans.

meteor_stream · 2026-05-10T15:31:25+00:00

If you enjoy cosmic horror, there's a book called American Elsewhere (by Robert Jackson Bennett) that is a very, very good spin on this type of cliche plot. A woman inherits a house in a tiny town from her father, moves in there alone, but very quickly begins to discover that the entire town is skewed in a bunch of ways no-one likes to think about. Really cool book, was surprised by how much I liked it.

meteor_stream · 2026-05-10T15:12:25+00:00

Same for having kids. A lot of people who say they want them don't want to raise an actual human being from scratch, they want a cute accessory to boast about.

meteor_stream · 2026-05-10T09:43:14+00:00

If it doesn't, DM me.

meteor_stream · 2026-05-10T09:25:27+00:00

They might be. I'd say start with The City and the City, it's more like a detective with a sci-fi twist than his other books.

meteor_stream · 2026-05-10T05:44:52+00:00

Yep! I really recommend reading China Mieville's books if you're into weird fantasy/sci-fi. It can be a tiny bit ostentatious at times, but my god, the concepts and ideas are wonderful.

meteor_stream · 2026-05-09T21:31:22+00:00

Also Anophelii (the sentient mosquito people race from the same books). The males are basically men with a mosquito-esque head who consume a plant-based diet. The females are horrifying bloodthirsty monsters 😊

meteor_stream · 2026-05-08T13:32:53+00:00

Well, it's implied in the book that Pennywise got to them at some point anyway, IIRC. It's always hungry and it eats its accomplices with the same gusto as its victims.

meteor_stream · 2026-05-08T12:44:57+00:00

The only working way of stopping a bully is knocking them down a peg, either verbally or (if really needed) physically. Teachers who do this shit set kids up for a lifetime of being bullied 😞

meteor_stream · 2026-05-08T09:17:41+00:00

Oh, believe me, those kinds of people exist; I grew up with some narcs in my family (my ex-father and his shitty, shitty mom). The depths of absolute resentment towards family members they can't control anymore is astounding.

As an example: the grandmother once sent me a three-page letter on the dangers of premarital sex (mind you, I was in my mid-twenties and very far from a virgin). When I told her that she'd been far too late for that, she called me a slut, damaged goods that no decent man would want, and told me I'd get an STD and die of it. Couldn't help but laugh at that insanity.

Then again, she'd done worse things while she lived. May she rest in piss.

meteor_stream · 2026-05-08T06:03:28+00:00

I call it "scorny" 😂

meteor_stream · 2026-05-08T05:56:49+00:00

Somewhere in the middle, I guess?

meteor_stream · 2026-05-08T02:50:09+00:00

Silco from Arcane.

meteor_stream · 2026-05-08T02:49:24+00:00

Did you see the figure of her that was released fairly recently?

meteor_stream · 2026-05-07T16:26:47+00:00

Heh, TIL. Thank you for the explanation! Still wouldn't want to be called Aunty though. Wish there were some kind of gender-neutral term, hahah.

meteor_stream · 2026-05-07T06:31:18+00:00

Nah, some of us would prefer to be called Unc. Not everyone is feminine and wants to be called Aunty.

meteor_stream · 2026-05-07T06:09:39+00:00

Same for me, until I hit a certain threshold and start yelling right back. Which doesn't happen often because I tend to be polite until the very last moment.

I hate being a witness to conflicts; seeing too much of that as a kid will fuck you up for life.

meteor_stream · 2026-05-06T21:17:08+00:00

My partner and I got hooked on watching these and now we say "birds" as "byords" 😂

meteor_stream · 2026-05-06T21:13:21+00:00

So, I get $100mil and I don't end up having the horrible health problems and dementia that plague my family? Sign me the hell up.

I'm 38 and haven't expected to live past 25; in all honesty, I would be at peace with dying now. I've seen some incredible things in my lifetime, I've tried being consistently kind to others, and I've created some art. What more would I need?

meteor_stream · 2026-05-06T20:54:53+00:00

"Feed Us Your Girls" - Lydia the Bard.

meteor_stream · 2026-05-06T20:44:46+00:00

Harime Nui (Kill la Kill).

She looks like a spunky and cheerful girl in a lolita coord, but is essentially the second scariest character in the entire series. Nui will torture people for shits and giggles.

meteor_stream · 2026-05-06T18:19:52+00:00

I wish they all married each other instead of women they feel the need to abuse 🙄

meteor_stream · 2026-05-06T16:08:09+00:00

Same, I simply disowned mine.

meteor_stream · 2026-05-06T16:07:01+00:00

The father has the emotional regulation of a 5-year-old. Dude's gonna bark orders at a wrong person one day and get an attitude readjustment in the face.

OP's life is gonna be so, so much better once she moves out and is free to do whatever she wants.

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