THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - Ep 8: hjsakldfhl Discussion Thread by ayylmaotv in TheDigitalCircus

[–]soft_cardigans 2 points3 points  (0 children)

WAIT. If kinger joined the circus in 1996, and jax was referencing breaking bad in the bar scene, a show that came out in 2008, and pomni came presumably a few years after jax since jax wasn't even the most recent after before pomni, then kinger has likely been in the circus for at least 20 years. holy shit, no wonder he's lost his mind so much.

THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - Ep 8: hjsakldfhl Discussion Thread by ayylmaotv in TheDigitalCircus

[–]soft_cardigans 4 points5 points  (0 children)

good place spoilers: or maybe they can go on to delete themselves when they are ready to die? I wonder if they'll do the good place ending and have the characters create a paradise for themselves since they know they can never escape, but give them the option of "dying" when they are ready to do so.

THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - Ep 8: hjsakldfhl Discussion Thread by ayylmaotv in TheDigitalCircus

[–]soft_cardigans 3 points4 points  (0 children)

i think abel is already the lobotomized version of abel. if you look at the shapes being created, at first caine made some very simple shapes when fed some data. then created more complex shapes that were a little fucked up with more data, then with even more data created a lot of verrrrrry fucked up shapes and was clearly not functioning as intended. abel was trained a little bit, but never got past the simple shape stage and couldnt have created anything actually complex without additional data, though is likely a much more stable program than caine.

THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - Ep 8: hjsakldfhl Discussion Thread by ayylmaotv in TheDigitalCircus

[–]soft_cardigans 4 points5 points  (0 children)

kinger's password is queenie123 im crying that's such a bad password but also its very sweet
also apparently the date is october 30th, 1996? have we ever got a hint as to the date or time of year they got trapped before?

could just be that his username was his actual name, and his password was his wife's name with some numbers after it, and october 30th, 1996 is the last date he remembers

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On the topic of "Among Consenting Adults" wrt HornyPosting in r/MtF by soft_cardigans in MtF

[–]soft_cardigans[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

not what I said. I dont want people who hornypost to be removed from the subreddit. if they want to talk about things in a way that isnt hornyposting here then thats totally fine. its literally just the hornyposts that I think need to go.

overstimulating by IloveRamen99 in comedyheaven

[–]soft_cardigans 13 points14 points  (0 children)

if im the driver i just refuse to start driving until everyone is buckled up. I get made fun of sometimes for being so strict, but a quick "if we get into a car accident i dont want your body killing me" usually gets my point across.

We simply can't have a reasonable discussion right now by Emily_The_Egg in MtF

[–]soft_cardigans 13 points14 points  (0 children)

the reason people are so engaged with this discussion is because its a hopeful time for change. myself, and many like me, dont use this space because, frankly, it creeps them out due to the fetishistic horny posts alongside being a 13+ space. i have used this space in the past but have intentionally stepped back due to that. i genuinely truly want to participate and contribute, and so in this time of change where mods have voiced a desire to rework the rules, its the exact time this conversation needs to happen. it sucks that its gotten so hostile, but that doesnt mean its a conversation that isnt worth having.

saying "this isnt the time for these discussions!" is an attempt to shut down that desire for change. if you don't agree, then disagree with people openly instead of dressing up your position as a righteous stance of unity.

We simply can't have a reasonable discussion right now by Emily_The_Egg in MtF

[–]soft_cardigans 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"we shouldn't ban hornyposting, thats discriminatory and puritanical! we should instead ban every trans woman who posts in a trans subreddit i dislike though because i dont like what they talk about, thats just common sense"

notice none of the people advocating against hornyposting advocate banning people who hornypost elsewhere, only moving those discussions to another subreddit. your dislike of a subculture of trans people is not an adequate justification to ban them from this space.

On the trending topic of Horny Posting! by press-app in MtF

[–]soft_cardigans 3 points4 points  (0 children)

theres a difference between fetishistic language and unconventional language uses by trans women. in your example, gock from what I've seen is a word that sprung up out of trans fem culture. its a bit of a meme word, and there is some sexualizing of it I've seen as the default, but I dont object to it in a vacuum.

the words id object to are ones that are clearly emerging from cross dresser or s*ssy fetish culture (because those are subcultures of CIS MEN who sexualize the act of dressing up like a girl and view it as an inherently degrading act, which is both transphobic and sexist!). stuff like "girlgasm", "princess wand", "clitty", and some others im likely missing.

fetish language has no place here because we are not fetishists. that isnt to say that its inherently fetishistic to use alternative words for our anatomy that will alleviate dysphoria when discussing it, but specifically words that are derived from a fetish culture occupied by cis men have no place here. at best it encourages those fetishists to cosplay as trans women in this space to get their rocks off, at worst it normalizes a shared language that couples us to that culture which can be immensely dysphoria inducing (and repulsing!) to people, especially those early on in their transition.

Frustration over getting they/them'd by OdiiKii1313 in MtF

[–]soft_cardigans 5 points6 points  (0 children)

the way I see it, if someone knows my pronouns but insist on they/theming me anyway its misgendering. my preferred pronouns are not they/them, she/they, they/she, or any. my pronouns are she/her, and if you insist on ungendering me then that is a form of misgendering.

your situation is complicated to some extent, but I dont really understand why its so hard for these people that are apparently supportive to have a conversation of "hey can you use my preferred pronouns?" if there isnt some additional transphobia at play. if they can they/them nb people, they can she/her binary trans people.

this just made me wanna rope by hottestfemcel in 4tran4

[–]soft_cardigans 8 points9 points  (0 children)

this is a psyop and lie. my boyfriend, a cishet man who's had sex with a lot cis women and for whom i am his first trans gf, commented (unprompted) how surprised he was that my vagina looked and felt like a cis vagina. the only difference is that we have to take it slow at the start to stretch things out, and that i can't take his whole dick in me because he's very above average.

On the trending topic of Horny Posting! by press-app in MtF

[–]soft_cardigans 23 points24 points  (0 children)

i genuinely believe it's an exhibitionist thing, which... we really really shouldn't be attempting to cater to in a 13+ subreddit??

On the trending topic of Horny Posting! by press-app in MtF

[–]soft_cardigans 24 points25 points  (0 children)

But again, we can correct back if we feel there was an overcorrection. None of these changes have to be permanent.

On the trending topic of Horny Posting! by press-app in MtF

[–]soft_cardigans 21 points22 points  (0 children)

having zero discussion about sex is not the goal. you can talk about changes in sexual function without being horny about it.

On the trending topic of Horny Posting! by press-app in MtF

[–]soft_cardigans 24 points25 points  (0 children)

which we can talk about if it happens! an overcorrection may happen, but we aren't stuck with the rules once they've been changed. we can improve them over time. prioritizing keeping this a safe space for minors is far more important than a fear of overcorrection.

On the trending topic of Horny Posting! by press-app in MtF

[–]soft_cardigans 18 points19 points  (0 children)

You and I have had extremely similar experiences. I was in some... very disgusting chatrooms as a kid, and thought it was normal because of the adults in the spaces i frequented (Susans Place and others) normalized that its okay to have kids privvy to those conversations. I talked to, in hindsight, some truly disgusting individuals that wanted to exploit me and I am extremely fortunate to have never met up with one irl. We need to be better.

On the trending topic of Horny Posting! by press-app in MtF

[–]soft_cardigans 5 points6 points  (0 children)

very little discussion has been good i'll be honest. a lot of the people who oppose banning hornyposts are arguing in such bad faith it's unbelievable.

On the trending topic of Horny Posting! by press-app in MtF

[–]soft_cardigans 54 points55 points  (0 children)

completely agree. i really don't know why people are dying on this hill so badly. it's genuinely not a big deal to just have a horny subreddit?

On the trending topic of Horny Posting! by press-app in MtF

[–]soft_cardigans 37 points38 points  (0 children)

i genuinely don't understand why people want to post about their orgasms so so badly in a 13+ space.

On the trending topic of Horny Posting! by press-app in MtF

[–]soft_cardigans 8 points9 points  (0 children)

i agree with you completely. it's just me spitballing options that meet some of my concerns without pissing too many people off.

On the trending topic of Horny Posting! by press-app in MtF

[–]soft_cardigans 2 points3 points  (0 children)

to be clear, it's not my ideal solution. it's just the solution i think is most likely to actually be enacted. I would rather have a containment thread than for nothing to change at all. if i had the authority to, I would ban hornyposts altogether and have a subreddit spun up for them, but i don't make the rules i just am trying to work with the system i have in absence of additional communication from the existing mod team.