Posts by sasha_strange@tech.lgbt
(DIR) Post #ASC3n8KQe6GnMaK3v6 by sasha_strange@tech.lgbt
2023-01-26T16:21:50Z
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One of the things that doesn't get talked about as much with late transition is that while yes, you are starting to heal by finally being able to be more yourself, it is like starting a new job and immediately being buried under technical debt.You inherit the mess that is left from a life wasted because you struggled to see a future for yourself - "What's the point of stressing out over XYZ? Why fix any of it? I won't be here for long."(continued)
(DIR) Post #ASC3n8soaFm95EPWW8 by sasha_strange@tech.lgbt
2023-01-26T16:29:08Z
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The end result is, yeah, you have a new will to live, but trying to do that in the face of everything old you never thought they'd have to confront is still waiting, and it's just too much.This is where I'm at. Back to feeling like that end is inevitable, because what can I do? There's too many things to fix. Too many deadlines, too many shoes waiting to drop.Am I disassociating? Is that what's going on? Is it conflict avoidance?
(DIR) Post #ASC3n9SyPohOtNKOsS by sasha_strange@tech.lgbt
2023-01-26T16:32:42Z
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I worry about the people that are under threat of these anti-trans laws that will force them to delay or outright make it impossible for them to get the care they need, that they'll just end up in this same boat somehow.Haven't we done this shit too many times? With immigrants, with black people with gay and lesbian people - How many times will we rehash the same argument of "does *this* segment of the population deserve human dignity?"
(DIR) Post #ASC3n9uyjh6IIEQlWq by sasha_strange@tech.lgbt
2023-01-26T16:40:42Z
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I'm getting off track here, but I promise, this is all connected.It took me 37 years to figure out I was trans, that there was a name for what was wrong with me - THAT THERE WAS A WAY TO **LIVE**.What it took for me to come to that realization was information. *real* trans people being visible, their stories and experiences that I would find so much in common with, capable of being seen and heard.This is what scares me so much.(continued)
(DIR) Post #ASC3nB6MKrnXxolMuG by sasha_strange@tech.lgbt
2023-01-26T16:46:10Z
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The objective of the anti-trans people is to outright eradicate and erase trans people. By cutting out access, by silencing voices and forcing people to hide.I only found my community by chance. A random meme that lead me down a rabbit hole and into the light of day I never thought I'd see.You don't prevent kids from 'becoming' trans by limiting their access or exposure to trans lives - You just set them up for a miserable life that is hardly worth living, and has no future.(cntd)
(DIR) Post #ASC3nCJ9qld7hnl6Ui by sasha_strange@tech.lgbt
2023-01-26T16:47:22Z
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Then, one day, if, like me, they finally manage to *get it* and even have the opportunity to try to start again, to really, truly LIVE, that they aren't crippled by the technical debt left behind by the shell of a person they once were.
(DIR) Post #ASD2nhbtZ0KLzX9y2i by sasha_strange@tech.lgbt
2023-01-31T17:39:06Z
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Toss a coin to your instance admin.It helps keep things going Mastodon and on and on.
(DIR) Post #ASFCCKOgIJ498liSW0 by sasha_strange@tech.lgbt
2023-01-31T22:42:12Z
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"I thought you said you were a full stack developer"Yeah, full stackoverflow.
(DIR) Post #ASJ9oO3waZG3IOAWS8 by sasha_strange@tech.lgbt
2023-01-26T18:07:34Z
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@geordie I'm pretty sure that these are custom made, rather than strategically peeled. The alignment is too close, the result too clean, for that. I have a similar image to this:
(DIR) Post #ASkbMX9fMia3V1A3ge by sasha_strange@tech.lgbt
2023-02-16T22:07:23Z
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I often feel like the universe is actively conspiring to ensure that I can't have anything nice, no matter how small. Like a very personal implementation of Murphy's Law.
(DIR) Post #ASkbhMnh3egjT0okoS by sasha_strange@tech.lgbt
2023-02-16T22:14:33Z
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Hey conservatives - SHUT THE FUCK UP about "protecting children". You don't give a fuck about them any more than they can be useful for your political aspirations.Gender affirming care, and BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS aren't killing people every other fucking day like guns, but you act like they are.I am so fucking SICK of this shit.I hope all of this shit bites you and your worthless, hateful, spineless, cruelty-is-the-fucking-point 'party' in the ass by making you entire ideology extinct.Fuck your fascist bullshit. Go fuck yourselves with the guns you give more rights to than people.Eat shit. Forever.
(DIR) Post #ASlU3rL3arh24hb67k by sasha_strange@tech.lgbt
2023-02-16T22:25:45Z
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IDGAF about differentiating between conservatives/republicans/fascists/nazis - Why should I bother to respect the differences between these labels when they show us every day that there is none.
(DIR) Post #ASp8Tu8GPOXxuQT1nc by sasha_strange@tech.lgbt
2023-02-18T20:22:14Z
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@gwynnion Exactly. I keep saying "They will come for you when they run out of us. There is no 'middle ground'."
(DIR) Post #AT0swoQZQlI1FDJNrs by sasha_strange@tech.lgbt
2023-02-15T01:04:42Z
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*dies**arrives in 'heaven'*god: "So, did you like it?"me: "Like what?"god: "Life. It's a survival horror game I.."me: "Well, THAT makes sense."god: "So? What did you think?"me: "Character selection doesn't even work right. The whole thing is pay to win, heavily rigged against casual players, bug reports go unanswered, but overall, I think you nailed it. It's a horror just trying to survive."god: "I'm the best."
(DIR) Post #AT0swphGiAEzBI8EXA by sasha_strange@tech.lgbt
2023-02-15T20:07:23Z
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Holy crap, this post blew up fast.
(DIR) Post #AT7ccXCZWltSrrnBg0 by sasha_strange@tech.lgbt
2023-02-28T00:27:56Z
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In my trans circlesA cracking egg is joyous;new life emerges!The shell fragmenting;the illusion falls away - thus, the real remains.#haiku #575prompt #DailyHaikuPrompt #egg
(DIR) Post #ATPcOo5w6Ah0HIg6ue by sasha_strange@tech.lgbt
2023-03-08T17:01:27Z
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The 8 people that 'own' as much wealth as 99% of the rest of the planet: "You'll own nothing, and you'll be happy"Can't wait to see them dump all their wealth for the chance to be happy.If they're reluctant, perhaps we should 'capture' it, as they have ours.
(DIR) Post #ATQdmrqe5bLXytWU7c by sasha_strange@tech.lgbt
2023-03-08T15:56:57Z
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"You can be anything you want to be when you grow up" they told me."Except yourself", they clarified when I tried to do exactly that.
(DIR) Post #ATeu0PzHgzwjE4Wg2S by sasha_strange@tech.lgbt
2023-03-15T15:48:19Z
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@JessTheUnstill The reich wing really loves the narrative that trans is like an ideology that people get indoctrinated by, because it's super easy to push onto their audience, which, incidentally, they have indoctrinated with their own ideology.Being trans isn't like being radicalized. Either you are trans or you aren't, and almost all of us trans folks are self aware enough to never push anyone. We support. We affirm. We accept. Even when someone questioning their gender realizes that they aren't trans, we accept them. It's not some MLM. There's no money or power or fame to be had here.Only community and found family. The care and support we all wanted and needed for ourselves, we give freely to others.I posit that the reason that trans people piss off right wing evangelical types is that we embody their professed beliefs better than they ever could, and the reason why is that we have no ulterior motive. We love for the sake of loving. We support and care because we know what a difference it makes.
(DIR) Post #AVUCar6wxyX0lChWlM by sasha_strange@tech.lgbt
2023-05-09T16:22:33Z
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Describe yourself in two words.I'll go first: Psychically Exhausted.