Here's how it goes with half the games I mod these days.
And a hook upon which I can hang my bag and coat. Glorious toilet, this one. Good find.
Snow–free roads seem like a beneficial thing for most modes of transport though.
Please.
This comment has been on my mind since seeing it yesterday, and I felt too foolish to ask, but is there an equivalent term without a dogwhistly connotation? 'Cause I'm pretty sure "transgenderism" has come out of my mouth before, and for the sake of describing "the state of being transgender" I can't come up with anything else that suits.
I understand the reason why we don't like "transgenderism", and probably anything with the ism suffix that would imply ideological motive, but nothing else feels as succinct while also being grammatically correct.
At the risk of over explaining, I'll provide an example.
"When I was a child, there was very little public discourse about transgenderism."
In this sentence, I'm trying to convey a lack of discourse about transgender existence as a whole, encompassing not only the state of transgender experience (dysphoria, isolation, mental health impacts), the process gender transition, social and political stigmatisation, and so on.
If I were to substitute "transgenderism" with "being trans", I feel it speaks more specifically to one's internal experience; the state of being a certain way in a vacuum. Maybe that's just my interpretation and something I need to change.
For the record, "transgenderism" never sat right with me before I knew it had been co–opted in the way you pointed out, and more than a few times I've made references to my "transness" which sounds clunky af and weirdly pejorative in its own way.
I tried. And I never try.
Problem with VPFs is irrigation throttling, or lack thereof. Most people are cool, but I've heard of people hosting exotics which just max out downstream 24/7. Plus everyone has root access which gets abused frequently.
Front end dev fully turned towards the back end dev, drinking a juice box, happy to let them take all the attention so no one asks him difficult questions like why a deprecated component (the green bike's chain) is hanging around creating a potential safety hazard while doing nothing useful. Back end dev awkwardly skirting the matter of a snowballing reliance on SQL stored proc spaghetti until finally one matter arises on which they can both speak confidently and in unison. How does this clusterfuck stack fit together? "REST API".
I'm sorry you're going through this, Smorty. It won't be forever. Please keep sharing. 💙
Myeeah, narcissist or not, she fumbled a lot of opportunities to show empathy here. It sounds like she wanted you to know what an ordeal this was for her which I think is pretty shitty. I admire your tenacity in sticking out the conversation.
Also I don't know if she does have a point about having to repeat yourself. I personally felt much more comfortable coming out to every friend and family member one–by–one, and must have repeated myself at least 20 times now. I felt more confident and empowered each time. It also served as good practice in owning my identity when it came time to change my name legally, and everything that came along with that.
The bottom line is that it's totally up to you how you want to come out, fast or slow, privately or publicly. You shouldn't have to be made more uncomfortable than the whole thing already is.
I dream of a day, however far in the future, when Smorty uses her real face as an avatar and we all take turns saying what her cutest feature is.