Tara Cumulonimbus

"what in the world is in your DRAIN? what you pour down your DRAIN?"

"what in the world's behind that DOOR? can I open that DOOR?"

"who in the fuck is on your DECK? who's that creep on your DECK?"

rejected ludacris lines:

"what in the world is in that BOX? what you got in that BOX?"

"what in the world is in that JAR? what you got in that JAR?"

"what in the world is on that SHELF? what you keep on that SHELF?"

writing medical journal papers like "based on prior work by Tightpussy et al. (2025}"

when they come for the people who use excess semicolons, I'm toast

Man goes to the doctor, says his achievements are meaningless and lost in the sands of time.

Doctor says, “You should go see the ruined statue of Oxymandias, king of kings! Look upon his works, ye mighty, and despair!”

Man despairs, shaking sand out of his vast, trunkless legs, “But doctor...”

If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars", "Star Trek", "Doctor Who", or "Transformers".

I'm gonna choose to believe that transduction is a trans form of seduction

to clarify *this*, she means pointing out the fact that a pro-injection guide has a 38 part FAQ explaining how to prevent it from going wrong. let's not beat around the bush here.

backbox of the pinball game "The Machine: Bride of Pin-Bot", featuring artwork of a giant robot woman and a high score of 1,048,196,760

bring our robotgirls home

got it. see, that's the kind of thing I was hoping to hear!

mine was like $10/mo or $20/3mo before I met my OOP max (two surgeries this year), but it's been free for months... vials would be the same though

a lot of this discussion seems moot with insurance

it's no doubt meets coolio

the most generally recommended delivery method is pills, though, right? that's why people are promoting injections as an alternative. if they were already the standard recommendation, no one would need convincing.

I believe it was life-changing for you! good to hear

what I was originally asking about was whether it's also life-changing for people who *aren't* spending 10y trying to get better results out of pills, because they're happy with the results they have

and I did finally get an answer this time :)

well, it's either that or every other trans woman I know is a clueless idiot. or something in between.

levels dropping throughout the day means it matters what time of day you get your levels tested, yes. that's a downside of sublingual. but if your trough level is high enough, it's not a problem, right?

nah, your experience is good to hear. it's a data point. but it's one out of many, and so far, it seems more likely that you're especially competent and/or lucky than that every other trans woman I know is a dunce.

the people who report these problems are already educated and experienced. shit still happens. 🤷‍♀️

oh god, I made the mistake of disagreeing with other trans women again

protip: never do that

🤷‍♀️ I'm judging by the first-hand experiences I've heard from others. people I respect who've been injecting for a long time and I believe are pretty competent overall.

it's great that you haven't had the problems they've had. maybe you're more competent, or maybe you're luckier. idk.

agreed, sublingual as the first line would make more sense than oral + AA

glad it's working well for you!

here are things I've heard from other injection users:

"i'm bleeding & bruising way more than usual and it's much more sore than usual"
"hitting a nerve causes an ache running up my leg for like 15-30 mins after"
"it only hurts if my partner hit a nerve"

even just those are enough to explain why it isn't the first-line recommendation. people will screw those up.

hell, I've screwed up a zepbound injection, and that's literally just removing a cap and pushing a button

section 7

the safety information that comes with vials is akin to the safety information that comes with pills

the FAQ list of dozens of things people actually worry about with injections has no equivalent for pills. no one frantically posts "I just took a pill, is it going to give me hypertriglyceridemia?!"

nah, that's not it

and I'm only reporting what I've read in the guide we're discussing or heard directly from people who inject

several actual safety problems are mentioned: bsky.app/profile/tara...

beyond that: the reason these questions are in the guide is that people ask them. they ask them because these things at least seem like a problem. best case, that's still added stress - and I see it expressed all the time.

I'm not arguing in bad faith, and I'm disappointed by the assumption that I am. honest disagreement is a thing, and it's what you're seeing here.

things like this absolutely are about how to do it safely

there are many things (listed §5-7) that can go wrong with injections if you deviate from perfect procedure a little, or even if you don't

patches and gels have big downsides that pills don't. if T patches are as troublesome as E patches, it's no wonder they aren't the first line treatment.