This is one reason I'm so open on here (I know Amber is too, as are others).
It helps me to journal my personal journey but, in the process, I hope my cis followers learn a few things too.
No excuse for not learning about trans lives on this website. There's a lot of us here.
12.12.2025 14:53 โ ๐ 29 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Cloth masks aren't enough, sadly. You need FFP2 minimum in order to actually be effective.
12.12.2025 14:54 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Yeah - same. But apparently too many people are stupid / selfish and here we are.
12.12.2025 12:34 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Flow chart
Your friend or relative comes out as trans
Question. Does this harm you in any way?
If answered is yes, left to box that says, it doesnโt, then on to next question.
If answer is no, on to next question
Question. Are you happy for them?
If answered yes, on to final box that just says, sweet.
If answer is no, on to box that says, Why not? Get your shit together.
This handy flowchart is for any fellow cis people out there who have someone in their lives who come out to them as trans.
12.12.2025 12:27 โ ๐ 428 ๐ 123 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 10
I mean the best advice is fucking stay home if you possibly can, but I'm aware that's not possible for many. So yes - mask up.
12.12.2025 09:59 โ ๐ 20 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
Folks; it costs absolutely nothing to be kind and believe people when they tell you who they are
12.12.2025 09:59 โ ๐ 35 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
They're such fucking snowflakes
12.12.2025 09:57 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I think there's a day or two when you know you're coming down with something but might still be ambulatory. And holy shit YES you should mask at this point.
12.12.2025 09:56 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
YES YOU STUPID FUCKS
12.12.2025 09:24 โ ๐ 118 ๐ 20 ๐ฌ 11 ๐ 0
Brilliant.
Everyone needs to talk to Reform like this.
12.12.2025 09:08 โ ๐ 38 ๐ 12 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
The most shameful language point about school kids in the U.K. is not the number who speak English as a second language, but the number who donโt speak any language other than English.
Even more, the number of adults who donโt.
12.12.2025 09:16 โ ๐ 175 ๐ 31 ๐ฌ 11 ๐ 0
By the same rationale, 30 Days of Night would also be a Christmas movie
12.12.2025 09:18 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
The descendants of those cows are now very high up in NASA
12.12.2025 09:12 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
A bloke who was clearly an 80s hooliganism fan, and performative racist is unlikely to have been a model husband/father.
12.12.2025 09:11 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
I imagine him being alive was probably pretty shit for them, too.
12.12.2025 09:06 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
"Well-known" is quite telling there.
So sad. Never mind.
12.12.2025 09:02 โ ๐ 44 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 0
Iโm amazed at how many people on this site are so fucking smart and cool
12.12.2025 04:52 โ ๐ 62 ๐ 9 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 0
The kids who have English as a second or additional language often speak it more fluently and accurately than plenty of native speakers.
12.12.2025 08:37 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
Niche but funny
12.12.2025 08:33 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I can hear my Grampa going "it'll rub out"
12.12.2025 08:32 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
eBay listing for a mini cooper, says it has 'minor' damage
Entire front of car is stoved in.
'minor'
11.12.2025 21:10 โ ๐ 25 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 7 ๐ 1
I'm fizzy
11.12.2025 21:02 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
My brain immediately went 'their kid has better upper body strength than me' before I realised that's not what you mean
11.12.2025 21:00 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
A sign advertising 07949020598 wasps ยฃ50
absolute bargain if any of yous have a use for 7,949,020,598 wasps
11.12.2025 18:37 โ ๐ 867 ๐ 276 ๐ฌ 25 ๐ 32
I don't think anybody needs that many wasps
11.12.2025 20:15 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
My brain is now trying to wedge this into the Major-General's song from Pirates.
11.12.2025 20:13 โ ๐ 13 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
๐งต Is it a super flu year? Who knows, but I think the current reporting is stupid.
A pissed off thread using data.
Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10
11.12.2025 18:29 โ ๐ 415 ๐ 211 ๐ฌ 17 ๐ 42
been having a tough time lately nana
AI GRANDMA: There is nothing shameful about choosing your own end. Did you know rope is on sale at HOME DEPOT for a limited time only? หขแตแตโฟหขแตสณแตแต แตแตหขหขแตแตแต
11.12.2025 00:45 โ ๐ 456 ๐ 73 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Fully old enough to remember when the term "AI" wasn't forcibly synonymous with corporatocratic kleptocracy.
11.12.2025 20:04 โ ๐ 230 ๐ 36 ๐ฌ 6 ๐ 1
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