Sometimes, your transition lessons suddenly start back up. In my case, 24 years later.
When I first transitioned, I wore a lot of makeup. And because Steph was my "Professor of the Femininities" I used her makeup at first. Eventually I got my own makeup, but it was older makeup she was replacing.
As time moved on, and I started buying my own, I just simply kept getting the same kind of makeup over and over again. And as I stopped wearing makeup all the time, I got less and less makeup.
A few years ago, my mother mentioned that she didn't like my makeup, because it lightened my skin too much. And she was right - Steph is lighter complected than I am, and Mom lent me some of hers. It looked great, and I started getting that instead.
And then it got discontinued. Well, as I'm wearing makeup more and more for stuff I'm doing, I'm quickly running out of foundation. I need to buy more, and I've never really bought my own makeup before. I always just used Stephs or Moms and kept buying it when I ran out.
So I'm gonna need to buy some more before I run out...and...well...even though I transitioned in 2000...I kinda don't know how to do make sure I get the right color.
Lessons never end.
@dolari Pronounced "SHEE-quay"
Was discussing a way to transfer money from one bank to another today, without incurring a percentage fee, and my mother brought something up I hadn't heard of in FOREVER.
A thing called a...."check." Or "cheque."
It's a piece of paper that says "pull money from account A into account B!"
WHAT A COUNTRY!
@JoscelynTransient I think his best friend coming out as trans, and learning what that means and how to support her because that's what he wants to do, may indeed have that effect. but also the implicit biases of society are really hard to notice and wake up to, and people don't always draw the connection from "men in dresses are funny ha ha" to "that's actually transphobic and harmful for lots of reasons". but we can hope. everybody has to start somewhere, and those starts should be celebrated.
I was told, "if you boycott every game that is made using any AI stuff, this will probably be your last year playing most games."
Two years back a bunch of photographers and musicians I followed decided NFTs were the future. I stopped buying their stuff.
NFTs died. Blockchain and crypto are dying.
It's within our power as consumers and creators to say "no."
When someone puts a knife to your throat (and that's what "AI" is to many creatives), you're not obliged to point out your carotid.
@danhon the repeated waves of layoff in the tech industry certainly undermined the assumption that tech workers do not need unions.
Someone asked, probably rhetorically, "Who has 12 kids in this day and age??"
I'm gonna answer anyway: the people who have 12 kids in the USA in the 21st century are religious fundamentalists whose ideologies are so unpopular that their best option for spreading their beliefs is to indoctrinate children from birth in isolation from the rest of the world.
Now you know.
Sensible, human me: work is frustrating today and a lot of things are chaotic. You should breathe, keep a level head, and carefully address everything people need with measured, chosen replies. Be considerate of people's emotions and overreactions, tread lightly while keeping others calm.
Fox me: you should pee on all of this and then leave.
Not my thing but...Fox-Me might be onto something there.
Food Not Bombs trial rescheduled after too many jurors objected to $500 fine for feeding homeless
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Creative Text Writer for MTG: Universes Beyond
Writer for Sea of Legends
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