But that’s the issue - people who are transphobic often say that using someone’s chosen name is “strange” and “confusing” because they don’t want to admit that their real issue with it is that it’s being used for gender expression. If their actual issue was with chosen names as a whole, stage names would irritate them just as much.
But the stress is the only effective motivator I’ve found!
Can’t say I know much about what a good haircut looks like, but if you find a nice hairdresser, they’ll usually have some ideas for how they can make it look nice. Facial hair is often a good addition if you can grow it. Remember that you’re your harshest critic, especially when your self esteem is in the shitter. Chances are you don’t look half as bad as you think you do, and asking for outside help can give you the perspective you can’t give yourself at the moment.
Hey, that was me! Though I’m fat instead of skinny. The reason you can’t get over it is because you want and deserve a relationship. I came to the conclusion that if I’m never going to have anyone in my life, I might as well join a dating site just to verify it, and lo and behold, I’m married now at 33.
Get a nice haircut, find some clothes that fit you well, and take some pictures of yourself doing things you like, then spend a few hours putting the effort into making an honest, well-thought-out profile on a dating site. Spend an hour or so every day really looking into potential matches, trying to come up with something to ask them about from their profile as a conversation starter. The more effort you put in, the better your results will be - if you send every girl a “hey,” you’ll never get a single match.
It’ll take a while to get used to chatting with girls, and if you’re like me you’ll put your foot in your mouth a lot at first, but eventually you’ll start getting some dates, and eventually you’ll start getting some second dates. I won’t say it’ll be easy, but I look back on my 25 year old self and think how funny it was that I had nearly given up so young. You’ve got a lot of life ahead of you, and it’s better with company.
Or give up, it’s your choice, but I don’t think you would have posted this if you really wanted that.
I specifically use my normal username and profile pic as a challenge to people. Oh, you want to laugh about how you saw me in a thread discussing a fetish porn game? Care to explain what you were doing there? Okay, now, give me your list of favorites.
Great, so we should take advantage of the fact that we have major and minor leagues and separate by ability into those. If it happens to separate by gender, so be it, but if someone is higher or lower than the average for their gender then they can compete among other people on their level.
The fact that we separate by gender in spite of how, as this thread points out, there is a large amount of variability within that category that goes against the idea that this addresses the ability gap, just shows that we’re not separating for that reason, we’re separating for sexual discrimination.
I’ve always thought it was strange that we separated some sports by gender, and I still do. Especially because plenty of sports don’t separate by gender, and there’s no issue.
Pretty sure the point is fun and entertainment. Some people care about finding the “best,” but as the saying goes, it’s not about whether you win or lose…
If someone has ADHD and takes medication - as directed - to help them focus on their training regiment, would that make you as upset? It’s certainly a drug to “alter,” as you say.
That’s the issue - so did AI. Real people use them less often because real people often don’t read a lot of books. AI might not really understand the words it’s spewing out, but it’s at least good at formatting them as it’s been shown.
Ha! Good one.
That’s the thing, though - there isn’t anything else. Just think - would you still go to work if they stopped paying you? If, like most people, you answered no, then everything besides the pay is just a neat bonus on top of the only real thing you’re there for.
I said this in my first interview, and while I still go the job, they made it clear that it was very much in spite of the response. Sorry that it wasn’t my life goal at 16 to put tags on clothing…
Yeah, exactly.