Like what extreme sect of religion are they in? Your family and former friends that is.
Quote from: Mr Psychologist on December 17, 2014, 08:37:20 AMQuote from: The First Noelle on December 17, 2014, 05:34:04 AMQuote from: challengerX on December 17, 2014, 05:32:15 AMLOL And here I was thinking the trans folks were all tight with each other.The few I have met online seem to be very hostile and aggressive, and I can be at times as well. Perhaps that is a characteristic of trans* individuals.I would speculate that in a good number of cases, this is to do with the shit that they get in the first place for simply being who they are. Aggression breeds aggression.Definitely a big part of it, I'd argue. Then there's also the factor that the "special snowflake" type doesn't seem to get along with too many others like that. The LGBT community is actually pretty fractured at the core.
Quote from: The First Noelle on December 17, 2014, 05:34:04 AMQuote from: challengerX on December 17, 2014, 05:32:15 AMLOL And here I was thinking the trans folks were all tight with each other.The few I have met online seem to be very hostile and aggressive, and I can be at times as well. Perhaps that is a characteristic of trans* individuals.I would speculate that in a good number of cases, this is to do with the shit that they get in the first place for simply being who they are. Aggression breeds aggression.
Quote from: challengerX on December 17, 2014, 05:32:15 AMLOL And here I was thinking the trans folks were all tight with each other.The few I have met online seem to be very hostile and aggressive, and I can be at times as well. Perhaps that is a characteristic of trans* individuals.
LOL And here I was thinking the trans folks were all tight with each other.
Changes nothing for me. You're still cool in my eyes, Nuka
Quote from: Maverick on December 17, 2014, 01:50:47 AMI guess I don't really understand how being trans works. Could you have just dealt with the sex you were born with and then went with the sexual orientation that you are since being trans seems to be very socially unacceptable in these times?inb4 I'm being intolerant, just trying to understand.Gender and orientation are two entirely different concepts, bucko.It has nothing to do with orientation. At all.
I guess I don't really understand how being trans works. Could you have just dealt with the sex you were born with and then went with the sexual orientation that you are since being trans seems to be very socially unacceptable in these times?inb4 I'm being intolerant, just trying to understand.
Quote from: Nuka on December 17, 2014, 01:56:59 AMQuote from: Maverick on December 17, 2014, 01:50:47 AMI guess I don't really understand how being trans works. Could you have just dealt with the sex you were born with and then went with the sexual orientation that you are since being trans seems to be very socially unacceptable in these times?inb4 I'm being intolerant, just trying to understand.Gender and orientation are two entirely different concepts, bucko.It has nothing to do with orientation. At all.Not what I meant. Not sure why you thought this is what I was saying but whatever.
I guess I don't really understand how being trans works. Could you have just dealt with the sex you were born with ... since being trans seems to be very socially unacceptable in these times?
Quote from: Maverick on December 17, 2014, 04:16:07 PMQuote from: Nuka on December 17, 2014, 01:56:59 AMQuote from: Maverick on December 17, 2014, 01:50:47 AMI guess I don't really understand how being trans works. Could you have just dealt with the sex you were born with and then went with the sexual orientation that you are since being trans seems to be very socially unacceptable in these times?inb4 I'm being intolerant, just trying to understand.Gender and orientation are two entirely different concepts, bucko.It has nothing to do with orientation. At all.Not what I meant. Not sure why you thought this is what I was saying but whatever.Remove the orientation part as it's mostly unrelated and you get this, which is what I think you were trying to ask: Quote from: Maverick on December 17, 2014, 01:50:47 AMI guess I don't really understand how being trans works. Could you have just dealt with the sex you were born with ... since being trans seems to be very socially unacceptable in these times?Cool graphic:SpoilerI could draw analogies to people being born nearsighted and needing glasses or laser surgery to correct it or something else, but there's not really a perfect parallel since society is pretty static on the gender/sex issue as a whole.
Yeah that's pretty much what I meant. I basically wanted to know if OP could have kept it a secret about being trans. Not trying to say that's what Nuka should do, just wondering if hypothetically Nuka could have done that.
Quote from: Maverick on December 17, 2014, 05:10:42 PMYeah that's pretty much what I meant. I basically wanted to know if OP could have kept it a secret about being trans. Not trying to say that's what Nuka should do, just wondering if hypothetically Nuka could have done that.On the forums? Yes, I would've kept it secret since it really shouldn't matter in an online settling. But uh...shit happens.
Good for you Nuka.
Quote from: Yutaka on December 17, 2014, 03:23:05 PMGood for you Nuka.Well hey, now you know why I have an "effeminate" voice or...whatever you called it. >___>
Quote from: Nuka on December 17, 2014, 05:15:26 PMQuote from: Maverick on December 17, 2014, 05:10:42 PMYeah that's pretty much what I meant. I basically wanted to know if OP could have kept it a secret about being trans. Not trying to say that's what Nuka should do, just wondering if hypothetically Nuka could have done that.On the forums? Yes, I would've kept it secret since it really shouldn't matter in an online settling. But uh...shit happens.I meant in real life. I'm assuming no but, like I said, I don't fully understand how it works or how it feels to identify with a different gender.
Quote from: Nuka on December 17, 2014, 05:17:46 PMQuote from: Yutaka on December 17, 2014, 03:23:05 PMGood for you Nuka.Well hey, now you know why I have an "effeminate" voice or...whatever you called it. >___><_____<Feminine, was the word I used.
Quote from: Yutaka on December 17, 2014, 05:19:51 PMQuote from: Nuka on December 17, 2014, 05:17:46 PMQuote from: Yutaka on December 17, 2014, 03:23:05 PMGood for you Nuka.Well hey, now you know why I have an "effeminate" voice or...whatever you called it. >___><_____<Feminine, was the word I used.Eh, I disagree. I think he has a "tech support/nerdy " voice.He sounds like a tech wiz or something along those lines.
Quote from: Rocketman287 on December 17, 2014, 05:24:02 PMQuote from: Yutaka on December 17, 2014, 05:19:51 PMQuote from: Nuka on December 17, 2014, 05:17:46 PMQuote from: Yutaka on December 17, 2014, 03:23:05 PMGood for you Nuka.Well hey, now you know why I have an "effeminate" voice or...whatever you called it. >___><_____<Feminine, was the word I used.Eh, I disagree. I think he has a "tech support/nerdy " voice.He sounds like a tech wiz or something along those lines.Funny thing, because I kind of actually am.More on a design standpoint rather than hardware, but...eh, you get the point.
Quote from: Yutaka on December 17, 2014, 05:19:51 PMQuote from: Nuka on December 17, 2014, 05:17:46 PMQuote from: Yutaka on December 17, 2014, 03:23:05 PMGood for you Nuka.Well hey, now you know why I have an "effeminate" voice or...whatever you called it. >___><_____<Feminine, was the word I used.Eh, I disagree. I think he has a "tech support / nerdy " voice.He sounds like a tech wiz or something along those lines.
Quote from: Nuka on December 17, 2014, 05:25:29 PMQuote from: Rocketman287 on December 17, 2014, 05:24:02 PMQuote from: Yutaka on December 17, 2014, 05:19:51 PMQuote from: Nuka on December 17, 2014, 05:17:46 PMQuote from: Yutaka on December 17, 2014, 03:23:05 PMGood for you Nuka.Well hey, now you know why I have an "effeminate" voice or...whatever you called it. >___><_____<Feminine, was the word I used.Eh, I disagree. I think he has a "tech support/nerdy " voice.He sounds like a tech wiz or something along those lines.Funny thing, because I kind of actually am.More on a design standpoint rather than hardware, but...eh, you get the point.told ya
Quote from: Rocketman287 on December 17, 2014, 05:24:02 PMQuote from: Yutaka on December 17, 2014, 05:19:51 PMQuote from: Nuka on December 17, 2014, 05:17:46 PMQuote from: Yutaka on December 17, 2014, 03:23:05 PMGood for you Nuka.Well hey, now you know why I have an "effeminate" voice or...whatever you called it. >___><_____<Feminine, was the word I used.Eh, I disagree. I think he has a "tech support / nerdy " voice.He sounds like a tech wiz or something along those lines.Reminds me of a kid in my high school who was really into D&D and liked to talk about it, actually. "Nerdy" is pretty spot on, in my honest opinion.
Quote from: Rocketman287 on December 17, 2014, 05:26:00 PMQuote from: Nuka on December 17, 2014, 05:25:29 PMQuote from: Rocketman287 on December 17, 2014, 05:24:02 PMQuote from: Yutaka on December 17, 2014, 05:19:51 PMQuote from: Nuka on December 17, 2014, 05:17:46 PMQuote from: Yutaka on December 17, 2014, 03:23:05 PMGood for you Nuka.Well hey, now you know why I have an "effeminate" voice or...whatever you called it. >___><_____<Feminine, was the word I used.Eh, I disagree. I think he has a "tech support/nerdy " voice.He sounds like a tech wiz or something along those lines.Funny thing, because I kind of actually am.More on a design standpoint rather than hardware, but...eh, you get the point.told ya okay okay go be touchy feely somewhere else now boya
I'm not surprised at all honestly. But good for you, glad you stopped giving a fuck about what people think.
Quote from: Nuka on December 17, 2014, 06:07:16 PMQuote from: Soporificus on December 17, 2014, 06:04:56 PMI'm not surprised at all honestly. But good for you, glad you stopped giving a fuck about what people think.pfff whatever, niggerNo non trans person defends transgenders as much as you do. It was quite obvious
Quote from: Soporificus on December 17, 2014, 06:04:56 PMI'm not surprised at all honestly. But good for you, glad you stopped giving a fuck about what people think.pfff whatever, nigger
Quote from: Nuka on December 17, 2014, 06:51:01 PMI also should probably say that the reason I was first so defensive about it (before I realized I should just keep my mouth shut) is that I had a really difficult time seeing people say really transphobic things and all the weird twisted misconceptions with it. It was hard for me to just sit and be quiet when the things people were saying were just...so wrong and messed up.Ultimately it only reaffirmed the fact that I wanted to stay silent about it because it showed me how stingy and bullheaded some people can be, even in the internet. I didn't want to have to deal with it online too.You wouldn't make for a very good undercover agent. lol
I also should probably say that the reason I was first so defensive about it (before I realized I should just keep my mouth shut) is that I had a really difficult time seeing people say really transphobic things and all the weird twisted misconceptions with it. It was hard for me to just sit and be quiet when the things people were saying were just...so wrong and messed up.Ultimately it only reaffirmed the fact that I wanted to stay silent about it because it showed me how stingy and bullheaded some people can be, even in the internet. I didn't want to have to deal with it online too.