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When someone gives the advice of “don’t be afraid to disappoint your parents” they don’t just mean taking music theory in college or starting a YouTube channel.

It also means wearing things they might not approve of. Using accommodations that they might not think you need. Not falling for their guilt trips. Eating when you’re hungry, not when it suits them and their idea of your weight or health. Making your own friends instead of seeking the stamp of approval from them.

Of course, some parents are stricter than others, and some use abuse to keep you from expressing yourself. But do what you can, even if it seems small.

Otherwise, when your parents are no longer in the picture, you’ll try to find it somewhere else to get validation. A strict boss, an abusive partner, a selfish friend.

Going against your parent’s wishes is developmentally healthy. Not doing so stunts your independence and self-regulation. You shouldn’t be living to constantly please others, even the people who love you.

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guy who has a hard time keeping up with the trends and interests of his peers: oh man im really out of the loop lol

guy who's stuck in a time loop: HOW DID YOU DO IT

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mom: You feeling any better today?

me: 

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this is a typo in a textbook written by the professor of this class, it cost me $105, i will be sharing with the world

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I'm not gonna lie this is like the most inspiring tattoo I've ever seen I keep coming back to it and admiring it everything about it

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i was kind of imagining all 15 pipes dropping at the same time in one cacophony but he drops them one after another very methodically and then sighs and goes At least i only dropped 14 of them.. & then there's. well you're smart you can figure this one out

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Not feminist as in "women should be included in the draft" but feminist as in "being drafted is a violation of bodily autonomy for any gender".

The draft should not exist. Drafting people into the military is a violation of human rights. You should not be able to force someone to risk their life. If you can't find enough people who care about a conflict to keep it going then it simply shouldn't keep going. You can't even force someone to donate a kidney using government power, why the fuck can you force them to donate their whole body and life to a cause they don't agree with or don't care about?

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i'm transmasc and i think another part of the reason for transandrobro shit is like... myself and almost every other trans man i know have a story of a cis woman or tme nb person who does not identify as a man that's used gender essentialist "men bad, women good" rhetoric to manipulate them, abuse them, convince them to recloset themselves and/or detransition, etc. as a trans guy with moral ocd that shit kept me in the closet for a long time. BUT i also understand that this doesn't happen bc these people "hate men" - it happens because they're transphobes who want to see us detransition. but i think a LOT of guys who experience this go "wow. these people hate men. misandry must be real! this is WOMEN'S fault!" instead of, like, recognizing that the problem is transphobia. then of course they start punching down at trans women, because they're the easiest group to take that anger out on. it's inexcusable imo and i hate them bc i can't talk abt the actual abuse i've faced without sounding like i'm saying "WAH THE FEMINISTS HATE ME FOR BEING A MAN," because, like, that's what they say, all the time every day. sorry for the ramble lol it's infuriating.

you’re totally right — the only thing i’d add is that of course that same gender essentialist “men bad, women good” rhetoric is not ever used in the defence of trans women’s place in the community — indeed, it is nigh exclusively used to deny US respect, space, rights, etc. and if anything used for this at a greater rate, more commonly etc.

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middle aged lady on my bus just called someone's partner "your whimsical idiot boyfriend" over the phone . with sincere frustration might I add

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something i have always found really weird is when english texts italicize words from other languages.

i remember reading a book as a kid and the author continually italicizing the word tamales

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People always say: "Not everyone is gonna like you, and that's ok, nothing to take personally, it doesn't matter" yet it still sucks. It sucks when it's your teacher, it sucks when it's your boss or co-worker or family member. It even sucks when it's a friends friend or someone we barely know. It hurts. And you do not have to gaslight yourself into thinking that it doesn't hurt when it does. You're allowed to be upset when life is hard. You're allowed to feel an emotion, even more when it makes perfect logical sense. We talk to a friend about our feelings, journal, reflect, use coping skills. We find peace after a while, that's a more realistic solution. You got this. It will be ok.

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Bruh

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WHAT YOU THINK CUTE OR FREAK OF NATURE

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