WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]

Apparently external CD players do exist that are compatible with phones. So you could just connect that to your phone and copy the songs to your phone. Could probably get an old laptop with one built in for the same price though.

What do you mean “this?” Making the thread? Seems like the OP explains:

Yes, this is a shitpost and I actually would date a cis person, I actually do, a cis lesbian in fact. We just had our 10th anniversary. And she says posts like this one are really fucking stupid. Only trans people are subject to posts like this.

Also, its not limited to just stupid internet posts. People just randomly decide to talk to other people about how they wouldn’t date or have sex with trans people with nothing prompting such discussions. Why do cis people just go around imagining hypothetical trans people want to have sex with them?

I think most cis people don’t think much about their gender

Of the 5 guys I’m closest to, I think three do seem to clearly value their masculinity. They express it in different ways and I don’t think they conceptualize it the same way trans people do and some of them probably don’t realize they do care about it.

I tend to think gender is not just BS even if there are arbitrary elements, and I increasingly believe my gender identity ties into my biology in ways that make my gender not a choice but an immutable part of who I am

I don’t disagree. My choice of “feel like” was intend to differentiate it from my beliefs and to avoid implying I was saying other ought to feel/think the same. I largely believe my negative feelings towards gender are likely a result of the gendered expectations pushed onto me because of my AGAB. At the very least, I do believe we need to abolish the prescriptive nature of gender.

regardless, I would think a major reason to not date cis people is that they don’t understand our experiences - it’s interesting that didn’t come up for you, but maybe that’s because you don’t date or have sex

That’s pretty much what I meant by saying I wouldn’t jive with them. I don’t think they need to be trans to understand though, but I don’t feel like those who strongly feel their AGAB could relate.

I mostly meant it as a joke. I don’t date or have sex, so its not something I’d seriously consider.

But I also suspect I’d have a hard time jiving with someone who strongly identifies with their AGAB. Personally, I sorta feel like gender is BS and cis people caring about it is weird. If they only tepidly identify with it, that’s fine. In a non-transphobic world, I’d hold trans people to the same standard, but since transphobia is prevalent, trans pride ought to exist as a counter force and trans people at least inherently challenge some of the worst aspects of gender as conceptualized by transphobes.

If I found out someone was cis whom I’d otherwise consider dating, it would probably be difficult to maintain interest.

But they did say they were happy they were holding steady. But it doesn’t tell us if they wanted it dead or alive.

Combine that with how its suddenly really popular to look up things like “help with paying mortgage” and the PE10 ratio being 40 for the 2nd time in the past 150 years (the only other time being in the leadup to the dotcom bubble pop)…

PPD has been far worse than this without any consequences AFAIK. No surprise they don’t want to do anything.

Are you talking about Kirk?

IIRC, Sony is the publisher and wanted to require logging in through their service, but it wasn’t ready at launch so it launched without that requirement and they tried to add it later.

Middle is just using the n64 wire on yourself instead of proper rope.

They already believe that’s happening and that its intentional and they need to go to war to prevent it.

Annoying when people assume I’m leading the group just because I’m walking at the front of it.

Yup. Its not a deal breaker, but I try to find at least some options that have a rating and consider if its worth the other tradeoffs.

I think we could use some more opening statements though.

Do you mean you haven’t checked before this?

At my childhood home, I wouldn’t drink the tap inside without a filter either. And my parents don’t trust it even if it has been through a filter. Only reason I’d drink directly from the outside faucet is if I’m really in need of water and there’s no other viable option.

I think most people when they hear the word ‘asexual’ think the person just means that they have a very low sex drive- not that they are totally and completely unable to feel sexual attraction.

The reason I didn’t think I was ace is because my libido was annoyingly high. That said, asexuality is a spectrum. I’m honestly not sure where I am on that spectrum. But like, understanding what experiencing sexual attraction is like is difficult (not from a lack of trying - I’ve read dozens of people’s description with the purpose of trying to understand better).

it would be no less confusing if you said you never got hungry or never felt pain.

You should try intermittent fasting. When I’ve been doing it (just 1-meal a day) for more than a month, I start to forget what hunger feels like. Eventually becoming low energy is what tips me off that I should eat and I try not to go without eating in a day (any only more two days if for medical reasons)

Not feeling pain also doesn’t seem that foreign to me. Not because I don’t experience pain, but people seem surprised by the things I don’t think are painful, such as charlie horses (that might just be masochism). I already behave in way such as assuming my body won’t send pain signals even if I do something like break or sprain my wrist.

In general, I’d say its a lot easier to understand not feeling something (assuming you don’t always feel that thing) because you probably have at least some experience of not experiencing that thing.

I think Jesus was a myth, but if we are running the thought experiment that Jesus was real and he was pious because he was asexual- that seems a bit like cheating to me. The reason that people have such a hard time following all of Christianities silly sexual rules is because most people do have sexual desires. It’s like being impressed that someone who never feels hunger hasn’t eaten in 30 days or someone who never feels pain walking over hot coals. Technically they did the thing- but it’s not the same.

Fair. I know I’ve been guilty of confused by people’s behaviors due to a lack of understanding of how differently we experienced things.

You’ve never tried it or you just aren’t sure if you liked it?

Pretty certain I did as a child, but not if even then I considered it a neutral or a negative? Certainly wasn’t something I had a positive opinion of.

You never know, some things don’t sound like they would be good but then you try them anyway and it turns out to be fantastic. There are very few things I will not at least try once before deciding its not for me. Hell sometimes I’ll try a food I’ve already tried once before and didn’t like it, and occasionally I am pleasantly surprised

Yeah. I meant “I assume the same for the pie itself” as a sort of self-criticism because I get its not a reasonable assumption.

Anyways, my main point was more about the original topic. I’m not even sure how I would possibly rate them? What am I even trying to rate them on? People’s attraction to both left me wondering if people were just lying about it (and perhaps sexual attraction more broadly) because it was beyond me comprehension that would could actually care for either.

Guess dragons can also be werewolves?