AI taking people’s (not just artists) jobs is a consequence of its potential to reduce the amount of social necessary labor required to produce a good or service, Capital has a lot to say about this effect, but you have to read it. Corollary: luddites are uninformed reactionaries.

Yeah, as much as I’d love to not have the stress of a job and just be a homemaker, the absolute dependence on another person feels extremely dangerous.

Cis people don’t understand how terrifying it is to be trans right now. The panic and anger are completely predictable responses and I wish people would understand why.

Very annoyed that the urgent care clinic I’m at has no options for a preferred name nor did they let me update my gender in the intake forms so they just keep deadnaming me

People really want to build the torment nexus

If she has bad allergies, that would make sense

I love necco wafers, now I want some

Transitioning is one of the hardest things a person can do, but even with all that hardship, there is so much joy to be had. It’s always worth it to be yourself.

Before I had come out to my parents, but after starting HRT, they would comment often about how much happier and healthier I seemed

There are so many things like this that just make spaces feel uncomfortable even when not overtly hostile. It’s also so unpredictable too, lots of people in my life who are conservative don’t give off that sense of derision and consistently get my name right.