Friendly reminder that whether you can reclaim a slur or not, if you are using it in a derogatory way, you are not reclaiming it. You are using it as a slur.
i’ve seen a lot of people express the worry that they can’t claim they’re nonbinary until they start hormones or get surgery. i just wanted to say this absolutely isn’t true. you don’t even have to change your presentation, the way you dress, the way you speak or act, or anything. you don’t have to change anything to be able to claim that you’re nonbinary. you are a nonbinary person from the moment you realize and accept it. it’s okay to call yourself nonbinary before transition. it’s okay to call yourself nonbinary if you never transition
Please get this. Being transgender and or non-binary is not about transition, be it medical, emotional, or whatever. Being trans is a internal state of being.
I say this a highly binary transgender women, with extensive medical transition care. I have AMAB trans/nb friends that are very masculine appearing. I have AFAB trans/nb friends that are very female appearing. It literally doesn’t matter how you present or not, or if or when you medically or socially transition. You are trans enough.
We do not gatekeep other trans people. There is enough struggle already. You are our siblings, nibblings and other relations.
It takes nothing away from other transgender people for people to be non-binary. If you decide at some point you are not trans, you are not evil. The myth that transgender people are born knowing they are the wrong gender is a false narrative. I was born, grew up, no knowing it was possible to transition, then lived in fear of doing so.
No one has to do this. Sure people will weaponize non-binary and detransitioners, but they are bad faith actors. Do not fall for this.
Do not create fear and division among the only people that have a chance at understanding you. Yes this applies to Aro/Ace identities.
Go meet some friends in real life, and find you have so much in common.
Abolish Genders == Add more Genders. Break the mold.
my roommate bought a VR headset at a flea market. it’s got no company name on it, except for a stylized logo no one can figure out. She tried to get it working but couldn’t, so I’m taking a look. It’s got warnings about lasers on it and it says “for testing and development only, not for resale”. It’s got weird padded sections that go over your head, not just over your eyes.
I think I’ve read this mind control story. I’m about to get hypnotized into being a mindless drone, aren’t I?
No one can figure out what this logo says
You know, I was 100% joking, but there appears to be a weird magnet in the forehead section. Fortunately magnets can’t influence the brain OH WAIT WHAt’S THIS WIKIPEDIA LINK HOW DID IT GET HERE I AM NOT GOOD WITH COMPUTER
why does it appear to have lights around the eyeholes? why would you shine lights in the face of the user? that seems counterproductive.
It’s got cameras inside the headset. Guess where they aim?
Right in your eyes, of course.
The lights around the eyes look broken to the naked eye.
BUT IF YOU USE A CAMERA…
Oh look, it’s invisible to the naked eye. I’m sure that’s fine.
(this is for iris tracking)
So I can’t figure who it’s for, there’s no names on this thing. This is the only info, Model A00, Serial Number 6701D00608.
So it is a mystery! it may be forever a mystery.
It seems to be some kind of prototype/test mixed-reality headset.
Some cameras: MD102AA (2x) & MD101BA (1x) There’s a CPU in it: An ADSP-Analog Devices BF592, 400mhz Blackfin. That can’t be the main CPU, though? Storage: SDIN8CE4-128G (128GB eMMC) Connectivity: QCNFA324 WLAN/BT module & a QUALCOMM PMI8994 802.11ad wifi chip, nRF51822 bluetooth chip (why all three? I don’t know) Graphical processing unit: Intel Movidius MA2150 Myriad 2 Vision Processing Unit RAM: Samsung K3RG2G2 (1-4 gigabytes. I can’t be sure)
The battery back (on the back of the head) has a date on it: 2016.06.15.
No company names on the PCBs.
The screen is an AMS596DU01, the same as from an Nexus 6: An 1440x2560 5.96″ AMOLED. It’s cracked, which is probably why it was tossed in ewaste
I hope there’s a video game where you fight Eris, Goddess of Discord and after you mortally wound her it activates her second phase which is called Ego Eris
Understand I am not good at boss fights and would not play it, my interest is solely for the sake of the multilingual pun
just so you know, you have some followers who enjoy/write fanfiction. not saying their urls rn bc i don’t wanna air out dirty laundry in public but if you want them so you can block and report, just say the word and i’ll dm you a list