True, but I don’t think this post is likely to push anyone over the edge, and that really has more to do with the lethality of their situation than the use of self-deprecating humour to reach people.
As someone who’s been there, this whole line of reasoning just feels like pearl-clutching.
The post isn’t really advocating suicide, though. It is pointing out an alternative.
Yeah, the phenomenon isn’t unique to trans people if viewed through the lens of expectations for their child. It just takes on a much more extreme reaction/framing when transphobia is involved.
I don’t begrudge my mom for feeling sad about realizing I’m not who she wanted me to be, but those aren’t feelings you should voice to your child who is already struggling.
The joke is that they already think that about themselves. The suicide rate for trans people, especially those who can’t transition, is extremely high.
When I realized I was trans I knew I had no choice but to do it, damn the consequences, because I could see the other option would only lead to my death in a pit of despair and self-hatred.
It’s an emotional reaction rooted in transphobia, not a logical one.
But to my point of a loss of expectations, that part is like when kids don’t turn out how their parents had hoped. To use another cliche, when their kid who was going to be a doctor runs off to do art instead.
Those parents that love unconditionally will let go of those expectations, learn to love their kid for who they actually are, and in time appreciate their transition as a period of growth rather than loss.
When trans people transition, some people, especially parents, experience a period of grief for the person they knew. Especially transphobic ones describe that as “my son died”.
And they’re right. He killed himself so that I might live.
They’re grieving the loss of who they expected their kid to be
I reckon it’s way too generic to sue over
Barotrauma… Train…
I don’t see myself resisting the early access on this one
Yep that’s the one. For what it’s worth, it doesn’t come up again for a while, and when it does it’s actually quite well done.
SNW is great. It is such a pure distillation of Star Trek
I don’t really like the gorn plotline, but it’s the show I recommend as a first for new Trekkies
wjrii hit the nail on the head. If you categorically don’t like the vibe it might not be for you. Like any true Trek show it takes time to find its feet. The plot is coarse and hamfisted (as a trans person, the trans allegory episode was hard to get through) but eventually turns around to be a good example of scifi for contemporary social commentary. The humour (both quality and balance) improves but it doesn’t stop being a Seth MacFarlane show. I value its earnesty, but it’s pretty far down the list for my suggested “Star Trek” viewing order.
Agreed. It’s a decent action scifi show that is hurt by trying to fit the IP. It did do some interesting things with the mirror universe, and some of the latter season parts where it takes nonsensical one off TOS concepts and completely seriously says “that’s canon, let’s build a plot point on it” were entertaining, if not good.
But it just doesn’t get Star Trek and it says something that I tell people getting in to the shows not to watch it.
Discovery gets more hate then it deserves, but The Orville is certainly more of a Star Trek show. I’m glad I stuck out the rough start (which is on brand for a Star Trek show lol)
I like to think he just wasn’t smart enough for granularity, but he probably had us all fooled.
We started with a “zero paw rule” for tables. Our cat, ever the rascal, started to sit on our laps with his front paws on the table propping himself up. It was so cute we had to change it to “two paw rule”. That, of course, turned out to be a legal slippery slope.
Ikr? It turns out you can keep playing once you get to the point you need a complete refactor!
For the longest time i played without knowing you could pause. It’s a totally different game 😂
Only if they’ve asked you to, are knighted, or are your superior officer