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smoldragon

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They/Them. Transmasc nerd. Also @smoldragon on blahaj.zone.

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They included the wrong parts in the Build A Baby blue light special at K Mart.

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I got a merino wool sweater for $10 at the thrift shop and I felt like a god.

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I use it for work moodboards because I’m a designer working with non designers who only use the Google suite. Feels like I’m one of the few people who will actually miss Jamboard. Guess I’ll need to make them all learn Figjam.

Monitors for Graphic Design/Best Monitor Specs

I’m a graphic designer who works from home and I have an ancient monitor with a 60 hz refresh rate. I’m pretty sure that’s not helping my migraines so I’m looking to get something with a higher refresh rate to help with the flicker. I don’t think an EyeCare monitor is a great pick for me because of my job, but ideally...

Let's reboot c/traaa here maybe (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

Image description: Screenshot of a tiktok where a white tanned person is holding a plastic bag of sour patch, soft & chewy candy. The bag is see though and the candy is soft pink and light blue coloured semi circles. The tiktok has a big text in neutral font: “Gonna go to the park and feed the transgirls”

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Transmasc but I would unironically buy those. I fucking love sour patch kids and they’d only be improved by having them in trans colors.

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Between lawful evil and neutral evil since mine is both the name of a character I like and a noun. I can multi-task.

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I hate upvoting this kind of shit because in my brain upvote = like. Hate the news, but love Erin’s reporting.

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How can I have Nugget’s job?

YouTube will now show a blank homepage if you don’t have watch history on (www.theverge.com)

YouTube is changing the homepage experience for users who have their watch history turned off. They will now see an almost blank homepage with just a search bar and buttons for Shorts, Subscriptions and Library. This is intended to make it clear that personalized recommendations rely on watch history data. The new design aims to...

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If this means I never see the homepage again that’s a win.

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I lost it in my backpack on the way home from school.

Favorite warm weather binders/chest reduction hacks?

I’ve tried a bunch of binders over the years, and my current favorite is a gc2b tank binder, but it’s a little clammy in hot weather. I’ve mostly been getting by with cotton sports bras at a band size two inches smaller than my actual size, with a square-cut, loose overshirt to disguise the lumpiness. That’s good enough...

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Seconding tape! I have what’s considered to be a larger chest but mine are not very dense. I’ve noticed that helps me a lot with getting my chest to look right with trans tape. From what I’ve heard/seen online, tape is harder to use if you have denser chest tissue.

The other thing I do in hot weather is wear a moisture wicking under shirt under my binder. It helps a lot with general sweat and making sure things aren’t too swampy under there. I like the Uniqlo Airism shirts, but anything moisture wicking and thin will work great.

Does anybody else live with a rare disease?

I have a rare muscle condition, to the point where I feel like I have to be careful where I even mention it because it might make me identifiable. It's pretty lonely sometimes because of the subset of people who have this condition, most of them don't make it to adulthood and I really don't have anybody to discuss shared...

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Not the same level of rare, but my main condition is diagnosed as "connective tissue disease - unspecified". I've only ever met one other person with this diagnosis.

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I’m transmasc, but I came out as enby at my previous job (a call center). This involved a new name and they/them pronouns. I felt safe doing it after conversations with the department head about trans stuff. I’d definitely try to get a vibe on the general company culture towards trans people before coming out. I’d also definitely try to get a pulse on how supportive your boss will be if there are any issues, especially if you’re in a customer facing role.

Pros: all of my coworkers were chill with it, or if they had problems with it they kept it outside of work. I did have to spend a while correcting people on my name/pronouns, but that just comes with the territory. I think it took about two weeks to a month for the name/pronouns situation to settle.

Cons: The job I worked was the type where we had “frequent flyer” customers we’d support. No one was directly transphobic to my face. But a few of these customers would ask to speak to Deadname instead of my actual name… months after the switch. They never did this to my face. They always somehow managed to remember my name when talking to me. But when they got any of my coworkers on the line, they magically only remembered my deadname. The co-workers on my team were fantastic about forcing the customers to actually use my name. I talked to my boss about this, but unfortunately there really wasn’t much we could do besides correcting them. The last incident of this was about six months after the name change. Not a problem I have anymore because I got laid off in the tech layoffs lmao.

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Yeah while flairs are helpful, that would be a lot to enforce. I’d love to see real post flairs become a feature soon.

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There’s now !ftm :)

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Also Trans Lifeline (ie. the hotline itself) would be good to include.

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You win reddit Lemmy.

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Thanks! I’ll loop you in if there’s any issues.

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Didn’t know that was a thing. Just posted there. Thanks for the tip!

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