Only if they've asked you to, are knighted, or are your superior officer
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.
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.
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
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)
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 😂
It seems weird that they describe PR as vulnerable to fringe parties when we've got front row seats for two party FPTP allowing fascists to get all the power...
Electoral reform is the biggest issue we need to tackle. Without proportional representation, Canada will continue its rightward march to polarizing American style politics.
We need to keep fighting to make the Liberals and NDP choose Canada over party.