I haven't meaningfully used this place in years because I stopped seeing it as a place I wanted to share anything of myself, but I'm on the butterfly site (bio) if anyone is still around seeing this. Take care. <3
Is your plant game a 'cozy' sunny stroll with a watering can and pretty flowers? No. Wrong. Plants are sadistic, needy little monsters that would rather die than see you happy
I follow the Omega Directive when I'm around unstable polycules. They're beautiful and full of promise but absolutely will take out a social universe when they explode
@queertyyr I'm not now (largely due to transitioning) but I was for a long time. The local NHS wasn't affirming and tried to medicate my dysphoria from my mid-teens onwards. It only 'worked' in the sense that the side-effects became so severe that I just couldn't resist for a few years
Ah, yup. For me, it has all the hallmarks of something written by bigots with enough sense to be 'polite'. It's the choice of words and way anything respectful (or actually wanted) is secondary and subordinate
From what I remember, I think RCGP has had this position since at least 2019? I think that part was even bolded in the previous version. It made the writers' disdain and agenda really, really obvious.
@fujomod3r I can see the cultural meaning and use of it for some people but... yeah. I find it alienating when people treat it as universal. I was always a vulnerable squishy yolk and my only 'shell' was claiming to desist after years of awful conversion efforts.