To be honest, the nerfs killed it and the buffs didn’t go to the things we enjoyed playing with like the quasar. It went to a lot of other things, but we came back and it still felt awful

I am registered as an independent. I would like to vote third party eventually, but this is not the time and I think switching the candidate will backfire. We are playing with fire here. When it comes to voting between keeping a democracy or putting ourselves into a dictatorship, I’m voting for democracy. The people who are “protesting” by not voting or by voting third party this term are advocating for a Trump win. It’s an attempt to divide the party in the same way that they did when Hillary was running. If Trump wins, democracy dies and genocide will be encouraged. Don’t forget, he supported wiping out Gaza and encourages violence against other races, religions, political views, and LGBTQ+ people. He’ll wipe out democracy and everything we’ve worked for over hundreds of years. All the protections put in place against poisoning the planet will be gone and climate change policies wiped out. This man plans to do so much damage.

I’ll be honest. I’m scared of a loss here. I’m trans and with the amount of vitriol Trump and his followers spew, I feel like if I don’t vote this way, I’m getting put in a dangerous situation, as are all LGBTQ+ people and many others. Please don’t fuck around here. Don’t make this about your pride. There is too much at risk here. Vote Biden and keep voting in mid-terms as well. We don’t stand a chance otherwise.

Protesters, if you really want to make a change, run for congress. The only way to make real change is to put more decent critical thinking people in congress.

The Supreme Court is out of control. No one should have this much power.

More like, if only they’d be PC friendly. I’m tired of consoles.

Trump would be civil war AND WWIII. The dude already said he’s for the genocide of Gaza and everyone knows he loves Russia and China. He would also end Democracy within the US.

All these comments about, “oh, but they just gave up or are socially incompetent”. I’m in a happy relationship, but I also know that’s not an easy find and can see the appeal of wanting to be single. All the freedom your granted when your single is a huge draw. I’ve missed out on those freedoms because I went into a long term relationship early in life and I feel like I would struggle if I were thrown into it suddenly. I’m happy for those who chose to be single and are happy for it. Good for them.

Also, Steam/Valve helps make Linux gaming possible. Hi-rez doesn’t do Linux support. Can’t play their games even if I wanted to.

I’ll give it a shot in hopes that it’ll work. I’ve been told by my therapist I don’t have the feminine speech patterns already so we’ll see if it helps. If I remember, I’ll come back to say whether it helped or not. Thank you =)

Here’s my concern about voice training. I’m not going on HRT so I won’t be getting the vocal deepening from that so I don’t know how much of a difference the voice training would be. That’s why I was aiming for the surgery.

Yes I do feel it’s necessary, but I’m someone who’s coming from being “well-endowed”. I live with the literal weight of my birth gender. That plus having people say she/her because I sound like a girl when I’m a gamer and streamer is a constant reminder of it. It weighs on me and I can’t help feeling like I need to push for that change. It’s a need, not a want for me. For me, the surgeries would make a major difference in how I feel mentally and physically. Imagine being a cis-man with a feminine voice and excessively large man boobs. Would you want to have that corrected or would you put up with it? That’s what it’s like.

(If it didn’t come through, part of this is light hearted)

It isn’t. Having to look up everything about a game to know how to play doesn’t make a fun game. I quit games with convoluted solutions. I’m not a Dark Souls player for that reason.

Last time people split between third party and democrat, we got Trump and then it came out that the third party candidate had connections to Russia.

I already cancelled. Fuck adobe. I’ll use Krita and Gimp.

Scientists are doing research into why we feel this way and are actually discovering connections from birth, but I don’t know that much about it yet so I’ll leave those explanations to others who have read the study. For now, here’s my experience with it.

For me, I’ve hated my body and how I’ve looked since I was in high school. I grew up being brainwashed by old movies and tv shows that separated sexes and that made it seem like I had to try to be feminine and to look pretty at all times and try to fit the gender norms. I hated everything about being female and I’ve tried everything to love myself as AFAB, but none of it worked. I’m 32 and the years since I entered high school have been rough and have put me through so much depression, suicidal tendencies, and panic attacks. I only decided last year that I’m finally taking that step that I hinted at in high school. I like things made for guys and I prefer to hang with guys and I’ve always leaned in that direction and have been called a tomboy many times. I’ve never fit in with women or felt any real connection to being female. I feel so much better already just with the hair and the changes in my thinking and I haven’t gotten my surgeries yet. It was crazy the difference just switching to seeing myself as male has made on my mental well being. I actually smile when I see myself in the mirror now.

Awesome! Thank you!

Thank you!! I’ll look into that option. Have you used it before, just seen the results from someone else, or a suggestion you got?

I haven’t talked to a doctor about it, but I’ve already been told I have heart murmurs by my primary doctor. I’d prefer not to take a risk that could make heart disease and heart problems more likely for me. My mom already struggles with heart related issues and I’d prefer not taking that risk after seeing what she goes through. I’m settled on not taking it for those reasons. I appreciate the concern though.

Thank you so much for the advice! I’ll make a note of it for my surgeries. The advice should be helpful for both ^^