Looking through OKCupid and I find a match that describes himself uncomfortably similarly to egg-me. He seems okay, but I probably won't be clicking the like button or messaging because I can't shake the feeling I'd crack him and then need to post a buncha #trans 101 shit over IM. It's irrational.
He wants to learn how to knit, and he's describing losing a ton of weight and still having trouble being comfortable with his body! 🤔
@ikea_femme oh my goodness
you found one
@alyx Like normally I don't feel comfortable playing the whole "apropos of nothing, I wonder if this person will transition" game. Everyone's got their own issues and a massive private world in their head. And I'm shit at reading people.
But uh. He's kinda exactly past me?
@ikea_femme maybe send him to http://haveyoureadnevada.com/
@alyx Dang, that's like a slow burn alternative to amitransgender.com (the triage tool an IRC used to crack me when I spent a whole month being all, "I fucking hate being a guy and like to imagine being a woman, but does that mean I really wanna transition? Like, is that allowed? Will I regret it? But is it a thing I can do? Am I allowed to take pills and be a girl?")
@alyx Oh huh someone bought the url and pointed it at a terfy blogpost.
Yikes.