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Obama is the lesser evil without question. Imposing Austrian economics on an economy as weak as ours (or any economy ftm) is an unambiguously evil thing to do to the 99%.

you disgust me. you clearly dont see the point at all. if you are so intentionally blinded by your own lack of identity that you have to attribute your gender confusion to a CHILD, seek therapy elsewhere.

>> ^hpqp:

I fail to grasp your point. It's not about how the person feels about themselves; indeed, while a non-operated transsexual is still "male/female" biologically, they are the opposite sex in their minds, their self-identity and behaviour. The problem is the image of themselves that is reflected back on them by society (the perceived identity).
Imagine a gay man who, despite telling everyone he is gay, and acting as stereotypically "gay" as possible, is constantly treated as straight: gay men ignore his advances because they believe he is heterosexual, and women shun him because he's not a real "wo-/man". The analogy isn't perfect, but the fact remains that "no man is an island, entire of itself" (Donne). Our lives and identities are affected by the perceptions and reactions/judgments of others.
edit: no amount of openmindedness can change that fact that sexual attraction is affected by a person's physical attributes. A heterosexual male, for example, will generally react more positively (in terms of sexual responsiveness) to a convincing trap than to a masculine-looking transsexual. That's where ftm transsexuals have an advantage: it is easier to acquire masculine traits with testosterone (and thus attract heterosexual women/gay men) than vice-versa. Remember, we all begin as "girls" in the womb.
>> ^chilaxe:
@Trancecoach @hpqp "the pain of being in the wrong body"
From the perspective of human potential, it doesn't really seem proportionate for someone to care that much which gender they are.
Is one gender really better than the other, or are they both within the range of reasonable human experiences? Are people's personalities really that inflexible and unadaptive?
It's really not that difficult to study gender roles and charisma and learn how to play a male or female well.

I fail to grasp your point. It's not about how the person feels about themselves; indeed, while a non-operated transsexual is still "male/female" biologically, they are the opposite sex in their minds, their self-identity and behaviour. The problem is the image of themselves that is reflected back on them by society (the perceived identity).

Imagine a gay man who, despite telling everyone he is gay, and acting as stereotypically "gay" as possible, is constantly treated as straight: gay men ignore his advances because they believe he is heterosexual, and women shun him because he's not a real "wo-/man". The analogy isn't perfect, but the fact remains that "no man is an island, entire of itself" (Donne). Our lives and identities are affected by the perceptions and reactions/judgments of others.

edit: no amount of openmindedness can change that fact that sexual attraction is affected by a person's physical attributes. A heterosexual male, for example, will generally react more positively (in terms of sexual responsiveness) to a convincing trap than to a masculine-looking transsexual. That's where ftm transsexuals have an advantage: it is easier to acquire masculine traits with testosterone (and thus attract heterosexual women/gay men) than vice-versa. Remember, we all begin as "girls" in the womb.

>> ^chilaxe:

@Trancecoach @hpqp "the pain of being in the wrong body"
From the perspective of human potential, it doesn't really seem proportionate for someone to care that much which gender they are.
Is one gender really better than the other, or are they both within the range of reasonable human experiences? Are people's personalities really that inflexible and unadaptive?
It's really not that difficult to study gender roles and charisma and learn how to play a male or female well.

Indeed. One of the reasons there is a much higher rate of depression (and suicide) amongst mtf than ftm transsexuals is that the treatment is administered too late, after the male hormones of puberty have irretrievably shaped a male body. The result is that, while they feel and are 100% women, they are not perceived as such by society because of the scars of masculinity: the pain of being in the wrong body becomes externalized, embodied in the perception others have of them as a "surgically rearranged male".


@Trancecoach
In the second part of the report she tells the interviewer that she would tell a potential boyfriend of her origins, and that she's not interested in dating someone who's too closed-minded to care about it.

>> ^EMPIRE:

and she's a cute girl. fortunately for her, she will be able to enjoy the body she was supposed to have been born with, still in her teen years.

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In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
LOL! Like I said, you write some of the best comments. But I think CaptWillard and raven are right, i.e., * quality stars have been given out here lately like Lindsey Lohan giving blowjobs after AA meetings.

Bwahahahahahha, LOLRPMLMAO

Nonetheless, recognition is due, and you deserve it. You're one of my favorite sifters, so keep up the awesome work.

Gawrsh (blushes)

Even if you have to whore a video by mocking my early trials and tribulations here at the Sift. It's okay.

Touche.

Hey, I hear you're on the short list for the next roast. I wonder WHOSE idea that was?

Bring it! If I were gonna roast me, I'd target run on sentences, and way too many commas, commas everywhere, and sentences that just don't end with; semi colons in the wrong place and, just, way, too many, commas (and don't forget overuse of parentheses (and paranthetical parentheses FTM))

I suppose I have it coming.

In reply to this comment by dystopianfuturetoday:
Thanks kp. I think that every knows that 'Don't give me a quality star' is code for 'please give me a quality star'. It's kind of like when you go to a birthday party and the host says, "No presents, please, just bring yourself" and then you get there and he's all like, "Hey, why are you the only one here without a present?", and UR all like "OMG, you totally said not to bring one", and he's all like........

Sounds like this guy needs a more powerful computer for the kind of stuff he's trying to do. Those Imacs just weren't built for ram intensive work like video editing.

My MacBook Pro works like a charm.

The only thing I agree with is the bit about dragging things to the desktop (or to a burn folder FTM). Apple needs to fix that.