I'm sorry, but his entire presentation was absolutely hysterical. I suppose it just takes a good geek to understand the humor. Humor no pot head could comprehend.

Yeah, he was totally begging for that laugh. Of course, it's a fallacy of composition to simply assume that everyone the sift actually understands nerd humor.

Dysphoria goes way beyond that. I still enjoy boy things. If you want to call them boy things. That's one issue there: we gender activities and clothing needlessly.

Instead, it's a matter of your body being completely and utterly wrong. To the point where looking in the mirror is a nightmare to be avoided. Absolutely no pictures. For the longest time I couldn't even recognize myself in a photo without trying. It didn't come naturally for me like it did with other people. That picture just *wasn't* me. It was *wrong*.

So yeah, in his case, being a tomboy and being transgender are completely different places on the spectrum. A tomboy doesn't feel pain over their appearance the way a transgender would. I remember first finding out that boys and girls actually had different parts. I wished every night that it would fix itself, until finally, at age 11, I resolved to remove it myself. I didn't succeed, but the scars still exist.

Additionally, the "he" and "she" parts are painful. It's the same as if someone picked a mean nickname for you and refused to ever acknowledge your real name, but insisted on calling you by the offending one instead. It's our identity. It's part of the core of who we are, and by ignoring that, you ignore us. You ignore one of the most fundamental things that makes us who we are.

You'd be surprised just how much kids ages 3-4 understand gender identity and roles. I mean, most of our childhood is learning societal roles we play, and kids really pick up on that. So when a transgender kid sees other girls being treated one way, and they're being treated like the boys, or vice versa in this boys case, it's demoralizing beyond understanding as a 4 year old.



I don't mean to rant at you, but I hope that helps you understand why it's different for us. Oh, and I also didn't go into the science of it. But strictly speaking, our brains are different. Chemically, and even physically, we exhibit the sex characteristics of the gender we identify with. Even the hormones our body produces naturally due to our natal sex causes great discomfort and pain until they are eliminated. Even minor doses can go a long way to eliminating the physical pain we feel.

This is true, but those towns were inspired by cities. That German town is only proving it can work in a Western culture as well.

As someone who can personally relate; if my parents had been that accepting, I wouldn't have all the cuts and burns I do today. I wouldn't have spent my entire childhood and teenage years wishing I'd never wake up. If my parents had been like this, I wouldn't have made my first suicide attempts at age 9.

We need parents like this. Parents who are brave enough to stand by their child and their happiness even when society around them wishes to tear them down.

And here I was thinking I would get a peaceful night of sleep. Nope, now the nightmares begin!

And this is why I don't race motorcycles . . .

BTW, the video is coming up Private for me. So can't watch.

Yogi, there are even cities that experiment with getting rid of rules for drivers as well, and it works better!

http://www.minds.com/blog/view/248215469679448064/german-town-abolishes-traffic-lights-and-codes-accidents-are-now-almost-non-existent

Hell yeah!!!! I would so love to do that. When are we going???

It's not bitchy, it's being catty.

I'd be more worried about the vehicle flipping, or being picked up and thrown. They weren't wearing seat belts so both scenarios would be pretty serious, if not fatal. Additionally, debris falling on the truck or more aptly, how some debris can be picked up and turned into a projectile that can penetrate the metal and/or windows causing great harm.

I would wager that in most cased to break tempered glass, the outside pressure would already be high enough to roll/flip the car. But to be safe, you're better off cracking the windows anyway.

And this is why I'll never have a ferret in my house.

If you're always winning, you're challenging the wrong people. Kudos to the fighter who steps down because he knows he's over qualified and refuses to take an easy win.