real talk tho, i actually have a strategy for this. it was my wife’s idea. the key is to change your default association with the name. that way, instead of automatically thinking of it as your deadname, you think of it as something else’s name, ideally something you like.
what I did was start a new game on Pokémon Omega Ruby and give my starter, mudkip, my deadname. after many hours of play time, whenever i hear or see my deadname, i think of my beloved mudkip, now grown into a handsome, strong swampert.
if pokémon isn’t ur thing, i think the same strategy could be adapted to a pet or a stuffed animal. just a thought.
this is a beautiful strategy
I have to show this!! To everybody I know!!!!!
i gave my name to someone who liked how it sounded so now whenever i see/hear my deadname i think of them and i hope they’re doing okay
The funniest part about Soul Eater will always be that there is a character in Soul Eater named Soul Eater Evans who Eats Souls and the show is not about him it’s about his bestie
I have a zero tolerance policy for transphobia in my youtube comments: if someone is maliciously transphobic even once then I not only remove their comment, I mute that user across my entire channel and add the transphobic term they used to the list of words that automatically mutes the comment. Since I started doing this I’ve noticed a MASSIVE improvement in my comments: like, the first video after I came out there was loads of transphobia, the second one less, the third one even less, and now it’s been almost 24 hours and there’s been like 10? This leads me to two related conclusions:
1) Transphobes aren’t very original: they keep using the same stock phrases so it’s very easy to filter them out
2) There aren’t that many of them. It’s just the same few hundred assholes every time.
This would also imply that even the most basic level of moderation would fix these platforms and the fact that these platforms haven’t invested in these basic reforms is on purpose
twitch will block “simp” “incel” and “virgin” because it hurts the feefees of neckbeards AND YET…
Puppet: “Password?” Camera Guy: “Cinnamon Sticks.” Puppet: “Okay.” Puppet Guy: *sighs* “Like, I know he’s recording but I gotta be honest. My mental health is taking a rapid decline.”
