this post was submitted on 31 Dec 2023
63 points (100.0% liked)

videos

22656 readers
1 users here now

Breadtube if it didn't suck.

Post videos you genuinely enjoy and want to share, duh. Celebrate the diversity of interests shared by chapochatters by posting a deep dive into Venetian kelp farming, I dunno. Also media criticism, bite-sized versions of left-wing theory, all the stuff you expected. But I am curious about that kelp farming thing now that you mentioned it.

Low effort / spam videos might be removed, especially weeb content.

There is a cytube that you can paste videos into and watch with whoever happens to be around. It's open submission unless there's something important to commandeer it with at the time.

A weekly watch party happens every Saturday (Sunday down under), with video nominations Saturday-Monday, voting Monday-Thursday. See the pin for whatever stage it's currently in.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] aaro@hexbear.net 38 points 2 years ago (35 children)

there's simply no shot that a sizeable percentage of men who play girl characters aren't eggs shrug-outta-hecks

very surprised to see the video not even mention this possibility

[–] YuccaMan@hexbear.net 23 points 2 years ago (18 children)

I play girl characters in games far more than I used to, but I mean, I don't think I'm uncomfortable with my assigned gender(?)

However, I wouldn't be truthful here if I didn't admit that I've started to question how comfortable I really am with living life as a man. I can't tell if there's something about that I don't like, or if I'm just dissatisfied with life in general right now. Or both.

One thing I do know for sure is that girl characters are just more fun to look at. Seriously, my favorite Tav on BG3 is just the most beautiful Amazonian tiefling, I love her so much

[–] JohannaChittarra@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Questioning is good! I love when folks take the opportunity to explore their gender. Even if at the end of it you find you are in fact cis, you are deepening your knowledge of yourself and your gender identity. Honestly, I think the world would be a better place if everyone took the time to do that. All the best to you in the new year!

[–] YuccaMan@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Thank you so much, you as well! And yeah, this has been a weird, difficult year for me, and it's come with a fair bit of introspection for sure. I finally admitted to myself that I'm bisexual, though I'm already committed and haven't been able to really explore that yet.

At any rate, my most honest answer that I can give right now is that I'm probably cis, but not terribly interested in performing manhood traditionally. How far and in what fashion I want to break away from that is something I haven't yet figured out. But I might also on some level be conflating those feelings with the deep envy and yearning I feel when I see the solidarity between women, particularly trans women, and other queer people generally. It's made me realize just how lonely I've been for so many years. Part of that is on me, I'm terrible about putting myself out there, but I suspect it's also to do with manhood generally. Whatever the case, I really am tired of it.

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago

... deep envy and yearning I feel when I see the solidarity between women, particularly trans women, and other queer people generally...

This is another common trans thought. Doesnt necessarily mean anytjing though either. Gender envy isn't entirely within the realm if trans, it just manifests differently.

Best way to know is to try acting on gendery thoughts you would normally suppress, if touve been suppressing stuff. Experimentation is key to ajy self discovery.

If you're sure you're cis, the point of experimentation might be lost on you, or at least not particularly appealing on some level.

[–] SovietWaveGoddess@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

talk to trans women more (you're not weird for doing so btw, asking questions to find your identity isn't a bad thing)

If you woke up tomorrow as a woman version of you, would you be okay with that?

[–] YuccaMan@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's pretty hard for me to imagine what I would look like lol, tall and burly and hairy as I am now, but certainly nothing about that possibility bothers me. I've always preferred the company of women. Totally not incriminating myself further here, I know

[–] SovietWaveGoddess@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

What counts is how comfortable you are with yourself

and idk ya can change a lot with HRT if you're interested:

(all AMAB to female hormone treatment)

load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (14 replies)
load more comments (30 replies)