update on the mystery appointment
Turns out it was, like, a psychologist or something. Wanted to follow up on some things I mentioned during my initial WGS referral. Laptop mic wasn't working on the weird site the NHS uses for video chats, so I had to type all my answers to his questions. Still no closer to oestrogen, and feeling the bad feelings after having my face stare back at me for 'bout an hour.
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WGS dropped a mystery, suprise appointment on me on pretty short notice. Like, it's online but they should really be giving me more than just two days notice for this sorta thing.
No clue what they want to talk to me about, shouldn't be starting on HRT 'till August and the yearly scheduled progress check isn't for months.
Help me understand the contradiction here of Blairites complaining about the declining birthrate but also supporting policies like this that disincentivise working class couples having more children.
and there's no such thing as a giant bible.
Oh yeah?
The bibles waved about grow bigger each time a fascist coup happens, maybe the next lurch at Bolivia's lithium deposits or Venezuela's crude oil will be as big as the AI image ones.
First Indian War of Independence/ Sepoy Rebellion - New General Megathread for the 11-12 of May 2024
spoilers for episode 1 of the new series of Dr Who
Really didn't like the monster design in this one. I can see what they were going for an' all but, like, it just sorta looked goofy. Future humans lab growing children for the purpose of replenishing colony populations has eugenics vibes but the episode doesn't do anything with it, it just sorta lingers there malevolently. Brief gesture at the treatment of refugees that feels like it's supposed to be commentary on the 
shit parliament is pulling right now.
On the grand scale of Dr Who episodes I'm rating it mid, I didn't hate it, but it didn't really grab my attention.
edit: sod it, I watched episode 2 as well
As someone who can't fucking stand The Beatles, I was worried that this episode was gonna be way more tedious than it actually was. The Maestro, (this episode's antagonist) was kinda annoying and grating in a bunch of scenes but I found them less annoying than The Toymaker from a coupla episodes back. The battle of music was underwhelming and they made sure that hammered into everyone's skull there'll be similar antagonists later in the series. The musical interlude at the end was well choreographed but kinda emphasises my previous complaint that Dr Who's writing right now seems to be in desperate need to remind viewers of things they'd heard and/or seen, like, 5 minutes earlier.
Overall - worse than episode 1, still not offensively bad.
Having grown up in South Wales I'm of the opinion that you don't need a phone to communicate out here. If something important happens, every nan within the immediate area will instantly become aware of it and the information can be retrieved by visiting 'em.
There are not words for how badly I wanted to throw hands but, like, kicking the shit out of a couple of the old men who sing at funerals would get me a bit more than dirty looks around town so... What could I do really?
During the lunch break, the bloke administering the classes went on this rant about Vaughn Gething conspiring against whites, so I didn't have much hope for help there either.
I've been stuck in a first aid refresher course all day with a bunch of decrepit twats from the local côr meibion who threw a fit about the gender options on the forms that were handed 'round.
I swear to God if I hear one more fucker say,
CW: transphobia
"There's only two genders and if you're somehow confused about what one you are, look in your trousers."
, the class' gonna get a live example of how to treat lacerations.
Death to cishets, etc, etc.
"Does anyone know the heimlich maneuver?"
Slowly evolving from depressed and dysphoric to bundle of joy/goth multiclass.