What are you thinking? (Ver 5.0)

[DriftingCrow]

I can't believe it, someone is talking on their cell phone in the quiet car. . . 

[DriftingCrow]

Huh?

on the train, there's a disignated "quiet car" where you're not supposed to use your phones or talk.

[Shantel]

According to the dog, it is apparently time to go to bed.

I know the feeling! Like you're leading a dog's life?

[Darkie]

My cat is snuggled behind my butt and keeps kneeding it with his claws.  Yoda, if you are going to get this personal with me I think you ought to buy me dinner first or something. 

[Darkie]

My cat is snuggled behind my butt and keeps kneeding it with his claws.  Yoda, if you are going to get this personal with me I think you ought to buy me dinner first or something. 

Now he's nuzzling my butt. What the heck you doing back there?

[Shantel]

My cat is snuggled behind my butt and keeps kneeding it with his claws.  Yoda, if you are going to get this personal with me I think you ought to buy me dinner first or something. 

LMAO!! 

[CalmRage]

I wish i could tell some of my teachers what i really think of them without any repercussions. I have nothing against teachers, i am on good terms with several of them, i have something against discriminating ignorant 4ssholes who just don't realize that there are things i mentally just can't do thanks to my Aspergers.

Oh and i also love it when things have to be a certain way or else they're wrong. The only thing that definitely makes a story a short story is its length and not the plot, not the characters, not the writing style.


Oh and i love the german railroad systems. I love them so much i want to puke all over their CEO. 2 hours late at home. 

[Shantel]

My younger brother was a stutterer and agreed to attend high school classes only if he was not called on to read or recite anything in front of the students. One male teacher disregarded the agreement and made him stand and read in class whereupon he beat the teacher senseless, broke a window and stuffed him through it. Needless to say he never finished school and spent some time in a juvenile institution for assault, though he felt somewhat vindicated. Many years have passed since then and we talked about it and he said that stuttering to him was about as awful as if having his genitalia growing out of his face, it took him years and a few hundred gallons of alcohol and an alcohol treatment program to finally come to terms with it.

[CalmRage]

They pull the same stuff with me as they do with the near-deaf girl in my class. Her parents decided to sue. We are considering following suit.

[Shantel]

They pull the same stuff with me as they do with the near-deaf girl in my class. Her parents decided to sue. We are considering following suit.

Yes, you don't have to take it because it is a veiled attack against your personhood and injurious to your self esteem as well as the esteem by others who are witnesses to it.

[BlondeGamer]

That Britney Spears new single is gunna be amazeballs!

[CalmRage]

Yes, you don't have to take it because it is a veiled attack against your personhood and injurious to your self esteem as well as the esteem by others who are witnesses to it.

Now they put me into a "special" extra german language and spelling class. What i thought was: "Hello? Me, who has a knack for languages and never made any big spelling mistakes IN HIS LIFE gets put into that kind of class?"

This reeks of that german teacher who doesn't seem to like me and might get sued.

[King Malachite]

In 9 days, it will be the one year anniversery of when my lunatic ex and her girlfriend got together.

If I was a drinking man.....

[Shantel]

Input, input?

The "B" & "C" word factor is overwhelming, kick her to the curb and move on with your life!

[NathanielM]

I need to borrow somebody's empathy meter; mine's rusted out.

This person who has been a family friend my whole life, and whom I see on a regular basis, has known I am trans for two years and has never used the right pronouns.  She's been very helpful and vocal about wanting to be there for me, etc., in other respects.  She's never given any indication that she didn't approve.  I know pronouns can be a major adjustment for some people (it never surprised me that she's taking forever and a day with it), so she's welcome to as much time she needs.  I've given her the benefit of the doubt for two years.  However, now, recently, she said with great vehemence she will NEVER use male pronouns on me, EVER, for any reason.  Her excuse is that she can't reconcile her memories of me as a child with my having been a male child.

My brain doesn't work like that.  I understand why her memories matter, and I understand what she is saying and why that would be problematic, but I don't understand why her thinking progresses from there to 'I'm just going to use female pronouns forever and ever.'  Why would that be okay?  What about me?  Why does she think I transitioned socially, legally, and medically, for the fun and games of it all?  What earthly difference does it make how supportive you say you are when you disagree with, ignore, or are offended by the most fundamental aspect of the issue?  I cannot articulate how disrespectful I think it is to deliberately refuse someone their pronouns. 

I am aware that I am socially inept and self-absorbed and that when I feel strongly about things, as about this, that I can have the empathy and forgiving nature of a large rock.  This is why I want time and space for consideration, and input, please, before doing anything to make sure I can see it all.  I know she has feelings and reasons that at least make sense to her, but I think she needs to get over it and treat me like a person.


Input, input?

I personally think you can have all the empathy you want when a person tells you they won't even try and wil never, ever try for you that is a limit. I can understand finding it very hard, I can understand needing a lot of time. But this person isn't willing to even give it a go for you and that's just not okay. I don't think the empathy lacking one is you in this case. If my dad can attempt to make a change... I mean he's known me all my life as a girl...

[Renee]

Watching Terms and Conditions May Apply on Pivot. Its interesting and makes me glad I am wary of what I put online and that I always take privacy stuff off the default when I set my stuff on Google and Facebook.


What they can legally do with the info is kind of scary.

[Jamie D]

on the train, there's a disignated "quiet car" where you're not supposed to use your phones or talk.

What you do is make eye contact and stare at them until they stop.

[Jamie D]

I need to borrow somebody's empathy meter; mine's rusted out.

This person who has been a family friend my whole life, and whom I see on a regular basis, has known I am trans for two years and has never used the right pronouns.  She's been very helpful and vocal about wanting to be there for me, etc., in other respects.  She's never given any indication that she didn't approve.  I know pronouns can be a major adjustment for some people (it never surprised me that she's taking forever and a day with it), so she's welcome to as much time she needs.  I've given her the benefit of the doubt for two years.  However, now, recently, she said with great vehemence she will NEVER use male pronouns on me, EVER, for any reason.  Her excuse is that she can't reconcile her memories of me as a child with my having been a male child.

My brain doesn't work like that.  I understand why her memories matter, and I understand what she is saying and why that would be problematic, but I don't understand why her thinking progresses from there to 'I'm just going to use female pronouns forever and ever.'  Why would that be okay?  What about me?  Why does she think I transitioned socially, legally, and medically, for the fun and games of it all?  What earthly difference does it make how supportive you say you are when you disagree with, ignore, or are offended by the most fundamental aspect of the issue?  I cannot articulate how disrespectful I think it is to deliberately refuse someone their pronouns. 

I am aware that I am socially inept and self-absorbed and that when I feel strongly about things, as about this, that I can have the empathy and forgiving nature of a large rock.  This is why I want time and space for consideration, and input, please, before doing anything to make sure I can see it all.  I know she has feelings and reasons that at least make sense to her, but I think she needs to get over it and treat me like a person.


Input, input?

Be firm.  You are who you are, not who she thought you were.  Her reason really is disrespect.

[Darkie]

I need to borrow somebody's empathy meter; mine's rusted out.

This person who has been a family friend my whole life, and whom I see on a regular basis, has known I am trans for two years and has never used the right pronouns.  She's been very helpful and vocal about wanting to be there for me, etc., in other respects.  She's never given any indication that she didn't approve.  I know pronouns can be a major adjustment for some people (it never surprised me that she's taking forever and a day with it), so she's welcome to as much time she needs.  I've given her the benefit of the doubt for two years.  However, now, recently, she said with great vehemence she will NEVER use male pronouns on me, EVER, for any reason.  Her excuse is that she can't reconcile her memories of me as a child with my having been a male child.

To me, that's like going up to someone and going "I know that we had history and that we loved eachother.  You are getting married and I still have unsettled feelings so I refuse to agnoligize your marriage.  To me, it didn't happen."  It just doesn't make sense.  I mean, I can understand the having trouble with memories thing, I get that.  But to tell someone that you have that much history with having known them your whole life that basically you refuse to treat them the way they want and are to be treated is really rude.  She doesn't have to replace her memories of you.  Just because your friend hasn't had black hair all her life doesn't mean your memories mean any less.

Maybe to her, it seems like since now you are male, then your past doesn't matter?  Like you are trying to erase all of what came before of yourself and in doing so, erase her too?  As if you being male means to her that girl she knew a long time ago didn't exist, and therefore all her memories are meaningless?  Does that make sense?  I fail at explaining things..

[Adam (birkin)]

In 9 days, it will be the one year anniversery of when my lunatic ex and her girlfriend got together.

If I was a drinking man.....

Don't worry about them man, let them enjoy their lunaticness together lol.