Hi! I’m blorps. I’m a data analysis major. If I don’t respond to you, it’s because I forgot! ( -_-" )
Wish I could lol. Broke as shit and I can’t just leave my family behind. Unfortunately to get Real ID I have to provide my citizenship documents but those are in my deadname + birth sex and I can’t get them fixed without a baseline of $1k (have to pay for at least 2 private doctors in the UK to verify I am my chosen gender, plus court fees and 18+ months processing time).
im a dual citizen myself but cant get my passports because im trans 🙃 that and broke as hell but still. id get stopped at the border because a guy with a fullass beard with a ‘F’ on their passport is considered fraud.
The thing is I don’t think I would mind advertising if it wasn’t shoved down my throat 24/7. The fact I can’t read a webpage without ads blocking everything, I can’t watch TV without more than half of the show’s runtime being ads in and out of segments, I can’t even step outside without seeing the billboard or another 5 ads shoved in my mailbox!
I get 15 some-odd emails a day from different companies trying to get me to buy things. I block them and they pop up with a different email address. I can’t even open my email without ads popping up masquerading as actual messages (Gmail). Don’t get me started on the entire Google app thing.
I can’t open an online map without getting SPONSERED listings. And places I use the app to order from try to advertise me their own food WHILE I’M ORDERING. Panda Express started asking me if I want a subscription to Starz or whatever.
NO. NO. NO.
I’m exhausted. I want to go to a store without being immediately inundated with ads or sellers. “Buy this!” NO. LEAVE ME ALONE.
I’m overwhelmed. I’m overstimulated. I’m done. I don’t care how “quirky” or “flashy” or “hip” your ads are. I refuse to buy anything I see ads for now. It’s too much. Shut up.
TL;DR: we need controls and limits to who, what, where, and how things are advertised. It should be an enforcable crime to have ads louder than a certain decibel for one. But it’s not enforced and fines aren’t more than a drop in the bucket. I doubt I’ll see it in ny lifetime.
Yup pretty much. It’s… complicated if you really dive into it. I’m saying this as a trans person - there are biological differences between people. In literally everyone, though - it’s not just a sex thing. No two males, females, intersex, or otherwise are alike biologically. Everyone’s biological stats are different. Even twins are different.
These categories exist in science to easily communicate basic ideas based on medical observations. But once you get to the nitty-gritty of a person’s personal medical history it’s really hard to categorize certain things. You can have “true” females with more male hormones than “true” males and vice-versa. You can be born without any sex organs and still develop into an adult.
Bodies are weird. Medical science is very complicated and interesting. We really don’t know what we’re doing still or how a lot of our biology operates. Can you attribute someone’s sports prowess to their hormones? Maybe? I don’t know. I don’t think it matters in the grand scheme of things. I think someone’s determination to do something is a bigger indicator of how well they’ll do in the end.
Nothing’s certain in science. Disproving something is easy. Proving things is a lot harder lol.
Whatever the answer is, it’s going to take years if not decades. I wish I had the answers. I wish I had the power to make things right. I wish I could stop the suffering. All I can do is do what I can. For now, that’s surviving. For now, all I can do is continue to be kind to people and educate them when I can. Help them when I have the ability to.
My fellow disabled person, I see you. A murmur can become a tidal wave with time. We must stick together. We cannot lose hope. We must go on.
Thank you friend. Unfortunately because of how deep red my state and how stupid the UK is with this stuff I’m stuck. Just hunkering down and preparing for the worst.