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@arcana @sun the only person I was ever truly gagged at and surprised about, along with many other women (who will never admit it) is Nikki Tutorials and she handled the blackmail well.
I think she was able to blend in because of the drag queen makeup she helped normalize alongside other gay men like james charles or manny mua and she was big and tall, but apparently dutch women are tall. I never realize how big she is in person because of her first person videos and such.
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@teratology @arcana I don't say this to be mean and I hope it doesn't come out wrong but some trans people pass fine if you use the standard of what irl cis women look like in all their diversity and not the highly crafted and idealized "celebrity woman" looks like.
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@teratology @arcana no I agree with you, although I wouldn't say programming alone would trip my radar since I have worked with many cis women programmers. but like when you see someone doing super specialized programming, back to yes again lol sorry but true
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@sun @arcana I do not reference celebrities when it comes to passability tbh, but I get what you are saying. This is what I actually mean as indicators:
- adams apple
- hairlines
- hands and feet, head size and other dimorphic traits like shoulder width and hips
- bad fashion sense calls attention very quickly more than any of the above
- having obvious injections or fillers in your ass that are in no way naturally proportional and proceeding to lie about it (it was so bad another trans mutual even said it was liess)
- male dominated hobbies such as programming, a lot of the time (the stereotype is painfully true don't come for me lol)
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@sun @arcana oh yeah programming alone nah, but programming and lain? mentions of lesbianism 👀 smells LGBT 2 me
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@teratology @arcana "I reverse-engineer firmware in my free time and I never shut up about being a girl" 🎯
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@sun @arcana @teratology i pass but a coworker found out i used linux and then asked me what my pronouns were a few hours later