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Polychrome :blabcat: (polychrome@poly.cybre.city)'s status on Monday, 10-Jun-2024 05:00:41 JST Polychrome :blabcat:
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@b_rain so what does it mean if I can play as either gender in VR and neither seem to cause me any sense of unease? :blobcatgooglyshrug:

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  b-rain (b_rain@troet.cafe)'s status on Monday, 10-Jun-2024 05:00:42 JST b-rain
  
  #trans #Dysphoria #meme #VirtualReality #gaming #lgbtq
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  1. Fiji tricky-pockets 0) Follow so, did I ever tell you guys about the time my roommate accidentally simulated gender dysphoria in VIR, IRtricky-pockets 01 too bad, I'm posting it anyway My roommate is a cis man who sometimes makes lady characters in video games because why not? So when he started a new VR game and made a lady character, he didn't think anything of it. But then he heard the NPCs talking about him with fem pronouns. He got missima'am'd - and indeed, milady'd. This had never bothered him in non-VR games, but In VR it's much easier to feel like you are actually in the room. They're not talking about the avatar you control; they're talking about you. They're looking at you. Then he happened across a mirror. He saw his pretty lady character instead of his internal picture of what his body looks like. He moved and saw his avatar's body move In sync. And It was so unsettling that he started over with a new character. He asked if that was what dysphoria was Ilke. I told him "yeah, that's def In the ballpark. and he was floored, like, "HOLY SHIT, how does anyone deal,. And sometimes I wish I could shove people into a VR headset and give them that experience. Eit tricky-pockets 61 also yes, of course I tried the game with a male character. I went straight for the mirror and it sounds silly but I was honestly awe-stricken and almost cried. Yet another "yep, definitely trans. moment.
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