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Postby Kannap » Sun Jul 05, 2015 1:08 pm

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Hetalia Dakota 2 II wrote:I wish I could have a more care free approach to gender, I have to put up with the loveliness of Arizona's transphobia daily and hode myself away.

Michigan is little better if one isn't in Ann Arbor or some other bastion of academia.


Alas, I don't live in the Hell hole known as Michigan.
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Postby Dyakovo » Sun Jul 05, 2015 1:09 pm

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And Sternsy didn't want to marry an ostrich. But you can't always get your way. Now be a good hubby and buy me all of these *hands you a list of 225 book titles*


Hey, do I look like I'm made of books?

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Postby Kannap » Sun Jul 05, 2015 1:09 pm

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Hetalia Dakota 2 II wrote:I wish I could have a more care free approach to gender, I have to put up with the loveliness of Arizona's transphobia daily and hode myself away.

Michigan is little better if one isn't in Ann Arbor or some other bastion of academia.


So what your saying is that the uneducated the parts of Michigan are favorable?
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Postby Hetalia Dakota 2 II » Sun Jul 05, 2015 1:11 pm

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Hetalia Dakota 2 II wrote:I wish I could have a more care free approach to gender, I have to put up with the loveliness of Arizona's transphobia daily and hode myself away.


Oh, I'm not care free about gender off site. Just on here. NationStates is very accepting.

Oh, since when did gender dysphoria become trendy? o.O
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Postby Ethel mermania » Sun Jul 05, 2015 1:11 pm

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Ethel mermania wrote:I am sure it is more jarring for you, than us. We only have to accept you. You have to live it. Our task is much easier.

Indeed, I have to start my money saving plan. 25% for retirement, 50% for the transformation, and the other 25% to live on if I stay home.

@ your age 8% for retirement is fine. Finish your education is the most important thing for you.
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Postby The Serbian Empire » Sun Jul 05, 2015 1:11 pm

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The Serbian Empire wrote:Michigan is little better if one isn't in Ann Arbor or some other bastion of academia.


So what your saying is that the uneducated the parts of Michigan are favorable?

Ann Arbor is one of a few safe havens for a person like me.
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Postby Lordieth » Sun Jul 05, 2015 1:13 pm

Dyakovo wrote:
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Hey, do I look like I'm made of books?

Yes.


Turn to chapter 4 to see my witty response.
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Postby Kannap » Sun Jul 05, 2015 1:13 pm

Hetalia Dakota 2 II wrote:
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Oh, I'm not care free about gender off site. Just on here. NationStates is very accepting.

Oh, since when did gender dysphoria become trendy? o.O


Since when did being a presumptuous jerk become trendy?
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Postby Lordieth » Sun Jul 05, 2015 1:15 pm

Kannap wrote:
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Hey, do I look like I'm made of books?


No, money to buy me the books.


But then I'll be depriving you of the joy of going out and buying your own damn books. ;)
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Postby Ethel mermania » Sun Jul 05, 2015 1:15 pm

Hetalia Dakota 2 II wrote:
Kannap wrote:
Oh, I'm not care free about gender off site. Just on here. NationStates is very accepting.

Oh, since when did gender dysphoria become trendy? o.O

About 10 years ago.
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Jute
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Postby Jute » Sun Jul 05, 2015 1:15 pm

The festival ended. Now we have bagpipes instead.
Italios wrote:Jute's probably some sort of Robin Hood-type outlaw
Carl Sagan, astrophysicist and atheist wrote:"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
When we recognize our place in an immensity of light-years and in the passage of ages,
when we grasp the intricacy, beauty, and subtlety of life, then that soaring feeling,
that sense of elation and humility combined, is surely spiritual...The notion that science
and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both."
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Postby Kannap » Sun Jul 05, 2015 1:16 pm

Lordieth wrote:
Kannap wrote:
No, money to buy me the books.


But then I'll be depriving you of the joy of going out and buying your own damn books. ;)


Fine, give me $5,000 to go on a book shopping spree.
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Postby The Serbian Empire » Sun Jul 05, 2015 1:16 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
The Serbian Empire wrote:Indeed, I have to start my money saving plan. 25% for retirement, 50% for the transformation, and the other 25% to live on if I stay home.

@ your age 8% for retirement is fine. Finish your education is the most important thing for you.

I know, but I want to be able to buy a nice parcel of land in the Colorado Rockies for my retirement.
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Postby Lordieth » Sun Jul 05, 2015 1:17 pm

Kannap wrote:
Lordieth wrote:
But then I'll be depriving you of the joy of going out and buying your own damn books. ;)


Fine, give me $5,000 to go on a book shopping spree.


You must read a hell of a lot of books.
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Postby Kannap » Sun Jul 05, 2015 1:17 pm

Jute wrote:The festival ended. Now we have bagpipes instead.


I love bagpipes
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Postby Hetalia Dakota 2 II » Sun Jul 05, 2015 1:19 pm

Ethel mermania wrote:
Hetalia Dakota 2 II wrote:Oh, since when did gender dysphoria become trendy? o.O

About 10 years ago.

It makes me feel kinda violated for some reason.
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Postby Jute » Sun Jul 05, 2015 1:19 pm

Kannap wrote:
Italios wrote:Well, okay. I'm pretty sure that's where your flag is from.


I didn't search for this flag. Esternial posted it in last TET referring to me and I made it my flag.

Wait, you seriously don't know about the cutest anime in existence?
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Carl Sagan, astrophysicist and atheist wrote:"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
When we recognize our place in an immensity of light-years and in the passage of ages,
when we grasp the intricacy, beauty, and subtlety of life, then that soaring feeling,
that sense of elation and humility combined, is surely spiritual...The notion that science
and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both."
"A rejection of all philosophy is in itself philosophy."
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Postby Kannap » Sun Jul 05, 2015 1:19 pm

Lordieth wrote:
Kannap wrote:
Fine, give me $5,000 to go on a book shopping spree.


You must read a hell of a lot of books.


I wish. Most of them get placed as decoration more so than being read. I plan to read all the books I own at some point. Just gotta find more free time to do so.
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Postby Jute » Sun Jul 05, 2015 1:20 pm

Kannap wrote:
Jute wrote:The festival ended. Now we have bagpipes instead.


I love bagpipes

Yes, but they don't know how to play them here, apparently :P And also would prefer to have some silence for once...
Italios wrote:Jute's probably some sort of Robin Hood-type outlaw
Carl Sagan, astrophysicist and atheist wrote:"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
When we recognize our place in an immensity of light-years and in the passage of ages,
when we grasp the intricacy, beauty, and subtlety of life, then that soaring feeling,
that sense of elation and humility combined, is surely spiritual...The notion that science
and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both."
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Postby Dyakovo » Sun Jul 05, 2015 1:20 pm

Kannap wrote:
Jute wrote:The festival ended. Now we have bagpipes instead.


I love bagpipes

Then bagpipes is what you'll get.
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Postby The Serbian Empire » Sun Jul 05, 2015 1:20 pm

Hetalia Dakota 2 II wrote:
Kannap wrote:
Oh, I'm not care free about gender off site. Just on here. NationStates is very accepting.

Oh, since when did gender dysphoria become trendy? o.O

It's not trendy to be filled with anxiety for most of your life and gender dysphoria is pretty much a life of it.
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Postby Lordieth » Sun Jul 05, 2015 1:20 pm

Kannap wrote:
Lordieth wrote:
You must read a hell of a lot of books.


I wish. Most of them get placed as decoration more so than being read. I plan to read all the books I own at some point. Just gotta find more free time to do so.


I've got a little bit of a backlog, myself. I could do with a complete technology black out and get lost in words. I miss having my head buried in books.
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Postby Ethel mermania » Sun Jul 05, 2015 1:21 pm

The Serbian Empire wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:@ your age 8% for retirement is fine. Finish your education is the most important thing for you.

I know, but I want to be able to buy a nice parcel of land in the Colorado Rockies for my retirement.

The better paying job you get, the easier that is to do. Also good health insurance will help pay for the transformation, which is not cheap.
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Postby Kannap » Sun Jul 05, 2015 1:21 pm

Hetalia Dakota 2 II wrote:
Ethel mermania wrote:About 10 years ago.

It makes me feel kinda violated for some reason.


It's stupid of you to feel that way.
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Postby Jute » Sun Jul 05, 2015 1:23 pm

Kannap wrote:
Hetalia Dakota 2 II wrote:It makes me feel kinda violated for some reason.


It's stupid of you to feel that way.

Well, aren't you being sensitive here. Telling someone that their feelings are "stupid":
Italios wrote:Jute's probably some sort of Robin Hood-type outlaw
Carl Sagan, astrophysicist and atheist wrote:"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
When we recognize our place in an immensity of light-years and in the passage of ages,
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that sense of elation and humility combined, is surely spiritual...The notion that science
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