Bun's thread of Transitional Cataloging and discussion (and shenanigans).

[CiDisguise 60]

I'll admit, it's pretty polarizing. I suspect that having grown up eating it, I've acquired a bit of a tolerance. It's pretty nice with butter.

[mostlyhybrid 14]

Minnesotan here, can confirm that lutevisk is pretty gross. It doesn't taste too bad, but the texture just ruins it for me

[Shackram 4,285]

17 hours ago, Inciatus said:

doing other things that I love like building rocket engines and advancing our knowledge on hydrogen peroxide propulsion systems and teaching people about rockets

Hallo there, Scott Manley.

[Inciatus 1,124]

1 hour ago, Shackram said:

Hallo there, Scott Manley.

I can't say I have any idea who that is.

[CiDisguise 60]

52 minutes ago, Inciatus said:

I can't say I have any idea who that is.

You need more Kerbal in your life.

[Inciatus 1,124]

6 minutes ago, CiDisguise said:

You need more Kerbal in your life.

Yeah I'm active on literally only one subforum (Science and Spaceflight) and that is mostly to tell people they are idiots or explain how to rocket.

[Shackram 4,285]

1 hour ago, Inciatus said:

I can't say I have any idea who that is.

His channel https://www.youtube.com/user/szyzyg

[AnArmyofBun 1,122]

On 10/4/2016 at 8:51 PM, BiggieD61 said:

Inciatus - that was an incredible explanation - someone should just copy and paste that into wikipedia - it's actually better than a wiki deserves.  Thank you for patiently explaining it to me, obviously a person who does not have this physical/emotional/spiritual challenge about who and what they are, can never fully understand what you face or feel.  I see in both you and Bun, a peace with how you feel about yourself and the changes you want to take - to me that is the strongest testimony that you are making the right choice for you. 

I don't claim - nor should any human for that matter - to understand exactly why God chose to create you the way he did.  I am certainly ( and no other person for that matter ) NOT in a position to judge you for how you feel about a most fundamental part of your being.  My question was one of compassion, I was hoping that you and others might feel capable of living your lives without completely reconstructing your "biology".  I am sure that this is both a blessing and a curse, a hard choice and an easy choice - all at the same time.  Thank you for taking the time to enlighten  someone with far less knowledge than yourself on this subject.  Know that in truth I would be happy to cook some good southern food with you any time you liked - good food crosses all barriers!

Well.  They say God doesn't make mistakes, nor do I feel he made any with people like the ones you've met in this thread.  To transition is a test of ones character, strength, and ability to really be tested with something that as you know, most people will not understand.  To address an earlier point.  You will find that a lot of transwomen have tried living our lives as gay men.  I tried.  I just don't find gay men attractive.  I find straight men attractive, as I am in essence a mostly straight woman.  Inciatus said it best I believe in her very long post that was filled with such great information I'd never be able to match it in it's depth.  What I speak from is a generally advanced place of experience.  While many of us wish we could perform the biological duties you spoke of, we know we simply can't.  It doesn't make of any less female.  You will find that most transwomen don't spend their time rolling around at how girly they can be.  We just go about our daily lives and no ones any the wiser.  Our surgical choices really are for our own mental health and that's it.  You don't understand the pain of having your chest look right, and then having to remove it night after night and go back to what you feel you should not have.  Or having to worry about wearing snug jeans just encase part of your anatomy is showing.

My body is my business.  The point of transition is for our own health, no one else really.  Now, you said that you wished we didn't have to remake our biology?  Neither do we.  I have had both major operations, and I can promise you I would advise anyone if at all possible to not do it.  If they can live with their bodies by all means.  The cost, the pain, the difficulty?  It's worth it to me.  The results are amazing.  I function pretty similarly to any natal woman.  Well within normal ranges anyway.  That's fine for me.  I can wear my jeans and feel happy.  I can wear a bathing suit and not worry.  I can go to bed at night..and not worry or feel like I'm out of place in my own skin.  You can't understand that, but you can empathize and you've done that.  Thank you for being as open as you have been.  What you suggested about technology that allowed that kind of switch is our dream come true.  Vise versa for transmen.  Absolutely.

We live in an imperfect world, and there is no such thing as a perfect man, or woman.  We're all very similar.  Be it breast implants, or hysterectomy. Some do, some don't.  My mother has had both.  We're just normal people..For the most part.  I know it can be difficult.  It's my unpopular opinion that there are some "trans" people who make us look very poor and they hijack what we really face to gain sympathy.  But here?  In this thread?  It's reality. 

Ask anything.  We're here to answer. 

[BiggieD61 364]

14 minutes ago, AnArmyofBun said:

Ask anything.  We're here to answer. 

Lutefisk - yes/no?

Best BBQ - Pork/Beef?

There are NO wrong answers Bun - only CORRECT ones ....

[AnArmyofBun 1,122]

1 hour ago, BiggieD61 said:

Lutefisk - yes/no?

Best BBQ - Pork/Beef?

There are NO wrong answers Bun - only CORRECT ones ....

1. Never had it.

2. Both best depending on sauce.  Pork better with South Carolina sauce cuz tangy.

3. Bun is always right.

[Inciatus 1,124]

2 hours ago, AnArmyofBun said:

1. Never had it.

2. Both best depending on sauce.  Pork better with South Carolina sauce cuz tangy.

3. Bun is always right.

Bun you have failed me I think.

[CiDisguise 60]

2 hours ago, Inciatus said:

Bun you have failed me I think.

I, too, was absolutely crushed to learn that Bun hasn't had lutefisk.

[Inciatus 1,124]

It's been rather quiet in here and I haven't been posting bunny pictures mostly because of Matthew. We evacuated to Tampa for a couple days. It was extremely boring because the internet was only really capable of messaging through skype and almost nothing else. Also they closed the pool due to high wind conditions because the 3 knots breeze was apparently dangerous. There was a lot of worrying because my parents house is on the barrier island and the models were showing it as a category 4 or 5 making direct landfall on Melbourne but it fortunately decided to fall apart a bit and get a lot weaker and go east so except for some small damage to my parents door locks and my screens there was nothing wrong. Though I didn't get power until this afternoon, about 42 hours after most of daytona got their power restored which was sort of annoying.

Bun attempting to escape an evil cup.

[Inciatus 1,124]

On 10/6/2016 at 2:52 PM, AnArmyofBun said:

It's my unpopular opinion that there are some "trans" people who make us look very poor and they hijack what we really face to gain sympathy.

I don't think that is a hugely unpopular opinion.

 

Also bun races a tortoise

[BiggieD61 364]

Yeah, Matthew forced us to take an unexpected vacation to Macon, Georgia ...

The truth, it is a lovely city, and it has a very nice down town area with lots of converted building space for lofts at a low rent.  Lots of good restaurants, beautiful scenery, Mercer University and a lot of preserved history everywhere you walk.  There was a little building that we walked by that was built in 1892 - apparently the upstairs was a small club called the "College Discotheque" back in 1969 - and served as the location for the Allman Brothers Band's first show.

Glad that you survived unscathed Inciatus, we got our power back one day after returning to Bluffton, and our Internet back today - our friends on Hilton Head Island are not so fortunate however.

[Inciatus 1,124]

Bun doesn't give a single fuck about the yuno thing on wotlabs.

[Inciatus 1,124]

My its quiet in here.

There's supposed to be a cute bunny picture here but wotlabs isn't working for me I guess.

[Alesia 339]

I got nothing to report.

 

Basically at my breaking point with my family and living situation.  I don't know what to do.

[CiDisguise 60]

Some very exciting developments:

Earlier this month, a document finally made it clear of government bureaucracy: AFPM2016-36-01, Air Force Policy Memorandum for In-Service Transition for Airmen Identifying as Transgender. As an active member of the United States Air Force, this is of immense importance to me.

Earlier today, I spoke to a chaplain, discussing at length my identity, experiences, and anticipated challenges. All in all, I felt this was an extremely productive and uplifting experience, and I left with more resources and aid than I began my day with.

I've just scheduled an appointment for Thursday with my primary care provider to discuss my situation. I don't honestly expect that much simply because this is going to be completely new ground for most everyone involved, but at least the ball will be rolling.

As an added bonus, I suspect I'll be enjoying a persistent panic as Thursday rolls nearer. I hate the unknown...

[Inciatus 1,124]

Yay vac! Have a happy kitty.

 

Better quality but doesn't embed: http://i.imgur.com/Ccm4x48.mp4

[AnArmyofBun 1,122]

Hey guys if you need a distraction I'm streaming d3 again.  twitch.tv/anarmyofbun or whatever. 

Alesia, hang in there.  It will get better. 

[zapyoug 2,141]

rawr

i just wanted to say hai in this thread 

also @Inciatus seems inclined to cute someone to death

[Inciatus 1,124]

Just now, zapyoug said:

rawr

i just wanted to say hai in this thread 

also @Inciatus seems inclined to cute someone to death

Hai zap. Did you have fun going through 100 pages of things? Also maybe not to death but I extract my power from people d'awwing. 

[zapyoug 2,141]

24 minutes ago, Inciatus said:

Hai zap. Did you have fun going through 100 pages of things? Also maybe not to death but I extract my power from people d'awwing. 

I've only read about 30-40 pages of it so far(mostly earlier pages), saw a cute picture of fuzzy and someone with some lovely striped leggings in the more recent pages though so confirmed pretty good read. 

might have small fuzzy animal poisoning though.

 

[AnArmyofBun 1,122]

12 hours ago, zapyoug said:

I've only read about 30-40 pages of it so far(mostly earlier pages), saw a cute picture of fuzzy and someone with some lovely striped leggings in the more recent pages though so confirmed pretty good read. 

might have small fuzzy animal poisoning though.

 

Welcome to the thread.  Please enjoy everything here!  It's been painstakingly put down by every contributor.  Everything here is from real people.  Real experiences.  It's amazing.