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Will Ferrell: ‘If the Trans Community Is a Threat to You, Then It Stems From Not Being Confident or Safe With Yourself’(variety.com)

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ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netOP
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I have a buddy who is single and went into a Joe Rogan spiral. Apparently his new biggest fear is talking to a woman who happened to have been born a man.

When I asked him why? He made up a hypothetical situation of them breaking into his house?

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BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee
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Wait what? His biggest fear is if someone breaks into his house he might be trans? Or they might be trans and he’s forced to talk to them?

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millie@beehaw.org
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It literally only just now clicked that the guy who I was friends with before I transitioned who immediately flipped on me afterward has always been a big Joe Rogan fan. I don’t know why that took so long.

Anyway, thanks Will Ferrell.

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Alice@beehaw.org
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These guys are telling on themselves. “She used to be a man, so she’ll do [horrible thing].”

So you do [horrible thing] to your partners??

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chaos@beehaw.org
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Homophobia and transphobia, when you dig into them a bit, are often based in a fear that they’ll be on the other end of toxic masculinity instead of the one they’re used to.

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ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netOP
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That was my response! I said, “So in a relationship, that’s what you do?”

And he got kinda mad and changed the subject.

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The Doctor@beehaw.org
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That’s pretty telling.

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lobut@lemmy.ca
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Yeah but if he keeps listening to those shows then they imagine it’s happening all the time.

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xkbx@startrek.website
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Oh god could you imagine how horrible it would be if a transwoman broke into your house

They’d just eat all my snacks and download F:NV

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ThiefOfNames she/her@beehaw.org
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and download F:NV

Only after I’ve installed linux and Celeste 😈

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I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org
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Hey, I don’t want to go over the data cap on my “unlimited” internet

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scops@reddthat.com
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So his concern is having a potential partner that he couldn’t physically outmatch? Can’t think of why a guy like that might be single

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Funderpants @lemmy.ca
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Insanity, especially considering trans people are more likely to be victims than perpetrators.

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