well, I mean, it's no skin off my neck either way. I have no problem with being he/him, but I certainly wouldn't be offended be xe/xem (or for that matter she/her 😅 which was a mistake at least one person made during the mask mandate, when my beard wasn't so visible)
I'd just like to do what I can to make life easier for those who are faced with more everyday difficulties than I am, especially when it costs me so little.
I'm not the op, but like them im a cishet male. is it useful (to the movement, to non cishet, to LGBTQ+ people in general) to adopt pronouns other than what would be expected, perhaps to normalise them in much the same way that "partner" has been?
or would that generally be regarded as, well, something akin to cultural appropriation? or as malicious adoption, like "i identify as an attack helicopter"?
I lost my cat recently, the first one that was truly mine. he was only about 2.5 years old, but when me and my partner moved into the city together, he went missing shortly after we started allowing him outside access (he was born feral and always loved the outdoors).
a few weeks later he was hit by a car some kilometres from our house, and a couple of weeks after that, his microchip was scanned and tracked back to us.
I sobbed for about half an hour when I first got some time alone after finding out. I still tear up thinking about him at odd times. I've never loved any animal quite as much, and I wonder if I ever will again. thinking about coming home to him was all that got me through many days of work. sometimes thinking about him just makes me feel like I don't want to be alive anymore, despite my partner and the two lovely kittens we still have.
I bought a computer motherboard off aliexpress. it cost about 1/3 the retail price, arrived with no documentation, install cds, whatever. there was minor damage to the board itself, probably a piece damaged during manufacture and deemed unfit for sale.
this was back in 2017 or something. I've yet to replace it, though it might be getting close to time. I was able to get the software it needed off the net with another computer, and with that it worked just fine.
I get along well enough with my coworker, but even if I were the socialising type, he's not the sort of person I'd typically hang out with. I'd much rather go home to my fiance, my cats, and my hobbies.
I used to think they were tornados when I was young.
I'm guessing the multiple deleted comments said "chemtrails" 😆 I certainly had the urge to post that (sarcastically? ironically? satirically?)