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How to get out of an uncomfortable egg culture situation with this one simple trick.

Real talk: Calling people eggs is a violation of the egg prime directive, and is considered invalidating as you are trying to say that a person is not the gender they identify as, that their identity is invalid. Don't call people eggs, like ever, it's extremely uncool.

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[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 14 points 9 months ago (11 children)

Is this really real? Egg seems like such a fun and friendly thing to call someone, like saying they have a lot of potential! I don't want look it up now cuz I'm gonna get my heart broken. Thank you at least for the warning, assuming you are being genuine.

[–] rubythulhu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 9 months ago (6 children)

An egg is a term in the LGBTQ community for someone who is exploring their gender or is in denial of it. When an egg cracks/hatches, a trans person has accepted who they really are. Calling someone an egg is telling them they’re trans, and is not something anyone should dictate about someone else.

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Thank you for explaining that. That's horrible and I'm saddened by how creative we are when it comes to tearing each other down...

[–] rubythulhu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 9 months ago

it’s not tearing people down, it’s usually someone unintentionally doing something hurtful when they mean to try to help someone.

read the first section of this, it explains the issue (the egg prime directive) well: https://genderdysphoria.fyi/en/am-i-trans

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