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[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 72 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

naah. Me ugly AF for any gender.

[–] Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm right there with you bro... I too know that feeling when you are wearing your normal clothes on Halloween and someone asks you what you are dressed up as...

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

"My own worst nightmare"

[–] nandeEbisu@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And you should wear it with confidence. Honestly had the most respect for people who are really cute out in public but then reveal their true gremlin selves at home when the makeup is off and they're in pajamas and a t shirt.

Means they really worked for those good looks, which most people really need to do at my age.

[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My self- esteem is low, but not because I am ugly. More because I feel like I have no purpose as I keep failing to get a job.

[–] nandeEbisu@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, that's a tough one.

If you're young, that's just how it is right now. You're totally valid in feeling frustrated or inadequate but also know you're not doing especially badly compared to others in your position.

If you're older, it just takes some people longer before the pieces fall into place. Right person wrong time kind of deal.

[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

Thank you. I am trying to hold on, even when I don't really want to.

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 61 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I understand what this meme conveys. It's great, swapping works. However if I read it mentally and imagine it's directed at me,... it feels good. I wish men got more compliments, cisgender or not

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

you are baller have a good day

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 5 points 2 weeks ago

I'd compliment men more if they weren't always creeps about it.

Id smile more in public if men took 'no' for an answer. As-is, they must be pre empted.

The reason men don't get compliments is other men. Sorry.

[–] Zenith@lemm.ee 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not any different from all the times I’ve been told I’m really something or another for a woman

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago

You are something or another regardless of your gender in my book.

[–] Im_old@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

If that ever happen I would take it as the best compliment I've ever received 🫠

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

Stop lying 😣

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Thanks! I'll take what I can get.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't know who you are, but could you please help me afford healthcare since you look like you have magic?

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

You'll have better luck asking for a magical pumpkin carriage ride to the king's gala.

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

they said i look really good thats all that matters to me

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago

Well, it's true!

[–] benignintervention@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I'm permabanned from Blahaj for saying, on another instance, that I don't believe in dragons.

[–] benignintervention@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oooohhhhh right, I forgot about that bit of Lemmy lore. Better to leave well enough alone then, eh

[–] Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

What? What? Please inform me of this Lemmy lore I'm hella confused

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

The long and short of it is that a certain poster insisted that their gender was 'dragonfucker', and that they fucked the gender of 'dragons'. For obvious reasons not everyone was onboard with this, but the Blahaj admins decided that it wasn't up for discussion. Unfortunately, they decided that what wasn't up for discussion was up to, and including, the very existence of dragons. That's the lore of it.

In an admittedly bitter conversation about the whole debacle several months later on another instance, the top Blahaj admin (who was not involved in the conversation) saw that I still denied the existence of dragons, and decided to permaban me from Blahaj for that terrible crime, notwithstanding that I hadn't even posted on Blahaj since the debacle in any case. That's the personal story.

@daggermoon@lemmy.world since you asked too.

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

I would also like to know

[–] Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio 4 points 2 weeks ago

You monster!

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I love emulating that post Malone gif of him resting his chin on the distal side of his interlocked fingers, and saying "bitch I'm adorable!" Cause even if I shave my head cause I went bald early, and am holding onto a patchy beard cause I don't wanna look like Gomer Pyle, I'm still pretty AF!

[–] ztwhixsemhwldvka@lemmy.world -2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Prejucide and sexism is okay when it's done from an LGBTQ perspective!

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 87 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

The meme is satirizing that statement by swapping the usual 'compliment'.

[–] ztwhixsemhwldvka@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, I am unaware

[–] BurgerBaron@piefed.ca 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

You're pretty smart for a woman etc for those wooshed.

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Isn't this about "you look good for a trans man/woman"?

"You're smart for a woman" is just straight up sexist and demeaning, while the former "compliment", maybe not as flattering to some as the giver intends, does not imply any prejudice.

[–] Akagigahara@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The "for" part is what makes this a backhanded compliment. It heavily implies prejudice/preconceived notions, because there is no need to compare to the other group. While it might be a compliment directed at the person, it's implicity demeaning to the community you are getting compared to. It's not necessarily a firmly or consciously held believe, but it still shows what they are expecting.

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I kinda see your point, but I think context is important here. For many trans people, part of transitioning includes working toward presenting as their identified gender, and that process can take time and effort. So when someone says "you look good for a trans man/woman", in a clumsy way, it might be meant as recognition of that effort, like saying, “you look exactly how you hoped to". Which is completely different from automatically assuming that all women are stupid for being women.

[–] Akagigahara@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I can see what you mean, but you still get reminded that you are trans/don't get clocked fully as the gender you're presenting as.

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not saying it's perfect, but it's definitely not as "backhanded" as the other one. In fact, that "compliment", especially in the context of the meme, implies they didn't realize the person is transgender until it was somehow pointed out explicitly, because of the whole "wow, you're trans?" part.

[–] Xoriff@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Doesn't it though? "You're pretty X for a Y" assume X people aren't Y naturally. Fill in the blanks for smart : woman :: attractive : trans

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

“Yeah, you’re pretty good lookin’, for a girl.”

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

"... But no homo, bro"

Me: ??????

[–] abfarid@startrek.website 2 points 2 weeks ago

Sorry that I neglected your comment, but my response to the neighboring comment applies here as well.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I love all your lgbtq memes and history photos Pug!

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Please go back to reddit.

[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

How is it that?