frogfruit

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[–] frogfruit@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Have you never searched through a sea of condiments, packaged foods you impulse bought weeks ago, and 13 different flavors of soda and sparkling water, and then not found what you're looking for so you have to repeat the whole process again and maybe a second time because you swear it should be in here and you must have just missed it before?

[–] frogfruit@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm not sure this is actually narcissism. I felt very similar throughout my teens, but it is something I grew out of in my early/mid 20s. I think there are a few reasons for this. Often, people just grow out of it, through brain development or just spending more time around other people. Empathy can also be intentionally strengthened like a muscle.

I studied psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, and logic to understand the general human mind. When you study a lot of things, you learn how little you know. You also get to see how much better other people are at certain things. I no longer assume I'm smarter than anyone else even if it's obvious in one particular subject or several subjects, because they are probably smarter than me in other ways.

I also saw a therapist and spent more time around other people. I made an effort to understand others' points of view, asking questions if needed, and really tried to imagine their life experiences and how they could come to feel or believe certain things. This will be an exercise at first but it eventually comes naturally for the most part.

[–] frogfruit@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That seems fairly common in people with ADHD. My SO is one of those. It's definitely not the case for me, but I also have another condition that's exacerbated by caffeine.

[–] frogfruit@slrpnk.net 1 points 6 months ago

It basically means a trans person who cares a lot about appealing to conservatives/transphobes as "one of the good ones," in ways that are often damaging to other trans people.

Someone who is called a pick me might say stuff like "you don't have to use preferred pronouns if they don't pass" or "you're not a [man/woman] if you don't have [sex organ]." They might be against transition even though they have transitioned and don't regret it. They might excessively shit talk other trans people. They might "debate" a lot of conservatives and end up agreeing with them on various points.

[–] frogfruit@slrpnk.net 1 points 6 months ago

I think you're having trouble because most publications refer to "trans disposability" rather than exclude the concept to transfems. This paper defines it:

Building on Henry Giroux’s concept of a biopolitics of disposability, I show how these memes present trans people as disposable: excluded from public view and liable for prosecution for existing in public space...

The biopolitics of disposability works by making marginalized people disappear from public view by regulating their bodies into invisibility. They are, in a word, disposable.