Me: thats because i have a better chance solving this rubix cube blindfolded than pulling them. That is if the cards are in my favor, which this game doesnt have any.
Them: ...
Me: so anyways, do you wanna know a cool fact about roman aqueducts?
shout out to the neighbor i had as a young kid who taught not only me, but my younger sisters that it's okay for women to have facial hair and hair on thier bodies.
after having an entire hour long conversation with my coworkers about what "degendering" is, and the importance of using trans people's pronouns when you know them- rather than always defaulting to "they/them" no matter what- and still getting "they/them"ed by people I trusted not to fucking do that to me, I have decided that the name and pronouns circle of introductions for new additions to the group will now include the very clearly stated boundary that they do not use "they/them" pronouns for me.
one of the most challenging skills i've had to learn as an adult is the art of figuring out whether i'm proportionally annoyed with someone or just tired and overstimulated and looking for reasons to be pissed off