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"but what are you transitioning to?"

*takes a drag on a candy cigarette, pops non-existent collar* "whadda you got?"

rock n roll man @sweetcherryky · Jul 14, 2017

"are you a trans woman or a trans man?"

"I'm a trans trans"

unteriors

Fort Totten, Washington, D.C.

pawberri

If youre a closeted person somewhere out there thinking "I want to transition but it would be less progressive/unique/countercultural for me to be that gender instead of this one" please know that you are a real person not a character in a narrative and cant live your life based on what is good media representation. You are real you can only be yourself and theres no moral weight to any identity over another

pawberri

Liberal transphobes enjoy positioning trans identities as regressive compared to cis queerness or like non-transitioning transness or anything else they can leverage to make transphobia look progressive and I think its easy to absorb that message subconciously. But in real life we just are what we are and no ranking of validity can change the fact that you have an identity that is NOT chosen and is just your unchangeable truth. Not only should you not have to live a life dictated by what is most countercultural to identify as or whatever but also: being trans is extremely countercultural and feminist and leftist to begin with and theyre only trying to convince you otherwise bc theyre bigots

pawberri

"Why cant you be a feminine man society hates feminine men 🥺" and "all the butch lesbians are becoming men we need u 🥺" = stay in the closet for the noble purpose of being an abstract representation point in my new york times opinion column. You wont actually be a gnc cis person youll be a closeted trans person who uses the wrong words but I need you to do that because i hate you

am-i-the-asshole-official

AITA for using my coping strategy even though it inconveniences my Roomates?

I (22 M) and my 4 roomates (21-24 F) all share an apartment with 1 kitchen, 5 rooms and 2 bathrooms. We tend to get along but we argue over the bathrooms more than we’d like

They tend to take a long time to get ready in the mornings, and I tend to take a long time at night because of my coping mechanism.

Basically once or twice a week, I take a few edibles, turn off all the lights, and shower while on the floor in complete darkness, rolling around in soap. I call this my Olm time after the blind cave salamander. I basically roll around in all the soap and just pretend I’m a little cave dwelling salamander while high as shit, and then rinse off and crawl out of the shower and head to my room.

It’s like meditation. I go to a completely different state mentally. This is the only thing that has significantly helped me with stress, while allowing me to incorporate all of my self care duties into my routine. Becoming one with the Olm is my only option.

My roomates don’t know about Olm time but they have realized I take a while in the shower some nights, and they have tried to argue by saying that everyone needs to get ready for bed too. I’ve told them that they take a really long time in the mornings, and I often have to brush my teeth in the kitchen sink because the bathrooms are basically locked from around 6:30-8:45 every day because of how long they take.

Basically they’re all pretty frustrated with me and I’m pretty frustrated with them. That self care time is pretty much what keeps me going through really hard days, and they don’t seem to get that, even when they tell me how important their getting ready time is for them in the mornings. I don’t know if I’m being an asshole or if I’m genuinely standing up for myself here. AITA?

AITA?

YTA

NTA

JAH

NAH

ESH

INFO

Voting ended onSep 17, 2023

What are these acronyms?

olmtimeguy

Oh geez that’s me.

For INFO, Olm time ranges from 30-45 ish minutes. I normally try to plan it for when they’re not home or already asleep but it’s not always possible. I don’t run the water the whole time (I normally turn it off for a while to chill in the soap for a bit) and we live in a big apartment complex so I’m not using all the hot water.

I agree we need to communicate better, especially because my roommates like to store their stuff in the bathroom when I like to store mine in my room so I can use either bathroom.

I try to check in with them before I shower but sometimes they work/ have class late so it’s not always possible.

I’m hoping I can convince them to store their stuff in their rooms like I do to make it less of an issue.

Thanks for the judgement

mxmarkargent

🎶 gimme that olm time religion

🎶 that's good enough for me

olmtimeguy

Minor update: they now know about Olm Time

So my roomates and I all talked it out and came up with some better solutions. I did not specifically call it Olm Time nor explain in detail, but yeah here’s the gist:

They have started doing more of their morning routines in their rooms, and they have moved most of their bathroom stuff to their rooms, and that’s generally cleared up most of our mutual frustration.

Also, I found out that since I clean the bathroom before I Olm, (like 15-20 minutes before Olm Time while the edibles kick in) they still can’t use one of the bathrooms because I’m cleaning, so it’s functionally the same as an hour+ of Olm Time. I didn’t really think about it like that because it’s good for all of us to have a clean space, but when the door is closed it’s literally the same as me using the bathroom so now I feel kind of dumb for not realizing that in the first place.

We’ve agreed that I’m going to keep the door open while I’m cleaning so they know what I’m doing and that they can stop by and use it before I Olm if they need to, and it also gives them a fair warning because they know I’ll be in there for a while once the door is closed.

So problem solved (or as solved as it can be until I can live alone)! new problem is the 7000+ people who know I call it Olm Time but what are you gonna do?

am-i-the-asshole-official

AITA for using my coping strategy even though it inconveniences my Roomates?

I (22 M) and my 4 roomates (21-24 F) all share an apartment with 1 kitchen, 5 rooms and 2 bathrooms. We tend to get along but we argue over the bathrooms more than we’d like

They tend to take a long time to get ready in the mornings, and I tend to take a long time at night because of my coping mechanism.

Basically once or twice a week, I take a few edibles, turn off all the lights, and shower while on the floor in complete darkness, rolling around in soap. I call this my Olm time after the blind cave salamander. I basically roll around in all the soap and just pretend I’m a little cave dwelling salamander while high as shit, and then rinse off and crawl out of the shower and head to my room.

It’s like meditation. I go to a completely different state mentally. This is the only thing that has significantly helped me with stress, while allowing me to incorporate all of my self care duties into my routine. Becoming one with the Olm is my only option.

My roomates don’t know about Olm time but they have realized I take a while in the shower some nights, and they have tried to argue by saying that everyone needs to get ready for bed too. I’ve told them that they take a really long time in the mornings, and I often have to brush my teeth in the kitchen sink because the bathrooms are basically locked from around 6:30-8:45 every day because of how long they take.

Basically they’re all pretty frustrated with me and I’m pretty frustrated with them. That self care time is pretty much what keeps me going through really hard days, and they don’t seem to get that, even when they tell me how important their getting ready time is for them in the mornings. I don’t know if I’m being an asshole or if I’m genuinely standing up for myself here. AITA?

AITA?

YTA

NTA

JAH

NAH

ESH

INFO

Voting ended onSep 17, 2023

What are these acronyms?

tardigradebutt

finding out this post only has just over 8k notes has been a devastating blow to my ego. i reference this constantly and nobody ever knows what im talking about. i go “oh, you know, the olm time post. where someone sits in their bathtub off a few edibles and pretends they’re an olm, the blind cave salamander.” as if every single person on the internet has also read this post. this is a classic to me. a heritage post, even. my entire worldview has been shattered.

jeidai

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"Minor update: they now know about Olm Time"

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bimmyjimmy

he sensed i took out the straight needles..

raginrayguns

I wanna plug a tree into the power grid so it can grow real fast. I want to breed an absurdly fast-growing tree that consumes more power than any plant in evolutionary history has ever had access to

identicaltomyself

The tree is RED HOT. It sucks in carbon dioxide with whirling fans. The roots tunnel down to the water table with pounding jack hammers and pull up water which is pumped into the red hot leaves at 200 psi to be transpired as LIVE STEAM. Screw photosynthesis, we have HIGH VOLTAGE.

scipunk

Max Headroom (1987)

bimmyjimmy

Big day of being bimmy

desolationlesbian

my cat is completely obsessed with watching the bathroom sink drain and I have started calling this "her shows." as in when I'm in the bathroom and she meows and runs up I'll be like "oh you want to watch your shows?" and run the faucet for an extra few seconds so it fills a little. she will then sit there at the edge of the sink for ages totally entraptured by the drain. blorbo from her sink

desolationlesbian

her shows