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Holyyyyyyyyyyy fuckiiinnnnnngggg shiiiiiiiiit you just described my life in disturbingly accurate details. Literally everything, the social aspect, the battery, the contradictions, the weird-ennui, every detail of this is EXACTLY my experience.

Fucking thank you. Wow.

Huh i thought that was genuinely very interesting, and adds a little bit of nuance to a few points of Marx in capital where "charactermaske" was translated into something else.

Hard to say which specific branch the author belongs to, most of this looks to be a pretty good analysis and explanation of the concept and its usage and evolution, doea a good job at providing different interpretations, responses and critiques while still defending the original concept in some ways.

Where it gets dodgy is towards the end, the inclusion of modern or post "Marxists" that apply it to the USSR in (what looks to to me like) unproductive ways, and fucking zizek at the end, but that might have been a more recent edit

Let's go i got my first appointment to start HRT in like 2 weeks !!

Have not started hormones yet, but I can say castor/ricin oil works wonder on the front of my scalp. I do a full scalp mask maybe once a week, and sometimes on other nights i put a little on the temple. Lots of baby hair on the front and it can't be the E since i haven't started ^^

Hey i thought about this comment again and went online to check, couldn't find much on the guy. I've started reading the manga recently, and his politics are certainly strange. Do you have any good sources or analysis on the political angle of the manga and author, his more personal beliefs?

GitS has always been a strange beast to me. The manga, the movies, the animes, all have different vibes and interpretations of the setting, and the political leanings vary quite a lot.

Was just listening to that a few weeks ago and commented about it to friends on discord.

Huge fan of GitS since i was a teenager, and only looked at the lyrics of this track recently. Wild.

That song makes me a sobbing mess every time, i can't help it.

This 100% reads like AI-generated text, extremely formulaic and predictable with very surface-level facts. Lots of comparisons/analogies like "He did X, that's like doing Y !" also. Absolutely no doubt in my mind, once you've seen enough GPT-like text you can spot it pretty quick.

Update, the face hurt like a motherfucker. Jeeeeesus. I was in tears by the end. It will be much easier and less painful with more sessions as there'll be less to burn, and its worth it!! I fucking did it

In the laser clinic waiting room, a bunch of anaesthetic cream on my face under cling film that has to sit for 1-2 hours so the laser removal isn't super painful, reading some Dance of Dialectic. Nice day overall, waiting just gives me an excuse to read. Also this place was recommended by trans friends in the area and I'm pretty sure I heard at least one, maybe two other transfems while waiting. Could be mistaken but beautiful women with beautifully deep voices at the laser clinic that's very trans friendly, it's likely !

First laser removal session in an hour, to find a nice cheap place recommended by trans friends I had to go to another town by train and walk, its like in the middle of a commercial/industrial area thats just for cars, lame. Feeling excited and nervous. Also extremely dysphoric since I'm unshaven, stressed, couldn't put anything on my face and I'm in a laser clinic with mostly women going by and looking at my gross face

Thank you !!