It's entirely possible to host an instance that doesn't require emails to sign up. Blahaj lemmy and piefed don't for example. We don't have a spam problem though, because we require manual approvals of new accounts. Lack of email verification is only a problem when it's combined with open signup
I make an exception to that rule for the /c/superbowl. I love seeing a bunch of owls suddenly appear in my feed :)
Can I ask why? In theory they'd make my life easier, but I feel like they're also a disaster waiting to happen
because studies range from showing HRT helps a little to not at all at preventing suicide.
No they don't. There are a couple of studies that are deliberately misrepresented by transphobes to imply this, and they often get passed around as fact, by people who aren't familiar with the studies in question.
Firstly, there was this Finnish one https://mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/27/1/e300940
You can see more about the hatchet job that the New York Post did on that one here https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/56772/does-gender-transitioning-do-nothing-to-help-suicidal-ideation
Then there is this one https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3043071/. It's older, and it is misrepresented to claim that the suicide rate of trans folk doesn't change after transition. The thing about that study is that doesn't even assess the impact of transition. The entire cohort of trans people in the study were post transition, and questions were asked about their lifetime suicide attempts, without comparing before/after transition data. So because 41% of trans people in that study had made at least one suicide attempt at some point in their lives, the claim was made that transition doesn't help, because "41% of post op trans people have attempted suicide". The lead author of this particular study has spoken out several times on the misuse of the study by transphobes with an agenda, but to this day, it keeps happening...
So, let me give you the actual data...
This is a consolidation of the findings of research on trans health care, and the impact of transition on the well being of trans folk. To summarise, they looked at 55 studies on the impact of transition. 51 of those found transition to be beneficial, and 4 of them contained mixed findings.
You've stumbled on one of the tools that transphobes use. Deliberate misrepresentation of the facts, so that they can push for trans folk to be cut off from transition related healthcare, all whilst sounding reasonable, and sometimes even supportive. That, and trans people in sports, were the two main wedge tactics that they used to open the door to the wave of transphobia now sweeping the world.
A week? Those are rookie numbers!
Hey, you. You’re finally awake. You were trying to cross the border, right?
I learned as a GM to set expectations.
"I don't want to have to fight and force you in to making this game work, because even though I'm GMing, I'd like to enjoy myself too. You need to create a character that will want to stick around with the rest of the group. You don't have to all get on, or have deep attachments, you just need a character that I won't have to railroad"
That's not common in Shadowrun... 30+ years playing and running that game, and I've never encountered it!
Exactly. I'm not running to chrome with it's defanged ad blockers and Google stink.
Are they amazing, or are they superb?
Being in a straight appearing relationship with a guy. I felt like my queerness was completely lost, and I hated the assumptions that people started making about me and the relationship.
Only openly queer relationships for me thank you!
I think that's just you. I'm like the exact opposite of that