• paddirn@lemmy.world
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    From age 40, I keep forgetting how old I am by a year. I thought I was 41 throughout 40, and all through 41 I thought I was already 42. I’ll do the math every few months and realize the mistake, then forget about it and make the mistake again.

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    I thought we had a trans woman at work because some guy kept saying her name wrong. I thought he was being a bigot, turns out he just wasn’t saying it right.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    Actually had to check my ID last week in order to remember my own birthday

    Not too long ago, I was filling out a form and had to ask my wife my age. She had to think about it for a minute. We’re the same age.

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      Happened to me several days ago too. Somebody asked me my age and the only thing that I remembered was my birth year. So I said: “I’m born in 19**, can’t do the math.” We laughed it off after that

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      The mistake is still a misgender. It’s just whether it’s interpreted as rude or not.

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    Every person’s birthday that im supposed to remember I usually am a day or two off. I consider that a win!

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    I misgender people because there is only 1 gender… that is people of god. Woman was made with the rib of man.

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      id rather simply refuse to talk to anyone who uses their religion to justify eradicating my existence, not worth the headache

      they dont use logic to spread their hate, so it doesnt matter what logic you bring to them. they will ignore it and continue to hate no matter how hard you try

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    This is actually the real problem with this whole custom gender nonsense. Even in an attempt to do the right thing, you get confused because your brain tells you something but you’re not sure. It caused tons of social awkwardness. It’s not how normal people communicate, and I lived through some real problems that happened when normal people tried to be nice, and the trans person was just being offended for lack of understanding of the situation and how it’s confusing.

    The solution in my case is to just not be friends with anyone who religiously demand to confuse me. Buh-bye!

    Now call me all the names you want. Couldn’t care less.