For your future information, here are medical innovations younger than both the basics of HRT for trans ppl & the first gender-reassignment/gender-confirmation surgery. I put together this incomplete list earlier today bc I was bored:
all organ transplants
most modern vaccines, including the polio vaccine
the gluten-free diet as a treatment for celiac disease
synthetic insulin
oral contraceptives
MRIs
the concept of a "blood bank"
pacemakers
hydrocortisone
ibuprofen
diazepam
artificial hearts
sumatriptan
naproxen (Aleve)
tramodol
dialysis
ECT
ondansetron (Zofran)
chemotherapy
IVF
CPR
CT scans
transdermal patches
liposuction
intravascular stents
penicillin
In case you run into someone talking about how 'experimental' HRT is.
@syncr3tical
the way ppl have designated cuddling as a purely romantic thing and is weird outside of that context has done widespread damage to our pack animal nature
Also said science georg comes from the body hopping upper caste of a empire that fucked up the origin system and is the cause of nearly every problem in the game
Warframe is wild for not only outright confirming that the primary, most personal antagonist for the player, the closest thing we know in this universe to an actual literal god, can be defeated by the actual literal power of love
but also that the example they use to confirm this is the toxic old man yaoi workplace situationship between unethical science georg who prepared for his time travel to 1999 by dressing up as a pokemon trainer and his pathetic failtwink Ygor
The Lotus Eaters is out and now we know the real reason why the Operator can't go back to 1999 because Drifter doesn't want their annoying little sibling making them look uncool in front of the Hex.
Operator *with the puppy-dog eyes*: What do you mean, "Its Drifter's turn to star in a Main Questline?!" Why can't I go back to 1999?
Drifter and the Lotus look at each other, silently concurring that there's no point in further antagonizing the child.
Lotus: I'm your mother. Child, those eyes won't work on me.
Drifter: And I'm you, kiddo. They won't work on me either.
Operator *pouting*: Awww. You never let me have any fun.
Receiving and understanding being loved as a person and not used as a thing after going through abusive relationships is way harder than media makes it seem.
Like there's no holy rays of 'oh this is how it feels to be healthy' or 'finally the fog and grinding gears are gone im fixed' its years and years of head clenching as you try and understand why someone is just, doing something for you in return for nothing, just making space and time for you, just telling you to care more about yourself with tears in their eyes, it hurts, its hard, and trying to understand and internalize why and how is not some relaxing, natural movement to the brain, its something you have to work hard to get to feel in your heart.
@artuh
Ukryta lokacja w Disco Elysium.