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Stamets@lemmy.world 11 hours agoI’ma be real, I personally find this egg stuff to be fairly offensive and insanely hypocritical. No one can question your gender identity (rightfully so), but you’re allowed to question others? Then there are the overt comparisons one can draw from saying someone flamboyant is actually gay.
So wherein lies the right granted to you that you’re allowed to question someone else? Regardless of if it was to their face or not, it’s just nasty behavior. If someone is an egg, let them come to that realization themselves. Don’t suddenly attribute a label to them that you’ve chosen for them.
It’s just reductive and gross. Knock it the fuck off.
It’s from experience. This meme was exactly how I felt before I realized I’m trans. You’re never going to come to that realization yourself if you’re never exposed to the possibility that that’s an option. If someone is confident in their gender identity, they shouldn’t have any problem being called an egg.
Are you going to say gaydar is offensive? We just have a knack for identifying our own.
Then make a joke that you felt that way and then realized you were trans. These egg jokes insinuating someone is trans are a pretty clear violation of the egg prime directive.
four@lemmy.zip 8 hours ago
I didn’t mean to question their gender, just wanted to make a subtle nod to at a pattern that can be seen.
You make valid points and I see now how what I posted wasn’t the best thing to post, so thank you for that.
I hope you have a nice day