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I wouldn't worry too much about getting three down votes. Honestly, those are rookie numbers, and I'm sure as a fellow queer person you'll get many more for just existing. Which is incredibly sad, but that's life for you.

Some instances actually specifically disallow downvotes for similar reasons. My home instance doesn't allow them because brigading has been a problem in the past.

At the end of the day, you can't ever know exactly why somebody's downvoted. The question you have to ask then, is "does it matter?"

I'm not saying that to diminish your feelings. It hurts when people are hurtful. But downvoting someone for being different is the refuge of hateful people who are otherwise impotent at effecting change in their own life. It's sad, miserable, and frankly pathetic.

Consider it another way: if transphobes are seeking to make you feel bad by giving you a thumbs down, then not giving a fuck becomes an act of defiance and a source of strength. Haters gonna hate.

As to your specific question wondering if maybe you should ignore people asking about your pronouns: that's up to you. You don't owe anyone an explanation of your identity - particularly not if someone is asking in bad faith.

If someone asks you and you want to tell them "no," again that's up to you. But I can practically guarantee you're going to get downvoted when you could have ignored them.

For what it's worth, if anybody can't figure out your pronouns from the context of how you talk, that's kind of on them.

Are you fucking retarted [sic]? Are you too godamn [sic] stupid to see how fucking dumb you are? You my simple mindless friend ... no intelligent creator would ever willfully will into existance [sic] a moron as fucking moronic as you.

Can't imagine why you got banned 🙄

Everyone sucks here, but like... come on

My wife would probably do the same, because if she expected me to keep a real plant alive I'd surely disappoint her.

Bringing protection to the first date might be presumptuous, but hey, sometimes that's the vibe

Some produce does surprisingly well at room temperature. Potatoes, onions, and gourds can last for months if stored properly. We keep our tomatoes on the counter and they've lasted for weeks at a time. As a general rule, if it's found on a shelf rather than a cooler in a grocery store, it'll be good for at least several days outside the fridge.

Everything I need to make rice or noodles is shelf stable. Pasta's probably your friend here too.

Beans can be kept dried or canned. Dried is far cheaper, but can be more labour intensive for cooking. So if I'm just making something for myself, canned is a good choice too.

Lots of seafood is pretty good canned. Fish and crackers is something of a lazy/comfort food for me.

I had some fridge trouble in the recent past, and it was super lame. Good luck, and I hope you get a replacement soon

There's a famous example of one of these bulbs that's been in operation since 1901

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Light

Sensible club owners know never to point your club at something you don't intend to wumf

"Here's to your last birthday!"

Technically true, hopefully prophetic.

You can give my million to trans rights groups, thanks

Context kind of matters for me, but if I'm screwing any in, it's both of them.

My monitors are on a swivel bar, and plug into the underside. Those get screwed completely in if the cable has screws. But on the desktop, since it doesn't really move and I've never yanked a cable, they're usually left loose.

Gandalf's Balrog fell in a pretty narrow crevasse though, right? The real question there is if they could VTOL

Hey gays, do any of you think of yourself as "normal?" I sure as heck don't

What, do you use the mouse?