Heracleum Mantegazzianum

... during the finale, a cat arrived, and mingled with the performers. [Figaro] chased it from one side, it returned from the other side to throw itself at the legs of [Bartolo]. ... the audience imitated its meows and encouraged it to continue its improvised role.

When you're talking about the design of the boat, you say "it".

When the boat is still being built, your say "it".

When the boat is nearing completion, you can say "it" or "she".

When the boat is floating in the water you probably say "she", unless there is still a lot of work to be done (e.g. no engine yet) then you say "it".

When the boat is officially launched and operating, you say "she". If you continue to say "it" at this point you are not incorrect but suspiciously untraditional. You are not playing the game.

If you are referring to a boat you don't really know anything about you may say "it" ("there's a big boat, it's coming this way"). But if you know its name, it's probably "she" ("there's the Waverley, she's on her way to Greenock").

If you are talking about boats in general, you say "it" ("when a boat is hit by a wave it heels over")

If you speak about a boat in complimentary terms, it's "she" ("she's a grand boat"). If you are being disparaging it may be it, but not necessarily ("it's as ugly as sin", "she's a grotty old tub").

If she has a boy's name, she's still she. "Boy James", "King Edward", "Sir David Attenborough"? The pronoun is she.

If it's a dumb barge (no engine), you say it. But if it's a rowing boat (no engine), you say she.

hello precious followers. i made a comic about grief, or how i feel when i process grief at least. i put a robot in it. please read it.

My family is poor as hell. I have to beg people to cover my healthcare costs pretty often. The reason I was able to transition is because I'm not American. I'm very aware of this. Living in a country that has affordable healthcare is... I struggle to call it a privilege, though I know it is, because I don't want to frame it that way. Transition care being accessible should be normal, not a privilege, and in many countries it is. America is the exception here...Not that my country is perfect, not by any means...

I had a friend. Couple cities over. Sweetest girl in the world... Hormones didn't work as well on her as they did on me... She wanted surgery, but. They wouldn't let her. Said she was too heavy... She was working out and dieting constantly, but she was just built big... Haven't heard from her for a few years now. Really hope she's okay. Kinda feel like I know better...

Think about her a lot. About how she must've felt about me, seeing me prance around with the body she wanted but couldn't get. About... if I could've done more for her, I guess. Don't know that I could've. Still think about her constantly. Think about her every single time someone gets mad at me for having access to healthcare when they don't... Eats at me.

hmm. part of me wants to like this. having the flag in the game at all is more than most games would do. and yet it feels... the vibes are weird. she passes perfectly, she's voiced by a cis woman... and why's her database entry specifically point out that she doesn't have any implants at all? surely any trans woman in the cyberpunk future would revel in bodymodding, but Claire conspicuously abstains, yet passes with flying colors anyway. it all feels a bit like it's... trying not to challenge the cis gamers too much. if i can ask her about it later that's something.

dandelion sun~