Like A Ghost In The Snow

Why is there an expectation on me to reveal information about myself publicly?

Why have we collectively decided that putting personal information out there is not only blanket fine but should be the standard?

We put so much blind trust in a number that it’s normal to forcibly disengage over a lack of one. It doesn’t mean shit. Don’t tell me half of y’all didn’t have 18 in your bio for 3 years before you turned 18. Whether you’d like to admit it or not, it’s really easy to lie on the internet. I did it for years, and not one person ever questioned it.

If you’re truly that worried about it, my 100% serious suggestion is to delete your account and pick a different platform, lol. Tumblr doesn’t provide the experience you’re looking for.

I’m all for blocking anybody any time for any reason.

You don’t have to pretend it some kind of moral imperative.

I have infinitely more respect for people who can just say it makes them feel better about themselves. That’s fine. There’s nothing wrong about that.

But don’t go fuckin tooting your own horn about how much better you are for it. There is no such thing as “making a space that is hostile to minors” when you’re on the public-facing internet. Which this is. I am right now. If you’re reading this, congratulations, you’re on the public internet. You, that’s right, you reading this right now, about to block me for being right, you are categorically a public performer when you post on this website. That is in fact how the public internet works. When you post things that I can search on google DuckDuckGo and view without even logging in to website, you are putting on a public performance and have zero control over who can see it and interact with it.

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American trucks are bred for long hauls on largely straight roads. They can go for hours without a break. A European truck needs more breaks and a lighter load, and they would indeed take great internal damage if they tried to keep up with the Longsnout.

The European Shortsnout is not bred for looks, but for agility! They navigate the windy roads of Europe in a way that would be way too risky for the powerful, but more clumsy American truck. It is true that the European overheats faster at high speeds, that is the very reason that breaks every 4,5 hours are mandatory for both the truck and the handler and a day of driving can never be longer then 9 hours.

I would also like to point out that the tags have got it backwards. The wild trucks (which I’m pretty sure are extinct in the wild now) that all modern breeds stemmed from were shortnose trucks. We had known about automobiles and domesticated several species, but the truck species was not discovered until close to the start of the 1900’s, in Germany, which I BELIEVE was the first country to breed them in captivity, although England was the first country to really start using them for work. I managed to find a photo of taxidermied specimen

As you can see, it resembles both long and short nosed breeds, as well as the far more common house truck used by individuals instead of for commercial work.

Pics for reference:

The classic long-nose schoolbus

While these vehicles can sometimes be bred by accident (after all, who hasn’t accidentally left the gate open when your school bus is in season), they are usually bred for specific purposes.

These hybrids are bred for both their cargo capacity and their gentle temperments. Especially in a farm setting, there’s a need for many different kinds of vehicles, some of which sometimes don’t get along. Having a vehicle with both the strength and capacity of a large work truck with the amiable nature of a school bus can be a real benefit.

It’s a little unfortunate that these hybrids tend to be sterile, though, since it would be easier if they’d breed true. Also, something to keep in mind… bus trucks are bred from a bus.

Truck buses are bred from a truck and… tend to not be quite as useful as bus trucks, although some people do like keeping truck buses for companionship and as show vehicles.

quit what?

cold turkey

yeah but what did you quit

im telling you, i quit cold turkey

alcohol?

no i quit cold turkey

i wasnt offering, im trying to figure out what you quit

and im telling you i quit cold turkey

wait. you quit cold turkey?

yes i quit cold turkey

like the meat?

no i dont like it thats why i quit it

cold turkey?

And then, on the other hand, you've got "Shockingly, this life-altering treatment that massively impacts how the patient is perceived by others in all facets of life is primarily supported by observational studies, as opposed to the enormous violations of bodily autonomy and human dignity necessary to perform a true randomized control trial. We recommend that treatment ceases immediately because you don't understand how evidence-based medicine works." And that becomes a linchpin of the politics of multiple European countries' trans healthcare politics for the next several years.

Like, I keep hearing "gold standard" thrown around in anti-trans news articles when it comes to double-blind studies. As a layperson I understand it as a way of combatting the placebo effect when studying, say, the effectiveness of some specific pill. (Versus what you said about transition affecting your life so much overall that it's better measured observationally than trying to isolate it down to one specific variable)

You don't.

Not only is it impossible to actually remain unaware of who's getting placebo'd for long, recruitment would be a nightmare. You ask a bunch of trans people to sign up for a 50% chance at committing to x number of years spent not transitioning, you're going to get a lot of people saying "fuck that" and going elsewhere.