Me, who would rather not have the abuse I endured as a child be equated to harmless plush fucking but can't say that because I don't want to have to explain the brutal reality of CSA while also exposing myself as a plushophile to someone that I don't trust to know me like that:

wait. obsessed with this 19th century gay freak

news flash trans women arent going to cheer for you when you say that either. especially pre-transition or closeted trans women. they will not feel safe around you and neither will trans men

I think part of what is making young people lonelier, in discussing why they're increasingly isolated, is that they're so afraid of meeting someone who doesn't hold their same beliefs, and instead of being just core beliefs it is kinda ancillary shit.

It's actually okay to disagree even on social topics! Even on some political ones! But I mean, online you can start with "i love this mutual but they have a really bad/uninformed opinion about x media"

I know this is IMMEDIATELY going to be taken in bad faith, and yes babygirl, you are so right, I DO want you to go make best friends with both the KKK grand wizard AND your nearest nazi leader.

But seriously, as someone who has spent two decades doing community organization: finding ways to connect with different people is so so so important. There are people i follow here who ate 80% smart and their brain falls out of their head 20% of the time and that is GOOD FOR MY MENTAL ECOSYSTEM AND GOOD FOR LEARNING HOW TO BE A PERSON