I'm bi but I don't like the word b/c it implies there's only two genders, but also being bi means straight people think you're pretending to be bi b/c it's trendy and I'm also excluded from the queer community b/c I married a cis dude, happy #comingoutday
I'm a third-culture kid and 🏳️🌈and an anarchist 🏴who votes and a million other things that ensure that I'll feel alienated from people in any community or group I find myself relating to, but every now and again I find other misfits (like @Layalzebub) to hang out with.
@Layalzebub Being an extreme extrovert but also being addicted to truth telling (often at the expense of following norms) is a lonely existence; if I was easier to coerce into other people's beliefs I'd probably have more friends (and clients), but at least I keep it interesting?
@Layalzebub Every one of us claims to be individualistic and yet we laugh at people for being ratioed and brag about who we rubbed elbows with. We are all internally inconsistent and have to work really hard to stop lying to ourselves all of the time. Enjoy Arby's.
@Layalzebub I've found that admitting this to myself has helped me start whittling away at it. That acknowledging it takes away some of its power. That it builds awareness and facilitates change. That a stream of small wakeup calls are less painful than the earth-shattering large ones. YMMV.
