Trans - what IS that, really?

Why is it that if someone says they are 'trans' and claims I should respect that, they don't tell me what they actually mean? Is a trans woman a woman 'transed' to seem like a man or is it a man who seems like a woman? Are they men/women with anomalous or surgically altered genitals; are they psychologically deranged guys/gals who simply think they aren't, or are they just people playing silly buggers? If they can't be explicit about their condition why don't they STFU about it?

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HootyTheNightOwl

Ssh... You're embarrassing yourself...

ffony · M

@HootyTheNightOwl

You're embarrassing yourself.

At least I don't call myself HootyTheNightOwl :)

"The old hooty owl hooty-hoots to the Dove" - Doris Day ?

HootyTheNightOwl

@ffony Am I supposed to feel insulted by that??? 🤣🤣🤣

I suppose that my username is somehow worse than admitting that you are a phony in the Welsh language???

ffony · M

@HootyTheNightOwl Oh are you Welsh? My double 'f' is only there because 'fony' had already been taken. I do know how to spell - and pronounce - Llewellyn; but it's tempting to double up on the 'w.' I once had a distant Welsh relative called .. wait for it .. Dai Thomas.

Can you say Ecclefechan?

As for your potential to feel insulted; I firmly, but with difficulty, believe that feelings are the responsibility of the feeler, regardless of others' intentions.

ffony · M

@ffony No sorry, it was Debbie Reynolds

HootyTheNightOwl

@ffony Did you not view my profile??? Maybe I'm mistaken and there's another account buzzing around with your name and profile picture??? 🤔🤔🤔

ffony · M

@HootyTheNightOwl

@ffony Did you not view my profile??? Maybe I'm mistaken and there's another account buzzing around with your name and profile picture???

I see no context for this - ??? And yes I looked at your profile long ago. Are you talking about the statement that you're unpredictable?. Much of the 'profile' is just cartoons.

HootyTheNightOwl

@ffony No, the reason I ask is the line immediately below my username in my profile... you know... the one that says 🇬🇧🇬🇧ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM🇬🇧🇬🇧.

The context is perfectly clear from where everyone else is sitting...