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....i couldn't figure out if there's a way to update my name or address but i Can choose whether they send me emails in html, plaintext, or please select a email format

i have no idea why 'please select' is an option, since there's actually no way for it to Not automatically be set afaict (since it defaults to html)

*five back and forths later*
"I want to compile some code for you, what should I pass to the compiler?"
"Oh, why didn't you say so?"
[frustrated stammering]
"I got it the second time around, you're just cute when you're exasperated. :cyberheart:"

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account creation, mad at rich people 

i'm required to set up security questions and none of the options is favourite author but they have friggin "what city is your vacation home in" what the hells You Should Not Have Those people in those cities need places to Live and you should be fertilising our Gardens you fucks

also these resources are Supposed to be directed primarily at, y'know, underprivileged folks. so that's a bit sketch

kjhgfd like. do i have people call me after mythical creature? deity? bad pun? literally just a threat to your safety?? All Of The Above???

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....i just realised. i can make, like. official legal things. actually addressed with any of my Patently Absurd List of Names

literally none of this is an exaggeration, btw, aside from that probably there's some people who do actually speak those languages

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the talk about names is reminding me that my legal name is:
• at least a couple puns
• twelve fuck yous in a trenchcoat
• too long to fit in most legal forms
• multiple deities
• a handful of languages nobody speaks
• also i'm not sure i can take my Own first name seriously tbh

....i just saw someone compare a thing to the song we didn't start the fire

and then, to illustrate that comparison, set it to the tune of once in a lifetime

Is there anyone at NPR who is:

a) less than 100 years old

and

b) a lifetime inhabitant of the planet earth

people love to argue that trans health is a neglectable minority interest but as soon as it's about the cost of hrt it's suddenly this big strain on the budget

there's nothing there. or, more to the point, what is there is a notable absence of thing. there's nothing there, so obviously it cannot convey emotions, but somehow you are certain it wants to be your friend

....i forgot about the number ten

i forgot. the number ten. existed

i'm here, i'm queer, i'm—hold that thought. actually i'm not here gottagobye

hm i Could be doing things rn

or i could contemplate how much effort it takes to look properly fae when out & about

i'm not gonna do things

mh ---- 

violently clinging to the small handful of words that are Definitely Me because everything else is a storm-tossed sea of confusion and identity crises we vehemently do not have time for right now

i don't actually know how to use a computer it's really the gremlins that live in my laptop doing all this stuff for me

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