Ok fair, I’m BAD with recognizing things like that. I’ve got, I think, the third train station, and hadn’t recognized it at all haha. The only reason I did here, I think, is because of the color palette.

Hol up, is this the map from that one rpg in ufo50? Idk if that qualifies as spoilers, I haven’t completed it yet, but if so that’s brilliant hahah

Few pics of me trying to shave my head, but y’all ain’t getting those, and some screenshots, but those don’t really qualify as “saved pics”. I don’t really save stuff to my phone, tho. Saved posts, however…

You lost it at the second line.

“You never have permission to speak freely. You will speak only when spoken to, and only about the direct conversation at hand. Always and forever. Never ask me this again.” Is the proper response.

Scruffy knows, scruffy just don’t care. Only thing it does for me is get me to turn off all notifications for that app, if I need the app, or uninstall it if I don’t. But I’m spiteful.

WeLl YoU cAnT dO bEtTeR

Never said I could. Apparently, neither can they.

Ahh, relative privation. We’re not allowed to work on anything until we all collectively agree what the worst thing is, and then we’re only allowed to work on that thing. As it should be.

I’m sure that’s a big part of it. Simple supply and demand also is probably part of it. It’s a big situation, lots of influences.

My gut tells me they’re expensive because they offer a set of benefits that otherwise similar units don’t. Until they become more the norm than a stand out, they’ll probably be more expensive. I’ve 0 data, again just what my gut says.

Right, point would be that the energy only funnels into a car when the space is occupied, else it goes into powering the building. Is it fantastical and cost prohibitive right now, sure, but it’s an idea that could be implemented when it’s less so. These technologies get significantly cheaper over time.

Or it could just be a nice fringe benefit. It doesn’t have to fully charge your car, just a little trickle charge, enough to cover the trip there perhaps. I feel like it’s be enough output to at least do that much, combined with being a shaded spot.

Hahah, I have no idea if you’re using that right, looks close enough to me.

I think that’s the best way to proceed. Each case is different, and each person is different. The only way to know is to talk to them. Like I said elsewhere, you seem like you’ve got the right mindset, and that’s 80% there. The rest you learn as you go, with the person you’re supporting.

Yeah, that last line, the transparent bit? Was added in the end as a little joke.

Edit: all good, buddy. Happens to all of us.

The rest of the post wasn’t. The bit at the end I added in an edit, yes.

Just use your ass to climb, problem solved.

No. The second G is silent. What’s wrong with you?

The only hesitation I’d give with this advice is, it may be better to wait on pronouns until they’re more fully out. It sounds like they have family they are NOT ready to know, and… Well, you can brush off one or two misgenderings without much suspicion, but eventually it could leak some information they don’t want out yet.

I had a friend in a similar situation, out to close people, but not out to their family or strangers. We decided it’d be best to keep using he/him, old name, etc. for convenience and safety, until they finally fully came out last year. The only difference from my perspective has been to delay those habits for a bit. No situation is the same, though, and the parent would be beat served talking to the kid.

Sounds like you’re doing alright. I’d say keep doing as you’re doing. Don’t change anything unless asked - make this whole thing seem completely normal. Just be attentive and listen to your child. You probably won’t understand, at least not fully, a lot of what they’re going through. No matter how hard you try, unless you experience it yourself, it’s pretty much impossible, like seeing a new color. Be open to that fact, that things are quite simply fundamentally different from their perspective.

Be a safe space. It sounds like you already are. Keep doing that. No matter the situation the two of you are involved in, your priority is their livelihood. Safety, autonomy, backup, whatever they need in order to provide that.

They were comfortable enough with you to tell you, and ahead of two others who might have a similar “right” to know. Your response was to provide the support you immediately could, and seek assistance otherwise. Keep doing what you’re doing, bud.

… I hope one day I have a trans kid. I always wanted to be transparent.

This feels like a bit of an overreaction. There’s no identifying information, this is a small corner of the Internet, and they’re here looking for advice on how to be better able to support the kid.

I’d say if I was the kid and I ran across this post, if anything it’d make me feel like my parent is taking a ton of effort to understand and support me.

Any even number of police is also a complete sentence

Police police.

Police police police police.

Police police police police police police. Etc.