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Me: cool i spend all this effort and updated all my papers with correct gender and-
Also me: *has one rp as NB-masculine; is called a boy* oh no

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@Oneironott 'boy' is one of my favorite terms of endearment to hear currently, partially I think because it still feels kinda transgressive? Transgressive and affirming at the same time?

(And it rhymes with toy, yay. :))

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@indi boy toy! Toy boy! ^_^
I definitely get that :) I definitely wouldnt have gotten the same reaction if it was “man” or something. With boy, theres bits of queer reclamation in there perhaps

I should talk with you about this sometime >.>’

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@Oneironott Yeah exactly! Well honestly 'man' also has some human-implications there too that like, 'boy' and 'dude' and stuff don't. ;)

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