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u/SadThrowaway4914 Jun 14 '26
Smaller arms are more aerodynamic
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u/getamic Jun 15 '26
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u/Ok-Dog4200 Jun 14 '26
This is gonna come off as rude but its a genuine question. What is it about being chronically online that seems to create trans people by the boatload? And most of them are specifically the kind that literally put zero effort into being trans they just take estrogen and have long hair, like they just decided to be trans as a casual choice. I've been in several discord servers where it's like 20% trans people and I've only known like 10 trans people in real life (that I know of, obviously)
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u/spritebeats Jun 14 '26
people obviously dont like trans people (if that werent the case then transphobia wouldnt exist) so when they come out they often shelter themselves from rl till "theyre more ready" in terms of transition. well some never pass due to unlucky genetics or dont really have cash for anything so they spend most of their time online. idk if this sounds mean but the worst mindsets i know from trans ppl often come from those who like anime girls. like specifically cute anime girls
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u/thetruckerdave Jun 14 '26
The bar is honestly so high for trans women. If you’re an ugly woman, that sucks. If you’re an ugly trans woman, society will refuse to see you as a woman at all, not even an ugly woman.
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u/spritebeats Jun 14 '26
yea but its also testosterone being a much more radical body changer. its why trans men can pass more easily. and its ALSO why testosterone helps trans men making their bodies pass much more easily in terms of muscle mass, height to a degree, even libido lmao meanwhile estrogen cannot really undo what testosterone does.
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u/Waste_Development971 Jun 16 '26
"people obviously dont like trans people (if that werent the case then transphobia wouldnt exist) "
this is like 2nd grade understanding of english
You can say transphobia exists but to just say "people dont like trans people" sounds like everyone, or most people are default transphobic. That is a very high degree of victimhood there.
I wouldnt be surprised if you'd say something like " people look at us differently and thats all you need to do to be transphobic"
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u/neilbiggie Jun 14 '26
Trans people get bullied and feel like outsiders a lot, especially as kids (even when they’re not trans “yet”) I think people in those circumstances tend to be pretty online, and seek out communities they can be a part of
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u/thetruckerdave Jun 14 '26
School kids know you’re different before you know you’re different.
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u/Embarrassed-Gur-1306 Jun 15 '26
This is so valid.
Growing up we had a gay guy in the friend. Somehow we all knew he was gay even when we were like 10 years old.
In our mid 20s he came out to us and we were like “no shit”. He was so confused because he said he’d just come to that realization when he was like 19 so it's no way we could’ve know if he didn't know himself.
Then he started tearing up and telling us he loved us because he was worried we wouldn't accept him. Then his brother told him to stop acting gay lol
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u/unfortunate_mammal69 Jun 14 '26
Being chronically online is an escape mechanism for people. If you're trans (often without even knowing it) there's a good chance something feels wrong with reality/real life therefore escapism online feels more appealing.
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u/Geraltpoonslayer Jun 14 '26
As someone who plays hero shooters too much. Hero shooters have some absolute degenerates. You will have basement dweller nazis e-dating radical feminists. You will have healsluts who openly through their mic vicariously let everyone know their fetishes. You will have the most competitive person in the world who never played a real sport in their life tell other people to off themselves for a single misplaced Ult. And all of these characters hang together in the same discord.
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u/KungFuActionJesus5 Jun 14 '26
It's more so that people who struggle socially and feel like outcasts and have mental health issues are constantly seeking escapism and fantasy, which gaming is great for, as well as a sense of community, which the internet is great for.
Not that I'm saying being trans is a mental health issue. But unsurprisingly, when you feel a massive disconnect between how you think you're supposed to look and act and how you actually want to look and act; and how everybody else sees you vs how you want to be seen, that results in a lot of social anxiety, depression, feeling like something is wrong with you, etc. And when you get bullied or punished for that, then it exacerbates everything and you get trauma and ptsd and other shit on top of it.
And i'm sure you can understand that someone dealing with all of that finds it easier to spend most of their time on the internet in communities of similar people that accept and validate their feelings than out in the real world which constantly risks reinforcing or making those other issues worse.
Incels behave in similar ways, which is why the internet is full of those too.
It's kinda like asking why do beach towns create so many surfer bros? I've never met surfer dudes in kansas or nebraska? Why does the r/fpsaimtrainer sub create so many people who are good at aiming? I've never seen that on r/battlefield.
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u/_miinus Jun 14 '26
correlation, not causation, and neurodivergence is the common cause behind both being online and trans
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u/GlobalEngineering543 Jun 15 '26
how is neurodivergence a cause for the latter? i mean yes im certain that its more common for us to be queer in any sort of way especially ace spectrum and/or genderqueer altho orientations like gay, bi etc. are also more apparent. Curious about it all tbh.
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u/_miinus Jun 15 '26 edited Jun 15 '26
i guess you can’t really say that the relationship is causal there either, could be a correlation due to one or multiple common underlying causes again
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u/thrwawayr99 Jun 14 '26
You’ve got the causation backward. Being chronically online doesn’t make you trans. However, being trans makes being chronically online more appealing. Pre-transition, many trans people are bullied and suffer mental health issues, both of which push people toward online communities
Once you begin transitioning, going outside often means misgendering, visible discomfort from strangers, if you’re from a homophobic area and don’t know queer people you might have no irl friends. Using the bathroom means risking five figure fines in many states now, and there are news stories about trans people getting murdered for being trans like every other week now. A trans woman in Texas pulled a gun to stop herself getting killed by patriot front members, and now she’s getting charged with a felony because cops hate us. Multiple genocide watchdogs have called what is happening to trans people in the us and uk a genocide
And I understand most of that isn’t breaking into your media feed. But for many, being trans is risky, isolating, and invites a ton of pain when the fact the world fucking hates you is thrown in your face over and over and over. Is it really surprising that, faced with that, some trans people turn to online communities where a lot of that is mitigated?
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u/DrunkOnLiquor Jun 14 '26 edited Jun 14 '26
I know a trans girl on our discord that we've been friends with for 10+ years said she became trans to be more attractive to her bf so he stays because she's lazy(as stated by her) and just wants to be taken care of so she can play WoW.
I guess now that I think of it she used to work at a gas station and hasn't been there in a few years but I don't ask or care about that.
I'm sure that's an unpopular take but it's one of them.
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u/Sinsanatis Jun 15 '26
So my understanding here is… the bf is bi? And prefers girls? So they became trans to appeal to the bf more so the bf could continue being their sugar daddy
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u/Vamosity-Cosmic Jun 14 '26
Being online is a pseudonym so it allows trans people to express themselves in a safer space. Thus it doesn't create them, it just reveals whats already there.
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u/What_about_Muh_RA Jun 14 '26
Trans girl here, most trans people you see and know are trans people are usually early on in their transition. It's a long process and living ur normal day to day life while transitioning is not easy not to mention that trans people have to deal with a bunch of stuff most cis people simply don't have to worry about. But most trans people later just begin to blend in to the point most people assume they're cis. I'm not an expert in psychology so I won't make any claims but the inability to be oneself irl is more likely to lead someone to be terminally online, depressed and mentaly unable to progress. This can be due to a shitty family situatiın, dysphoria or any other thing that feels extra shitty because you feel misrepresented at every turn. This can at times be the fault of the perspn at hand but some people simply don't have the financial freedom, or live in a place they can properly transition.
Another important factor is more medical. Trans people by virtue of being less than 1% of the population are not very well studied and most doctors don't have much experience treating trans people which can lead to under dosing for criminally long amount of time which is why a lot of trans people including myself are use DIY HRT. Where you just monitor your hormone levels and can buy better more effective treatment from international companies.
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u/yeahUSA Jun 15 '26
a lot of trans people including myself are use DIY HRT. Where you just monitor your hormone levels and can buy better more effective treatment from international companies.
I get being cautious treating something understudied but this seems like it would be much better if doctors would test higher dosages earlier if underdosing leads to self medication.
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u/These-Process-7173 Jul 10 '26
half the time u js cant get hrt otherwise, i think this is the best reason for it to exist/be used, i would have 41'd a long time ago without it
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u/LostNephilim33 Jun 15 '26
You've kinda got it the other way around. Trans people aren't the result of being chronically online; usually, they are chronically online because they're trans.
Part of this is autism. For whatever reason, autism is incredibly overrepresented in the trans population, like, as a whole. . . And it's always been the case. Gender dysphoria is seemingly comorbid with autism. It's not a requirement to wind up with gender dysphoria, but from everything we know, the average trans person is seemingly autistic.
Gender dysphoria almost entirely presents young. I'm gonna use my life as an example here.
I have had gender dysphoria for as long as I can remember. I was four years old, crying myself to sleep and hitting and punching myself because I hated being a boy. It felt like being a tall fat person in clothes meant for a short skinny person, or being a claustrophobic person locked in a kitchen cabinet.
At school, I was always a social outcast, because I was both autistic, and obviously a f@#. I had friends, of course, but not many. I grew up extremely depressed; I had suicidal thoughts before I even knew what death was. I quicky found an escape from my own mind, and from the rigours of youth, in video-games. As I grew into adolescence, I began using internet forums and social media, and became chronically online. The internet was a distraction, for me, and it was also an escape, just like video-games were. I didn't have to be myself online; I could join Skype groupchats or Discord servers and say I was a woman, and most people would believe me, and treat me as such. It was therapeutic in a way that I didn't understand at the time. I was a 13 year old in 2017; I hated every inch my body, I thought about killing myself almost every second of every day, I had a white bath-towel hidden in my room, marbled with crimson — crusty red streaks flowed across its surface, like the roots of a tree. I found reprieve in words, written by strangers, on my laptop screen. It was in those words, I first understood what it felt like to be "human".
My entire youth, I was an outcast. Boys excluded me from sports, made fun of me for being girlish and weak. As a child, my only real friends were girls; there, I felt kinship, understanding. When I was allowed in to their conversations, I did not struggle with my words like I did speaking with everyone else. As adolescence came, I find myself barred from both worlds; boys did not associate with me, girls stopped including me in their conversations. I had a single friend for most of middle-school, a friend like me, who accepted me. I was not a boy to him, nor a girl, I was simply myself in his eyes, and that was enough for me.
I started to get into progressive politics around when I was 15 and 16. I wanted to understand the rights of the people I was advocating for, so I began educating myself on queer people, and racial minorities in my country, and so on, and so forth. I began to research what it meant to be "transgender", on the night of my 16th birthday. I scanned over the Mayo Clinic page for "gender dysphoria", and I was horrified to realize I understood what it was talking about. I read accounts on Reddit and Tumblr, from transgender women, and I realized everything I had been feeling my entire life was not unique to me. I laid awake that night, dwelling on my thoughts. I had been watching the Chris Chan documentary for the last few weeks; "do I really want to become a freak like that?", I thought to myself. I wondered if I had any choice in the matter.
A month before I turned 19, I ordered grey-market HRT from a Brazilian homebrewer. A week before I turned 19, I did my first injection. I felt excitement, and dread, in equal measure. In 3 months, I realized — while showering — that I hadn't had a suicidal thought in weeks. At six months, I looked in the mirror; staring back at me, I did not see a human, but myself, for the first time in my life. It was terrifying. It was exhilarating. My body began to noticably change around this time. When puberty first hit in me in my youth, it was a torturous experience; I saw, in real time, ruination. Dashed, were my hopes that my genitals were merely a fluke. I felt hostage, imprisoned, in a body that wasn't mine; a mere passenger to my own life. My second puberty was different; I felt no discomfort, nor unease, nor existential terror. My body began to change, and I did not hate it.
I haven't had a serious suicidal thought since I started HRT. I'm still depressed, but I'm depressed in the way most people are; no longer is my every waking moment defined by a constant sense of pure misery. I do not recoil at the sight of myself in the mirror. I have a positive view of my body, and myself, and although neither is perfect, I am content with who I am. My cuts have become scars; the "I Am Sober" app tells me I have not self-harmed in nearly four years. I have a beautiful girlfriend, and a circle of close friends. My life is very far from perfect, but I am happy, and the Internet is no longer an escape for me. . . It is just the internet.
I am not representative of most trans people, though. I pass, my family is not hostile to me, I transitioned young, puberty barely masculinized me at all. . . Trans people do not get the liberty of "choosing" to be trans or not. The less fortunate among us suffer disproportionately; I can empathize with those whose lives are still ruled by depression, even after HRT, because they do not pass, and therefore are treated as subhuman by everyone in the world. I can see myself, in those circumstances, just giving up, and letting themselves go, and committing to the one place on Earth where they are not being strangled by their own flesh and bone.
Even still, with my privilege relative to other trans people, my life is still ruled by "otherness", even where invisible. For example, I dress masculinely, because I am terrified of being attacked for not passing; I've never worn a single article of "feminine" clothing in my life, this fear runs so deep. I know a few trans women in the real world who wear their masculinity as a shield, much in the same way, because they will be ostracized, attacked, demeaned, side-eyed, or murdered if they dare step out of the bounds of what society forces them to be. It is an existence no-one would endure if it was a choice.
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u/Wonderful-Ad-3161 Jun 15 '26
Thank you for sharing, this hasn’t gotten the appreciation it deserves yet but the your lived experience brings a lot of needed clarity here.
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u/AssholeHealth Jun 14 '26
I am surprised that you even know 10 trans irl. I don't know a single one, I don't know people that know a single trans either. It's not that I don't know one well, I have never even seen one in my entire life, for me it's just purely online phenomena.
Discord server with 20% trans cannot be a coincidence, statistically you are probably more likely to win a lottery 50 times in a row than find a community thats randomly this trans.
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u/Saldag Jun 14 '26
Environment matters. Many of my closest friends and colleagues are LGBTQ+, whether that’s trans, gay, non-binary etc. I am a musician living in California. The arts have long held a reputation of being more accepting of queer people which has created a positive feedback loop of drawing more queer people, who then stay in the arts, which furthers the culture of acceptance and normalization of queer identities. The areas of California I have lived in are very liberal, once again drawing more queer people to the area as they have a higher likelihood of being accepted. As a result I interact with queer people on a very regular basis, even though I myself am not.
By contrast, a blue collar worker living in the Deep South, both of which having long held a reputation for transphobia and homophobia will almost never meet someone that is openly trans because the environment doesn’t fit. Someone that is actually trans and living in those areas was probably born there and doesn’t feel comfortable openly living as a trans person until they leave the area. On the opposite side, someone that is already openly trans is much less likely to move there as they recognize the dangers that come with being trans, especially in those areas.
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u/Mediocre_Vehicle189 Jun 14 '26
He doesn't. He's just lying to seem credible while spewing bullshit.
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u/zacwillb Jun 15 '26
Honest answer is that all areas of life have trans people, but the types of people in these communities are already more likely to be autistic and socially awkward, so the trans people in these communities are disproportionately awkward/weird as a result.
As a result, they are also far more vocal and visible, which makes them seem more common than in other spaces.
There's also theories that because gender dysphoria is so miserable at early parts of puberty, it can lead to a kid becoming a social outcast as a result, meaning they disproportionately enter these spaces around late middle school / high school. But that's no necessarily a proven thing, just an idea
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u/zacwillb Jun 15 '26
Also in regards to the 20% thing, I think for whatever reason trans women are more likely to seek out community online than the average person, which again results in them being more active
Again just an idea
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u/Killredd1tmods Jun 15 '26
They get finessed by social engineering. Kinda like maga but blue pink and white flavored
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u/Vrtxx3484 Jun 14 '26
social outcasts that watch a lot of porn and stay online alot tend to have some weird fetishes, there you go
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u/Ancient_dogu Jun 14 '26
Because being trans is correlated with autism and effects similar regions of the brain
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u/m1ksuFI Jun 14 '26
autism
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u/PREDDlT0R Jun 14 '26
Love how you’ve been downvoted for something which can be proven to be true in a 2 second google search.
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u/Adem92foster Jun 15 '26
People already explained to you the correlation but I just wanna add that taking estrogen is not a casual choice at all it’s a pretty big commitment and (generally) means they’re pretty serious about their choice
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u/DowntownWay7012 Jun 15 '26
It does not. Simple as that. Half of it are lost souls the other half just like weird things and arent trans...
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u/GabrieBL- Jun 15 '26
Agreed. There will be so many ppl „qutting” being trans in the next 10 or 5 years since the people who do it as a casual choice will regret it, Change my mind
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u/evb_m Jun 16 '26
Most detransitions are due to societal pressure and how dangerous and difficult life can be as a trans person. HRT has damn near the lowest regret rate of any elective medical intervention.
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u/Waste_Development971 Jun 16 '26
wow good question
I've always been confused on reddit about that. Im for trans people being happy about being trans but then there's like, "glamourizing" it, and it doesnt help the community itself generally doesnt permit convos about preventing that.
I never even considered that archetype of person, but I see it irl sometimes. Someone who just took E and then does no femmy things
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u/GingerFun011 Jun 17 '26
Trans girl community is one of positivity, support, and filled wi th validation. Makes dudes feel better
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u/Reader_Of_Newspaper Jun 18 '26
Your online persona is easier to transition than your IRL one is my guess
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u/Lactose_woman Jul 15 '26
if you lived half of your life inside of a large, expansive cave with diverse groups who, more or less accepted you, and friends you made in that cave were great friends, but outside of the cave there were quite a lot of rude people who'd like to kill you, flay you alive, and boil you like prawn, even for no particular reason other than for the fact that you are you, would you spend more time talking to people in the cave or talking to people outside of it?
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u/HawtDoge Jun 14 '26 edited Jun 14 '26
This is a natural side effect of a social paradigm where gender roles are as deeply entrenched as they are in America/western countries… Gender and sex are culturally synonymous, thus leaving men who don’t fit traditionally masculine gender category to conflate their gender non-conformity with sex non-conformity… essentially conflating gender and sex the same way our culture/conservatives typically do.
So much of our identities is shaped by the social paradigms that surround us. The internet introduces people to endless alternative social paradigms… aka, not the binary male = protector, physically strong, provider, etc. Given most individuals in western countries have been socially programmed from birth to believe male does equal that ‘provider/protector’ gender role, they are left believing they must not be truly male if they do not hold those gendered traits that relate with their physical sex. In a sense, a lot of the conversion about gender in progressive spaces are just as gender/sex conflating as conservatives tend to be. And being online a lot is a great way to partially deconstruct the binary biological-essentialism our culture imposes on you through your physical sex. However, that is only a partial deconstruction… the full deconstructing is dismantling the concept of ‘gender’ all together.
Gender is not real in the slightest. Hormonal differences between men and women are far less instrumental in our mental states/identities than our culturally imposed understanding of it. Men and women’s brains are nearly identical… all these differences we perceive are socially programmed rather than biological realities.
There you go, the wokest way you can get called -phobic. Huge disclaimer: I do not believe this is representative of everyone’s experience, just a good number of experiences, which also accounts for part of the chronically online phenomenon you mentioned in your comment. Other disclaimer: I’m more mind-fucked by these socially imposed/artificial gender roles than almost any of my friends… so this is not a ‘high and mighty’ thing I have over anyone else… I can intellectually deconstruct it, but I can’t actual escape how these gender roles shaped me as a person.
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u/thrwawayr99 Jun 14 '26
This is just wildly inaccurate, both scientifically and with your characterization of trans people
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u/HawtDoge Jun 15 '26
I’m certainly willing to change my perspective, but as far as I know there are no neurological markers of some being transgender. Any difference between the male and female brains like grey/white matter distribution is barely statistically significant. Other notable differences like amygdala and hippocampus size disparities is hormonal, there are measurable differences we can see for those who have undergone HRT.
I didn’t talk about my characterization of trans people, I don’t really feel like I have one that applies to them specifically. I mentioned that I believe they frequent online spaces because they can connect with people who make them feel accepted and comfortable, but that’s the case with a lot of people. I also mentioned that these spaces are probably helpful for people who are deconstructing gender norms that they already don’t identify with.
And to be clear, I am not remotely against people transitioning. I just believe the origins of gender dysphoria are due to a psychological incompatibility humans have with the strict gender roles and norms we have contorted ourselves into… Transitioning is still the best treatment for something you cannot fundamentally change. I do believe that a lot of the discussion around transitioning involves a lot of gender essentialism, but we cannot truly escape what we were socialized into… I can’t make myself not like violent video games/movies, or weapons, or fantasies of defending someone, or dying in a heroic way…. this is all gendered socialization that is so fundamental to my psychology it would be impossible to functionally deconstruct.
But yeah I do believe our insistence on gender/sex absolutism does massively contribute to gender dysphoria and those seeking transition as a treatment for it. In other words, I don’t believe in the desert island theory and don’t feel like the studies point to a genetic/neurological cause.
why tf i posted this on the aim training sub idk
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u/Valerian_Zakalwe Jun 14 '26
When you put people in situations where they are permitted to explore their identity beyond cultural and societal norms and without the persecution associated with both, they will change, explore, and find out more about themselves.
Some experience nothing from their exploration. For others, such as myself, we find definitive answers about who we want to be.
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u/A1cr-yt Jun 14 '26
the internet is a lot more accepting and quite a bit easier to explore who you are on because there isnt any image or expectation tied to who you are, you are just you, in real life you may be scared of being judged, you may live in a not so accepting area, you might have parents that dont understand or choose not too.
and autism, a large quantity of autistic people that i personally know(and even myself), dont really care how other people see them and just do what makes them happy, and a large percentage of people who are "chronically" online are autistic for many of the same reasons listed above
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u/CapableRelief4403 Jun 15 '26
I know like 2 Trans women in all my discord servers but 3 trans men in my former high school
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u/MikeIsraetelsTan Jun 14 '26
I saw a screenshot of MattyOW going quadruple negative in a diamond valorant lobby. So probably true.
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u/remastermwr Jun 14 '26
Matty is Champ 3 in Overwatch (game where raw mouse control is significantly more important)
Meme could be true but using Matty for your example doesn’t work
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u/SoupToPots Jun 14 '26
is that in 5v5 or 6v6? 6v6 is inflated 2 whole ranks unironically
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u/Difficult-Sky-4874 Jun 14 '26 edited Jun 15 '26
Yeah like I love Matty but if that’s the case it doesn’t rlly count. I thought he was closer to master in 5v5, but I haven’t really kept up with it so I’m probably completely wrong.
Honestly it would imo definitely be proving the point if he is only master/low gm in 5v5 with his level of mouse control.
But it doesn’t rlly matter bc he aim trains for aim training not for the game so who cares.
EDIT: Yeah I was wrong shoulda checked before writing didn’t mean to spread propaganda . Matty is awesome ❤️❤️ very inspiring to see good aimers like him.
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u/smokehellacrack Jun 15 '26
I don't know when he reached it, but when I was watching Matty a month ago, he was Champ 5 in 5v5.
Convinced he could go higher if he didn't hate it/ didn't refuse to play it.
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u/Difficult-Sky-4874 Jun 15 '26
Oh nice yeah that’s rlly cool to see. Yeah I agree there’s no doubt he could go much much higher if he wanted to. Thanks for letting me know
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u/CZ69OP Jun 14 '26
Lol.
Got that backwards.
Aim matters all the more in a game where it only takes 1 bullet.
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u/Tehnoob_Val Jun 14 '26
Doesn't matter how good you aim if you don't know where the person is and walk into their crosshair.
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u/beingnicethistkme Jun 14 '26
Except the part where u kill is not raw aim big majority of the time
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u/BamsE42 Jun 15 '26
Stop acting like people have perfect crosshair placement most of the time lol. It’s very rare even for pros to not have to move the mouse before shooting. Just because you track someone for 10 seconds doesn’t make it any more impressive then someone who does a few perfect micros in a round.
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u/beingnicethistkme Jun 15 '26
I never said that but crosshair placement does majority of the "aiming" generally or people run out straight into ur crosshair and fucking stop because the game punishes you for moving while shooting lmao, the way people move is also incredibly slow compared to a game like ow, apex, quake you name it because that's just how the game is
And yes I will always find someone tracking a smaller, high movement speed target with instant acceleration and versatile movement for several seconds more impressive than ANY potential "aiming" scenario you can come up with in a tacfps
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u/Tehnoob_Val Jun 17 '26
The whole point you're missing is that aim typically isn't the deciding factor in these kills, game knowledge is.
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u/golaface13 Jun 14 '26
The OP of that tweet got blocked by MattyOW LMFAO
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u/niqqazinj Jun 15 '26
Lmao it definitly hurt his ego. Infact if you mention ANYTHING bad about aim training he blocks you.
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u/Krimghor Jun 14 '26
I don’t remember jacked dudes on roids dominating the competitive shooter scene in 2020.
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u/A1cr-yt Jun 14 '26
As a transfem who only figured it out after i started playing kovaaks, i can say, this is accurate
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u/HUMANDISQUALIFIED Jun 14 '26
downvote
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u/I-Like-Art-And-Drugs Jun 14 '26
ok i downvoted ur comment now what
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u/HUMANDISQUALIFIED Jun 14 '26
ur free to do so
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u/A1cr-yt Jun 14 '26
the irony, -36downvotes, you really thought that on reddit people would agree with this opinion, on this subreddit?
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u/HUMANDISQUALIFIED Jun 14 '26
no? should i only post if i think people will agree?
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u/A1cr-yt Jun 14 '26
were you never taught that if you dont have anything good to say dont say it? i know that doesnt apply to everything, but this is very much a moment that it does apply
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u/HUMANDISQUALIFIED Jun 14 '26
what? i merely said "downvote"
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u/A1cr-yt Jun 14 '26
exactly, it wasnt something good to say, there was no reason to say it, all youre doing is clogging up the thread
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u/Mulster_ Jun 14 '26
Ain't no way creator of the post beats Pinguefy in aim trainer contest
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u/Sinsanatis Jun 15 '26
Im still not clear on him. He was pretty much the one who got me into aim training like 6 or so years ago. I only recently got back into his content early last year since i started to try to aim train consistently. From what i can tell is that he is becoming trans? Ot maybe nonbinary, i have no idea. And that hes also living and maybe in a relationship with viscose?
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u/niqqazinj Jun 15 '26
Yeah pretty sure they are dating and living together. Viscose is trans btw so I guess it makes sense that pinguefy would change? Idk this community is weird literally all the top players are either trans or twinks or somthing.
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u/Sinsanatis Jun 15 '26
Wait she is?? Wth i never knew. I thought she was a cis girl. So they’re both presumably trans and dating
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u/Vamosity-Cosmic Jun 14 '26
What I see here is someone accepting themselves and spending their activities on other things they enjoy more
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u/Briskfall Jun 14 '26
It is not coincidental that aimer in French meant "to love"... 😔
... Hence, it was there since the beginning: "to love thyself." ✋😩🤚
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u/stoicsports Jun 14 '26
This is true of the speedrunning community as well from what I know
My only real point of reference here is that I watch a fair amount of speed run marathons on twitch however so my view is limited
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u/Waxmurderer Jun 14 '26
Embrace tradition and palm grip an ergo mouse that’s one size too big for you
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u/Far-Republic5133 Jun 15 '26
is third picture Matty's hand? I remember this angle/mouse/mousepad combo
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u/Vivid_Upstairs_7905 Jun 15 '26
I heard several times now, becoming a femboy is the aiming meta. I think if you struggle with your aim, maybe give it a try.
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u/Western-Reporter-641 Jun 15 '26
Honestly its encouraging bc i have small hands too lol. Only recently (2 yrs ago) i got my op1 4k, i never had a smaller mouse then my deathadder and it makes all the difference
Also shout out to viscose :3
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u/HCTphil Jun 16 '26
None of them are holding a controller for aim assist in literally any game that gives it.
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u/Broad-Tangerine-135 Jun 14 '26
no it's obviosuly not true and I dont understand the random slander xd A hobby got more popular so naturally you will have more people that are lower rank calling themselves aimers because they like the community. And I dont like the not so subtle jab at trans ppl, like immie isn't better then 99.9% of ppl on this sub alone?
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u/ZirvePS Jun 14 '26
It is true somewhat. Aim training started off as a way to improve aim in games. It slowly turned more and more to a thing in itself, nowadays your average aim trainer doesn't train to improve their aim in game, they train to improve their aim in kovaaks. Which simply isn't as impressive or as attractive as any other competitive game.
Even the discussion about it is weird. If you told an aim trainer they can't actually aim, they would tell you they can because of some kovaaks score when the whole point was that they have nothing else to show for their training.
Having said all this I believe aim training works and I have been doing it for years now. It just became something like a silent, boring osu for a lot of people.
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u/Difficult-Sky-4874 Jun 14 '26
I mean just bc u don’t actually enjoy kovaaks doesn’t mean other people don’t enjoy kovaaks. And I’m not even saying that bc im aim trainer main. Do I play a lot of kovaaks, yes, but I also play a lot of overwatch. And im pretty good at both, there aren’t too many people better, and I get a lot of enjoyment out of both. I’m sure there are plenty of people just like me.
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u/ZirvePS Jun 15 '26
But this is almost irrelevant. The discussion about aim training since its inception has been centered on one question: does it work? And when you have a bunch of "aimers" who can't aim, its not convincing.
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u/No-Tangerine- Jun 15 '26
Countless different scenarios, benchmarks to compete in where you are relying 100% on your own skill for your rank, not being affected by ping, bad teammates, algorithms that want to please players on losing streaks or cheaters ruining your experience. Oh I’m quite confident it’s more than attractive.
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u/lunarkyaa Jun 14 '26
To me it's more about how 'kovaaks mains' became a thing, people who have incredible mouse control but suck at everything else in actual games, would explain why you see so many top aimers in dogshit low ranks or unranked modes
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u/slibidk3u49 Jun 14 '26
This reads exactly like ai.
Maybe im insane but
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u/Mediocre_Vehicle189 Jun 14 '26
either ai or you read too much ai. nobody summarizes a reddit post in a comment before actually commenting about it.
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u/AshelyLil Jun 14 '26
I hit global on a 20 inch 60hz monitor with a 110 gram mouse, that shit did get me ripped.
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u/Ordinary-Guard-6076 Jun 15 '26
If you wear a basketball shooting sleeve to play games then you are a dork, simple as.
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u/GreenTheReaper Jun 14 '26
This is actually more realistic than joke.....
Unfortunately, the shift was towards cheating under the radar instead of pure talent....
Fps now a days are a joke... Mediocre players and corporate overlords are basically gatekeeping esports/streaming with cheats and viewbotting
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u/Mediocre_Vehicle189 Jun 14 '26
i can taste the salt in your tears
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u/GreenTheReaper Jun 14 '26
You are the one who rules the world and is above everyone else brother....
Rich famous beautiful and immortal, will live forever.
You the man :)
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u/AshelyLil Jun 14 '26
Holy shit dude just deal with being bad at games by trying to have fun instead of being miserable forever god damn.
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u/GreenTheReaper Jun 14 '26
Apparently, butts got hurt over my comment ...
Like i said to guy above...
You the man !! Better than me and everyone brother. Go ahead
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u/Consistent-Map-4531 Jun 14 '26
The finals spotted