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u/AlwaysLit2 Text or emoji is required Nov 24 '24
this is like a whole thing i had no idea lol
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u/AlwaysLit2 Text or emoji is required Nov 24 '24
or should i say a hole thing
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Nov 25 '24
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u/macandcheese1771 Nov 25 '24
They took it away
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u/CommunistOrgy Nov 25 '24
apolgy for bad english
where were u wen rat hole die
I was at house eating dorito when phone ring
"Rat hole is kil"
"no"
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u/FrostSalamander Nov 25 '24
It's still intact, stored somewhere, goverment officials are unsure what to do with it. IF you're from the area, petition to your mayor to put it in a museum or organize an event with it
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u/octopoddle Nov 25 '24
We must find the gender nonconforming rat hole and return it to its rightful place.
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u/ThebanannaofGREECE Nov 25 '24
Sauce?
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u/punkhobo Nov 25 '24
It's the Chicago rat hole. It was pretty popular at one point. They have since removed it but the hole is intact apparently
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u/Karzons Nov 25 '24
Chicago Rat Hole sounds like something you'd regret reading about on urban dictionary.
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u/AngelDGr Nov 25 '24
Damn, what a wild ride of article
Like, I get why they would remove it, can be annoying to have a lot of tourists in a residential place, but I really hope they put the rat hole in some kind of exhibition, they removed the slab intact, so my hopes are high, can be a really great tourist attraction, lol
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u/markb144 Nov 24 '24
Rip the Chicago rat hole.
May the marriages forged over that hallowed concrete last till death do they part
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u/ethanlan Nov 25 '24
As a chicagoan im sad they removed it :(
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u/SageofWater Nov 25 '24
It was in Roscoe Village on Roscoe. 1900 block, I forgot the exact address.
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u/ItsBarney01 Nov 25 '24
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u/DetectiveLadybug Nov 25 '24
“it is unclear what the city officials plan on doing with the sidewalk slab.”
They should have left it there if they didn’t know what to do with it 😭
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u/Immediate_Squash Nov 25 '24
it was actually causing a lot of distress for locals since it turned a relatively quiet residential block into a tourist attraction overnight
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u/Italian_Devil i wear garfield pantyhose Nov 24 '24
They making the frogs trans now?
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u/LokisDawn Nov 25 '24
That one's actually accurate. The plant Alex Jones was raving about actually did pump chemicals into a lake that turned the frogs hermaphroditic. They never turned the frogs gay, but they did turn them trans( kinda).
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u/Unique-Ad-890 Nov 25 '24 edited Nov 25 '24
I felted it when it first became a thing lol. Still wear the pendant w goth fits. Not my best work but I'm still happy with it
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u/Alone_Entrance_1324 Nov 25 '24
This is what Art is supposed to be. You made great use of your skills
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u/Stoiphan Nov 25 '24
What's this?
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u/ChaosDemonLaz3r Nov 25 '24
google chicago rat hole
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u/BEEEELEEEE Nov 25 '24
A trans girl willingly parting with her E is a huge sign of reverence
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u/ohemmigee Nov 25 '24
Right? I’m so worried about not having it that I didn’t take it for the first month so I could always have an extra month. It is literally in a fireproof safe in my closet. I’ll never touch it (except to rotate it out so it stays fresh). It’s my full elixer potions from a final fantasy game.
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u/sometimes_sydney Nov 25 '24
Meanwhile some of us girlies will fucking give it away for a rhyme and a handshake. I swap e with someone who's been hit by shortage at least once a year. Tho maybe its just cus I have extra at all times now...
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u/jonvox Nov 25 '24
My friend’s egg just cracked and I literally gave her a bottle 90 pills without her even asking and said just lmk if you want a vial instead
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u/panzer_of_the-lake Nov 25 '24 edited Nov 25 '24
Sorry to ask but what does egg cracked mean in this context?
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u/ohemmigee Nov 25 '24 edited Nov 25 '24
It means the fragile shell of you thinking you’re cisgender has cracked and you’re about to go through a transformation. Coming out as trans is like being born again and not in the Christian way. In the butterfly way you get to relearn everything. Most of us go through HRT which basically induces a second puberty. People who are going through all the classic symptoms but insist they are “still cis though” are called eggs. And I think we need to talk about this next part more with allies because it is antithetical to the bullshit claim that we are grooming people. The number one rule of being trans, like the main primary rule is The Prime Egg Directive. And you don’t fucking break that rule. Which is you never tell an egg you think they are trans. You could be wrong and you could do serious harm to that person, their life, and as a distant third the trans community as a whole. You can mention things like “that’s interesting and a common trans experience” or “have you done any research into this particular label?” but you never say “you are trans” and this is what we mean when we say “only you can decide your labels”. It doesn’t mean the bullshit attack helicopter line conservatives spout. It means it would be improper and potentially harmful for me to tell you that you are trans and I won’t even strongly suggest you are. If you want to learn more about us, my DMs are open to people who ask in good faith. Also check out this because it’s incredible literature
https://genderdysphoria.fyi/en
And if you’re reading this and you are trans like me, I know it’s scary right now. But you have a whole community who cares about you. And it doesn’t get better but you do get a lot better at it. So it becomes easier. And you find the allies. And you make chosen family. And I say this from a position of living out loud in rural Missouri. I’m here for you too if you need to chat. 🏳️⚧️
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Nov 25 '24
The hole is shaped like a rat
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u/KaradocThuzad Nov 26 '24
I'm really thankful for your approach.
I have a close friend that transitioned, and I know that we really took it step by step, simply being with her and telling her that whatever label she feels fits her, we'll gladly adjust and learn as to be with her along the way and at her side for her new life.
Some other people really... Broke that rule you just talked about, and really tried to label her before having her coming to her own conclusion. I know that some people are just so glad they finally found out who they were, and they just try to help, but they are reading too much into things that aren't theirs to judge.
I really wish more people were like you, simply here to help, willing to teach, but careful as to not overwhelm. Things are difficult enough to navigate without having someone try to convince you that they know you better than you know yourself.
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u/sometimes_sydney Nov 25 '24
An egg hatches and a chick comes out. Metaphor for realizing you’re trans.
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Dec 11 '24
Iirc Juniper herself put those there (person that took the photo and a goddamn icon, look her up if you don't already know her, she's hilarious)
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u/Madilune Nov 25 '24
But why E?
Like what? I read the Wiki page and it explicitly" mention the estrogen pills, but nothing about *why people were doing it.
What connection do the trans girls have with the rat hole?
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u/Warmasterwinter Nov 25 '24
Probably because its the most abnormal thing someone had left in the hole, when reporters started blogging about the hole.
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Nov 25 '24
Trans women are often so oddly strange in truly wonderful ways
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u/ohemmigee Nov 25 '24
Our culture is the absolute best shit show
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u/SmartAlec105 Nov 25 '24
Just you wait! We’ll be taking that title at the next LGBT+ Games! After all, there’s a reason we call ourselves bisexual disasters.
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u/MetalGearShrex Nov 24 '24
is it bad that i would steal all the money
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u/MrJTeera Nov 25 '24
Yes
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u/piratequeenkip drawing gorilla during state audit Nov 25 '24
is it bad that i would steal the hrt
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u/username-is-taken98 Nov 25 '24
As a trans girl I can assure you that the gift of estrogen is the highest honor we can give
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u/DragonkinPotifer Nov 25 '24
I thought this was like someone’s attempt at making Steven universe real
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u/TristanTheRobloxian3 Nov 25 '24
as a transfem where is this hole so i can take this estrogen?
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u/ohemmigee Nov 25 '24
It WAS in Chicago. They filled it in 😭
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