• tsonfeir@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    No, but that guy on the right has no idea what Randie is “into.” This is a classic example of a transphobic joke.

    “You’re not going to like this” means the situation is bad. Not like, incompatible bad, but… gay bad.

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      8 months ago

      Exactly this. Everyone has their own preferences and judging a person as a good/bad fit solely based on their gender identity and not any sort of subjective compatibility is fundamentally transphobic. It’s assessing that trans people are objectively undesirable. Pretty messed up.

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      8 months ago

      I understood it as “unfortunately she must have been a visitor, she doesn’t work here”.

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      8 months ago

      Randie said “I have to find her.” I’d take that as evidence he’s into her, or at the very least wants to see her again, regardless of his gender preferences.

      I have no idea how any of the characters shown in this comic being transgender would impact anything. Doubly so considering if the girl who walked past Randie both exists and is trans, that would mean she has transitioned with regards to her appearance but her employer both has not updated their database to reflect her transition and (assuming that lack of update was for ideological reasons rather than “IT is too lazy” reasons, which I would assume a trans woman would apply pressure to) has not transphobically fired her. While not strictly speaking impossible, I find this far less likely than that Randie simply imagined the woman, or that one of his male-identifying coworkers had dressed in drag to mess with him.

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      8 months ago

      Oh yeah. These two guys who work together know nothing about each other. /s

      Seriously quit fishing for shit to be upset about.

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          8 months ago

          Well good for you. You’re not a character in a comic strip where the author decides the conditions of the characters.

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            8 months ago

            Looking at your comment history, it’s clear you’re a woman hating incel. It’s no wonder this comic appeals to you.

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              8 months ago

              Ahhh you’re one of those people. Congrats on your misery. I hope you enjoy the feeling of superiority of being unable to comprehend that some people aren’t interested in dudes who look like girls.

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                You’re so close to getting it. You literally just used the phrase “some people” and still can’t grasp why the joke is transphobic for making a broad generalization about the desirability of trans women.

                Because you’re exactly right: some people don’t. But other people do. Which is why the joke is transphobic for implying that the reader will immediately agree it’s “bad news”.

                And don’t give me some shit about the author and their characters because you and I both know that these are one-offs and the joke is “uh oh you got duped that girl is actually a guy hahaha”

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                  Trans people are very broadly undesirable. Most people wanna make babies with a healthy specimen of the opposite sex. Trans people scream physical and psychological trouble.

                  Also yeah, the joke is obviously that he got duped. Idk why you’re not all singing the praises about how effective the conversion is and whatnot.

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                    And now you’ve entered the territory of labeling trans people as psychologically troubled. Clearly you’re just a bigot.

                    Muted and reported for blatant bigotry. Nobody wants you around. Enjoy your isolation

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                But I can comprehend it. That’s the whole thing. Being able to understand that other people have different interests than me and being totally cool with it.

                So I hope you enjoy the feeling of inferiority because you are totally unable to comprehend that some people are not interested in the same things you are.