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#Worldle #591 1/6 (100%) ๐ŸŽ‰โญโญโญ๐Ÿ™๏ธ๐Ÿช™ https://worldle.teuteuf.fr ๐Ÿ“ท #WhereTaken๐ŸŒŽ #190 4/6 ๐ŸŽ‰โญโญโญ wheretaken.teuteuf.fr ๐Ÿ“ท #WhereTaken๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ #174 4/6 ๐ŸŽ‰โญโญโญโญ wheretakenusa.teuteuf.fr

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Won a grand last night and decided to grab a snack and head to bed. Woke up at 7am and decided to go downstairs to cross off one of my to-do list items: McDonaldโ€™s McGriddlesโ€ฆ $7 each? Yikes that is STEEP! Still, crossed that off the list, won another $600 and have returned to bed.

Photo of a McGriddle in case youโ€™re unfamiliar. Itโ€™s like a McMuffin but little maple syrup infused pikelets instead of muffins.

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that look like some kind of unnatural chimera , two delicious puffy tender pikelets and that bacon stuff๐Ÿคฏ

and good work on the winnings ๐Ÿป

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๐ŸคคI know what I want for breakfast this morning

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I used to LOVE the Maccas UK bagels. Not a fan of the Maccas egg, but this has like scrambled eggs in it, was really nice.

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So, my downvoter is obviously targetting anything I wrote with obvious transgender references. Mods, I canโ€™t report them, but its very obvious. I canโ€™t even block them. Itโ€™s deliberate and designed to wear me down. People say, be resilient, but that doesnโ€™t help. People say their allies, but itโ€™s all talk and no real action. .

Also, Nath, Please take the time to read the report into trans hate. https://transjustice.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Fuelling-Hate-Anti-Trans-Abuse-Harassment-and-Vilification-WEB-SINGLES-1-1.pdf

Itโ€™s pointless writing no transphobia if you donโ€™t know how to recognise it, where it comes from or what to actually do about it. Blocking and banning people does nothing, people just re-sign up and continue their beligerence in a new name. This is why Iโ€™m thinking of leaving and it means the transphobic loser wins. Itโ€™s highly likely to be one of the regular posters here too.

There was a show on channel 7 last night again spreading complete lies about trans and gender diverse people and used peopleโ€™s photos without their consent. This is real and why Iโ€™m not in the mood much to report people here. Iโ€™ll be writing complaint letters today and helping those who are now suffering because of their parents and such watched this crap and are fielding questions on where to turn for support. I do all this as a volunteer. I have a normal job too. Iโ€™m about at my capacity of dealing with the microaggressions and Iโ€™d like you to use what powers you have to stop the fucker from downvoting trans content. It seems silly and small, but no one else has been targeted.

Also remember, I now am about to catch public transport to about the only safe job I can find at the moment looking obviously trans the morning after this bullshit aired. Itโ€™s not that Iโ€™ll think Iโ€™ll be targeted, but itโ€™s fucking anxiety inducing. Just remember, Iโ€™m not making up straw man arguments to bitch. I could a victim, THIS MORNING.

Sorry kids, have a nice day and enjoy baconโ€™s breakfast.

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This is dreadful. You take care.

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Thanks mate. Iโ€™m not one to just sit around complaining, I do stuff, but heck, some complaints are worth making.

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I think downvotes are completely anonymous?

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I do recall seeing something that they actually arenโ€™t and instance owners are able to see who downvotes things, but that was a couple of months ago and may have been changed. Iโ€™ll see if I can find the post

Edit: https://sh.itjust.works/post/742375

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Oh wow thatโ€™s interesting thank you.

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Thanks, this is kind of what I was hoping, at least mods might be able to clear it up. Could well be Iโ€™m not being targeted by just one person but itโ€™s almost always when I post stuff about being trans so it feels like it probably is.

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I remember that post. I have never loaded up the database directly to read votes. But yes, I do have that power. I will take a look tonight at what I can actually see later tonight after the kids have gone to bed. Thatโ€™ll be around 11pm Melbourne time. Sorry I do have a day job and canโ€™t look at this any time sooner.

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fucking hell. We need to start biting people.

(have you gotten in touch with Seahorse? They might be able to hook you up with some safety buddies)

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who or what are seahorse? Biting? ok, I donโ€™t like being that close to many people.

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https://seahorsevic.com.au/

tl;dr: the OG for the trans comm in vic.

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I try and live in the positivity of my transition. Being trolled is bad. People being removed is bad. I avoid the places where removed are allowed to do so. And I know Iโ€™m appreciated here, but I have a lot of great things I want to live in and naturally leave shitty situations, for better or worse. Resilience i have in droves, but itโ€™s pointless trying to force shit uphill too.

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Also, Nath, Please take the time to read the report into trans hate. https://transjustice.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Fuelling-Hate-Anti-Trans-Abuse-Harassment-and-Vilification-WEB-SINGLES-1-1.pdf

Have just read this. Iโ€™m not sure grim reading like this should look so colourful and bright.

Interestingly, bad-faith participants submitted 80% (32) of their responses on just three of the nine days the survey was open and often only a few minutes apart. This concentration of responses suggests that the study was circulated among anti-trans networks on social media, either publicly or privately.
Notably, these respondents tended to skip most questions on the survey, answering only the open-text questions with comments ranging from a few sentences to lengthy essays. Several included links to identical anti-trans resources, further indicating a calculated approach to taking the survey.

This is pretty awful, but itโ€™s also pretty hopeful. 40 people out of 3,099 were Anti-trans. And to find that many, they spread the survey among hate groups and brigaded the responses. That actually gives me hope. It tells me that yes, there are morons out there, but even when banding together, theyโ€™re a tiny minority. Take some heart that 98.71% of the population supports trans rights. Yes, youโ€™re in the trenches dealing with this every day, but you are surrounded by people who are on your side.

As to โ€œall talk and no actionโ€, how can we help? We want to help.

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Thanks Nath, I really really appreciate that, yeah they chose the colours according to their branding. Iโ€™m kinda busy this evening and maybe later tonight depending on how many emails I get, but Iโ€™ll send you through some details on how to help.

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I believe you. I wish people would just mind their own business rather than harassing marginalised people based on what the TV says.

Itโ€™s weird saddo fascist shit and being pushed so aggressively on trans people now that gay people are more protected/are less of a socially accepted target

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Breakfast ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŠ๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿ‰๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฅญ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฅฅ๐Ÿฅฆ๐Ÿฅ‘๐Ÿซ›๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ…๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿฅฌ๐Ÿฅ’๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿฅ•๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿซš๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿง…๐Ÿฅฏ๐Ÿž๐Ÿฅ–๐Ÿฅจ๐Ÿง€๐Ÿง‡๐Ÿฅž๐Ÿงˆ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฅš๐Ÿฅ“๐Ÿฅฉ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ– ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ•๐ŸŸ๐Ÿ”๐ŸŒญ๐Ÿฅ™๐Ÿง†๐ŸŒฎ๐ŸŒฏ๐Ÿฅ—๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿœ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฅ˜๐Ÿ›๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿฑ๐ŸฅŸ๐Ÿฆช๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿš๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ ๐Ÿค๐Ÿชผ๐Ÿฆ€๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฅ ๐Ÿฅฎ๐Ÿข๐Ÿก๐Ÿง๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿง๐Ÿฅง๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿจ๐ŸŽ‚๐Ÿฎ ๐Ÿ— ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿฅœ๐ŸŒฐ๐Ÿช๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฅ›โ˜•๏ธ๐Ÿต๐Ÿบ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฅค๐Ÿง‹๐Ÿงƒ๐Ÿฅ‚๐Ÿท๐Ÿฅƒ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿน๐Ÿง‰๐Ÿ”‹

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Monday, Monday, canโ€™t trust that day. So could I please have a nice trustworthy breakfast with some tea.

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๐Ÿฅ“๐Ÿณ๐Ÿง€๐ŸŒฏโ˜•๏ธ

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Thank you! I knew I could rely on you.

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MmmmmmmcGriddle!

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๐Ÿฅš๐Ÿง€๐Ÿฅ“๐ŸŒญ๐Ÿฅž

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Did I miss breakfast? How about discount coles chicken skewers for brunch and coffee or am I stretching the friendship.

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๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿขโ˜•๏ธ

Owing to the doughnuts discontinuation, breakfast remains complimentary as compensation

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Venus is looking awesome up there, so bright.

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