MossyFeathers

You can cancel out multipliers that way, but not additions.

Do it on the clock, during a work day. Make sure you plan for nothing to get done that day. Make it optional: go to the field trip (expenses paid), or take a free day of PTO. Either way they get paid and, because you planned for it in the development schedule, don't have to worry about potentially having to play catch up because of the day off later. That way it gives them the choice to go do something fun on the company's dime or stay at home and recharge. Another thing to note: don't limit yourself to game-related stuff like video game museums.

Go to an aquarium.

Go to a zoo.

Go to a national park if there's one nearby.

Go to a natural science museum.

The artistic side of game dev takes inspiration from a wide variety of sources, not just other forms of media. Tbh, the most boring field trip I can think of would be to go to a movie theater or video game museum. I want to see something new and take inspiration from that.

Weighted Wildlife. They specify how much each one weighs on their site. I have an opossum from them and I love her. She's one of my favorite plushies (don't tell the others I said that though). They've also got some 5lbs dragons in the works.

Creep Cat Toy Company also makes some weighted plushies like the raccoon and opossum, and the weighted ones come with a zipper in the belly so you can, remove, or move the weighted bean bags around.

My 30s will probably be the best years of my life, if not my 40s. #justtransthings

That's... actually a form of dysphoria. I can attest from first-hand experience, wishing you were a woman is a form of dysphoria. You don't have to feel sad to be dysphoric, having a somewhat persistent desire to be seen as a different gender is enough.

Edit: this is assuming you aren't already a woman >.>

Heh, thanks! I actually really enjoy metal so it's kinda nice to know that I can write sick metal lyrics; just wish I had more music skills though.

Just a reminder that Mike White appeared on a podcast run by Andrew Sullivan - known for promoting the "bell jar" pseudoscientific theory on racial intelligence potentials - in order to promote autogynephilia. Autogynephilia is a similarly pseudoscientific concept which claims that trans people can be split into two categories: "true" trans, and men with a fetish for appearing as a woman (aka, a paraphilia).

For those who are new to the concept (most cis people aren't familiar with it), there are a lot of problems with it, both the original concept and the way it's wielded.

• It is often used to erase the possibility of being a non-heterosexual trans woman by defining "true" trans women as being exclusively attracted to men.

• It is often used to erase the existence of trans women who wish to appear butch or otherwise androgynous (I personally identify as fem, but enjoy the idea of looking fem-drogynous).

• It is often used to erase the identities between the binaries.

• It did not have a cisfem control group.

• It did not account for trans men and is often used to erase trans men.

• It fails to take into account that the arousal towards seeing oneself as their chosen gender could be rooted in self-actualization and not objectification of the female body or fetishization of femininity.

• It fails to account for the fact that arousal from pride in one's self-image is something that cis people can experience. As an extension of this it fails to consider the fact that, having been starved of that experience, the feelings associated with that experience will almost certainly be far stronger for trans people who are just learning to take pride in their appearance.

Even its existence by itself is an issue because, as I can attest to, it's not uncommon for autogynephilia to be one of the first things a trans person, especially a trans woman, might come across while playing devil's advocate with their own dysphoric desires.

One of the reasons why I personally took 10yrs to actually start transitioning was because, as a 20yr old just discovering the concept of transness after moving out for the first time, autogynephilia was one of the first things I read about. Because of the fact that I found transformation art, especially relating to gender transformation, to be arousing, I believed that I was simply a man with a fetish.

It wasn't until far later that I discovered that what I experienced was relatively normal for trans people and didn't erase my transness. Someone explained to me their own belief as to why, which makes a hell of a lot more sense than the mental gymnastics being done by autogynephilia - due to how sexuality and gender are interlinked with each other, it's unsurprising that the rush of hormones from feeling pride in your appearance as your preferred gender (aka, gender euphoria) after lacking that experience for most of your life would cause sexual arousal.

It's a very harmful concept, even just passively, and it makes me sad that Mike White is still being platformed after promoting it. Though not surprising, I suppose, considering that companies like Warner Bros and HBO can't stop chewing on Rowling's fetid, rancid cunt.

(For those more familiar with fighting against the term, lemme know if I missed any issues with autogynephilia because I'm sure there are a lot I haven't covered)

Uhh.... Someone was literally raped on set, in front of an audience, and no one got arrested? Are you fucking serious?

Meh, it is what it is. I've become desensitized to it so it doesn't actually bother me that much anymore.

Yeah. My nightmares have gotten super real. They were generally nonsense when I was a child, though.

However, as an adult?

Wandering down dark corridors with a general, building feeling that I'm being stalked, watched, followed by someone lurking just out of sight in the shadows, tension rising, body tingling, adrenaline spiking, soundless scream, body paralyzed, hissing names hoping someone will hear but no one comes. My flesh melts, my teeth fall out, void fall, abyss calls, never ending, rotten skin, smell of blood, moving slow, can't run.

c:

Hey girl, everything you're saying is consistent with the trans experience; you're not the only one who's going through this, and you won't be the last. That is, to say, that the road is becoming more and more traveled. Instead of letting it hold you back, let it motivate you to find people people who support you, both irl and online. Look for jobs that'll allow you to move into lgbt-supportive areas. Look into any Croatian pride events, those might be a good place to look for a way into the LGBT community.

Yeah, well, that's really, really sweet and would honestly rather have that occur or have a friend decide to cuddle with me than to get a bunch of dicks drawn on my face.