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[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)
[–] ZILtoid1991 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Transphobes be like: "No matter how much you try to reshape it with excessive physical force, or melt it by applying excessive heat, still a slab of raw iron!" (Is there some synonym for melting that could sound "gross"?)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I'm not sure, but you could always make a metaphor. Might I suggest the word sloughing, which is generally used to mean the shedding of dead tissue? Like say, "no matter how hot you work the iron to slough its form-". Though then again, might be a big ask for a transphobe to use a rhetorical device like that.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago