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egg_irl — Memes about being trans people in denial and other eggy topics

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!egg_irl

!egg_irl is for widely relatable memes about questioning one's gender or being an egg (a trans person in denial) as well as other eggy topics.

If you are looking for a place to discuss something specific to you or especially if you need help or are in crisis, we have communities and resources that can support you linked at the bottom of this sidebar.

General Rules:

  1. No bigotry.

  2. No spam, bots, or vote farming.

Rules on Content:

  1. No reposts.

  2. No personal-life posts, bingo cards, quizzes, selfies, "trans/not trans" lists, picrew, or non-memes.

  3. No visible names or usernames.

  4. Do not post or link to pornography.

Rules on Post Titles and Tags:

  1. Posts must be titled "egg_irl". An emoji or two is OK, but they have to be between "egg" and "irl".

  2. Posts that assume the viewer's gender and/or contain potentially triggering content must be spoilered and tagged at the beginning of the post title. Example content-warning tags that you can copy include the following:

    • [CW: Assumes Viewer is Transmasc]
    • [CW: Assumes Viewer is Transfem]
    • [CW: Assumes Viewer is Nonbinary]
    • [CW: Transphobia]
    • [CW: Violence]
    • [CW: Weapons/Firearms]
    • [CW: Disturbing Imagery]
  3. You may optionally include other tags, such as:

    • [Transmasc Meme]
    • [Transfem Meme]
    • [Nonbinary Meme]
    • [Gender-Nonspecific Meme]

Rules on Post Text:

  1. If possible, include an image description for accessibility.

  2. Add sources for art.

Rules on Comments

  1. If a post is tagged with a specific gender identity, keep the conversation centered on that identity.

  2. You must follow the Egg Prime Directive. You may not push or coerce people into identifying or not identifying a certain way. You must respect them as the gender they claim to identify as. In addition it is extremely in poor taste to make assumptions about other people's identities based on external factors, we understand it cannot be helped but it is best not to as it can affect the way you treat others in noticeable ways.

Recommendations:

We strongly encourage you to include your pronouns in your account bio so that others know how to refer to you without misgendering you. If you're questioning or unsure of your pronouns, that's totally cool—just say so.

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[–] Landmammals 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not an egg, I'm just happy for you guys.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wish this was my experience, just reading silly haha funny egg memes as a "cis male" until I started to understand why I relate It is praxis to make the absolute funniest egg memes possible. Increase the surface area of the net to catch all reppers, closeted, and confused so they can put 2 and 2 together.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It would be nice if it were this easy for everyone! It wasn't even that easy for me, truth be told. Not pictured are the years I spent in denial thinking things like "every guy wants to be a cute girl" or similar that are very eggy in hindsight. If it wasn't for lemmy I'd probably have taken another few years to crack because I filtered egg_irl on reddit years ago probably for some reason like "well these are relatable but I'm not trans so it's not really for me" lol.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Exactly! Haha I'm glad for you. That's really sweet.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

It was 6-7 weeks ago for me, but yeah... I've accepted and can laugh 😂

It's funny how similar so many people's experience is

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey! I don't appreciate you making memes about my life!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

ahaha, sorry if this hit a bit close to home :) I went through this a few weeks ago and it was pretty cathartic

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I could read a thousand articles about trans people and it just bounced.

egg_irl hit me from the inside.