Japan is in the middle of building a very long maglev line, what about it is supposed to be not at all ready?
There's still no point for a 10km intracity line, but for important long distance routes it seems like the best way to kill flights, though we'll see how it works out for japan whenever they finish it.
Really depends. For people that never went through puberty of their birth sex there's effectively no difference in terms of strength.
After adulthood it's definitely debatable, after a few years of treatment physical capabilities mostly align but not entirely, and while unlikely it would kinda suck for the rest if someone did win olympic gold bc of anatomy differences or something (plus countries with a history of cheating potentially could abuse it by sending an athlete that is not actually on HRT). I also don't think the ability to compete in high level sports is anywhere near a fundamental human right.
However it would also suck for the transwoman in question having to choose between high level competition in the sport they likely poured their life into and transitioning (as there is no way a transwoman on HRT could ever compete at the highest level vs males in sports unless it's something where cis women can, too).
Personally I'd argue for pro sports requiring proof of consistent HRT for x amount of time (based on studies of at what point physical capabilitues are equal for the vast majority) should be sufficient. If against all odds we end up with a disproportionate amount of transwomen winning competitions (we won't) rules could still be changed.
At an amateur level it makes very little sense to restrict transfems, the difference isn't great after a while on HRT and so much of the point of amateur sports is usually on a social level that if you restrict transpeople from playing/competing with their own gender, you will often remove a large reason for wanting to do that sport in the first place.
Yeah, I get it for effectively 32€ through my employer due to the payment being pre-tax and a slight discount on top. Sucks that public transport is so poor for you, I only use it when it's really cold but going by bus takes maybe 5 minutes longer than cycling for me, and I'd guess maybe 10 minutes longer than if I had a car and used that.
For me the ticket is worth it just for the occasional regional train, though. Visiting family for christmas over 2 days already pays for it for an entire month, since the train ticket itself would be 20€ one way.
The article says that 90% of 39 million euros in public transport revenue came from locals, so the cost should be around 35 million, perhaps with some savings on staff or infrastructure since fewer people have to buy tickets (as well as possibly less road maintenance if fewer people use cars as a result). And the city is financing it through a new tax on companies with more than 11 employees.
It's not a world ending amount of money, so I don't see why it shouldn't be viable. Germany's 49€-ticket, while currently having some financing trouble, is similar too in that it is extremely cheap, and is nationwide, and it happened in a nation with an extremely strong car lobby.
It's not free, but it should be possible anywhere with enough political will.
Well then, do I have something for you that I saw mentioned in another post and has really helped answer this (funny how that happens just when I decide to actually talk about it, but it's a state of mind of wanting to look into it i guess). https://genderdysphoria.fyi/en , aka "the gender dysphoria bible".
Now after reading that, the social anxiety aspect is the only thing stopping me anymore I think, though that has dictated most of my life for as long as I can remember, so I'm unlikely to get past it without societal change.
To answer the main question of my post, considering yourself trans and just deciding not to transition is apparently just fine, because there are tons of reasons you might come to that decision.
Though I think if I put a transflag on my social media profiles or something similar that would still least to confusion at least for cis people, they'd prob either assume I was AFAB or want them to use female pronouns to refer to me. But I'm guessing now the trans community at large wouldn't have any issue with that either.
I've been wondering about definitions there for some time now. I do constantly wish i was a woman, and transitioning is something I've considered for quite a while but ultimately am not doing for two reasons
i barely have my social anxiety under control enough to function normally (at least most of the time) and have some degree of social life, so the thought of transitioning before it is something accepted by >99% of society is horrifying.
one of the primary aspects I dislike about being male is my appearance, but I also have at least found a style I'm mostly comfortable with and believe that with my current body state I'd just dislike how I look even more if I tried to present female, as it'd still be far from what I'd wanna look like.
Which is to say, if being trans were to stop being a social and political problem and I lost weight I'd start transitioning in a heartbeat, and I sure relate to a lot of experiences I see transfems talk about, but I feel like calling myself "trans" in this state isn't very fitting regardless since I feel like "trans" implies "not having decided not to transition". But maybe I'm wrong and it's more flexible than that.
Sorry for randomly dumping all that under a meme but it's been on my mind for a while and this felt like a reasonably appropriate place for it lol
Yea, that one point in the post doesn't necessarily make much sense (though this really depends on how the corresponding questions were phrased). Doing what you think is right over what you're told is good if it's a question of morals, it's not good if you're in a situation where you might not have the full picture. Though the correct thing to do when you're told to do something you don't agree with in this case would regardless be to bring it up and have a discussion about it.
Image AI is being used to generate tons of porn.
Human horniness can be a great driver for innovation, really.
People will judge you for it in most situations (aka when it's not a necessity out of emergency) but you're not likely to be charged for it and for sure not with anything sex related because... pissing isn't sexual.
Tfw i always make 250g for myself
Yes, password expiry is generally considered bad practice and should only be triggered on demand if there's suspicion of a security breach, precisely because it's much more likely to lead to simple, less secure passwords. And when users change it, they will probably just add a number or something anyway, so it's not going to stop a determined attacker from finding the new pw regardless.
Which doesn't stop a ton of organizations from requiring it anyway.
It solves the problem of long travel times if you're not flying. Not in this case of course, but in general. Even a straight line HSR line from e.g. Hamburg to Munich could never compete with a plane. Maglev could.
There are plenty of caveats in the additional requirements for higher speed trains, but there is a reap problem to be solved.