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Hello underachievers!
So,
I being myself,
which I am,
decided to search my name on Reddit.
And, of course, something came up.
And I was very interested to read it.
Would you like to know what it says?
I assume yes.
You're watching the video.
"I've just watched the newest Noah Finnce episode and immediately unsubscribed".
I must have done something very bad.
What did I do?
"Long story short, he said:
" ¡I used to be truscum, but I've matured now' ".
I'm not sure if that's exactly what I said, but I agree with the sentiment.
"He's basically calling us all immature and wrong.
" 'I cared about how people saw people like me and now I don't'.
"Well, I still do.
"I don't want to be put in the same bag as Emily with pup/pupself pronouns
"with the name 'Arson' or 'can opener' ".
This is just the start of the video.
Coming in hard today.
I'm already a bit confused, to be honest,
because at first,
this person is called "Emily",
but now their name is 'Arson' or 'can opener'.
Who knows?
And of course I read the replies!
They're exactly how I expected them to be, you know...
I've been on the truscum Reddit before.
It's a... It's a place.
It's definitely a place.
The posts made me laugh,
the comments made me laugh,
and then, for another laugh,
I decided it would be fun and cool and interesting
to just type in "trender", within...
The truscum Reddit.
And to be completely honest with you,
I thought this whole trender discourse had kind of died out
by now...
I knew there was some people that really gave a [ ] about "trenders",
but I did not know there were so many people.
If you type in "trender" on this Reddit, there's a post from two hours ago,
19 hours ago,
two days ago,
three days ago,
five days ago,
eight days ago...
People are still talking about trenders.
And for those of you who still don't know what a "transtrender" is right now,
it's already lived and died,
but we'll get the Urban Dictionary definition for you.
That should be very reliable and useful.
"Transtrenders are individuals who pretend to be transgender
"for either clout, popularity,
"as a way to feel opressed and to, apparently, 'fit in'. "
You already-- You know, you've kind of--
You kind of read this and you've thought,
"oh!
"This is silly!
"Well, I'll continue!"
"If you look at the statistics of transgender individuals in the US alone,
"every state's transgender population is below 1%".
There's not many transgenders.
So, I'm reading this
and I'm already seeing a problem, to be honest!
Because if you want to "fit in",
I feel like you wouldn't be doing that by pretending to be a minority, to be honest.
"Transtrenders make up these stupid and unbelievable genders,
"just to name a few,
"Non-binary,
"Genderqueer,
"Genderfluid, "Stargender,
"Virusgender,
"Maskgender.
"(Yes, those actually exist)".
It's really nice to see that this person is validating these people's genders.
Is very kind.
"They make these ridiculous genders
"and make actual transgender people look like a complete joke".
"Stop transtrending".
I've never seen the word "transtrender" be used in that way:
"Stop transtrending".
"It's hurting the actual transgender people
"because many people think that's what being transgender is about".
I feel like I don't really need to explain why this entire thing is so silly.
The detransition rates in trans people is less than 1%.
Absolutely there are people that thought they were trans,
and then maybe you realize later on
that they're not absolutely fine.
Not sure who's identifying as transgender for clout,
popularity, to be oppressed, or to "fit in", to be honest.
This video is not about me debunking the whole idea of "transtrenders",
so, what is the video about?
Well, after this amazing discovery of
finding out that people are still complaining about "transtrenders",
do you think, maybe,
there's like an online quiz...
Like, you know those BuzzFeed quizzes where they're like,
"am I gay?"
"How bisexual are you?"
I was like, "are there any quizzes like that
"that are just like, 'am I a transtrender?' "
Because I think that is a bit hilarious!
I also think it's a bit sad,
because I don't want like kids to be googling "am I a transtrender?"
Because they feel insecure about themselves,
because some [ ] 16-year-old trans guy
is UNABLE to stop projecting his own feelings.
But, you know, I googled it
and lo and behold,
I found the "are you a transtrender?" quiz!
Now I've not done this test before,
believe it or not,
I don't know if I actually did any of these quizzes when I was young.
I think I must have done a few "am I transgender?" quizzes,
just to like, validate the fact that every single quiz would be like,
"yeah, you got it bad!"
But back in my day-- I'm joking, that's so condescending!
When I was like 15
there weren't really "are you transtrender?" quizzes,
but this one, you know,
this one was uploaded on the 25th of August, 2019,
and i'm ready to get to it!
I would love to know,
if I'll be considered a transtrender based on my views,
because my views of trying not to be [ ] have clearly upset
some of the truscum on Reddit.
Let's see if I'm a transtrender.
So, I'll click on the quiz and it says, "doubting that you're actually trans?
"Take this quiz".
First question:
"What pronouns do you use?"
The options are he/him, she/her, they/them, xe/xir,
"noun self pronouns like shark/shark/sharkself
"or flame/flames/flameself.
"Plus/Plurs/Plurself.
"It/Its.
"Ze/Zim or Ze/Zir".
My pronouns are he/him.
Please, stop asking!
"What label do you identify with most?"
So, all this bunch here.
So, we got "trans guy",
"transmasc,
"nonbinary,
"genderpunk..."
That sounds great.
"Agender,
"demiboy,
"gendervoid,
"demivoid,
"boyflux,
"trans girl,
"transfem,
"genderfluid,
"genderqueer,
"genderflux,
"demigirl,
"gender-confused,
"girlflux,
"demiman..."
I've actually not heard of all of these
and I've been trans for a while.
I think I may have heard of "flux"?
No clue what it means, to be honest.
"Genderpunk"...
No idea.
Maybe you're just like an anarchist, you just crave chaos.
What label do I identify with most?
I guess I'd have to say "trans guy".
Trans guy, let's go with it.
Next.
Question number three:
"Do you want to physically transition?"
The options are:
"Maybe HRT", which stands or "hormone replacement therapy",
which would be testosterone or estrogen.
"Definitely want HRT,
"top surgery,
"bottom surgery,
"voice training..."
Voice training is kind of a thing where like,
people try and lower or higher the pitch of their voice by speaking in a different way.
Or "I don't want to transition physically".
So, there's a flaw in this quiz already,
because I had top surgery and also hormone replacement therapy.
Where is the option for that, huh?
Just gonna put "definitely want HRT",
because I've had top surgery, but I don't want to go off testosterone.
"Which describes how you dress?"
So, the options are:
"I wear whatever I want,
"regardless of how it accentuates or hides my gendered features".
Yeah, we wish we could be there, but we're not.
"I wear only clothes that make me look more passable".
I used to be there,
not anymore!
"I wear clothes that make me passable,
but i love wearing Pride flags and showing off that I am trans".
Never been there,
to be completely honest.
I'm not a flag guy.
Anybody else watching this?
Not really a flag guy.
I mean like, for Pride, I'd wear like, a gay flag.
I would never wear a trans flag for Pride, unless it was for trans Pride,
but no...
I would like...
The identity that I claim the most will be the sexuality one,
not the gender one.
Oh, my God,
the next Pride is the first Pride where I can wear bi colors.
Bi colors are much nicer than gay colors, to be honest.
"I wear whatever I want with plenty of Pride merch".
Nope.
"I try to pass, but ultimately don't care".
Well, none of these options...
What am I gonna do?
I try to maybe like, "I try to pass, but ultimately don't care".
I've not been misgendered in years,
so I feel like, I do pass,
but "I try to pass, but ultimately don't care".
Let's go with that.
"Do you get upset at cis people for being uneducated?"
"Yes,
"no,
"only if it's offensive,
"all the time, they should know better,
"never, I don't want to draw attention to myself".
I would not say "upset" is the word...
It's irritating.
I feel like I'd go for "no" or "only if it's offensive",
because like, uneducated...
It doesn't upset me.
I'll just put "no".
"What do you hate being called?"
"Any gendered term,
"any term that misgenders me,
"I'm chill I don't care,
"UwU soft boy.
"Tgirl,
"waifu,
"enby,
"as long as it's not a slur, I'm fine".
I guess I'll put "I'm chill I don't care",
cause like, I get called "she" and "lady" and "women",
and, you know...
What other words?
What other fun words?
An "abomination", "unnatural"...
I get called this by TERF's and transphobes all the time,
so at this point I just don't care.
7: Do I like how I look?
That's a loaded question, there's only four answers:
"No, I am very dysphoric.
"I think I'm pretty, but i wish i looked more passable.
"Yes!
"No".
I'm just-- To be honest...
I think I look fine at the moment.
I don't think I look bad and, you know, I've started going to the gym...
You know, I'm-- That's not crazy...
I'm not massive, but you know...
I'm just gonna say "yeah".
Question eight is: "How did you choose your name?"
"Looked up common names of my gender in my region/language.
"Took a typical name and changed the spelling".
I did do that.
Originally, I had my name as "Noa", N-O-A without the "H".
"Asked my parents what they suggested.
"Named myself after a fictional character.
"Named myself after a plant/place/planet/star sign".
I think those names are cool, to be honest.
I used to make fun of them and then I see someone called like "Twig",
and I'm like, "wow, that's cool as hell".
"Made-up name.
"Named myself after a relative".
I feel like that would be weird.
"It just came to me.
"I picked a name I've always liked".
So, how did I do it?
Well, how I chose my name was...
Somebody on Snapchat-- Who I actually--
I don't know if I knew them, but they sent me a message on Snapchat
and they said, "by the way, you look like a Noah".
And I was like, "okay, well, I guess that's my name!"
But then also my mom chose my middle name,
because she wanted to call me "Finn" when I was born,
regardless of if I was a girl or a boy, so she chose Finn.
I'm just gonna put "looked up common names of my gender".
And the last question is, "what do you try to do to pass?"
"Nothing, I'm in the closet.
"Nothing, even though I'm out.
"Lower/heighten my voice.
"Bind/gaff,
"wear clothes that make me look more like my gender,
"shave/don't shave".
"Nothing even though I'm out", really.
Something that's really nice after, you know, getting the healthcare that you need
is that you don't base your entire life and every action you take around passing
or avoiding that uncomfortable feeling of dysphoria.
That's nice, isn't it?
Yeah, I just wear outfits that I like now.
So, before I answer this question, I'm just very curious
what the test is going to say for me.
I assume it's not going to say I'm a transtrender,
because I didn't pick the answers that I assume
somebody who thinks transtrenders are real would put in there to like,
catch out the transtrenders.
But, let's see!
Let's go!
Let's click it!
What do you do to try and pass? "Nothing!"
Oh, it says "no".
There is not such thing as transtrenders,
there are trans people of all kinds in this world,
"feminine, masculine..."
This is not what I was expecting, to be honest.
I thought this was going to be one of those tests that would be like,
"yeah...
Yeah, you're transtrender if you're taking this test".
"There are trans people of all kinds in this world--"
[ Burps ]
"Feminine, masculine, gender non-conforming,
"dysphoric, non-dysphoric, euphoric, autistic, allistic,
"black, white, asian, indigenous, brown,
"young, old, fat, thin, disabled, gay, straight, bi, whatever.
"Whatever!
"No two trans people share an exact same experience
"and invalidating others based on their journey, their transition,
"their feelings and their happiness
"it's hurtful, not helpful.
"Nobody can tell you you're trans, except yourself".
Well, that's nice!
I'm sure this is really gonna [ ] off the truscum.
But yeah, I'm not entirely sure what the point of this video was!
I just wanted to have fun
and I've never taken a "am I a transtrender?" quiz.
And I've, you know, I've just gained a new experience.
And maybe you did too, maybe you learned something.
Or probably not.
You probably didn't.
But yeah, that's the end of the video!
Have a good day or don't!
See you later losers!
Stream my music!
If you want to!
Actually, no, I think you should do it regardless of if you want to or not.
Thanks.