@rhyperographer Yeah those are indeed the candidates. Count Binface stands in opposition in whichever constituency is the incumbent Prime Minister’s. The guy next to him is the Monster Raving Loony Party, who do something similar but don’t limit themselves to the PM.
Believe it or not, this is actually a great and noble tradition of UK politics, and I invite everyone to look up Count Binface’s manifesto.
Here it is:
BINFACE MANIFESTO 2024
BLOODY LOYAL TO WHEREVER I’M STANDING FOR ELECTION
1 all Water bosses to take a dip in british rivers, to see how they like it
2 national service to be introduced for all former prime ministers
3 wifi on trains that works
4 trains that work
5 the reintroduction of ceefax
6 children in need to finally get round to fixing pudsey’s eye
7 traffic on northallerton high street to be fixed by a new space bridge, bypassing both level crossings
8 european countries to be invited to join the uk, creating a new ‘union of europe’, if you will
9 wallace and gromit to be knighted, for services to wensleydale
10 I pledge to build at least one affordable house
11 croissants to be price-capped at £1.10, and 99 flakes to cost 99p
12 national yorkshire pudding day to be a bank holiday (except for banks)
13 loud snacks to be banned from cinemas and theatres
14 pensions to be double-locked, but with a little extra chain on the side
15 claudia winkleman’s fringe to be grade 1-listed
16 new series of gladiators to feature ’90s gladiators against age-appropriate contenders
17 minsters’ pay to be tied to that of nurses for the next 100 years
18 shops that play christmas music before december to be closed down and turned into public libraries
19 to combat the uk’s increasingly wet climate, all british citizens to be offered stilts
20 a ban on speakerphones on public transport. offenders to be forced to live with matt hancock for a year
21 the mini golf course at richmond swimming pool to host the open championship
22 mps to live in the area they wish to serve for 4 years before election, to improve local representation
23 the hand dryer in the gents’ urinals at the crown & treaty, uxbridge to be moved to a more sensible position.
24 count binface to represent the uk at eurovision
The fact that leagues of smart and rational trans adults who are informed about the evidence base for puberty blockers wish they could’ve taken them in their youth seems to me pretty darn conclusive evidence that the balance of risk and benefit is favourable.
Sorry, I disagree. Are those adults also thinking of all their 14 year-old “seemed like a good idea at the time” regretted decisions? God knows I have them … and from age 24 and 34, too.
That’s the problem here. These are irrevocable life changes. We have graduated-age-driver’s licensing, age limits on tattoos, and joining the military. All big life changes, and in the case of driving and military service, a heightened risk of irrevocable harm.
Is it really so wrong for the caring, supportive parent that I’d hope you are, to say:
“Wait, my love. Just wait ‘til you’re a legal adult. Every passing year means thousands of decisions, and this may be one of them you could regret.” These four or two or five years may seem like an eternity to you, but it’s not.”
Is that really so dreadful?
This all relies on the cisnormative (if not transphobic) assumption that not allowing gender-affirming care is somehow neutral and poses no risk of harm or regret. The fact of the matter is, people regret not having had access to blockers a helluva lot more than they do having had access to them.
One would also wonder if they think we should deny minors access to birth control and abortion since they might regret the decision later on.
also the fact that puberty blockers are fucking time sensitive??? it’s nothing like a tattoo. you can get a tattoo at any age. puberty blockers, hold the front page, are to halt the progression of PUBERTY!!! WHO’D HAVE KNOWN???
So none of this condescending “These four or two or five years may seem like an eternity to you, but it’s not” bullshit. Those years are the years that puberty is taking place. If you wait until you’re 18, the window for them to be fucking effective has ALREADY GONE?? horses and barn doors folks.
stay strong punks, luv ya
Also this ISN’T any of those other decisions. They don’t have to consider all their other decisions because those aren’t related. That’s a straw man fallacy argument. Many people being asked about this specific situation are looking back and wishing they could have taken that opportunity. What they would or would not have done in any other situation and whether or not they would regret it really doesn’t apply. It’s irrelevant.
Puberty blockers are more reversible than either allowing natural puberty or starting HRT, so they allow a kid to take more time before making a permanent decision. In fact, if a minor isn’t capable of understanding or consenting to permanent bodily changes, then logically we should be putting everyone on puberty blockers until they turn 18.
“In fact, if a minor isn’t capable of understanding or consenting to permanent bodily changes, then logically we should be putting everyone on puberty blockers until they turn 18.”
Also you can have surgeries for medical reasons as a minor! People like to pretend that doesn’t happen, but it does. All the time. Wanna see my scars?
The underlying assumption behind “gender affirming care should only be available to adults” is “gender affirming care is not medical treatment.”
People treating puberty blockers like cross-sex hormone therapy or bottom surgery are disingenuous as shit.
They preserve the status quo until the person is of greater age to make a big decision. They allow one to avoid an unwanted wrong-direction puberty that will highly likely be, GUESS WHAT? REGRETTED!
“Oh but you might regret it, so you’ll need to have something you already don’t want.” is the most fucked-up logic ever.
To borrow the tattoo analogy, denying someone hormone blockers isn’t like not letting them get a tattoo, it’s like forcing them to get a big unwanted-design tattoo to block up the place where they wanted to get a tattoo when they turn eighteen, to prevent them from getting the one they wanted or force them to go through a long and expensive removal process before they can get it.
Look I don’t have much faith in the Labour Party and I know a lot of my followers don’t either
But I will say I take time to enjoy the defeat of the Tory party it’s been a long 14 years
And if you are a mutual of mine don’t worry we will absolutely be holding the Labour government to account my blog is not changing at all
look i know you were saying that everyone’s guesses for Bee were better than your outline but when we do meet Bee i said out loud, waking up my cat, “oh of COURSE!!! how could she be anything else!!!” and i haven’t read any pullman but that’s what i imagine settling feels like
(In reference to the dungeon meshi fic where some little asshole has finally been compelled by the plot to disclose his soul, and we are all pointing and laughing)
This is the best possible response, thank you so much! May a lesson we all take home from the story be the challenge of greeting our own souls home like a welcomed child.
Also not to be real on main but when I met all 3 of my newborn children I did NOT feel “love” or blissfully fall in love with them instantly or anything. I had thought you would feel this; it’s how everyone describes it; I did not. Instead I thought “of course! It was you all along! How could you be anyone else!” And went about my business in a bewildered but dutiful way. I do love the kids, but it wasn’t like all the other writers made it sound. It wasn’t like roses and sparkles and blissful golden love and - big rush or that kind of thing. It was nodding and going, “oh right! We were expecting you, but didn’t know when. Come home then - it’ll take about three weeks for you to tell us your name - we’ll find something to feed you.” And that is love, in its way. Welcome home little soul. Of course it was you. We were already holding your place, and waiting for you. You may not be what we were expecting because you are a person who is a stranger here too.
Which is also how I felt when I met dr glass actually too. He was just so three-dimensional. Oh no. It’s you.
Love then, and reward then, to me has always been recognition.
So this is meant to be a Healing Thread and I am so, so glad it was your reaction too. It is only a silly piece of work but it is me telling you what love means to me.
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