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How to get out of an uncomfortable egg culture situation with this one simple trick.

Real talk: Calling people eggs is a violation of the egg prime directive, and is considered invalidating as you are trying to say that a person is not the gender they identify as, that their identity is invalid. Don't call people eggs, like ever, it's extremely uncool.

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[–] BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

While we are talking about that, wouldn't chrysalis be more fitting?

When the trans person hatches a beautiful butterfly emerges from the chrysalis.

[–] Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

Perhaps. I didn't make the analogy. Personally, as a completely cis person, I think they both work really well. Maybe there's some more significant meaning from another perspective.

[–] Klaymore@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

They say that when the egg cracks, a cute chick comes out. Chick referring to both a trans woman and a baby chicken. Doesn't work for trans men but that's how the term started I believe.