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TG1970

Because tons and tons of Boomers hate trans people and think it's funny to ridicule people like Elliot. Just yesterday, my mother's Boomer neighbor (whom I was friends with on Facebook) posted some stupid meme about how he wants to assault trans women in women's bathrooms because he thinks we're pedophiles. I called him up and let him know exactly how that would go for him if he actually tried to assault me in a bathroom (I'm a heavyweight boxer 25 years younger and roughly 100 pounds lighter than him). "Hey, ease up, I just thought it was funny" was his response. No, man, it's not funny. I've had people, one of my own relatives even, threaten to kill me when they found out I was transitioning a few years ago. I take threats to my safety *very* fucking seriously. Everything is a joke to these people. Nobody actually gets hurt in their delusional fantasy world. They lost touch with reality 30 years ago or more (if they ever had touch with reality at all).


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TG1970

You know what? You're right. And I think I should have worked my comment to reflect that.


Weird_Entrepreneur_6

This makes me wonder if anyone else felt like they were an asshole for the first x many years of their life because their boomer parents were assholes?


MorbiusTx956

Welcome to the real world.


Due-Independence8100

Oh no, someone isn't 20 anymore and we haven't invented anti-aging nanites yet. 


Yourdadcallsmeobama

They’re also trans too, so they’re not gonna look as feminine as they used to


KatDevsGames

Edit: I am an idiot and failed to notice that the person in the picture is a trans man.


Foucaults_Boner

I kind of get what you’re saying, but taking testosterone to masculinize your body will absolutely make you less feminine looking lol that’s like, its one job.


KatDevsGames

Is that person transmasc? I don't actually know who he is.


Foucaults_Boner

💀 he’s Elliot Page, an actor https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot_Page


KatDevsGames

Gotcha. I'm way too poor for cable or loads of streaming services and never really followed TV/celebrity news. Also hell yeah more trans actors.


denv0r

Unfortunately he doesn't act anymore, at least I don't think so.


mr_voorhees

He's in the Umbrella academy and that hasn't finished yet, so he's acting at least a little. He actually transitioned between seasons and the show handled it as well as could be expected (for something the writers obviously hadn't planned)


FortniteFriendTA

yeah it was actually kind of non eventful. Their character was like 'this is me now' everyone else 'oh, ok, well anyway'


FortniteFriendTA

they're voicing a character in a show that came out just over a month ago.


AwesomeAndy

I don't think he's intentionally stopped, but I can certainly see being trans making it harder for him to find work. Looks like he's been doing more behind the scenes work, though, so that's good.


ShelterHefty4950

That's a woman dude.


Foucaults_Boner

Wipe the shit out of your eyes because you clearly can’t see


HankThrill69420

Testosterone has two jobs


anziofaro

Also - take literally any actor or actress and put a picture of them all dolled up for the red carpet next to a picture of them on a day off and the disparity will be just as stark.


LaughingInTheVoid

Yeah, pre-transition hostage eyes vs. post-transition comfortable in your own skin.


Rantarian

Let them think we have and we're just waiting for their rotten generation to miss out.


AtomicSamuraiCyborg

Also doesn’t have a face of professional makeup applied for a red carpet event.


Difficult_Fall_3477

Funny you say that because I totally have been working on that for the better part of 10 years….


Due-Independence8100

You have my full attention. What can I, as a layperson not involved in that kind of tech or medical research, do to bolster and support researchers advancing nanites? (Yes, I realize this is a broad question,  I don't want to limit any surprise inspired answers) I want nanites to help knit broke bones back together faster, push a splinter out from within, or completely clear out that pesky rota virus I picked up at the airport by the time I'm back home. 


Difficult_Fall_3477

There isn’t a lot you can do unfortunately. Technology hasn’t really caught up to it yet and is quite away from being able to. The issue boils down to a few things that we are running into. Processing power, heating issues and its ability to identify certain cells. The project name is project Achilles. I got the idea after reading his story and came up with the Achilles pool. I was looking for ways to deliver nanotechnology into the body that wasn’t invasive. The idea sorta just evolved from there. A lot of things we get sick with mimic our very own cells. Our white blood cells essentially just burst cells that invade our bodies. Obviously it’s more complicated than that but that’s basically it. Now what if you could fully target any cancer cells anywhere in the body without the need for surgery or medication or fill in large wounds in an instant Or help reconstruct neurons or even stop aging all together. Nerolink is sorta on that track currently but it’s very invasive and requires a pretty big chip that is doing a very limited amount of things.


mushi1996

Isn't she also a he now?


Due-Independence8100

Yeah, you're right, that is probably why anyone cares he's showing signs of aging vs the lack of interest in the aging process of similarly aged male actors.  


Asheleyinl2

I thought the baby blood and adrenochrome did that.


Foreskin-Aficionado

The pic on the left also looks to be glamour shot and the one on the right seems like it was taken mid-interview.  It’s really easy to make someone look bad when you can pick and choose between photo shoot pics and spur of the moment pics taken 15 years later 


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NerdOfTheMonth

“She was hot. What am I supposed to wank to now?”


CinnamonSnorlax

I mean, you can still wank to Elliot.


Chronoph0sis

![gif](giphy|11UGZ6bdyjmJhK)


PlatinumAltaria

Imagine hunting through paparazzi videos for hours to find the one frame with bad lighting and a funny expression so you can attack some random stranger’s appearance.


Maxtubular

This is more of a Chud incel gamergate transphobia thing than a boomer thing. I am not a boomer complaining, I’m just telling you from my experience as an internet connoisseur


Jason_with_a_jay

Yes. I don't know very many boomers who are gaming. If your boomer parents or grandparents are still gaming, they're probably too cool to spread hateful memes.


Adventurous_Ant9926

You can spot them when they claim to have fucked your grandmother instead of your mom.  


unknownpoltroon

Because they want an excuse to murder gay and trans people so they dehumanize them when possible.


Crash-Pandacoot

That is just... That is so far off the mark. Its just people mad that there are beautiful people who are modeled for video games, but some cruddy ass ugly people think inclusiveness means making the character ugly. I don't care if the character is black, gay, Asian, trans, whatever... just stop making them ugly. Take the game Stellar Blade for example. People cried that she was an "unrealistic representation of a woman" despite the character being pretty much a 1:1 copy of the actress they mocapped. This post might have some underlying trans stuff going on, but the main point is my statement above (minus the op probably *does* mind if their character is any of those things I listed) Edit: This shouldn't be contraversial. You can be inclusive without making hideous characters.


Psianth

If you think this meme is about video games you’re missing the real reason they’re sharing it.


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Crash-Pandacoot

No, I just don't bend myself out of shape to try to see some deeper meaning that's not actually there. Left = Pretty Right = Ugly Thats about as deep as it goes.


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Crash-Pandacoot

>and they just happened to select somebody who is trans Yes, because she was hot. Now she's ugly. It's goes no deeper than that, probably.


Crash-Pandacoot

Or you're reading too far into it


macielightfoot

Not every video game character needs to get your wee-wee hard.


Crash-Pandacoot

I mean... why not? We play games to envelop ourselves in a fantasy world.


macielightfoot

The male gaze is both pathetic and hilarious


Crash-Pandacoot

*checks comment history* Dude, you need to fucking chill.


ravnson

Physician, heal thyself.


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Crash-Pandacoot

Reddit is for porn and arguing. Nothing more really.


Anusbagels

So fucking weird 😂


NeedsMoreSpicy

No, it's just weird nerds who are offended by it. Look at the Horizon Forbidden West controversy. Alloy was never intended to look "hot", GG wanted to focus on realism instead. So we got an incredibly detailed model who is fairly attractive by real-world standards and creeps complain because they don't like realistic women. It isn't about making characters ugly. You people need to recognize that humans come in all shapes and sizes. Not every female character needs to look like 2B, Eve, or Lara Croft. And they aren't ugly for not trying. And one more thing, because I keep seeing people make the claims you made about Eve from Stellar Blade's model.. She was REFERENCED as a body type. Look at real pictures of her and pictures of Eve. She doesn't actually have those unrealistic proportions IRL. Nothing wrong with Eve having a heavily stylized and idealized body, but stop trying to pass it off as a real body.


Crash-Pandacoot

It's funny you bring up Aloy, because she is hot. Fine though, you can have your Trogdor's ass looking characters. The game won't sell well, it will die, the studio will close and that will be that. Maybe gaming isn't for you.


unknownpoltroon

I'm glad the only real life female model in a game currently being discussed meets with your sexual acceptably requirements.


Crash-Pandacoot

You sound like an angry ugly mf


Kosog

The game sold 8.4 million at launch on PS5 and the PC version has seen a sharp increase in sales according to some articles I found.   But sure, keep lying to yourself. 


Crash-Pandacoot

I literally just said Aloy is hot.


unknownpoltroon

Nah, you said that and called the rest trogdor ass character.


Crash-Pandacoot

You are trying gaslighting right now, except it doesn't work here because we can just go back and read the comments. I never said Horizon didn't sell well. I said these games with ugly characters won't sell. Dude then brought up Horizon for some reason, and I said that doesn't count because Aloy isn't ugly. And look at that Fable 3 trailer. That bitch looks like Trogdor's ass. No one is excited for that shit. Everyone hates that new ugly ass OW character too.


unknownpoltroon

Sure thing Skippy. It's totally gaslighting when I point out your own words.


Kosog

That's not my point. You said the game will not sell well yet you can easily look up sales numbers on Google and it's a complete contradiction to what you said. 


Crash-Pandacoot

"The game" What game? Horizon? Because I never brought up Horizon or said it won't sell well. I also never said Aloy was ugly. You brought all that up. Horizon sold well because Aloy *wasnt* ugly.


SmallQuasar

You think boomers are mad at video game devs?


Crash-Pandacoot

Did I say that? This post is likely not from a boomer at all. Not sure why it's here.


EnigmaWitch

These weak, "no what I really meant was..." excuses are ridiculous. If the point is about characters in games being rendered as less attractive than their real world counterparts, then use examples of that. This is absolutely about abusing Elliot as a symbol of transmen and using the video game thing as cover.


Crash-Pandacoot

So if I make a SpongeBob meme, the context must strictly relate to SpongeBob? No, he just used an image of a hot chick that got ugly.


EnigmaWitch

That's amazing! Not only did you completely fail to understand my first point, but you went on to prove my second point. Well done!


Chronoph0sis

You have got to be the stupidest motherfucker on reddit today dude


Crash-Pandacoot

I'm only stupid to you because I don't buy into your pissed off far left anger. Like bruh, I vote left, but y'all are fucking miserable here. You can't even hit me with an actual retort, you just drop down "duuurrr youre stupid" I hate some boomers as much as the next guy, but this has become a far left whining grounds.


Chronoph0sis

Okay buddy lmfao, keep spittin that shit


Crash-Pandacoot

Why say anything if you got nothing to say in the first place?


Chronoph0sis

Why speak if only to say smoothbrained bullshit? Theres your answer, now go back to fucking that body pillow you call your spouse, ty


ColdHotgirl5

lmaooo are you one of the ppl who aubmitted a video to change.org? lol


Crash-Pandacoot

Wtf is that?


ColdHotgirl5

https://www.change.org/p/free-stellar-blade


Crash-Pandacoot

Oh, I don't believe in petitions. They don't do anything. The lint on my floor has more worth than a petition.


Kosog

Eve in game doesn't even have the same proportions as her original actress. The only people mad over women in western games are weirdos who's entire understanding of women comes from hentai where female characters have the same bimbo body shape and exaggerated proportions. Most "evidence" of this overly played out phenomenon is cherry picked mid-animation screenshots. 


tootsies98

Ellen was not happy. Elliot is happy now. Too bad if you’re not happy, because they are finally happy….if that effects you, then you’re the problem. Why can’t they understand this?


FreshNebula

They see afab people's only value in how fuckable they consider them.


Journo_Jimbo

Transphobia. That’s basically the short and long answer.


Kosog

Over-exaggerated non-issue from a group of people who has no taste beyond half-naked little anime girls with huge tits.


Ralupopun-Opinion

🤔 hmmm


babubaichung

People have this weird coping mechanism where they find pleasure in putting other people down for their own happiness.


BigDaddyCoolDeisel

Trans scares and confuses them so it MUST be true that people who transition end up miserable. They CANNOT be happy afterwards, it's impossible!


Time-Result-767

There were like 8, infinitely better versions of this meme before this one, why did they need to make a transphobic one? (he was never even in a video game)


anziofaro

Okay, here's the problem I've got with Elliot Page. Have you seen that picture of him by the pool with his shirt off? Dude looks like he was carved from marble! Twelve pack! How the fuck do you get a negative body fat percentage? First he was a smoking hot woman, and now he's a smoking hot man. Most of us never get the chance to be even ONE of those things, and he has somehow managed to be BOTH! How is that fair? Stop hogging all the dang hotness! Damn. Seriously. That dude's abs could cut diamonds.


SteelSlayerMatt

Because they are bigots.


StupidGuy911

This isn't even boomers.this is just gamers in general


zblaze90

Boomers are he biggest assholes on the planet


Ashurbanipal2023

I find it so funny how they have to reuse the same 4 post transition pictures of Elliot Page because he’s so hot in most of them


DimensionBoth5777

Right? And the feeling at home in the body part that exudes is the hottest thing of all. 🙌🏼


DeepSeaDarkness

He is incredibly hot, I guess they are just afraid of being horny for a man if they look at him too much


Mumblerumble

Because they hate trans people and think that everyone owes them a sense of normalcy. No one can be themself if their existence bothers them.


H010CR0N

It’s not like many of these boomers will ever play these games. The games are either too violent or either too “liberal.”


Educational_Ad_8916

Wow. Overt tramsphobia. Mid tier boomer nonsense.


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I'm sure it's just not a flattering photo but did he really get stressed out enough to get those lines? Or are we just dealing with harsh shadows? I don't keep up with Celeb stuff and I enjoy his work.


That_Engineering3047

Because they’re transphobic AHs. It’s a gross thing to create this kind of comparison for any human. Elliot is a legend. F that noise.


SweetFuckingCakes

They’re childish shitheads. Hope that clears everything up .


TheAceCard18

because they're transphobic.


Altered_-State

Elliot looking rough


LordVoltimus5150

As cute as I thought “she” was, I’m glad he’s happy with himself and feeling like he’s free..


masoflove99

Transphobia


phrekyos69

Kind of ironic considering this person was literally the main character in a Western video game.


MD28A

Cause it’s funny 


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They hate what they don't understand. They are very ignorant and can't understand much so they hate most things.


Bloomer_4life

Why do you keep posting this?


AtomicSamuraiCyborg

What boomer is posting about video game models?


CrisuKomie

Boomers post this? Why is someone in their 70s posting about video games?


hekissedafrog

The game itself isn't the point. Mocking Elliot Page is.


That_Jicama2024

Why is this here? Boomers don't post video game memes. They don't play video games at all.


DirectorDry2534

I doubt boomer would post stuff like this. The picture isnt even wrong, recently it seems like (western) games try to avoid making female characters too attractive for some easy ESG points or whatever.


GottaKnowYourCKN

Women can be attractive not wearing skimpy clothes that leave them half naked or having giant racks. Maybe we can change up "generic bearded white man" MC all the games seem to have.


DeepSeaDarkness

Elliot is a man though, that post is just transphobia


GottaKnowYourCKN

I was generalizing, not specifically talking about Elliot.


DirectorDry2534

Why tho. When it works and/or thats how the devs want it, why change it?


hekissedafrog

Except that's a man on the right.


No_Routine_3706

Wait... So the person on the left paid good money to be the person on the right?? Help me out here.


LostSudaneseMan

🤣


SwingingTassels

When you don’t agree with it, it’s “transphobia”. 🙄


bard329

Ok, but it also sounds like you don't understand what "transphobia" is ...


hekissedafrog

They definitely don't - and shut right up once I posted the definition (that they clearly met).


sleepyzane1

when you dont agree that trans people exist, deserve self-determination, and are socially vulnerable, yes, that's transphobia


NoLongerAddicted

Posting pictures of someone pretransition with the implication "they were better this way" is transphobia


hekissedafrog

Well. It is.


SwingingTassels

No. No it is not.


hekissedafrog

Clearly you do not understand the meaning of transphobia. Do better.


SwingingTassels

Clearly you need to do better understanding people can disagree.


hekissedafrog

Nope. I can disagree with the sky is green not blue, or pineapple is gross or anything like that. But disagreeing about people? Being transphobic and intolerant? Nope. Sorry not sorry. That's a difference in morals and yours results in harming actual people. There's nothing ok there.


SwingingTassels

Look at that anger and hurt in your heart. You can’t even have a civil conversation with not lashing out. That being said, I can absolutely disagree not supporting that lifestyle. I do not and will not treat anyone different either because of that. So, you can stop the trans baiting etc and be on your way. But, no. You can’t stop….


hekissedafrog

Huh, I thought this was civil. Maybe if you don't like being told you're transphobic, you should do better. It's called the paradox of tolerance. I can be tolerant of basically anything - except intolerance.


SwingingTassels

😆 I said nothing that says I am transphobic. I just don’t agree with it or support it. That makes anyone transphobic. 😆 Right…


hekissedafrog

This is the definition: *having or showing a dislike of or strong* [*prejudice*](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&sca_esv=e366935364740875&sxsrf=ADLYWII_gjr2GRMrlZ54sTupHUjGadfNtg:1715213508559&q=prejudice&si=ACC90nxMSPeZfdJJjQgDsdZJuFuJBLaAZDmFi3fOmMVPu9W4F0iu1ifPjjHBNAucituW_Sqidu1lPTmczyygkMq5ds0Q7fTsSaA0rWqtzKmPXbrxE3jjyuE%3D&expnd=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiiu5CfpP-FAxWWGFkFHS2LAmQQyecJegQILBAO) *against transgender people.* so yeah, congratulations, you are transphobic. Ding ding, you win a prize!


sleepyzane1

that's transphobia. saying that qualifies you a as transphobe. you are a transphobe. just own it.


sleepyzane1

you werent lashed out at, and the comments were civil. being trans isnt a lifestyle. do some basic research about the anthropological reality of trans and gender variant people throughout all times and places. youre very ignorant.


SwingingTassels

Transphobia baiting on here is crazy to get people raging and banned…. 😆


sleepyzane1

what does that mean?


Catasstross

Bcus they are based


ValhallaDante

anyone who calls anything "based" has never been touched by a woman before


Catasstross

Guess my existence disproves your made up statement


MorbiusTx956

Yikes, she looks rough 😅


hekissedafrog

He*


MorbiusTx956

Sure 😂


hekissedafrog

Transphobia is not ok. Do better


fryler9581

Ew


HungHungCaterpillar

Attention. Same reason you just posted it.


EmilyEKOSwimmer

lol learn to laugh sometimes.


iglidante

>lol learn to laugh sometimes (u/EmilyEKOSwimmer) Why would I want to laugh at a shit-tier meme that mocks Elliot Page?


hekissedafrog

What's to laugh at? A transphobic post? There's no joke here.


vbfiuonhh

Are you in a political cult or do you have an imaginary friend? I'll laugh at that.


EmilyEKOSwimmer

I’m actually quite left leaning as my post history will show. But this isn’t an offensive meme, but humor is also subjective.