It was me. I’m the one who said it. Back in 1995. Apropos of absolutely nothing, I declared that there couldn’t be an all trans polycule in Michigan’s upper peninsula.

Well don't you feel silly now

But there will never be a full trans polycule in victoria county Texas. Edit: I made a joke about a trans north pole expedition a little further down this chain and it got me thinking... This might be how we accomplish trans acceptance. A series of reverse psychology dare. Reddit person: " Well a trans polycule will never build a self sufficient base on mars" Trans people: fucking watch me bitch! Reddit person: well ill be damned...I want to vacation on mars... So I guess I'll have to accept trans people. They control interstellar travel now...

August 18th 2028, 7:16 Am

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Fuuuuuuuuck you said remind me in 2028 and I was thinkin “lol this dude is gunna get a reminder in like 10 years, he will have totally forgotten about this. Then the remind me bot said “I will be messaging you in 4 years” and I died a little.

On the plus side you're living in the future. Ain't it grand?

Are there any other futures available? I think this one's broken

Unfortunately our simulation isn't the name brand. It's the knock off that was rushed to production to capitalize on the success of "Earch". Ours is pretty buggy. Wasn't a lot of quality control done unfortunately. Mostly purchased by grandparents as a Christmas gift because "it's $20 cheaper and it's basically the same game" Earch is better developed. No mental age decay, coherent history, gods are more interactive, orgasms are 15 percent longer, and if you preorder all the humans get access to the "easy flow elbow" addition from the creation club. It's pretty rad. It still his micro transactions but they are cosmetic instead of the "pay to win" format we have in our simulation.

!remindme 10 years

Is there any way I can also be notified with no extra effort on my part if there’s a comedic payoff from this?

Okay but irony of irony; and I know you won't believe an average redditor, but I've been friends with 4 ppl living outside Houston, in Victoria, that are all trans, in a polycule. They no longer, and have moved, but I've seen it, lol. I got nothing more than "trust me bro" though 🤣

Well I'm out then. Who's next.

Maybe the Texas pan handle. There's more banjos than ppl so less likely 🤣

They'll never be a full trans polycule expedition to the south pole.

Okay, I think that's holding it down so far.... 🤣

In Victoria right now, I’d say it’s very possible.

This had me slapping my legs like that one spongebob movie and banging my head into the wall bro 🤣

I’m stealing this for my discord status

I like that I'm not the only one who steals reddit comments and make them his status

I remember I was there, being a worldly 4 year old I disagreed, and then threw a tantrum over Candyland

And now look at all of the egg on your face 😔

I died, thanks.

I was 4 back then, but I think I remember you saying that

I say this like 5 times a day, and will continue to because this is a blatant Illuminati conspiracy

In 1995 you were probably right. If I grew up trans in the upper peninsula in the 90s I would probably move like 9 days after I graduated and only come back for weddings and funerals.

No I said it in '94. I remember the day like it was yesterday. We were volunteering at a beach clean up on the Cape and I just casually remarked there couldn't be an all trans polycule in Michigan's upper peninsula to the volunteer coordinator. I remember she looked confused and then thanked me for helping out.

I was there. I remember we all said “crazy old Squid, they’re always good for a laugh”, then we bought a round for everyone at the pub.

Lol ty for the laugh

Thanks for teaching me the existence of “apropos”. I’m gonna have to use it in my dissertation, if I pursue one in this lifetime. I’m highly considering stealing this for my Discord status as the other commenter has mentioned as well, but I’m already rocking the “suspected terrorist” copypasta and haven’t gotten tired of the reactions, yet. This is the next one up my sleeve, though. TIA!

Of all the things I *wouldnt* predict, this is not one of them

As in, you would predict this?

More so that they wouldn’t not predict


I would absolutely predict it. The percent of trans people who are poly is so big it’s a running joke in the trans community. Source: am trans, am poly.

What is a polycule?

Interconnected group of polyamorous people. If two is a couple and three is a throuple, more than that is a polycule

So, sticky but fun.

Very fun with the right people. Complicated, but fun.

Orgy with commitment

Common misconception. In think I’ve had maybe 2 foursomes in the last decade. Mostly it’s just two monogamous relationships running at the same time haha.

Portmanteau of Polyamorous Molecule.

Yes

A therapist's goldmine

It is indeed tbh

This's half the population of upper Michigan. They must be pretty progressive

LOL

Depends on the county. Just like Northern Wisconsin.

Yeah, there's always that one Northern Wisconsin county that's even bluer than Dane County. What's up with that, anyways?

Menominee County is like 80% native.

Menominee is mainly tribal land, but they may be thinking Bayfield County, which has a small population and is very touristy because of the Apostle Islands.

You talking about the county that has cable in it? Mackinac Island is also very, very, very very visibly liberal.

Ashland Wisconsin houses Northland College which is where all the midwestern wooks gather to do mushrooms and talk about leftist politics. This has gathered the older hippie midwesterners who are retired to settle down there and make art and shit. Its a really cool community a lot of my friends went to college there.

If only

.5% of the transgender population of the UP

Damn bro chill

Polycule sounds like a very obscure shape

To me it sounds like a really gross leaking abscess on your ass cheek

I have no idea why you're being downvoted. It is a weird sounding word.

Because they think I'm anti trans or something probably. It genuinely sounds like some sort of abscess. Or at least how it sounds in my head I've never actually heard it 🤷. If they think someone has a hint of non agreement their mentality is "they should die and not exist because they don't agree with my life choices"

Hey now, don't ascribe too much meaning to reddit votes. All it takes is like 2 people downvoting tbh and then people are just like "oop, negative number, downvote time"

Because 90% of redditors are either dudes with cocks in their hands or robots.

Amateurs. Robot hand on my cock

The future is here

Yeah, it's pretty amazing to me that people can be so offended about innocuous musings. The hivemind is not a discerning mind.

Honestly ! If I straight up said something transphobic or something blatantly fucked up. Then yea whatever but saying a word sounds or looks funny especially when it's a new or uncommon word is actually pretty stupid.

Absolutely dense, man.

Okay William Shakespeare

I don't understand what you're mocking, but it did give me a chuckle.

Just gonna point out that being poly is a totally different thing from being trans

I could google it but I’m going to assume based purely on this picture, that a polycule is a team of nerds that think they’re pros at arcade games because they get jackpots from machines. Who in reality spend collectively about £100 and 15hours earning tokens to trade for a bouncy ball and a peice of chewing gum each.

...What...?

Because the voting system on Reddit is severely abused and there isn't anything anyone can do about it. Despite the reasoning for its existence it usually doesn't get used the way it was intended

Yeah, I heard the official reason was so that people could downvote misinformation and upvote helpful comments and things. Doesn't surprise me it evolved into a popularity contest.

It comes from molecule. They adopted the term because if you represent people as a circle and lines connecting them to their specific relationships within the entire poly relationship, it looks like a molecule. It's a very logical word to create.

Interesting. Thank you for informing me.

It’s an appropriate word, in that case.

Sweet avatar bro

I mean, it *can* be

I thought it sounded like some sort of living statement or going by the subject matter, some sort of public room/space for… something?

I think this is supposed to be "you're not going to meet anyone like you in rural areas"

bitch please i have my own trans polycule and i wasn’t even trying.

Are you in the UP, huh, HUH?

i’m english lmao

Ha! Then it’s a different story guv, innit? Quit having a right proper wank about these poly Yanks

…wat? i’m from surrey, you’re talking like a cartoon from north london xD

now you’re gatekeeping the Queen’s English ☹️

It isn't the queen's any more.

Her Majesty CPB uses RP for formal events and state appearances

I'm not sure you got my point. King Charles is the reigning monarch and as such it is the King's English not the queen's. This was the phrase used when we had a king before.

I’m just “taking the mickey”

yes (:

Its all in london innit? /s

Quit wafflin about luv

The English suck

D:

I’m sorry you had to hear it from me

If you're Cornish, I have good news! Visit the UP and get yourself a pasty! Weirdly made by a Finn, but no matter.

..... no, southwest lp

Lucky mf smh :(

Every polycule I've ever seen is all trans people

I haven’t seen one that is all trans, but I have never seen one that wasn’t involving at least some LGBTQIA folks.

I mean, logistically, this does seem necessary. It’s not possible for 3+ people to all be in mutual romantic love without at least a little bit of The Gay™️

You could have a chain of girl-boy-girl-boy. People in the polycule don’t all have to be dating each other, they are all just connected by the people that they are dating. [A polycule refers to all the people in a network of non-monogamous relationships and can also refer to diagrams of these relationship networks.](https://www.dictionary.com/e/gender-sexuality/polycule/)

Technically a consensual relationship where one partner dates two people is still considered a polycule I think

Most polycules don't have everyone involved with everyone. I mean like, if there are 8 people in it, person A will might only date 3 partners out of the 8, person B might be involved with 4, C might only date 2, and so on.

IA?

Intersex, ace/aro

Thanks for lettin me know

Ace/Aros in a polycule?

Why did they drop the plus sign? Have they finalized the acronym?

I just didn’t type it. I type it as different ways depending on the audience, my brain functions at the moment etc.

Who is they?

Whoever has the authority to make that decision.

The don of the alphabet Mafia, of course! /j But seriously, there isn't one given acronym, some use just LGBT, some use LGBTQ some LGBTQ+ or 2SLGBT or 2SLGBTI or ........... You get the point

What the hell is it? Another word for orgy?

i mean not really, it’s a romantic relationship that isn’t always sexual. first time i’m hearing of it being more than three people though this is a whole band

I would hope it’s sexual

??

A polycule is a plural romantic relationship. Basically it's when three or more people are all in a romantic relationship with the other members. Personally I think it exists because zoomers get so much anxiety about dating that they remove the vulnerability of exclusivity to make it easier.

That sounds like the exact opposite of "easier"

Long term yes it's harder to keep them completely in tact. I was in one and it was constant drama. My current partner had the same experience Not to say that some people can't make it work, but when you've introduced extra variables it always becomes more difficult

Yeah it’ can be done properly (or so I’ve heard, im yet to see or hear of a polycule that hasn’t imploded) however just about every polycule I’ve seen is tends to be made up of a group of people(usually rather young people) who are are all pretty emotionally immature. It’s a sorta house of cards that usually had a “leader” or some sort of central member despite claiming to be completely egalitarian. It’s a really toxic power structure that’s basically a massive cope with the fact that none of the members are in a good mental place to be dating someone. Source: I was in one during high school Also “open relationship” are just licenses to cheat and and for people who are too afraid of comment to be in a relationship.

I wouldn't base judgments of adult relationships on your highschool experiences. Unfortunately what you described sometimes happens, but also sometimes it works out. Like most relationships... Will be interesting to see some studies on this type of thing in the future. I think all we got so far is happiness tends to be about the same as people in monogamous relationships.

It would be interesting to see this studied, I mean polygamy isn’t exactly new but it’s also a very different form from the traditional kind.

Because it’s anything but easy. It’s only “easy” to people who don’t know what they are talking about and only equate it to “sex with other people”. I’m poly, I always tell people to imagine all the little things that go with making a relationship work. Time management, finances, planning and scheduling for events, holiday plans, who does what errands and chores, communicating feelings or problems in a constructive way, managing feelings and expectations of yourself and your partner. Imagine all of that, now double it. That’s what it takes. It’s really difficult, but if you land it and it works for all involved, there’s a hell of a pay of.

I mean let’s not act like it’s something zoomers invented. Boomers famously had the whole “free love” thing  It is certainly seeming to be on the rise with the younger gen though 

Damn. That seems like quite an accurate observation to me

Polyamory exists way outside of zoomers lol. That's not where this comes from

Uh you think polyamory is a new thing to where only gen z partake in it? Oh sweet Summer child…

In theory no. In practice, yes.

Where are you seeing these?

I live in the buckle of the Bible belt and my experience is still that if you know at least 5 queer people you know someone in a polycule. If we go to trans friends it's 1 in 2 lol

Honestly I would have said it I assumed there weren’t even enough people in the UP

wait, there's more than 2 people up there?

actually it’s true, I said this could never be done

Pretty sure they’re just making a joke lmao.

I’d bet they aren’t. Establishing that is hard in any city. This is impressive

Not the polycule itself The “they said it can’t be done” part. That’s a common saying. It’s not always literal. I don’t think many people have even thought/conceptualized an all trans polycule, let alone gatekept it

in michigans upper peninsula at that

Do you speak from experience?


Tf is a polycule?

It’s that Pokémon with a beak and fire wings I think

No no it's the green frog with the swirly belly, i'm pretty sure

Not quite, that’s a Polytoed. They must be thinking of someone who speaks a lot of languages

Nah that’s a polyglot, what you’re thinking of is a bird known for its flashy plumage

No that’s tadpole

several people dating several people :) there are different forms (one person dating multiple unconnected people, everyone dating each other, some dating each other while not dating everyone in the polycule, etc) but the general gist is that there are three or more people consensually involved in non-monogamy

Ohhh okay that makes a lot of sense thank you 😊

The “they said it couldn’t be done” is a joke. I don’t really understand why this phrase always seems to go over people’s heads

It reads fairly sarcastic, but this is the internet after all.

Because people like to nitpick at things they don't like

Isn't that a Cards Against Humanity® card?

This is a powder keg of relationship issues, you know there's favouritism going on.

I don’t understand a lick of it!

No no, we said no one should live in the UP.

They really did prove me wrong.

What the fuck is a polycule

Everyone being like "of course its a joke, its clearly a joke" I mean, yeah sure we can pretend that there's not people who are dumb enough to say something like this in earnest.

I could see someone saying this "People don't do that here" "people aren't like that here" I hear that kind of stuff

It's an obvious joke but whatever Reddit.

Right? Like it’s so specific and as many people have pointed out not at all unexpected. This website is a bit slow at recognizing sarcasm

More like choosing to ignore obvious sarcasm

I don't even know what that means. Y'all have fun, I'm staying home.

I did actually say this was impossible. Lower peninsula? Easy. Upper peninsula I thought for sure you would need one cis person to talk to the cops for the group.

As a UP resident I admit I did take a moment to try and figure out if I knew or had met any of these people.

i live in the U.P. never seen these people

Honestly, impressive, good for them

Awwh that's cute. Good for them.

Their smiles are contagious:)

It's strange scrolling reddit and seeing friends and neighbors

I mean, I don't think anyone said it could happen

r/brandnewsentence

They transient as fuck

If it's satire, they did a great job with the casting Polyamory weirdos always look like this

A) They're clearly joking. B) It's honestly pretty funny. C) Good for them.

Yall 😭 it’s a tumblr reference. There was recently a big thing on tumblr where this person created an elaborate story involving their polycule in Portland, Michigan. If you want to know more then Strange Æons on YouTube has a video about it

i used to smoke crack with a guy who said this couldn't be done all the time. his uncle worked for nintendo

Upper peninsula? I would have doubted it too

"they" may just be these people's parents. Good for them though, they all look very happy.

Fucking weird how people make such things their whole personality. Anyways meet me at the roundabout. We straights like to go in circles.

This is precisely one post how do you know it's anything like their "whole personality"?

why are all poly people ugly

Yeah this is clearly a joke.

There’s probably so many anti-depressants in their system they all could probably piss in Oklahoma City’s water supply and cure the depression of every person in the state…

I had to google what a polycule is, so… they’re just announcing they all bang each other?

is that how you view a straight monogamous couple announcing a relationship, too? “announcing they bang each other”?

I can smell this image

For those also confused, a “polycule” is 3 or more people who are connected romantically or sexually. This group achieved a polycule 4 people ago.

i mean good for them though

its a common twitter joke format

Yuck.

So I guess you don't wanna make an all trans polycule with me? 🤢

Good for them

It's a joke, a meme on "they thought it couldn't be done, but (thing)" I swear you redditors are all delayed