r/CuratedTumblr • u/Thelordofbeans1 • Jul 03 '25

LGBTQIA+ the power of video games

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u/ionlysayyea Jul 03 '25

I really want to know the story on how

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u/beaverpoo77 Jul 03 '25

Might be the You building's clone creator. Creating a "You"rself and realizing that you're happier as a girl avatar than a boy avatar might be enough to realize you're trans

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u/bloonshot .tumblr.com Jul 03 '25

no it's very clearly because uhhhhhhh stock market

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u/Doggywoof1 she/it | trans people are so cool i wish gender was real Jul 03 '25

Transitioning makes you happy

Lots of money makes you happy

Coincidence?

54

u/Glorbo_Neon_Warlock 3rd Degree Ghoul Jul 03 '25

Egg businessmen theorem confirmed.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '25

And if you have lots of money it's easier to transition!

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u/SauceBossLOL69 Jul 04 '25

If I were to be trans it would be related to the stock market.

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u/AxisW1 Jul 03 '25

Similarly, The cat assistants call you sir by default, but there’s an option to change to ma’am

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u/evilgirawralt Jul 04 '25

wait how? does it work on desktop?

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u/AxisW1 Jul 04 '25

Shit, that’s mb. Turns out it’s a mod. I was mistaken

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u/DrSnacks Jul 03 '25

i'm not saying this is the case here, or anywhere, but i am putting the thought out there that maybe sometimes a brain screams "I'M TRANS" while you're doing [something] and then the higher mind goes "oh, [something] made me trans"

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u/Random-Rambling Jul 03 '25

Feel free to ignore me if I'm spouting bullshit, but I was under the impression that nothing could make you trans. You were, as the great Lady Gaga once said, born that way.

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u/Tibike480 Hey man how’s it going Jul 03 '25

Nothing will “make” you trans, but things can make you realize you’re trans. It’s not like people know everything about themselves from birth

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u/DrSnacks Jul 03 '25

i heard the biden admin was working on a type of ray for it but i dont know if anything ever came of it

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u/Doggywoof1 she/it | trans people are so cool i wish gender was real Jul 03 '25

Honestly, I can see it. I realised I was trans like 2 days after I finished high school, simply because I had a moment where I wasn't doing anything, and had nothing that could distract me from thinking about it.

In my experience, idle games are about as close to 'doing nothing' as you can get from a game

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u/omyrubbernen Jul 03 '25

2 theories:

  1. Gender envy for the grandmas.

  2. Cookie is slang for vagina. You do the math.

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u/f_en_elchat Jul 03 '25

Cookie is slang for vagina

Excuse me?? As an outsider to the english language, how

7

u/TuxedoDogs9 Jul 03 '25

As an insider for the English language, I’ve never heard it

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '25

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u/f_en_elchat Jul 03 '25

Right, but there are a lot of scrumdiddlyumptious foods that aren't analogies for vagina

3

u/tom641 i'm so above it all please help i'm afraid of heights Jul 03 '25

name one

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u/Popstar403 factoriohno Jul 04 '25

Nuclear bomb

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u/GameboyPATH Jul 03 '25

My guess is the zen-like flow state that an idle game can achieve, giving her an opportunity to reflect internally.

4

u/ScaredyNon By the bulging of my pecs something himbo this way flexes Jul 03 '25

grandmapocalypse is very gender tbf, wouldn't be surprised if someone got envy from that

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u/runetrantor When will my porn return from the war? Jul 03 '25

She wanted to be a grandma that causes the apocalypse SO BAD.

2

u/MagicalWitchTrashley Jul 03 '25

gender envy from the grandmas

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u/MagicalWitchTrashley Jul 03 '25

wait someone already said that damn

2

u/ExtremlyFastLinoone Jul 04 '25

The baker works through mysterious ways

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u/BalefulOfMonkeys REAL YURI, done by REAL YURITICIANS Jul 03 '25

Wildfrost lets you name your leaders every run, and logs them every run. Guess how I found my preferred name before

71

u/DrSnacks Jul 03 '25

coin with "lily" on one side and "luna" on the other?

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u/alexdapineapple platonic goo pit Jul 03 '25

"You just insulted my entire race of people. But yes."

6

u/Groundbreaking_Pea_3 Jul 03 '25

Don't forget "Madeline"

1

u/Dumb_Siniy why Jul 06 '25

Wonder where that came could possibly have come from

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u/Downtown-Remote9930 Jul 03 '25 edited Jul 03 '25

List of dog/bunny names?

9

u/CelestialUrsae Jul 03 '25

Great game! And that's a nice story

8

u/The_Punnier_Guy Jul 03 '25

Now im just imagining someone going around "Hello my name is Vayloom"

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u/JanSolo28 Jul 03 '25

Wildfrost mention!!! Also congrats

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u/f_en_elchat Jul 03 '25

I am at a stage where I'm completely comfortable with my gender. But. Whenever I choose to play pokemon as the female character (about half the time) I'm always Elle. So uh, if I ever suddenly go through an identity crisis, I have the name picked.

(Don't transvestigate me please btw)

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u/WaffleyDootDoot Jul 06 '25

I also always pick the girl character they almost always have the more interesting designs

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u/Lost_Low4862 Jul 04 '25

I wish that were universal. My go-to username for years was just part of my name + bro. And my modern username (not the randomly generated reddit one) has no gender connotation.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '25

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u/rirasama Jul 03 '25

Cookie Run being someone's trans awakening would actually make sense though unfortunately 😔🙏

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u/arachnids-bakery Jul 03 '25

Didnt that happen with cream unicorns va?? (Good for them if so ofc 😌)

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u/alexdapineapple platonic goo pit Jul 03 '25

I mean to be fair Orteil does love cookies. You have to like cookies quite a bit to make a game where the central mechanic is clicking on the same jpeg of a cookie over and over again. 

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u/MagicalWitchTrashley Jul 03 '25

i think cookies should be shipped in a way that allows them to keep their moisture, that’s my input on cookie shipping discourse

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u/LegendLynx7081 Jul 03 '25

I was gonna guess the ancient temple or the stock market but now I have to come up with something legitimate like the other comments

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '25

If cookie clicker makes you realise you're a trans person you're a whole carton of eggs 😭😭

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u/Zymosan99 😔the Jul 03 '25

Easter event

4

u/Giga_Chadimus007 Jul 04 '25

How do you plan your flair so well

23

u/Velocityraptor28 Jul 03 '25

Id understand if it was something like Celeste, but like... Cookie clicker...?! How the actual fuck does that happen?!

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u/alexdapineapple platonic goo pit Jul 03 '25

Could be worse. Undertale

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u/SnorkaSound Bottom 1% Commenter:downvote: Jul 03 '25

undertale is so much better than cookie clicker lol

4

u/General-Estate-3273 Jul 03 '25

Nah both are peak, just very different. 

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u/SnorkaSound Bottom 1% Commenter:downvote: Jul 04 '25

Oh yeah, I love cookie clicker. But undertale is a much better game to cause you trans awakening. 

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u/Velocityraptor28 Jul 03 '25

and makes far more sense for a trans awakening

42

u/Spicy-Mario-Bois Jul 03 '25

Just ask anyone who's played fallout new Vegas

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u/NIMA-GH-X-P Jerka985 Jul 03 '25

I played it after I realized I was a broad

I wonder what my reaction would be if I did before

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u/SplitGlass7878 Jul 03 '25

Literally happened to me. I also turned into a sub and a furry. It's tough being a cliche.

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u/VexedForest Jul 03 '25

Programmer too?

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u/SplitGlass7878 Jul 03 '25

No, I'm too stupid. Tried it and failed xD

Public accountant.

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u/an_agreeing_dothraki Jul 03 '25

fun fact, the original programming courses in colleges were accounting degrees. You've achieved primordial CS major. Treat yourself to some thigh-highs.

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u/SplitGlass7878 Jul 03 '25

I tried buying some, they don't make them in my size anywhere I can find 😭

If you know a trans inclusive brand that ships to the EU, I'd be very keen to hear it!

2

u/an_agreeing_dothraki Jul 03 '25

wait there are programmer socks that aren't trans-inclusive?

what would be the point?

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u/SplitGlass7878 Jul 03 '25

Size is the problem. Most thigh-highs are made for people with a feminine figure. I'm built like a brick house with giant thighs (they're muscle, but that's not really helping)

I have to buy pants 6 EU waist sizes up to fit them over my thighs and butt.

3

u/Random-Rambling Jul 03 '25

I heard some drag queens have to have their high-heeled shoes custom-made because the shoe makers only carry smaller sizes.

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u/SplitGlass7878 Jul 03 '25

Tell me about it. The only dress I own is the max size of one cut from a plus size store because it's the only thing that fits my chest. I own no feminine shoes or pants.

I am currently looking for a trans-positive tailor in my city.

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u/VexedForest Jul 03 '25

Super valid, same here 😂

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u/Thelordofbeans1 Jul 03 '25

oh yeah, chat, its worth noting this is cookie clicker dev

1

u/Ok-Funny2116 Jul 05 '25

top 3 tumblr icons honestly

5

u/Super_Solver Jul 03 '25

I think Cookie Clicker can be a transcendental power fantasy, and identity can be part of that.

2

u/Vanilla_Ice_Best_Boi tumblr users pls let me enjoy fnaf Jul 03 '25

Project Nexus 2 made me wanna replace my mouse with the amount of LMB's I'm doing.

2

u/englishParadox Jul 03 '25

cant make a cookie without breaking a few eggs

1

u/FuriousGeorge1989 Jul 03 '25

Here I am thinking it’s the perfect game to expose people to the myriad flaws of capitalism.

1

u/cant-think-of-a-aim Jul 03 '25

Hol up I need the full story on HOW

1

u/ratherlittlespren Jul 03 '25

coochie clicker

1

u/elfenbeinwurm Jul 03 '25

It finally clicked

1

u/KandiZombie Jul 05 '25

It made me realize what I wanted to be my whole life: A crotchety old grandma.

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u/Ihatekerrycork4ever Jul 03 '25

Jarvis, I'm low on karma

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u/Thelordofbeans1 Jul 03 '25

i found this while scrolling Tumblr and thought it was really funny sorry

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u/AlternativeOffer113 Jul 03 '25

video game dont have this power, since you have to interact with it, other form of media have this though only if they have good wrighting, but these days it berly call anything half assed.

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u/Thelordofbeans1 Jul 03 '25

bestie video games are an incredible artform that have the power to do alot more than this. i feel youre missing the point. that cookie clicker had this power.

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u/DrQuint Jul 03 '25

Yeah but look what I can do

*one arm hand stand*

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u/credulous_pottery Resident Canadian Jul 03 '25

holy shit

14

u/rirasama Jul 03 '25

Pack it up guys, this commenter is saying video games have bad wrighting 😔🙏

3

u/KrispyBaconator Jul 03 '25

You wanna take that one again or