this post was submitted on 27 Feb 2025
156 points (97.0% liked)

egg_irl — Memes about being trans people in denial and other eggy topics

3509 readers
534 users here now

!egg_irl

!egg_irl is for widely relatable memes about questioning one's gender or being an egg (a trans person in denial) as well as other eggy topics.

If you are looking for a place to discuss something specific to you or especially if you need help or are in crisis, we have communities and resources that can support you linked at the bottom of this sidebar.

General Rules:

  1. No bigotry.

  2. No spam, bots, or vote farming.

Rules on Content:

  1. No reposts.

  2. No personal-life posts, bingo cards, quizzes, selfies, "trans/not trans" lists, picrew, or non-memes.

  3. No visible names or usernames.

  4. Do not post or link to pornography.

Rules on Post Titles and Tags:

  1. Posts must be titled "egg_irl". An emoji or two is OK, but they have to be between "egg" and "irl".

  2. Posts that assume the viewer's gender and/or contain potentially triggering content must be spoilered and tagged at the beginning of the post title. Example content-warning tags that you can copy include the following:

    • [CW: Assumes Viewer is Transmasc]
    • [CW: Assumes Viewer is Transfem]
    • [CW: Assumes Viewer is Nonbinary]
    • [CW: Transphobia]
    • [CW: Violence]
    • [CW: Weapons/Firearms]
    • [CW: Disturbing Imagery]
  3. You may optionally include other tags, such as:

    • [Transmasc Meme]
    • [Transfem Meme]
    • [Nonbinary Meme]
    • [Gender-Nonspecific Meme]

Rules on Post Text:

  1. If possible, include an image description for accessibility.

  2. Add sources for art.

Rules on Comments

  1. If a post is tagged with a specific gender identity, keep the conversation centered on that identity.

  2. You must follow the Egg Prime Directive. You may not push or coerce people into identifying or not identifying a certain way. You must respect them as the gender they claim to identify as. In addition it is extremely in poor taste to make assumptions about other people's identities based on external factors, we understand it cannot be helped but it is best not to as it can affect the way you treat others in noticeable ways.

  3. No Ewwphoria posts. Posts which contain misogyny, misandry, transmisogyny, transmisandry, or enbyphobia for the purpose of expressing euphoria are not allowed here. At best they bring anger to others, and at worst they may trigger people's dysphoria. People who create such posts will have them removed and may be banned at moderator discretion.

Recommendations:

We strongly encourage you to include your pronouns in your account bio so that others know how to refer to you without misgendering you. If you're questioning or unsure of your pronouns, that's totally cool—just say so.

Sibling Meme Communities

Sibling Non-Meme Communities

Community Resources:

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
top 9 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 7 points 20 hours ago

Me going from "I'm fine as a man" to "please release me from this male prison!"

[–] Franklin 23 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I'm a dude but i generally don't like traditionally masculine things or hyper masculine people but I've never felt discontented with being a male.

not that there's anything wrong if you do. just doing some self examination.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I'm just sick of toxic masculine behavior. It's just so extremely common. I've gotten to the point of being unconformable calling myself a man for fear of association.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

I sometimes assumed that was why I didn't really consider myself a man for a while before I realized that it wasn't. But I've also never felt comfortable with the label and there was a lot of other things I was also ignoring. Still, would be easier for people to explore gender if so many men were not so toxic that any decent person wouldn't want to be associated with them and women didn't have to deal with so much sexism that it wasn't a natural thing to wish they could escape that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

It's just so frustrating seeing it after learning. It's like a defensive response against the inner experience of others so that you don't need to challenge your own. Like FFS i don't need advice from someone who doesn't have their own stuff handled. I need empathy, and they can't give it because they've never learned how to suspend disbelief and view the world from a challenged perspective. I used to be there too because i was raised in the same world. I understand the how; how could they know when they've been taught their whole life to fight against it? I just feel hopeless about it ig.

[–] Franklin 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

i agree completely, i thank my parents often for teaching me to identify with my emotions because it saved me a lot of trouble dodging toxic masculinity

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ok, I feel similarly, but I don’t feel feminine. I just feel like… myself.

I’ve slowly come to the idea that generally, gender is used to pigeon-hole people into roles, behaviour and style of dress. I can’t think of a single good thing that comes out of gender. So I’ve abandoned the concept entirely.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

I feel similarly to that. I've always chafed under the "Man" label because it never felt like it fit despite my being generally masculine. So now I don't bother with labelling myself unless pressed.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Discontented, good word for it. Id say i def feel that.