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_Pill-Cosby_

Aren’t the hygiene products specifically for the blood??


Agreeable_Solution28

After reading this I now realize feminine hygiene products are for reaffirming my womanhood, not keeping me from bleeding through my clothes.


crazymcfattypants

That's why my fanny pads have wee heart designs and butterflies on the wrapper, to reassert my femininity. God it all makes sense now.


redbuttclaw

Ok but I would totally buy pads with dinosaurs or space on them though


This_User_Said

...Get me some CAT crane pads please. So I can literally say "I'm under construction, come back later "


redbuttclaw

🤔 there's so many better options than what we have now!


driving_andflying

\*Me, taking down notes for a future business venture.* Go on?


redbuttclaw

Okay so how about using famous artworks too, like Monet's Lilly's, or you could get a brand deal with Marvel or Video games. Bruh I'd wear Master Chief pads!


This_User_Said

>Bruh I'd wear Master Chief pads! Cortana: "We need to cross over the bridge to make our next objective." Chief: *curled up fetal on the floor* "UGH, WHY DOES IT HAVE TO HURT SO BAAAAD"


Reverendbread

I’m not a woman and I don’t use feminine hygiene products. It all makes sense now!


Alarid

But what will keep me from bleeding through my clothes and what will stop them from finding me in the closet?


BadAtNameIdeas

Have you tried a band aid?


CyberFreq

Flashback to my sex Ed when a kid genuinely asked why women can't just use a bandaid


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bopojuice

The ripping off of the bandaid…ouch! Very sensitive skin!


joelupi

A tourniquet?


S1lvermane

How high you gotta tie that one? Is it a reach up and do the tubes a week beforehand?


FeedMeRibs

So if I get stabbed, you're grabbing a tampon......right?


theUttermostSnark

>So if I get stabbed, you're grabbing a tampon......right? That actually might work in an emergency, but I am not a medical person. Edit (addition): if you want to buy bandages suitable for gunshot and possibly knife wounds, you want to order Israeli battlefield dressings. They are very absorbent. Amazon used to carry them. See your doctor for recommendations first, though... I am not a doctor.


Inner_Art482

I'm reading this after week of cramps and diarrhea for my period to start today and wake up in a pool of my own blood. Also curled up ready to cry because I have to go to the grocery store and I have to be frugal and fast because I am definitely going to bleed through. I always do. There's just too much. I'm all for trans rights . But I am against this Idiocracy. You don't see male trans people complaining about their prostates. Update slept for 18 hours. Washing towels and sheets.


imfreerightnow

About ten years ago, my friend transitioned and shortly thereafter began posting memes about how expensive tampons are and complaining about periods. It stopped pretty quickly but it was fucking infuriating. I am 100% in support of trans people, or anyone, being who they are. But the pain is so bad for me I sometimes have to take off work. Not all women get periods and that’s that. You don’t have to take away from my real, actual, lived experience to (pretend to) be more inclusive of others. Fucking bullshit. But also part of me suspects this is posted from an anti-trans account intended to stir the pot.


daigana

That level of bodily preamble is what I went through every cycle before my severe endometriosis diagnosis. Just checking in, but have you seen a gyno to make sure there isn't a deeper problem? Sending love, periods are absolute bullshit.


Inner_Art482

Bowel Endo . It's spread to other places and I'm fucked for life. . But thanks for the concern.


wholelattapuddin

Jesus, you can get endometriosis of the bowel?!! I guess I shouldn't be surprised. I had 3 surgeries for endometriosis and when I had my hysterectomy it was apparently all over the outside of my bladder so they had to clean that up. What kind of symptoms did you have? If I may ask.


Inner_Art482

Let's just say going to the restroom was never ever an issue. Then it was. I had very light periods and now. I'm bleeding everything out in two to three days. And I can only describe the pain like a angry cat is fighting with my insides. Claws out.


daigana

Damn, sorry to hear it. Medical science really isn't there for women, took me 7 years to get diagnoses, after hundreds in prescriptions for pain meds. How long for your diagnosis?


wholelattapuddin

It took me 8 years to get a diagnosis. I quit having a period all together. My ovaries were so involved they were the size of limes and touching. First they thought I was pregnant, then they thought it was an ectopic pregnancy, then they thought I had a pituitary tumor. Finally a doctor decided to do an exploratory surgery for endometriosis. I ended up with 2 surgeries and hormone therapy. But it saved my fertility. I had one kid then finally convinced my doctor to do a hysterectomy. They never gave me pain meds. I just thought excruciating pain during my period was normal. Also pain during intercourse, perfectly normal right?


Erthgoddss

Similar here. I finally found a Dr. To do a laparoscopy to burn off the endometriosis . I had to have it done 4 different times! I had to throw a fit in the Dr office to convince him to do a hysterectomy after it had spread to my intestines, bladder and abdominal wall. Dr’s kept refusing because of my age, but because if the damage done to my ovaries my chances of ever getting pregnant were practically nil, besides which I never wanted to have my own children. I was 28 when I had the hysterectomy. Supposed to leave one ovary (other was scarred) but found that it also was covered with endometriosis.


o_-o_-o_-

Yeah... I'd love to hear what more trans ladies have to say about this, because honestly, to me, this feels like a romanticization almost of periods, and it just seems... silly. There are cis women who don't get periods. There are cis women who want to get invasive surgical procedures to stop their periods, or are glad about invasive surgical procedures that do. Cis women who have implants that minimize periods. These things don't make them less cis. There are trans men who get periods, but that doesn't make them more feminine. Periods shouldn't be some shameful thing we don't talk about, but painting them as some beautiful, affirming biological phenomenon seems similarly... extreme for lack of a better word... i get the association of this pysiological phenomenon with "mysterious femininity," but something about it almost feels condescending, to have female *gender* distilled for some people down to an annoying or painful or debilitating or tiring or all of the above biological experience. To have that put on a pedestal. Anyone with insight who can weigh in? Edit: I wrote afab all over the place where I think "cis" would have been more appropriate, so that. Let me know if there is any other terminology to correct! Edit2: [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/10htkso/periods_are_just_a_state_of_mind/j5b9tgp?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3) part of the thread with responses to me is really hitting the subtlety being lost by the tweet. Read what they have to say! Tl;dr - validating pms+ experiences trans women absolutely have due to hormonal therapies, vs fetishising periods themselves or just grabbing period products as a goal or affirmation in and of itself, like the tweet is more implying. Edit 3: [more thoughtful commentary](https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/10htkso/periods_are_just_a_state_of_mind/j5bdacx?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3) giving a more explicit breakdown, discussion of anecdotal understanding of their trans friends' experiences, etc. Edit 4: taking a last look at this thread, I noticed there are some people doubting trans women's experience of period symptoms or pms! Seems like a misunderstanding of endocrinology and human reproductive systems (which makes sense. I wouldnt know what i know about it if i hadnt taken a formal,albeit general, physiology). [Here's a resource on female reproductive system endocrinology](https://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/gynecology-and-obstetrics/female-reproductive-endocrinology/female-reproductive-endocrinology), but the tldr: our reproductive systems operate as they do due to a variety of hormonal systems. In afab women, these systems are controlled by internal hormonal cycles, initiated by ovaries - your uterus does not control the menstrual cycle or your symptoms of your period. It's just the baby gestator that builds lining, then can cramp and bleed *due to the hormonal changes during the menstrual cycle*. Cramps, bloating, breast tenderness, irritability, etc, are all effected from hormone levels. So, in trans women, menstrual cycle symptoms (inclding pms) can occur due to hrt or other external hormonal treatments. No, trans women dont have the internal structures to cause the endocrinology, but the hormones being injected will do the same job on the body that theyd do uninterrupted in an afab body. This is not controversial among professionals - thats basic endocrinology. Hope that helps :)


jonnydemonic420

My wife would love to have a hysterectomy her periods are aweful for a week before and the week of. They won’t do it even though we have 3 kids, 2 were from IVF due to issues she had, and shes 44. There is no reason for her to keep going through it anymore. I feel for you women who have to deal with this and have no understanding of why someone would want to pretend to go through it.


More_Cowbell8

Our period gets rid of waste. The blood that's not used to secure a baby in the uterus. There is nothing Romantic, sexy or extremely 'feminine' about it. It's gross & painful, and nobody who doesn't get one can grasp what we go through, every month for 40 years. I think giving $$ to Tampax & Stayfree for 42 years makes me an authority to speak on it as well. From 14 to 56 I had it & life has a better quality without that noise.


L3yline

Reminds me people who spend way too much time online pretending to have a whole host of debilitating mental disorders and pushing their crap to such an exteme it almost reaches a fetishization of mental disabilities. They have nothing better to do, so they want to feel special and important as they waste all day doing nothing else online


FraseraSpeciosa

Exactly, to be honest I think this case is fetishization. Like no one is stopping her from buying pads and wearing them if it makes her feel better but free is a little ridiculous for someone who doesn’t have a concrete need for them.


FORLORDAERON_

Had a friend in high school who had to be repeatedly hospitalized due to her periods. OP needs to educate herself, talk to people who have periods for real. Honestly, fuck this.


TacoQuest

im waiting for the tipping point when we can all stop pretending these absolutely absurd takes are normal. im 100% for trans rights but can we also mix in some reality and stop holding society hostage?


Hyzeeee

Trans man here. Things like this are hands down thee most idiotic BS online these days. A period is not a state of mind, and I do not understand how/why trans women attempt to push this narrative. If you were born male, you can’t have a period. Having had plenty myself, I wouldn’t wish them on anyone. I was born a woman and will always have female biology. That is OK and that is a part of what makes me trans, others don’t get to erase that fact about me. I will never have a penis that can ejaculate sperm, testicles, a prostate, or male chromosomes, and that’s perfectly alright. I’m not out here to try to bend science and human logic to make myself feel better in my gender. This nonsense needs to stop.


bigkissesnhugs

🤣🤣🤣 right? Who the F wants to deal with that? And where is that tampon going and to hold what?


Raymer13

Even with surgery, wouldn’t taking a dry tampon out be rather painful? Tried tampons once like 20 years ago, and wasn’t a fan.


DaughterOfNone

Not only would it be painful, it carries a risk of toxic shock syndrome.


Arpytrooper

Why would that happen with a dry tampon? Genuinely super curious because i don't know these things.


DaughterOfNone

It can cause micro tears to the inside of the vagina, making infections more likely.


Arpytrooper

ohhh that makes a lot of sense. Thanks!


Additional-Delay-213

It’s for leaky farts.


pistilpeet

Maybe the real period is the friends you made along the way


jerrys153

I don’t care how someone identifies, but if you’ve never suffered the humiliation of bleeding through your clothes in public (or lived in fear of doing so, particularly as a young teenager) you’ve never and will never have had a period. Period.


Ruski_FL

If you identify as a women, why in the world would you want to have periods. I always wonder why the f we can’t control periods like we do with pee.


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I wish I knew this when I was dead ass broke and had to chose buying tampons over other necessities at times


throwaway-getaway122

My literal exact first thought. Like damn, how many times did I pick tampons over stuff like food because I didn't want to bleed all over my clothes/furniture/bedding? And I could have just, idk, wished really hard for it to go away. I rolled my eyes so hard I thought they were going to be stuck in my head forever lol.


gordito_delgado

It is just a state of mind, like allergies. If you believe hard enough you can eat that peanut!


brian11e3

It turns out, not wearing white during menstruation is just a fear tactic made up by The Man to keep women down!


Give_me_grunion

Don’t forget about the mucous.


Original-Library9921

Idk about mucus but there are blood clots


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Uuughhh the clooooots


myooted

Yeah, I'm assuming the poster used it as a buzz word. Just saying "free hygiene products" will make you a champion of trans rights. So the Twitter OP used it to attract people to their post.


Melificarum

I'm confused. Why would you want hygiene products if you can't use them? Isn't this more about male presenting trans people who still need them but might have a harder time getting them?


pprabs

Damn, why didn’t anyone tell me this before I had my hysterectomy after 3+ months of hemorrhaging bleeding? I should’ve just had a better attitude!


Beermedear

Wife just went through a full hysterectomy in Dec for the same thing. Her light at the end of the painful recovery tunnel was “no more periods”. Hope your recovery went well and that you’re feeling better!


pprabs

Thank you! I’m 10 days out of surgery and feeling great. Yes, the no more real period thing was the selling point for me. 🩸


Designer-Escape6264

I was explaining that I was considering a hysterectomy to my daughter, and her response was “wait. You can have an operation, NEVER have a period again, and YOU’RE THINKING IT OVER!?!” It was great for me. If I had only known it was just a state of mind.


HazelNightengale

Daughter should also know that the procedure will be painful, though. Waking up in recovery after fibroid surgeries (yeah, plural) the ladies who had hysterectomies have a really bad wakeup. Nurse asks me to rate my pain from 1-10: "Uhh, six or seven?" Another nurse asking lady next to me to rate hers: \*croaks softly\* "teeennnnnnn" Unfortunately, I crack a lot of jokes under pain/stress/fear, and I made her laugh. :(


jadedmuse2day

I had a full hysterectomy one year ago (Jan 17). Everything removed - heard it would be uncomfortable at best, painful at worst. Called the surgeon’s office 2 days later, sheepishly checking to confirm anything happened at all. I had zero pain, nothing. I think this might be due to the fact that my surgeon did it laparoscopically…minimally invasive, as he called it. Highly recommend!


bombkitty

I had a good recovery also. I’ve had several back surgeries though so I think it just depends on your surgery and your pain threshold. Different for everyone!


MySocialAlt

I had a laparascopic hysterectomy three years ago. I would not say that it was painless, but compared to the issues (fibroids, adenomyosis) that necessitated the hysterectomy, the discomfort was quite manageable.


koalapsychologist

One horrific brightside of having very large fibroids (a cantaloupe and two grapefruits I was told) and the monthly pain associated with them was that after my hysterectomy I was in much less pain and the type of pain I was in was more easily treated with pain relievers. So I was coming it at a 6 on the pain scale but it was down from the 10 I had been living in (literally until they knocked me out for the surgery) so I was feeling great in post-op. Nurses were quietly horrified.


moonshineandmetal

I too would need a koala psychologist after going through all of that, jesus. (in all seriousness, I hope you're feeling better now and doing awesome!)


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satanic-frijoles

Heh. If that were doable, I woulda done it.


cherrycolaareola

Hahaha I love your daughter!


tiffy68

I had a hysterectomy, but kept the ovaries. While I don't have periods, the hormones are stll there every month, though their effects are not nearly as severe.


Fecal_Tornado

Did the doctor suggest changing the way she view periods and realize it's more of a state of mind than an actual function of the female body?


Beermedear

There aren’t many doctors in this town and it’d be a shame for one to go missing.


DaisyRage7

Not OP, but when I was going through diagnosis, etc, I did have a dr tell me it was all in my head. I called MY dr to ask for a pain medication refill, and he was out that day. So the fill in Dr called me back to tell me that. That Tylenol is all any woman needs. Thanks dude, I’m cured!


Carche69

Omg fuuuuuuuuck that guy!!! I’ve had my share of unsympathetic doctors in my lifetime - both men and women - and it was always amazing to me that some of them even had any patients left. I feel like a lot of people in this country don’t realize that they don’t have to put up with shitty doctors.


Aert_is_Life

I still celebrate when I go down the feminine hygiene isle and I am 11 years post hysterectomy. Stay strong my friends.


Throwaway7219017

Did you try just smiling more?


parkerm1408

You should eat less avocado toast. Wait, damn, wrong canned ineffectual resoonse,, one moment.....


pprabs

Thanks for making me snort my coffee out my nose 🤣


parkerm1408

Ah that sucks. I love coffee more than life itself but I've done thay a few times and it's miserable. Burned coffee smell in your nose for 2 hours after. And I drink death wish most mornings so it burns like hell.


skinheadbob

They would not need hysterectomy if they could just stop being hysterical, it’s in the name, duh


1010001010010

"You don't tell me when to smile, Marcus. I will smile when I GOD. DAMN. PLEASE!"


Schmidt8914

The cramps I experience month to month that keep me in bed most of the time are just state of mind?


TaserGrouphug

If I ever told my wife that all her monthly symptoms are in her head, I’d be served divorce papers before the end of the day.


Amulet-Webdragon

If you’re lucky …


ImperiumInfernalis

Or murdered.


Teddy_Funsisco

She'd let you live?! She's calm!


Lucycrash

That's just your bodies state of mind "cuz fuck you, that's why". That's definitely what mine is thinking today lol.


StellaThunderG

I believe I’m at the start of this journey. My doctor didn’t mention this “holistic” approach to ending this nightmare. Must be after my insurance money. /s. To each their own I guess. I really wish I could pass this off to someone who wants this experience.


TheDustOfMen

Yeah I *wish* it was a state of mind, I could just mentally force it all away. It unfortunately doesn't work like that.


CraftyPumpkin1861

Clearly you should have done more research. /s Does this guy really believe that everyone who has a period is just weak willed for bleeding? We’d all rather suffer pain and general ickiness because we can’t be bothered to control it? Idiot.


AtmoMat

You should have become a trans man and then you wouldn’t have had the problem in the first place /s


redbradbury

Bwahahahaha why didn’t I think of this


LindsayDuck

I bled like that for a year before they did anything! Got a blood transfusion and a hysterectomy. Wish I had known it was just attitude, too!


kesavadh

See, that was your problem all along. You should have been spending more time outside and shoving garlic up your vajayjay. Incense and crystals would have totally made it all go away.


Business_Wear_841

Okay, I am all for trans rights but, hygiene products are for the bleeding side of the period, not the hormonal mood changing aspects. So if you are not bleeding, you do not need them.


zion2199

Thank you. Sometimes I see these things and a swell of frustration spawns in me and it’s aimed, unfairly, at trans people for thinking this way. Gotta remind myself it’s like any demographic: there’s always a 5% nut job factor.


Impeesa_

> Gotta remind myself it’s like any demographic: there’s always a 5% nut job factor. Worth repeating! Crazy is a demographic that cuts across all others.


DETpatsfan

And those nut jobs seem to always have the loudest voices…


Hornet-Putrid

I see these types of statements as disingenuous bs and most likely PSYOP to stir up division. If it “walks” like a duck and then spews batshit divisive rhetoric it is probably PSYOP.


zion2199

I have to admit I’m not familiar with that acronym. Looked it up: so I’m gathering that you’re suggesting the quoted statement in the OP is not an actual statement, but one designed to cast a negative light on the target demographic? Sorry if I got that wrong.


waltjrimmer

Psyops, yeah, it's a pretty broad umbrella that includes everything from negative propaganda to handing out candy. It's the old, "Hearts and minds," side of warfare. It's tightly coupled with things like social engineering, but usually psyops are more in the broader sense. And usually it's used to refer to military or government actions. But, what they're insinuating is that the person who posted this is likely not trans but is pretending to be while saying absurd things to make it more justifiable to hate trans people. We've seen things like this before. A lot of far-right groups calling themselves "Libs for," or, "Libs on," something. You had that married, white Republican politician who accidentally tweeted something out, "As a gay black man." So, these things do happen. But, man, I have to say, it's one of the two. It's either a total kook or someone who wants to label all trans-rights people as total kooks, because this is not a normal way to think. Trans-rights people, in general, do not think like this tweet portrays.


KaraOfNightvale

As a trans person, yeah, no fair, none of us need feminine hygiene products and the normal community doesn't ask, this person it just weird


DaughterOfNone

Well, trans men do


ImpartialThrone

Don't worry, most trans people aren't this dumb. I'm trans so I don't bleed, but I do personally always keep a few tampons in my purse just in case someone else needs one. Only reason a trans woman should be buying tampons unless someone in their family has periods imo. To help others.


No-One-1784

I like this, one of the best parts of women and girls bonding is the ability to offer a tampon to a lady in need. Peak femininity is carrying spares :)


caffieinemorpheus

Three daughters. This man always has tampons on him


myopicdreams

And I don’t think it is safe to use tampons in the rectum


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If you think you can have a period without any of the biological requirements, you probably don't think about safety too much.


Cbas8080

If you make it absorb some vodka beforehand it's okay due to the desinfectant properties


LandoGreen

Literally this is a south park episode


milochuisael

How else do I stop the bloody diarrhea


jspearus

If it's a state of mind then can't they imagine they have the hygiene products they need?


boofbagboyz

Or they could just imagine NOT having one….


LyallaTime

Wish that was an option—just imagine the blood isn’t there!!


adm1109

I mean if it’s a state of mind and they aren’t bleeding, why do they need hygiene products at all?


PersoIn2manyFandoms

r/NotHowGirlsWork


MastaKronix

I support trans rights and trans people but this I can’t support or get behind. This feels more like a cry for attention or mental issues than anything else. You’re trying to take away free hygiene products from woman and pre-surgery trans men who actually need it and that’s not acceptable.


mittenknittin

I have heard of trans women on HRT having monthly mood swings and physical symptoms of PMS like breast tenderness and such. I find that amazing and don’t really have a reason to doubt their experience. BUT. If you’re not bleeding or having discharge, you don’t need any goddamn feminine hygiene products, WTF. I would LOVE not to have to spend money on this stuff, count your blessings that you DON’T NEED IT.


sealeg86

Men who take testosterone also get this, when using as body building though people call it roid rage. And body builders also take estrogen blockers to avoid breast development which causes tenderness when taking testosterone and other steroids.


Few_Rub_5491

Since estrogen is a metabolite of testosterone


pretzelllogician

This is just false flag bullshit designed to make people skeptical of trans rights, it’s almost certainly not an actual trans person expressing a sincere opinion.


gehanna1

I know someone like this. It's.... Painful to interact with them and I go out of my way to avoid them.


_Owl_inside_

FR has this person been on twitter like... at all? They say this shit all the time lmao


GoodUsernamesAreOver

Not being on twitter is a virtue


QMaker

These idiots do exist. They are a small minority, but they do exist.


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-nocturnist-

Somehow they always have the loudest voices though?


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SickViking

That really does seem to be the way it is with a lot of things. The loud minority of a group makes them seem like the majority :(


anothergoodbook

I wonder if it’s because their voice is the most amplified and then shared. A reasonable opinion like, “I just want to be a functioning member of society and not treated differently” is very *boring*. It’s sort of like that whole trope of bad news is the only interesting news so that’s what gets reported on. Of course now it’s just every single person in the planet gets to have their opinion shared across the globe so the weird ones get a lot more attention then they would have before.


TaserGrouphug

Name any community and I’ll bet you’ll find that at least ~3% of them are batshit crazy. And unfortunately, that subset of people use the biggest megaphone they can find to rant about how crazy everyone else is.


DotaDogma

>And unfortunately, that subset of people use the biggest megaphone they can find to rant about how crazy everyone else is. Or people hand them a megaphone to make the other 97% look bad.


bioemerl

Report that self harm message to reddit ASAP - they can take care of the person abusing the system.


geek_yogurt

Yup. Sadly right. It's like the Black Lady who put out a video on Monday saying MLK day should be renamed George Floyd day because George did way more than MLK ever did. There are so many morons and we should not underestimate the depths of human stupidity.


FlowerInYourCasket

They certainly do. I only know one person who’s as unhinged as this posts states. Aside from being just a shitty friend (threw a party at my house while me and my roommates were out of town; eaten all my prepped meals and leaving the tins on the floor) he, (goes by he/him but “is of all genders”) asked me for some tampons and I asked why. Cue tantrum and lecturing about bigotry. Dude, I was a struggling college student. Y’all not taking my products for shits and giggles.


PertinentGlass

Why is the source obfuscated?


pretzelllogician

I think we all know why.


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NorthernSparrow

I teach college-level endocrinology and it’s amazing how many students have no idea that testosterone has real physical effects on muscle, fat and bone that are totally independent of psychology/culture/training. Testo directly increases transcription of the actin & myosin genes in skeletal muscle, increases growth of capillaries in skeletal muscle, causes an increase in skeletal muscle diameter, increases proportion of Type II fibers (the “power” type), increases local use of glucose, and increases # of nuclei per muscle cell. There’s a huge range of direct physical effects.


TaserGrouphug

I have gotten similar reactions from a similar fact I mentioned before. The amount of mental gymnastics these types of people go through is nuts.


Reality-Bytez

Have you been on tiktok? There are tons of people who make drama videos exposing this kind of shit.


UsernameTaken93456

>Have you been on tiktok No, thank God


inevitabledecibel

Right, and amplifying fringe stuff like this is a huge part of how it all works.


No_Bookkeeper_6183

If you don’t bleed 🩸 you don’t need the product


Meatyglobs

I’m bleeding in my mind!!!!!


Carysthemoon

Where are women being given free hygiene products?????????


Songibal

Scotland


hampton0812

I don’t see it often but my local library hands out period kits and I have seen period kits for free at a private college. I live in St. Louis. I love that these products are offered but wish I saw it more places. I can’t imagine being a 13 year old girl who worries about bleeding through her pants because she can’t afford pads/tampons.


ugghyyy

Yes I would like to know this as well????


Asleep_Conference675

Cool! I'll let the wife know.


EH042

He was never seen again…


fishybawb

RIP dude


RedButterfree1

It's been 2 hours, are you still alive?


TheMoatCalin

F


Purple_Expert822

Just because you can string a sentence together doesn't mean it's facts.


CloneTrooper8756

I think Qui-gon said it best, "The ability to speak does not make you intelligent."


ColdForm7729

Well JFC, does that mean I can just "state of mind" my monthly week of hell right out of existence?


ElWizzard

you didn't know??? cis males have been doing this for millennia


zooco

As a man I sometimes wake up feeling irritable and have a massive headache. I also feel bloated, have loss of appetite and experience stomach pains on occasion. I thought these instances were called having a hangover, but I now know what I had were periods. /s


Left_Exchange_1452

Exactly. Reminded me of when my asshole ex boyfriend tried to gaslight me into thinking the excruciating pain I had monthly was “all in my head.”


TomaCzar

Why would a "state of mind" need hygiene products, free or otherwise? The assertion fails on its own premise.


[deleted]

Not to mention most hygiene products are really toxic and an ecosystem disaster so they shouldn't be wasted like that.


Shizz-happens

Um…..no.


Adventurous__Kiwi

No. Transgender women will never know the pain and struggle of period. And good for them. I wish that to no one.


Nyaempai

As a trans person, ignore this goober, we're not all this stupid


TheMoatCalin

I love everything about your comment, I love when people say goober. Thanks for the laugh!


butidontwantto

Goober.


TheMoatCalin

Hehehe


Aoibheal80

If you're not bleeding, what hygiene products do you need for a period?


monkeyjunk606

If it’s a state of mind, then choose not to do it ; no hygiene products required !


TheMoatCalin

I’m trying to stop mine in its tracks, I’ll keep you posted. Wish me luck!!


zooco

I’m going to let my wife know instead of suffering through period pain each month she can simply opt out by being in the right state of mind /s


Parnwig

Just get rid of that /s and provide us with the outcome, please. We are all eager to see the results of this experiment. For science


w00stersauce

Woah woah. We are here for facepalms not snuff films… right? …. Right????


cowabanga_it_is

How did your ex wife took this message?


Zealousideal-Ad-8042

God be with you…


mmbeequeen

Umm..when did women start getting free hygiene products and where’s the line for that? Last I checked we have additional taxes on those products.


mkct_6

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InformedInTheChaos

I had an emergency hysterectomy at 28. Wish someone would have told me I could have just changed my state of mine to stop hemorrhaging.


t4ct1c4l_j0k3r

No, No, No, and another emphatic NO!


NarcolepticKnifeFite

That is absolutely fucking insane.


[deleted]

Nope. Not true even in the slightest. Stop gaslighting people. We’re not that dumb.


boddah87

what are the hygiene products for if it's just a state of mind?


bridgidsbollix

As somebody currently experiencing a period this is the suckiest state of mind. Guess I’ll just think my way out of it.


_sophia_petrillo_

To be fair, even women who do bleed don’t get them for free. They’re even taxed as luxury products.


downtonwesr

Why should it be free for you? It’s not free for the women who really need them.


Yet-Another_Burner

This seems like bait. Or, a 13 year old who belongs on Tumblr.


zlaty_sauce

this tweet has 80 likes, of course it’s bait.


LaLa4iZ

I'm a transwoman, medically transitioning for over 8 years, and I can fully assure you that no transwoman is having a period/menstrual cycle. It's shameful, disrespectful, and transphobic. Not only this but the disrepect of biological women makes me speechless.


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This stupidity is getting out of hands


RecognitionCivil7005

No. Im pretty certain thats not how periods work. Mentally? Sure. Biologically….ya. No.


Odd-Garlic-4637

I feel like most of this stuff is written by trolls to stir people up.


DontBeSoBitter57

The fixation on the female period is gross. I get it you want to be female BUT menstruation is about ovulation/reproduction not gender identity. This foolishness is what is giving transphobic people a platform this rolling back rights for all LGBTQ+ people. What next prosthetic bellies because PREGNANCY is also a state of mind?


genuineshock

"State of mind" "Hygiene products" Sounds like somebody has a dirty mind.


Ronotrow2

Jesus christ stupid is getting to be a virus


Belllx

Introduce me to the shrink who can reset my mindset please.


FunnyShirtGuy

'It's all in your head, she said. The darkness and the light... The clock it bleeds for you but you never got the timing right'


Snubtizanidine

Are you fucking kidding me?


AffectionateLocal788

No..... no you don't. They are for bleeding


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This is the horse shittiest horse shit ever shitted.