Basil's recent activity
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Comment on Crossdressing Garbage in ~creative
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Comment on Crossdressing Garbage in ~creative
Basil LinkA comic where I vent about me discovering that I like to wear women's clothes and how that isn't very easy or normal as a man (?). I started making it almost a year ago now, but I got motivated to...- Exemplary
A comic where I vent about me discovering that I like to wear women's clothes and how that isn't very easy or normal as a man (?). I started making it almost a year ago now, but I got motivated to work on it more and to post it online thanks to ~creative.timasomo (check out all the other cool things people made for Timasomo here).
A few people told me it's ok if I make a separate thread for it where I can post when I make new updates, so here it is now.
Also with 3 more pages currently up now and some small improvements to the website. First new page -- page10 is here.
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Crossdressing Garbage
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Comment on Timasomo 2025: The Showcase in ~creative.timasomo
Basil Link ParentThank you for the kind words, I really appreciate it! (same for faye_luna, em-dash and Paul26, and anyone else who read it, thank you!) I wonder, do you think it'd be ok if I made a thread for...Thank you for the kind words, I really appreciate it! (same for faye_luna, em-dash and Paul26, and anyone else who read it, thank you!)
I wonder, do you think it'd be ok if I made a thread for this in ~creative and post there when I post new pages in the future?
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Comment on Timasomo 2025: The Showcase in ~creative.timasomo
Basil Linkhttps://crossdressing-garbage.neocities.org/ it's a comic (if it can be called that) about me discovering that I like to wear women's clothes and how that isn't very easy or normal as a man(?). I...- Exemplary
https://crossdressing-garbage.neocities.org/
it's a comic (if it can be called that) about me discovering that I like to wear women's clothes and how that isn't very easy or normal as a man(?). I am not really an artist or writer, so it's ugly and probably hard to read (not just because I can't write, but also because I can't write -- my hand writing sucks, I am sorry, hope it is still readable). It's definitely the cringiest thing I ever put on the internet.
If there will be any interest I'll post more "pages" over time, I have about 8 more in various stages of unfinished-ness
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Comment on Timasomo 2025: Week 3 Updates in ~creative.timasomo
Basil LinkI didn't post about it yet, but I've been working on a Timasomo project. It's a comic that I started making earlier this year mostly as a way to vent. I am not a very good artist, or storyteller...I didn't post about it yet, but I've been working on a Timasomo project. It's a comic that I started making earlier this year mostly as a way to vent. I am not a very good artist, or storyteller (well it doesn't really have a story, it's kinda just about my experiences, but still it takes a lot of skills to present things in an interesting way) so it's kind of all over the place.
Last week I set up a simple website on Neocities where I'll be putting the comic -- not sure if there's a better place to host a thing like this? I think I'll probably start posting the "pages" of the comic there at the end of the month, maybe one each day until I run out, which is gonna happen pretty fast since I have only around 10ish, well I have a bit more but I am probably going to scrap a few of them. Other than that I've just been drawing. I draw using an extremely simple and lazy style but it's still really slow. Main problem isn't that it's slow though, it's that I just don't spend enough hours on it to make too much :D.
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Comment on What ridiculous thing would you spend billions on? in ~talk
Basil LinkI'd fund the top scientists to make catboys (and catgirls) real!I'd fund the top scientists to make catboys (and catgirls) real!
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Comment on Is the concept of debate completely useless? in ~talk
Basil Link ParentI agree. The question is though, how do you actually do that? If someone for example says something that I think is false, and I can show some data that proves that it is false, how do I go about...If you genuinely want to convince someone of something, perhaps don't treat interactions with them as debates, but just as conversations instead. Treat it as an opportunity to understand their perspective better, and for them to understand yours so you both walk away enriched with something valuable to reflect on.
I agree.
The question is though, how do you actually do that? If someone for example says something that I think is false, and I can show some data that proves that it is false, how do I go about showing that without it turning into a debate?
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Is the concept of debate completely useless?
I feel like basically every time I debate any kind of topic (doesn't even have to be controversial, like politics, but of course there it's more common) with people where the participants don't...
I feel like basically every time I debate any kind of topic (doesn't even have to be controversial, like politics, but of course there it's more common) with people where the participants don't all agree never actually leads to any conclusion where one of the participants would actually change their mind. No matter how the debate goes. No matter whether there is some irrefutable evidence that disproves what one of the participants believes, or if their position is illogical, or basically anything. I feel like people just become entrenched in defending their side, usually the debate starts going in circles, until someone just walks away from the debate or the topic gets changed.
I don't really like this, it just feels like wasted time... I'd rather if when people actually discuss topics that they'd come to reasonable conclusions that make more sense, make the world better, are better supported by evidence etc. I guess it can be considered to be fun, though I don't really feel it is very fun and instead it just frustrates me. But I guess "debate" is often being done basically fully as entertainment, just look at how big channels like Jubilee are getting on Youtube for example, though I kind of hate it.
Is there a better way to steer "debates" into something more productive that can actually change peoples minds?
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Choosing a sewing machine
I've been slowly getting into sewing, mainly with the goal of making cosplay, but for now mostly repairing and altering clothing by hand sewing. Since I've stuck with it for some time now I am...
I've been slowly getting into sewing, mainly with the goal of making cosplay, but for now mostly repairing and altering clothing by hand sewing. Since I've stuck with it for some time now I am thinking of getting a sewing machine, since hand sewing larger things is a bit of a pain.
So now I am looking at some sewing machines and I have a few questions: Is buying a cheaper machine a waste of money? I've read some older topics here on Tildes and saw that Singer machines have a terrible reputation, so I probably should avoid those? What kind of features should a machine definitely have? For example I am looking at something like the Janome Juno J15, is this still basically a toy or would it be enough for most things?
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Comment on Would you like to be a part of my music/sound art project? in ~creative
Basil LinkI like the music you shared and I think this is a really cool idea! Sent you a message with some random stuff that was currently running through my headI like the music you shared and I think this is a really cool idea!
Sent you a message with some random stuff that was currently running through my head
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Comment on What have you been putting off/procrastinating about doing? in ~life
Basil Link ParentDay after posting this, I got probably the closest to actually doing it, I even started getting ready the paperwork for it. But then I just couldn't stop thinking about random transphobic garbage...Day after posting this, I got probably the closest to actually doing it, I even started getting ready the paperwork for it. But then I just couldn't stop thinking about random transphobic garbage some of my coworkers say and I once again decided to put it off. I wish I just didn't care and was me. I hate that I keep suppressing myself.
I need to get another job... Between jobs would be so much of a better time to do it. Though as I said there probably never will be a perfect time to do it. And I hate the idea that those people will be making fun of me even when I do get another job when they find out.
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Comment on Climbing the Skyfrost Nail (a piece about jury service, essay collections, and Genshin Impact) in ~games
Basil (edited )LinkThat was some amazing writing, thank you for sharing! I've been playing Genshin on and off since it's release and there is certainly something interesting about being able to repeatable come back...That was some amazing writing, thank you for sharing!
I've been playing Genshin on and off since it's release and there is certainly something interesting about being able to repeatable come back to a game that just always keeps evolving and expanding. I also have to say the story is quite... mediocre as you said, but it does get pretty good at some points, which always surprises me -- I am always like "wait isn't the story of this game usually just slop and thinly veiled fanservice?"
Also this is a bit embarrassing, but the character Venti being so glorious is what got me to first try cosplaying, and ultimately made me realise I like to be quite gender non-conforming.
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Comment on What have you been putting off/procrastinating about doing? in ~life
Basil Link ParentI feel you on the doctors. I somehow similarly built up a block around going to doctors basically since covid too, but I at least finally managed to go to the optometrist a few months ago (and...I feel you on the doctors. I somehow similarly built up a block around going to doctors basically since covid too, but I at least finally managed to go to the optometrist a few months ago (and found out that I needed a very different prescription compared to the one I had, so I saw super bad for years) and I also went to a dental hygienist. I was expecting both to kinda curse me out for how long I've been putting things off but in the end both were without problems. You can do it! And once you do do it you will feel much better that it's not weighing on your mind constantly.
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Comment on What have you been putting off/procrastinating about doing? in ~life
Basil LinkChanging my name. I want to do it for 4 years but despite being pretty much fully convinced that I want to do it I still didn't do it. I am mostly afraid of the social fallout. The paperwork will...Changing my name. I want to do it for 4 years but despite being pretty much fully convinced that I want to do it I still didn't do it.
I am mostly afraid of the social fallout. The paperwork will be annoying but I am now prepared for it. But I am just not looking forward to people being assholes about it so I keep putting it off. I am even ok if people will just ignore that it happened and will keep using my old name at places like my work. But I know that it will somehow spread at my work as gossip and it will result in people making fun of me, and also probably spreading some extra rumours about me, extrapolating, because who would just change their name for no reason.
I really do just need to force myself to do it though, there's never going to be a perfect time for me to do it and if I don't do it I'll just keep thinking about it and I'll keep being disappointed in myself that I am so scared of doing it just because of what other people might think. But it's hard for me to not give a shit.
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Comment on What's an atypical thing you do that you'd recommend to others? in ~talk
Basil Link ParentI’d say in general it’s kind of just allowing yourself to do whatever you want. For a lot of people that’s not difficult. For me, I am a super anxious person so I just never tried anything that I...I’d say in general it’s kind of just allowing yourself to do whatever you want. For a lot of people that’s not difficult. For me, I am a super anxious person so I just never tried anything that I thought wouldnt be viewed as normal.
I first allowed myself to explore my gender a bit somewhat accidentally thru cosplaying a very feminine character at a convention. I felt like it was a safe place to be “weird” so I was ok with it, but since that weekend I kinda realized how much I liked it, and since then have been much more gender nonconforming.
So basically if you already do everything you might want without being scared of shame that’s it.
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Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (March 2025) in ~health.mental
Basil LinkA few days ago I was reading some of my old diary entries and I saw one that said how I'd like to do some simple things. And how I will definitely change my name if I don't change my mind in a...A few days ago I was reading some of my old diary entries and I saw one that said how I'd like to do some simple things. And how I will definitely change my name if I don't change my mind in a year. It has now been 4 years since I wrote that. I still didn't do the simple things, and I also still didn't change my name. It felt so, so, so, so, so, so bad to realize that. What am I even doing with my life? It's like I intentionally want to be miserable just because I think way too much about what others think.
But at the same time I am somewhat hopeful. I started going to therapy a few weeks ago, the therapist I have seems super good, I already feel like I made some small progress with anxiety.
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Comment on The disturbing tweets blowing up Emilia Pérez’s Oscars campaign in ~movies
Basil LinkI watched this movie because I found it interesting that it simultaneously got so many Oscars nominations, but also was getting terrible ratings from actual watchers. I always find media like that...I watched this movie because I found it interesting that it simultaneously got so many Oscars nominations, but also was getting terrible ratings from actual watchers. I always find media like that that get hated by some but loved by others to have the most potential to be truly incredible or even life changing.
But sadly I found it to just be ... bad. I feel like I am the type of person that ends up liking almost every movie I watch, even though I don't really watch too many movies, but this one was just boring for me. I think a big part is that I probably don't like musicals much (although I did like some in the past), but even ignoring those parts I felt like it was pretty dumb. Also, the movie is about a trans person, but every trans person I talked to hated how they portrayed being trans in the movie, and the movie is about Mexico, but from what I heard everyone from Mexico also hates it. It felt like a B movie, but not in a good way? Maybe if it fully leaned into it and just decided to be a fully campy non serious comedy movie it would have been better, but right now it felt weirdly half-serious and trashy.
For comparison, I watched "I Saw the TV Glow" a week before, which got similar reception online, also getting some very mixed reviews but with a lot of people saying that it's amazing which interested me. It was a bit slow and strange, but I was ok with that and I have to say the "point" of that movie resonated with me very hard, even though I am not trans. It's a movie that could definitely be life changing for some. So I'd say if someone wants to try watching Emilia Pérez, watch the TV glow instead :D.
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Comment on A beskirted trip to IKEA in ~life.men
Basil LinkInteresting website I found, the author writes about what it is like to wear skirts as a man in public. I feel like it is a shame that there are so many types of clothing that society considers...Interesting website I found, the author writes about what it is like to wear skirts as a man in public. I feel like it is a shame that there are so many types of clothing that society considers unacceptable for men to wear.
Do you ever wear traditionally female clothes? If not, would you want to wear some clothing like that if it wasn't viewed as "abnormal" by society? I myself always felt like it's something that I wouldn't want, but now that I am thinking about trying to wear skirts in public I feel like it would ruin my relationships with so many people that I am scared to try.
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A beskirted trip to IKEA
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I put up 3 new pages! (first newly added page, page13 is here) (about page14, The Perfect Child by Spiral Staircase is an amazing album, if you like slow, noisey, post-rocky music I'd highly recommend it.)
Thanks everyone for reading and for all your kind comments!