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How to get out of an uncomfortable egg culture situation with this one simple trick.

Real talk: Calling people eggs is a violation of the egg prime directive, and is considered invalidating as you are trying to say that a person is not the gender they identify as, that their identity is invalid. Don't call people eggs, like ever, it's extremely uncool.

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[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 14 points 9 months ago (11 children)

Is this really real? Egg seems like such a fun and friendly thing to call someone, like saying they have a lot of potential! I don't want look it up now cuz I'm gonna get my heart broken. Thank you at least for the warning, assuming you are being genuine.

[–] rubythulhu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 9 months ago (6 children)

An egg is a term in the LGBTQ community for someone who is exploring their gender or is in denial of it. When an egg cracks/hatches, a trans person has accepted who they really are. Calling someone an egg is telling them they’re trans, and is not something anyone should dictate about someone else.

[–] BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

How can egg_irl memes then work? Seems like there's a fine line with them.

[–] rubythulhu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 9 months ago

Eggs and hatched eggs post memes about being an egg or questioning their own gender. Other people seeing the memes may or may not relate.

The issue is in telling someone they are trans. Read this if you’re really interested, the first section is about the egg prime directive and explains this concept and why it’s important really well: https://genderdysphoria.fyi/en/am-i-trans

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