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If you could live anywhere else in the world, where would it be?
Hmm.... there'd be a friend I'd like to live with in Australia, but we'd have to live on our own and he'd be the only reason I would even consider moving there. Australia is a massive downgrade from New Zealand in nearly all aspects so he's the only draw. Otherwise, I'd probably move to somewhere in America. It's an awful country, but I think its the best place for me socially and emotionally. I have friends here in NZ, but I've always seen them as rather temporary. As for family, well, no harm will be done aside from me missing my younger two siblings. I'll be poor no matter where I live, so financial aspects are hardly a factor here.
I'd just like to mention that I also have anxiety issues, but teaching for some reason isn't affected by it; I also feel overcome with an enlightened feeling to know that people are learning and that I'm helping to create a bridge between a student's passion and an end goal :pink_nod:
That's how I feel about it too! The imparting of knowledge eases me in any situation, so it's only natural that it should be beneficial in this environment.
For PC, I joined in 2009; you're a '08er. What changes have you noticed in PC's demographics compared to when you first registered here and now?
I find the crowd today has such little inclination to express original and/or dissenting thought that one must wonder about what is happening 'up there'. This has always been a problem, but nonetheless, it's more rife than ever. That's not to say I think the crowd here to be stupider - I think there's been a marked increase over the years, myself included. They're just unwilling to say anything that disrupts oh-so carefully constructed flow. People here are so ready to praise the uniform, the seemingly cloned personalities so common around here.
The clique system has all but died out as well - not entirely, but almost. I happen to be the only remaining poster of a clique which called itself 'Sweater' back in '09, but I broke off contact with them years back and I'd like to think that I've grown up significantly since then. One of them had a kid, apparently. That Is So Crazy. Deny it as they would, but the staff was significantly cliquey in the past. Much less so now.
I think its a lot easier to make friends and associate with others here that it was in the past, due to both the extremely forced replies in the serenely saccharine Welcome Lounge and the overall community atmosphere that has grown over the years. I find that those on here who tend to be solitary are those who have been here for many years and made friends in the past who no longer post anymore. Overall, I think people here will find a community if they let it find them.
I also think the staff are superior to those I saw as late as 2013. That's really all I have to say about that.
I suppose many people on here would find my stances to be bitter and conceited. I've always said I can be very self-centered and condescending, but I don't think I'm being irrational, just blunt. If I had such a huge problem with the community that I didn't wish to post anymore, I would do just that. I've done so many times.
Have people been generally supportive in regards to your gender transition?
I'm yet to start hormones and the like, but those who know have been supportive, bar my grandmother. But she doesn't matter. Those who do matter have been good so far, if confused.
I'm still trying to familiarize myself with neutral or proper / politically correct terms for this transition, so hopefully "gender transition" isn't a bad turn of phrase :pink_blush:
It's fine!