u/flawed_finch

When I was like 8-10, a friend of mine made fun of me for the way I said “bag”. I said it lake “bay-g”. I asked how I should say it and she said it was like “bah-g”. So, because I was utterly humiliated by that interaction, I started saying “bah-g”, even when I was talking about bagels. Then, as an adult I saw the community episode where they’re making fun of britta for how she says bagel like “baggle” and it triggered me haha. Since then, I’ve been trying to re-teach myself to say “bay-g” and “bay-gel” but every time I have to say one of those words, I stumble over them and/or pause mid-sentence because I have to force myself to remember how to say them.

Hi,
I’ve had mnsure for the last 9 months and got a letter recently that said I’d lose my insurance if I didn’t update my profile and fill in the missing forms. I thought that was weird but ok whatever.
One thing I noticed is that it asks for your sex assigned at birth and does not ask if you’re trans or what your current gender is. When I called them, the woman told me to just fill out the form exactly as it asks and gave no other help.
I’m worried that this might be an initial step to denying gender affirming healthcare.
Does anyone have any info on this?
Thanks!

I played this dos game in the 80s called Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur and there was a scene where you got to interact with the village idiot and I swore at him or something which (unbeknownst to me) softlocked me from winning. I got to the end and tried to pull the sword from the stone and failed because I didn’t have enough chivalry. To add insult to injury, my little brother beat it no problem. Maybe it made me a better person since I still think about it all the time..