Robot hugs - explaining trans

[Ayla]

www.robot-hugs.com/derail/

New comic! New comic! I remember that I was doing this exact thing, I was asking for explanations and definitions in a conversation about disability, and I just wanted to help, and I thought if the...

[Sisyphus]

I totally get what this comic is saying, but when I got to the part where they do an example of "Its like having a conversation like this", I was like, uhoh, we have those conversations on a regular basis.

P1: What did you think of tris's actions in the second book going into the city
P2: I was totally shocked
P1: And yeah-
P3: Whose tris
P2: Uhm...the heroine of the book
P3: why is tris in the city
P1: there are these factions
P3: why can't anyone join a faction
P2: Well you can read the book
P3: Well, I don't really know if I want to read the book unless it sounds good
P1: You can't really understand it unless you start from the beginning
P3: Ok. Then can I borrow your copy?
P1/2: Uhm no.
P3: [borrows it anyway while their sleeping]

P3: Woah, noel on revenge is always getting beat up
P1: I know that guy can't catch a break, I mean -
P2: Whose noel?
P3: He's emily's friend and he supports her in revenge
P2: why does emily want revenge?
P1: Uhm...this family framed her father.
P2: Well how does Noel know emily
P3: you could watch the series to catch up.
P2: well, I don't really want to watch it alone. You guys can just catch me up.
P1 and 3: Ok...lets just start the series together at the beginning

P2: and then so and so said X was taking her money and buying innapropriate things with it
P3: Well you can't really buy Y with Z
P2: she said he was going to friends house and engaging in A and B
P1: whose money was X taking
P2: W
P1: I didn't know W did A and B
P3: She just learned about it
P1: Why doesn't she kick him out
P2: The [Xcondition] means she has to wait
P1: why does she have X condition
P3: because of what happened with S person
P2: didn't she meet X through S?
P1: No through T
P3: She really needs to vent, you could call and ask directly
P2: Naw, I don't really feel like it, you could give me the whole back history
P1 and 3: Ok, we'll start at the beginning.

And thats just the first hour of family time. Its a wonder we complete any conversation based on shared knowledge.