Vaportrannies
You've heard of vaporware, right? The term is used to describe software which announced to great fanfare, with loads of great promised features, but then sits in development for years and is never actually released.
I've noticed a similar phenomenon, the vaportranny.
This kind of tranny appears suddenly on the online scene, writes copiously about their transvestism on internet outlets, particularly about their desire to "get out and meet all the friends I've made online" and their frustrations of not having any decent pictures to show yet, but never actually seems to get round to being seen out in public, or even posting pictures of themselves for people to see.
Now, I know it's a shallow to base the entire legitimacy of a transvestite on whether they've posted a few thousand Boudoir shots on Flickr or not, but sometimes I left with the nagging suspicion that some trannies online are little more than the figment of the imagination of some bloke with mild tranny tendencies but no real desire to actually act on them.
None of you, of course. ;-)
I've noticed a similar phenomenon, the vaportranny.
This kind of tranny appears suddenly on the online scene, writes copiously about their transvestism on internet outlets, particularly about their desire to "get out and meet all the friends I've made online" and their frustrations of not having any decent pictures to show yet, but never actually seems to get round to being seen out in public, or even posting pictures of themselves for people to see.
Now, I know it's a shallow to base the entire legitimacy of a transvestite on whether they've posted a few thousand Boudoir shots on Flickr or not, but sometimes I left with the nagging suspicion that some trannies online are little more than the figment of the imagination of some bloke with mild tranny tendencies but no real desire to actually act on them.
None of you, of course. ;-)
Labels: transvestism
A lot of people are online claiming to be someone their not. Interesting to see we have wannabees too!
I have noticed that you can meet novice (as in - they haven't got the habit yet, tee hee) Tgirls online, chat, think you've got to know them, arrange to meet, and they back out then disappear altogether. I always thought it was:
a) me
2. them getting cold feet when faced with the enormity of swanning around in public
but a few other girls have mentioned a similar thing.
I really suspect that there are huge numbers of men who would secretly like to dress up and mince about though, they just haven't admitted it to themselves yet.
Girls, we have work to do, we have to bring trannying to the masses...
Phew... I was waiting for the embarrassing naming & shaming at the end!!!
While I have a few pictures up, getting up the effort to do anything can be a bit too much at times.
You'll get there Susan, sounds like you want to, rather than the type of person I'm talking about who's not really got any intention to.
Definitely. Really. I am a real gir^Hperson.
G-g-g-ghost tranny! Call Scooby and the gang immediately.
** Jessica finds lots of sets from Boudoir **
** Jessica runs and hides **
But if you are going to Sparkle you will see me there...
You must remember those days! We were all there. You should be grateful you had the opportunities you did and encouragement from the right people to start going out.
It's fair enough having a go at the people with the fake rg pics. But you shouldn't be picking on the people who are just scared!
I know it's easy to look at it from this side and wonder what the hell they're stressing about. We're lucky though.
I've talked about the gratitude I felt towards people who helped get me out, and I'm not suggesting that I'm somehow "better" than people who don't get those opportunities.
It would be "harsh" if I was saying that all trannies that never go out or show pictures are faking it, I deliberately didn't say that, I said that I sometimes suspect that some of the most active online trannies are happy to stay just with the online persona, and never act on it.
That would not be very nice or accurate though. Bugger it, no matter what we are, we are all trannies together, even though since my new birth certificate, I am not a tranny any more! Damn...
So long as they avoid causing problems for people by ripping off photos. I think the fact that they continue with the fantasy that they will one day make it out is an important part of their identity and you should give them the benefit of the doubt.
So as long as you "act on them" then you're 'valid'?
Do only particular actions validate you or do they all carny equal weight? For example: Is sitting round in heels and a frock, watching the tele' and getting pissed at home as valid as doing the same thing in a hotel room? Does it only count if you go out in public (despite the fact that those heels, on your size 10 feet, make you 6' 7")? Is it all invalid without documentary evidence? Should there be a 'sliding scale' of tranniedom, with points to be collected, on a card, awarded by official adjudicators? Set 'tasks' and time-limits?
Do I sound a tad pissed-off?
I'm glad the world is moving, even slowly, towards more tolerance. But for some people it might well be not only too slow, but too late. You get to a certain age in life and all you have left of the dreams are vapors.
Upon refelction: "Maybe the outlet that is the interweb is an avenue for some people to manage their feelings, whereas in the past things could have exploded in one unseemly geyser of emotional rejection, heartache, guilt, destruction and shattered family lives. Maybe it is enough for someone to live out a fantasy online and manage to hold things together - like a family, marriage".
If someone in Newport Pagnell (because I left my bag there once, so said Morrissey) is happy enough and not hurting anyone, then I suppose who are we to say owt.
I dunno, I suppose it may reflect that I don't really give a fcuk about what people get upto online. It's what they do 4Real (thanks Richie Manic) that counts.
Or maybe I'm of my head...
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