Abt switch
The Abt switch is a kind of railway switch used on funiculars (inclined cable railways) that doesn’t have any moving parts. It allows two cars to pass each other going uphill/downhill while sharing the same tracks. While most train switches rely on physically moving a section of track so the train goes one way or the other, the abt switch doesn’t move at all. Instead each carriage has a grooved wheel which makes it turn left or right at a junction by sticking to the track on one side.
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weird writing style dysphoria nonsense that is fake and nonsense but feels real for some reason
Sometimes I’m jealous of the posting style of some of the girls in this mega because they read so cute. And meanwhile my writing feels like man speak
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I’ve done a few gender and trans explaining lectures for nursing students.
I always tell them I have writing dysphoria. Its not just about my body or my voice or what I wear - I get dysphoria from what my handwritten letters look like lol. Writing and posting dysphoria sucks
Idk if this is universal, but I and others I’ve talked to end up mirroring the speech and writing patterns of the people we interact with. And the longer we interact in those circles, the stronger those habits become. I guess there’s a lot to the idea that we should surround ourselves with the people we want to be.
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Mood! The fact that I use capital letters, even if it’s autocorrect, does give me a bit of dysphoria! An absolute goddess has been helping me through early steps but she types so cutely and I feel like a Masculine Man in comparison lmao