Are they cis guys who are attracted to trans women but don't know how to process that in healthy ways so it comes out in transphobia? Are they just transphobes and they get their jollies out of being straight up sicko creeps? Or something else entirely? I'm just curious as to what makes them tick.

  • Ideology [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    I've talked to a few. There are multiple different subtypes of chaser.

    • The extremely closeted proto-queer (will probably transition at some point)
    • The conservative anti-wife-guy (thinks being a "former boy" means you'll understand their boomer ass)
    • The incel ideologue (same as above but without a wife)
    • The alt-right debatebro with a hateboner, probably also into Nazi femboys and wishes you could get over your silly sjw hangups
    • The shock fetishist (really into traps, sissification, hypnosis memes)
    • The Gay/Bi in Denial ("There's no way I'd ever be into men, I'm so straight 😤😤😤")
    • The misguided leftist: thinks that watching leftube videos means they can get in your pants. Still has some incel brainworms.
    • The malthusian: overlaps with the incel ideologue and misguided leftist. Believes transwomen are the answer to the "female shortage"
    • Rem [she/her]
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      2 years ago
      • The extremely closeted proto-queer
      • The conservative anti-wife-guy
      • The incel ideologue
      • The alt-right debatebro
      • The shock fetishist
      • The Gay/Bi in Denial
      • The misguided leftist
      • The malthusian

      Weird d&d party but as long as everyone is having fun I guess

      • Ideology [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        I'm pretty sure whatever they're having is the opposite of fun.

          • Ideology [she/her]
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            2 years ago

            "The extremely buff ratman with great hair and a charming face tells you that there is something that looks like a dungeon full of a big bad dragon's gold underneath the town's gay bath house."

            Half of the players are bursting into flames in their chairs because there hasn't been a single female character in weeks. The other half are secretly getting into the plot.

    • space_comrade [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      The malthusian: overlaps with the incel ideologue and misguided leftist. Believes transwomen are the answer to the “female shortage”

      Bruh what

      • Ideology [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        There's a type of chaser that legit believes that there aren't enough cis women or cis women with low enough standards to sleep with them THEREFORE transwomen balance this out by increasing the fem population (with a low-self-esteem bonus). Like some other chasers, they think you'll "get" how hard it is to be a guy and sympathize with them.

        If anything, transitioning demonstrates to us how easy it is to change and that toxic or incel traits aren't immutable, but that it's your own constant receding into them that makes the rest of you disappear.

        • space_comrade [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Those are some sublime brainworms, the patriarchy really does a number on some men's minds.

          Sorry you had to suffer through interacting with those people.