Noting that the terms "transmale" and "transfemale" are considered problematic because these are medicalizing terms associated with Trans-Exclusionary views. The preferred the terms are "trans man/woman" or "transgender man/woman". I've reached out to the member in question and edited the comment with their permission.

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Winnie the Proust: "[Op, you wrote that you live across thecounty but I believe you meant to say you live across the country. If that’s correct perhaps a kindly mod could fix it for you, as it’s an important detail.]"

Yes, op connected us to say they did mean that they live across the country in California. The post has been updated to reflect that clarification.

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Also, it's likely that the OP of this AskMe means they live across the country, not county.

Hi there mermaidcafe,

This question is picking up some flags, with people saying it's not clear and worrying your headache medicine may be affecting your concentration at the moment. Just passing the information on to you and mentioning that it's totally ok if you want remove your question and rewrite it for tomorrow.

That's just a suggestion, the choice is yours. If you'd like it removed, just let me know!

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HearHere, if you're going to post answers in AskMe, please read the question carefully to make sure you're addressing the issue raised as opposed to a side and unrelated issue.

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Edited this comment to change 'transwomen' to 'trans women'. It's two words.

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emelenjr: "Your profile suggests you're in Katy, TX, and a cursory search came up with a few results for ADHD evaluation there. "

Please don't ever take information from someone's profile and use post it on the site, in any way, that violates the Content Policy.

Certainly you were doing it with the best of intentions, but this is a privacy issue and we normally such content and issue some sort of ban, temporary or permanent.

In this instance, I reached out to the OP and they said the link in their profile that mentioned a location (thedryer.com) was just a joke and they live nowhere near there.

Which is great news, but everyone, do not post information from a user's profile. Feel free to ask or request information, but do not take it upon yourself to mention anyone's profile information. Doing so could result in removal of the content and possible ban.

In this case, no bans have issued.

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Hey, we're removed one comment for not answering the question. We appreciate that people may be frustrated by having similar problems, but as noted in the Content Policy that AskMe is more tightly moderated than the rest of the site and the answers in it need to answer the question, thanks.

Edited photo link to not have a raw URL on the Ask frontpage

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phunniemee: "Are you going to remove all the comments linking to florals for not answering the question?"

No, because there's a bit of subjectiveness involved in this question and the answers.

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Also, you can't just decide it's ok to heckle commenters, that goes against the general MetaFilter guidelines about being considerate and respectful

Title updated, thank you for reporting it.

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intermod: "I'll ask mods to add "newyork" as a tag."

Done!

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Please help keep AskMetaFilter threads on topic by addressing the question asked, thanks!

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An anonymous poster asked us to pass the following along:

If you ever make it to Olympia, WA, there is a Secular Men's Support Group that meets twice a month to talk and offer support. It is a very DIY model if you end up starting your own group. Link to see their flyer: https://www.reddit.com/r/olympia/comments/1lt2j9i/mens_group_this_afternoon/

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The way AskMe works is that people ask concrete question and get (hopefully) concrete answers or suggestions about a problem they're having. Writing "lots of opinions on this" does not help the OP by offering any actual advice or solution, it's just a vague opinion. It's true, sure, people do have various opinions about the question, but that's not the sort of answer we want to encourage on AskMe.

So please try to help the OP by sharing your knowledge or information about the specific question they're having, thanks!

memoryindustries: "was I supposed to lie or omit the fact Cha t found it? Come on."

Indeed, the deletion of your comment was wrong and a mistake, for which I apologize. The original comment with the cite that proves it came from Atwood has been restored. Thank you for taking the time to make sure what ChatGPT output was correct.

phunniemee: "I'll be going back through the comments that did misgender them to change the pronouns.

I find this an odd choice of moderation."

Understood, feel free to create a new MeTa about it or bring it up to the Moderation Oversight Committee in terms of how comments that misgender a person should be handled.

Hi folks, just noting that the OP specifically uses "they" as the pronoun for Sawyer, so please avoid designating Sawyer as a "he".

I'll be going back through the comments that did misgender them to change the pronouns.

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We do encourage people who have knowledge about subjects of questions to post answers, thank you all!

FifthCupOfTea: "I’ve been driving EV for a little over 7 years now, and honestly? I’m never going back to gas unless it’s for some kind of apocalypse vehicle."

Hi, just a note that the OP has specific questions about charging an EV, not what makes an EV good to use. Please help the OP by sticking to the original question, thanks!

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FYI, this Ask post is picking some reasonable flags wondering if this might be a stunt post. We do not have any evidence that this is the case so please carry on. We'll be monitoring the post as it progresses.

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