It's not fair having 12 pairs of legs | Aimee Mullins

Depends on where you live and which people you will be hanging out with that day (you can have multiple limbs - see this talk where Aimee Mullins shows off her 12 pairs of legs and discusses the context for each [1]. Limbs for Olympic running already don’t look “normal.”) I’m queer and trans and I live in Oakland and I hang out with almost all queer anarchist people. You can bet I’d wear a tentacle from time to time and they’d all think it’s rad as hell. I’m a robotics engineer and I tend to like to be a bit loud at times and go against the grain. If I lost a hand or an arm I’d almost certainly build myself a fire shooting tentacle. (I could do this now but motivation goes up if I’ve lost a limb and I’ve begun working on replacements.) I learned long ago that trying to appease the normative views of others simply isn’t going to work for me, so I trained away the part of my brain that worries what other people think as long as I’m not actively harming others. In doing so I’ve found a lot of people that appreciate this, and I’ve learned the value in leaning into it and building community with the weirdos. If I’m going to my normie friend’s wedding I might bring a normal prosthetic and keep the fire shooting tentacle in the car for all the nerds that want to see it after the ceremony. [1] ▶ this video