"More people regret Harry Potter tattoos than trans surgeries"

[SpicyMoth]

Does anyone have links to any stats or studies that back this claim up (or preferably refute it)?

I'm assuming not, but am currently in a debate with a "friend" who is adamant that this is the case (and has history of being insufferable about this topic), but is unsurprisingly not linking any actual evidence whatsoever.

So far I've pointed out that the amount of trans people vs the amount of people who have HP tattoos is too big of a number discrepancy to even really be a valid comparison.
Also that the vast majority of trans people do not in fact even get surgeries, and of those who do it then depends of whether they're mild (such as FFS) or drastic (such as vaginoplasty/phalloplasty), in which case the complication rates for those are MASSIVE, and the likelihood of someone going through with those surgeries then turning around and admitting they've made a mistake will be incredibly low regardless of whether they regret it or not.

I linked to studies which back my claims up, no response of yet from him... Can't help but wonder why...

Ik this is silly and petty but he has form for this and I'm absolutely sick of "sitting down and shutting up" about it.

"It isn't even the lightning bolt on my forehead that bothers me, but I do regret the glasses tattooed on my face"
"yeah and looking back, the gryffindor scarf neck tattoo was un peu de trop, wasn't it mate"
"fair, fair"

You're not wrong!
Honestly surprised he didn't come at it with that PoV to begin with - would've had way more respect for him if he had, but alas...

I dunno... something that can be covered up or lasered off versus largely irreversible lifelong pain and dysfunction... regardless of comparison of figures, there's the depth of regret to be added to the equation...

@SpicyMoth

He’s a misogynist. With a vastly exaggerated sense of his intellectual abilities. Was he on the school debating team or something? Calling his behaviour adolescent is a disservice to adolescents everywhere.

Honestly the majority of the group now think he is at this point, he will literally only ever have a "discussion" as he puts it with me.
Any of the other lads that try to join in to stick up for me when he's clearly trying to make me backdown and cower (sit down and shut up basically) just get ignored, that or his other friends who agree with him come in and start calling it an unfair two vs one, then start 2 vs one-ing me and going "why do you even care, live and let live" etc :')

From my understanding his mother was supposedly abusive, but that's hardly an excuse imo.
Hopefully as he ages he'll become less extremely left as most people often do and will realise just how dense he's been.
Though I expect he won't and will just end up parroting the same tripe Boy George seems to be, à la "Have a shit and shut it" 🙄

It's so depressing how many "lefty" men are so militant that they will literally prevent a confirmed majority from speaking out even when they disagree strongly with what's being parroted - That's what's the most crazy to me I think...

I know/knew a man like that. He used to be a good friend and was a decent bloke but once he got together with his new wife he changed completely and turned into a horrible pass-agg twat who sneered and shrugged at all my support for women and girls. I don't need people like that in my life, no one does.

Misogynistic and probably homophobic with his heavy implication it's a choice. And fucking stupid comparing humans to penguins. (Makes a change from clownfish, I suppose.)