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Lost a few YouTube subscribers since I mentioned I was trans, but honestly. I**‘d rather** have people follow me for who I am than to follow me for who I am not.
would rather meaning:
used to show that you prefer to have or do one thing more than another:
I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone.
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I**‘d rather** have a beer.
Which would you sooner do - go swimming or play tennis?
Wouldn’t you rather finish it tomorrow?
He**‘d rather** die than (= he certainly does not want to) let me think he needed help.
She’d rather die than give a speech.
She would rather drive than take the train.
she’d rather die than cause a scene1.
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a loud, angry argument, especially one that happens in public and is embarrassing ↩