I was actually describing a piece of software, which is not considered a human being, and can in fact be treated differently without any legal or philosophical confusion

Booo

Wow that is a fuckin shitty week my friend, no sugar coating it. I’m glad you’re still taking some time to hang out on the lems tho. Always nice to see your username around :)

I mean it’s getting more academic for sure, but I think I get you - that’s one of them there intersections you were talking about (neoliberalism x ableism, maybe (to name just 2 anyway)).

EDIT thank you, that was fire. A cogent and succinct breakdown of offense vis a vis harm.

I don’t feel like I learned anything, because what I learned seems obvious (now), but if I think about my previous statements in this thread about rudeness they feel like they were made by someone else, so I guess this reading is doing something!

Yeah but not deep enough for a writing community, so here we are.

Worldbuilding aka lore

No you have to run them through an elaborate model first, then it’s totally legit to use someone else’s literal words as if they were your own

Sister taught me a little trick: pat yourself on the back after a good day. It’s stupid, but you know, it’s something

Dependents? Or general struggle bus? You have my sympathy.

Hail and well meh-t!

This resource is dropping woke bombs left and right (I’m into it). Extremely rich text.

… societal interpretations of and responses to specific differences from the normed body are what signify a dis/ability.

Not to glom onto this one pat definition, but it’s one of the many paragraphs that jumped out at me.

I still haven’t got to any part that is specifically challenging using “polite” language when speaking to disabled people about their disabilities. But with your question about why I might consider the term disabled a slur, and these links, I think I’m getting there…

EDIT: uhhhh nvm, the paragraph literally after the one I quoted goes into it, very specifically.

Some advocate for People-first language (a person living with disability), while many disability activists advocate for identity-first language (a disabled person).

Look at those eyes! 👁️🔸👁️

If it’s a busy one, would anyone even notice? Most people just get in and get out without even making a full circle. I think you’d be virtually anonymous.

Unless someone else was riding the same roundabout for fun. Then you could invent little games to play with them

Thanks for the links. I will read them. I’ll admit that my first reaction is to assume that speaking directly is rude, but I’m ready to do some unlearning.

Genuine question, because I don’t have a confidant that I can comfortably ask this to, is that the general opinion of people with disabilities?

Lemmy hopescrolling!!

Here’s your content, open up!

It’s my cat yawning, but it looks like he’s screaming at me (which he does do around 17h, his supper time).

Back in my day it was a desktop vs coffee table laptop debate.

I started reading books and mags while pooping. I like it. Highly recommended.

Just got to have system to make sure you don’t do anything unhygienic to your reading material. I make sure to set it down before I touch myself. I touch myself.

Hmm that is a very good description of how I use social media. Fill up unstructured downtime, or to bridge a gap between two other activities (god forbid I go thirty whole minutes without stimulation lol)

Then sometimes just hours and I come out of it feeling like total trash