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SuperNovaStar

@ SuperNovaStar @lemmy.blahaj.zone

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Please feel free to shoot me a message on Matrix. I'm lonely so I will probably respond to anyone lol

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  • if the entire population just acted in a way they’ve never acted before...

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  • Whether reform or revolution, nothing will happen without a great deal of organizing and leadership.

    So, uh, those of us who are more aware of these realities should probably go get involved with something irl.

  • How important is chemistry/attraction? Can it develop over time?

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  • I will say don't ignore your feelings. That doesn't mean do whatever your feelings are saying, but it is important to listen to them.

    Your feelings are information. That feeling is coming from somewhere and it's trying to tell you something. The reason it's a vague feeling instead of a concrete thought is that it's coming from a part of your psyche that you aren't fully conscious of right now, and it needs to come to the surface before you make a decision.

    If you meditate at all, I might so some of that. If you don't meditate, you should do something that engages your body but leaves your mind free. I find that a long walk - not so vigorous that you can't get lost in thought - can do wonders to open a dialogue with yourself and help discover the source of vague feelings.

    I also really love Tarot for this sort of thing, but if you've never done tarot I suggest doing something you're familiar with. Whatever helps you listen to your own thoughts.

  • What the hell is even going on at this point?

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  • They also get thoughts and prayers. It's a real upgrade!

  • What the hell is even going on at this point?

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  • Oh a benevolent dictator? Well, that's just great! Benevolent dictators get the guillotines with a cushion on them.

  • Average westoid logic. May your troops burn in hell 🔥

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  • "I was just following orders" is what all the Nazis said.

  • ‘R-tarded’ is a slur, and I’m sick of otherwise “liberal” people going along with the right’s move to renormalize it

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  • Well then I think we're pretty far off topic from what the OP was talking about. Lots of people use the r word, and other similar words, as general insults or derogatory words. And that's not OK, since it implies that it's bad to have a condition you couldn't control and didn't choose.

    As for clinical settings, I'm sure they have their own rules about how to talk both to and about people. I can't speak to that, as I'm not in any of those settings.

    And when in my personal life I refer to people with mental disabilities, I'm sure there are both kinder and more specific ways to describe someone's situation.

  • ‘R-tarded’ is a slur, and I’m sick of otherwise “liberal” people going along with the right’s move to renormalize it

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  • If I translated it to hindi or german or swahili it wouldn't mean anything [to you]

    Well, yeah. There may not be a word in those languages with the same connotations, and yeah, obviously I wouldn't understand them if there were. But all language is contextual. We're currently talking about english - and I'm specifically talking about United States English because that is what I speak.

    Censorship wouldn't be my choice - and in any case I believe what's being advocated for here by the OP is social disapproval - but yeah, in the context of the internet I would refrain from using words that could hurt people when it was not my intention to hurt them.

    Around strangers, coworkers, or really anyone you don't know well a similar policy would tend to apply. Even with friends, I wouldn't want to encourage a culture of being callous with the words I use.

    There are so many other ways to express whatever sentiment you're trying to express, why would you reach for a word that implies that some people are less than others? I'm referring to it in its use as an insult or derogatory word, of course, since technical language has its place and institutions will generally choose whatever language fits their needs. I can't assess their situation because I'm not involved.

  • The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine

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  • Only those three? That's easy enough. I expected a few more

  • The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine

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  • I know where to find zines, friend. 😅

    I meant more like a list of the exact ones referenced in the court case.

    It's a more effective at building awareness if I can narrow it down to the specific materials being censored.

  • Cryptographers Held an Election. They Can’t Decrypt the Results.

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  • look for a way to make the system tolerate human error

    Ah, if only managers understood this principle.

    My motto is that "all failures are management failures." But I'm not far enough up the chain to really implement that 😅

  • ‘R-tarded’ is a slur, and I’m sick of otherwise “liberal” people going along with the right’s move to renormalize it

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  • Unfortunately I hear it from liberals frequently. Not to be confused with leftists, who are mostly a little more aware.

  • ‘R-tarded’ is a slur, and I’m sick of otherwise “liberal” people going along with the right’s move to renormalize it

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  • I think it's more about the idea that it's shameful to be less able than someone else. The core idea here is that there's nothing wrong with being less intelligent than average, and calling out people's choice of words is only one part of that.

    It's like when people make fun of Trump's weight/diet or RFK Jr.'s voice. I dislike those two just as much as the next person, but there's nothing immoral or shameful about having a vocal condition, being overweight, or having a monotonous diet. And any health concerns (e.g. weight) should be left between a person and their doctor.

    If you choose to make those things a subject of your ridicule, all it does is mark you as a shallow person, and I'm probably going to tune you out as someone who doesn't have anything of substance to say.

  • ‘R-tarded’ is a slur, and I’m sick of otherwise “liberal” people going along with the right’s move to renormalize it

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  • People with cognitive delays are just as human and just as valuable as anyone else

    Precisely! 100% agree.

    I also want to add that I don't disagree with people who say that there's a cyclical pattern with words becoming taboo and being replaced. That's obviously a fact. But the fact that language evolves doesn't give us license to be assholes.

    Ultimately, the only thing that will improve things is educating the average person about the topic. But calling out ableist language - whether the person using such language intends that meaning or not - is often a good starting point for education (for those willing to learn.)

    Also, what most people don't understand is that developmental delays and cognitive deficiencies are a spectrum and can occur across different types of cognition. For example, I'm what today you might call "doubly special" - I was far ahead in some areas but far behind in others. I still am, to a degree.

    So should people use the names for people like me to refer to assholes who intentionally hurt other people's feelings? I certainly wouldn't like it if they did. Regardless of how much I might accidentally piss people off or hurt their feelings, it's rarely my intention to make people feel that way and and I'd rather not have someone else's moral failing conflated with my struggle to communicate in ways most people understand.

  • ‘R-tarded’ is a slur, and I’m sick of otherwise “liberal” people going along with the right’s move to renormalize it

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  • I don't think anyone is saying that clinical language doesn't have a use. If anything, it's the use of these words as general-purpose insults that makes them unfit for clinical use, not the other way around.

  • ‘R-tarded’ is a slur, and I’m sick of otherwise “liberal” people going along with the right’s move to renormalize it

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  • The word doesn't matter, it's the intent.

    Eh, maybe, but words communicate intent. By stigmatizing certain messaging - which can include both reserving certain words for only certain use cases and also shaming people who express bigotry regardless of what word they happen to choose - we communicate to third party observers that such views are not welcome in our society. Will it change the mind of the person using those words? Probably not, but avoiding hurtful words still has a great deal of positive social utility.

  • Every time I see this headline, I think (hope?) I hallucinated the last 24.5 years

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  • I use adblockers... but I also donate montly. Wikipedia is good for humanity, and it needs to stay free from corporate money as long as possible.

  • The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine

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  • I can't think of any better way to showcase the erosion of our so-called 'freedoms' than distributing banned zines. Anyone have copies I can print?

  • Quite the realization in the midst of electro class..

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  • There is also a weird 3d pretzel pyramid type thing it could be. The two points in the middle would be pointed upward out of the plane, with the outer hexagon being the base of the "pyramid."

  • do not touch

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  • If I had to guess, it's mostly water.

    The really scary stuff (in aqueous solutions, anyways) isn't usually brightly colored, it's usually clear. Of course there are exceptions - like bromine or iodine - but I know what those look like and nothing on that tree looks like either of those.

    The reason for that is that most pigments are conjugated ring systems - complex organic molecules that break down in harsh environments - so anything sufficiently reactive would actually destroy any colorants you added to them.

    I'm not saying that bright, friendly colors are always safe... but the easiest way to get a bunch of bright colors is to use food coloring and water.