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[hector13]

As per usual, posting here because it's the closest thing I have.

So, I think what's happening to me mentally is actually a hybrid of several causes. I think I might have some mild SAD, I definitely have a caffeine dependency, and I might have an exercise addiction that my brain, being the Pavlovian mess it is, associates with Jitsu.

On top of that, I'm pretty sure I have a generally addictive personality.

Also, mood swings. Mood swings out of the wazoo. It's like I'm having a second puberty.

Or you just really enjoy the Jitsu, and want to continue doing Jitsu

[Imic]

Ju jit ju ju ji ju.

[Castlecliff]

I saw my cute neighbor topless.
I made a soup.
I like soup.
Do you like soup?
I like you. Fufufufu

[Kagus]

Have some more unnecessary rabblerousing, courtesy of moi!

There's a delightful southern suburban single mom on my Facebook contact list who seems to love nothing more than sharing "this totally happened" stories about the amazing experiences that happen in supermarkets and on crowded buses, along with the occasional status update that is quite clearly a personal snipe against a specific individual, but she's just gonna put it out there as a general message "to whom it may concern".

This individual recently linked a wonderful and absolutely not-at-all flamebait post talking about the propagation of ableist culture and prejudice through the thoughtless appropriation and reuse of certain words. A few handy flashcards are provided as examples, with the #endthestigma hashtag prominently applied, because that's all people communicate with these days.

I was mainly just flipping past this thing because it didn't seem very interesting to me, but then I noticed a couple of the example cards. It starts off innocuously enough with "I am meticulous, not OCD", "The weather is fickle, not bipolar" (which I've never actually heard, but alright), stuff like that... But then it goes off the deep end with some zingers.

"That party was intense, not crazy. #endthestigma"

"That movie was thrilling, not insane. #endthestigma"

"That joke was corny, not lame. #endthestigma"

"That show was so dull, not dumb. #endthestigma"


...what stigma are we trying to end here, exactly? It seems less and less like you're trying to promote acceptance and tolerance of "mental health communities,invisible illness communities, as well as Neurodivergent communities (who do not understand their lived experiences as mental illnesses or disorders but rather as a natural form of human neurocognitive variation)", and more like this is just a blatant troll that would be hilarious were it not for the people actually buying into it.

Which would make sense, seeing as this whole piece was apparently written by a "Neurodiversity activist, scholar and disability justice advocate". There are some other great tidbits in the general body about how using these words is harmful and bad, including a straight-faced recommendation to use the term "handicapable".


The lady who shared this is legally blind, but I'm beginning to think she may be legally stupid as well. Y'know, to use a bigoted term.



Oh, yeah, and someone had a whoopsie and lumped "classicism" in with racism, sexism and xenophobia. Because fuck the classics.

[Tack]

I should mention that “dull” used to refer to the mentally handicapped as well.
But anyway.

[Jopax]

The obvious solution to this whole issue is to replace every possibly offensive word with "Aladeen" that way nobody can ever claim outrage or triggering or whatever because they can never be sure which of the fifty billion possible offensive meanings was intended.

[TD1]

You are AIDS Aladeen.

[Frumple]

The obvious solution to this whole issue is to replace every possibly offensive word with "Aladeen" that way nobody can ever claim outrage or triggering or whatever because they can never be sure which of the fifty billion possible offensive meanings was intended.

I mean, if you're going that route just use fuck. It's already more or less the most versatile word in the English language, so using it as a replacement for all other sorts of offensive vocabulary leaves you with intelligible sentences and straightforward vulgarity. Win-win.

[Mephisto]

So apparently pointing out English issues in a paid product means I'm racist and my suggestions should be ignored. Go me.

[Lord Shonus]

The obvious solution to this whole issue is to replace every possibly offensive word with "Aladeen" that way nobody can ever claim outrage or triggering or whatever because they can never be sure which of the fifty billion possible offensive meanings was intended.

I mean, if you're going that route just use fuck. It's already more or less the most versatile word in the English language, so using it as a replacement for all other sorts of offensive vocabulary leaves you with intelligible sentences and straightforward vulgarity. Win-win.

You wind up with this.

[Imic]

I tend to use Fuck when the situation deserves it so as to preserve the meaning, a nice feck or shit will do just fine for a less than serious situation, although Bugger can also be used as a mid tier curse, often replacing everything else in the prescence of Children. I say Jesus Christ, or Bloody Hell, or Oh God so much that I’d not notice it, and it mildly surprised me to find out that there were people in the world who found it offensive. Of course, this is all a weird internal ruleset of an underhanded Linguistic snob who comes from a place where insulting one another is used to show friendship or affection, so take this with as much salt as you feel is nescessary.

[Jopax]

I tend to use Fuck when the situation deserves it so as to preserve the meaning, a nice feck or shit will do just fine for a less than serious situation, although Bugger can also be used as a mid tier curse, often replacing everything else in the prescence of Children. I say Jesus Christ, or Bloody Hell, or Oh God so much that I’d not notice it, and it mildly surprised me to find out that there were people in the world who found it offensive. Of course, this is all a weird internal ruleset of an underhanded Linguistic snob who comes from a place where insulting one another is used to show friendship or affection, so take this with as much salt as you feel is nescessary.

From the amount of people who say that you'd think it's a common thing pretty much everywhere :V

[Imic]

Hmm.

[Egan_BW]

so take this with as much salt as you feel is nescessary.

Mmm, salt. So delicious.

[TD1]

Don't be so salty. It goes against the grain, sugar.