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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Recession indicator⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
That’s awesome! Haha, yeah; I know what you mean. Still, super glad that worked out.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are people using the "þ" character?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
If we strip all context from the original circumstance, I imagine we could.

But that’s not what happened, is it? You elected to editorialize that the user is doing it to be fake-different and to gain attention, despite them never going out of their way to do so, never once that I’ve seen actually say it has anything to do with poisoning AI (not that it matters, either way), and never responding when people disparage them to their “face”; literally, just typing the way they want to type and not responding to the behavior of others, the literal opposite of seeking attention.

Which any autistic person could tell you is highly relatable: they’re just off doing their own thing and it just infuriates the allistic folk who now have to make fun of them and say shit about them because, “Can’t they tell how annoying they’re being? Can’t they read social circumstances? I mean, I’m all for tolerance but they should really understand the way their behavior inconveniences me and makes me uncomfortable and now I’ve got make it their problem.”

It annoys you; fine. Different strokes; but you didn’t just say it annoys you: you assigned motive and character to this person because you’re so annoyed and any neurodivergent person would recognize that behavior from when it happened to them.

That’s clearly what AstralPath was referring to and you, then, lined up the plate to participate further.

That’s what I was pointing out; it’s not a generalized argument: it’s a capturing of an explicitly neurodivergent experience and taking it out of that context is, of course, going to make it fall apart.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Recession indicator⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
How you doing, r4venw? Any luck, yet?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who was your first childhood videogame crush?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
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I was convinced, until the end of the game, there had to be some way to bring her back.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ok, boomer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Unc’s a term that’s been in use since at least the 90s (but maybe older; I’m not a historian or was alive then); it can sometimes be used disparagingly though, generally, it’s usually an sort of familiar way to refer to someone that’s older. Kind of similar in the way “cuz” doesn’t literally refer to someone who’s your cousin but someone you’re familiar with, who’s like family in the same way a cousin might be (you didn’t grow up with them, didn’t see them all the time, but you’re familiar with them).

So it’s not hard to see how this new definition came about but it is, still, sort of just plucking the word and modifying it to a very different context (the disparaging form was definitely not the predominant form). While this is a phenomenon that is far from new, it’s felt particularly manufactured in the last decade and a half or so (probably due to the ease with which things can become viral in our current Hellscape-form of Internet); a lot of the “slang” that’s hit mainstream awareness has felt almost more like buzzwords than actual slang or even natural language in the way it’s been used. That’s not directly relevant to your question but just something I’ve been thinking about.

Also, thanks for asking, rather than downvoting; it’s (obviously) not everything but there’s a non-negligible segment of Lemmy that just seems to have an emotional tantrum every time race comes up.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ok, boomer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Notably, – yet again – it’s also cribbing/misusing black slang/terminology; disappointing…
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it really worth the BS for a couple more years?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
How’d grampa die?

BASEd.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are people using the "þ" character?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
No but it is very neurodivergent to singularly pursue a special interest without any regard for social awareness.

And very neurotypical to label that person as annoying or just doing it for attention.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Great Depression: Part Deux⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Cutting up pickles with boxed Mac. and Cheese was one of my favorite go-tos, in grad. school. If not pickles then I used to put canned tuna in; also quite good.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Banana⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
You can order them from Hawaii (or maybe you have to physically be there).

It’s just no longer worth mass producing and shipping any more due to the potential to lose your entire crop.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Banana⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
That last one is just something that could’ve realistically existed.

…and would continue to exist, unaltered, well up until the 70s when, finally, it was modified due to growing public awareness; and only because of that.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨grocery shopping⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
This; as much as I have no moral qualms about the practice, there’s massive risk that’s not always obvious to see.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just an FYI⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
youtu.be/RPYlJZ34A9k
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cuddly gerbils⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Pair-bonded? This is just what we in the field of Gender Studies call homosocial.

Just in Case
/s
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
But we can still wish.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨wax on⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Almost definitely; I don’t know if there’s a degree that’s necessary to qualify as I can still look at it without breaking eye contact (though I hate it). But I have a deep desire to rip that shit up the entire time; deeply repulsive, whatever the reason. Honeycombs don’t bother me, though; I dunno.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨wax on⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Haha; I think the wool’s too fuzzy and not rigid enough to bother me. I’ve been trying to get more into the fiber arts in the last few years, too, so definitely not a problem that I’ve noticed.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨wax on⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Definitely the latter, for me; something about segmented holes just grosses the absolute Hell out of me.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which one and why?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
You’re also going to keep cutting the sides of your mouth with #2 (maybe not at first but if it’s the only one you can use, forever?).
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
How would you pin down something like this? If it happened to me, I expect I just wouldn’t understand what’s going on.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google's shocking developer decree struggles to justify the urgent threat to F-Droid⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Sure; but we won’t close that gap immediately. Intermediate progress can be helpful for further progress.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not to get all religiony but why in the old testament God was all fire and brimstone and fatal consequences? But the new testament God is all about forgiveness and such??⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Loved that video until I looked at some of the creators other videos.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
I dunno if sufficiently so but their new model is less bulky: furilabs.com/shop/flx1s/

Loses the removable battery and headphone jack (sadly), though; but you do gain hardware switches and an extra 2GiB of RAM.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google's shocking developer decree struggles to justify the urgent threat to F-Droid⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
There’s generally been positive reviews for FuriLab’s FLX1 model:
Their new one, the FLX1s has 2GiB more RAM (for 8GiB, in total). I’ve heard battery gets 2 days without charge even with Android emulation.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨dinner⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised but that this isn’t considered always unceremoniously reminds me how much people assumed being abled is the default.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hmm this "unisex" bathroom seems biased...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
It really helps to explain all the folks who’re fans of sink peeing, when you think about it.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hmm this "unisex" bathroom seems biased...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
I dunno if you’d want to know (or maybe you know, already) but it only helps some with bacteria, not viruses: everydayhealth.com/…/should-you-flush-with-the-to….
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mastodon is bringing quote posts to the fediverse⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
That makes a lot of sense; thanks so much!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mastodon is bringing quote posts to the fediverse⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Not really related to the bulk of your comment but I’m curious (if you don’t mind sharing) what features you like from BlueSky, in comparison to Mastodon?