@KatyMontgomerie Oof. I joined in organically, then scrolled like one more inch down my timeline and saw this follow-up. I don't think I did the thing you specifically didn't want people doing though, I stayed on topic.
@dwarfland @KatyMontgomerie @peggylimbo@VictoriaPeckham @LauraPidcockMP @BBCr4today@DawnButlerBrent Okay, so then how do you want to enforce it? Seriously. Setting everything else aside, what are the concrete, consistently actionable steps you would take to enforce your beliefs about which bathrooms people should use?
@magical_grill@francescalyn 100%. When your hobby isn't a hobby anymore it loses its shine. For me, that hobby was software, and the shine never quite came back. I'm fine with it because I like my career...but I mean, I do very much miss the feeling of it being something that was just for me, in some ways.
@andreasklinger I mean...it is also, quite sincerely, the best tool available for a lot of jobs/teams. It's extremely easy to learn and use, as long as you follow a few simple rules, and unlike most frameworks (because it isn't one) it still pretty much just feels like you're just writing JS.
@Sammantha___H@BellaRizinti Yeah and let's not forget that even the "best" of cis allies are consistently pretty awful at handling uncommon perspectives that only differ subtly from those that are problematic, and can do serious damage by villainizing the wrong people in an effort to "protect" the community
@Kathy_E_J Ok so I remember that for animals, it's phylum instead of division and a teacher when I was a kid taught me this mnemonic, if it's helpful:
King Philip Came Over For Ginger Snaps
For plants I guess you could change it to:
King David Came Over For Ginger Snaps?
@Kathy_E_J SWINGS. I love swings. I mostly only play on them with a trusted NT chaperone there to do the talking if someone decides we're weirdos because grown-ups aren't allowed to enjoy propelling a tiny chair back and forth at the end of a rope/chain for some reason
@Kathy_E_J β€οΈ I'm lucky to have some great people in my life who I can be me with without worrying, including people who are both NT and not. Those people are few, though. I feel very fortunate but I guess I mostly just wish the world felt as big to me as it seems to for a lot of NT people.
@Kathy_E_J I wouldn't be afraid to cry. I wouldn't be afraid to stim, or to hide myself away to destim. I would talk to people about things I care about, and not be afraid to just info/feelings dump if I want someone to understand me and don't know how to make the words come out right.
@francescalyn I actually completed some hidden bonus objectives and got to pick "angry lesbian." It's great. Time well spent. Happy to write a guide for anybody else who needs help with the unlock.