@BathysphereHat I watched an interview where he said that's why he stopped doing his tv show, someone found a joke funny for the wrong reasons and it made him terribly uncomfortable.
People will really say "girls suck at math lol" and then be like look at this amazing quilt my grandmother designed by doing the quadratic formula in her head
@faultnourczars@rosepetails @awesomebrandi I started doing it so I wouldn't feel like I didn't have time once I got out. I've only met one other person who does this and he was also autistic.
@dudeimreading@Mel_62442 @NightshadeArabs @SNeurotypicals That's interesting. I'm curious how they decided on that test and why have the box in the same place the first few times. My gut tells me this isn't measuring what they think it's measuring, but I can't figure out why exactly.
For everyone put off by the blood color in @SelacoGame I've made a mod to address this. It's called "Selacoom." You're welcome. #gzdoom#selaco#indiedev
@spooniefulasuga@jasonstl25@AlisdairMered @Wes_Daniel_ @ncrawfordmd Writing for the intended audience is absolutely the writer's responsibility. Would you try to reach an illiterate audience with an article? If you don't want that responsibility, write for a different audience.
@spooniefulasuga@jasonstl25@AlisdairMered @Wes_Daniel_ @ncrawfordmd don't exist to do the individual deep-dive research? Personally - I'd love to see our media turn towards responsible journalism so that the facts are presented and made clear. How was I supposed to know to google something I thought I already understood? I'm not the only one. 3/3
@spooniefulasuga@jasonstl25@AlisdairMered @Wes_Daniel_ @ncrawfordmd everything, but the reality is that it's not possible. There's simply too much happening. So I try to be well-informed on the things I care most about. I assume that people largely operate that way. So how do we make sure to keep tabs on big issues when the time and energy 2/
@AlisdairMered@PFCDoofles@naturewalkgirl@ncrawfordmd If the term "pregnancy" changes, all that will accomplish in our current climate is to make it easier to tell pregnant people that they cannot abort under specific circumstances. And will disallow abortion for any other very legitimate reasons. 5/5
@AlisdairMered@PFCDoofles@naturewalkgirl@ncrawfordmd If our language needs to evolve, it needs to evolve around compassion and what it means to carry children, it needs to evolve around trauma, and personal autonomy. Changing the term "pregnancy" won't accomplish that. 4/