travelling around with some friends today. doing some thrifting mostly and lunch š
Person: "white people have an issue with being uncomfortable..."
Yeah ok
"And that's why I don't use content warnings"
I can see how they reached that conclusion, but it's not right
Having things like a trauma or addiction triggered is not "uncomfortable", they're potentially dangerous situations. And you aren't placed to decide what a "real trigger" is
Further, content warnings are about respect for your audience, giving people agency in what they engage with. This is why one of the more common arguments against them is "this is too important for a CW", on some level they don't want to respect people's agency
IMO, you can see this in the sort of people who object to content warnings. It's mostly people who are arguing that they shouldn't have to think about other people and what's needed to build psychological safety
I'll use their example of politics: the constant bombardment of political news is a major stressor for a lot of people. People are probably aware of these things, they don't need to be subjected to our yelling, and that sort of constant stress is bad for us. It's not about comfort, it's about safety
Anyone here who built a small community of queer friends, like a house with individual rooms, a row of apartments, or even a cute little hamlet?
What kind of community did you make?
How did it go / Howās it been so far?
How many of you moved in?
How many left?
What complications arose?
Would love to hear about this topic. 
Boosts welcome! 
the absolute best though is āanime girl who is a transhuman mind uploaded into a fully mechanical body and has an arsenal of creative and stylish weapons and gadgets, many of which are built into her body, that were definitely thought up by an autistic transfemme who is really into gunsā
āanime girl with a highly-detailed assault weaponā has got to be one of my favorite aesthetics. almost as good as ācyberpunk transhuman anime girl with a high-tech assault weapon and a cloaking deviceā
@Shivaekul aww. I guess Iām kinda glad to know that itās not just me but that sucks
what I really want most after a long day of trying to cope with my own trauma is to be viscerally confronted with imaginary trauma that isnāt even real. Iām so glad that all mainstream entertainment decided to move in this direction for the past 20 years so that that is almost the only option available to me
a person: *traumadumps*
everyone: why would you do that? thatās so inconsiderate. you could really hurt us emotionally. we donāt have the energy for this emotional labor
a movie or TV show: *traumadumps for multiple hours in a way that is precision-engineered to be as viscerally upsetting as possible*
everyone: wow what a masterpiece of storytelling. so emotional. it ruined my entire day. 10/10 Iāll recommend this to all my friends
I donāt understand
Draculo is now streaming!! Come and join the fun!!!
Doom: Hideous Destructor Co-op !!
#retro #gaming #foss #linux #games #streaming #videogames #owncast
I don't know who need to read this, but:
If you think a mobility aid can help you: take one.
No need to "But am I legitimate" "Other people have it worse" etc.
If you want to try one: try one (depending of possibilities, I know it's not that simple)
If you tried one and like it: take one. (again, depending possibilities blablabla)
Don't let anyone gatekeep you from a mobility aid
@salad_bar_breath I feel this so much. if I die and find out that heaven and hell exist then Iām going to spend eternity fighting to burn them both to the ground, guillotine God and his angels, and build something free and beautiful on the ruins of his palace of lies
Discord is getting absolutely fucking desperate for money. if Signal could stream desktop audio I would honestly relish the chance to watch their company burn to the ground while everyone (hopefully) moved to E2EE FOSS alternatives
as it is though, unfortunately I do still need that one feature of Discord so uhh⦠Iām stuck on this sinking ship :/
this was going to be like a 3-sentence āedge computingā shitpost but I got carried away and forgot what I was doing