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#Cause I have anxiety #And I don't wanna be uncool but I also can't sleep unless I know you're safe #Help I didn't take my meds today

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p.s. I'm gonna be on the frontpage of twitch later today (10am New Zealand) for #CreativeWeekANZ yeaaaah so follow me to be notified of that later

courtneysylvia

why do I feel like this is calling me out

only-knives

it's not a moral failing if you're fat and it harms your health. your fatness doesn't make your disability or illness your fault. the quality of your health does not make you flawed. it doesn't define who you are.

you are a whole person, and your fatness and health concerns are morally neutral. they're natural.

quasi-normalcy

You might think that I'm joking when I say that we need cyborg rights to be codified into law, but I honestly think that, given the pace of development of medical implants and the rights issues raised by having proprietary technologies becoming part of a human body, I think that this is absolutely essential for bodily autonomy, disability rights, and human rights more generally. This has already become an issue, and it will only become a larger issue moving forwards.

mmeveronica

No but seriously we need cyborg rights, in case you don't know how many people count as cyborgs here are some examples;

People with cochlear implants are cyborgs

People with pacemakers are cyborgs

People with insulin pumps are cyborgs

There are even edge cases revolving around how much electricity and integration into the body are necessary to make someone a cyborg.

People with replacement hips or other bones are by some definitions cyborgs

People with implanted medical devices such as artificial valves or stents are by some definitions cyborgs

People with prosthetic limbs are by some definitions cyborgs

People with ostomy bags are by some definitions cyborgs

People in wheel chairs, electric or not, are by some definitions cyborgs

The list could go on but I think I made my point that cyborgs are a lot more than just people with robot arms, they are the disabled deserving of the rights to the technology their lives literally depend on.

andreathemagpie

This is needed.

Earlier this year, a woman was forcibly deprived of a brain implant that was treating her epilepsy because the company that made the implant went bankrupt. Here's a link to one of several articles about it:

Her life was significantly improved by the device, then she received a termination letter.

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This story happened back in the 2010s according to the first article but is still relevant. Also if my cochlears were repossessed by the company for some asinine reason I would literally stop being able to do 80% of the things I do and my future would be ruined. Cyborg rights are necessary and should have been codified decades ago

elfwreck

These early adopters found out what happened when a cutting-edge marvel became an obsolete gadget... inside their bodies.

This was in 2020, and the patients weren't even informed of it - one day their eyes just stopped working because the company that made them went out of business.

I'm getting a lot if tattoos this month. And I really don't have the kind of money needed to keep this traveling/tattooing/shopping lifestyle going... I'm going into more debt as we speak.

I just wanted to live carefree for awhile. I'm glad I've done the things I have... But God. Am I ever going to catch up again?

I'm very much hoping that getting a biopsy on this breast lump is just the precaution we're assuming it is and the results are nothing of concern.

I haven't told many people I'm going through this again because I don't want it to be anything. I'm scared and I feel like life has this wind-up approach to difficult things... Like a pinball machine. The ball doesn't get launched for a minute and then it's bouncing everywhere, and you're doing all you can to keep yourself out of the gutter.

Having cats is the most precious thing in the world.

Antonio Sr. Has been sitting on my lap purring everyday, while the shittiest of things have happened. And I just hug him and let the tears fall.

it's funny because as soon as he realizes he's getting wet, he jumps down. "okay that's enough for me." And that moment of Sr being still a cat with preferences and boundaries makes me feel more alive.

I am so completely sick with emotions I can't even really verbalize, but like, there's something about having a cat... It's like, I still don't like the smell of the used litter box. I can do something about that.

I guess... Seeing irritation, frustration, and having the ability to be irritated myself is giving me relief in some weird, twisted way.