#96ject slurs

[lesinsufferables-blog]

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE INANIMATE OBJECT?

As much as I appreciate the attempt at 9pening a channel f9r s9cial sharing and educating, I must say I'm fairly disapp9inted in this kind 9f questi9n fl9ating ar9und the tum6lr69t 6ank. The hierarchizati9n and caste f9rms placed up9n "inanimate 96jects" 6y th9se with the privilege 9f sentience (#animatism) and 69dy rec9gniti9n are 9verwhelmingly ign9red in many pu6lic mediaspheres. I w9uld think a relatively pr9gressive we6site w9uld take that int9 acc9unt when asking (frankly invasive) questi9ns a69ut 96ject fav9ritism, and will 6e filing an 9rganized c9mplaint a69ut this in the near future t9 send t9 Tum6lr staff. That 6eing said, I think it sh9uld 6e emphasized that while I refuse t9 adhere t9 the 96jectificati9n 9f n9n-sentient matter f9rms and pedestal placement 9f the fav9red 9nes, I d9 enj9y f9untain pens.

[conglutinantcharism-blog]

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE INANIMATE OBJECT?

I rec9gnize y9ur attempt t9 spur c9nversati9n, 6ut I’m afraid that I will have t9 st9p y9u there. (In advance, all9w me t9 tag the triggers I will pass up9n, including existence shaming, 96ject slurs, 9pressi9n, c9nsci9usness 6ashing…) While that questi9n seems like an inn9cent way t9 initiate dial9gue with s9me9ne— and I will return t9 that in a m9ment, mind y9u,— the questi9n that y9u just asked me was a seri9us micr9aggresi9n against 96jects everywhere. I’m n9t g9ing t9 g9 int9 shaming, 6ut t9 th9se 96jects la6eled as “inanimate," (A harsh slur, 6e very careful a69ut the language y9u use at any given time,) semi-c9nsci9us 96jects, and the 96ject-minded, it c9uld 6e extremely triggering. In additi9n, it implies the exclusi9n 9f all “animate" 96jects, c9nsci9usness-identifying, 9r th9se c9nsidering themselves 9utside 9f 96jectd9m c9mpletely. Staking fav9rites at all marks 9ne as superi9r t9 the rest 9f the gr9up, which treads danger9usly cl9se t9 the exclusi9n I meanti9ned. Speaking 9f what I had previ9usly 6r9ught up, it sh9uld 6e ar9und time f9r what I assured y9u that I w9uld c9me 6ack t9. Assuming s9me9ne cann9t 6egin c9nversati9n 9n a we6site 9n their 9wn is, in fact, a f9rm 9f mental disa6ility discriminati9n, implying that y9u are perfect and typical, and that y9u sh9uld thusly help 9thers wh9 y9u perceive as needing aid 9verc9ming mental 6l9cks in 9rder t9 c9nverse 9n the site. This is a kind 9f “a6leist 6urden," and while I am sure that y9u aim well, it’s 6etter t9 check y9ur privilege and av9id the pr96lem c9mpletely.

With that in mind, my ask69x is 9pen.