#social stuff

[magnetothemagnificent]

You know, it really annoys me when non-USAmericans make fun of the US's seeming "lawsuit culture". They act like we're all lawyer savvy and trigger happy about lawsuits. But here are a few points to remember:

A) The US does not have universal healthcare. Even with insurance, and especially before ACA, healthcare can be expensive, especially for unexpected injuries. If someone is injured by another person or a corporation, they're often saddled with medical bills in addition to the pain and lost income. Someone has to pay, and so a personal injury lawsuit is often the answer.

B) Corporations are very good at public image. When a person is injured by a corporation, said corporation invests a lot of resources to paint the injured party as irrational and greedy, because even though they have plenty of funds to settle, the last thing they want is to admit culpability in a public case. By painting USAmericans as obsessed with suing people over trivial matters, you are playing into corporate propaganda.

The US isn't obsessed with lawsuits. Personal injury suits are just the band-aid to the gaping wound of corporate greed and privatized healthcare.

[ocdhuacheng]

I understand people being soured about the artemis mission considering the state of the world and especially the state of the usa and its crimes but also I've seen several people say that this is just a trump vanity project and this only something they just decided to do to distract us from everything like the war crimes and the Epstein files and I NEED to defend my girl bc this project has literally been decades in the making so this is in no way either of those things. like as an astrophysicist I haven't been this excited over an event like this in ages I think there's worth in being excited about something despite everything going on and I don't think you need to feel guilty about it, even though I myself always have to keep the global context in the back of my mind even when Im celebrating. like disclaimer that there absolutely is unsavory politics involved in this project (nasa works with weapons contractors, spacex IS involved in this, many astronauts were military pilots in the past, etc) and there has been a lot of chauvinistic propaganda associated with the event that I try to steer clear of, also trump is absolutely probably spouting some bullshit, but its also the culmination of a lot of amazing scientific advancement and hard work up until now as well as the continuation into the future of amazing scientific advancement and hard work, and I think that's still something to celebrate despite everything.

[alexandraisyes]

Hey chat today's socialization tip is that making fun of someone's disorder is fucking ableist. If you don't have the disorder then don't make jokes about it. Having a disorder that's "similar" doesn't give you clearance to make jokes about it.

As someone with ASPD. I wouldn't make an insulting joke about someone who has NPD, OCPD, or ScPD in regard to their disorder. That would be fucking rude. Just because I have a personality disorder it doesn't give me clearance to make fun of someone else for their personality disorders. Same thing with any other disorder.

[exoticdox]

Hiii I'm one of your old oomfies from twt and I just wanted to ask........what happened to your account??? ;-;

hiii!! i assume you are the person who sent this on strawpage (i now have a section there for answers to gimmicks :D), I deleted it ^^; many reasons why, mostly a mix of personal and the fact that i got fed up with the state of it... (⁠╥⁠﹏⁠╥⁠)

i do not intend to return until it is under new management ^w^ thank you for asking!!! in the meantime, I am always on here :3

[rn39mil33zztta]

ughhh i hate discord specifically cause the moment ur not on there 24/7 u get shit like "--- misses you" or "----'s worried about you" like bitch okay, and??? im not gonna be online everyday, hell, i CANT be online everyday, stop acting as if my house got bombed just cause you didnt get your daily "good morning" for fucks sake.

[dyspunktional-leviathan]

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"Common sense" is not actually a thing.

If something is common sense to you, it is actually simply just because at some point in your life, perhaps a very long time ago, it was made explicit enough for you, and you were able to internalize it long term.

Even mainstreamly, things that are common sense to some are not to others. Then we have differing backgrounds, and then we have disability, about which this post was originally first of all intended.

"Common sense" is literally very close to "basic DNI". Or, "this food contains allergens. You know, the basic ones."

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“Common sense” is not actually a thing.

If something is common sense to you, it is actually simply just because at some point in your life, perhaps a very long time ago, it was made explicit enough for you, and you were able to internalize it long term.

Even mainstreamly, things that are common sense to some are not to others. Then we have differing backgrounds, and then we have disability, about which this post was originally first of all intended.

“Common sense” is literally very close to “basic DNI”. Or, “this food contains allergens. You know, the basic ones.”

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[frikeyway]

Well, I managed to go two entire nights without insane levels of nighttime anxiety. So obviously it's back. Yay.

[hometoursandotherstuff]