• brbposting
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    5 months ago

    I don’t wanna be offended on others’ behalf but in trying to find justifications for and against I came across the Special Olympics - can you guess where they fall on the issue :D

    Have a question that’s not a gotcha or nuthin’:

    Say captain_aggravated became BFF w/a disabled person who thought innocent usage of “retarded” was harmful even on a FOSS gaming forum. Would you have a thoughtful response there or shrug it off or one of a million other possibilities I’m not guessing here? :)

    (Super honest debate here that I doubt anybody else will see, just like to try to rationalize stuff and being The Word Police isn’t my thanggg but I’m still struggling with this - and you’re a cool dude I’d have a beer with so figure you’re good to ask)

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      5 months ago

      Say captain_aggravated became BFF w/a

      You’ve already departed reality right here.

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            5 months ago

            That’s great, glad you mentioned it. No avatar support with Voyager iOS apparently.

            AHAH is this really the user I counseled regarding inclusive language relatively kinder possible language?!

            (Strikethrough phrase felt too uptight even for me)

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        5 months ago

        Don’t be so hard on yourself, I bet you’ve got plenty of friends!

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          5 months ago

          My text message history shows that the last person who texted me that wasn’t a family member, a doctors office/auto shop confirming an appointment or an unsolicited advertisement/political lie/scam dates to before the pandemic. I live alone with one cat and even she’s too much.