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BornVolcano

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Artist, musician, and professional dumbass

Have a turtle for your troubles my good fellow šŸ¢


(Former ToR, I do transcriptions on here whenever I can!)

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Oh COME ON. This guy is actively mocking Taiwan now, too??

Damn it, Muskrat

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One of the reasons I love that Iā€™m in Germany rn. You donā€™t get people casually joking about Nazis then laughing it off like itā€™s nothing. It is literally against the law, and people treat that topic with actual respect.

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I was uplifted for a minute and then I read the comments.

Guys, why is it so hard to just respect that people exist that you might not fully understand?

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Chances are they just donā€™t talk about it

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Theyā€™re just going to try to make one thatā€™s ever so slightly better, and then patent it again

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And the volunteer community of content transcribers allied with the blind community, whoā€™s goal was to ultimately draw attention to the issue to improve accessibility on the reddit app. Go figure.

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The term has been removed from most recent medical literature, because the use of it has been inseparably tied with mental disability. You canā€™t exactly justify calling a black man the n-word because he is a criminal, no?

Trying to find situations where itā€™s ā€œokayā€ to use slurs as insults is creating a loophole based on opinion that will broaden with time, implying that there are individuals who ā€œdeserveā€ to be called slurs and those who donā€™t. Itā€™s creating a divide that can be easily exploited. Itā€™s best just to find another word.

The only appropriate use I know of is when talking about flame retardants. The word inherently means ā€œto slow down/reduceā€, so using it to describe people inherently classifies them as ā€œslowā€, another common insult term for mentally disabled people. Using it towards fire is a direct use of its wording and doesnā€™t have the same risks.

Basically, the damage is done and the association is there, and it canā€™t really be removed simply because the slur is used ā€œaccuratelyā€, you know? It carries the harmful context with it.

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My dad gave me his old Razer 2 since he doesnā€™t use it anymore. Itā€™s not in great condition, but it works

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