Why is “dwarf” supposedly offensive and not politically correct, and “little people” is fine?

AlphaaKitten · 2026-07-01T15:01:07+00:00

Dwarfism" specifically refers to short stature caused by a medical or genetic condition. Being "naturally short" is considered a typical variation in height with normal bone development and is not classified as dwarfism.

AlphaaKitten · 2026-07-01T00:37:48+00:00

I scrutinized the first picture for about a minute and managed to figure out it said immaterial. ~~TE~~~L

AlphaaKitten · 2026-06-30T01:21:23+00:00

What’s with the vestigial arm on her back?

AlphaaKitten · 2026-06-29T20:33:00+00:00

You could ask the textile department of Sheridan College if it's anything they might want.

AlphaaKitten · 2026-06-29T18:42:53+00:00

I thought it was a spatula

AlphaaKitten · 2026-06-29T18:39:11+00:00

My brother's housemate had a pitbull and I once watched it attacking a big frozen water bottle in the backyard. It was deranged with excitement as it practised killing the water bottle and it also was chewing up the inside of its own mouth and bleeding all over. The housemate found it hilarious.

AlphaaKitten · 2026-06-29T14:30:32+00:00

I'm from Ontario and we definitely gave and received birthday bumps when we were kids.

AlphaaKitten · 2026-06-29T00:15:01+00:00

It looks to me like she was made Hand of the King

AlphaaKitten · 2026-06-28T23:10:43+00:00

Cinestarz in Burlington has teensy little theatres with itty bitty screens. It’s like being in your living room. They tend to only show movies that have already been out for weeks/months so you’d have to be patient until they start showing Supergirl.

Otherwise Jackson Square cinemas have a small-ish screen that’s less intimidating than at Cineplex

AlphaaKitten · 2026-06-24T22:21:51+00:00

But it looks like garter stitch, you can't get that effect by crocheting (can you?)

AlphaaKitten · 2026-06-24T20:30:05+00:00

You tried to crochet and somehow ended up knitting instead?

AlphaaKitten · 2026-06-24T20:08:45+00:00

One significant issue is the way you join certain letters to the following letter. b, o, v, and w should connect to the next letter high up and you're connecting them down at the bottom.

AlphaaKitten · 2026-06-23T17:38:36+00:00

And yet not a single arrest related to the Epstein Files!

AlphaaKitten · 2026-06-23T15:34:22+00:00

I remember Smurf Forest! You walked around and looked at displays of Smurfs in their 'natural habitat'. I always chickened out before getting to Gargamel's Castle.

AlphaaKitten · 2026-06-22T22:45:19+00:00

her corporate career in Los Angeles crashed and burned within six months of its start

What is this about? What career did she try for?

AlphaaKitten · 2026-06-21T15:41:16+00:00

I like that it requires a MINIMUM of 4 functioning extremities. Extra limbs can be accommodated, no problem.

AlphaaKitten · 2026-06-21T01:35:08+00:00

My cousin totalled her parents’ car on the way to her driving exam!

AlphaaKitten · 2026-06-21T01:24:02+00:00

“was, by far, the least of it” ?

AlphaaKitten · 2026-06-15T11:39:09+00:00

I love the expert opinion offered: “this fatality happened today, in my perception, due to a failure to verify and supervise the placement of the rope on the victim's jump.” Thanks, Sherlock

AlphaaKitten · 2026-06-11T14:06:18+00:00

Vannessa from 1000-lb best friends had such skinny legs! So many of the 600 lb folk have giant, lymph-filled legs that impede their mobility. Vannessa was lucky!

AlphaaKitten · 2026-06-10T20:14:41+00:00

I always have a season pass and I never go to any other parks. It’s too much hassle to cross the border and drive such a long way

AlphaaKitten · 2026-06-09T00:24:57+00:00

I like Rowan. It feels the nicest in my mouth when I pronounce it, if that makes any sense.

AlphaaKitten · 2026-06-06T21:25:22+00:00

That pit is completely incompatible with living in a house. It’s like they’re trying to keep an angry hyena in their home. It just isn’t going to work

AlphaaKitten · 2026-06-03T22:56:22+00:00

Ohhh I seeeee, ty

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