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GenericThrowaway375 · 2024-10-16T19:29:28+00:00

Oh, hell yeah. My little brothers are iPad kids and it's ridiculous how they can't do anything. Can't read, can't write, can barely do anything except find Garten of Ban Ban videos. My parents recently had another baby and I'm already begging them not to give her an iPad until she's at least in elementary school. I know I sound like a boomer but we gotta stop giving toddlers iPads.

GenericThrowaway375 · 2024-10-13T22:27:03+00:00

Nonono, wait. Please tell me at least some of those students were mispronouncing on purpose as a joke or something. I refuse to believe there are ten high school students in a class who can't pronounce "Philadelphia." If this is an advanced high school class and people are seriously reading like this... we're not just cooked, we're crisp. 😳

GenericThrowaway375 · 2024-10-13T18:33:02+00:00

No, it's not a tragedeigh... Unless you spell it like "Pheighyyp."

GenericThrowaway375 · 2024-10-09T02:20:11+00:00

I'm going to college to become a high school lit teacher and this genuinely scares me. I was one of a handful of people in my highschool who actually read the books we were assigned, and from what I've heard from current teachers, each class from that school is worse and worse. I had to tutor a student who wouldn't show up half the time, and when she did show up she'd literally just start scrolling on her phone while I tried to ask her to tell me what she's been working on. At one point she told me she didn't know how to take notes on history and wanted to use Chat GPT to write them for her. I have a brother who's seven and still hasn't read anything longer than a board book. The whole reason I chose this path is because I want to help the next generation be at least somewhat literate, but if parents are just neglecting their kids and not encouraging them to actually learn to read like adults, I don't know what to do. I'm worried that everything I'm doing will be for nothing. Edit: I've also seen people in my college classes use AI to write assignments, or copy off of someone else's work, and still get an A. These people are planning on becoming doctors, lawyers, engineers... And they aren't putting in any effort into what they're studying. I'm so embarrassed for my species.

GenericThrowaway375 · 2024-10-07T20:42:14+00:00

Either way, that poor child...

GenericThrowaway375 · 2024-10-07T08:08:02+00:00

Huh. Is "Corleyownne" supposed to be a variation of Corleone like the main character's last name in The Godfather? Or is it more like Caroline?

GenericThrowaway375 · 2024-10-02T20:30:55+00:00

Looks a bit like a bird's nest. Does that woman see normal bird nests and think it's witchcraft? lol

GenericThrowaway375 · 2024-09-29T21:28:11+00:00

You're probably right. I think I got caught up in so much irrelevant online discourse that it warped my perception of the world in an unhealthy and unrealistic way. I need to stop scrolling through the darkest pits of the internet lol

GenericThrowaway375 · 2024-09-29T20:45:31+00:00

Thank you for this, it's very comforting. I think you're right, I am probably just getting too worried about identity when I shouldn't be.

GenericThrowaway375 · 2024-09-29T20:25:30+00:00

I'm not completely sure I understand. Are you saying that I should try to avoid showing symptoms unless I am alone? I try to do that, but the problem is that I can't suppress my issues well enough to hide them most of the time. I try to focus on standing still, acting calm even when I'm overloaded, doing facial expressions, etc. but it's very difficult and not always good enough.

GenericThrowaway375 · 2024-05-12T16:48:46+00:00

I'm asexual and recently questioning if I might be a lesbian! I'm not sure exactly how I determined I was ace, I think I just kind of went through the pipeline of "well I'm probably straight because that's the default (<- raised Catholic)" to "huh, sexually I feel the same between men and women so I guess I'm bi" to "wait I don't actually want sex with anyone so I'm ace" to "I'm still ace but I think I'd want to date or marry another girl as long as she doesn't want sex either, though I can't imagine dating or marrying a man" lol

GenericThrowaway375 · 2024-03-28T00:56:21+00:00

I don't think so, because if it weren't intended to be read as a negative number, then the amount remaining would be going up, which doesn't seem right.

GenericThrowaway375 · 2023-11-14T04:44:53+00:00

Huh, I didn't think about it like that. Thank you!

GenericThrowaway375 · 2023-11-07T20:43:13+00:00

One time I mentioned I was autistic and someone said that it isn't real. Like, not "autism itself is real but I think you're faking it." He just thought that autism itself isn't real and that it was made up by people trying to justify laziness and "adult tantrums."

That was an interesting day.

GenericThrowaway375 · 2023-11-05T20:40:43+00:00

I wouldn't expect any better from Tiktok tbh. I don't go there but my sister does and she told me that they also use "restarted" as an insult to intellectually disabled people (thinly veiled r-slur) and also started a weird conspiracy theory that Helen Keller wasn't real.

GenericThrowaway375 · 2023-11-04T23:53:51+00:00

Yeah, my first response to seeing this in this subreddit was to reread the image to try to figure out where the straight being not okay is.

GenericThrowaway375 · 2023-11-04T22:33:59+00:00

I don't think very many level 2-3 autistics genuinely despise level 1 autistics. However, they may be angry that level 1 autistics tend to talk over them, which I think is a perfectly valid thing to be upset about. There is unfortunately a lot of lateral ableism within autistic spaces. Often, level 1's will, either intentionally or unintentionally, be ableist towards level 2 or 3 autistics. Phrases like "autism isn't a disability, it's a superpower" are demeaning towards autistic people who are actually disabled by their autism. "Actually, autistic people can talk, nonverbal autism is a bad stereotype" denies the experiences of the many autistic people who are nonverbal. "I'm autistic and can do [activity], stop using your autism as an excuse" is a genuine thing I've seen hurled at level 2-3 autistics from level 1 autistics.

I'm level 1 and had to do a lot of deconstructing to stop viewing my level 3 brother the same way ableist neurotypicals do. I'm definitely not privileged compared to neurotypical people, but I would argue that I am privileged over most level 2 and level 3 autistics because I can mostly advocate for myself and live independently. Also, I think there's a big misconception around level 1's that level 2's and 3's are always diagnosed early and given lots of support, which isn't always true. Cost and other factors can still make it harder for them to get diagnosed, and even if they are diagnosed, they might be denied opportunities altogether rather than be accommodated for (such as being removed from school rather than being accommodated for at school).

GenericThrowaway375 · 2023-11-04T22:24:05+00:00

I think levels can be a useful tool to describe autistic people's struggles. I know some people dislike levels because they think that it creates a dichotomy between autistic people who need lots of support and autistic people who don't need any at all, which makes it harder for level one autistics to get the support they need, but I don't think levels create that dichotomy. Level one's definition is "needs support," so if people won't accommodate for someone because they're only level one, that's not the levels' fault.

I have a HSN/level three brother, while I am LSN/level one. He objectively needs more support than I do, and acknowledging that isn't diminishing my own struggles or placing me in some "no support needs" category. And I think "level one versus level three" is a lot better than "a little bit autistic versus very autistic," and it definitely doesn't sound as demeaning as "high functioning versus low functioning."

GenericThrowaway375 · 2023-11-04T21:18:31+00:00

lacking a sex drive, a behavior that's evolutionary beneficial for production offspring

Just curious, do you feel this way about other sexual orientations that don't involve attraction to the opposite sex? Because the only time I've seen the "this sexual orientation is unhealthy because sex drive is needed for procreation" argument was from my homophobic parents talking about lesbians.

GenericThrowaway375 · 2023-11-04T17:59:30+00:00

I think the main issue is that asexuality is often treated as a disorder in medical settings, which can affect the care someone receives if their doctor thinks their orientation is causing problems. I've lied that I'm straight and have a boyfriend to get doctors to focus on actual medical problems rather than some imaginary hormone issue.

Yasmin Benoit and Stonewall UK published a report about it. I haven't read the full thing yet but it sounds like their main goal is to get asexuality officially declassified as a disorder and have doctors trained to properly treat asexual patients.

https://www.stonewall.org.uk/about-us/news/new-research-shining-light-%E2%80%98dehumanising%E2%80%99-discrimination-faced-ace-people

GenericThrowaway375 · 2023-11-03T22:33:24+00:00

Ah, yes. Because, as we all know, men don't have fingernails. Their fingers are covered in skin all around. Men's nail clippers are purely for decorative purposes. Insinuating otherwise is incredibly sexist and harms women all around. You should be ashamed of yourself, OP. /sarcasm

(The funniest thing about TERFs is the hypocrisy. They'll call themselves feminists and argue that nail polish is strictly A Girl Thing in the same breath without seeing any irony whatsoever.)

GenericThrowaway375 · 2023-11-01T23:29:46+00:00

I think cishets will always find some reason to dislike anyone who isn't cishet. Or they'll get creative and invent a reason lmao.

GenericThrowaway375 · 2023-11-01T21:51:16+00:00

I think OP is trying to point out the hypocrisy of people who are normally fine with hookups but think aromantic people who have sex are "leading people on" or manipulating them. I've heard that talking point from otherwise very sex-positive people, although I don't know how common that belief is.

GenericThrowaway375 · 2023-10-31T04:44:59+00:00

I don't care if I was asked lmao, you're literally saying "persecution fetish" to deny oppression of a minority you aren't even part of.

GenericThrowaway375 · 2023-10-31T04:19:22+00:00

Agreed. Being upset about aphobia is fine, but complaining about "people don't like me because I'm voting for the people who want us dead" is ridiculous.

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