BornVolcano

joined 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago (25 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Chances are they just don't talk about it

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

They're just going to try to make one that's ever so slightly better, and then patent it again

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The term has been removed from most recent medical literature, because the use of it has been inseparably tied with mental disability. You can't exactly justify calling a black man the n-word because he is a criminal, no?

Trying to find situations where it's "okay" to use slurs as insults is creating a loophole based on opinion that will broaden with time, implying that there are individuals who "deserve" to be called slurs and those who don't. It's creating a divide that can be easily exploited. It's best just to find another word.

The only appropriate use I know of is when talking about flame retardants. The word inherently means "to slow down/reduce", so using it to describe people inherently classifies them as "slow", another common insult term for mentally disabled people. Using it towards fire is a direct use of its wording and doesn't have the same risks.

Basically, the damage is done and the association is there, and it can't really be removed simply because the slur is used "accurately", you know? It carries the harmful context with it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My dad gave me his old Razer 2 since he doesn't use it anymore. It's not in great condition, but it works

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

You just had me unplugging my cable to shine a flashlight down it to look for the pins haha. Thank you for the info!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yeah, I recently made the switch from apple to Android after my second apple device in a row had a major internal hardware malfunction out of nowhere and the people at the store just went "yeah no I can't fix this sorry, you need a new phone", so I'm still figuring out the complex world of not apple. I didn't even realize you had to clean the ports, but I guess it would make sense. I recently found out my android and my computer use the same port (usb-c) and I got really excited so that's the level of "tech savvy" I'm on haha

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

See it's at this point I get lost haha, but I think I'm starting to understand the gist of it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Okay, so getting information and energy to and from the phone (what a cable does), how long it lasts, how many different types of cables you'd have to buy to work with similar devices you have, length and price are self explanatory, and whether or not apple is being apple.

I think I got it, thank you!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I'm learning that, which is exactly why I asked the question

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

That, I believe, is what we refer to as an "abomination"

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