daychilde

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a website that can tell you the new names to I guess "classify" people? Like the R word, or the N word or skin color or nationaility? For ex. Is African American still acceptable and so forth⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  In Canada they use “First Nations”, which I really like, so I use that a lot of the time (of the rare times the subject arises). :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a website that can tell you the new names to I guess "classify" people? Like the R word, or the N word or skin color or nationaility? For ex. Is African American still acceptable and so forth⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s a mild pref to put people first, e.g. “a person with cognitive or developmental disabilities”, but I don’t think yours is offensive, although it might get a comment.

  Like when I first became a wheelchair user, I would say I was “chairbound” or “wheelchairbound” - but someone pointed out that some people won’t help people in wheelchairs in emergencies because of a mistaken belief that anyone in a wheelchair can’t be removed from it (many can stand and/or walk some short distance, others can’t). So “chair user” is much better. Not to correct anyone, just because it can help in emergencies or whatever.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a website that can tell you the new names to I guess "classify" people? Like the R word, or the N word or skin color or nationaility? For ex. Is African American still acceptable and so forth⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  There is a mild push to “emphasize people first”, i.e. not someone who is mentally disabled, but a person with mental disabilities.

  Although having worked with clients who were, the term I learned and used as optimal was “adults with cognitive and developmental disabilities”.

  :shrug; I’m not suggesting that’s “more correct”, mind.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a website that can tell you the new names to I guess "classify" people? Like the R word, or the N word or skin color or nationaility? For ex. Is African American still acceptable and so forth⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve heard a way to disambiguate “Indian” is to ask “dot or feather?” which is, alas, at least mildly racist. But I remember reading about it a few years ago because someone of - wait for it¹ - native and Indian heritage who worked at a casino on a reservation as tech support - was asked this question and got to answer “BOTH!” (and we were all amused at their job and its location) lol

  It sounds made up, and who knows, but at the time I remember the discussion seemed to support that they weren’t lying. :shrug:

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  ¹ but I won’t make you wait long. In fact, if you had skipped this footnote, you’d already know!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a website that can tell you the new names to I guess "classify" people? Like the R word, or the N word or skin color or nationaility? For ex. Is African American still acceptable and so forth⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  dark skinned MAN, you MISANDRIST!

  (I kid, I kid)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a website that can tell you the new names to I guess "classify" people? Like the R word, or the N word or skin color or nationaility? For ex. Is African American still acceptable and so forth⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  haha, haven’t thought of that one in a while

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a website that can tell you the new names to I guess "classify" people? Like the R word, or the N word or skin color or nationaility? For ex. Is African American still acceptable and so forth⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  ugh, I’m going to hate myself for making this pun, but you can check my history and see I speak up about the “R” word, but here’s an example of legitimate usage:

  So you’re saying you decided to retard your rate of replies until you mentally challenged yourself?

  I’ll… see myself out. :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This Avocado Oil that claims to be “0 Calories” 🙄⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I fucking read it all and comprehended, so fuck off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This Avocado Oil that claims to be “0 Calories” 🙄⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Did you stop reading after my first para and ignore my second? Also, please show me where I said it was difficult.

  This is why I hate Lemmy sometimes. People don’t fucking read and just go off the very tops of emotional response.

  It definitely makes me want to block this community if that’s all it’s gonna be.

  THIS THING GOOD

  THIS THING BAD

  NO NUANCE ALLOW, ME NOT HAVE BRAIN TO THINK OF MORE THAN ONE THING AT A TIME

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This Avocado Oil that claims to be “0 Calories” 🙄⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  well CLEARLY that means you are FRYING not POACHING. hehehe

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Corporate media, owned by billionaires, refuse to recognize the wave of democratic socialism⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe. I don’t know about that.

  ;-)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Everytime 🤧⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  True, and:

  Words in title: 1

  Words spelled wrongly in title: 2

  would be funnier :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Everytime 🤧⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Poorly constructed sandwich. There is a talent to it.

  If it’s a sub or something like that, tightly wrap in parchment paper and let it sit for 5-10 minutes or so to let things settle and come together. You will have a much better sandwich eating experience.

  If it’s like a hamburger, you probably put too much shit on there. Yes, toppings are nice, but the price you pay for too many is stuff sliding out. Be more selective.

  Lastly, if stuff comes out, you probably built it wrong. Tomato goes on burger patty because flats. If you put tomato above ingredientsl like pickles or lettuce, then yeah, it’s gonna want to go diagonal and slide out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The price of soda in 2017⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You lived in a very different place than I did, or are talking further back in time :)

  I remember 5/$10 sales, but that goes back into the late 90s and maybe very early 2000s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This Avocado Oil that claims to be “0 Calories” 🙄⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  then you’re going to have to do the math

  Why? It’s listed in both, so you know a spray is close to zero. If you’re using more than a couple or few sprays, you’re doing it wrong, so what’s even a few sprays? 5 calories?

  Your measuring inaccuracy on other ingredients is going to be WILDLY more than the calories from the oil. Baking and spray the baking sheet? When you measured your flour, did you get it to the nearest TENTH of a gram? Because a gram of flour is like 3.5 calories, so if you were off by a single gram - or your scale doesn’t even show decigrams, then the rounding error is likely more calories than the oil you use that adds to each ‘serving’ of the thing you’re making.

  So this is extremely unimportant.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This Avocado Oil that claims to be “0 Calories” 🙄⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  How about love?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This Avocado Oil that claims to be “0 Calories” 🙄⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  it’s shady as hell,

  If you consume more than a calorie or two or maybe even a very few from that oil, you are doing it wrong.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This Avocado Oil that claims to be “0 Calories” 🙄⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You may not get it, that’s fine, but it is an extremely common cooking technique. What you’re saying is like saying “Why do people steam things? I don’t steam things, that’s just stupid” (I know you didn’t say it was stupid)

  Pouring oil will be right in some cases, but in other cases WAY more oil and WAY less distributed than desired.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This Avocado Oil that claims to be “0 Calories” 🙄⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  no way i’m gonna just use 0.25g. t

  The product pictured is an oil spray that you’d use in a pan or like baking sheet or something. If you’re using more than a couple or a few sprays, you are doing it very very wrong, and you need to just use a bottle of oil.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This Avocado Oil that claims to be “0 Calories” 🙄⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And who the fuck cares about calories in serving size?

  Calories per 100g would be highly misleading in a product like this. You might use a couple or few sprays, but you’re not going to use a significant amount.

  That said, listing calories-per-standard-amount as a secondary requirement I could absolutely get behind.

  The thing people need to remember about serving sizes is that they are 1) based on studies of what people actually consume, and 2) intended to be parts of a meal. You don’t eat “one serving” for a meal. You’d have a serving of several different things. It’s extremely unperfect, but at least it gives you something you can work with. I do specifically like them having to also provide “calories per container”, though - that’s a good attempt to help solve this problem.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This Avocado Oil that claims to be “0 Calories” 🙄⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Which tells a lot about the real value of “legally”.

  Maybe, but it’s also a reflection of the true usage in these cases. Okay, say they are legally required to list it as one calorie. That basically makes zero difference to how people consume these products - barring some sort of weird edge cases.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The price of soda in 2017⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That looks to me to be a 24 pack. The normal price for a 24 pack was NOT $2.22. That was not a normal sale price.

  Around 2008-2015ish, in the Florida panhandle at Walmart, 12 packs of cans were usually around $3.50-$4.50 or so. I certinly wouldn’t buy them over $4.50. And soda has always had cyclical sales where you could find them advertised at many grocery stores for 4/$12. That was the price I’d stock up.

  Those were the days that 2L would usually be $1.25-$1.50 and when they’d drop to $1, I’d stock up a bit.

  Interestingly, Walmart has recently dropped Coke Zero 24pk to $10, and since the normal 12pk is now around $7.50-$8.00, I get the 24pk. That’s supposedly a permanent (or at least long term) price. Has been there for a month or so already. I remember stumbling across a news article about it. heh.

  So while soda has gotten a lot pricier, it’s not nearly like OP’s pic suggests. To the point where I’m thinking that pricing sign must surely not be for that soda.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Luigi Mangione sacrificed his freedom for Nothing.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Take my upvote.

  I understand and only disagree slightly because we’re pretty darned close to being on the same page. I’m just accounting for the Overton window, and you are essentially rejecting it (not its existence, just what it’s done to US politics, which is part of the reason I was specifying US politics).

  I get your point and essentially agree; I think it’s a small detail. Only thing I would say is that: Even those Democrats are for more human rights than the fascists. Which is why it’s important to vote blue in the general, but vote for any better options in the primaries, and support better options before the primaries when it counts the most.

  And why it’s important to criticize Democrats, but be careful not to overly “both sides” it, which is what fascists preach becuse it gets people to stay home.

  That’s why I’m making the distinctions I do… and why it’s both important but sort of trivial at the same time. Important for reasons I stated, but a trivial disagreement with what you’re saying.

  I hope that makes sense and rings true enough :)

  Absolutely will say I am extremely frustrated with the Democrats holding us back. But also with the American people who, for example, the reason Democrats didn’t support equal marriage rights was because the PEOPLE also didn’t… they’re slower to adapt than the general progressive populace - slow enough that that problem is getting worse and worse - but they also HAVE gotten more progressive over time. But that progress has slowed.

  So yeah, it’s a big fuckin’ mess. But I’m like 95% or 98% with you on everything, I think :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to deal with people who obtusely miss your point on Lemmy?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Whether sarcastic or just meant straight up, I accept :D

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to deal with people who obtusely miss your point on Lemmy?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t even see you reply because I pre-blocked you

  ;-) (kidding of course)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Supporters of famous influencer Andrew Tate rally in Miami⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  How fucking sad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Luigi Mangione sacrificed his freedom for Nothing.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, although everything is relative. Democrats are US-centrist and global-right. That’s still simplified, but…

  I emphasize my initial “yes” part of my comment, though, in emphasizing that I basically agree with you, sadly. heh

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to deal with people who obtusely miss your point on Lemmy?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m trying to triangulate the next pun, but my attention deficit hypotenuse disorder is interfering.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to deal with people who obtusely miss your point on Lemmy?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  well thats an interesting angle to take

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to deal with people who obtusely miss your point on Lemmy?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  BUT SOMEONE IS WRONG ON THE INTERNET!!!

  :)