> Crazies in General I wonder if, given the social unacceptability of mental illness, it will ever be socially unacceptable to slur mental illness.
I don't see a slur there.
I do.
How I Deal with Harassment, Abuse, and Crazies in General
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#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't see a slur there.
I agree, though "crazies" is the likely candidate.
Decent treatment: https://www.quora.com/Is-crazy-a-slur
Personally, crazy the noun is worse than crazy the adjective.
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#13From the article: "Whenever I write about a topic that upsets me, I calm myself by illustrating it with royalty-free, reassuring stock photos."
The pictures in the article are so irrelevant that they're annoying.
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#14From the article: "Whenever I write about a topic that upsets me, I calm myself by illustrating it with royalty-free, reassuring stock photos." The pictures in the article are so irrelevant that they're annoying.
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#15There's a simple solution: Don't use real names online. That eliminates meatspace threats, if done properly. And then compartmentalize. For risky stuff, create new personas. In worst case, just burn them down.
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#16I notice newly famous or semi famous people ignore all of Jeff Vogel's rules. They jump in and defend themselves in every argument. Happens often in the Magic community. Guy wins tournament, guy starts writing Magic articles, guy gets upset when criticized, and guy goes crazy.
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#17It's good to see someone seriously talking about taking responsibility for defending themselves.
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#18> Crazies in General I wonder if, given the social unacceptability of mental illness, it will ever be socially unacceptable to slur mental illness.
Not as long as you have shows like "Big Bang Theory".
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#19> Crazies in General I wonder if, given the social unacceptability of mental illness, it will ever be socially unacceptable to slur mental illness.
not only he slurs here, he just stereotypes some group of people this way from the start. It is kind of divisive and an efficient way to initiate combativeness. (Not that i let go waste any good chance to stereotype and to get divisive/combative myself, yet i don't whine about harassment toward me after that. You reap what you sow.)
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#20There's a simple solution: Don't use real names online. That eliminates meatspace threats, if done properly. And then compartmentalize. For risky stuff, create new personas. In worst case, just burn them down.
> There's a simple solution: Don't use real names online.
Tell that to Facebook.