BornVolcano

joined 1 year ago
[–] BornVolcano@lemmy.world 23 points 9 months ago (6 children)

One of the reasons I love that I'm in Germany rn. You don't get people casually joking about Nazis then laughing it off like it's nothing. It is literally against the law, and people treat that topic with actual respect.

[–] BornVolcano@lemmy.world 52 points 9 months 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?

[–] BornVolcano@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Chances are they just don't talk about it

[–] BornVolcano@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

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

[–] BornVolcano@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

And the volunteer community of content transcribers allied with the blind community, who's goal was to ultimately draw attention to the issue to improve accessibility on the reddit app. Go figure.

[–] BornVolcano@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months 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.

[–] BornVolcano@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months 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

[–] BornVolcano@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

There's an app! Good to know!

[–] BornVolcano@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, you could put a rainbow neon cord down there, you're not seeing any of it in -20

[–] BornVolcano@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months 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!

[–] BornVolcano@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago
[–] BornVolcano@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months 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

 

I'm a migrating ToR trying to transcribe posts on Lemmy and that's one thing that often bugs me with these interfaces, I need to exit and clear my comment every time I want to look at the images included in the original post on mobile (which, when transcribing verbatim, is a lot of times)

It can get both frustrating and exhausting to have to do, since I'll need to do it like six or seven times per post. Is there a way to allow users to easily see the parent comment or post (including linked media like images) as they're typing their comments? The faster and smoother the interface, the more transcriptions I can get done in a timely manner, and that can help users who need screen reader friendly descriptions on content.

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