Notices by Erik (bright_helpings@mspsocial.net)

Language prescriptivism is almost always a proxy for some kind of bigotry.

It's never about what the prescriptivists say it's about. "The language" will be fine.

Words are not in danger of losing all meaning if the prescriptivist doesn't get their own way.

Such people are always associating a particular use of language with people they don't like: women, younger people, people who aren't white, people who aren't native speakers (a problematic idea in itself but that's for another time!).

If you've been calling yourself a refugee because you've moved from one social media platform to another, please stop, and please donate and sign up to the newsletter of a refugee or asylum seeker charity that's close to you.

If you don't know any, feel free to borrow mine.
These Walls Must Fall https://wallsmustfall.org/
Women Asylum Seekers Together (WAST) https://www.wastmanchester.com/

*sadly goes to reset the counter to 0 on the "days since I saw someone shit on the existence of light themes" sign*

I think on average I see this like once a week.

I cannot see dark themes at all. And it's a hell of a thing to see this hostility not just to a software option but to my own existence and qualities as a person who uses this option. Like I've seen people say you have to be a psychopath to use light theme, which is an awesome way to double up on the ableism!

@lienrag It is not acceptable to not describe images of jokes. It excludes people.

This is a general problem: Abled people don't expect disabled people to participate in jokes and memes and shitposts, but we do. We don't want to be excluded from fun stuff our friends/peers are doing.

It doesn't ruin the joke to explain it; anyone who doesn't need/want to look at the description won't.

But even if it did, people matter more than jokes.
@guilevi