#self-winding

Yeah, liking a character does not equal morally approving of everything they do. I like plenty of characters who do bad things. That's the beauty of fiction. It's fiction.

Yeah. There’s a thing where people just... lose their shit if you dare to like the wrong thing.

My favorite (read: sarcasm go drippy drippy) is “if you like Thanos you’re a closet eugenicist.”

Oh hey, I didn't know that! I follow both of you.

the truth is come out-- does earlgraytay is conservativemalarkey?

Yeah in this context empathy would seem to refer to affective empathy (i.e. "caring") so if taken literally they're saying "yup, I pretty much don't care." Unless it's meant ironically or something but idk.

Yeah.

This is why I was baffled by the fight though. Because my response specifically to posts like this is basically “Whoa, Nelly. Give some to get some.”

Like, is it GOOD if I’m nice to this person even though she just told me “yeah I pretty much don’t care?” 

Yes, but saying that I need to be, that i HAVE TO BE if my empathy is high, is basically making me a Care Factory for people who aren’t going to have my back.

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Vacheron Constantin Overseas Self-winding Technical Specifications

Reference 4500V/110R-B705

Movement

Calibre 5100

Developed and manufactured by Vacheron Constantin

Mechanical, self-winding

22K gold Overseas oscillating weight

30.6 mm (13¼’’’) diameter, 4.7 mm thick

Approximately 60 hours of power reserve

4 Hz (28,800 vibrations per hour)

172 components

37 jewels

Hallmark of Geneva certified timepiece

Indications

Hours, minutes and central seconds

Date

Case

18K 5N pink gold

41 mm diameter, 11 mm thick

Soft iron casing ring ensuring anti-magnetic protection

Screwed-down crown

Transparent sapphire crystal caseback

Water-resistance tested at a pressure of 15 bar (approx. 150 meters)

Dial

Translucent blue lacquered, circular satin-finished flange

18K 5N pink gold hour-markers and hours & minutes hands highlighted with white luminescent material

Bracelet/Straps

18K 5N pink gold bracelet (half Maltese cross-shaped polished and satin-brushed links), secured by a 18K 5N pink gold triple-blade folding clasp with push-pieces and comfort-adjustment system

Delivered with a second strap in blue Mississippiensis alligator leather, featuring a blue nubuck lining with a micro-perforated effect, hand-stitched, large square scales

Delivered with a third strap in blue rubber

Buckle

Each additional strap comes with an 18K 5N pink gold buckle

Price

Guide price: 48.200,00 €, Tax Included.

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Overseas self winding gold bracelet

Agreed. And the "I hate the term NT" remark was more of a general gripe on my part, not directed at you. Given the way these conversations tend to be framed it's hard to avoid terms like NT, and I've used it too on occasion, despite feeling like it's a flawed concept.

yeah, I get you. And I feel like... I think part of the problem here is that we don’t really talk much about caretaking.

I think we often don’t want to, because acknowledging that we, as people with disabilities, can be difficult to assist or take care of, might be a little too much like agreeing that “we’re burdens.” And we want desperately to get away from that thinking.

But unfortunately I think sometimes we go so far the other way that we have trouble being like, “yeah, wow. I have trouble responding to what’s going on in your life and that’s gotta be rough. But when I’m in pain you’re right there. I appreciate that.”

And that’s what I think I’m trying to call attention to with this discussion, and I keep thinking it might be part of why people’s reactions are so intense and seem weirdly irrational to me. Because if we acknowledge that giving back what others put in is work--especially if it’s extra work--then we have to look at times we couldn’t do it and realize “hey, that might have hurt.”

It’s a lot easier to just go “lol if you didn’t think you could handle a disabled person you shouldn’t have had any kids” and just... cut the discussion off there. (To be clear, I think that’s generally the right position! Once a kid is born, it’s your responsibility until someone else has parental rights. But if, say, you’re going to have a really rough time never hearing your kid say I love you, however silly it is to care so much about that, and you already know this about yourself, then... it might be better not to do it, rather than experience an existential crisis about someone who’s relying on you later.)

But that’s not always the whole story, and that’s what I worry “but I have a moral code, so we’re good” doesn’t quite handle. (Or at least I don’t feel like anyone’s enumerated how it does.) Because systems and codes are extremely useful things, and everyone needs them. But humans are... well, humans, and they feel things, and that makes them need stuff sometimes, and sometimes it’s hard to treat them well if you can’t see it.

And that’s what I worry people are doing here, writ large. Because it’s easier to tell yourself “not giving me what I need right now, when it’s something you usually can give me, is ableist” than look things straight in the eye and go “you know, burnout might actually be a thing. I might owe someone something to help them with it, even if it’s hard for me.”

Whenever someone offers you an accommodation, they’re doing something differently than they normally would. Sometimes that’s not much work at all (hell, maybe sometimes it’s LESS work!) but sometimes it’s a lot of work.