I dunno, I've just noticed little comments and things here and there on Chapo and TrueAnon for example that kinda gives me the impression that they either don't take the subject seriously or don't care.
I dunno, I've just noticed little comments and things here and there on Chapo and TrueAnon for example that kinda gives me the impression that they either don't take the subject seriously or don't care.
Matt said that they use the term "smoothbrain" to avoid ableism.
Which itself is a problematic term in this context, to say the least…
On the other hand, at a certain point any insult of someone's intelligence is going to brush up against actual developmental disabilities, so the best strategy is tailoring your insults to the rarest ones so as to offend the fewest people .
*AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is not the best strategy.
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Oh shit oh fuck
I have met several ppeople with patchygyra. You can't hurt their feelings. The parts of the brain that have feelings aren't wired up to the ears.
Please tell me brain worms aren't real. :brainworms:
They are fairly common in some developing countries, so I guess the insult is not only ableist but also racist and classist.
On the other hand, I think the term is used as an analogy for a toxic idea that infests your mind rather than literal worms, now that I think about it.