CupcakeOfSpice

joined 2 years ago
[–] CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net 8 points 11 months ago

Real schizo here, and as much as I like to believe someone on the schizophrenia spectrum can do anything, I don't think discarding rationality and reality are the best idea. I want to say someone with this condition could be president, but honestly unless they are in a very good state (well-medicated, good therapy, and possibly a bit of luck too) I don't think they would be best suited for that job. Which isn't to say there aren't ableism and sanism issues in our country, but I don't think that's what's happening here.

[–] CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago

Ah yeah, that makes more sense. Fits the setting much better.

[–] CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

What kind of chaos god would they make? I wouldn't be terribly opposed to a lord of altruism or comradery, though I don't know too much about the Tau.

 

Hopefully I'm preaching to the choir and the main response from everybody is that this is obvious and didn't need to be said.

I read a few comments from some gross cishets about how angry they are about the female Custode. They prop up the Imperium of Man as though they are some paragon of morality and not the picture of everything wrong with imperialism. Naturally this perfectly moral force would have only men in its ranks, clearly! They don't seem to realize that if women are left out we have a sexist/mysogynist system which is not worth praising, and if they include women then it's the imperialist machine trying to keep up appearances. Frankly, I've always figured the Imperium didn't care about gender or race because everyone is suitable to die in combat and be ground into food for the starving populace.

tl;dr Men are upset that women exist and missed the whole satire

[–] CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net 6 points 11 months ago

I mean, not normalizing self-harm would be cool too.

[–] CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net 2 points 11 months ago

Sounds fun! Especially if we aren't held back by having to buy cards to make a deck. UTC-5

[–] CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net 2 points 11 months ago

Also good psychosis rep. Don't see that in a lot of games.

[–] CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don't think they read the tablet itself, though. From what I've read it has to be in a book. In adventure mode, though, you can totally read the slab!

[–] CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Dead Space, either one or two. The story is really neat to me, so I can put up with the horror to get to the story. Also sometimes I just watch it on youtube which puts a layer between me and the game.

[–] CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

No, I mean that the people being described as psychotic is doing wrong. One example was s certain governor who killed her dog and then bragged about it. Some people were calling her psychotic. My point is she was doing wrong, but psychosis is A) not what's happening and B) not wrong. Sorry for the miscommunication.

[–] CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago

I do want to show some grace, though. Like, the language is so common and socially accepted that it can be hard to realize you're stigmatizing people. Though I agree people who double down would be problematic.

[–] CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

With the added bit of not necessarily being accurate. Even if they do struggle with the condition, that doesn't mean their idea is bad. The idea being bad is what does.

[–] CupcakeOfSpice@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

Right. I think the difference there is that a psychopath typically has a physical difference in their brain that limits their empathy ability. Now you can also say a sadist is born with the desire and they can't really control it, so I'm not sure where the answer lies there. I typically don't use sadist as an insult (or at all, really) but I can see the arguments.

 

I notice a lot of people use terms like "psychotic" or "psychopath" as insults and negative descriptions on here. These are clinical terms that are used to describe real people with difficulties, not boogeymen! I don't disagree with the sentiment that these people are doing wrong, but if you wouldn't use the r-slur or "autistic" as an insult (which you shouldn't) then you shouldn't use these words either. And I get the idea of calling someone delusional, but take care that you don't just mean "I disagree with them." Though by posting on neurodiverse I imagine I'm preaching to the choir.

Sincerely, a casual schizoaffective disorder haver.

view more: next ›