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Cake day: December 31st, 2023

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  • Something the general public doesn’t understand is that disorders are only disorders if they’re actually an issue for the person. An obsessive compulsion is only OCD if it’s an issue; if the person doesn’t care, it’s probably not a disorder. A neuro-endocrine difference is only a disorder if the person feels it is. And even then, “disorder” doesn’t mean they’re required to do anything about it if they don’t want to, because it’s their body and their choice. This goes against the eugenics-y idea most people have that diagnosis means you must have that “fixed”.

    I wish people would interpret these as potential issues with studied options rather than brokenness requiring fixing.
















  • Voting different definitely would’ve helped for very little cost, but let’s remember that ICE has been around for a while and the Democratic party has long supported them too. I hope our ambitions don’t stop at merely going back to the old status quo, but we instead aim for, say, abolishing ICE altogether, or even abolishing the system that requires so many armed people to enforce things most of us don’t even want.