One thing I appreciate about my cat son is that if he, who knows how it feels to be trapped in a room, so much as begins to suspect that I, his father, am trapped in a room, then he will immediately do everything in his meager power to rescue me
Another theme are people keeping up their petty feuds in the afterlife…
Translation:
“Fist fights at the graveyard
Every night at the norberg grave yard one could hear much shouting and bangs. The origin of the noise were two farm hands, who were both dead and buried, but woke up every night to argue about a 2 kronor debt to eachother.
Because of this Blommenberg, a priest, was called to the location to read them into finding peace in the afterlife. Evermore the graveyard was silent at night, but ever sense then Blommemberg could nevermore raise his eyes from the ground.”
It’s not even 2 kronor, it’s 4 öre = 0.04 kronor. Basically, even in the 19th century that’s barely enough to buy a cookie.
I’m just saying, “We created a computer to make decisions for us, but it assimilated all of the bias that was implicit in the dataset and now makes incredibly racist decisions that we don’t question because computers are logical and don’t make mistakes” literally sounds like a planet-of-the-week morality play on the original Star Trek.
When I say “school should be disability accessible”, I don’t just mean we need handicap rails and EAs. Kids should be able to miss a day without failing out of school. You shouldn’t be dismissed from clubs because your attendance record is “spotty” (true story). I once missed an entire week of school because of a terrible, unending migraine. I was expected to keep up with my studies despite the blinding pain that came with working on my computer. When I heard my teachers say that you couldn’t miss exams, I asked what I would have to do to be excused from them. Their response? “Either get a doctor’s note an hour before the exam or death of an immediate family member.”
I cannot express how rigid this expectation was. First of all, with my condition, I wouldn’t have enough warning about my sickness to go to the doctor and request a note. For many people, this is exceptionally difficult, especially with the current shortage of medical professionals. Next, it ignores the fact that my schedule may not line with theirs because of my medical needs. Once, I had to visit a hospital a province away (which I was on the waiting list of for over a year) on the same day as an exam. I begged my mother not to take me because I was so nervous that I would be marked as an automatic fail. I was lucky enough to make it work, but that’s only because of my spectacular support system consisting of family members and wonderful doctors.
Disabilities aren’t always about needing a bus that can accommodate wheelchairs. It’s already difficult enough for many of us to maintain school attendance without the harsh punishments involved for skipping a day. We need to be able to miss school without being punished. Only than can you claim that the school is “accessible”
Super fucked up that I can’t be a master-level expert in knitting AND woodworking AND silversmithing AND embroidery AND soap making AND spinning AND -
“Who would ever want to be immortal? Can you imagine the loneliness, knowing that there’s no one else like you, cursed to outlive -” shut up!! Some of us have shit to do and aren’t cowards!!
Now with 60% less rambling. Yes, I just made that up. Note: I cannot respond to messages 90+% of the time, and it's absolutely nothing personal. If I could turn it off completely, I would. Please don't make things awkward. Urocyon's Meanderings
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