Sometimes I wonder if I judge people too quickly. Then they show exactly who they are. Over and over again.
He then added: The crazy masked lady at FediCon last year expected speakers at the podium to wear masks, or else we didn't care about disabled people.
The podium that was more than 6 feet away from the audience.
Like, maybe just stay home if you have nosophobia?
There is a problem with men (tech men especially) on Mastodon.
It is not safe to be a woman. It's even less safe to be a POC woman. And to be a disabled POC woman? Watch out.
The guy accused of embezzling is "so nice, deserves to be protected at all cost". But the disabled woman trying to stay alive? She's the "crazy mask lady".
Check yourselves, and check your fellow men.
Because it's the same in society.
And that's why we choose the bear.
@stephanie
It's probably worth noting, I didn't get covid until 2024, and it left me with brain damage.
So, no, the pandemic isn't over.
It just stopped being inconvenient for non-marginalized people.
@Shanmonster @vlrny People who have never experienced brain fog cannot imagine what it is like to find yourself unable to think the way you know you were able to before.
I have had brain fog from a post viral (not COVID) fatigue combined with a burnout thingy. It lasted between 6 - 8 months and finally started to clear up with reducing my work load and brain anti-inflammatories. It was truly, truly awful and so debilitating. I never, ever, want to go through that again.
@GinevraCat @Shanmonster @vlrny
I hear you. Got it from covid, took 2 years and a lot of work to retrain. Now any bad viral infection seems to plunch me back, along w muscle weakness.
@vlrny @GinevraCat @Shanmonster
Yup. Hang in there. I started taking Lithium orotate and NAC-ester based on all the recent research and they seam to help. I think the Li has given my brain a decent boost.
@GinevraCat @Shanmonster
"People who have never experienced brain fog cannot imagine what it is like to find yourself unable to think the way you know you were able to before."
So well said! And so fekkin sad.
Also, what were you using for brain anti-inflammatories? I want to talk about this angle w my GP next mtg.
@Shanmonster @vlrny That makes sense. I've had mono twice so that probably contributed to the brain fog.
I was SUPER careful to rest when I had COVID, physically and cognitively, just in case.
(And thanks for the reminder to get a shingles vaccine).
Or, perhaps more insidiously, the people for whom it proves inconvenient - that is, the people who develop debilitating long Covid - stop being non-marginalized.
@vlrny @stephanie You poor thing! That sounds evil. Modern life seems defined by relentless misinformation, deception, indoctrination, lies etc. etc.
I hope the damage has not been too disabling. How are you coping?
@NicelyManifest @stephanie
Thank you for asking.
It has actually been incredibly debilitating. Covid knocked out my executive function as well as a lot of my ability to access language.
It's been frustrating and frightening to lose so much of who I was and how I interacted with the world.
@NicelyManifest @stephanie
Yeah tooting allows me to pick my functional moments and take my time composing, but it's a hard slog.
I am becoming a slower and deeper thinker, which could be a worthwhile life if others can slow down around me.
Lots of training in empathy for sure.
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