Indeed! Just a problem with misinterpretation on my side.

And thank you for that “nitpick”. Despite previously being on roughly the same page, I learned a bit in terminology that I was not aware of that helps to better describe things.

Not pretending but interpreting based upon what I see now to be a wildly different set of biases. The medications on the bottom row and their conditions are still in many places heavily stigmatized and the reality of their existence denied (it’s “fun” to be treated like a junkie by pharmacies when trying to fill a prescription that helps you function). Also, my perception of cannabis for recreational and medicinal uses being “normal” definitely made me see it in a radically different light than it was intended.

Probably, my interpretation of the meme is heavily biased by taking legality and legitimate medicinal (and recreational) use as a given as well as my experiences with not having ADHD considered “real” and “anti-chemical” people (typically also anti-vax) saying that all medicines from pharmaceutical companies are “full of chemicals” and detox is all anyone needs.

I’m going to agree with the other commenter and say that I think you’ve missed the point of the meme.

Quite possibly. Likely my interpretation is heavily biased by having resided in places where cannabis has been legal for a long time and take the medicinal uses as a given.

Though it is really interesting how doctor’s actually think lesser of those on opiates. Ya know, because those doctors are garbage.

Yup. Judgement like that does nothing to help a patient.

Also, as someone with ADHD, I’m going to be a little pedantic for a second. ADHD itself isn’t a disability, it’s the psychosocial conditions it causes that is the disability. For example, when someone has a leg amputated we don’t call the condition that caused it the disability, we call the lack of a leg the disability.

I also have ADHD. I don’t disagree with this assessment. Yes, saying that it is a disability is an oversimplification. It is indeed (primarily) the need to function in a society that does not usually even attempt to allow space for non-neurotypical people that causes it to be able to be so debilitating at times.

Left to Right:

• Prozac (fluoxetine): An SSRI used to treat major depressive disorder, anxiety, OCD, panic disorder, PMDD, bulimia nervosa, and other psychological disorders.
• Ritalin (methylphenidate): A CNS stimulant and dopamine/norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor used to treat ADHD and narcolepsy.
• Valium (diazepam): A benzodiazepine used to treat anxiety, seizures, alcohol withdrawal syndrome (potentially lethal), muscle spasms, insomnia, restless leg syndrome, and various others.

Putting these in the same league as the others, which are recreational drugs of voluntary choice (though some highly addictive) implies that the disorders that they are used to treat lack seriousness.

That people with the well-studied major depressive disorder “just need to smile more/cheer up/spark up a joint and relax” and that they don’t really need to choose medications to stabilize the chemical imbalances in their brains, despite its potential to cause their death.

Or that people with ADHD, which is literally a disability, people just need to not be lazy, they don’t need to choose to use medications to help with their developmental disorder of the prefrontal cortex - just reward themselves when they do.

Valium is an important medication for people with severe, debilitating anxiety disorders like GAD that can allow them to function. For some, cannabis and isolates of its chemical constituents can be very helpful but others’ brain chemistry can’t tolerate it.

Hell, even the NSAID medications in the second row are often used for debilitating conditions like arthritis.

Beer, coffee, and cigarettes? Not so much. Though to be fair, coffee does get used as a marginally effective self-medication for those who who have either not yet been diagnosed with ADHD or are unable to use effective medications.

Honestly, considering the comm, cannabis would be right with the medications in the third row. Yes, it’s used recreationally (no problem with that, to be clear) but, it is also a life-changing and life-saving medicine for people undergoing chemo, as well as people suffering from some psychological and physical conditions.

So, yeah…pretty shit meme that goes into similar territory to anti-vax.

Just hope it isn’t The Neptune Protocol.

…yeah… The bottom row is kinda ableist as fuck.

Ah! That’s unfortunate. If adventurous, maybe hunt down a used battery that partially charges and swap sells?

What sort of batteries does it use? If it’s just Li-Ion cells like 18650s, it should be fairly easy to DIY. If it’s a proprietary Li-Poly, probably going to be more problematic.

TIL: Accelerating global climate change, increasing depletion of available reserved of potable water through use of open-loop cooling, intentionally eroding the ability of people to support themselves by using their own works to compete with them without license or consent to do so, and passing all economic gains upwards, with no financial benefit realized by people doing the actual work is “spurious”.

Your claim is that “everything” that I previously stated was factually incorrect and have provided exactly nothing but ad hominem attacks to “prove” your point. So, are you going to backup your claims at all, or are you just approaching this in bad faith to troll or reinforce your pseudo-religious faith in LLMs (which will never be sentient nor save us from the problems that they are contributing to).

Prove it. I’m sure you can find some reputable sources to bank your claims.

luddite

Maybe you ought to also better understand that comparing one to people who stood up against exploitation isn’t really an insult. Just like the Rednecks were those fighting for the working class when they were gunned down by rent-a-cops with machine guns at Blair Mountain.

If you’ve any shed of evidence to disprove established fact, please share it. Otherwise, jog on, mate.

Feel like supporting this statement?

In the US, “anti-DEI” is nothing but thinly-veiled discrimination. It is used primarily by people with the skills, personality, and sociability of a slice microwaved Wonderbread who need something to hide behind to avoid taking responsibility for their failings as well as by literal neo-nazis to try out a facade of legitimacy for their discriminatory actions while signalling their socio-political stance to their fellow neo-nazis.

DEI stands for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. It’s meaning is approximately:

Diversity - Efforts should be made to ensure diverse representation in the workplace, especially for groups that have historically suffered from discrimination. To this end, when skills and capabilities are approximately equal, those from groups that have suffered oppression should be favored. This both strengthens the workplace by adding different perspectives and helps to “rebalance” to correct for centuries of discrimination that have robbed these groups of opportunities.

A diverse workplace is stronger and more effective than a homogenous one, as proven by extensive sociological research.

Equity - People are different and may need assistance to put them on equal footing when they are otherwise equally capable to those who have greater societal representation. This could be as simple as ensuring that someone who needs glasses to read without eye strain is able to readily able to get them. Or it could mean ensuring that someone who has gender dysphoria (which can cause extraordinary mental health problems like anxiety and treatment-resistant major depression) is able to get the treatment that they need.

Inclusion - This is about the simplest of the three. Everyone should feel safe and valid in the workplace, regardless of their immutable characteristics.

When people say that they are “anti-DEI” in the US, they mean that they want a society where the only people with power are white, protestant men. They want a society where white, protestant men are favored over other all other groups and considered the “default” choice for anything. And they want a society where people who are different from them are afraid to participate because they may be arbitrarily punished and/or lynched.

When they claim that DEI is discriminatory and that they oppose discrimination, they are lying. Being forced to actually compete with others on even ground is terrifying to them and not being held above everyone else makes them think they are being oppressed.

What is the future of X.org if all the mainstream distros drop X11 for Wayland?

Retirement to the archives. The protocol is extremely dated and held together with duct tape. The maintainers are mostly also contributors to Wayland projects, where they are implementing features impossible with X11.

1. Supporting literal nazis is nearly different than supporting terrorists out of desperation because every non-violent attempt at asserting basic human rights is met with murder and collective punishment.
2. Paradox of Tolerance. They have violated the social contract and gleefully supported every attempt to harm others and are trying really hard to trigger mass murder of unarmed civilians. Give an inch and they’ll create about Holocaust and/or wipe complex life from the Earth with nuclear fire. There’s no safe way to empathize with that.

It was hacking according to Kevin Mitnick (RIP) so, it’s probably safe to say that your view doesn’t need to be changed.

As someone else stated, they are indeed worse than people say. The has been massive consolidation in the industry, to the point where nearly every app is owned by the same company. And that company has been caught, multiple times, catfishing their own users with bots that then ghost them.

The company is pure Chicago School economics; they don’t care about their users or product, just extracting money from people. Generally, this is men (though not always) as the culture cultivated in the apps is pretty shallow and messed up.

Overall, it’s a much better time to engage in some sort of social hobby of the like. Success rate will likely be higher and the experience less depressing.

“I call it Billy and the Clonasaurus.”