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  • India is a huge country with lots of wealth inequality.

    While there have been gains in the last decade, in some areas it’s still common to not have indoor toilets in every residence, that’s people dealing with poverty.

    It’s not like they just don’t want bathrooms, they can’t afford them.

    Cracking jokes at their expense is very bad form, but there’s an equal chance you were just ignorant and legitimately asking, so I’m leaving the comment up.

    But in any area where “open defecation” is widespread in a community, it’s almost never because everyone prefers it. It’s what happens when the infrastructure for a biological need doesn’t exist. There’s literally no other option.



  • We’re fighting fascism buddy…

    I meant in general that is what’s happening in 2015…

    based on your personal, ever changing, in-group language.

    Again, this isn’t a personal opinion, there have been multiple academic studies showing the effect language choices like this on thinking since the 1980s at least.

    It’s not “ever changing” but if 40 some years is too fast for you, lots of conservatives feel the same.

    I just don’t spend a lot of time interacting with someone who views a personal inconvenience like this apparently is as such a big deal and worth hurting others.

    But again, lots of conservatives do. MAGA 100% agrees with you, and regretably there’s a lot of them these days.

    So I’ll leave you free to talk with the people you agree with.


  • The Gen Z stare is typically described as a vacant, unresponsive gaze, often replacing traditional greetings or small talk in service roles. Millennials and older generations have taken to social media to share stories of being met with this stare by young workers, interpreting it as a sign of disengagement or a lack of soft skills. Gen Zers, in turn, argue that the stare is a reaction to awkward or nonsensical customer interactions, or simply a preference for authenticity over forced pleasantries.

    This has been a thing since at least the 1980s…

    Hard to find good old pictures these days cuz there’s so much ai slop, but:

    https://designyoutrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/13-38.jpg

    The girl on the right exhaling smoke is 100% the same vibe and has been a response by teens to older people trying to engage them for literal generations now.

    I’d bet money on everyone complaining about it t now, did it at least once to someone else when they were younger.

    They’re just mad they’re just n the other side of it now.


  • You’re arguing about word choices and message

    Because that effects how people think and treat others…

    This isn’t just my opinion, this has been studied extensively, not just for word choice within one language but how different languages cause people to think differently.

    I thought you just weren’t aware, but I provided a couple sources and you’re getting angry and still wanting to aide with the fascists on the right…

    That kind of only leaves one reason for why you’re still denying science…


  • So something like “begging person” or “beggarly person”?

    Why are you so insistent to use “beg”?

    “Someone asking for donations” maintains their dignity and communicates the point clearly…

    Personally, if you called me a German, a furry or a vegetarian, I wouldn’t mind, even though none of these attributes encompass my entire existence.

    Ok…

    But we don’t call people what we would like to be called, we don’t set the minimum of respect for everyone else

    If didn’t have a home, job, or food, you might be less willing to be dehumanized.

    The privileged are usually the least sensitive to that.

    Like, I’m 6’4", if someone that’s 6’6" walked up and said “Hey shorty, what’s up”. I won’t give a single fuck.

    If I was a 5’2" man, I might be offended, and if I said a 5’2 man had to be ok with it because I was, I’d be a jackass.

    That’s literally preschool level empathy, and it’s depressing so many people here never learned that






  • Anyone got any thoughts about this?

    Calling them “beggers” is shitty and outdated…

    And with you saying the people who help others only do it for religious reasons…

    It makes me think you should be saying what geographic area you’re in when asking these questions, because it just doesn’t sound like any western country.

    All this stuff might be normal where you’re from, but not where most Lemmy users are.

    Or maybe there’s another reason you keep using terms that are outdated in Europe/Canada/America?



  • but it seems you’re saying false negatives are a greater concern.

    Someone with a bad BMI but healthy will get further testing and told they’re healthy…

    Someone with a “good BMI” because they have bird bones and no muscle, just fat, will never have further testing done and always insist BMI is all that matters. You can see it anytime BMI comes up, people ignore all evidence that say they may need to look deeper than that single number.

    Consider life in the 1830s to now, it would have been impossible for even the wealthiest to avoid exercise and consume as many calories as the average modern human. Shit just isn’t comparable.

    There’s no logical reason to keep using it