@sebinsua in geekdom I ended up surrounded by ppl whose external circumstances were far more forgiving than mine @pookleblinky
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@sebinsua "you can't function in this or that settting but you can afford not to care, I can't either but I *can't* not care"@pookleblinky1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sebinsua geek pride is so often just a backhanded ableism with a class (& race and gender) dimension@pookleblinky1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@schakalsynthetc I had an experience that affords me a lot of empathy on the effects of stigma.@pookleblinky1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@schakalsynthetc I spent 3 years in social isolation. It's difficult to describe how cut off I was.@pookleblinky1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@schakalsynthetc There were superficial chats (~mins) but they were spaced in between days (weeks on holidays) of nothingness@pookleblinky1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@schakalsynthetc I felt deep psychological distress, and this sense that I was different from others and without a group.@pookleblinky1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@schakalsynthetc I had difficulty looking into people's eyes and would flinch if I was touched in a caring way.@pookleblinky2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@schakalsynthetc Nowadays I'm pretty much in the opposite situation. I am extremely lucky.@pookleblinky1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@schakalsynthetc An interesting position when I have chats with people that think because I have tech privilege I am selfish.@pookleblinky2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@schakalsynthetc But yeah, I probably won't chat too much about it until reality inevitably wallops me back down. LOL. @pookleblinky
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