At first I was going, 'yes, I do get migraines when the humidity changes suddenly' but then I clicked and learned that The Fog^tm^ is just a chemtrails type conspiracy

[–] Wheaties@hexbear.net 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

kinda interesting that the symptoms just happen to be similar to COVID

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 13 points 4 months ago

To be fair, they're probably not masking for The Fog either.

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 37 points 4 months ago

I know these people are probably being silly, but I've also lost track of how many "airborne poisoning events" there have been in just the last few years. So I'll let them have it.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 26 points 4 months ago (1 children)

are these people talking about constantly getting covid? the replies too, not just the post.

[–] Sickos@hexbear.net 20 points 4 months ago

Most likely, yeah

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 25 points 4 months ago

Meanwhile I'm over here getting over a cold and purposely making my air wetter because it helps with the sinuses but what do I know

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 23 points 4 months ago

Beware the fog, for that's when Blackbeard's ghost returns with the Spanish Galleon

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 22 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"Avoid this" (video of "this" and an ungloved hand). Grateful to "Gubba Homesteading" for putting her manicured digits on the line for us.

[–] pierre_delecto@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"yeah my 'homestead' is a McMansion in the suburbs, why?"

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago

"I learned how to pickle vegetables and bake sourdough during the pandemic!"

[–] RNAi@hexbear.net 20 points 4 months ago

Cool movie

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

the fog that makes you old

[–] decaptcha@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago

the fog that turns you inside out

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 11 points 4 months ago

I really like existing in fog.

[+] juniper@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

[removed by mod]

[–] juniper@hexbear.net 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

i think removing this for ableism is a bit much. as a person who's had clinical psychosis i can't say americans are psychotic? c'mon

[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

You might want to make a discussion post on /c/hexbear. There was some debate during the recent CoC update about the ableist terminology rules (regarding trying to find a balance where ableism was removed, but things that were not ableist were not, depending on context, etc.), I think it's a subject that could use more input and discussion.

[–] juniper@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I might but I also come to hexbear to chill. I don't care enough to start a whole struggle session. It's just weird to me "psychotic" (and in a previous comment of mine "lunatic") are considered ableist while it's perfectly accepted to call people stupid or idiots.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 5 points 4 months ago

those last two are fully demedicalized at least. censoring ableist language very quickly becomes about how much etymology we expect people to know and what therapy speak the clowns on social media decide to butcher.

[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

while it's perfectly accepted to call people stupid or idiots

These should be removed, I think. Honestly, I think enforcement on this should consider context much more than the specific word used.

[–] juniper@hexbear.net 1 points 4 months ago

I agree that context is important. Also just to be clear I'm talking about in relation to our comments on posts. For example, saying "stupid Americans" vs "crazy Americans"

I understand the history behind the bigotry and oppression of neurodivergent people and why using "crazy" etc as an epithet should be discouraged, I just think the enforcement has been heavy handed is all.

[–] KobaCumTribute@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Didn't that entire proposed escalation of the existing rules get cut due to being soundly rejected by everyone as ridiculous? It seemed like that passage was pretty much just something the person who'd submitted the rough draft to the admins tried to smuggle in unprompted alongside the reformatting of the existing rules, which didn't pass public scrutiny during that big open forum thread.

There were too many separate discussions going on to keep track of everything, but I could see that it was apparently there when originally posted and gone by the time I saw the thread, and that the response to those lines was overwhelmingly negative prior to their removal from the proposal.

[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago

The list of prohibited terms was scrapped. Ableism is still prohibited by the rules, at the moment I think what is considered ableist is up to moderator discretion.

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago

The arrowhead project? Well, you're a local - any idea what they do up there?
Missile defense research, you know, I'm sure you've heard the stories.

They thought that there were other dimensions. You know, other... other worlds all around us, and how they wanted to try to make a window, you know, so they can look through and see what's on the other side.