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  1. Comment on What is Usenet? in ~comp

    vashti
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    Usenet isn't mirrored, but what today we call "federated" - think of it like Mastodon or Lemmy. Many servers, one Usenet. Everyone shares their content with everyone else; it's how Usenet is...

    Usenet isn't mirrored, but what today we call "federated" - think of it like Mastodon or Lemmy. Many servers, one Usenet. Everyone shares their content with everyone else; it's how Usenet is supposed to work.

  2. Comment on Self harm, short sleeves, and trigger warnings. What is fair? in ~talk

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    So full disclosure: I self-injured in the 90s and 00s and still bear the scars. I support trigger warnings. But do we really want to ask people to warn for who they are? People with SI scars have...

    So full disclosure: I self-injured in the 90s and 00s and still bear the scars. I support trigger warnings. But do we really want to ask people to warn for who they are? People with SI scars have enough pressure to cover them as it is - is it right to add to that stigma? If you saw someone walking down the street with those scars, what would you do?

    IDK. I'm fine with warning for food, trains, bicycles, anything people who read my stuff want me to warn for. But telling people their bodies are triggering strikes me as wrong, and like it has the potential to go real bad, real fast.

    Honestly, OP was brave as hell to post that picture at all, and it saddens me that they were met with that response.

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