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DeadlyMuffin posted:Is it spoons as a metaphorical measurement unit? That makes sense. If it's like, metaphorical spoons then I'm confused. they were physical spoons, but they represented the energy limitations of having Lupus https://butyoudontlooksick.com/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory/ quote:... aegof has a new favorite as of 09:22 on Feb 13, 2024 |
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my mom has lupus but apparently she didn't get the version with dumb spoon metaphors.
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NoiseAnnoys posted:my mom has lupus but apparently she didn't get the version with dumb spoon metaphors. Almost word for word the epitaph on my mother's tombstone
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I'm glad the metaphor helped some people but I don't think it's a particularly illuminating one.
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I think a slightly more universal way to describe the energy a neurodivergent or disabled person has to spend would be the gas in a vehicle. If you run out of gas, vehicle stops even though the rest of its parts are still working. You don't gain any more unless you stop for it. So you need to make extra sure you've got gas ( ) before setting out on a long tripIt's just... I don't think it's a concept folks really have trouble understanding. Everyone's got differing levels of energy! CJacobs has a new favorite as of 11:10 on Feb 13, 2024 |
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Feb 13, 2024 11:05
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And this is why we have the word "wherewithal."
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CJacobs posted:I think a slightly more universal way to describe the energy a neurodivergent or disabled person has to spend would be the gas in a vehicle. If you run out of gas, vehicle stops even though the rest of its parts are still working. You don't gain any more unless you stop for it. So you need to make extra sure you've got gas ( I was given the analogy of having a smaller or less efficient engine running the same machinery.
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Most of it is down to English constantly looking for new and interesting ways to mutate and diversify. Idiom is a mainstay of the language, so 'I don't have the spoons for that' is readily comprehensible to a native speaker to mean 'I don't have the energy' or 'I already have enough on my plate'. It's definitely not a theory though.
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Torquemada posted:Most of it is down to English constantly looking for new and interesting ways to mutate and diversify. Idiom is a mainstay of the language, so 'I don't have the spoons for that' is readily comprehensible to a native speaker to mean 'I don't have the energy' or 'I already have enough on my plate'. It's definitely not a theory though. This is something awful, you're supposed to have a grandstanding 8 page meltdown because somebody uses a figure of speech you don't, as is traditional
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Feb 13, 2024 16:01
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That's the thing about posters these days, no respect for tradition. Why in the oughts we went on our 8 page rants and we liked it, the ichor flowed thick like sap from a tree and gimmick posters were around every corner. (Blah, blah blah, you get there idea)
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So I tied a 6 hour probe around my belt, as was the style at the time
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Torquemada posted:Most of it is down to English constantly looking for new and interesting ways to mutate and diversify. Idiom is a mainstay of the language, so 'I don't have the spoons for that' is readily comprehensible to a native speaker to mean 'I don't have the energy' or 'I already have enough on my plate'. It's definitely not a theory though. it is in no way comprehensible to a native speaker (myself).
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NoiseAnnoys posted:it is in no way comprehensible to a native speaker (myself). Sorry that you had to find out this way that you speak the wrong English.
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At this rate, they'll never be a federal agent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4XCZfkGF8k
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If you want to understand Spoon Theory stop washing your spoons and see how long it takes for your life to devolve into a hellscape where you are trying to eat soup with a fork. That's what being disabled is like.
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Desert Bus posted:If you want to understand Spoon Theory stop washing your spoons and see how long it takes for your life to devolve into a hellscape where you are trying to eat soup with a fork. That's what being disabled is like. idk have you tried just washing your spoons
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Alternatively, Everybody eats soup with a fork sometimes
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Desert Bus posted:If you want to understand Spoon Theory stop washing your spoons and see how long it takes for your life to devolve into a hellscape where you are trying to eat soup with a fork. That's what being disabled is like. I'll just slurp it straight from the bowl like a proper goon
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Microwave it in a measuring cup, they already have a pour spout
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Cool Kids Club Soda posted:idk have you tried just washing your spoons If you leave your forks unwashed for long enough, the congealed crap between the tines will solidify enough to make them useable as spoons, problem solved!
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aegof posted:they were physical spoons, but they represented the energy limitations of having Lupus Yeah the etymology is literally that there happened to be a bunch of spoons around when she was trying to explain it. Anything else about measurements and capacities came later.
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That thing about idioms; my therapist recently said my ex is "living rent-free in your head." That's the sort of quirky phrasing I think a certain eccentric person might say. It's a weird phrase, not one I would use, but kind of interesting coming from him. But then a friend of mine said it. So it's not a quirky phrasing, it's just an idiom that is catching on. But it's a weird one, right? I would never say that. It doesn't "roll off the tongue" the way idioms do. I feel like if someone says that to me, and it's not their thing, then they're referencing something. So anyway, here's what's wrong with the all that (page 1 of 8): First of all: new to me so bad (obvious)
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credburn posted:That thing about idioms; my therapist recently said my ex is "living rent-free in your head." That's the sort of quirky phrasing I think a certain eccentric person might say. It's a weird phrase, not one I would use, but kind of interesting coming from him. But then a friend of mine said it. So it's not a quirky phrasing, it's just an idiom that is catching on. But it's a weird one, right? I would never say that. It doesn't "roll off the tongue" the way idioms do. I feel like if someone says that to me, and it's not their thing, then they're referencing something. If by "catching on" you mean "was run into the ground years ago at this point" yeah.
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Living rent free has always been a stupid phrase because people used it for 'discussing someone in a topic involving them' from the very start.
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Elissimpark posted:Sorry that you had to find out this way that you speak the wrong English. i lived in pennsylvania, i always knew that.
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NoiseAnnoys posted:i lived in pennsylvania, i always knew that. Yinz Pennsylvania or You'se Pennsylvania?
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Baron von Eevl posted:Yinz Pennsylvania or You'se Pennsylvania? fries in the sammich, pennmac on saturday morning pennsylvania.
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A friend of mine in a group text just used the “*checks notes*” thing I’ve seen online forever. It’s gone mainstream.
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big mean giraffe posted:Living rent free has always been a stupid phrase because people used it for 'discussing someone in a topic involving them' from the very start. Sounds like the phrase has been living rent free in your head 
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Media that did not age well: troll face comics.
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Fish of hemp posted:Media that did not age well: le troll face comics.
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I think it's safe to say anything that came from 4chan soured like cat piss lasagna the moment it left 4chan
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credburn posted:That thing about idioms; my therapist recently said my ex is "living rent-free in your head." That's the sort of quirky phrasing I think a certain eccentric person might say. It's a weird phrase, not one I would use, but kind of interesting coming from him. But then a friend of mine said it. So it's not a quirky phrasing, it's just an idiom that is catching on. But it's a weird one, right? I would never say that. It doesn't "roll off the tongue" the way idioms do. I feel like if someone says that to me, and it's not their thing, then they're referencing something. Ann Landers coined it 35 years ago. wiktionary posted:Often attributed to American advice columnist Eppie Lederer (1918–2002), who used it in her syndicated advice column in 1990.
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Lemniscate Blue posted:Ann Landers coined it 35 years ago. Ann Landers is a boring old biddy!
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Chrpno posted:Ann Landers is a boring old biddy!  She's dead you know, there's no one left to impress.
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Chrpno posted:Ann Landers is a boring old biddy! Someone's gotten into the blackberry schnapps
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credburn posted:I think it's safe to say anything that came from 4chan soured like cat piss lasagna the moment it left 4chan I am still so very tired of seeing Pepe all around the internet. I hate that fuckin' frog so much...
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Vandar posted:I am still so very tired of seeing Pepe all around the internet. I love how people went through all the effort to reclaim him from the nazis and then the creator just sold out and made NFTs.
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IShallRiseAgain posted:I love how people went through all the effort to reclaim him from the nazis and then the creator just sold out and made NFTs. Lmao, did he really? That's honestly kind of sad. He never got 'reclaimed' btw. People say he did, but nah. He's still used in all the worst ways by all kinds of terrible people.
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