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[–] Deestan@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

"You could consider donating to some organizations researching what caused you to be this way, so maybe one day we will have pre-natal screening available."

[–] unlawfulbooger@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] NationProtons@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I want to show it to my allistic partner, but no doubt she will interpret it differently

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] toototabon@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Thanks! Tired of removing the tracking "?si=" parameter from YT links

ETA: Fun clip, nonetheless. "Smoothness over clarity", huh.

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

FYI Firefox has an option to do that automatically. One of us?