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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by ChilledPeppers@lemmy.world to c/196@lemmy.world

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This makes me sad lol

https://old.reddit.com/r/traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns2/comments/1i528kk/well_thats_a_bit_mental_isnt_it/

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[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 71 points 6 months ago (1 children)

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What's that logo from?

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 13 points 6 months ago (2 children)

It's the Fediverse logo

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 6 points 6 months ago

And I've been on the fediverse for a while. I did not know it

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I think it's a terrible logo

Edit: I thought downvotes were not "I disagree" but "this does not add to the conversation".

I stand by my subjective opinion. I think it's tacky, thin and un-expressive at a glance.

[–] Eyedust@sh.itjust.works 10 points 6 months ago

I like it. To me, it feels like it means "separate, but unified".

I also just found out that it's the Fediverse logo.

[–] ChilledPeppers@lemmy.world 53 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Thus guy gets it

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm assuming mentioning Lemmy over there still gets the post removed?

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 6 months ago

L E M M Y

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I have two of the three need to sign up for PeerTube.

[–] LegoBrickOnFire@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago

Lmao, that person mocks people who stay on instagram on a subreddit that was made for people who wouldn't quit reddit after backlash...

[–] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

lol it already exists (sharkey)

[+] nebulaone@lemmy.world -5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

I find it quite disrespectful to others that they have such a problem with that label.

As someone with a laundry list of mental illnesses and who is quite firm that mental illness is mental illness, it's not disrespectful for trans folk to want to not get tarred with that brush. Trans folk are hindered by primarily cultural prejudices.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So you can accept that they feel like they were born in the wrong body, but you can't accept that they don't want to be called mentally ill, on top of all the laws against their existence?

That seems like a weird inconsistency.

[–] nebulaone@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

You didn't even try to understand what I am trying to say. I am on your side on this. If they dont want to be called that, I am not going to do that. I still think it is disrespectful.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

but you ~~can't accept~~ think it's disrespectful that they don't want to be called mentally ill, **on top of all the laws against their existence? **

That seems like a weird inconsistency.

[–] nebulaone@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

A straw man fallacy (sometimes written as strawman) is the informal fallacy of refuting an argument different from the one actually under discussion, while not recognizing or acknowledging the distinction.[1] One who engages in this fallacy is said to be "attacking a straw man".

Source: Wikipedia

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Ok, you're not getting me. I'll try a different way.

Is appendicitis a mental illness? The pain from it causes suffering and prevents normal thought and dealing with society.

No, of course not. We could classify that as an illness of the body because the brain is fine as soon as the body is fixed.

You're looking at trans people, where the brain and body don't match, and saying it's a brain issue. This is your bias, not for any good reason. It's just as easily classed as a body issue which goes away once the body is fixed. Their brains are just fine.

Our ADHD is forever, and there's no body fixing that would get us to better work within society's structure. That's why that's a mental illness.

[–] kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

you can’t define “trans” as a mental illness even if you wanted to, because there is no single trans experience. some trans people didn’t know from an early age. some trans people dont have gender dysphoria. some trans people don’t want to be the “opposite” gender (this one is me hi). there’s no way to define it other than “the thing trans people have” and that’s not a medical diagnosis.

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Transgender is a general term

Wouldnt gender dysphoria be at least close to a mental illness, being able to cause significant distress and impairment of personal functioning (i think, i may have misunderstood the meaning of the terms)?

[–] kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 4 points 6 months ago

Maybe, or it might be defined as a symptom. Not a doctor. but gender dysphoria isn’t limited to trans people (cis women with facial hair, etc, might seek gender affirming healthcare)

[–] PeachyMcPeachface@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Mental illness is a social construct. Even medical issues are social constructs. "Wandering uterus" used to be a medical condition in which doctors stimulated women to orgasm to "cure" them.

Every culture is going to frame things differently, but the importance is how that framing is used or held against certain people. The idea that "gender dysphoria" is a mental illness is linked to the idea that conservatives think mental illness is just weakness. They don't believe that depression or anxiety are real, exhausting problems.